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this is t w news coming to you live from berlin what will become of northern syria germany says it has a plan the german defense minister calls for an internationally controlled security zone separating turkish and kurdish forces and she tells t w in an exclusive interview that turkish troops in syria should not stay there indefinitely also coming up canada's prime minister wins a 2nd term justin trudeau as liberal party tensions ahead of the conservatives but fall short of the majority and is set to have a minority government. plus
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a man in his 80 s. on the mission of his life he's become a fixture of hong kong's pro-democracy movement we followed him as he puts himself between the police and the protesters. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany's defense minister has put forth a plan for the future of northern syria on the great come on by us plan calls for an internationally patrolled security zone in syria along the border with turkey that's similar to what turkey says it wants to achieve with its own incursion there the difference is that the zone proposed by the german defense minister would be under international and not turkish control. is seen as a possible successor to chancellor merkel and she says she's discussed her proposal with merkel and. to germany's western allies here's part of what the defense
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minister had to say in an exclusive interview with g.w. . my recommendation is that we establish an internationally controlled security there and in cooperation with taki and russia but soon learned. this security is there and would seek to resume the fight against terror and against isis which currently has come to a standstill. momenta tide some believe in the common is. it would also ensure that we stabilize the region so that rebuilding 3000000000 life is once again possible. say that there is who have fled can also return voluntarily. or let's bring in a did over his chief political editor mckayla cook who conducted that interview with the german defense minister going to sue mckay them so tell us more about on a plate what honestly come by or is hoping to achieve with this move well she's
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clearly trying to change the game the power game that's currently going on in northern syria the turkish president adeline is due to meet the russian president putin today and certainly they will be listening very closely to what essentially is a counter proposal to who will dominate and who will control northern syria it could potentially be the european stepping up to the brink no longer being on the sidelines the big question is how exactly this will look like in detail and whether the other allies she's due to meet at the end of this week at the nato defense ministers meeting will go for this proposal and the main core issue of course is will turkey eventually come around to wanting to be on board now that it's so close to russia ok so would this internationally administered that german defense minister is proposing would it involve both the european union and russia because it's hard to imagine russia not being part of that picture well i'm going to. come
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convo us says it would have to involve everybody there's no way around russia in that region in syria they can be no solution without russia also would have to involve the turks but what does that involve mean i asked quite clearly whether this could potentially mean also german troops on the ground and german military involvement and here's what she had to say in fog or. the question of how gemini handles this politically and more than anything what that means for our own forces is a question that must be decided by the bundestag was well presumably the german defense minister would not put forth such a proposal without assuming herself that german troops could be committed to that but is it clear that the german parliament would support that move absolutely not so we pretty much pretty much got the standard german politicians on it's a parliamentary army any kind of move the german forces do outside of any needs a clear mandate from this time and i'm going to come con by its own policy i'm
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going to machall c.d.u. is currently in the so-called grand coalition with the social democrats already heard this morning a lot of skeptical voices here this is a puzzle that's been put on the table without consultation with the social democrats in fact she sat with them the evening before and clearly didn't mention this so i think we're headed for quite a heated debate here and issues putting the pressure on her colleagues there so 1st germany suspends weapons exports to turkey then merkel tells president want to hold a mill is military offensive in syria now the german defense minister is calling for an internationally controlled security zone in northeastern syria it sounds like germany is becoming more assertive with its foreign policy while certainly germany's defense minister and this is the interesting aspect here looking ahead into what is essentially no longer such a stable government that is reassessing whether it actually wants to stay in this
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coalition just a couple of weeks from now and clearly she wasn't just speaking as a defense minister let's have a listen what she said. this is this is 1st of all a proposal that i'm making as party leader and as defense minister i notice a proposal that is supported by many defense and foreign policy experts in my party before going public with this recommendation i informed the chance that. 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. we must come up with our own proposals and this is quite a significant international proposal and it's being put forth by the german defense minister not by chancellor merkel what do you make but 1st of all it's a paradigm shift in how many perceives its own security policy and it is much more
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assertive than anything under machall has put forward in her time and in terms of defense and security in europe and beyond so this clearly is an attempt i think they've come many see as a potential successor to i'm going to machall and attempt to step out of machall sound oh and it will have a price to pay potentially both within her own party and the so-called grand coalition so she is getting ready to prove to everybody both her own party who's attacked her recently but also the public where she's suffering in the public opinion polls that she can do german chancellor as well what about reaction to this proposal mikaela have germany's european partners responded yet have we heard from russia i think we will hear from russia during the course of the day as food she needs the turkish president out who want from within the social democrats this is a very subdued kind of reaction from now it would be very interesting to see what
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the german foreign minister has to say who according to him if they've come combo was informed through an s.m.s. text message 'd so be very interested to see what quotes we get that are she political editor mckayla cook i thank you very much. and you can watch mikaela's full interview with the german defense minister today here on news at 1045 u.t.c. . now kurdish led forces are leaving towns in northern syria apparently in line with the terms of a deal struck between the u.s. and turkey as part of ankara's plans to establish and control a so-called safe zone of its own in the region as we were just discussing there is demanding that kurdish forces completely withdraw well the u.s. and the kurds once fought together in northern syria and now the kurds feel a deep sense of betrayal the. kurdish residents abuse and potatoes at their one time allies they say they're being left for dead. traffic.
