this is the news live from berlin germany weighs in on the conflict in northern syria in an exclusive interview germany's defense minister calls for an international presence in the so-called safe zone being established in turkey and kurdish forces other good crops karbala also tells t w turkish troops should not stay in syria indefinitely also on the program lebanon's government agrees to sweeping reforms to meet protesters demands for mass and time austerity rallies continued into the night even after the prime minister

pledged concrete steps also coming up canada's prime minister justin trudeau takes his children to vote in the national election recent scandals though taken the shine off trudeau's record he's in a close race against a conservative challenger. i'm called asman thanks for joining us tonight germany's defense minister is calling for an internationally patrolled security zone in syria along the border with turkey it's similar to what turkey says it wants to achieve with this incursion into northern syria but the difference is that the zone will be under international control and not turkey's in an exclusive interview with g w. who is seen as a possible successor to chancellor angela merkel said she discussed the idea with merkel and put it to germany's western allies is that interview. when 1st look is

this. my recommendation is that we've established an internationally controlled security zone in cooperation with turkey and russia. and this security zone would seek to resume the fight against terror and against isis which is currently come to a standstill it would also ensure that we stabilize the region so that rebuilding civilian life is once again possible. and so that those who have fled can also return voluntarily. bring in the w.'s chief political editor she conducted that interview of course with the german defense minister mikhail thanks for joining me 1st of all just walk us through this what exactly is a k.-k. hoping to achieve with this move she's trying to change the game and make the

europeans an active rather than someone who stands on the sidelines of this conflict that has been is now brewing there in what turkey sees as its fear of influence and the clear aim here is to send a very strong signal to the nato ally turkey that it cannot. expect to have a long term presence in what it sees as a kind of safe zone and this is a very very unusual step for any politician in the government to take to actually say that germany together with france person wants to go into the lead and organize something like this this if i understand it correctly would be an internationally administered zone so we're talking about the european union potentially working together with russia on that i mean how realistic is something like that well it certainly seems to be a very tall order the european union itself doesn't act united particular when it

comes to security issues. the germans clearly want to get a kind of coalition of the willing at the very least but when i pressed her for whether that could mean military engagement or german boots on the ground she basically said that would be completely up to the german parliament because the jump on that decides on every mandate of german troops potentially going into foreign countries she wants a u.n. mandate but that simply doesn't seem realistic that this very moment in time because russian president vladimir putin is meeting turkish president at a one on tuesday to discuss the very issue of how to continue and this is at the very least a very strong signal coming out of germany and it also has repercussions domestically here because after all and they've come cound boa wants to step out of the shadow of german chancellor angela merkel right i mean this announcement made by the chancellor made instead by a k k i mean what does that signal is in fact we've heard the german chancellor

talk a lot also about turkey's security interests clearly hearing the noise coming out of turkey and the expectation to take into consideration the position of turkish president out of one and if it come come out told me that she informed the chance so this morning that she would be putting this proposal on the table this clearly is not a joint product to say the very least it is a clear attempt to lay down the law on were where her profile is as opposed to uncle america who's been seeking to reach stability and corporation. in the conflict through merely dialogue although we do see german forces also brought but this would be a 1st in germany actually organizing such an initiative briefly if you can i mean how surprising is this really sudden assertiveness from germany in terms of getting involved on the international stage it's very surprising i think clearly she consulted with close allies clearly turkey as an. wasn't party the to this right

now and it puts the ball in the court of other european partners to react right now to join something this is actually. a demonstration that germany can and wants to lead and also wants to create facts rather than react to the events on the ground chief political editor macculloch of i thank you. well lebanon's prime minister has told people that reforms are on the way to guess the nation's economic crisis a riri had ordered his government to come up with a rescue plan after 5 straight days of anti a sturdy protests outrage over new taxes and corruption has sparked the largest wave of dissent the country as seen in years and the protests are continuing. monday in central beirut protesters gather in martyrs square 1st 5th day of demonstrations in the morning lebanon's government hurriedly agreed

a package of reforms promising to end banking secrecy for politicians and cutting cabinet ministers salaries and half then the prime minister addressed the nation trying to calm the tensions will isn't bad you have to know your voices being heard and definitely elections are something that you want in order to make sure that your voices being heard and i. will personally support you in this web site hillary wants to appease both the protesters and middle eastern creditors and western donors have added their voices to the protests expressing concerns about corruption levanon is one of the most indebted countries in the world and this religiously diverse nation is standing united in its condemnation of high unemployment poor public services and corruption. while these ministers and legislators should be thrown in jail their thieves they were begging for money from other countries on behalf of the lebanese but they don't put the money in their own

pockets i don't understand how much 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. right now as night in beirut fell the protests showed little sign of abating. earlier i spoke to our correspondent. a reading in lebanon's capital beirut. for the protesters for you old. cabinet you think it was just wrong this is. the. summit is over the ministers and m.p.'s 50 percent of the. banking sector will also be installed to reduce the need for the national. party state

in $3200000000.00 and so. the main part 2. the prime minister saud how do you often be kevin if you think. 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 to us on. the streets they go to school. because the mission of the government to change old and. they said they'd be. traffic the government being much more about that and can't do much more about that than the current government especially the. announced by the prime minister saad how do you hold these promises could be done. years ago not

just because of the amounts 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. dusters to be the streets he would never do that that's one. reason speech toward the protesters they are going to stay in the streets no we have the this dilemma what's next all the government really willing to use your forms is it a bit old for. the teeth on the protesters so that they won't take the they won't boy peace promises now. what's next maybe the

politicians parties who are part of these government maybe they are counting these protesters will be popular within a few days they will go back to the road to their homes and lot of anger on the streets still there basile really for us in beirut yes thank you very much. thank you. art a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has handed back his mandate to form the next government he told president rivlin that he had failed to get enough lawmakers to join him in a new coalition one has now asked yahoo's rival to form a government. in britain the house of commons speaker john bercow is decided that a vote on the new bracks it with troll agreement will not go ahead prime minister boris johnson hoped that parliament would be able to have a yes or no vote on a new withdrawal agreement reached with the e.u. last week in the united states several drug companies have reached

a last minute settlement over their role in the country's opioid crisis that's according to reports in the wall street journal the settlement was reached just as a landmark federal trial was about to start in cleveland ohio. well she lay is reeling after 3 days of protests deadly violence and looting president sebastian pinera as the country's quote at war protests in the capital santiago over the weekend led to with least 11 deaths more than 1500 people being arrested a planned rise in public transport fares sparked unrest that's the canceled now but protesters say their discontent runs much deeper and calls are out now for a general strike. or than 10000 soldiers and police officers have been deployed in santiago. chile as capital sent jago. protest started by students who exploded into a much wider range of 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 being given we are at war against a powerful implacable enemy who does not respect anything or anyone. and who is willing to use violence in crime that 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 are now about much more inequality and the cost of living. yet than being destroyed 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. saying that's. they say 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. but at the level of some of that the local authorities say it will take months to fix meanwhile people are now stockpiling fuel for the week ahead as chile braces for more of the same. all right well how about this special place for a round of golf with mount everest in the background golfers in the all of been taking advantage of the himalayan scenery on the most spectacular course imaginable there's actually only one real way to get there and that's by helicopter spots be

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