this is g.w. news why from berlin tonight the future of northern syria germany may have a plan in an exclusive interview germany's defense minister calls for an international presence in a safe zone between turkey and kurdish forces and she tells d.w. that turkish troops in syria cannot stay there indefinitely also coming up tonight the people want more lebanon's government approved sweeping reforms to meet the demands of the protesters but the demonstrations they showed no sign of stopping

and a man in his eighty's on the mission of his life he has become a fixture of hong kong's pro-democracy movement will follow him as he puts himself in harm's way. plus the tigers lead alto of his cane legendary golfer tiger woods returns after his 5th round of new surgery and now he's determined he says to win a limping gold. i'm broke off it's good to have you with us tonight germany's defense minister is proposing a plan for the future of northern syria it calls 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 its own military operation the difference however is the. the zone would be under international control and not under turkey's control

and explosive interview with g w news on a great front cover and bauer who is seen as a possible successor to german chancellor angela merkel says she has discussed this idea with merkel and put it to germany's western allies here's that interview. my own flesh that is this media i in my recommendation is that we stablish 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 has 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.

i want to bring in the w.'s chief political editor of the killer there she conducted that interview with the german defense minister because what exactly is a k.-k. what is she hoping to achieve with this proposal well she wants to change the debate she wants to bring the european union out of the defensive from the sidelines this yourself just watching what is present and vladimir putin of russia potentially will map out when they meet on tuesday because that one said he would decide what to do after that well now there's a new factor here potentially and i think i stress potentially a european proposal on the table saying yes we're looking internationally administered a safe zone the could possibly have troops or forces from the european union and russia how realistic is that well nobody talks about russian forces there's

coordination they want to bring on. wants to bring on board russia and turkey whatever that means in the end and when you talk about e.u. forces there's no such thing as a european union i mean this is a very long debate. and i did try and press the german defense minister whether that could potentially mean german boots on the ground to military commitment let's just listen to what she said the fog of. how germany handles this politically and more than anything what this could mean for our armed forces is a question that must be decided by the bundestag was so that's the standard out so that from politicians it's a parliamentary army everything has to be it has to go through the bonus talk but she did cite the example of iraq where dummy does recognizance flights and training so that sounds a lot more soft touch than what she said i mean. still the question does it mean should the german army join in this operation. well this is the question she

successfully ducked by saying that she acts upon the request of the german parliament this is something that has hampered germany in also in nato but in all kinds of alliances so quite clearly this is somebody who wants to kickstart a debate also here and many i think there's a very large proportion of playing this to a domestic oil field will despite being a very international question we can also listen to islam but that we have on that . this is just a mother this is 1st of all the proposal my making as party leader and as defense minister i know it's a proposal that is supported by many defense and foreign policy experts in my party . before going public with this recommendation i informed the chancellor and this will definitely be discussed within the government but we can't simply talk about europe needing to be more than a bystander we must come up with our own proposals to catalyze discussion.

and. so this announcement was made not by the chancellor but by germany's defense minister should we read anything out of this absolutely not under all this is the woman who wants to succeed machall as the next i think this is yet another sign that we're much closer to a potential collapse of the so-called grand coalition with the social democrats because i don't see any chance of the social democrats going for this proposal this would mean potentially more engagement she has trouble getting through that 2 percent spending go for nato in the 1st place so clearly this is her set stepping out of the shadow of you know trying to her popularity numbers are not that good to her is that another reason why she's being so present with this proposal she said she doesn't have a lot to lose the popularity is pretty low also she's being attacked from within her own party appealing to the party not to do the kind of infighting that's

destroying the social democrats has not succeeded so far so this in the attempt to lay down the law to show that she can play tough and that she can do german chancellor right now as always thank you. for here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has handed back his mandate to form the next government he told the country's president that he had failed to get enough lawmakers to join him in the coalition the president has now asked that. wyvil begun to form a government. thailand's king has stripped his junior wife of her titles in military ranks just 3 months after appointing her the king has accused her of disloyalty and says that she's seeking to undermine the position of his 2nd wife queen city about libya's president if a morale this is coming under fire for delays in announcing the result of sunday's presidential election morale is his main political opponent is accusing him of

