this is d w news live from berlin turkey and russia strike a deal in northern syria moscow an anchor of agree to set up a safe zone and extend a ceasefire in the region turkey's president 31 says kurdish forces have 6 days to leave the syrian border zone. also coming up. another bret's a blow for british prime minister boris johnson as lawmakers initially back his deal then reject a bill to fast track it through parliament it's now just 8 days until the u.k. shadow departure from the european union. and the danger in the beautiful game the

risk of dementia and parkinsons next football players in their later years a study of former professionals raises concerns about the long term consequences of playing the sport at the highest level. i'm told me all of it both thanks for joining us russia and turkey say they have a plan for syria's future both countries announced that they have reached an agreement on the future of northern syria following talks in the black sea resort of sochi russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart reject type one say they're adding another 6 days to a cease fire that was due to expire on chuse day evening turkey wants to establish a buffer zone 30 kilometers wide along the syrian turkish border from which kurdish

forces would be excluded. the kremlin had predicted long and difficult negotiations perhaps that's why the meeting was particularly friendly organized extra nice weather for you 6 and a half long hours of negotiations between vladimir putin and air to one mostly in private the hardest thing to decide was high big this so-called security zone should be and who controls it. in the very long discussions we have succeeded in finding a solution which in my opinion is very important and promising. it is the solution for the very complicated situation that the turkish syrian border. the main outcome is that russian military police and syrian border guards are to work together during the ceasefire to ensure that syrian kurdish forces retreats russian and turkish troops will take control of a buffer zone 10 kilometers wide. had demanded 35 kilometers.

syrian refugees will move into the areas that are to be cleared of terrorists. to facts around 1000000 people in. turkey and russia will be hoping for international help in refugee resettlement proposal to establish an international safe so and was not considered in the sochi talks. do you need europeans for another unnecessary big player in a situation that's very difficult anyway and then you add in some strangers i don't think russia wants that the fewer partners the better. the sochi deal will inhance putin's rule in the region even aired to one had to accept that in the search for a solution to the syria conflict there was no way of the russian president. so are russia and turkey coming together or they still competing for influence in

syria you doubly correspondent daryn jones has more from istanbul on what's been agreed even though russia and turkey are backing rival sides in the syrian civil war what we have seen in the last couple of years is. putin increasingly working together because there is a realisation that they have to work together to bring an end to the syrian civil war which is in their all of their interests now this deal is another part of this process that was a potential flashpoint a turkish forces could ultimately get into a shooting war with the syrian regime forces further instability in syria but that deal this present deal does seem to have ended that threat it is part of a process of restoring stability to this area the fact that they now that the kurds are now beholden to withdraw from the from the border will be a key part of turkey's objectives in this operation and we will now see turkey russian forces on the ground in forcing

a buffer zone as part of that process again bringing the 2 countries closer together but beyond that this cooperation is also working towards bringing an end to the civil war this is part of a long process and this agreement underlines that these 2 countries have to work together to bring an end to the war and this process is seen as an important step in that process in the united kingdom the future course of breck's it remains uncertain that's after the conservative government faced 2 crucial votes on the new withdrawal agreement negotiated by prime minister barak's johnson after a day of tense debate mr johnson managed to win his 1st vote in the house of commons since becoming prime minister but not everything went his way. for. this was the moment boris johnson had been waiting for. the our eyes to the right 329 nose to the left 299 so the eyes have it the

ayes have it speaker john bercow announcing that the u.k. parliament had in principle accepted mr johnson's new withdrawal agreement with the e.u. but minutes later this happened. the guys to the right $308.00 the news to the left $322.00 so the neighbors have it the neighbors have a parliament wasn't in any rush and rejected the prime minister's plan to debate the bill over only a few days work with us all of us. to agree on a reasonable timetable and i suspect this house will vote to the byte scrutinize and i hope amend the detail of this bill that would be the sensible way forward that she offered the prime minister wasn't convinced tonight's drawing must express my disappointment of the house has again a very keen for a delay rather than a trying for

a bill that would have been guaranteed that the u.k. would be in a position to leave the e.u. up to over the 31st we've a deal and we know mr johnson said he would cause the legislation and tell us the e.u. members decided whether to grant the u.k. more time potentially until january 31st in the e.u. council president donald tusk has already said he would recommend the other member states give the u.k. the extension it has asked for. and till they reach a decision on burnt what happens next is anyone's guess. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. rioting and protests have continued in a 4th 5th day in chile the government says 15 people have died in the violence so far and in attempt to call the unrest president sebastian pinera announced reforms such as a pensions increase and i guaranteed minimum wage. voters in botswana

