live from london and also coming up, a syrian army launches a major offensive north of the strategic city of homs. euders agree a multi before dollar deal with turkey to help stem the flow of syrian refugees to europe andr, graffiti messag written on the set of the hit u.s. t.v. show. ♪ the u.s. president has announced a major shift in policy in afghanistan saying more troops will now remain on the ground there through 2017. president obama says afghan forces are doing well but they are still not strong enough. roslyn jordan has more. >> reporter: the u.s. president wanted to leave office with almost no troops deployed in afghanistan but circumstances have forced barack obama to give up that goal. 5500 troops will be stationed around afghanistan after 2016. >> the mission will not change. our troops will focus on training afghans and counter terrorism operations but these bases will give us the presence and the reach our forces require to achieve their mission. >> reporter: right now there are about 9800 u.s. troops in afghanistan. their training and providing battlefield advice. under the president'

in other words, because of the eu and the u.s.stealing their economies through this, and it is on the supply-side, it's a separate conversation of what the eu and the u.s. should be doing on the demand side, which is really not any good state, but actually because it will stimulate increased trade for both the eu and the u.s. are sourcing heavily strong developing countries. you would imagine on the aggregate level that would be a positive effect on tariff elimination. this being said, i specific sectors that can be quite a negative affect. for example, when we have looked at this industries in common would be one example of agriculture pocket shoulder to the eu market considering the -- could be displaced on the eu market which a court need to be taken in account. in the country selling things the individual products matter. so in our view in terms of mitigation measures, there they could do more. first it's quite important to have liberal rules so as not to disrupt changes in which you and yours companies part of. unfortunately,

this is the largest single budget item in the eu. it is written for french farmers and it needs addressing. the city itself needs to be friendly to brussels and strasburg. they are not trying to destroy what a key the british economy. tom: they went after donald trump. how many people do you employ? do you employe their new citizens to the u.k.? what is the distinction between brexit and the way london is totern mark luke: we want control migration as opposed to having it dictated across 28 countries. in -- intention, there is a great lack of democracy across europe or i think the heart of this lack of democracy is the eu. energize how do you the left to vote with you? luke: if you look at what mr. corbin said, he is more concerned at the impact of immigration than those on the right. immigration is a left/right issue. massabout ceasing uncontrolled immigration and talking about intelligent immigration that is a net benefit for the economy and does not lead to a society that is less cohesive. muchhan: remind me, how exports do we have

these are the headlines. as eu leaders get set to meet on the migrant crisis in brussels, we will hear from the emergency director of human rights. he has just come back from the island of lesbos where refugees are still arriving by the thousands. violence in israel continues at the gate of the old city. french president francois hollande inaugurates paris' museum, anthropological reopening after a six-year renovation. the french government says it will consider tax cuts to help keep air france flying. we will have the details in business. the governing body of european football holds a crisis meeting on the fate of its suspended later. week, suspended last linked to the corruption scandal. thousands of syrian refugees are arriving each day in lesbos from turkey. the greek island is forced to cope as refugees face unbearable conditions and sometimes violent. >> exalted but exhausted, boatloads of refugees dock in after ans -- lesbos arduous journey aboard the aegean sea. migrant desperate to get to europe, it is a

at the u.s. and euhave very few tools i think of them trade policy to advance this agenda, this strategic agenda for the international economy that we need to be careful about overburdening ttip. but not only that, if national security concerns become too central to ttip, it is the issues that are covered other countries that are given priority for mentorship i think there's a chance result of the suboptimal economically. that means you have few resources available to confront their foreign policy challenge that i think the better part is to focus on these, this new kind of geopolitics of creating better international economic rules and did other things for other institutions and vehicles. thank you. [applause] >> we are going to spend a quick minute getting mike up. s&s all get situated. -- as soon as we all get situated. [inaudible conversations] a okay. before i ask some questions to the panelists and open it up to the audience i'd like to ask if any of you all have any responses you want to make tha

