philippines being the site. starts october 24th to tell you. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin and russia and turkey strike a deal on northern syria presidents putin out of on agreed to set up a so-called safe so stand a cease fire in the region turkey tells kurdish forces they have 6 days to leave the syrian borders are also coming up we go to botswana where politics has been shaken up ahead of today's election it's the most closely fought poll in the

country in more than 5 decades. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us russia and turkey say they have a plan for syria's future following talks in the black sea resort of sochi russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart recha type out on say they're adding another 6 days to a cease fire that was due to expire on tuesday evening turkey wants to establish a buffer zone along its border with northern syria from which kurdish forces would be excluded the agreement follows a u.s. brokered truce which expired all tuesday. the kremlin had predicted difficult talks perhaps that's why the greeting was particularly friendly we organize extra nice weather feedlot demand putin told his tax counterpart friendship type add on 6 and

a half long hours of negotiations lay ahead mostly in private the biggest sticking point the extent of a proposed buffer zone and who controls it. in the very long and tends to sky since we have succeeded in finding a solution which in my opinion is very important and promising as well it is the solution for the very complicated situation that the turkish syrian border he's got what he is continuous. under the deal russian military police and syrian troops will ensure that syrian kurdish forces retreat 30 kilometers from the border during a cease fire russian and takis troops will then jointly patrol a buffer zone 10 kilometers wide added one had demanded 35 kilometers particular close to syrian refugees will move into the areas that are to be cleared of terrorists because the facts around 1000000 people you know. turkey and russia will be hoping for international help to resettle refugees but

a german proposal to establish an international safe zone was not considered it in the sochi talks. with new you what do you need europeans for another unnecessary big player in a situation that's very difficult anyway and then you add in some strangers and you know i don't think russia wants that issue but the fewer partners the better. the so she t.l. will enhance putin's role in the region even add one had to accept that in the search for a solution to the syria conflict there's no way around the russian president. well for some analysis now we're joined by christine actually is an author and middle east analyst good to have you with us the turkish and russian leaders have hatched a plan for what they think should become of northern syria what exactly have they agreed on they divided the border area the turks can stay in this region that they

have entered through the route last 2 weeks which means 120 kilometers between 10 and the russell 8 which is an area that is not too much inhabited by kurds this is why they can stay there and they could probably even realize their plans to resettle some syrian refugees from turkey that all the rest to the west and to the east of this area will be handed over to the syrian regime of president bashar assad because putin the russian president will have control lips together with chalk this patch. right at the border but all the rest of the north east will go back to the shop with ok see the syrian rebel you have the russian and turkish leaders meeting in solitary in deciding all this area but what about the syrians themselves and the kurds of course who are affected do they not have any say in this matter. it depends who you ask we have not heard any official reactions from the kurdish for us live on the p y d on the y.p. g the democratic forces that the party there or the militias there they have not reacted so far for them it's

a big lots because they have to withdraw 30 kilometers 20 miles from the border region and this includes major kurdish cities like chemistry and co bonnet so this means for them that they have to we align themselves with bashar assad and there are a lot of people in the region who opposed the syrian regime during the last few years and they are in great danger and they're very much afraid off the secret services the security police officers coming back they will probably need to flee the region maybe to northern iraq and the kurds will say ok bashar assad is better than the turks here but still it's true. it's the end of the autonomy so this is the this is actually a big loss for them so there's still some uncertainty and insecurity in the region yet turkey is determined to send back hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees who are currently in turkey to repatriate them to northern syria to the so-called safe so how do you see that happening. this would be a major demographic change in the border area and this would create

a lot of social unrest obviously because you cannot you know. send other people away to resettle some syrians who are not originally from the region that's the basic problem they come from other regions inside syria and they will not be ready to go back when the syrian regime controls the area so had mr avalon got this little piece of land he can maybe bring some people there which is some kind of ethnic cleansing should not be supported by any international actor. but for the rest of the syrians we're inside turkey they would be reluctant to go back when they feel that the syrian regime is any how close to this area ok when you look at the bigger picture in that region that very difficult part of the world we're talking of also about fighters still there's a concern about the resurgence of islamic state how do you see this move that has just been agreed and impact in the region the problem is that isis has never been defeated it's still there underground it's using this kind of chaos to reform to

reorganize themselves and the problem is that the foreign fighters within isis that are several 100 germans they are friends they're people from great britain they are not safe there once the see a regime takes over because they could use them you know to pressure the west will say you know we'll take care of your jihadi s. and you could please pay for our reconstruction or you could normalize relations with them ask us and if the turkish government takes care of these fighters they are not safe either because it was tokyo who let them through in the 1st place you know there were hundreds of foreign fighters who came through took it with a caliphate so they are really not safe there as long as western countries take care of this region which is not materializing because basically russia and turkey already agreed on this solution for the border area christine thank you very much for talking with us i was christian the middle east analyst thank you. now some other stories making news around the world today european council president says he will recommend the e.u. grant u.k.

