this is a news line from. further into northern syria and its deployment against the kurds but kurdish leaders through a deal with syria's government to cooperate in halting. offensive as the kurds former ally the united states withdraws from the conflict zone bring you the latest from the border area also on the program. the long prison sentences handed down to the leaders of the failed referendum for independence from spain and

country's supreme court finds them guilty of sedition and dissipate the. national. justice party secures a huge election sent to increase their majority after implementing reforms that critics say are democratic. just over 2 weeks to go before. the agenda of prime minister of his finger immense pressure to secure a deal will face or just to gain another extension. welcome to the program. turkish backed forces are advancing further into syria as fighting continues along a 200 kilometer stretch of the country's northern region that circle back to free syrian army is reported to have taken the city of tel aviv bad where fighters have

been removing the flanks of kurdish backed troops and raising their own is part of a coordinated push directed by turkey after american forces withdrew from the region. and turkish president budget tired heard one has indicated that his troops are also ready to launch an assault on the syrian city of man beach in the west which is currently being held by a syrian kurds turkish media reporting that the country's forces arrived at the edge of the city in the last 24 hours. how will syrian government forces fighting alongside the kurds change things. well the situation there on the battleground in northeast syria got much more complicated with the latest developments to say the least now off to the kurdish

forces there have officially turned to the syrian government and its ally russia for military assistance but it has been sending units of troops we don't know how many from aleppo and nearby military bases to woods monday and as you just mentioned that monday in north in syria is one of the areas the army is right now preparing to attack they have been sending additional tang's reinforcements over that so right now everything seems to be possible in the next days and direct military confrontation there between 2 armies or turkey eventually backing down. and. what we heard president add on earlier today and he said he is determined to go hat with this open ration until the very end so far no signs of relenting there from but it's probably safe to assume that

a lot of crisis talks are taking place right now behind the scenes phone calls probably being exchanged between ancora and moscow as well it will be important what moscow say is about this because russia is bashar al assad's most important strongest ally there in the region but of course this is all taking place on the political level it's very important to pay attention to the human suffering on both sides of the border and now it's day 6 of this military operation there have been a number of civilian casualties reported on the syrian side but also on the turkish side as well at least 18 civilians have been killed here on the turkish side in apparent reprisal attacks from syria now where we was it had one of these a border towns here in turkey and i brought you this report. in the turkish border town of food which a public outpouring of grief. the women mourn the death of their village chief he and 2 other men were killed in

a mortar shelling an apparent reprisal attack from across the border in syria was. we want this war to stop nobody should die no soldiers no civilians we just want peace or you would have thought we had of course we're scared we're scared for the whole country for turks for kurds for everyone no one should be killed you son 100. people show us where the victims died. within a radius of 20 meters traces of bomb fragments. to south windows walls vehicles. by shrapnel. and. i don't think it came from the outside maybe from over there i don't know but this is from a. book that looks similar stories can be heard in many border towns. if

people believe the war is just across the border in syria they know better now. that it's still the mail. supports the turkish offensive he claims the army is fighting for. the enemy here in uk to carlow we are hosting 125000 syrians you might be able to imagine how difficult that is we want to safe zone to resettle the 3500000 refugees that have become a burden for turkey over the past 8 naf years but here occasionally sends a little money but we pay the real price syrians should go back to their homes. the area northeast syria that is supposed to become a safe zone is anything but. for days the turkish army and syrian opposition

fighters have clashed with kurdish militia and while they are busy fighting each other there are concerns that isis jihadists which are already defeated in the area might be able to regroup. international criticism of the turkish military campaign is growing the united nations say the offensive has caused more than 100000 civilians to flee but the consequences of also been dramatic on this side of the border in turkey and many people we've talked to here are hoping that the violence won't continue to escalate becky this includes people in suits who are grieving over the death of their village chief. and pray that the turkish military operation will and before they have to bury more of their loved ones. were murdered or go back to. real is the threat of isis fighters escaping from the prisons where they're being held by the kurds and

perhaps are starting to fight again. well from what we understand they're from the syrian side the situation in some of these camps seems to be quite chaotic and that is something the kurdish forces there have been warning about from the very beginning they said we can't have 2 battles one against the turkish army and the other one against a so-called islamic state now we have have heard reports that some of the isis supporters family members have managed to escape one of the camps there and we have at the same time claims by the turkish military that the kurdish militants have released or set free ices members before the turkish forces arrived there so we were not able to independently verify this but there is a lot of conflicting information out there right now but there are real concerns that isis might be the group that benefits from the emerging chaos that in