switzerland has a deal with the eu. i think going back to your six options, they have hardly in mind unilaterally an idea of what may come out. the other perspective i have is i am a lawyer. i used to work in the wto legal staff. i'm involved in the street settlements. i am a law professor. my talk will be somewhat more technical, i will try to keep it understandable. this panel really deals with how ttp mayand interrelate. thinking about it i was thinking about this famous paradox of what happens when and in stop mobile force meets an immovable object. this is very much how i see the relationship playing forward. obviously the on stoppable force ttp andoppable force is wto.mmovable force is the it could be that they are just two ships passing in the night. basically what i will try to show is that what we will need is to have some type of control over the unstoppable force, and level we willo have to make this immovable object a little more flexible. i will first say why this movement is pretty much an unstoppable force

so the eu needs the u.k. just as much if not more. which argument resonates with the german public and german business as you have been holding discussions this week? they are finally coming to terms with the fact that this is a real possibility. the most powerful lobby in germany is the export lobby. the thought of risking losing the u.k. as a free-trade partner is unthinkable. to fear fromthing trade discussions as a result of any eu renegotiation or exit. when david cameron writes up a letter, what are the specifics they want on the letter? guest: i think there is a divide between some big this misses and some smes. we petitioned a poll which employs 60% of the private sector workforce and created 68% of all jobs over the last five years. 2-1 thatp said that by the eu hinders rather than helps their businesses. nearly half said that they would either pay people more money, or employee more people, if they were not part of the eu. there are sections of big business in favor of staying in the eu that fear an

so what does that mean in terms of our trade agreement between the eu and the u.s.? we've seen that all of the independent separate aspects of european policy, green investment, et cetera, have one single objective and that is to make profits irrespective of what happens of levels of life in all of our countries. we have a role to act as a legislator here, and this type of scandal is a way of operating, shows the character of the european union, the systems it serves and monopol s monopolies. there is basically a rotten situation on the economic front and throughout our lives. that's what people can expect of europe. >> translator: we now have individual statements. please stick to the time allotted to you. we have 45 speakers. two minutes. >> translator: thank you very much. the fact that it was the americans rather than us discovering the fact eu companies are not complying with the existing regulation is shameful. we're indicating that member states are not enforcing the eu law and the european commission doesn't have enough control instruments at hand and yet aga

volkswagen is by far the biggest car manufacturer in the eu market. with a market share of around wi-fi percent but not the only one. is this the only company which has the same problem or are there other ones? and what is the commission doing with these? are we only checking out for volkswagen. offeran standards protection of european citizens and consumers. wasver this massive fraud released in u.s. markets. about the think government in paris and how it affects and how will the commission advance the emissions test requirements to improve the markets in europe. >> madam has agreed to it three minutes. >> colleagues, environmental and consumer policy, things we have been discussing for the past 10 years and we have been striving for better and cleaner air, environmental protection and we have been discussing this and we got used to the fact that the auto industry representatives usually see our rules as an attack on their corporate strategy. despite all of the negative experiences i have had with lobbyists from all of the car industries, what i did n

before the eu. we need drivers to use diesel cars. we need a full investigation, an investigation that people can trust across the entire single market. i know that it's not possible to regulate a way forward. but property oversight can minimize it. if our member states agree, they must implement them. it is only as strong as the weakest link. they must work to the same high standard. otherwise there is a race to the regulatory bottom and turning a blind eye in one member state means good can be sent across all 28. our member states must work together in a coordinated fashion. we know the emissions test are already being updated. we have known fuel efficiency claims do not represent real world experience. that is why the commission is already due to announce new testing crows by the end of this year. earlier last month they came into my commission to discuss what they were doing. the commission needs to announce soon because they have to know what to deliver. they have to deliver to these new tests by any new cars that are approved aft

