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this is d.w. news 5 from berlin britain's big breaths and votes foot on hold again the speaker of the parliament refuses to allow a vote on prime minister forced johnson's new brands the deal will go to london for the latest twist in the french that sound also coming up lebanon's prime minister announces sweeping reforms to try to quell 5 days of protests but anti as 30
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demonstrators remain unconvinced go to beirut for the latest plus the tigers have been let out of the cage legendary golfer tiger woods for turns after his 5th round of knee surgery and now he's determined to win olympic gold. i'm calling assman welcome to the program we start in the u.k. with another breck said twist house of commons speaker john bercow refusing to allow a vote on prime minister boris johnson's breck said withdrawal agreement today said that the government's argument to have another vote was quote not persuasive enough as it was too similar to the motion on saturday here's what the speaker said just a short time ago. today's motion is in substance the same as subsidies motion the house has decided the matter today's circumstance is already in substance the
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same saturday the circumstances my ruling is there the motion will not be debated today as he would be repaired to achieve and disorderly to do so. correspondent charlayne been following these twists and turns on the bricks and trail she joins us now from london. just 1st of all walk us through this latest decision one says the delay mean for johnson's deal. well 1st of all boris johnson wanted to hold a vote today on his deal whether the government away whether parliament would support it or not so it's straight up and down yes or no vote as we speak a john bercow though there that is not allowed because of the law of the 17th century dating back to the 17th century imagine that you can't ask the same question twice so no votes today but we know that the government will hold another
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vote tomorrow on the so-called withdrawal agreement bill a very complex matter hundreds of pages of legislation that the polman will look at tonight the parliamentarians will look at tonight and then vote on tomorrow and the problem there for the government is that the bill can be amended so the opposition will bring forward their own ideas on how they want to look like for example labor wants to support a customs union arrangement that's contradictory to what john snow has discussed with the european union what's in this deal and all these amendments that could keep could keep delaying this deal or even kill it in the end basically. now over the weekend of course the prime minister was forced to send a letter to the you asking for a delay now perhaps another delay here and another blow for the prime minister i mean what's the reaction been to all that. well the government of course is furious as this i think is 9000 feet johnson's 90 feet impala meant in
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a very short period of time and the conservatives saying that they have very upset about yet another delay about this extension they say we end up in limbo we can't make the deadline i was just talking to a hotline city a few minutes earlier and she was saying that there might be not any any other way out than a general election but of course the opposition labor party for example is quite happy with that extension and with how things are going for them jeremy kolbe and paula meant just that let's listen in what he had to say. the request is not only legally necessary and prevents us crashing out of the year with no deal but the extension allows this house the spice to scrutinise the prime minister's breaks. i want to pay tribute to all those members who've worked hard to ensure a no deal is ruled out and i will continue to work across the house to ensure this continues to be the case. time of course getting very tight now how was this
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latest decision to affect this whole timeline as we inch closer to the current deadline of october 31st. theoretically karl but very theoretically the deal could still be ratified by parliament ends by the e.u. parliament in time to make that breaks the deadline on october 31st but in reality it seems very very unlikely this deal would be scrutinized in the house of parliament and we'll probably see that the direct that saga drags on and that we will head into an extension on charlotte of ponce with all the latest from london thank you very much. our now look at some of the other stories making news around the world a court in london has refused to give the wiki leaks founder julian assange more time to fight his extradition to the u.s. the united states wants to extradite a songs to face espionage charges songe made headlines and 2010 when we published
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hundreds of thousands of secret u.s. diplomatic documents. australia's major newspapers have published front pages that look like this the redactions are recording native campaign to protest laws that restrict press freedom earlier this year federal police had raided the national broadcaster a.b.c. and the home of a news corp journalist over 2 stories that have proved embarrassing for the government. a ballot count in bolivia shows left wing president evo morales is in the lead to following sunday's vote but it might not be enough for now when runoff may be necessary to mid december to seeking an unprecedented 4th term by getting credit for lifting millions out of poverty critics accuse him of corruption and anti-democratic. i will next we take a look at 2 protests in 2 different parts of the world lebanon and chile where