another extension to leave the bloc british prime minister boris johnson says he wants no further brags of delay but after parliament rejected his divorce deal he could now push for an early election. the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine has testified that president donald trump held back military aid to kiev unless the country were to agree to investigate trumps political rivals and alleged interference in the 26000 election taylor's testimony could strengthen the case for impeachment proceedings against from. now some breaking news coming in police in britain say 39 people have been found dead in a truck container in the southeastern county of essex near london the vehicle is believed to have come from all garia the truck driver has been arrested on suspicion of murder police say they are trying to identify the victims.

london correspondent charlotte potts is following this story for us charlotte what we know so far. well we know that emergency services rushed to the scene at approximately 1 40 am last night and found this lorry container with a northern irish driver 25 year olds that now is arrested and has been arrested under the suspicion of murder because inside that lorry container $39.00 bodies were found they were all pronounced dead on the scene we know it's $38.00 adults and one teenager that was found inside that container this was at. industrial park in the county of essex and we know that authorities have been saying that this lorry is from has been coming from bulgaria and that it entered the united kingdom on saturday the 19th of october at holyhead authorities are now

trying to identify the victims in the lorry and trying to find out more where that driver was coming from and what the purpose was of entering the united kingdom of course this is reminding us of the story in 2015 and austria when a container was found containing 71 bodies refugees back then and so we'll have to keep a close eye on what. where these people were coming from expect lee and what they wanted in the united kingdom. just briefly i know the details are very sketchy at this point but do we know if the people in the truck the who were the bodies of the people in the truck if they were indeed refugees. we don't know that at this point authorities have not confirmed that but of course this is what we can suspect this container originated in bulgaria apparently and

we will have to see what authorities are telling us within the next hour or so we'll keep a close eye on that of course ok show thank you very much our correspondent apos there in london and of course we'll bring you up to date on any details if as they emerge about that find in britain so moving on to africa polls have opened in botswana is most closely fought elections and more than 5 decades former president in common has shaken up the country's traditionally called politics by denouncing the party founded by his father and switching sides to join the opposition across africa botswana is widely regarded as a successful post colonial state but ahead of this election voters say there's still more that needs to be done. the ruling votes why not democratic party or b b p has won every election since bullets why not gained independence in 1066.

now there's a fighting chance that this could all change. more than 30 percent of the young population of the country are unemployed and especially in the rural areas and the village people are complaining that the government is not giving them enough attention you have to be civilized you don't have to stay in this really they're like this. and. these small employment in these small shops. it's not true that everything's fine inequality is a huge problem suffering here. form of d.d.p. president visiting the village of siege where people are living here where strongly critical of him during his 10 year rule but now karma has defected from the governing party and has thrown his support behind the opposition religious are eager to hear what he has to say. he wants to destroy the way we

do things here in botswana sisi wants to kill democracy and the rule of law. comma is referring to president must sisi the man he personally picked to be his successor 2 years ago shortly after taking over as the head of the b d p my c.c. declared he would overturn several of comus mandates including a ban of hunting elephants and restrictive laws. with up with your own party or do you think this narrative of the role model nation is in danger of falling into that. trap that has affected many other african nations in the past not so much today with that we still have some examples in africa today where when people come into office they think it's all about themselves and not about the people that they are supposed to serve so i just felt that after 50 plus years of independence when we worked so hard to get their

reputation you referred to to where it is today that we see ourselves rolling backwards and i'm not. see that happen. to 2000000 people. the country's often touted as an african success story thanks in parts to the diamond industry the ruling parties line was always that this hot and prosperity should spreads beyond the country's elites. the supporters of president say he would continue on that course. where the b.p. . is the 5. countries in the world where once when i was now in middle income speeches were pushing for. top of the top so it's easier to sell. in my lifetime in many people my age change we've seen with our own eyes infrastructure. level of education level of health care changing it's an easy

story to tell in the village of siege where people aren't convinced the diamond industry hasn't provided them enough workers they say and the diamond mines won't last forever and they're hoping a change of government will also change the country's direction and more of the gemini will trickle down to them. you're watching v.w. news stay tuned for a documentary about the indonesian volcano that changed the world 200 years ago i'm terry martin simming will be with you at the top of the next hour thanks for watching. and i'm getting on with a brand new. device it's about topics that affect us all. climate change the return of.