northeast syria. they usually are hard in southern turkey thank you so much. but 2 years ago the european union pledged to take in tens of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict zones like syria and also libya according to the u.n. the humanitarian crisis in libya in particular is worsening with thousands of refugees held in a crowded detention centers access to health care is limited lots of people are at risk of abuse at the hands of smugglers and traffickers one of the country's leading the resettlement pledge is germany on that seal is our aim is to prevent illegal migration and replace it with legal opportunities that. germany will accept 10000 refugees selected by the u.n.h.c.r. in the current resettlement program always give you more than the that's the way we prefer. and i think we're in you and germany have kept their promises worlds from

my d.w.i. data has been crunching the numbers and welcome top before we start that i think it's worth pointing out that we're talking about 2 separate things we're not here talking about the e.u. turkey deal that's right the deal that we're now by the european union in printing help. in north africa and some of the other countries area ok what have you found our promise has been kept well i'm afraid they have a european commission has not been very open with her about they have a problem on the refugee resettlement. and with the deadline looming at the end the month we had what was going on let's take a look at the figures. so where are the 1000 places promised in december 27th more than $37000.00 people be settled so far more than $250000.00 of them so those are the figures but we have a total of 20

a countries who pledged to take in refugees did anyone promise well some of them have been in britain with 2 countries sleeping there and they've taken roughly 8000 refugees each promised when we come to germany way behind the interior ministry has told us that only $4800.00 refugees arrived on this program and that's less than half of the $10000.00 that we heard. just a month ago from pledge to take the same number of people in germany and they've accepted about 90 percent of. so what's the problem was why is the e.u. falling down on this well we are all of the country are behind on their pledges for an explanation not all of them were able to give a concrete reason germany that you need to lay in forming a government after the election in 2017 who held things up and they were hoping to catch up in the coming weeks and months belgium on the other hand which is accepted just over half the number. that suspended the resettlement program because of an

increase in trying to match occasions from people who are already in belgium. so this does not happen i mean you say the deadline for this is this month and then watch what are the consequences well european commission and now working to an extent that that line of the end yes so there is a little bit of additional people to catch up. things are really going to have to meet up. and pledge on the end of the year and some of the people who are immediately affected by this refugees insentient and to libya for example the united nations refugee agency trying to use resettlement places to get people out of libya quickly as it can. but i think that without places they can't get even out of libya you know and people rent and ending up in temporary camps which will come filling up we heard ankle america thank you want to you know what she called illegal immigration and united nations refugee agency said around the world there

are 1400000 people in need to resettle but in the coming years so the european union really wants resettlement be an alternative to people making a regular journeys across the mediterranean for example the guns have the numbers and the guns have to meet the promises that they've made and some sort of heard talking through those sort of figures and tom we'll see them use that data department thank you. now we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world indigenous leaders in ecuador have agreed to end their demonstrations after president member rayno agreed to reinstate fuel subsidies this agreement came a little 2 weeks after. this agreement came after nearly 2 weeks of violent street protests people angry about austerity measures introduced to obtain a multi-billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. . the 2900 bell prize for economics has been awarded to 3 u.s.

based researches for their work to alleviate global poverty he wants to be shared by i've been good about it she asked to do a flow crammer. the head of the vatican police force dominico johnny seen here on the left has resigned earlier this month the names of 5 vatican officials being investigated for financial irregularities were leaked to journalists in said that he was not responsible for the link but resigned out of love for the catholic church. i'm a judge in spain has reactivated an international warrant for the arrest of former president carlos proved to mo who fled to belgium to avoid prosecution over the failed $27.00 independent spirit comes after spain supreme court convicted 12 other catalan separatists leaders not of who received lengthy prison terms the sentences drewe protested boss of arms for the bastard wielding police in riot gear containing the demonstration near

a subway entrance thousands of protesters are out of in cities across the catamaran region the politicians who were sent to prison were convicted on charges of sedition and disobedience odd was. the price of the declaration of independence in 2017 now 2 years later the members of the catalan separatist movement have been jailed for sedition and misusing public funds by spain's highest. thought oriel john kara's was the vice president of the short lived catalan government he will spend 13 years in prison and activist judi sanchez received 9 years in prison 7 others received jail terms while 3 will find in 2017 the independent referendum and unilateral declaration of independence because spain's biggest political crisis in decades monday's court ruling is

a victory for the spanish government. i the government of spain respects and abides by the decision of this by the supreme court nobody is above the law nobody's above the law in a democracy like a spain nobody is subject to trial for his or her ideas or politics but rather for criminal conduct as provided by the no one but many catalans are indignant students and demonstrators blocked streets in protest. wrong with your body it's a political trial designed to teach the catalans a lesson that trial a ruling should never have happened a simple implement but if him money i feel it's excessive but i think everything that's going on is excessive if it's not that where we are now but also before that you have a provoked all of this is enjoying it and there are people in jail who are paying