switzerland has a deal with the eu. but they are worried that the this may be on the mind by ttip so i think going back to your six options, they have probably in mind to unilaterally hook on to what may come out or at least negotiate a side deal with the u.s. the other perspective i have is i'm a lawyer. i used to work in the wto legal staff so i'm involved in dispute settlement. i'm a law professor. i litigate wto, fta and isds cases so my talk will be somewhat more technical, so i'll try to keep it understandable. so, this panel really deals with how the wto and ttip may interrelate. and thinking about it, i was thinking about this famous paradox of what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. and this is really very much how i see the relationship playing forward. so, obviously the unstoppable force is ftas and ptas being all over the place, the immovable object is very much the wto. people have said this is not really a paradox. it's really unstoppable. the immovable object would have to go out

brussels says the eu has reached agreement with turkey to stem the flow of refugees trying to cross toeu offered $3.4 billion in support to turkey and in turn it was asked to increase incentives to stay in turkey and sought 600,000 people have reached europe already this year, that is just this year with many countries saying they can't cope with the influx. let's join al jazeera's lee barker who is outside the summit in brussels and what are you hearing? >> well, first i think a deal is on the table but the agreement has not been reached and we are aware of some of the issues that have been presented to the media and being perhaps talked about behind closed doors between the eu and turkey and if any agreement comes it will only come after 28 member nations ratify it and that appears to be a long way off yet. the main sticking point is the fact that as part of this deal the eu has promised $3.4 billion worth in aid to turkey providing it gives the incentives necessary to make sure that people arriving in turkey decide to stay there rather than automatically moving westward in the direc

as you can see, the eu is in a massive hurry to get turkey to sign up. erefore, we have seen president recep tayyip erdogan playing hard. progress on the visa liberalization talks, which will now take place in spring 2016, according to european commission president jean-claude juncker. >> what reactions have we seen to some of these concessions you mentioned. ? >> raised eyebrows from a number of countries like france who don't want to see these are liberalization introduced overnight. groups trying to figure out why the eu is -- to turkey, a country that wants to join the downut known for cracking on press freedom, peaceful protests is -- protesters. the green party said that president recep tayyip erdogan should not be the eu border chief. >> thank you for that. reporting from brussels. 7000 people crossed eu borders each and every day. many unable to find places to stay and left to face the elements. the big problem is as weather grows colder in europe. >> they hope to arrive before temperatures drop in europe, but thousands of migrants were freezing a

>> this is "dw news" from berlin to the eu looks to turkey to help solve the migration crisi. at a summit in brussels, eu leaders have been working on a plan for ingres to stem -- ankara to stem the flow of refugees before they travel to europe. what does turkey want in return? obama reverses course. the president's grasses pledged to pull tubes out of afghanistan by the end of ne year. and more troubles for volkswagen . the carmaker says it will recall nearly 9 million cars across europe and that is after germany orders it to take back all the vehies at the center of the innocence scandal. -- emi scandal. i am sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. european union is turning to turkey for help with his migration crisis. it wants ankara to help stem the flow of migrants and refugees, many of whom passed through turkey before entering the eu. leaders discussed possible agreement at a meeting in brussels on thursday, where german chancellor angela merkel called for more cooperation among member states. especially hungary. reporter: the threat is clear -- if refugees continue to co

and so that's the eu. at's a lot of different stakeholders at the don't pretend to speak for any of them but they are all important voices. look at come in the meantime i said already, i can't say it often enough and we're looking to the eu dpas working through their trade association, the 29 working party to issue guidance that's helpful to businesses. businesses who signed up for the safe harbor, there are 4500 of them, did so in good faith. they complied with the safe harbor for the most part it if it didn't the ftc went after them. there was backstop enforcement. so then i look at this legal vacuum at the tokyo they're done anything wrong. the government did it but they need guidance. >> what's next? >> the relationship between the united states and the european union is just too important to we transfer 15 terabytes of information a second. it's a gigantic number. we're literally trillions of investment those going back and forth. the safe harbor decision to go just the one program. if we can't share i

