tyrant's. this is deja vu news live from berlin a trump turnabout on turkey the us president lift sanctions on iran for after putting them in place just over a week ago he says turkey has told him that it has a middling tended to defense it against the kurds in northern syria. also coming up police find 39 bodies in a truck parked at an industrial park near london. they have moved the vehicle to a secure location so they can identify the victims plus basketball fans in the u.s. protest in support of big 3 hong kong superstar le bron james is singled out for

criticism at the n.b.a. season opener in los angeles we'll tell you why. i'm sara kelley welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is lifting economic sanctions on turkey saying that on caret informed him it would permanently enforce a cease fire in north eastern syria where it has been fighting kurdish militia the ceasefire which struck claims credit for requires kurdish forces to move out of a 30 kilometer zone on the turkish border turkey launched its offensive into syria after trump told us forces out of the reach. this was an outcome created by us the united states and nobody else no other nation very simple and we're willing to take blame and we're also willing to take credit this is something they've been

trying to do for many many decades since then others have come out to help and we welcome them to do so other countries have stepped forward they want to help and we think that's great turkey syria and all forms of the kurds have been fighting for centuries we have done them a great service and we've done a great job for all of them and now we're getting out let's get more now on the situation in northern syria we are joined by from the german institute for international and security affairs get a welcome to the program i'd like to 1st ask you about that statement that we just heard from the u.s. president quite an upbeat statement essentially saying that by all indications turkey is making the ceasefire permanent lifting the sanctions against turkey your take. well it's the statement is is bizarre the sanctions were bizarre u.s. policy was bizarre in recent weeks the united states has left no we do see russia

the assad regime and turkey dividing north and syria between themselves this has nothing to do with the us and it's not a success at all for the us and western policies in turn around and those 2 parties i mean now that there is you know no more u.s. presence in the area those 2 parties essentially came up with the steel to sort of carve out the region yesterday where does this leave the kurds and the syrians well the syrians the syrian regime is winning together together with the russians simply because. the assad regime has been weak it suffers from a lack of personnel but because of the u.s. withdrawal it has been able to regain control of some small parts of north eastern syria the syrian kurds they will lose their autonomy they are losing territory right now to the russians to the syrian regime and to the turks and in the end they

will be they haven't agreed to that they haven't agreed to agree to that but that shows us something about their future kurdish autonomy without american protection will not continue to exist for a long time and they have already they have already approached damascus and they will return to the syrian fold in the coming months or years we heard the german defense minister weigh in yesterday on the situation there she suggested a security zone in northern syria what do you make of that proposal is it realistic could it possibly be implemented the way the europeans have no say in what is happening over there we have seen an agreement between russia and turkey russia is the protector of the syrians to. right now turkey has some influence and there is no way to bring back any western troops into the country without fighting for it

and the germans are not ready and ready for it my take on the situation is that the german defense minister if she knew what she was talking about yesterday was talking was addressing the miss domestic audience what she said has nothing to do whatsoever with the situation in syria and nothing nothing to do with the german syria policies in recent years is europe dropping the ball right now is nato dropping the ball right now and we had secretary general. saying it's too early to judge the consequences of that deal that was struck between russia and turkey over northern syria your view oh it's not the u.s. is out without the us there is no western presence in the country anymore we've got some 200 us military in a 10th of that is of no consequence to the to this future of the syrian state there is no nato no western presence in the country we have seen yesterday the new

reality of syria it's not a mere putin who's in charge and it is turkey and turkey only because putin wants to one stuber the alliance between turkey and the west that's the only reason why the turks are allowed to remain in syria right now that's the new reality on the ground it has nothing to do whatsoever with us middle east analyst thanks for your perspective. it's it's in the u.k. investigators are trying to piece together a tragedy $39.00 people have been found dead in a truck container on the outskirts of london the vehicle was discovered at an industrial park and the driver has been arrested on suspicion of murder police say the container where the victims were found traveled to the u.k. . from belgium. the but far supplants there is nothing unusual about this cargo truck parked an industrial estate in the town of gray's east of london. but

when police forced open its doors in the early hours of wednesday they made a gruesome discovery the lifeless bodies of thought to 9 people. in the. emergency services attended but sadly all 39 people inside the container had died. early indications suggest that one of these paper was a teenager the restimulate to be adults. a murder investigation was launched and the lorry driver a 25 year old man from northern ireland was arrested on suspicion of murder i mean mains in place custody prime minister prime minister boris johnson expressed his condolences in parliament. so the whole house will be shocked by the appalling news that 39 bodies have been discovered in a lorry container in essex this is an arm imaginable tragedy and truly heartbreaking i know that the thoughts and prayers of all members are with those

