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this is the w. news live from berlin forest johnson begins a charm offensive that will determine the future of bricks in your case prime minister may have hammered out a deal with process but now he has to persuade the british parliament to back his plan in a vote tomorrow that he says will succeed but others are not quite so sure also coming up. turkey agrees to a 5 day ceasefire was kurdish forces in northern syria the about face comes after talks with the us vice president and uncorrupt in return the u.s.
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will lift sanctions a look at the winners and the losers of this move plus. life on a landfill they fled violence in mali and now they've been forced to build their homes at a garbage dump as officials deny that they even exist. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show while it is less than 24 hours since the u.k. and the clinched their deal on brecht 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 to our correspondents in london and in brussels after this. one step closer to briggs it british prime minister boris johnson was in a boy into mood thanks. the new deal on the table this is a
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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 brics to go she had her mission one year guaranteeing no hard border on ira's soil had been the main sticking point but he said that found a workable solution for northern ireland which is part of the u.k. notion ireland will remain and i and to a limited set of e.u. rules should not of really related to goods 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
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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 effect of 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 this deal back in brussels you commission chief didn't have a clear answer to that question i hope retreat from a pretty busy week and look test it has to be just when they were there would be no 4 on the gauge. the german chancellor was hopeful it would pass on this also. we didn't negotiate this deal for it to be voted day barra's johnson told us he
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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 fail to get a breaks a deal approved. he has now cleared an important hurdle put the divorce is still far from done. and now there's a new hurdle our correspondent joins us from london and joins us from brussels good morning to both of you assure a lot so what's it looking like this morning does johnson have enough votes to get this deal through parliament tomorrow. well boris johnson knows it's going to be very tight so he rushed back from brussels to london yesterday to now try to convince all the m.p.'s to vote for his deal for a better deal as he says and theresa may steal that rejected 3 times but he's
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facing an uphill battle there reach out across the aisle the d u p the northern irish unionist party they insist that they are not on board that they are voting against the deal he has to reach out within his own party the hotline us now is saying look this new deal it looks like bricks it is smells like bricks that it is bricks and so they seem to be on board with voting in favor of this deal but far as johnson has also kicked out a number of conservatives out of his party because they did fight him so he has to reach out to them and to a few labor opposition m.p.'s who might also go for the deal so really it's all about the numbers and he will have to try to convince them but it is going to be a knife edge vote that is for sure on this super saturday tomorrow in london super saturday indeed gehrig with boris johnson doing a lot of talking today what's the sentiment where you are in brussels the leaders think that they've made enough concessions for this deal to pass and parliament in
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london. that very much is the feeling here bryan the dutch prime minister said yesterday what else do any piece do with 2 m.p.'s in the british parliament want the e.u. and with a new president go should have michelle by need to go she did a long and hard they worked very hard for this deal and so look there's basically 2 reasons why leaders where happy despite the fact that they hate to see the u.k. leave the european union a 1st of all they have the feeling that all the work they have done for 2 years hasn't been in vain and secondly come what may if a blame game comes up they will always be able to say look we free chowed we made compromises we put this deal on the table and it is you who rejected it. let's look at a worst case scenario at this moment what happens if this agreement is turned down tomorrow in parliament. well 1st of all it would be really
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a political showdown it would be a disaster for boris johnson of course but what boris johnson is trying to do here he's saying look parliament you have a binary choice you either vote for my ideal or we crash out of the european union on october 31st have had no deal scenario disastrous consequences so he's trying to strong them into voting for his deal the thing is the reality is very different there is a law in place at parliament put in place as a security to force boris johnson to ask for yet another extension if this deal fails and this is what most likely is going to happen when it comes down to the choice of him breaking the law or asking for another extension so most likely if this deal fails in polman we would be looking at an extension beyond october 31st maybe at a general election to change up the numbers and parliament and then maybe look at another deal. with the e.u.
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go for that would you go for an extension again what are its options if the deals voted down. well jungle juncker yesterday at the head of the european commission yesterday said he would rule out an extension but that is if the deal. slice so if the deal does not fly and many here are aware of that many probably also aware of the fact that maybe that's all part of course johnson's plan to have a new election on the back of a deal that he presented that was rejected 11 is not sure about that but what is clear is the e.u. put all of forward to deal deal that would work for them and if it came to me extension let's say for a 2nd referendum then the only person who really yesterday made a statement to that is the head of the european council to set from his remainer a heart he would say. yes to such an extension gary thanks so much for that from
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brussels author thanks to you in london where there's going to be a lot of focus today as boris johnson tries to convince those people who haven't decided yet how they're going to vote thanks to both. turkey has agreed to suspend its military operations in northern syria under the agreement made with top u.s. officials are will hold fighting for 5 days to allow kurdish led forces to withdraw a deal was agreed in our by the u.s. vice president and the turkish president washington says it would impose more sanctions if turkey fails to comply president of the united states mike pence after talk with turkey's leda the us vice president confirmed what up until that moment had to be in a room today the united states and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria. turkish side will pause operation peace spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of white
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p.g. forces from the safe zone. for $120.00. the americans claimed the 5 day ceasefire 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 allying local humanitarian groups say civilians were pinned in among the fighting the a nights meant was completely unexpected touches present at adelanto had previously said he wouldn't agree to a cease fire he's denied removes that might pence threatens tuckey with new sanctions should he fail to support the planned shortly after the vice president tonight's the ceasefire the turkish foreign minister gave the press his government's view of the day's events. do not be out of it it's not the end of the
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operation it's not a ceasefire you could only have a ceasefire between 2 legitimate governments where suspending our operation so the terrorists and the targets of our operation can leave the security zone. the turkish government also expects the why p.j. militia 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 al-ain had almost totally stopped with only a few shots to be heard the wait is on 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 the word good morning to you how's the ceasefire
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holding up what are you hearing. well the turkish government doesn't call it a ceasefire a pause off its military operation because it says cease fires can only be negotiated between a gym and posses and it doesn't consider that 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 us i'm 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 says ceasefire 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
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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 seas of opera this is sation 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 resettle 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
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questions here is of course about safety that's the 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 they are so scared about the general security situation there after more than 80 years of war but we met some people who are willing to speak and this is my report. in the distance that me now mohammed can still see her homeland. just over the horizon the syrian city of course. and. when i say 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 the family to flee to search in turkey.
