in all. respects. this is g.w. news live from berlin on a mission to stop the fighting a u.s. delegation heads to turkey to try to broker a cease fire in rules and syria turkish president friendship typesetter one has now agreed to meet with the u.s. vice president mike pence and secretary of state might ontario but he says he will not end his assault on the kurds also coming up how close to a deal all day u.k.

and european union negotiators appear to be on the brink of an 11th hour if the greens and. i knew troops mccain and thanks so much for joining us the u.s. president donald trump is warning but u.s. sanctions against turkey will be devastating if a meeting between u.s. vice president mike pence and the turkish president trichet type at a one is not successful president added one is refusing to agree to a cease fire in northern syria where his incursion against former u.s. allies the syrian kurds has now also drawn in troops of the syrian president bashar assad meanwhile syrian troops have reportedly entered the town of karbala. and i

are also in control of the key town of man bitch much of the fighting has been centered around the border. the turkish military has been carrying out its offensive for over a week its targets are kurdish militias in. a town on the syrian border. bombs are exploding in the city center the military has released images of soldiers . from the turkish border city of children but not even with a clear military disadvantage the kurdish militia has been able to keep the turkish offensive in check both the u.s. and e.u. countries have repeatedly called on turkish president. to halt the attacks. turkey's offensive has forced tens of thousands to flee the region. many have gone to iraq but everyone has rejected international mans for a ceasefire. he's holding fast to his plan to free up

a protection zone in northern syria. because. we can end this operation once we are in control of a 35 kilometer deep area of land reaching from the city of bridge to iraq. no one can stop us before we have reached our goal. is that the rooms u.s. president mike pence and secretary of state are set to meet with. to discuss a cease fire we're joined now by d.w. correspondent all of us solace in washington d.c. all of it now the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says a meeting with trump on syria was cut short today can you tell us more about what happened. rides on his cell there must have been bizarre moments here in the cabinet room of the white house where president trump and the speaker of the house of the democratic led house of representatives nancy pelosi met for the 1st time

since the impeachment inquiry was launched then signals he then reportedly stormed out of the meeting room after president trump called her a 3rd rate politician later and nancy pelosi explained and reported that president trump seemed to have a meltdown that will shaken by a bipartisan vote earlier today in congress for both parties both democrats and republicans in a very rare move calling them president trump's decision to pull out all of north and syria and letting behind former allies the kurds in the fight against isis later nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer talked about their meeting with president trump let's listen in what they had to say. the safety of america the safety of the kurds are in the hands of one person president trump and the best way to pressure him is a strong bipartisan resolution such as passed the house to undo the damage he has

done. on the part of the president was a melt down sad to say. a melt down strong was from nazi pelosi now early on wednesday president trump claimed that turkey's incursion into syria actually has nothing to do with the u.s. and the full many u.s. allies the kurds on the angels how have comments like that been going down. right well those comments of course are considered deeply problematic going again not only within the democratic party but now also within the republican party and that really shows that something is unraveling in the republican party you see prominent figures that have backed president trumbo of the impeachment inquiry now really turning their back against the president and on the president criticizing him now on a daily basis simply because many republicans believe that the decision to let the

kurds behind they're exposing them to this turkish offensive is a betrayal betrayal of so loyal partner for the united states in the fight against isis and that means a big damage of course for american foreign policy also internationally because mary many leaders worldwide do consider the united states under president trump now a unreliable partner yet now the turkish president. is saying that he will never declared a cease fire will negotiate with fight is and of course that's what u.s. vice president and secretary of state are hoping to persuade him to do in that meeting with him what chance do they have of making this meeting any any success at all in their eyes. all right so they're on a very difficult mission there as you said president already said there is not

going to be a cease fire but that's exactly what they were trying to achieve by the way in the 1st player to one didn't even want to meet with them 2 of the most high ranking officials their vice president like pencils well secretary of state might bump a you that meeting has not taken place yet it really seemed for some time like they were bagging actually to get this meeting under way to show 2 of their republican critics that something is underway that they're trying to solve the situation but even in this very unlikely scenario that they would reach a cease fire deal or that would be willing to talk about cease fire then what has happened in the region in the last days and that is a dramatic shift in power here the russians have moved in iran is standing by to extend its impact this shift in power cannot be reversed that easily and that is all not in the american interest or the silence in washington thanks for your analysis ok let's have