heading to the polls president quite see most easy. votes one a democratic party is facing a serious challenge from the main opposition party that's after his predecessor withdrew his support and backed the opposition candidate instead the ruling d.d.p. has been in power for more than 5 decades. in hong kong a suspect whose case led to mass protest over a controversial extradition bill has been released from prison chang to hong kong citizen is accused of murdering his girlfriend in taiwan last year. indonesia's president djoko we did or has invited the opposition leader into his cabinet he chose problem. as defense minister. is a former general who is the sole challenger to president widow during the elections earlier this year we did or has was sworn in on sunday for a 2nd and final 5 years. and so has

officially ascended to japan's throne at an elaborate ceremony in tokyo now he has pledged to fulfill his duty as $126.00 emperor in the world's oldest hereditary monarchy the japanese government pardon more than half a 1000000 people convicted of petty crimes to mark the occasion at the imperial palace in tokyo for many japanese people this was a long time coming emperor not rohit to officially began his reign on the 1st of may with a series of smaller ceremonies but with the centuries old ceremony of ascension or so cool in the day his journey to the throne is complete. his wife months ago officially proclaimed empress. i inherited imperial status based on japanese constitutions as well as on japanese

imperial household law. i hereby proclaim to those within and outside of the country that i have been in throned i say made. with prime minister shinzo up in attendance the emperor promised to be a symbol of the state to pray for peace in the world and to stand with the people. prime minister shinzo i congratulated him shouting bonzai or long live the emperor and go ahead tom but. the other of the other. dignitaries from around the world witnessed the ceremony. and those who weren't on the official guest list just watched the ceremony wherever they could. but

this is such a good day of celebration the sun is shining through the clouds now and it feels a spacious i feel so peaceful and thankful. not only to one month ago appeared to be popular with the japanese public and on november the 10th the couple will have an official pride. now to soccer but its dark side a new study published by the university of glasgow says professional footballers face an increased risk of dying of dementia and other neurological diseases the studies results confirm a long suspected link between soccer and brain damage. a common sight on football pitches the risk of brain damage and head injuries a concern shared in many sports now a university of glasgow study has a stablished a link between football and brain damage while heading the ball is suspected to be

a key factor the cause has not been confirmed we find that the risk of mortality with alzheimer's disease was about 5 times higher than would expect from population through disease where it was around 4 times higher than to parkinson's disease where we saw doubling the study is the largest looking into neurodegenerative disease in any sport surveying thousands of men who played professionally in scotland between 190976 and while football poses a risk playing professional sport still has a positive impact overall whilst they had a higher risk of near gentle disease they had a lower risk of other common illnesses such as z's and cancers and so when you balance that together what we find is that up to about age 70 or footballer's had lower mortality we would expect from population controls but once we get beyond the age of 70 the mortality increases dr stuart now plans further study hoping to

conclusively prove exactly which aspects of the game up putting lives at risk. what do you do when a historic lighthouse is about to fall into the ocean simple you put it all wills and move it in land it's not theory it's already been done by danish engineers take a look and buckle up. perched spectacularly at the edge of a cliff but the coastline that it was expected to tumble into the north sea by 2023 the ruby canoe to lighthouse 120 years old 25 meters tall weighing 720 tons engineers here in denmark came up with a solution put it on wheels and move it inland on rails to a more secure location it used to be 200 meters from the coast before san shifting and erosion left it only 6 metres from the precipice. after weeks of preparations

the lighthouse was moved around 60 meters inland on tuesday at a maximum speed of 8 meters per hour. the lighthouse stopped operating in 1968 when sands started burying adjacent buildings. the surrounding dunes attract over a quarter 1000000 visitors a year. and hundreds of people braved the cold and when to watch the spectacle on tuesday now the lighthouse should be safe to visit for decades to come. now to an elephant's long journey from chile to a sanctuary in brazil finally made it after being mistreated for 14 years as a circus animal has finally found her feet in a safe space for elephants in western brazil she's estimated to be over 50 years

old but she's still not too long in the tusk to have fun. coming up a d w documentary new gun love thanks for watching. and for. the money which of course is. video. time.