this is the w. news live from berlin a new breakfast a battle to get you case prime minister may have agreed a deal with proselytes but now he has just one day to persuade members of the british parliament to back the agreement he says he will succeed but others are not quite so sure also coming up. turkey agrees to a 5 day ceasefire with kurdish forces in northern syria the about face comes after talks with the u.s. vice president come drop in return the u.s. will lift the sanctions to look at the winners and the losers of this. good old

what's there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. the acting chief of staff of the white house and that's that donald trump did withhold aid to ukraine to pressure that country to investigate would use his democratic rivals and that's 2016 presidential. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us well it is less than 24 hours since the u.k. and the e.u. clinched their deal on breck said but already a new standoff is looming britain's prime minister still has to convince parliament to back the agreement and at this stage it is unclear if he can do so we'll go live to london after this. one step closer to briggs that british prime minister.

boris johnson was an appointment would thanks to the new deal on the table this is a great deal for our country for the u.k. i also believe it's a very good deal for offerings in the e.u. and what it means is that we in the u.k. can come out of the e.u. as one united kingdom england scotland wales northern ireland and together the fine print of the deal was approved by the e.u. as chief bricks to go she had her mission. guaranteeing no hard border on ira's sole had been the main sticking point by he said they'd found a workable solution for northern ireland which is part of the u.k. norseman island will remain and i and to a limited set of e.u. rules should not up really related to goods and this means northern ireland will remain in the u.k. customs area no hard border on the island of ireland u.k. customs checks at british ports on shipments entering northern ireland and for

goods that might end up in the e.u. single market e.u. tariffs will be applied. with the european leaders agreeing to back the deal now it's up to the british parliament to give its approval but the deal faces resistance here we believe it is not in the interests of northern ireland either economically and i've explained all of that around a border essentially for not just regulations but for goods we have different rules and we have no effective consent over any of those really so all of that taken on the right means that we cannot support the state what happens if the british parliament doesn't back the steel back in brussels you commission chief didn't have a clear answer to that question between i'm pretty busy. and if you test it has to be just when you were there would be no pro is. the german chancellor angela merkel was hopeful it would pass on this also. we didn't negotiate this deal for it

to be voted down boris johnson told us he will do everything to get a majority and if that doesn't happen then we'll have to see the end of a boris johnson said he would not meet the same fate as his predecessor theresa may who repeatedly failed to get her breaks a deal approved he has now cleared an important hurdle put the divorce is still far from done. ok the focus of the divorce proceedings are now very much on london where did the usual lot of pots of standing by force good morning to you . boris johnson is confident he'll be getting his the oath through parliament tomorrow do we know how much support though the boris plan currently has. well it's doesn't look too good for him to be honest it's crunch time again in the british parliament tomorrow and we've said that a lot in the break that saga and the past few years so to say but it's really

crunch time and boris johnson flew back from brussels last night he will convince. try to convince m.p.'s over the course of the next 24 hours we've heard in that report do you the northern irish ponty is not on board with the deal so they will not vote for it they confirmed that yesterday time and time again so he will have to look within its own party within the conservatives for support and it's not very clear if for example those rebels that he kicked out of the party a few weeks ago will go for the deal so he'll need that support within his own party on need some support of the labor opposition m.p.'s of a single few of them and one thing is for certain it's going to be a very nice edge vote tomorrow ok and all these m.p.'s are looking very closely at how this deal differs from all the other deals we've been talking about for 2 and a half years now how is it different. yes absolutely it's

a very good point we have to remember that there has been a deal in front of parliament negotiated by theresa may and it was rejected 3 times m.p.'s i've been looking very closely at the legal text at the moment i think 2 main points there northern ireland will have a different status than the u.k. under this new agreement and that is what the do you pee is so upset about that northern irish unionist party another point though where i think boris johnson has made huge concessions from the u.k. side is in a future trading relationship with the european union this level playing field that the u.k. would have by and by and vajra mental social and was a stand stand with the e.u. so that was a huge concession for him but in total we have to say this deal is not that different from 2 recent mase deal boris johnson is just trying to sell it as a very dear friend and with that trying to get the votes to resign may didn't get