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people nonetheless share similar concerns 1st we go to lebanon and that's where the prime minister has now told people that reforms are on the way to ease the nation's economic crisis so hot hariri had ordered his government to come up with a rescue plan after 5 straight days of anti austerity protests outrage over new taxes and corruption has sparked the largest wave of dissent the country has seen in here. monday in central beirut protesters gather in martyrs square for a 5th day of protests on monday morning lebanon's government hurriedly passed a sweeping reform bill promising to end secrecy for politicians and cut ministers salaries in half. they want to appease both the protesters as well as middle eastern predators and western donors who have dubbed jailed with these historic demonstrations to voice their concerns about corruption lebanon is one of the most indebted countries in the world and this religiously diverse country is standing united in its condemnation of high unemployment poor public services and corruption
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. what is all these ministers and legislators should be thrown in jail this thieves they were begging for money from other countries on behalf of the lebanese but that then put the money in their own pockets because the money this government has done nothing but divide us as well as making us poor citizens must retain their dignity this is why we won't leave the streets without taking down the regime and forming a transitional government with exceptional powers to rebuild the country. the very thing. that. these protests show little sign of abating. over the weekend there were widespread calls for a jackal strike. and let's get more on this i'm joined now by our correspondent basile a radio he is in beirut for us now as we've heard the cabinet agreeing on a long list of reforms i mean just tell us a little bit what's on that list. for the protesters.
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all these. cabinet meeting was just wrong this is from a student is it neema is the. summit is all the ministers and m.p.'s 50 percent of the. banking sector will also be installed you need to use the. you don't need the national. states in $3200000000.00 and so all. the main part. 2 of the prime minister saad off to the cabinet meeting said that the new national budget will not include any new taxes but old these promises according to the protesters behind me. they don't think these promises into reality they said.
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they go. because the nations of the government change always at each scene and. they step may be. traffic the government much more about that and can do much more but that the current government especially the. announced by the prime minister saud how do you hold these promises could be done they. go not just because of the demands and because of the dust ups. given that i mean given the reaction from these protesters calling now for new cabinet what can the government do why is there anything that you think they can promise or say now to stop these protests. prime minister saad how do you read about his prime minister mentioned a community that was not just those who use the streets. that's what
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he said in his speech. they are going to stay in the streets now we have the. what's next the government winning. or is it a bit too old for what about the seats on the protesters said that they were wrong take they won't buy peace promises no. what's next maybe the politicians parties who are part of these government maybe they are counting that these protesters will be popular within days they will go back to the road to their homes and lot of anger in the streets still there bosler really for us in beirut yes thank you very much. thank you. now meanwhile chile is reeling itself from 3 days of protests deadly violence and looting and rest in the capital santiago over the weekend has led to at least 10 deaths with more than 1500 people
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being arrested a planned hike in public transport fares arch that unrest it's now been canceled but protesters say their discontent runs much deeper and calls are out now for a general strike. more than 10000 soldiers and police officers have been deployed in santiago. chile capital sente all go. protest started by students who exploded into much wider ranging violence. including writing. and some looting. several people have already been killed by fires and more than a 1000 people have been arrested. but it surely is under an official state of emergency. now i think we are at war against a powerful implacable enemy who does not respect anything or anyone you know and
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who is willing to use violence in crime without any limits the. soldiers are on the streets for the 1st time in nearly 30 years the 1st time since general pinochet's military units are. originally about a hike in public transport costs these protests and now about much more inequality and the cost of living. yes destroying the comeback is rhetoric president pinera met with lawmakers and has pledged to reduce excessive inequality the writing has however divided people. especially the mass torching and destruction of santiago subway systems which ordinary people are now cleaning up. the same messy day yeah i was born and raised here so i saw them build all the metro stations and this metro should be for my grandchildren. or 10 should be for everyone at the world but at the level of some of that the local authorities say it will take months to fix
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meanwhile people are now stockpiling fuel for the week ahead as chile braces for more of the same. to syria now kurdish led forces over drawing from towns along the northern border with turkey that's apparently in line with a cease fire deal brokered by the u.s. and turkey wants to establish a so-called safe zone in the region and is demanding that kurdish forces withdraw completely the u.s. and the kurds once thought together in syria but now the kurds feel betrayed. kurdish resident abuse and potatoes at their one time allies they say they're being left for dead. traffic in the border town of commission was brought to a standstill as u.s. troops passed through heading to iraq leaving anger on betrayal in their wake oh i forgot this was done. but they don't. want