and turkey have agreed on a joint plan to address the refugee crisis. eu they will ensure turkey is not used as transit point heading to europe and topped the agenda at a summit in brussels as lee barker reports. >> reporter: european leaders arrived in brussels facing multiple challenges. the war in syria, conflict in ukraine and the aftershocks of the greek bailout saga put the 28 block under strain but the unrelenting refugee crisis that continues to dominate european politics and more than half a million people and refugees from syria arrived in the eu this year and traveled from turkey to europe's shores and now a preliminary agreement with turkey to help reduce the number of people attempting to make it to europe. >> translator: we received a report very early this morning that there had been an outcome of the negotiations and we were then able to reach an agreement this evening with regards to the exact shape of the joint action plan. >> reporter: under the draft plan turkey would receive $3.4 billion in aid in return for clamping down on the number

and that's the standard that the eu uses. it's the standard under the iccpr, the international covenant of civil and political rights, which is a treaty that the u.s. is a party to. it's the standard that was actually kind of incorporated into safe harbor. there is a huge exception for national security in safe harbor. you can not comply with safe harbor protections for purposes of national security, but only if the surveillance conducted is necessary. and so the u.s. really -- what the court of justice found is that the u.s. practices are not necessary and they do not ensure this very high level of protection, that the protection is adequate for european data. now, all of that said, the "but" is coming. it's a surveillance decision, but safe harbor is about commercial data practices. it is primarily a commercial data mechanism. and if you read through the court of justice's decision, they actually spend a fair amount of time talking about the inadequacies of safe harbor, about the fact that there is a self-certification syste

and asylum-seekers from eritrea move from italy to sweden, part of the new eu resettlement program. tom: good evening. we begin in israel and the palestinian territories, where in separate incidents today, israeli troops shot dead six palestinians and wounded others. a knife wielding jewish men wounded 4 arabs. the past 10 days have resulted in the deaths of 4 israelis. israeli and palestinian residents are calling for calm on both sides but the tensions are showing no signs of dying down. more on today's events. reporter: what we know is something like 1000 protesters came to the border of gaza, they places, andt two approaching defense is a dangerous activity but they said they were doing it in solidarity with their brethren in gaza. what we saw was israeli soldiers shooting, and they admitted they shot live fire straight into the crowd. nevertheless, it took six hours for the crowd to disperse. deaths,ion to those there were a large number of people injured. what the danger is of this -- you have to remember, this is the largest number of people who have been killed in gaza since

we think it is important that britain stay in the eu. find out -- when he joins us later this hour. this is the building in london. welcome to "countdown." i am guy johnson. anna: welcome to the second hour of the program. we have been obsessed by china. some of that will continue into the second. we had that slightly stronger than expected gdp number from china. for the quarter as opposed to 6.8% which is the estimate we have had previously and the weakest in the headline since 2009. guy: we will be spending a lot of time talking about china as xi jinping arrives in the u.k. china will play a very big role in the new cycle. equities are going to open a little bit later on, this is the story at the moment. they're pointing to a negative open. it looks like we are going to open flat at this stage in europe. this is the number here that you need to be focusing on. our bloomberg question, what is the best way to measure chinese economic activity? we have had a lot of conversations recently about how to realistic the gdp number is and how it

also building the eu turkey relationship. saudi arabia is said to be delaying payment to government contractors. companies have been waiting six months or more for payment. oil prices have pushed the company into a deficit for the first time 2009. saudi arabia isn't the only one feeling the bite of $50 oil. tmk is one of the world's biggest pipe managers. the company slumped over the last year. have vladimir's lack of its two that -- here with me. great to have you with us. $50 oil in isolation, it doesn't hurt. a slowdown in shale. how is the situation developing their? vladimir: it is quite challenging. courts.raight on at the moment, it pays off to be a global company, because when shale started, u.s. was like a locomotive. now russia is the locomotive. russia is much more resilient. in russia.fferent the first thing that suffers is the budget. tax system is flexible. , their oil companies vrable costs go down. costs go down. we sell pipes. jonathan: selling pipes is an interesting business. exporting is a difficult thing t

