here in the french capital you watching live from paris some from thirty four i'm somebody justst wilson n and these are te headlines. one week into thehe turkisish offensive against the kurds in northern syriaia asset regime troops and russian soldiers. have enenredhe ststrategic border town of. bonnie that is according. to the syrian observatory for human rights. the optimism that it breaks the deal would be struck of the seasoning and rubber stamps on thursday at the european council summit have been dashed sources say that deal unlikely to be reached the c. an american journalist accused of having

had extramarital relations and a legal abortion who was sent to prison. is now part by king mohammed the six all . welcome back we begin with the latest from north in syria where we're not exactly one week into the turkish offensive against the cuts in the border area. during the last seven days events have taken a series of unexpected turns and today in line with a deal thatt wasas struckk w with kurdish s soldiers both thehe at regime troops and russian soldiers and to the strategic border town of kobani that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights. remains the turkey syria proxies are not pitted against kurdish forces who are in turn it back by damascus and by moscow. meanwhile the us vice president mike pence in the u. s. section of state mike pompeii a both due to arrive in

ankara. to meet with the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan with the goal of trying to secure a ceasefire deal overall civil jasper mortimer is in akron joins us now. i'm just what can you tell us abouot the situation in qabbani and how the news that. syrian troops have entered this town is significant. well thehe latet from thehe syrian observatory from human rights s which is a monitotoring group based in london. is that ththe syrian kurdh militiaia have allowed.. both goverernment forces and russian i into kobani so thisis brings thehe russianans up to oe turkisis walled u up for thehe t time sincece the s syrian civilr begannight yeaears a ago. now dorms p psident thehe other one said todayay he didn't mindd if the syrian governmenent army tok over man beat. which is aboutut thirty kilometers south of the turkish border because at least

then man beats won't be under the control of terrorists which is his tererm foror the syrian kurdisish militia and i a assume that he will take mee or less the same l line with kababbani u know thahat the- syrian government takes it well then. in the syrian kurdish militia loses control of it what is the significance of couponing a abot it w was the sitite of the fiert babattles betweenen the kurdish mililitia and thehe islamic s se in late twenty foururteen off te twenty fifteenen. the kurds won the e battle with the support of the u. s. l. polls and with the iraqi past maggie finances and turkrkey allowed to pass through its territory to add an entire qabbani.i. to fights alongsidede the syrian becausese n now is nt fighting the town was tototally destroroyed largely b by amerirn

faults i i was there on monday i cacaed within a hundrdred and fifty meters. all of the border. wall that separates campari. not from one part of the town so they must be still some people living there but very few. okay so that's the situation in a net qabbani now was mike pompeii when mike pence of both heading suit. ankara but we're hearing from the tech is president he's on a back down under any circumstances and doesn't really leave. an awful lot of room for discussion does it. yes but remember president though is a man who has to keep one message to his people and

he'll- give a another m msage to the people whoho come to see him in private. i think in some poem peto arere coming here to coconvince the one thahat ameria is sererious about its dimond fr a new one to retreat. in northeastern syria euramererica gave turkey the green l lht to launch this incursion when i it withdrew itsts troops. from that part of syriaia and i think ththere's some e come pay will e saying to either one listen times have changed. i made mine too warm the one further sanctions. it continues to wagee his campaign in syria. more important but do on however i thinkk will be his talks withh president vladimir putin in moscow whichch are comoming up apapparently boozeze in ththat d fight to tame.e. took us code

today now to. allow us with both damascus and on. correct he h has all the c case in the x of them. to see the turks army of figighting h head to head wih the e syrian govovernment armyyd so i i think putin's job is to draw lines betweenen the syryrin government forces and the turkish army. and the other one will want to make sure all that he gets something that looks reasonable that hehe can present to his people as a victory he doesn't want to make it. look as if this operation in australia. okay well thank you very much indeed for that update from ankara frozen it was just the most. thank you very much indeed. now on the eve of a two day meeting of european union leaders in brussels receiving word that the last ditch talks which continued throughout today. to secure a deal on the terms of the uk's departure. on n now unlikely to yield a results that's the latest we're hearing. that those talks which