trickery to avoid a 2nd round runoff washington has also expressed concern calling on bolivia to act immediately to ensure transparency in the vote. but now we take a look at protests in 2 different parts of the world lebannon in chile they are half a world away but demonstrators are out on the streets for similar reasons 1st lebannon where the prime minister has told people that a new package of reforms is on the way to ease the country's economic crisis the move follows 5 straight days of protests against new taxes and corruption this is the biggest wave of dissent that lebanon has seen in years. 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 in half then the prime minister addressed the nation

trying to calm the tensions well isn't that you have to know your voices being heard and there for early elections or something that you want in order to make sure that your voices being heard and i saad hariri will personally support you in this. saturday everyone's to appease both the protesters and middle eastern creditors and west and don't us look at 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 then put the money in their own pockets at the end of the month 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 palance to rebuild the country. right now as night in beirut fell the protests showed little sign of abating. and the 2nd nation that is experiencing unrest chile is also reeling after 3 days of protests deadly violence and looting in the capital santiago over the weekend or just led to at least 10 deaths with more than 1500 people being arrested a planned hike in public transport fares sparked again rest that's now been cancelled but for just years say their discontent runs deeper and calls are out for a general strike more than 10000 soldiers and police officers have been deployed in santiago. chillies capital sense jago.

protest started by students have 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. chile is under an official state of emergency. now. 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 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. yet them being destroyed to combat his 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. thank god 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. 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. in hong kong demonstrators defying an official ban on protests staged more. democracy rallies over the weekend some of them turning violent for months now an unlikely figure has put himself in the thick of clashes between police and

activists e.w.s. charlotte shells until met up with the hong kong man he has seen it all and now refuses to be kept on the sidelines. at a.t.t. if you could match his stamina that uncool warm is driven by sound sense of responsibility. to work between groups of candidates who dance on one side. and petrodollar on the other. he doesn't shy away. instead he deschutes towards the front line for morning until night weekend after weekend protect those he says it's fighting for the home he's lived in the snow. a more i've enjoyed the years of democracy in hong kong but we're living in a new era the world has changed dramatically in the last few months. if they're going to get back i'm watching going or not but i got why are so many young people being assaulted by the police. but that means

a lot of the police should be protecting people that hold on mondays are going to be noticed until one is a member of the community group protect the children lead by constable each turn they put themselves between the police and protest it's guiding the young people they aim to shield the way i think. but as every passing week worries move by the day the stakes get a little bit high and. i don't fear death not when the children are out here fighting for democracy and risking their own lives it's the responsibility of elderly people like me to come out and protect them if i fear death i wouldn't be as yeah as tempers boil over uncle one wishes for calm the weeks of unrest have taken their toll on both sides i don't like everyone i. told my mother to hold on to this type of behavior as

a passionate pro-democracy advocate uncle one please with police not to hurt protesters. if they're arrested and charged with pricing they face up to 10 years in prison under general david dunn says i was caught hard facts yeah the children just want to fight for democracy freedom and human rights the core values of hong kong and to prevent hong kong from becoming just another chinese city if we can help the young people to when the movement i will be very happy i will be able to die without regrets you know. going on though you. were found by you oh my oh my god ok wong says he'll keep returning to the streets as long as the protests continuing. one man and his walking stick now an icon of the movement. charlotte just until reporting day or you're watching t w news still to come election day in canada prime minister justin trudeau is

expected to be slightly different but recent scandals mean he's now in a close race against a conservative challenger. that is just a moment. but 1st in the u.k. another twist on the long road to bricks it's house of commons speaker john bercow refusing today to allow a vote on prime minister boris johnson's brights it withdrawal agreement said the government's argument for having another vote was not persuasive enough as it was too similar to the motion before the house this past saturday here's what the speaker said. today's mission is in substance the same as such today's mission and the house has decided that matter today's circumstance is already in substance the same as saturday circumstances my ruling is therefore that the motion will not be debated today as it would be repetitive and disorderly to do so.