the last time around ok this all could be issues that are breaking points for some of the m.p.'s who are looking very closely at everything right now what happens if this new deal which as you mentioned isn't really that much different it's turned down tomorrow in parliament what does britain go from there. well 1st of all it would be a huge political disaster for boris johnson who has said time and time again the u.k. has to leave on october 5th to do a die come what may so yeah it would be a very huge blow a huge setback for him but then looking at what are the options there is a law in place that falsus boris johnson to ask for an extension and if it comes down to him breaking the law all or not pursuing an extension i think he will in the end i have to ask for an extension from the european union and then when territory again he might try to change the numbers in

palm and with another election calling for a new fresh election had to change the numbers up there really what it comes down to is the numbers and palm and they don't seem to be there at the moment he does not have a majority so really all eyes are on that vote tomorrow in the british parliament very much so very much for a lot of parts for that from london all turkey has agreed to suspend its military operations in northern syria under the agreement with u.s. officials. halt fighting for 5 days to allow kurdish led forces to withdraw now the deal was hammered out by the u.s. vice president washington said it would impose more sanctions of turkey refused to comply with it now it is unclear though if the kurdish forces will abide by the deal by its president of the united states mike pence after talks in ankara with techies leda the u.s.

vice president confirmed what up until that moment has been a rumor today the united states and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria. turkish pause. operation peace spring. in order to allow for the withdrawal of y. p. g. forces from the safe zone. for $120.00. the americans claims the 5 day cease fire as a diplomatic victory. but it's not clear if the kurdish y p g militia will fully abide by the agreement throughout the day there was heavy fighting in the syrian town of ras aligned local humanitarian groups say civilians were also pinned in among the fighting the announcement was completely unexpected present dredge up tired added one had previously said he wouldn't agree to a cease fire he's denied removes that might pence threatened with new sanctions

should he fail to support the plan shortly after the vice president tonights the cease fire the turkish foreign minister gave the press his government's view of the day's events. out of it it's not the end of the operation it's not a ceasefire you can only have a ceasefire between 2 legitimate governments were suspending our operations so the terrorists the targets of our operation can leave the security zone. the turkish government also expects the white to give up all its weapons and will continue its dialogue with russia. assad's military backers have moved their forces into position in northern syria in conjunction with syrian troops. damascus and moscow so far have shown little willingness to accept the security zone. as night fell the fighting in ras a line had almost totally stopped with only a few shots to be heard the wait his own to see how long the ceasefire will last.

let's get the very latest on this now with correspondent delia hawn she's joining us from the turkish city of. good morning to you how's the ceasefire holding up what are you hearing. well the turkish government doesn't call it a ceasefire a pause of its military operation because it says cease fires can only be negotiated between a chit of a posses and it doesn't consider the kurdish forces there in syria legitimate it considers them terrorists now we're getting fresh reports all the shelling and gunfire there in the syrian town over which is one of the main targets of this turkish offensive it is unclear at the moment where these attacks are coming from the kurdish forces the s.d.f. the last night said they would respect this cease fire but then again they're not an official part of this agreement so it's unclear at the moment if they would

withdraw from the area washington and i had talked about the area along the turkish syrian border extending about 30 kilometers deep into syrian territory that see huge area we are talking about so it remains to be seen how things off further developing there but at least this could mean hopefully a little break for the civilians there in north in syria off to more than a week of deadly fighting ok you mentioned this huge 30 kilometer area now it's supposed to be a safe zone that president wants to establish in northern syria to resettle some $1500000.00 syrian refugees now in turkey what is the season of opera disassociation of operations mean for his strategic plan to do just that. well it appears ankara will get what it wanted there the safe zone is part of that