it would it was hoped we're going to reach a conclusion this evening before being allowing that deal to be rubber stamped. at tomorrow's summit. we understand that that's not now likely to happen before more analysis we can speak now to john curtis who is a professor of politics. at the university of strathclyde in the u. k. thank you very much. for speaking to us professor what's your understandingng of. why it is that a deal wasn't struck this evening. well i think my understanding is that therere are two issues the firs. is that the base all the treaty thought the technicical nenegotiations i in brussels oft yet resesult. is to do with the administration off the i. t. givenn the north at all and is going to o be parkedd in the custom u. k. customs union on jan.n. still part of the new custstom you're in so that's one issue in bruruels still too resolvlve. but i i thinknk beyoe obvious you're not resolve the prime minister bryce johnson is hoping to work out. whether or

not what's now seems to be on the table for brussels is capable of being called through the house of commons. so far crucially the democratic unionist ours nororthern on units.s. i have not indicated that are necessary bring to block the job a lot of soul but they have concerns still. about the fob that the proposals are likely to mean the hostage customs border down the piracy. a name is that also have concerns about the extent to which northern ireland and how does an online. i guess consent to the continuation of those arrangements. meanwhile it's seems to be the case last night though some of the hardest brbrexit years inside the concerned aboutut it. nor indeed some o of the softest one secucuring some others herere r. but to get the government a few weeks ago are always yeah we'll bring to say yeah we're definitely willing to sign up for this. answer to that extent at least the promise to spend.

a call out of titime today talking to the g. you pay. . two mps inside his property. to try to gauge whether or not this deal would go through and i think probably at the moment. the deal might be in m more trouble inin london the testing process. yeah if no deal is reached by. kay and boris johnson is. required by law or is need to ask for an extension fromom brussels i mean do youu thinink he's goioing to have too that. well i think given itt any ents dot a although i it sounds thatat would dea might be closee but not that. t there is not probablynlnlikely that t the europepean council is gogoing te willing to sign also l legal texts we might just get. indicatition of politicalal wiwillingness to accept t the dl though these talks if they're going to carry on. i got to carry on to nenext week's underr that extendd the stuff would just simply the time required by. in order to get the legislation. through the european parliament's to get it through the house of commons. the timimetables w whout rituall way already looked extraordinary dishes the idea this could be possible to get this done. within a fortnight we're just looking for more

difficult. on if indeed parcels and isn't going to pull the plug on these things that he frankly he's going to have to accept the ob extension. just simply to have a chance o of getting the deal through. but not by the way if that happens dot will serve them potentially. undermines the timetablee for hololding a genel election which is t the other sure a about whihich- were all somewhatat on n tenterhooks her. in the uninited kingdom because if this election is not cold. bye much later than the very beginning of november. then basically we had to the daughter of stock christmas and. any any politician wants to hold an election over the christmas period. yeah and i think that the end of the british pubublic is power re absolutely fed up with this whole. issue i mean we've seen it today the- king g of a new television channel that doesesnt wa to. t that thahat will make t a point not to mention. the b. word a tool i mean i'm just wondering what public o opinion is like at the moment in the u . k. do you get a sense that. even remain as i'll just f fed p with this and want to get breaks it down. if f nothing ele

the e just turn ththe page and e alll. . now that's notot the viw the remamains by just exexpressd toto. ththis is when thehe rostt least one companyny opinion miss gray honest people we know whether or not y you justt l les justst get over r it doesn't mar what the d deal is or should we just hang in there until wee get ththe best possible deal. y yes leavee arches a are frustrated d if they are impatient but remain voters for the most part don't express this year at the end of that i jusust bear in mid that most remain gorgeous inside the arctic into. austinn of t the view that p perhaps we shouould be reversing this all prprocesses that ending the attempts to leave their opipinin given u up so we don'tt have yor marks you might notitice is not surprprising the end of the day. they'ree impatient abobout this process i i mean every p pients in the census well could we get to the point where we might be able to hold a second referendum but- every single time stop brexit gets delayed

in a sense. it renews the candle of hope inside remain verges ball exactly at the same time. causing complete and utter exasperation among starts on these. thank you so much for sharing that with us a professor john curtis of the university of strathclyde thank you very much indeed. tony arise all the world news you might recall the ordeal of a moroccan journalists was accused of having extramarital relations under the legal abortion who was jailed. in late august will today be king of moral come out of the six. issued a royal pardon for hi john i suny. overturning has sentence prosody fools every know who ka has this report. her arrest and subsequent trial had turned her into a symbol. both perceived barriers to freedom of speech and women's rights in morocco. in late september according robot sentence journalist who johri suny to one year in prison. finding her guilty of carrying out in a legal abortion and having premarital sex. her