. >> one of the founding goals of the eu was to build a common future. but it seems a long way off. >>> germany's leader is in turkey trying to stop the flow of refugees to the european union. in return she's offering help in its bid to join the eu. >> germany's chancellor is in istanbul asking for help to stem the flow of refugees who are coming to europe >> i think we've used this crisis to again achieve closer cooperation on many issues both between the european union and turkey and between germany and turkey. >> specifically, the eu wants to increase coast guard patrols and give syrian's work permits. both are difficult demands for turkey to fulfill. so 235r there's no commitment from turkey on either issue >> unfortunately they were left alone by the international community in terms of burden sharing. the issue of sharing going forward is very important. >> he also said that if turks are given visa free access to the eu, turkey will take back failed asylum seekers from europe. path leaders freewayed that only a resolution in syria would solve the cri

anchor: what about the topic of eu membership for turkey? is this the trump card? is turkey willing to look away from the violations? guest: i have to admit i was surprised by the rhetoric and the tone we have heard today. jean-claude juncker called him an old friend and reformer. that makes you wonder what happened to the critique about human rights standards, democratic standards in the country in recent years. does that mean we will see lisa-free travel for turkish citizens? possibly. does it mean turkey will get into a list of safe countries where its citizens are unlikely to qualify for asylum because of absence of state persecution? pthat is very unlikely. one eu official put it to me by saying this is the beginning of a process and i think that is exactly what it is. anchor: before we let you go, about what we are seeing in syria and russia right now -- incursions into syrian space making headlines right now. is the turkish prime minister stronger because of russia being in syria? guest: it has been a good thing for the turkish president. turkey still faces

reporter: the eu's top court ruled the safe harbor agreement between the u.s. and eu did not sufficiently guarantee the personal data of europeans. it said tech companies cannot

the aggressor. violations of international law cannot be tolerated. eu will continue the two-track approach towards russia, combining both negotiations and restrictive measures. the current ceasefire in eastern ukraine is a good sign. we would hope this marks as a beginning of an overall progress towards a peaceful settlement. i would like to emphasize that a complete and verified implementation of the minsk agreement including reinstatement by ukraine of control over its border is a precondition for reviewing the restrictive measures against russia. the illegal annexation of crimea will burden our relations with russia in the long-term and will require strategic patience. the conflict in ukraine has brought urgency to counter russian propaganda. we hope to provide smart answer at the level of the eu and nato, and also taking into account needs to be addressed at national level. third point, eastern partnership. one of the main strategic priorities for latvia is the eastern partnership and our approach is consistent implementation of the eastern partners

more are taking this route because of hungaries decision to seal its borders blaming the rest of the eu for failing to manage the refugee crisis. and as winter sets in, concerns are mounting about how people already with very little or nothing at all will be able to cope. >> winter is here and the numbers have not gone down. so more desperate people on the move, the winter is going to add to their suffering. so what we need is to -- a mechanism where we're able to help them from one border to another border. >> one of the founding goals of the eu was to build a common future. so far though, the idea of a united strategy to deal with this ongoing crisis in europe. >>> voting has started in egypts long-awaited parliamentary elections. they're the first since president mohammed morsi was overthrown in 2013. results should be known in december. >>reporter: this is the second time egyptians are voting for parliament since the 2011 protests that removed the president. but unlike the first elections, turn outs on sunday was extremely low. the last time a parliamentary poll took place, this was

now saudi blogger has been awarded the eu prize for human rights in freedom of thought, and is currentlyng a ten year jail sentence for writings on freedom of speech and received a number of prizes since his incarceration but the prize is the most high profile. as charlie angelo reports. >> reporter: the prize this year will go to the saudi arabia blogg blogger. >> translator: i call on the king of saudi arabia to immediately grant mercy on him and free him so he can accept the prize. >> a standing ovation at the eu parliament for the 31-year-old who is online writing about free speech were met with a jail sentence and public flogging convicted in 2012 for insulting islam after he criticized senior religious figures and following death threat his wife and three children fled saudi arabia and living in canada they campaign for his release and his wife said she will tell him about the award in a weekly call. >> translator: prizes have an effect on his psychological well-being and hope it will have an impact on his legal case. life is in a very bad psychological and emotional situation and