who lost their lives and their loved ones. as police try to piece together the truck's movement footage has emerged of it passing by 2 separate cameras shortly before the bodies were discovered authorities say the container had just docked in the u.k. from zeebrugge in belgium the cap part of the truck is believed to have originated in northern ireland police have moved the vehicle to a secure location so that the bodies can be recovered as this murder investigation gets underway. and charlotte potts joins us now from there that industrial park in the town of grey is east of london where those bodies were discovered charlotte one of the latest developments. well the police are just slowly lifting the cordon behind me this area has been cordoned off all day but now the truck with the 39 bodies inside has been taken out of this parking lot away from that street that has

been cordoned off to recover those bodies and further identify him we had a closer look at the truck before we were able to go behind again and see the forensic teams at work they were working at high speeds to just find out who these people were and trying to identify them. there's conflicting information about how the truck reach the u.k. what more do we know about that. well we know that the truck was driven by a 25 year old northern irish man and this man has apparently driven the so-called taxi off. through ireland into the united kingdom he then picked up the container somewhere in belgium this is what authorities believe at the moment and drove it back to the united kingdom

so that container originated not as we originally thought in bulgaria probably in belgium again this is what authorities believe at this point and this confusion with ball gary originally was because the truck itself has been registered in that country in bulgaria for tax reasons so far we really don't know where those victims were from and how they came into that container charlotte potts thank you very much. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the european council president says that he would recommend the e.u. grants the u.k. another extension to leave the block or dish prime minister boris johnson says that he wants no further probes that delay but after parliament rejected the schedule for debate on his divorce deal he could now push for an early election. google has officially announced that it has achieved quantum supremacy confirming research

that late last month the company says that its processor needs just 2200 seconds to crack a problem that would take the world's fastest supercomputer 10000 years to figure out if the claim is validated it would represent a major technological breakthrough. bolivian president evo morales has said that his rival in sunday's presidential election is attempting to stage a coup this after opposition protest accused authorities of rigging the vote. the latest official count puts the incumbent 9.5 percent head but morales needs a 10 point lead to avoid a runoff. tunisia's new president has been sworn in as this aide vowed to fight corruption and protect freedoms and women's rights in his inauguration speech he's a conservative law professor and he had a landslide victory in the country's 2nd free presidential election since the arab

spring. to the united states now where basketball fans have protested in support of a free hong kong at the n.b.a. season opener for the los angeles lakers the leak has been locked in a war of words with china and lakers player le bron james has inserted himself into the crossfire some protesters directed their criticism squarely at him. the face of the n.b.a. le bron james was the focal point of protests at the season opener los angeles lakers top player was targeted after he criticized an official from a rival team for tweeting support for hong kong residents in their political dispute with china last week james took to social media himself stating i do not believe there was any consideration for the consequences and ramifications of the tweet my team and this league just went through a difficult week i think people need to understand what a tweet or statement can do to others but james attempt to salvage the lucrative

relationship between the n.b.a. and china before the season started it didn't really work chinese t.v. didn't broadcast any of the n.b.a.'s opening games in protesters in los angeles are disappointed at the league's response i asked the n.b.a. to come out and make a forcible statement that they support the misdeeds and support the people of hong kong and they support their american values but even fans of james own team were perplexed. you know it's always tough to to use sports as a little device to talk about you know politics but sometimes it's necessary and i think when the bron james did. tough stuff. it was not a happy night for the lakers off and on the court they lost their opener to cross-town rivals the los angeles clippers. meantime in tampa the league football. escaped with a now victory over great team olympiacos but they lost yet another defender to

injury lucas hernandez left on crutches yossef raviv gave a limp jaco's the lead in the 23rd minute but 2 goals from up at leave and dusky fired biron had the poland international is now the 5th highest goal scorer of all time in the champions league olympiakos pressed to the end but fired came away with a 32 win. and now to an elephant's long journey from too late to a sanctuary in brazil roundabout finally made it after being mistreated for 14 years as a circus animal but now she is being cared for in a safe space for elephants in western brazil she's estimated to be over 50 years old but she is still not too long in the task to have some fun. you're watching live from berlin coming up next it is business africa 1st i'm sara kelly in berlin from all of us here as news thank you so much for joining us have

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