played. this is v.w. newsline from berlin fighting players in northern syria despite a ceasefire announced by the u.s. and turkey the question now can it hold and are kurdish forces withdrawing as a deal calls for we'll go live to stumble also coming up. charming or strong off course johnson begins his campaign to persuade the british parliament to back his new bret's the deal and he has just won the tour de to do that. and thousands take part in

a mass rally in teh lonia in northern spain to protest against the jailing of separatist leaders bringing parts of the region should a standstill. plus qatar promises to reform the labor laws for the migrant workers and building the venues for the 2022 world cup will it be enough to improve the dire conditions they face. i'm carl kasell and welcome to the program reports are coming in of new findings in a border town in northeastern syria despite a ceasefire brokered by the united states other towns do appear to be calm at this moment turkey agreed to suspend its military operation for 5 days to allow kurdish forces to withdraw ancora has hailed the deal as a victory for turkey saying it got quote everything it wanted. sporadic clashes

and artillery strikes are hitting the syrian border town of. this just hours after top turkish and u.s. officials agreed to impose a pause in the fighting in the region. today the united states and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria. turkish side will pause operation few spring. in order to allow for the withdrawal of y.p. g. forces from the safe zone. for $120.00. the americans claim to the 5 day cease fire as a diplomatic victory but the kurdish y p g militia was not at the table for the negotiations before the agreement to pause fighting syria's brossel lane was already the scene of heavy clashes local humanitarian groups say civilians were being caught between the fronts the announcement to freeze combat surprised some

observers turkish president which of type at a one had previously announced he would not agree to halt the offensive he's denied rumors that mike pence threatened turkey with new sanctions should he fail to support the plan. shortly after the vice president announced the cease fire the turkish foreign minister gave the press his government's view of the day's events do little at the heart of it it's not the end of the operation it's not a cease fire 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 y.p. g. 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 turkey's security zone. for more let's bring in our correspondent dorian jones he is in istanbul for us now dorian we're getting reports that fighting is continuing in the region and now we're hearing a kurdish military spokesperson saying that turkey is in fact violating this cease fire agreement what more can you tell us about all this well yes a blame game has already started over these sporadic clashes that have been going on since the morning mainly in this town which important town of ras al-ain kurdish fighters the same blaming the syrian rebels that are current that are fighting with the turkish forces for violating the cease fire and saying that they are defending themselves we can have any reaction from the uncreate over this other than the turkish president reject the one speaking before prayers saying that they are committed to this deal to create this safe so that will cover several 100

kilometers and be 30 kilometers deep and they say that they see this is a very important step forward but on the ground it does appear that the cease fire isn't at least in the town of ross i mean he's not holding with even reports that we should have hit a hospital we haven't got confirmation of that but this hospital in russell i was apparently treating the wounded of fighting here just another indication that of how difficult and tense the situation is at the moment now this cease fire which clearly is quite fragile of the moment it does ask kurdish forces to leave this 30 kilometers zone what's being called a safe zone by turkey are they doing that. well this really is the key point of this deal and there appears the americans have reached 2 separate agreements the agreement struck an un crowd which i understand says that there will be this safe zone of over 400 kilometers and 30 kilometers deep but the leader of the kurdish militias in syria muslim bani said that no this deal only

applies to the strategic towns of. tel aviv which has been the center of heavy fighting and the more or less 100 kilometers difference between different. gap between these 2 towns they will retreat from so there is a major chasm of difference of understanding in the remit itself doesn't lie and how big this safe so will be and that adds to the ambiguity and beyond that there the kurdish militias are voicing concerns about the safety and security of the people in this state so given the fact that they are alarmed what they see this syrian rebels they claim a link to your heart is groups and even al qaeda an islamic state now on quote the nice side but there is profound concern about the safety of the people there and given the fact the vice president mike pence on speaking after the deal ruled out any deployment of u.s. forces in this area only adds to that concern so yes at the moment that does seem to be a big difference in the understanding of this agreement is very much a ceasefire a work in progress but time is running out and i do i am president i don't want to

say he wants to resettle one and a half to 2000000 a syrian refugees from turkey and put them into this area what about the refugees themselves would they be willing to make that kind of move. well that is a very big question turkey is hosting over 3 and a half 1000000 refugees many of them who have been here for many years now and have carved out a new life for themselves would they be prepared to move back to the safe so much turkey wants to create many of these people don't even come from this area given the fact that there were big big concerns over the security of this area is very unclear whether they are prepared to go on cross said they won't be forced out but this is a major problem of earth one this is a key part of the deal because the presence of refugees in turkey is becoming deeply unpopular joy in johns for us in istanbul as the situation in the area continues to develop thank you very much or u.k. prime minister boris johnson is on a mission to secure support and british parliament after reaching a break said withdrawal deal with the e.u.

