♪ >> hello and welcome to "france 24." withdraw from syria,a, a deal brokered by rusa and turkey goes into effect. it would see forces from both countrieies remove kurdish fighters 30 kilometers from the border. we will get an update with a correspondent on the ground. continunues tonty loom a after british l lawmakers rejected the fast tracked timetable. chchile's president apologizeser the failures of past government.

♪ >> the u.s. defense secretary is in baghdad as american troops withdraw from syria and temporarily had to iraq. this wednesday, an agreement struck between russia and turkey comes into effect. it would see forces from both countries as well as syrian border guards remove kurdish fighters 30 kilometers from the border. over, but thes northern border was -- truce is over, but the northern bororder wass q quiet. ypg forces are gone. hour the end of the 120

period, the u.s. announced pkkkk has been ypg completed. the turkishish -- president has a new deal to keep kurdish forces away from the birder -- border. vladimir putin has agreed a so-called safe sound would be set up, stretching over 120 kilometers and 32 kilometers deep into syria. the rurussiansns say only their forces and syria's army would patrtrol the area. >> russisian milititary police d russian b bder guardsds will patrol outside the area of operation to facilitate the removaval of ypg elements. that operation is

completed, russia will patrol the border with turkish groups, forcing ouout of the border regn the remaining kurdish forces. our we can go across to correspondent standing by. erdogan's visit to yesterday was seen as a victory for the turks, wasn't it? >> absolutely. the turks are very pleased by that agreement of mutual understanding, that is what they call it and this s 150 hour deadadline has began regarding e withdrawal of all ypg fighters in that border area that stretches 30 kilometers deep into syrian territory. turkey got exactly what it wanted and russia warned the kurdish fighters if they do not pullout completely, they will be entirely crushed by the turkish army. those are the words of russia.

turkey got what they wanted, that so-called safe zone and erdogan hailed this a historic moment and so has the turkish press today. meanwhile, the situation is alarming for the kurdish fighters who have lost key territories they held until only recently. in the kurdish, who find themselves caught between turkish troops north and russian and syrian troops from the south to a very difficult situation indeed for the k kurdish moveme, the kurdish fighters who feel completely abandoned by the international community and betrayed by their u.s. allies. >> let's talk about the kurds because where do things stand for them? where are they going? the kurdishanted a ststate and they havave wanted a state r

years, that is what they have been fighting for. you have kurdish populations in iraq, syria, and turkey. in the southern part of turkey where i am currently standing at the border with syria and it is extremely difficult to get the point of view of the kurds -- the kurdish civilians on this war. they do not want to speak out publicly. -- turkish authorities on the other hand say they respecect al communities and that you need to differentiate civilians and fighters. that is s not what all kurdish civilians believe. we managed to meet privately toh kurds who do not dare

speak out or speak to cameras. they are particularly angry at the west. angry, betrayed by the united states and donald trump, the pullednt who suddenly off his request on the ground. the kurds we spoke to also particularly angry at governments such as the united kingdom and france, they do not understand why they did not intervene and that extraordinary footage where you see u.s. troops pulling out of kurdish held areas with civilian. children throwing rotten fruits and vegetables and stones at u.s. troops as they were leaving. update. you for that of thousands, tens of protesters have taken to the streets of lebanon for the seventh daday in a row demanding new leadership despite the

government announcing an economic rescue plan. he would cut lawmaker salaries and take measures to fix the state's finances. the moves have been dubbed symbolic. new president has been sworn in for a fifth term. he ran as an independent candidate and received 72% of the vote. he succeeds the light president, who died -- late president, who died in office in july. 8 days to go until brexit and continues -- confusion continues to reign supreme. british lawmakers handed the prime minister a victory, but tt the same time -- the decision makes it unlikely for the u.k. to leave by the 31st of october. the european council president is set to recommend a technical delay, pushing back brexit until

the end of jananuary. furthermore,e cacan ing in douglas herbert. many options on the table, one ofof them is aa no deal and onef them is a general election. douglas: and whichch is going go happen? don'n't know.. what is fair to say is thee votelled "yes, but" yesterday with mps giving a green light to the deal, but a saying not so vast -- fast and itecting the bid to ram through parliament on an accelerated three day timetable. where does it leave the bill? the bill is in the parliamentary parlance is in limbo. they are not going to be legally.g it it could s stay there for a matr of days,s, weeks, we do not kno. boris johnson threatened to call

a general election if mps had not agreed to get his bill through on the accelerated timetable. he had threatened in general election. will they call his bluff? what we know this morning is he met with the labor opposition leader, jeremy corbyn and what was the nature of that meeting? they were discussing because anotherequested timetable. your timetable has been rejected, much too fast for the liking of most mps, let's work on another timetable and see if we can draw it out. but certainlyl not going to happen. what -- but what about a timetable that would take it into november? on, theer this drags more exposed to the bill is going to be to the amendments he fears and loathes.