and the relationship it has with the eu. t i want to make is that we need to take this seriously. we had polls, thanks telling investors to wake up this is a real risk. the u.k. may actually exit the eu. >> they goes both ways. we talking about trying to get out of the eu, or not, with a background of mr. cameron delivering a package of improvements. no one has a clue what that package of improvements will have in it. thecine: what do you think chance is that they will leave the eu? is it 30? that is already high. mr. moulton: i think it is 50. there are actions that can be taken in europe and the u.k. that would make a difference. if the europeans are telling the brits that they won't get anything, they will come out. tom: will you explain for an american audience jon moulton what will happen the next day britain leaves the eu? i am lost. so is everybody. don't feel picks on. the reality could he could be anywhere from total chaos to absolutely fine. tom: do you the evening before the euro all hell was going to break loose,

-based processor of the data transmitting to a non-eu-basedb processor. there is an example of where there is a gap in the mortal all right there. i'm sure you're being asked questions about the scenario. what businesses are looking for is obviously legal certainty, looking for quickly, turning to the european in particular to a group known as the article 29 working party which is kind of the trade associationassociation of european dbas and they are looking for that group, turning to them for federal guidance because right now we have a scenario where you could have 28 different interpretations depending upon the dbas and in addition a plethora of germans at the local level in interpreting the opinion in there own different ways which would obviously splinter the european dataflow before you even get to transatlantic dataflow which is a concern. so the companies are looking for guidance from all of that dba through the article 29 working party and looking for it in a timely way. >> the article 29 working party is meeting right now trying to f

there is no agreement within the eu members. erkel seems disappointed, almost confused that eastern countries are coming along. she says they need to go back to the drawing board and understand the root causes. juncker, he seemed to be a little more optimistic than others, but he acknowledged that there is quite a bit of tension. refugees who are in turkey to stay in turkey is the first point, which is important. the second is preventing refugees and migrants from coming. i know that we debated in the press room about the financial provide --ave to that will be part of this discussion. hans: he is driving a hard bargain -- they want easier visa access to the eu and is accelerated timetable potentially for joining the european union. anna: that is a subject we haven't talked about. there are plenty of other things they talked about. cameron -- this was his moment to reignite the negotiations over britain's eu membership -- what did we learn? hans: we learned that there is going to be a timetable. he promised a timetable to restart

the eu once the country to limit in turkey.arriving the refugee crisis lies within syria itself. reporter: to solve the refugee crisis, there are three things that we have to do. one is to focus on training and equipment. the second is to declare a saison in syria that will be protected from terrorism. the third is to create a no-fly zone. turkey is individually involved in the crisis and is confronting terrorism. anchor: the european commission has promised one billion euros to help lessen the impact of arrivals in turkey, a country that has proved resistant to any deals on the matter. it is always going to be a difficult talk between the turkish leader and european leaders. how did they go? they probably went better than expected. you have to remember last september, the eu pledged one billion euros to come to the help of turkey, but also jordan and lebanon. that is his global budget, if you will, for the three countries who are getting the bulk of the refugees, and turkish president erdogan has said that the budget they were willing to pledge was ridiculous compared to what tu

are you supporting the let's leave the eu side as well? >> my view is we should leave but my view is also that we're unlikely to leave because i think the prime minister and the chancellor will try and deliver a deal and recommend that we stay and in my view we will stay. so my focus is on what can we achieve in any negotiation although i'm skeptical. >> from our viewers watching for the u.s. why do you think it's a good idea to leave the eu? viewers might think it took so long to leave the eu, why do you want to pull out? >> well, it's a failed project. too much regulation. unelected bureaucrats in brussels making regulation after regulation and europe is being left behind in a very competitive world. >> but it's about more though than just the financials. it's also about security. initially it was a political project and a project to make sure that we didn't fight each and it worked from that angle. >> it's unrealistic in today's world to expect france and germany to stop fighting each other whether we're in the eu or not but the core eur