on thursday parliament will decide whether or not to back the deal and what's expected to be a very tight vote on saturday johnson who leads a minority government will need the support of some opposition lawmakers in order for the deal to pass he says he's confident he can get that supports but even some of his own allies have vowed to vote against it. and with more our correspondent ashore lot of oughts joins us now she is in london factor of westminster today how does it look to you what are you hearing this morning this johnson have that support that he needs to get this deal approved by parliament. well john sununu said it's going to be very very tight and that is why he rushed back to london from brussels last night at 3 am and he is talking to m.p.'s in the parliament that you see behind me in westminster trying to convince them and trying to convince them to vote for his deal on super saturday tomorrow when parliament is

sitting for the 1st time in 40 years on a weekend an emergency debate there and let me walk you through the different groups impala men there so he doesn't have the support of the do you of the northern irish unionist polity 10 votes less for him they will vote against him against the deal they said because they are not happy with what it's been agreed upon with the european union then looking at boris johnson's own party at the conservative party he'll have to convince a hotline one of them said this deal looks like bricks it smells like bricks it is bricks and so we can we think that they might be on his side to vote in favor of a deal and then he has to convince the rebels that he kicked out of his own party and a few labor opposition m.p.'s so he has a lot of work to do in the next 20 hours a so we'll certainly be crunching the numbers there tomorrow as soon as this deal was was and we heard m.p.'s speaking out against it as you mentioned on both sides

really is there anything that the prime minister can do at this point i mean what tools does he really have to get m.p.'s to change their minds to vote for this deal . yeah absolutely right a lot of criticism coming there from all sides and we have to remember to recently i was there at this point she brought it. deal to palm and 3 times and it was rejected 3 times so what can boris johnson do different now that he has his own deal that is not that much different from 2 recent may steal a downing street source this morning said that he will act as a salesman and as a cheerleader so he really has to reach out across the aisle but the problem there is everybody wants something different from bricks that some want a hot of bricks at someone to softer one staying more aligned to the european union so really he has a lot of convincing to do there and we'll have to see if the numbers will hold in his favor if we're crunching the numbers ourselves it looks like it could be

a vote could come down to 3 votes either in favor or against this new deal tomorrow looking ahead to tomorrow as you said it will be very tight and what happens if this deal is in fact been turned down in parliament. boris johnson is trying to make this a binary choice for parliamentarians he says we leave the european union on october 31st to a diet he said he said that over and over again and he is pushing in front of parliament a choice either a vote for my deal or we crashed out on october 31st but they reality is he can't just crush out there is a law in place that prevents him to do that so he would have to ask for another extension and this process would drag on we would most likely see a general election at some point to change up the numbers and palm and so we'll just have to see what comes out of this vote tomorrow on super saturday and i will be watching the super saturdays sure

a lot of thoughts and london thank you very much. or here's a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world china's economic growth has slowed to its weakest pace in nearly 3 decades weaker demand at home and abroad is fading production in the country 3rd quarter data shows its growth slowed to 6 percent fueling fears of a possible global recession in the months ahead. protesters in lebanon are holding a 2nd day of rallies against government plans to impose new taxes demonstrations are some of the biggest in years in the country overnight writing software testers lighting fires in the capital beirut with 2 people reportedly killed by the blaze it's. well mass protests than a general strike are underway right now in the spanish region of catalonia protesters want the long prison sentences handed out to cut the lawn independence leaders overturned hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part rallies in the cuttle on capital barcelona on friday many back independence for

catalonia protesters say they're furious at the tough sentences handed to the region's former leaders for holding a lot of referendum on independence in 2017. well let's go to barcelona now that's where stephen burgeon is standing by for us now stephen we saw those images this is a city wide strike i mean bring us up to speed what's the latest there in the crowd in barcelona. was conscious it word is throughout the whole region the situation with these 5 to from march is converging on the city as well as various other actions thoughts on this pretty well the very difficult. borrowed train the rules of physics to counsel the airport city itself is very cool and. trafford. the marchers are expected to arrive over the next few hours for the jews of the article. in the

center of town. or the city is quiet now but it was a different case of course last night we saw intense clashes between demonstrators and police are we expecting more violence now today. it seems likely you know we've now had 4 successive nights of it and it's escalated each night. i think it seems very likely that once night falls off around 10 o'clock well we tend to see the person is we have a large peaceful demonstration maybe 3040000 people today you know a lot we have not and then as it disperses smaller groups basically start playing cat and mouse with the police provoking the police to attack them with no setting fire to things or throwing things at the police the police then attack them and then we start with this running battles more fires and so what you've been saying

for the past few days and what we heard from the spanish government was madrid reacting to these protests. predictably condemning the violence. but you know on the political. front there's nothing forthcoming you know neither from neither side is there any signs of the sort of leadership that is required to stop these demonstrations and to give people some hope there's actually going to be some sort of talking some sort of negotiation going on but you know that we're facing a general election and less than 3 weeks and everyone's basically in the trenches stephen burgeon for us following that's the way from barcelona thank you very much thank you. well gunman in mexico have waged fierce battle against security forces after police detained the son of a notorious drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman it's all took place in