for someone else. in this area looking for me or what could happen and it's bad. so it's 3 digits more than 10 years for most. sentences. many of us hoped it would be a little less. but we spanish justice when you anything could happen and in the end it was the harshest it could be but i thought. on the same streets you can see the yellow ribbon showing solidarity for the separatists and a few doors down the spanish flag some here support the verdict. if you break the law you have to pay. it's the same for everyone but i think catalonia australia it's a law. if they break the law they have to lump it there's no other way. today's ruling tresses to divide the region and the country yet again. poland's

ruling law and justice party have secured a big election win with nearly all of sunday's votes counted they're projected to have taken enough seats to govern alone the nationalist party has already implemented judicial and to media reforms that have drawn criticism from brussels which accuses the polish government of eroding the rule of law her and her another time in power for poland conservative massless rule and party who have her. said not me well but they go steady like we had 4 years of hard work ahead of us. was. for her because poland we must continue to evolve and improve. we human part we must maintain our credibility which you must ensure that no one of a hollande has any doubt that what we are doing is good genuine and responsive in.

their social welfare program and immigrant policies and social conservatism a popular with many polish people but the biggest opposition bloc says they have to buy safe. people want cooperation they want to show that we are able to overcome the quick that are in our country people don't want poland to be divided into parts people don't want their hearts broken because poles are not able to understand each other we are the ones who are promoting cooperation from the small apartment also may gain electing coalition is back in parliament and the far right you could poland's national votes in fresh old i'm alone so you get the 3rd. the big winner of the lauren justice party during the campaign made promises to raise the minimum wage and not to grant rights to gay people it's this and judicial reform that have drawn new criticism it says the party is weakening the rule of law

and undermining poland's democracy. british and the e.u. leaders have to have a 2 weeks to reach agreement on bracks it's to avoid the u.k. crashing out of the block prime minister boris johnson is under pressure to secure a deal or face parliamentary orders to seek another extension just a few hours ago his government's a planned legislative agenda was read out by the queen at the state opening of parliament known as the queen's speech the 1st words were about breakfast my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union based on free trade and friendly cooperation. so we're looking at another big week in the never ending brags that saga be the president's to alex forrest the white think and talk us through it

welcome alex so today's screen speech contained a lot but isn't. the governments trying to change the subject yeah absolutely it does seem that i mean we've got all the pomp and pageantry in london where we have the queen going to parliament to read out what boris johnson and his government would like to see happen in the future from crime and dealing with crime and also health but really has a big problem because he his government does not have a majority so it's very unlikely that any of this will be passed anyway many people saying it it's more as an election pitch for when there will be an election in the u.k. which is likely in the next few months if not weeks and many people as you've said saying that there was one issue that was dominating everything today that was brics it because the u.k. is expected to leave the european union on the 31st of october with or without a deal and at the moment whether that happens nobody knows so the end of last week

or last week's installment looks the signs looked more promising and so now this week we're looking at a week in which talks are still going on talks are very much still going on but they're all focusing around one particular issue which is what happens with northern ireland so just to remind you northern ireland is part of the united kingdom but it borders the republic of ireland which will remain part of the european union nobody neither side wants there to be a hard border between the 2 particularly in a will to try to protect peace between the 2 sides they do not want a return to sectarian violence by the end of last week boris johnson had met his irish counterpart liver and seem to be promising they seem to have reached some. kind of positivity on how they could deal with this whole irish question and it

focused on northern ireland being formally in the u. case customs union but informally in the use custom union so as you can see from that red line there effectively a border a customs border on down the irish sea however yesterday we heard that michel barnier a had said that the british proposal simply weren't good enough and that more concessions from the u.k. are still needed the time is running out it really is running out and getting closer and closer and what boris johnson really wants to happen is that the e.u. heads of state who are meeting on thursday a will agree to the british proposals so that he then can go back to british parliament on saturday in order to get them to agree to this so that it can happen and that is obviously looking very very difficult so you can understand why talks technical talks are going on and a very intense so briefly if the if no deal is agreed or parliament votes against the world then that is

a big problem for boris johnson because by now or he has to ask the european union for another extension for another delay to brics it let's not forget he does not want that to happen he has said time and time again the u.k. will leave the european union with or without a deal on the 31st of october so what will happen is if there is a break sitting deal and they can agree that later this week that would be very good for him but it's looking very very difficult we know that negotiations now obviously intense this week could well spill into next week that's what they're talking about so even though this latest deadline of this week and saturday it may well be pushed further down the line really phil what's going to happen and i can sit here and tell you i don't know what is going to happen is the u.k. going to leave the european union on the 34 1st of october honestly nobody knows and the last exciting cliffhanger we will leave it for today alex forrest watson

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