amendments that have been put on the table by labouour, including amendment of a second referendum, or a customs union, which was the reason it was in theresa may's deal voted down three times by very large majorities and that would be a no go with even moderate conservatives. do you have a general election? another timetable and trying to agree on some sort of vote on a sort of drawnout basis? even that second referendum somehow coming up through some legislative leledger demand -- domain sleight-of-haha? we don't know. we know boris johnson is facing parliamentary questions. he is going to be grilled about this and he may call those elections if he feels it is the only way to get the majority he able to not have to

deal with all this parliamentary resistance. >> the european union has been taking a backscreen apppproach. we are able to grant a technical extension.n. union,: the european like many people, are second sick and tired. at the same time, they are very of not imposing their will on britain. they want this to play itself out. -- make it look like they are imposing that decision. a three-month extension until the end of january. it sounds out of the e.u. thatat they are inclinened to extend, however, there is also talk of

perhaps a shorter delay, something that would be still a faster timetable, but it would not be until january the first. we will have to see what happens -- january 31. we w happens. they are watching and waiting to see how this plays out on the domestic british stage. >> it certainly keeps giving us twists and turns. the british prime minister, boris johnson, says he is appalled after police in essex found 39 bodies inside a container.r. the victims appear to have come from bulgaria. a man has been arrested on suspicicion of murder. the process to identify the victims will be lengthy. they are trying to investigate the route taken by the vehicle. to acting u u.s. ambassador ukraine, william taylor, delivered one of the most damning pieces of evidence in

the impeachment inquiry against president trump. the testimony lasted almost 10 hours. it david smith reporting. >> the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine now at the center of the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. tuesday, william taylor told the investigating committees trump set up a parallel foreign policy usaidraine, one that made contingege on helpining the american president politically. several u.s. media outlets obtained a copy of taylor's estimate. >> to what has been printed, that describes more evidence of a direct connection between thatdent trump's wishes ukraine invevestigatee the 2016 election, essentially exonerating the russians and his potential 2020 opponent in

lenskyange for president ze to get a white house meeting and security assistance. >> taylor served republican and democratic presidents since 1985 and became acting ambassador to ukraraine in june after the fofr ambassador was pushed out of her job. it taylor --taylor's behind closed doors estimate he levels serious -- some of the most serious charges against trump to date. president trump repeatedly denied there was any quid pro quo with regards to ukraine and reresponding to taylor's testimony, the white house called it part of a coordinated smear campaign. president announced measures to keep people frfrom taking to the streeeet. he hopoped to turn the recent violent protests into an

opportunity. the president even apologizing for past governments that failed to set a qualities. fraser jackson reports. er: hoping to end the violence, the president announced a package of social reforms on tuesday. included are a 20% increase in the minimum pension rate and higher taxes on the most wealthy . the president apologized for not ununderstanding the concerns of the e people. are it is true the p problem we facing did not suddenly appear ininecent days. they have been building for several decades. this level of inequality and abuse has s d to a genuine and sincere reaction from millionsns and millioions of chileanans. i recocognize e my lack of understanding and ask for forgiveness. >> initially sparked by a proposed hike in metro fares,

the protest became broader anger. over a dozen people have been killed and lococals panicked tht supplies may run out. >> we are stocking up on goods because we don't know what is going to happen. the sysystem is getting worse. helps'sresident reforms will be enough -- the president hopes his reforms will be enough. >> authorities in hong kong have withdrawn an exit edition bill mainland china. pro-democracy protesters in the city have had five demands including the bill's withdrawal. the rallying cry has been five demands and not one less. in other news, evacuation orders were lifted for a neighborhood in los angeles as firefighters

succeeded in efforts to keep a blaze in check. california has suffered wildfires in recent years. last year, nearly 100 people died from fires in the town of paradise was virtually destroyed. not hard to find reminders of last year'ss wildfire in paradise in the northern california foothills. these crosses commemorate the 86 citizens who died in the disaster. despite the rubble and debris, the mayor is optimistic. >> i am so proud of our community because they have come together to help each other to rebuild. it is a close, tightknit community and pretty much, the folks here who are coming back and rebuilding view w themselves not as a victims, , not evenen s survivors, but pioneers.