a town in guzman's home state of sinaloa police later released over diogu is months things that they did so to calm the streets and save the lives of civilians that were caught up in the shoot out. mexican security forces were on a routine patrol in similar as capital city when gunmen opened fire on them. security forces returned fire initially capturing 4 men among them the son of the former head of the saloon drug cartel in el chapo guzman. one of them was identified as a video caused by lopez result several organized crime groups surrounded the house with the force great and out of the patrol unit other criminal groups initiated violence against other citizens. caravans of cartel gunmen took over the city setting fires blocking major intersections and killing civilians indiscriminately the force wielded by the cartel gunmen so

superior that the authorities decided to release the video guzman in order to avoid a further escalation of violence the incarceration of former cartel top man el chapo in one of the highest security prisons in the united states has left a dangerous power vacuum in the sinhala and drug cartel it's triggered a surge of violence in mexico as various would be contenders fight for control of the powerful drug cartel. somali now in a country that's been battling a 7 year long insurgency and the scene islamist forces take control of large parts of the country thousands of civilians have also been forced to flee their homes because of enter ethnic violence many of these people have been displaced with. funny fish are sent us this report from the capital bamako. it's only a stone's throw from here to downtown but 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 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 there drifts through this site. you know 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 trash you how are you supposed to keep healthy this is not

easy or. to deter some to their 1000000 made 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 a mother and her newborn they are sick i used to have a good life where we lost everything and came here. she says her village was burned by people farmers who fight the flooding over land and axes to food. i want to find out from the government if there is plan in place to help these people but they insist they don't even know that the camp exists. i haven't seen anyone living in

a waste dump them telling me honestly if i said i had seen and then i would be telling a lie i saw people in tents yes well arranged nice tents a temporary shelter. the money in 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. 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 there is peace. now qatar as promised labor reforms ahead of hosting the

2022 football world cup the gulf state has faced intense international criticism for exploiting the migrant workers or building the venues for the matches the changes are expected to 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 and 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. 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 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 could toss migrant workers were exposed as specially under the spotlight of wood cup preparations one agency that has been working closely with qatar on reforming its system is the united nations international labor organization well you know for us it's it's been long overdue 88 still exist in many other countries and we're hoping that other countries will also follow suit and flew up all the stuff i love 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. want to dive deeper on that

story now we're joined by who ton homayoon pour you actually saw him there in the piece he's representative of the international labor organization that's the u.n. agency that's been working closely with qatar on these reforms now 1st of all thank you for joining us from doha we've seen reports of course about these working conditions for years now for migrants in qatar you've been there on the ground how would you describe the situation thanks for having me on we've been here for about a year and a half working very closely with the government does for us you've heard major milestones have been achieved the job is not done yet but full of polish and of just follow it's in huge milestone for all of us for the country for international cricket union for the employer organizations assumption of the non discriminatory minimum wage is also a huge milestone for the region not just let me just pop in here once and it was to clarify czars and rob but you mention

a fallen in polish mint of that now that just explain for us what is kafala. so far as the sponsorship system basically it's a migrant worker wants to come to or king the state of qatar that they would come to us on sir and when they come into the country if they want to leave temporarily or permanently they would have to get the full of their employer also if they wanted to change their employment they would have to go to a pool that their employer and that all comes to and january 2020 so they no longer will we no longer all have this power imbalance between employers and workers you also mentioned there a minimum wage i mean do we have any idea how big that minimum wage will be and who that will apply to. so the actual and mt has not been announced yet we know that the council of ministers has a indorsed to stop the shipments into law nondiscriminatory minimum wage for all nationalities across all sectors we jointly in collaboration with immunity leverage carried out

a study over it 8 month period and we have make certain proposals on the work. we've proposed to arrange and it's up to the national constituents to decide where they would actually fix the exact. qatar's promised these sorts of reforms in the past right i mean how confident are you that these measures will now work to improve these workers rights. as as your piece just before our interview said actions speak louder than words only fully agree with you know we discussed major milestones assault as they come into effect january 2020 it would benefit millions of migrant workers here if they normal anger meet with the pool of their employees to leave the country that's a direct immediate impact on peace workers and their lives when there's a minimum wage that offers a minimum standard if decent living and working for migrant workers as an immediate impact on their lives and their families lives so these are really legislations

that are very important and they will directly impact the lives of migrant workers put on how many young for the head of the international labor organization projects office in qatar thank you so much for giving us your perspective. thanks for having me on. and reminder now of our top story fighting is reported to have broken out in a border town in northeastern syria despite a cease fire that was brokered by the united states a turkey says there are no clashes in the area. as agreed to suspend its military operation for 5 days to allow kurdish forces to withdraw. and u.k. prime minister boris johnson is stepping up efforts to persuade u.k. lawmakers to back a new grex a deal he's agreed to with brussels he says he's confident the greenest will be approved by parliament but opposition politicians and some johnson's phone allies say that's unlikely. watching t.v.

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