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to go but what about the u.s. . it was a different reception over the border armored vehicles bearing the stars and stripes have begun arriving there they will be deployed to counter a result of the so-called islamic state but claims that the u.s. have abandoned the cards to a turkish offensive still persist you have to go back. what our mission was our mission was to work with by with and through the defeat isis. we believe we defeated the physical caliphate of the isis in march and but no where in there was that we would fight a long standing nato ally and in defense of the kurds to enable the establishment of an autonomous kurdish state no kurdish forces are in a race to get out of northern syria ahead of a cease fire date line ambulances and vans were seen leaving. in suckled by turkish troops speaking in istanbul their president hinted at
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a continuation of the offensive once the truce ends on tuesday night. we have a trip to sochi russia. in this meeting we will take up this process with mr putin and after that god willing we will take the necessary steps. and further same's that moscow is looking to fill the void left by the us russian trucks they owned in another 2 city in times on sunday. voting has begun in canada's national election and that's expected to be a nail biter for prime minister justin trudeau trio brought his family along with him as he cast his ballot is religion campaign has been hobbled by allegations of racism and ethics violations recent polls show trios liberals in a virtual dead heat with the conservatives and that could be good news for smaller parts. take
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a look now at some of the problems the incumbent prime minister has been facing. in the lead up to kind of those elections it's been all but a smooth ride for prime minister justin trudeau his approval ratings drop to almost record lows and his liberal party is engaged in the neck and neck race with the conservatives both are palling around 30 percent. despite a strong economy and low unemployment trudeau's popularity dipped after a series of scandals like this old photo of trudeau wearing blackface for his violation of conflict of interest rules. during the last weeks of campaigning to do is been trying to make up for his missteps often attacking his main opponent the conservative party here's the question you have to ask yourself do you want 53000000000 dollars worth of conservative cuts or do you want a progressive government that will continue investing in families and investing in
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communities that's the choice it's that simple. and it's important. it's not true those attacks aren't the only worry of conservative leader andrew shear but he is also quite unpopular according to the polls in one of the closest races in recent years most of the conservatives and the liberals may not win a big enough majority to govern alone. and this is where just seeing leader of the left leaning new democratic party could come into play with approval ratings soaring for is carney saying could become the kingmaker of canada's election as a prospective partner in a liberal minority government. are let's bring in correspondent pablo he is outside the parliament buildings in audible forests pablo those polls are open we saw the prime minister there casting his own ballots how is the voting
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proceeding today hi carl well voting is well and truly under way here across canada of course or suffer get because of the enormity of this country they have to stagger the vote so that more or less the 12 hours that the voting stations at the polling stations are open they more or less close at the same time so the 1st to vote this morning we're over in newfoundland over in the atlantic coast and everyone will be waiting to see exactly what happens when british columbia over the pacific coast closes more or less around a half an hour after the other polling stations are across kind of and i was here saying this is a very exciting at election it's going to be incredibly tight but the one thing that many people have been asking about is here in kind of that what exactly was this vote about was it essentially about certain issues or was it to where essentially keep justin trudeau in power yet when you met you you touched on there
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is a pre-election polls have been tight in fact some are calling this the indecision 2019 why are canadians having such a hard time making up their minds in this launch. well justin trudeau's the liberal party have been embroiled in several scandals many of his supporters a felt let down particularly those hoping at for the introduction of more environmental measures the approval of a gas pipeline or sorry an oil pipeline in western canada caused a lot of voters to turn to other smaller parties and what's interesting is of course the surge of conservative as well so it's very very tight but what many people are saying is who exactly are going to be the parties to help what it looks like what's going to be a minority government essentially control here in canada so we're looking at the end d.p. we're looking at the greens and then of course in the province of quebec at the
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bloc quebecois. we heard reports about judge me saying he's the leader of these small new democratic party what role could he play as some are calling him a kingmaker that's right because like i was saying many voters of the liberals have actually left and they've sort of gone to other parties for example the n.d.p. who really appeals to younger voters here in canada his presence online has been quite significant and of course like i said other other people younger people have also been moving to parties such as the greens and over and kept back. who could actually end up being quite useful for the conservatives if they manage to get the votes necessary to form a government. fully and audible for us thank you very much. our the group of leading drug companies in the united states has agreed to a last minute legal settlement related to the u.s.
