this is 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 the turkish troops in syria should not stay there indefinitely also coming up kind of his prime minister wins

a 2nd term just introduced the liberal party edges ahead of conservatives but fall short of a majority and is now set to head a minority government. and the unveiling of a new emperor japan's north ito formally proclaims his ascension to the chrysanthemum throne the world's oldest that it terry model. plus a man in his eighty's on the mission of a life piece become a fixture in hong kong's pro-democracy movement we follow him as he puts himself between the police and the protesters. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us journeys defense minister has put forth a plan for the future of northern syria on the clay come on by as 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 military 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 she says she's discussed her proposal with merkel and put it to germany's western allies here's part of what the defense minister said in her exclusive interview with the defeat you. my recommendation is that we establish an internationally controlled security zone in cooperation with taki and russia. and. the security there and would seek to resume the fight against terror and against i think which currently has come to a standstill. moment to tighten with even the common is. it would also ensure that we stabilize the region so that rebuilding civilian life is once again possible.

so that there is who have fled can also return voluntarily. or let's bring in a dubious cheap political editor mckayla kirchner who conducted that interview with the german defense minister good to see you mckay them so tell us more about on a great what a great come carbon power is hoping to achieve with this move well she's 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 the german defense minister is proposing would it involve both the european union and russia because it was hard to imagine russia not being part of that picture well i mean to come can go i 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 aga. the question of how gemini handles this politically and more than anything what that means for on forces is a question that must be decided by the bundestag. 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 cyprus 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 the stock and i'm going to come count by its own party i'm 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 proposal 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 she is putting the pressure on her colleagues there so 1st germany suspends weapons exports to turkey then merkel tells president to 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 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 just a moment where this is 1st of all a proposal that i'm making as party 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 germany perceives its own security policy and it is much more assertive than anything on the map or 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 that many see as a potential successor to him going to machall and attempt to step out of machall salvo 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 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 foods in meets the turkish president added one from within the social democrats this very subdued kind of reaction from now it will be very interesting to see what 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 so be very interested to see what quotes we get that are she political editor mikhail a couple thank you very much. and you can watch me cato's full interview with the german defense minister today here on at $1045.00 u.t.c. that's just over half an hour from now well kurdish forces are leaving towns in northern syria apparently in line with the terms of the deal struck between the u.s. and turkey ankara is demanding that kurdish forces withdraw completely as part of

turkey's plans to establish and control its own so-called safe zone in the region the u.s. and the kurds once fought together in northern syria now the kurds feel a deep sense of betrayal. kurdish residents abuse and potatoes at their one time allies they say they're being left for dead. traffic. was brought to a standstill as u.s. troops passed through heading to iraq leaving anger on betrayal in their wake. but. it was a different reception over the border armored vehicles bearing the stars and stripes have begun arriving there they will be deployed to. 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 to defeat isis. we believe we defeated the physical caliphate of the isis in march and but nowhere 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. to get out of northern syria. ambulances and vans were seen leaving. a tug and suckled by talk to troops speaking in istanbul their president hinted at a continuation of the offensive once the truce ends on tuesday night. 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. and farther signs that most school is looking to fill the void left by the u.s. russian trucks they owned in another 2 city in times on sunday. now some of the other stories making news around the world today demonstrations in lebanon continued late into monday night even after the government there approved emergency economic reforms the protests over the country's dire economic situation it got on for days demonstrators slammed the reforms as empty promises and are calling for leaders to step down. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has failed to form a majority 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 hard tests. british prime minister boris

johnson is facing 2 crucial votes in parliament that will determine the next step in the breaks that process m.p.'s will vote on whether to approve the legislation needed in principle told by a boat on the government's tight schedule for pushing it through. 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 legislation the election has been described as the toughest test so far for trudeau . only 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. struck a conciliatory note in his address to supporters after the election results were not just to myself the canadians it is been 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 possibility 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. d.w. correspond accomplice fully l.e.o.'s has been following the election porous and sent us this update from the canadian capital. 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 to support of some of the smaller parties in order to have pos legislation that could be. hoping to have fair considerably better in this election or live bloc of aquatic

a backer nationalist party who don't consider 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 force the question now weighs how stable the sat minority government it docks at justin trudeau is expected to at least will be. japan's emperor naruhito has formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne at a labrat ceremony attended by dignitaries from around the world already to pledge to fulfill his duty as a symbol of the state at the imperial palace in tokyo the new emperor took the title earlier this year after the abdication of his father akihito but the ceremony cements is transition to the throne and the government has pardoned more than half a 1000000 people convicted of petty crimes to mark the occasion that he took the last emperor in the world's oldest hereditary monarchy so let's take a look back now at his life up to this point. the eldest son of then crown prince

actually tito there are hito and to the world already an heir apparent but though his fate was 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 raced solely by his parents. after attending an elite school in tokyo now he to became the 1st japanese plans to study abroad creating medieval european history and economics at oxford university he brings to the throne an unusually broad range of experience for japanese royalty. back in japan he would and won the affection of masako harvard an oxford educated diplomat she reluctantly agreed to abandon her career to marry in 1993 but over the years masako battled depression and was

