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to enter check in at g.w. dot com slash travel good luck and enjoy some. this is the news live from berlin barcelona brought to a standstill amid growing anger over the jailing of cut along separatist leaders tens of thousands take to the streets and a 5th day of mass protests spain's interim prime minister responds that illegal actions will be punished not political ideas also on the program a fragile ceasefire in northern syria kurdish led forces accuse turkey of violating
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the truce but uncle ross says there are no more clashes in the area. charge or strong armed boris johnson begins his campaign to persuade the british parliament to back his new breasts and deal he has just one more day to do so. and a sad farewell friends and family gathered to remember one of the victims of a neo nazis attempted massacre in eastern germany. welcome to the program called aspen in spain it's now day 5 of mass protests gripping the concert long capital barcelona as uproar over the jailing of independence leaders sweeps through the region a general strike by pro independence unions has brought much of the area to a halt flights have been cancelled. road and rail links disrupted many factories
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have stopped work tourist attractions are closed and a soccer clash between barcelona and real madrid has been postponed. let's go to barcelona now that's where stephen burgeon is for us now stephen we just saw those images of this strike i mean we're hearing that roads are closed and we're now even hearing that a big football match so barcelona madrid as also been postponing just walk us through the situation there for us. the situation is right now is the song as much as the word converging on the city from various parts of course. are now arriving there are about 60 or 70000 people in the city center i expect there are 2 groups or several 100000 bar because of the mood which is where the money. is. as a result the city is pretty much. impossible to very difficult. there's
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this sort of there's the delays and. cancellations at the airport. there's a demonstration going to happen at the cruise port to try to stop people on cruise ships. is the biggest cruise boarding right. through just in bar. last night we saw those intense clashes with between demonstrators and police are we expecting any more of those violent clashes now today. yes i think of the short answer is that nothing has been but given the way this week has planned out so far it would be surprising if there was basically the passengers we see a big peaceful demonstration as it dispersed as it breaks into smaller and smaller groups until eventually were just left with a few 100 people. pushing with the police into the small hours and i think it's
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like that that was more later on given what we're seeing i mean they timed massive protests nighttime those sorts of violent violent images what have you heard from the spanish government was madrid's. by this government has done nothing except predictably condemn the violence doesn't know the spanish government nor the transplant on making any constructive moves to towards sitting having talks and trying to find some some way out of this feeling feeble. really because of her frustration has descended into violence there's nothing really happening on the political front all right stephen bergen for us he's in barcelona thank you very much. well the demonstrations in barcelona are already being compared to the pro-democracy protests those watan call in recent months and i'm joined now by a reporter sherry chen oh sure you've been covering those protests for us in hong
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kong now what similarities do you see between these 2 movements even the protesters maybe learning from each other right so one of the biggest similarity is the strategy they use a specially when the protesters in catalonia they decided to go to the airport to stage a demonstration because this usually not a very common site for them on stations but it has been very important to hong kong protesters and actually the group that mobilized the public to go to the airport and they tweeted a photo of the demonstration and they used. my friend now is actually a very important strategy for hong kong protesters is actually a quote from the famous actor bruce lee and it means to be flexible to be fluid and to be fast moving and the other strategy that the protesters they are actually they use of technology and social media to organize a protest and one group of activists group they actually are going to
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a public forum to specifically look at the examples in hong kong on how they use telegram to organize these protests so you can see that they are really learning from each other so that's protesters in hong kong specifically or in. looking at what hong kong protesters are doing you know what about in hong kong i'm assuming the protesters are kind of keeping up keeping tabs on what's going on in barcelona right there hong kong protesters they are really accepting an eye on what's happening there and they actually circulate a lot of news and updates of the protests now going on. and they are actually also fairly proud to see that some of this is being exported to the other parts of the world and actually some of the protesters in hong kong they planned to organize stand with them with catalonia rally in hong kong to show stuff solidarity. thanks very much. turkish president russia tired of juan has warned that he will
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restart operations against kurdish forces in syria if they do not withdraw from a safe zone he denies reports that his troops have broken the temporary truce in the region but kurdish led syrian forces accused the turks of failing to stick to a deal brokered by the united states after sporadic clashes flared up in one border town you see here a spokesperson for the syrian democratic forces which are parts of the opposition in syria tweeting this despite the agreement to halt the fighting air and artillery attacks continue to target the positions of fighters civilian settlements and the hospital in moscow i circle is violating the cease fire agreement by continuing to attack the town since last night. 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
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agreed to a cease fire in syria. turkish pause operation few spring you know 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 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 richard type out of 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