fifiance handed the same sentene whilee h her gynecologist was giveven two years. pricing these lawyers s called the verdict incomprehensible. the woman shshowed up to him bleeding should he have left to dine impossible by the way the evidence shows there was no pregnancy only leading. haven't came as it. for her family and supporters the charges were caught. the twenty eight year old works for newspaper known for criticizing the government. the case has sparked outrage in morocco triggering protests like this one held on the opening day of her trial on september ninth. but it is also whipped up reactions further afield. earlier this month hundreds of moroccan signed an opopinion piece that was published in a moroccan newspaper and france is the moment. the column was named after article for ninety of the moroccan penal code the section that punishes sex outside of wedlock in it they declared themselves outlaws by also

claiming to have broken the country's laws. in the piece the activists demanded legal changes in morocco including the legalization of sex outside of marriage and abortion which is currently only permitted if a woman's life is at risk. now we're gonna move to hong kong weather was a chaos today at the legislative council as the territory's leader carrie lam. trying to deliver a key annual policy address but jeering lawmakers drowned her out on lamb was eventually forced to make that address via video link. former british colonies be brought by four months of protests against the local authorities. what those taking part see is efforts by beijing to undermine the one country two systems principle. the mainland authorities reject that claim and blamed western powers need to be the uk and the u. s. stirring up trouble. mostly fools brought fraser jackson has this report. carrie lam trying to deliver her annual policy address and fails twice. clean started before the

hong kong leader even entered the assembly room. protesters have been kept far away from the building so this time a dozen mps with the one shows him that the moans. in their hands a picture of lamb hands covered with blood. despite the jeering lan began her dress men's to present bills to improve the cost of living and attempts to defuse tensions. within seconds thougugh and as mps projected images of that dimond's above her she had to stop. minutes later now made a second attempt and failed again. security blocks mps from approaching the leader but they did not evacuate them from the room. now the vinci resorted to a pre recorded speech in which he addressed those who according for independence. but yet we will adhere to one country two systems and safeguard the rights and freedoms protected by the basic

law. under however any actual advocate hong kong's independence not threaten the country's sovereignty security and development interests will not be tolerated. the unrest started four months ago as protesters demanded the scrapping of a bill allowing extradition to mainland china. but it's with drool fail to pacify demonstrates his who also wants universal suffrage the rights to freedia elect their leaders. they say beijing has a reported that right since the city was returned to china from british c colonial rule moe than twenty years ago. carrie lam is failure to address the assembly is the first time a hong kong leader has been unable to deliver the annual address since the tradition began in nineteen forty eight. now the dutch police are questioning a man who paid the rent on a farm house was six people found locked away in a secret room. authorities believe they've been living in isolation for n nine years. five siblings speed it believed to be between the ages of eighteen and twenty five. an old man forty that father were found

out that farm from circles kathryn kitty a cliff it tells a small. in a concealed room underneath this secluded house. dutch policee found a a family. they believe five siblings aged between eighteen n and twenty five and their ailing father. had been living hidden here in the village of we're in a vault for the past nine years. the news came as a shock to neighbors. among these effects on that. news should we always full that one man wasas living n the house. it was renovating the place we had no idea. child needs from. a tortoise acted on a tip off on sunday the e eldest son reached out for help. in a nearby cafe these are the ability. i could immediately see that he was confused each of the lab a long struguggle hee a dirty h here hot and dirty old clothes it didn't make sense clt on this is a medical decision it by jill. local media reports that the family may have had apocalyptic beliefss they lilid entirely off

kept a goat. police a aree they investigatingg whether the nowow grown up children were kept there against their will dementia in voting we're trying to find out what the people in this house were doing many questions. remain we don't yet have the answers in full hung. the six occupants have been given medical attention and are being re housed in temporary accommodation. police have arrested a man who paid the rent on the farm. secu to say the fifty eight year old is suspected of being involved in the illegal deprivation of liberty and harming the health of others. it is time now for check the top business news stories calls dangling joins behind that cold stuff breaks it talks we're going down to the wire anyway. lots of uncertainty amongst investors and now the news that other party what the deal is eating anyway that's right investors around we're looking for just any indication of a breakthrough not appears there won't be one tonight as you said. for not even u. k. still cked inn those l lt minute talkss in brusselsls aimed at sesecuring an accident green and