>> 26,000 people called paradise home, but the population is now only 400000. last year, the trees help the fire rake across 26,000 hectares of land. regulations also apply to new homes in the area, including fire resistant gutters and a ban on wooden fences. >> i think we will be a nice little town of 5000 people in a year, year and a half from now and we will continue to grow. >> the focus is on attracting young families to the area in the hope one day the town will resemblecommunity before the fls engulfed it. >> a look at the day's business news. the show is s kicking off this weekend -- electronic vehicle said to take center stage. >> the event kicks off on thursday a andopee to -- opens o

the press a day earlier. as more and more carmakers turn arenline reveals, 23 brands anticipating, about a third fewer than the last time. carmakers are talking about electric fuel technology. -- the carmaker unveiled a --rid version of the model talk to tom garner, senior vice president of honda, europe. thank you for joining us. honda aims to make a all of its models sold in europe electrified by 2022. that seems a lot more ambitious and the previous target making global car sales electrified by 2025. honda is a relative newcomer to the evv m mel.

how realistic is the new target? tom: today we are announcing a new challenge to take the opportunity for the electrification happening. europe is driving ahead of all the other regions andtom:m: we e embracing the opportunity with the launch of the new c chance d the new powertrain to say we can accelerate our ambitious plans to be fully electrified across our core models by 2022. the challenge will be helped by us announcing 6 new models giving us a range of products building on the success of honda since we announced earlier this autumn. we are optimistic i an we have a lot of work to do, but we are engagaging in a lott of that opportunity. in the market is growing quickly in this area with a lot of customer interest, but also the regulations are changing to

deliver on our promise for clean vehicles. foronda either seems to aiaim a nish market of small, urban cacars or hybrid. what is the strategy? >> we have a two fold approach to the product line e up coming forward, the motor hybrid is a system we developed called immd will be a core part of that. that is a self powered hybrid. thatat is a core range we willll develop. today we have the honda e coming to market. it is an urban ev. today, we are a announcing anan additionalal ev that willll comn 2022. alsls there is concern abouout a shrinkiking global car market.

germany's contineneal, one ofof the biggesest car parts supplies announced it is taking a 2.5 billion euro hit. what are your expectations for the years ahead? automaker. a global we can see t the markets aroroud the woworld are reasonayy stabl. europe is going through a big change point with electrification.n. we are a r relatively niche player, so we can take the opportunity to challenge e forwd as customers get more expectation for cleaner and greener vehehicles. we are announcing a massive broadening of our range for europe. we see an optimistic opportunity to embrace changes in europe. >> an optimistic o opportunity,, bubut also b brexit is looming , it is a huge concern. honda's announcement it would close its wyndham factory in 2021 added too g growing worrie, but you maintain it is not

linked to brexit? tom: we have been clear in our reasons. it is a tough decision involving swindon, but the main change point, the transition the industry is making is electrification and that is something we have to look atat whwhere we have e our best resos and production and honda, the markets are biggest for this product in japan and asia. we are watching brexit very closely. we are encouraged by the deal being talked about. we want toto encourage the best competitive market conditionons for us to thrive in europe and that is what our real stance is hehere. clclaire: thank you very -- >> thank you very much for speaeakg wiwith us. let's eck k in on ash on th day -- let''s check in on the day's trading a action. the possibility of another brexit delay is growing bigger. you can see the london f

tse in positive territory. frankfurt stacks in negative territory. the pound edged lower against the dollar, but stitill hovering around t the highest l level s e may. c congress approved a landmark overhaul ofof the country'y's pension system m aid at reinining in government spendingng and cururbing a d de. changes to t theublilic and thee private secectors. including a minimumum retirement agage of f 65 for men and 62 for women. >> a grereen light for pension reform has been in the works for decades. the overhaul has been hailed as historic -- >> reform and adjustment in brazil that can bring investment capacity for the next generation and a better country for all of

us. >> the r reform comes afteter ys of stalled effortsts to rein in government spending on the pension system, which accounts for 40% of federal spending. the biggest change is the setting of aretete -- of a minim retirement age of 65 for men and 62 for women. the overhaul a seen as crucial by the government and many economists in order to kickstart brazil's stagnant economy, which recession,ng from a but has been criticized for effecting the poor the most. >> the reform will mean people will work more over a longer period, retire later, and definitely earn less than they deserve. why did we approve it? because e there is no other option, we have reached rock bottom. >> the legislation is expected

to save the state around 105 million -- 105 million -- $105 billion. it is also the major victory for bolsonaro and pave the way for momore economic c forms, includg a plan to simple find the tax system. >> south korea's government advised people to stop smoking e-cigarettes. the health minister called the current situation a serious risk to public health and urged young people and pregnant women to stay away from vaping products. the government has not banned the products, but it says it will speed up an investigation into whether to take such measures. >> we will finish analyzing harmful substances in liquid e-cigarettes by november and prepare the scientific basis for recalling and banning sales by conducting human risk assessmements so we can announce

the results the first half of next year. >> thank you very much for that. we are going to take a quick break. more coming up. this is "france 24." ♪

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