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today and record has a rap sheet on the streets of the spanish city of buffalo for a 3rd night in a row police say supporters of cattle on independence threw petrol bombs as protests intensified demonstrators gathered in the 10s of thousands to protest against the long prison sentences given to 9 catalan separatist leaders on monday. the italian with authorities have begun recovering the bodies of migrants who drowned near the island of lampedusa over a week ago the wreck of the body at the boat and the bodies of at least 12 people were located on wednesday 13 other bodies had already been found. the european union's new commission headed by germany's former defense minister also left on the line will not start work as scheduled on november the 1st that's off to the european parliament vetoed 3 of the nominated commission as so from its

rumania and hungary will now each have to propose new candidates. now we've heard these words before but the european union and the united kingdom could be close to finalizing the terms of a withdrawal agreement for the u.k. to leave the e.u. diplomats are saying though that some issues remain unresolved not surprisingly ahead of a crunch e.u. summit that will start on thursday chief breaks that negotiation michelle bonnie's said good progress had been made at talks in brussels which are focused on customs issues between the republic of ireland which is an e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom but time is running out to secure a deal before brics it is due to take effect on october the 31st. and the brussels correspondent bob i visa sent us this analysis of the talks. this one still is rex negotiations in brussels ended up as

a real emotional roller coaster hour after hour of the spears information promised either in the media breakthrough or another delay this saga has now more cliffhangers than the average t.v. series in the end either ambassadors were briefed that the e.u. and the british side had managed to agree on all the difficult details for a solution of the irish problem that means how to avoid a hard border on the island of alland 1st johnson seems to have largely fulfilled the demands of the e.u. negotiators even french president among no mccraw and chancellor angela merkel spoke of good news from brussels and deal being within reach but in the end the stop signal came from london the british prime minister must still convince the northern irish do you p.c. and other parliamentarians to support him in the house of commons but as of late on wednesday he did not have the numbers this means that the summit on thursday can

all likelihood not confirm the deal and the talks will shift again to another extension of the brics a date it's been 6 months since a fire ripped through notre dame cathedral in paris a number of problems are slowing down restoration on the landmark structure and experts are saying the government's timeline for rebuilding it within just 5 years is not realistic. not on cathedral is very much a part of the nation's homes life every day from the balcony she looks to see if it still standing. after year after the blaze denise is still not over the trauma of it. along with every dollar. there straight ahead it was exactly where the tower was we saw how it

caught fire started wobbling left and right and then broke off that it was terrible if only it would want that. the fire broke out on a pool of 15th why is still a mystery to build it and in fear for not thousands of people gathered spontaneously in front of the cathedral millions worldwide in front of their screens tonight denise and her husband unjustly want strong that balcony. construction is moving ahead but it's much slower than residents would like the cathedral is still in danger of collapsing the building must 1st be stabilised says architect. she's angry at president obama call he promised to rebuild a cathedral in just 5 years she says that's completely unrealistic. renovations will take at least 10 years and that's only if

a miracle happens and they find the right kinds of wood and stone and if all those employed work well this fire has plunged us into an enormous crisis we expected the government to ask the french people to trust us ex-pats but that was not the case then about them i think. after all is a unesco world heritage site the government must put all its can't on the table. it is it to the parisians on the target $50000000.00 of whom came here every year before the fire. what eyewitnesses on the night of the fire could not have known was that more than $400.00 tons of toxic lead would be vaporized and spread over the neighborhood official information on the dangers after the fire was almost nonexistent this so shocked metate today that she took on what you forty's failed to do she went from door to door over the following weeks to warn the residents.

there was. actually a construction site must be completely sealed and lead molecules must be prevented from getting into the environment during the construction. of the best of me in the new. code and in these a devout catholics believe that god has personally protected from collapse until now if there was a project to hand. it to yes and all for nothing happening to the verge of my child all there was a dead greek everywhere and i didn't even have a scratch not even a scratch that's a sign price is ceci something on the i think the. load in the knees are quite sure that they're not stand here splendidly as before and they hope they'll live to see it. now extreme weather has disrupted australia's world solar challenge in which 40 teams race across the country in the world's

fastest solar powered cars the cars have successfully harness the power of the sun at high winds proved more difficult to combat for the lightweight vehicles to which are blown off the road organizers had to implement a maximum speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour although this was lifted later in the day as conditions improved. you're watching news from ballin. in that state of new news africa with christine one don't forget you can follow us on twitter at a news office in our website don't. trust girls to go to her now live from sugar levels are. in support of. what's a big what's a bar. to be about. prison

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