prison add on says it's his master plan to recession many many refugees not only here from turkey but from europe as well but there has been a lot of international criticism when it comes to this plan and one of the major questions here is of course about safety that's a question bothering many syrian refugees living here in turkey right now these are the people who might return who might be returned to such a potential safe zone now not many people would openly talk to us about the situation there in syria just because there is so scared about the general safe curity situation there often more than 80 years of war but we met some people who are willing to speak and this is my report. in the distance you know mohammed can still see her homeland. just over the horizon the syrian city of course. and. when i see kabbani i remember my childhood my life there all my memories are

over there. 5 years ago militants of the so-called islamic state see each trickle bonnie forcing ameena and part of her family to flee to search in turkey. from here she watches as are homelands fate once again hangs in the balance the kurdish fighters who are driven out to jihadists and 2015 after months of these fighting are now on the back foot in northeast syria in the wake of turkey's military offensive and there are growing concerns that i as militants could regroup . and. we've heard that many i.a.'s fighters managed to escape and that scares us we're still afraid of the islamists and the fighting we have family over there and we're worried about them. we talk to many syrian refugees here in the border area and they all told us more or less the same thing how grateful they all on the one hand that turkey has taken them in and all step to call they are on the other hand

that the so-called safe zone president bad on wants to establish in syria will really be safe. a villa has sons family fled to turkey 5 years ago from there is sore in syria. they live in tents and trying to make ends meet with odd jobs currently there helping with the cotton harvest. it's not an easy life but it's still better than living across the border in the conflict zone says a dollar. listen and this man who. we hear they want to set up a safe zone to send back syrians who are living in turkey. but i don't think you'll be safe. and. nobody wants to go back to a place where they feel scared. if it's safe or go if not we'll stay here. schundler fuzz one of the largest cities here in the border region with around

2000000 inhabitants every 5th president is a refugee from syria most of the text we speak with supports the military offensive it's important they say because of the refugees and for their own safety. i don't think the operation is a great thing otherwise terrorists will turn into a big threat for us and drag our country into war because they think. it can do what the muslims it's the homeland and when this every year is cleared and free of terrorists they can return to the distinct. amino mohammed who fled qubani with her family is not that optimistic she would rather stay here in turkey it's hard to see a future for her children she says in the images coming out of syria. you know you've been talking to so many people how's the ceasefire deal being

perceived in turkey. well here in turkey it's now being perceived as a victory it appears turkey has the turkish government has achieved most of its military objectives last night for example the hashtag cousin attack which means turkey will win was trending on twitter but on the other side there are all of course many criticisms now towards the trump administration. many people say now he's basically given turkey green light to extend its border into syria and they say he has betrayed the kurdish fighters that the u.s. is the most important allies in the fight against a so-called islamic state he betrayed them for a 2nd time where they're winners the losers and the losers here as it seems will be the kurdish forces the kurdish population in the area the kurdish forces will have to give up a huge piece of territory piece of land there if everything proceeds according to

what and washington have agreed on. thanks so much for bringing us up to date on the latest on the situation. sprigs you know some of the other stories making news today fierce gun battle has been raging in mexico cartel gunmen battled with security services in the capital city lowest state now that's home to the tories drug cartel formerly led by the kingpin. the fighting broke out after the arrest of one of the top post sons he was later released police say they did so out of safety concerns for civilians in the. protests have erupted in lebanon over the government's plan to impose new taxes during a severe economic crisis in beirut thousands of demonstrators tried to storm the governor's headquarters and blocked roads elsewhere 2 were reported killed in blazes that erupted near the protests. a senior u.s.

official is indicated that u.s. president trump did withhold aid from ukraine in order to pressure that country to open an investigation into the son of a trump split it will rival joe biden acting chief of staff make more veiny later tried to walk back the comments but democrats say his remarks are evidence of presidential wrongdoing. mulvaney comments were made to journalists in the white house briefing room and. i was involved with the process by which the money was held up temporarily ok 3 issues for that the corruption in the country whether or not other countries were participating in support of ukraine and whether or not they were cooperating in an ongoing investigation with our department of justice that's completely legitimate that he also mentioned to me in past the corruption related to the d.n.c. server absolutely no question about that but that's it and that's why we held up the money. the u.s. investigation was following an unfounded theory that ukraine not russia meddled in