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was brought to a standstill as u.s. troops passed heading to iraq leaving betrayal in their weight. but. it was a different reception over the armored vehicles bearing the stars and stripes have begun arriving there they will be deployed to a result of the so-called islamic state claims that the u.s. have abandoned the cards to. persist to go back to what our mission was our mission was to work with by with and through the defeat isis. we defeated the physical caliphate of the isis in march and but nowhere in there was
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that we would fight a long standing nato ally. in defense of the kurds to enable the establishment of an autonomous kurdish state. now kurdish forces are on a race to get out of northern syria ahead of a ceasefire dateline ambulances and vans were seen leaving russell. and suckled by talk to troops speaking and it's down bill their president hinted at a continuation of the offensive once the truce ends on tuesday night. should the art of resume meet we have a trip to sochi russia on tuesday. in this meeting we will take up this process with mr putin and after that god willing we will take the necessary steps. inshallah. and farther same's that moscow is looking to fill the void left by the u.s. russian troops in another 2 city in times on sunday. oh
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a short while ago i spoke to foreign policy analyst michael fried asked him what we kick can expect from that upcoming meeting in sochi later today between turkish president russia type i don't want and the russian president vladimir putin. we can expect really not to be given too much overt information and i think that what's going to happen is the the safe zone that everyone is so insistent upon is going to come in some form he's going to enlist putin because putin is the syria representative in syria of course has to be part of part of this mix all of the other interests that night is that are being put forward for instance the russians putin is talking about humanitarian concerns and stressing the fact that everyone has a shaky record and anything that happens has the. the utmost with humanitarian concerns and that's something that's not usually associated with. putin so there's
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a lot of new territory to place here. foreign policy analyst michael friesen speaking to me a bit earlier now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has failed to form a bid giora the government plunging the country into political uncertainty he was repeatedly rebuffed after trying to establish an alliance with his rival benny guns now guns will try to form a coalition but he could face an equally difficult. british m.p. are set to debate again prime minister boris johnson's bragg's a deal he's urging a new vote despite failing to gain approval for the deal in parliament on saturday if m.p.'s now choose to back it will also vote on whether to fast track the legislation needed for britain to leave. and in the united states several drug companies have reached a last minute settlement over their role in the country's opioid crisis that's
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according to a report in the wall street journal the settlement was reached just as a landmark federal trial was about to start in cleveland ohio. japan's emperor naruhito was formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne at an elaborate ceremony attended by dignitaries from around the world now ready to pledge to fulfil his duty as a symbol of the state at the imperial palace in tokyo a new emperor took the title earlier this year after the abdication of his paul other akihito but this ceremony cements his transition from hands government has pardoned more than half a 1000000 people convicted of petty crimes to mark the occasion. already toes the last emperor in the world oldest hereditary monarchy let's take a look back now at his life up to this point. the eldest son of then crown prince akihito. entered the world already an heir apparent but though his fate was
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clear his journey to the throne has been one of many firsts he was the 1st crown prince to be born after the 2nd world war and unlike those that came before him the new emperor in waiting grew up at home with his family raised soley by his parents . after attending a late school in tokyo narrow hito became the 1st japanese prince to study abroad he brings to the throne an unusually broad range of experience for japanese royalty . back in japan he wooed and won the affection of massacre awada a harvard and oxford educated diplomat she reluctantly agreed to abandon her career to marry him in 1993 but over the years massacre battled depression and was eventually diagnosed with adjustment disorder mary hutto promised to protect her with all his might from the strains of royal life. the pair had a baby girl princess iko in 2001 the devoted father narry he was often saying
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attending his school and sporting events. under the current law or as a girl i cannot be the next in line for now that title rests on naira he took his brother crown prince. but for now all the attention remains on the new emperor of marriage he says he wants to carry on his father's devotion to peace and compassion for the people he ascends the throne as japan's 126th emperor marking the start of a new imperial era known as. war on japan's new emperor let's cross over to catalina on church and tyler from germany's a.r.d. studio in tokyo so cutting it deep symbolism here never hit those ascension to the throne marks the beginning of a new era known as ray or beautiful harmony what does that mean to the people of japan. well actually it wasn't the decision of the people of japan
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nor from the imperial family to pick that name it's a really political decision to assign that name and with that taken by several experts and it is science a very clear role to the new emperor to to secure peace to bring love to the people then of course it's up to him now he to how he wants to fill that role he made it very clear from the beginning that he wants to step into the footsteps of his father akki he too who already try to be close to his people and we can already see i guess you know that japan was hit quite violently by a typhoon last week and now he and his wife empress must go to travel to the affected region to visit to people to talk to the people and that shows that he actually also tries to be close to his citizens this is not going to be
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a very easy job because the imperial household family is a rather let's say strict life behind palace was which we can see just behind me it's like living in a golden cage yes we're seeing some of the ceremony took place the enthronement ceremony we get a sense of of just how do you introduce the the house of the royalty is there one of the oldest in the world. the royal house in the country. well of course the emperor doesn't have any political power anymore but he has he's a very strong symbol of the state and of unity and a japanese colleague of mine a japanese journalist explain it to me quite well he told me while the government under. rick resents the harshness to steer ness off japan also towards other