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president announced the cease fire the turkish foreign minister gave the press his government's view of the day's events. the art of it it's not the end of the operation it's not a ceasefire you could 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 tie log 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. now one of turkey's aims in northern syria is to set up what it calls a safe zone to resettle up to $2000000.00 syrian refugees who've been sheltering in
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turkey it's a controversial idea of a president everyone seems determined to go through with it he has been speaking to some of those who would be affected by the move. in the distance i mean i'm mohammed can still see her homeland. just over the horizon the syrian city of course. and. when i see combining i remember my childhood my life there all my memories are over there. 5 years ago militants of the so-called islamic state laid siege to forcing a mina and part of her family to flee to search in turkey. from here she watches as are homeless fate once again hangs in the balance the kurdish fighters who are driven out to geodes 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
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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 are 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 wants to establish in syria will really be safe. a villa has sons family fled to turkey 5 years ago from there is saw 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
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a. all of. this and. 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. shown the refers 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 turks we speak with support 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. we can do
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what the muslims it's their homeland and when this every year is cleared and free of terrorists they can return 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. here's a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators in lebanon are gathering for a 2nd day to criticize government plans from both impose new taxes gatherings are some of the biggest in years overnight some protestors and fires in the capital beirut with 2 people reportedly killed by the blazes. china's economic growth has slowed to its weakest pace and nearly 3 decades with weaker demand at home and abroad hitting production 3rd quarter data shows that china's growth slowed to 6 percent fueling fears of a possible global recession in the months ahead. u.s.
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democrats say remarks by the acting white house chief of staff nicole veiny implicate president trump in wrongdoing of any appeared to tell reporters that the white house did withhold aid from ukraine to pressure officials there to investigate trump's political rivals of a now says his remarks were misconstrued. well u.k. prime minister boris johnson is on a mission to secure support in british parliament after reaching it breck said withdrawal deal with the european union on thursday u.k. government ministers are meeting today ahead of a key vote in parliament on saturday on the new breck's a deal 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 gain enough support to see it through but even some of his allies have vowed to vote against it. our correspondent. joins us now from london charlotta you've been speaking to m.p.'s at
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westminster all day today what are they telling you i mean does it seem that the prime minister has enough support to get this deal approved tomorrow. nobody knows that is the short answer it's going to be a very very tight vote for boris johnson to be on board the rebels that boris johnson kicked out of the party a few weeks ago they are considering but not sure and then there is the labor opposition party where f.-u. m.p.'s are actually considering voting for boris johnson it's going to be a very very very tight vote that is what we're hearing and i was talking to a labor m.p. before who has told me how busy things are and westminster right now in the hallways behind me in the offices people are crunching the numbers themselves looking at the legal text and considering if finally voting for this deal and that labor m.p. i was very surprised to hear that he will actually vote for the deal let's listen
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and. i'm going to vote for the deal i think people in this country or politicians who thought this oh well next for 3 yes and every. bill being put in front of with . all the remain as of you know all that. usually goes cold. even the queen was involved in the supreme court i mean everybody should be involved and stop and paul and. noble go to do you think we should grab a book signs might be the best deal. but it should be. the end work and we'll even european estimates and. we may need a lot more of those sorts of votes tomorrow let's look ahead towards tomorrow what happens now if this deal is in fact turned down in parliament. well of course it would be a huge political disaster for boris johnson and boris johnson himself is presenting
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this to parlett parliament as a binary choice he's saying look here's my deal with the european union go for that one or let's the u.k. crush hours of the european union on october 31st that is the next brics that deadline but it's not really a binary choice the reality is that there is a law in place column and have put has put that in place as a safeguard that makes boris johnson ask the european union for another extension and so if they voted fails tomorrow then he will have to go to the european union and ask for another extension and this whole process could be prolonged even further and that is what boris johnson has on the other hand counting on he's hoping that this stretch off another extension maybe will convince m.p.'s to finally get a deal over the line and get bracks it done get your calculators ready as are all the parts of london for us thank you very much. well here in germany a commemoration is being held for one of the 2 victims of