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from here she watches as are homeless 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 talked 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 skeptical 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
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sore in syria. they live in tents and try 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. all of. this of 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 firs 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
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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. they can do what almost is that homeland and when this area is cleared and free of terrorists they can return. it here turkey is hosting many refugees it's difficult for our economy. i think the operation peace bringing will bring good results at least our syrian brothers can return home and then they get the. 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
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perceived in turkey. well here in taki it's now being perceived as a victory it appears that turkey has the checkers government has achieved most of its military objectives last night for example the hash tag 2 key a cousin attack which means turkey will win was trained in on twitter but on the other side they're all of course so many criticisms now towards the trump administration. many people say now he's basically given tacky green light to extend its border into syria and they say he has betrayed the kaddish fighters that the us is the most important allies in the fight against the so-called islamic states 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
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a huge piece of territory piece of land there if everything proceeds according to what ancora and washington have agreed on. thanks so much for bring us up to date on the latest on the situation. some of the other stories making news today mass protests and a general strike are underway in the spanish region of total. protesters want the long prison sentences handed down to catalog independence leaders overturned tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to converge on central barcelona later today. a fierce gun battle has been raging in mexico cartel gunmen battling with security services in the capital of civil oh a state that's home to the tourist drug cartel formerly led by the king paying. all shop oh the fighting broke out after the arrest of one of his songs was later released police say they did so out of safety concerns for civilians in the area.
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protests have erupted in 11 augur over that government's plan to impose new taxes during a severe economic right. as in beirut thousands tried to storm the government's headquarters and blocked roads there. 2 people were reported killed in blazes that erupted near the protests. the white house is distancing itself from comments made by acting white house chief of staff make. that relate to president trump's dealings in ukraine those dealings of sparge aggression only peace when inquiry obey me appeared to suggest that the white house did withhold aid to ukraine to pressure officials there to investigate trump's political rivals the process. it's to mali now that country has been battling a 7 year long insurgency which is seen as forces take control of large parts of the country thousands of also fled their homes because of interesting while now many of these people have been displaced within mali didn't use funny phosphors and has
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this report from the capital bamako. it's only a stone's throw from here to downtown only a short ride from the bustle of the city to this camp but it may as well be on a different planet many in the city say they are unaware of this camp for displaced herdsman built on a waste dump this is definitely not the home or anybody would want to live for anybody should live yet it has become the home of more than 1000 people who fled from interethnic violence in central mali on and yes this is their home on a landfill full of waste and their homes also made of waste the smoke that you see around me is because of the waste that's being burnt around them. the smell is overpowering people burn waits to clear a little space creating thick smoke that drifts through this site.
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we will file a complaint against the government this can't work like this it's not ok to leave trash here if you have you how are you supposed to keep healthy this is not easy or i leave and. some to the muslim and the camp receives occasional donations of food and water every day the children play in the trash the threat of disease is constant. this woman is 63 like everyone here she fled from a region in central mali when the violence broke out. and i'm living with her mother and her newborn they are sick i used to have a good life there we lost everything and came here. she says her village was burned by people farmers who fight the flooding over land and access to food. i want to find out from the government if there is plan in place to help these
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people but they insist they don't even know that the camp exists. i haven't seen anyone living in a waste dump i'm telling you honestly if i said i had seen and then i would be telling a line of of i saw people in tents yes well arranged nice tents in a temporary shelter been a minute. the mullion government is busy trying to distinguish different fires at once expanding islamist militancy and ethnic violence. the whole challenge that needs a global response not just a mali in one. must win if they cannot come up with a plan together then the whole challenge stays as it is. people in just one of many makeshift camps across mali living in a dire situation 1000000 government says it can't even begin to address as
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there is peace. or qatar has approved labor reforms ahead of hosting the 2022 world cup the gulf state has done so after coming under fire for exploiting the market workers who are building the venues for the games the changes will come into effect at the beginning of next year. 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.
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amnesty international has long called for an end to the abusive system in qatar it praised 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 qatar's migrant workers were exposed as specially under the spotlight of wood cup preparations one agency that has been working closely with qatar on reforming it system is the united nations international labor organization well you know for us it's it's been long overdue it's still exist in many other countries and we're hoping that other countries will also follow suit and slowly of all the stuff follow because it's not in line with international standards qatar is in need of an image boost before they host the
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2022 world cup it's unclear how far these labor reforms will actually go what is certain actions will speak louder than words. all dutch streams of victory in the world solar challenge have literally gone up in flames within sight of the finish line and australia team in acts had just hit the lead when their car caught fire was completely engulfed by those flames the driver did manage to escape unharmed but that incident was the end of the road for the team from all and belgium's a gory attempt to leave then and we go on to take the checkered flag in adelaide in a time of just under 35 hours now that's an average speed of 86 kilometers per hour over the courses this week 1200 kilometer distance. reminder now of our top stories as our. u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson is stepping up his efforts to persuade lawmakers to back the new bracks
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a deal he's agreed with brussels he says he's confident egremont will be approved by parliament tomorrow but opposition politicians and some of his own allies say that is unlikely. this d.w. news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being.
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