the 2016 election and to help democrats in connecting the money to the investigation move amy may have provided impeachment investigators evidence of the quote. they've been looking for. what to do now the question is whether the funds were withheld to further u.s. foreign policy interests or donald trump's own political ones that could be in abuse of power and grounds for impeachment. things have just gone from very very bad to much much worse. the idea that vital military assistance would be withheld for such a patently political reason for the reason of serving the president's reelection campaign. is. a phenomenal breach of the president's duty to defend our national security. money later backtracked saying

the media had misconstrued his comments but what he did say may end up undercutting trump's denial of linking aid to sinking personal political gain. so qatar has approved the labor reform program ahead of hosting the 2022 world cup the whole state has come under fire for what rights groups describe as poor labor conditions and the exploitation of migrant workers now the government has announced a new minimum wage law and the scrapping of controversy will exit visas for foreign workers the reforms are expected to take place in january of 2020. migrant workers in qatar many of whom have been building the country stadia for the 2022 world cup require approval from their boss before they can change jobs or even leave the country that is set to change next year the gulf state has agreed to abolish labor and introduce a minimum wage law that would not discriminate against nationalities. because it is

very important because we are looking at you know to be an attractive place for investors for the skilled workers to have productive border communities. amnesty international has long called for an end to the abusive system in qatar it praise the announcement as a major step forward but the organization also remains cautious the devil will be in the detail far too often workers have continued to face exploitation and abuse despite reforms the pressure to reform has been a sticking point ever since the working conditions of could toss migrant workers were exposed as specially under the spotlight of woodcut preparations one agency that has been working closely with qatar on the forming it system is the united nations international labor organization. well you know for us it's it's been long

overdue it still exists in many other countries and we're hoping that other countries will also follow suit and fully abolish to follow because it's not in line with international standards qatar is in need of an image boost before they host the 2022 world cup it's unclear how far these labor reforms will actually go what is certain actions will speak louder than words. the bonus league resumes tonight following the international break and there are some big games look forward to on match day 8 leipzig the only undefeated team remaining in the league and surprise table toppers brasil mention god bok travel to dortmund with hopes of keeping their number one spot. the folds of blood bot have been on fire this season it's been over 30 years since the brucia boys have occupied the tables pool position this late in the season that dangerous attack they can hurt a team multiple ways makes lot by viable candidate to win it all this season but

1st they have to get past good. as it is interesting is this is a very important point just like a game for us the fact is a very tough german team also with unbelievable quality coldish to a close i have a very good cudgels of his allows them to play freely. list. up in coach lucian fiver a lead he sighed to 2nd last season but this season despite being favorites they've been taking the foot off the gas their last 3 outings were the results they want to . keep this crowd and it's clear that we really really want to win against club. because we know that we have had a few draws in a row now side time mention in good luck another big game involves current number 2 team will spur the big question is will they remain undefeated the world's toughest

task so far this season without a doubt who'll be facing rb leipsic the side that only trailed them by one point in the state. this is the spring off to date with our top stories a british prime minister boris johnson says he is confident the u.k. parliament will back his new deal. e.u. and johnson agreed on the deal thursday johnston's working to percent of persuade u.k. lawmakers ahead of tomorrow's vote on the agreement u.k. set to leave the european union oct 31st. that turkey says it is implementing a 5 day ceasefire in its offensive against kurdish groups in northern syria. washington pushed for the stop of the fighting after the white house was accused of enabling the offensive by pulling troops out of syria the kurds have been allies of the u.s. in the fight against so-called islamic state in syria. driving the

white house is distancing itself from comments by acting chief of staff. that relate to president trump's dealings in ukraine those dealings have sparked a congressional impeachment inquiry any appeared to claim the white house did was hold it to ukraine to pressure officials there to investigate trump's democratic political rivals but he says his comments were misconstrued that money was held. this is a day to be news from berlin for more news you can always go to our website d.w. dot com. this is up next with the band i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much being with us.

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