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pretty good but. this is d w news live from berlin boris johnson's the day of reckoning the u.k. prime minister urges lawmakers to back his last ditch breaks that deal months without a majority in the house of commons success is far from certain and also coming up kurdish led forces say turkey of violating the cease fire in northern syria ankara and says the violence is just skirmishes but turkey's president says he'll restart his military offensive unless kurdish militias leave the border area. and the
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violence players in barcelona the capital of spain's catalonia region has gripped by a 5th day of unrest after authorities jailed separatist leaders. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us. the u.k. is in for a dramatic day in a rare saturday session parliament will debate and likely decide whether to back a new deal for leaving the european union is boris johnson's last chance to fulfill his pledge to leave by october 31st he needs enough m.p.'s to support his deal or to agree on leaving without one if he can't get either of those options the prime minister will be forced to ask the e.u. for another extension new legislation or a fresh election could then follow. saturday could be the day
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a majority of british parliamentarians accept terms of a divorce from the e.u. or maybe it won't be it's anything but certain that the deal will pass the house of commons the house remains as divided as ever on the issue ahead of the vote prime minister boris johnson urged m.p.'s to come together and back his brakes a deal. but i will say. of course all sides of the house to think about tomorrow night in which we've got this thing done and we've got it over the line because i think the nation a great sigh of relief the magic number for johnson is 320 votes but a combination of opposition m.p.'s former conservative party members and m.p.'s from the northern irish do you may stop him getting there i think it's very clear to them that we are not going to vote for this on saturday but as nigel says saturday is not the end saturday is not even the beginning of the haven't. had
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party leader has called an m.p.'s to reject johnson's deal he wants fresh elections that could help them shape a new brics a deal more to his liking. but they feel that out here you know i think they're going to thank. the vote will very likely be a close one its outcome could be historic or just another milestone on a long road and correspondent is standing by in london and she joins us now for more hello. so is it likely that john senate will manage to persuade enough m.p.'s to vote for the new. it's really too close to call it's very very tight you've mentioned there is no majority in the house of commons so really the prime minister when he starts speaking he's going to make an impassioned plea to m.p.'s to to rally behind him in
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just a few hours in the house of commons and i think the obvious will be 2 groups of m.p.'s wrong one group of m.p.'s are crucial others have from his own party so far not backed any deal that's reason may has brought home she pleaded couldn't get anything through parliament and this is because m.p.'s bricks and leaning m.p.'s from the own conservative party of prime minister. didn't drag behind the deal now they might think that this breaks it even though it's maybe not the pure breck's of the clean bricks that they are hoping for that might be their last chance to get any breaks it and if they don't vote for it then maybe the turn of events will be completely different and who knows there might in the end just be a 2nd referendum so they might be moved willing than they have been in the pause to vote for the deal then the other people the other group of m p's labor m.p.'s we
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know that labor is going to whip the members not to vote for the deal but there are . constituencies that have said that i going to defy the whip and these 2 groups of people that prime minister john really is hoping to get on this side aren't very good at well let's assume johnson does fail so what will happen then are we going to have to see another election take place. another election then seems inevitable if he doesn't succeed us britain is going to leave no matter what's at the end of october however that seems unlikely reno there is legislation in place parliamentarians warns of pools prime minister johnson to gun go to the e.u. and also an extension well the e.u. doesn't really like kid balt it seems would be the outcome and then off the words
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most likely yes there would be another election. reporting for us from london thank you very much. well as we mentioned u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson is due to address parliament before lawmakers debate his brakes a deal and you will carry johnson's speech live at 1030 central european time which is a bit over an hour from now. all right let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world chile's president has declared a state of emergency amid widespread protests there been violent demonstrations in the capital santiago as well as massive fires in high rise buildings the protests started after the government announced a hike in city transportation fares. mexican authorities have admitted they failed to arrest one of the sons of el chapo the notorious drug lord serving a life sentence in the u.s. that's after cartel gunmen opened fire on security forces 8 people were killed and
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more than 20 others injured in the crossfire before the police were forced to retreat in the united states democratic presidential candidate told the gathered has fired back at hillary clinton suggestion that she is a quote favorite of the russians clinton has warned that russia is grooming a democratic candidate for a 3rd party run next year gabber tweeted insults back at clinton calling her quote queen of war mongers and the embodiment of corruption. a 5 day pause in hostilities in northern syria agreed by turkey after negotiations with the us only 2 days ago is looking shaking kurdish forces have accused turkish troops of carrying on attacks fighting appear to continue in the border town of ross on friday turkish president of time air to one has denied the attacks he's
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vowed to continue turkey's offensive in the region unless kurdish led fighters withdraw from a so-called safe zone 30 kilometers deep into syria so far there has been no sign of a pullout by the kurds. well here in the studio with me is author and journalist marcus because he's a middle east analyst and has written a book about syria and its neighboring countries thank you so much for joining us this morning so the european union for its part says this ceasefire deal is effectively a demand for kurdish capitulation can you see the kurds ever agreeing to leave the region i don't think oh it's not only the region of the kurdish fighters of the white p.g. but it's also the region of the kurdish people in northern syria and it's not possible that hundreds of thousands of people living there for years and decades just leave the area of the deal does not include an answer to the question where
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shall the kurds go. well speaking about this area just on friday the turkish president wants said he's planning to create a much larger buffer zone or safe zone as he calls it then originally announced so can we really still speak about a buffer zone or is this effectively an invasion by turkey i would call that an invasion and the other one has never made a secret out of it that is that it is an invasion that's the 3rd invasion in 3 years by turkish forces into syria and what he himself has reached in the deal is a green light to create zone of turkish influence in northern syria in a sovereign state and yes this is an invasion and saves old under international terms well you mention his green light for turkey to begin this incursion that of course came after a phone call between the u.s.