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a gunman who tried to. carry out an attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of hollow last week family friends and politicians gathered to bit a farewell to the 20 year old man who was shot dead in a nearby car bomb shop after the attacker failed to enter the synagogue a man with extreme right wing views has been charged with the attack and prosecutors say that he has admitted his guilt. a 40 year old woman was also shot dead by the gunman people holler and intimate have been remembering her life as well. hala on wednesday october 19th 2019 a heavily armed man and the police exchanged gunfire he takes cover behind a car and later flees eventually police catch up with him and arrest him before he was apprehended he tried to force his way into a local synagogue where some 50 worshippers were celebrating the most important holiday in the jewish calendar kapoor despite grenades and gunfire the reinforced
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door did not give way for yelled in his bid to slaughter jews he turned his gun 1st on a random passer by. yana was 40 friends described her as a cheerful woman who enjoyed life and was especially fond of folk pop. then he went into a kebab shop and shot the 20 year old kevin as a passionate soccer fan. 2 people murdered by a fanatical right wing extremist a shock to hama and germany as a whole. our political correspondent simon young is in the nearby town of mazza bora where the 2 members commemoration is taking place dan simon just 1st of all tell us more about these ceremonies there it's very. you call there are several 100 people gathered here both inside and outside the church behind me here in may as a book that's not very far from where that anti semitic attack took place and
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people have come here bringing flowers lighting candles hugging each other and expressing i think their feelings of grief a lot of them members and supporters of the local football club how f c which this young man kevin 20 years old the victim of a random killing he was an ardent supporter of that football club so in this community it's people showing solidarity and showing how they've been affected by an attack in which this young man essentially was a random victim but they all know the significance of that attack and how it's being watched across the country now you touched on there simon i mean of course this is a memorial to remember the life of one young man but there is a broader significance here can you just walk us through that. well indeed because i think people in this region across germany and possibly even more
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widely still wondering what is the right response to this attack how could this happen in germany in 2019 what are the causes of it's and today in particular it comes against the background of a meeting of regional interior ministers who have been talking about exactly that subject what's the right response and they're talking through many different possibilities more police protection of course for jewish institutions synagogues and schools and so on but also for instance doing more to hunt down right wing extremists in the internet or indeed right wing extremist groups also to carry out more routine background checks on people obtaining gun licenses for instance so there's a range of measures being discussed because i think everyone here and around germany believes a lot has to be done to make sure that anti semitic attacks like this can't happen
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nowadays in germany r d w correspondent simon young there for us thanks very much. on gunmen in mexico have waged a fierce battle against security forces after police detained the son of the notorious drug lord of blocking el chapo guzman insults to placing guzman's home state of sinaloa police later released over the 0 guzman saying that they had done so to calm the streets and save the lives of civilians who were caught up in the shoot out. mexican security forces were on a routine patrol in similar los capital city coolly ican when gunmen opened fire on them. security forces returned fire initially capturing 4 men among them the son of the former head of the sin alone drug cartel york in el chapo guzman. one of them was identified as a video goes my locus last result several organized crime groups surrounded the
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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 signal on drug cartel it's triggered a surge of violence in mexico as various would be contenders fight for control of the powerful drug cartel. well it's one of the biggest rivalries in sports england and australia over knew their hostilities this weekend in the quarterfinals
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of the bug the world cup in japan both are strong contenders but australia might know something about their pony and that could tip the balance in their favor. how do you prepare against an opponent that you've lost to 6 times in a row that is australia stripped for record against england since 2016 but australia's players may have some insight knowledge having played with some of their opponents at club level. i know all their weaknesses by the way in telling everyone. i miss them now what if you want your. money is a terrible snake of. george ford never pays for a beer. i ben youngs isn't even the best rugby player in his family said the man in a country. that chicken johnny may very weird because of there is no exact. not the most useful information for quarterfinal rugby match in the world cup given that england will go into the game as favorites so what could possibly help
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australia cause the news that england have dropped they keep they make a george fort from the starting line up. will george george in the 23. will we have starting in the finishing to face going to finish 1st instead of starting australia may not have the upper hand against england but that won't stop the land from down under from exhausting our possibilities. and a reminder of our top stories that we're following for you with this hour turkey's president wretch of china very long is denying reports that his troops have violated the cease fire in northeastern syria. syrian forces accuse the turks of failing to stick to a deal brokered by the united states after sporadic clashes broke out in one border town. u.k. prime minister boris johnson is stepping up his efforts to persuade u.k. lawmakers abaft the new breck's
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a deal he's agreed to with brussels he says he's confident agreement will be approved by parliament spots opposition politicians and even some of johnson's own allies say that's unlikely. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use g.w. app to send us store photos and your. will be back with more news at the top of the hour don't forget all the latest news information available on all around the clock on our web site that's dot com common thanks for watching.
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