ththat would t take effect on october thirty first. what size are trying to avoid a no dealal brbrexit whichch would come at a heavy cost. both economies. that's been a roller coaster ride for the pound over the last seventy two hours of movements hedging on the slightest news of brexit. it's no different today the pounds off to a rough start this morning after late night talks on tuesday failed to produce an agreement. now rebounded amid some optimism the talks were going in the right direction the pound is up around four tenths of presenting its dollars you can see here. trading in just over a dollar and twenty eight cents. also up against the euro. meanwhile shares were mixed on the major european markets today they dominated course by anxiety over brexit. puts you down six tenths of percent account down just slightly meanwhile the- taxing frankford up three tenths of one percent. wall street today seeing very little movement all set a dow jones i just trading under the flat line. s. and p. down just slightly point 16% nasdaq down a little. bit more. seeing

losses around three tenths of a percent. meanwhile general motors has reached a tentative deal to put an end to a costly strike in the u. s. according to the united auto workers union which has been locked in intense talks to gm. doesn't necessarily mean the strike is over the u. a. w.'s national council has to give the green light when he meets thursday. that's when i'll decide whether to continue striking so all members vote on the deal. our with our wororkers and of c coue need to actually approve the agreement. or the fifty thousand gm workers have been off the job for more than four weeks they're seeking pay raises better healthcare and greater job stability. these one union members seem to welcome the news for preliminary deal take a listen. that's a positive sign the talks could still break down as far as i know i don't rule for sure. so like it's better. is the big deal obviously was your business feel likeke we were fightiting. not just for us personally through the middle class in general. telling presidident sergio mattararellas

in wasashingtonn wednesday. meeting with his american counterpart donald trump the visit comes two dayss before the u. s. is e expected to impose seven point five billion dollars in retaliatory tariffs against you. measures that could hike the price of french wine italian she's many other products. us hinted it could respond with tears of its own if washington goes ahead. something that mozzarella hinted at at the white house. yes it's really annoying myself personally have always felt that it's best to talk things through to find a common solution with this you'll need to find some sort of understanding from one another's stone says because the alternative to that would be tariffs followed by retaliation. followed by further terrorism. i'm at a total bill if you'll need. meantime the european commission is taking action against a major american chip maker calling on broadcom to immediately halt would it deems uncompetitive sales practices.

you open an anti trust investigation into broad come baback in june no that probe is not yet over is taking the rare step today announcing inter measures to clamp down. the commission says broadcom which supplies chips for tv boxes and modems as deals with customers to give an unfair advantage. here's what you anti trust commissioner mark messier had to say about those contracts. these effectively prevents our competitors from challenging both comes position in these markets. and second. hello welcome to leverage its dominance in the market for cable modem chipsets in which will come may not yeyet be dominant. next up workers at one of europe'e's largest home furnishing retail chains are on strike today employees at french firm control are upset about the company's decision to close them thirty two stores nationwide. i translates into some nineteen hundred layoffs is thomas waterhouse explains the move is being felt across the country's furniture making

sector. the situation is far from comfortable for these confirm the workekers. seven french tools kept the shutters bolted this wednesday. the staff went on strike in protest at the peanuts they feel they've been offered a severance pay. one thousand nine hundred jobs on to go nationwide and thirty two shops will close. of a typical treat all i've been working for confirma for thirty eight years. the redundancy pay off it is just miserable is shameful we've done the calculations and i'd leave with a sixty five year is a seventy y eight cents for each year i've been here. the company said it didn't go see asians around going in that the offer on the table could still change. would confirm his recent was a having a negative effect on the widest sector. two with the home where it joins main supply is not he sue and dementia a already feeling the pinch. the latter a flat pack furniture specialists

towards turning the plunge 7% last year with forty eight of its one thousand strong workforce made redundant. formosa the come from a mix of between thirty and 40% of our business. their biggest clients if they haveve difficulties ththere's a knock on effect on our activity. which is one of twenty two. more widely speaking the tables have certainly turned for francis furniture retailers in the ten year period betetween two thousand and six and twenty sixteen. the total workforce spell from eighty four thoususad to forty one t thousand with analyststs blaming among. other factors the rise of online shopping. anand finally bululgaa is hoping g to attract volkswagn to build a plant in the country. after the german automaker backed o out of turkey over criticism of anchor as military offensive in syria. on tuesday v v announcedt was putting a o one point f four billion dollar investment in turkey on hold. a and still waiting to make a final decision on bubuilding a aactory there. meantime bulgagaria says it's ready to double its

original offer to volkswagenen s now offering some two hundred and sixty million euros and subsidies. neighboring rumania also reportedly hoping to benefit from the auto makers change of heart. either way tom yet another example the fallout we've seen over turkey's military intervention in syria extending into the world of business. seems a row once able to log in a factory on the soil these days thank you very much indeed. call saying that with today's. edition of business of back in a couple minutes ago and

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