that was john parker the speaker of the house of commons one correspondent go out to paul tells us more about how the decision is reverberating beyond westminster well the government of course is furious this is i think his 9th defeat johnson's 9th defeat in palm and in 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 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 those things that going for them very theoretically the deal could still be ratified by palm and 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 jackson saga drags on and that we will head into an extension are the bush a lot of pots they're reporting from london voting has begun in canada's national election it's expected to be a nail biter for prime minister justin trudeau brought his family along with him as he cast his ballot earlier today his reelection campaign has been hobbled by allegations of racism and ethics violations recent polls show trudeau's liberals with a virtual dead heat with the conservatives and that could be good news for the smaller partners. we have more now on the problems that the incumbent prime minister is 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 polling 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 communities that's the choice it's that simple. and it's that important. the trio's attacks aren't the only wary of conservative leader andrew scheer 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. this is weird

jack singh leader of the left leaning new democratic party could come into play with approval ratings soaring for is party saying could become the kingmaker of canada's election as a prospective partner in a liberal minority government. artless bringing the correspondent who joins us now from downtown. good afternoon to you so we just saw the prime minister there casting his ballot earlier today how was voting going so far today hi brant well i mean because of the enormity of canada of course stretching across different time zones the way they set it up here is that basically every province permits its citizens to vote for 12 hours so what happens is they try to sort of wrap it all up more or less around the same time with newfoundland over on the atlantic east opening the polling and then british columbia over in the pacific

closing at 9 normally the the result is almost decided in the largest province particularly in the toronto area in ontario but this election is so tight as we've seen in that report and analysts here are saying that it could come down to a few electoral districts called writings here in canada in british columbia so it's going to be a real nail biter of an evening a close race but some are calling this indecision 2019 why or do you think canadians are having such a hard time making up their mind. well the 1st thing that really has struck me is that many people have been asking exactly what this election is all about is it a referendum in the some sort of way of justin trudeau and the liberal party who have been embroiled in several scandals and also receive criticism from particularly those who were hoping more environmental measures would be in place let's not forget that just in trudeau's liberals accepted or permitted an oil

pipeline in the country's west to be built which has really not gone down very well amongst those hoping for a more sort of environmental program from him but it just seems that the smaller parties have struck a chord and in particular amongst younger voters and the n.d.p. have really done a great campaign online with regards to their presence for younger voters and that seems to have struck a chord as have to agree as have the greens as well but what's interesting is just across the water and come back. which is a back and nationalist party have also seen great gains in their support so could be very interesting to see who supports who in a what looks like a minority government either for the liberals or for the conservatives what about the small party the new democratic party some people are saying that this party could be the kingmaker why. you're absolutely right because they've seen a real support increase particularly from younger voters who are feeling

a little bit jaded and disappointed with the liberals and the conservatives and their leader judgment seeing seems to be someone who strikes a chord he really you know someone quite charismatic he's quite young and he has given a message of hope to people which has you know created some sort of momentum in his party but it's not just his party it's also like i said the greens who seem to have also who could protest potentially be gaining a lot of support but like i said it's going to be a tight race and until all the clothes all the polls close we really won't have a clue all right our very own public polling on election watch in all the war here on the force tonight public thank you. golfing great tiger woods has returned to action after 2 months away because of the surgery the injury prone athlete prove that he is sitting in at a charity event in japan his pain free return means that tiger is raring to go as

he bids for a 16th major title next year and a 1st olympic gold. he's mosses 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 meet to be on top for the games if he's to take a place on the podium. i did not play well at the beginning i had a lot of bad shots and did not well and. once i got into in the flow of p.t. and feel the the round and. it 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 get

a look kind of like i i kind of didn't know what i was doing still came in a respectable 2nd at the charity event on monday he returns to the p.g.a. tour later this week. think this is g w news and here are our top stories germany's defense minister and a great from common is calling for an internationally patrolled security zone in northern syria similar to what turkey says it wants to achieve with its military operation in the country but the zone would be under international control not under threat it's control fight again. and in canada prime minister justin trudeau took his children along to the polling station as he voted in the national election today recent polls show trudeau's liberals in a virtual dead heat with the conservatives. in britain the house of commons speaker john bercow decided against another vote on the new brights that withdrawal

agreement today prime minister boris johnson had hoped that parliament would be able to have a yes or no vote on the agreement which was reached with the european union last week. there have been more violent protests in chile despite the government announcing the suspension of a controversial public transport fare increase protesters have wider concerns and there have been calls for a general strike the official death toll now stands at you look. this is g.w. news from berlin for more news you can always go to our websites that's d.w. dot com. oh how about this special place for a round of golf with everest in the background golfers in naipaul have been taking advantage of the himalayan scenery on the most spectacular course imaginable take a look at that there is only one real way to get to the course and that's by helicopter assault to be the 1st golf tournament ever played at an altitude of

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