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president donald trump and turkey's leader era to one the u.s. decided to withdraw its troops from the region and critics are saying this has in effect created a vacuum how do you see what's happening in this region. trump has betrayed the kurdish forces he has betrayed the kurdish people and effectively created a protector up for turkish forces but don't forget that iran and russia also profited from this decision by the us administration so trump always claims that he's fighting iran with all means but what he has created in northern syria is a zone where russia and iran would take over power together with turkey so he has created a big mess where his biggest enemies far from the most high generals marcus big health thank you so much for coming in and sharing your insights with us thank you to spain now where there's been another night of violence in the city of barcelona
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that is catalan prone dependents protesters clashed with police the semi oton. as darkness descended on barcelona so too did violence. clashes between protesters and security forces illuminated by corning makeshift barricades . sticks and stones taxis tear gas and rubber bullets. eventually the water cannon rolled in. it was a predictable and to a 5th day of protest in catalonia even if the vast majority of the half a 1000000 who marched had done so peacefully. over the past 3 nights what i've seen on the streets setting fires to things and essentially creating chaos is not what's the general populace of catalonia feels others see the violence as
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a means to an end. i'm against. this but it seems that violence it gets more media tending and march this. morning formation about. a subject. but not everyone is so keen on the media's presence i. barely or the catalonian regional president condemned the violence. sentenced to 100 years for staging a referendum. vote on independence again. but some fear that will only make the situation worse. he cannot 3 days after this sentence tell people that he's going to put the ballots again on the streets because we saw what happened last time and we saw the reaction of the spanish
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government and we saw that this is going to only incites more violence police said 31 people were arrested as madrid delivered a warning. another thing going on in order to not one should think that the vandalism and the violence in catalonia will go unpunished yes and i don't want to they cut them on the city's walls the defiant reply you taught us that being peaceful is useless as flames lit the streets of boston the one after another night catalan independence has once again turned to political wildfire. a historic mistake that's how the european commission president described the european union's failure to start membership talks with north macedonia and albania shown close youngers disappointment made for a sobering end to a summit in brussels. chancellor merkel wanted to put pressure on paris but she didn't succeed france continues to say no opinion and northern macedonia to western
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balkan countries will have to wait for invitations to join the e.u. they won't be offered at this summit. is it soon germany's position was the time to certain conditions e.u. accession talks could begin but i'm sorry to say this position was not unanimously agreed upon it's one. without any entry prospect e.q. member states are concerned that russia or china might win more influence in the region but france together with denmark and the netherlands criticizes the current approval process president mcconnell says it's too cumbersome for paris reform is long overdue and a key issue. is what that the process must be reversible otherwise it won't be credible and that's why my wish is that before we accept a new e.u. members that many of the current members meet the reform criteria. for a new states are postponing the start of accession talks for the 3rd time
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a new date has been set chancellor merkel says the next attempt will be early next year. they're up to date now and d.-w. news up next is arts and culture at with robin merrill omarion evans dean from me and the entire news team here in berlin and thanks for watching. welcome to the what is the game here for details. we're going to talk about i agree that's an. awesome experience that. the mail and i just looked at the brand new w farmers poll.

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