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opioid crisis but the $260000000.00 resolves just 2 of the thousands of lawsuits brought against the companies and the numbers related to that crisis are startling nearly half a 1000000 people in the us have died from opioid overdoses and millions more are addicted. under phenomena reports just take it out the box hold your thumb on the bottom of the plunger and press one time and whichever nostril you prefer they're learning how to use narcan nasal spray that can help reverse an opioid overdose 1st responders social workers family members people on the front lines of america's crisis health the prognosis recommends the training through anyone working with the public or we're trying to target the mandate community to get them mark in i know for sure for a fact we had saved several lives just putting this in the hands of those who need it. brian overly completed the training but he tells me he never expected to needed
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here in his library he did when a visitor with symptoms of an overdose was discovered in the restroom at the library and used narcan to save his life we've never had anyone cross this line before we've had to call the ambulances before we call the police sometimes but we've never had anyone really sound like this so it is perhaps more telling of. epidemic as a whole. that it is now becoming. visible. maryland ranks among the top 5 states in the u.s. in related overdose deaths it has seen a nearly 300 percent increase since 2010 they also were to spill the pharmaceutical companies have been fueling the crisis maryland's attorney general has filed
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charges against purdue pharma accusing the company of engaging in the sept of trade practices to sell highly addictive painkillers such as oxycontin they knew what to do proper lose and the fact is that many people became addicted to heroin because they couldn't afford oxycontin they became addicted to turn opioid medications and switched to her own because it was cheaper maryland is just one example for how america is struggling with the epidemic cities and counties across the united states have filed thousands of lawsuits over the crisis targeting every facet of the health care industry from draka makers to pharmacists to individual doctors they want to industry to pay up to recoup the cost borne by communities grappling with widespread addiction. communities like this one in maryland where they desperately need help to fight the epidemic but they also. the want to pharma
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industry to admit their wrong doing and stop. golf greats tiger woods has returned to action after 2 months away because of need surgery the injury prone athlete prove though that he's fit at a charity event in japan and his pain free return means that the tiger is wearing to go as he bids for a 16th major title next year and a 1st olympic gold. in april this year he's marsters troy rounded off one of the greatest comebacks in sports now off to a 5th reconstructive knee surgery tiger has a long road ahead of him once again he's got the 2020 olympics in his sights he will need to be on top for the games if he is to take a place on the podium. i did not play well at the beginning i had a lot of bad shots and. once i got in the flow of p.t.
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and feel the the round and. it's got exciting you know we were. competitive the banter was great the back and forth. what are the holes a number 41 i had the wrong green and then. i had between the result you would look kind of like i i kind of didn't know what i was doing tiger still came in a respectable 2nd charity event on monday he returns to the p.g.a. tour later this week. you're watching the news live from berlin up next in news asia on the front lines in the battle for democracy will meet the 82 year old standing between police and protesters on the streets of hong kong. and bangladesh will start relocating thousands of refugees 20 island camps next month we talked to bangladesh's foreign minister about the controversial move. all
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that more on asia with melissa chan and don't forget all the latest news and information available around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com or you can follow us on twitter at w news i'm carl aspen thanks for watching.
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