eventually diagnosed with adjustment disorder there he took promised to protect her with all his might from the strains of royal life. the pair had a baby girl princess i call in 2001 the devoted father narrow he too was often seen attending his school and sporting events and of the current law as a girl i cannot be next in line. narrow he just brother crown prince currently holds that title. but for now all the attention remains on the new emperor nero he says he wants to carry on his father's devotion to peace and compassion for the people he has sensed the throne as japan's 126 sempra marking the start of a new imperial era known as ray wa. war on japan's new emperor let's cross over to catalina talo from germany's a.r.d. studio in tokyo so covering that deep symbolism here never hit those ascension to

the throne marks the beginning of a new era known as ray wall or beautiful harmony what does that mean to the people of japan. well actually it wasn't the decision of the people of japan 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 now he taught 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. who already try to be close to his people and we can already see that i guess you know that japan was hit quite violently by a typhoon last week and now he and his wife. to travel to the

affected region to visit to people to talk to the people and that shows that he actually also trying to be close to his citizens this is not going to be a very easy job because the imperial household family is a rather let's say strict life behind palace walls 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 ceremony we get a sense of of just how deeply steeped in tradition the the. of the royalty is the pan is one of the oldest in the world. the royal house. well of course the emperor doesn't have any political power anymore but still 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. the harshness to steer ness off japan also towards other countries. the emperor is more like a bomb he represents. my it ness and i wanted to know from especially young people what the emperor. represents for them 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 peace so no political power but still a very strong symbol of my business and unification catalina thank you very much for that that was cut. from germany the studio in tokyo. now let's bring in some more international stories that are making headlines today

thailand's king has stripped his junior wife of her titles and military ranks just 3 months after appointing her the king has accused her of disloyalty and seeking to undermine the position of his senior wife the queen city time. 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 a report in the wall street journal settlement was reached just as a landmark federal trial was about to start in cleveland ohio and in northern ireland abortion and same sex marriage have become legal for the 1st time a last ditch attempt by conservative politicians to block the legislation failed the changes to northern ireland's laws were set in motion by an intervention from the british government. protesters in hong kong have defied an official ban and 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 middle of the ongoing clashes between police and activists the w. charlotte chelsea until met up with the hong kong man who refuses to stay on the sidelines. at 18 you could match his stamina but uncle warm is driven by sound sense of responsibility and. 9 forth between groups of candidates who are down on one side. and fetch a gun on the other. he doesn't shy away. instead he desk has to go to the front line for morning until night weekend after weekend to protect those he says the financing for the home flow he's lived in was not. a more i've enjoyed use of democracy in hong kong but we're living in a new era the won't has changed dramatically in the last few months. you're going to get that i'm watching going anywhere yet but i got why are so many young people

being assaulted by the police. or the. police should be protecting people told our mentors are going to go with uncle wong is a member of the community group protect the children led 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 over and protect them or if i fear death i wouldn't be as yeah as tempers boil over uncle one wishes because. the weeks of unrest have taken their toll on both sides.

i got a horn to come on here as a passionate pro-democracy and frequent uncle wrong please with police not to hurt protesters. if they're arrested and charged with pricing they face up to 10 years in prison and then they don't go to that undecided little car hire back so 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. going on though you. were found by you oh. my god ok one says he'll keep returning to the streets as long as the protest containing. one man and his walking stick now an icon of the movement.

that champions league returns tonight with germany's by munich traveling to greece to play olympiacos bye and have injury problems following the 22 draw alex morgan the bonus legal last weekend but they seem to be more comfortable in the champions league this season having felt tottenham 72 away in their last european outing. it's the only stage stop by and have nukes themselves on the season the cocoa that she saw and have been wonderful champions league form but in the buddha's league on the weekend a disappointing defensive display cost them 2 goals and ultimately 2 points but what sort of us let's this year i still think that our last game had nothing to do with us not wanting to defend or not being able to mention constantly we were just missing a bit of concentration right at the start and then at the end we're working on it and i think you can definitely see that we're developing absolute to the next the defense will have to develop without. who tore his juice. ligament on saturday and

could be out for the season. but. it's impossible to say exactly how long he'll be out. and above all we need to make sure he has enough time especially as it's not the 1st time he's torn that ligament in his left knee. we won't force anything if he's better good if not it will give him all the time in the world to recover. because. that leaves kovacs with just 16 outfield players who are a match feed it's a skeleton squad for a team with brian's ambitions veteran jerome boateng could be back at the center of defense. is finally back off to a lengthy spell of injury. and intimidating atmosphere will await the german champions in greece though if by and play like they have in the bundesliga lately who present a stiff challenge only another display of their charms champions league form is

sure to see them come away with the when. finished and roger federer has celebrated his 1500th match on the men's tour with a victory in his hometown of basel the swiss player seen at the bottom of the screen wearing red showed his home crowd he is still going strong at age 38 he put in a commanding performance against germany. the 1st round match and it's 6261 with federer aiming to win what would be a record 10th title at the indoor. this is t w news just a reminder of our top stories germany's defense. is calling for an internationally patrolled security zone in syria the plan is similar to what turkey says it wants to achieve with its incursion in syria. she's proposing would be under international. control. his prime minister just. trudeau has won

a 2nd term but he's now expected to hold the minority government that means the liberals will have to rely on the support of smaller parties to passed legislation . coming up next an inside look at the protests in hong kong in the b.w. documentary program close up thanks for joining me i'm terry martin and i will be back next hour with more thanks to the flock. the beat.

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