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countries. the emperor is more like a bumper he represents love and my it ness and i wanted to know from especially young people what the emperor did pira few minute families represents for a dam and they were answering me well actually nothing to have nothing to do with my personal life but yet whenever we get news from the emperor it kind of creates a deep feeling of him no peace so no political power but still a very strong symbol of love my parents and unification catalina thank you very much for that that was covered in a fun trip from germany's a r d studio in tokyo. protesters in hong kong have defied an official ban in staged more pro-democracy rallies in recent days some of which have turned violent for months now an unlikely figure has put himself right in the
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middle of the ongoing clashes between police and activists u.w. charlotte chelsea pill met up with the hong kong man who refuses to stay on the sidelines. at 18 you could match his stamina but uncle warming is driven by sound sense of responsibility. 9 for between those who can and tear gas on one side. and petrol bombs on the other. he doesn't shy away. instead he gestures towards the front lines for morning until night weekend after weekend to protect those he says the financing for the hong kong he's lived in was not. a more young i've enjoyed years of democracy in hong kong but we're living in a new era the world has changed dramatically in the last few months. they're going to doubt that you've been watching going anywhere yet with their guard why are so many young people being assaulted by the police. a good thing for the police should
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be protecting people hold on monday's are going to go with uncle one is a member of the community group protect the children led by constable return 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 or if i fear death i wouldn't be as yeah as tempers boil over uncle one wishes for calm but weeks of unrest have taken their toll on both sides i know by every one of. them up to one to the 2nd i thought of running as a passionate pro-democracy advocate uncle one please with police not to hurt
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protest and. if they're arrested and charged with pricing they face up to 10 years in prison i don't think simple dividends if i was caught hard facts yeah the children just want to fight for democracy freedom and human rights the core values of hong kong 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 oh oh go on go you. were found i use most of all my writing ok wong says he'll keep returning to the streets as long as the protests continue. one man and his walking stick now an icon of the movement. it. bill reporting there now canadian prime minister justin trudeau has won a 2nd term in office but he is now set to lead a minority government that will require the support from smaller parties to pass
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legislation the election has been described as the toughest test so far for trudeau following a strong challenge from the conservatives the prime minister fought a difficult reelection campaign in which he was dogged by allegations of racism and ethics violations trudeau struck a conciliatory note in his address to supporters after the election results were announced to my fellow canadians it is then the greatest honor of my life to serve you for these past 4 years then tonight you're sending us back to work for you. we take this is going to believe these seriously and we work hard for you for your families and for your future. to those who voted for our party thank you for putting your trust in our team thank you for having faith in us to move this country in the right direction. you know your correspondent public has been
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following the election porous and sent us this update from the canadian capital ottawa. after a tight election battle justin trudeau and his liberals hold on to power but they lose their majority and instead will have to form a minority government this means that they'll need the support of some of the smaller parties in order to have pos legislation that could be the hoping to have fair considerably better in this election or live block have a quad to come back or nationalist party who don't can stand for be better this time around when compared to 2015 it wasn't a very good night for the conservatives on their leader on through sheer but the question now weighs how stable the sat minority government it tops at justin trudeau is expected to at least. will be. now to chile where parts of the country are reeling after 3 days of anti-government protests deadly violence and
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looting clashes in the capital santiago over the weekend led to at least 11 deaths with more than 1500 people arrested a planned hike in public transport fares sparked the on the wrist but demonstrators are also angry about inequality low salaries and corruption while than $10000.00 soldiers and police officers have been deployed in santiago. chile streets looking like a war zone in the capital santiago on monday the military fired gunshots and use water cannons to disperse crowds of demonstrators. what sparked this unrest at 1st was a planned hike in public transport fair as but even after the government backtracked the riots continued widening to reflect anger among chileans over living costs and inequality there were deaths amid bio and clashes arson and looting president sebastian pinera had condemned the violence but also pledged more efforts
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to meet the protesters demands. on tuesday i will meet with party presidents. of both government and opposition parties. that you do explore and hopefully move towards a social agreement. laois all. together to rapidly efficiently and responsibly approach better solutions to the problems affecting to land. on monday many syntagma residents tried to get back to normal life the city's metro reopened as did a small number of shops but people had to stand in long lines to be let in. i have to buy what i can from my home for lunch for dinner there's nothing image or . the businesses are closed because they were. drivers also face long waits to fill up. it seems mean man of running out of fuel are gone by many
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stations are empty. and. meanwhile the riots have spread across the border into argentina. a peaceful demonstration in support of the chileans turned into clashes with the police. the un has called on all sides to refrain from violence but the unrest is showing no signs of letting up. now to a very special place for a round of golf with mount everest in the background golf course in the call have been taking advantage of the himalayan scenery on the most spectacular course imaginable there's only one real way to get to the course by helicopter assault to be the 1st golf tournament ever played in an altitude of almost 4000 meters.
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