reporter: the eu's top court ruled the safe harbor agreement between the u.s. and eu did not sufficiently guarantee the personal data of europeans. it said tech companies cannot simply transfer data across the atlantic. data privacy advocates welcomed the ruling but the white house expressed concerns about its economic consequences. >> we are aware of that ruling and while we are reviewing that ruling, we are disappointed the court has struck down an agreement that since 2000 has proved to be critical in protecting both privacy and fostering economic growth in the united states and european union. reporter: 15 years ago, brussels and russia signed an agreement regarding data transfers. but revelations from edward snowden in 2013 aroused suspicions that u.s. spy agencies gained access to massive troves of personal information. >> concerns are initially security but we still have something to do there. after the court ruling, we have a very strong argument in continuing the negotiations and achieving that result. reporter: participants at the security fair now und

the french president said eu countries must realign to deal with the crises they are facing. german chancellor angela merkel added that the european union must contribute more to deal with the thousands of migrants arriving every day at the blocks borders. reporter: german chancellor angela merkel and her french counterpart spearheading an effort to unite europe and addressing the migration crisis. numerous summits and rounds of negotiations have yet to prove -- yet to make a streamlined system. both leaders are clear that they want to see more collaboration and cooperation. chancellor merkel: it is now that we need more europe, more than ever, we need the courage and solidarity europe has always shown when it really counts. reporter: but calling for more europe drew scattered cheers. for francois hollande, the meeting is at stake for numerous crises. mr. aland -- mr. hollande: this is about the return to national rivalries and to bring up the euro. reporter: that means maintaining the eu's open orders while doing more to secure its outer frontiers. some key policies like req

the eu says it is a fundamental step towards completing the minsk peace agreement. fighting between ukrainian government troops and russian backed separatists have left more than 8000 dead in 18 months. we have more. reporter: the cease-fire seems to be holding. there is a pullback of tanks and light weaponry by both sides, and now elections deemed in legitimate -- deemed kiev haveate by been postponed. they are newly optimistic about being able to deliver aid to towns near the firing lines. the likelihood of striking a deal on the release of prisoners -- >> during a meeting of the working group in charge of humanitarian issues, there were constructive talks about freeing those who are illegally detained. more will be that freed. reporter: elections in donetsk and luhansk had been set for november 18 and december 1. they will now take place in february, a decision that has been praised by kiev and moscow. diplomats have said the leaders of france and germany used a summit on paris -- in paris on friday to pressure the russian rebelsnt to have the delay the vote. mus

reporter: take action or jeopardize the european union's credibility? with eu leaders meeting in brussels to find a solution to the migrant crisis, the european commission president warns they should start by respecting their pledges. statessist press member to deliver what they promised here in brussels on september 23. 2.2 billion euros. today i'm openly requesting those 2.2 billion euros. reporter: the commission complains none of the money has come through so far, while only a small fraction of the nearly 1000 officers requested by the board or agency and asylum office has been deployed. but it is non-member states that have been the focus of everyone's attention. 2rkey, which is taken in million syrian refugees, the most of any country in the world . the eu is desperate for turkey's cooperation and is offered 1.8 billion euros to deal with the influx, but ankara has its own defense, namely, easing visa restrictions for turkish citizens traveling to the eu, requested that should be carefully reviewed, warns the french president. hollande: just because we wa

the delivery of humanitarian aid and building of new shelters for people seeking sanctuary inside the eusummit agreed to speed up the processing and registration for genuine refugees. they will no longer be waved on across borders for the next country to deal with. slovania described the situation in his country as unbearable and had a stark warning to its counterparts. >> if we did not deliver some immediate and concrete actions on the ground in the next few days and weeks, i do believe that european union and europe as a whole will start falling apart. >> reporter: that action is now on the way, action that might begin to restore the image of the eu as a beacon of humanitarian values and prevent the erection of razor wire ton borders of europe. >> we had a convention on refugees and what is happening does not correspondent to the values which we have. >> it's imperative for shelter and ensure refugees along the balkin route to be treated in a human manner, it can not be view in 2015 people are left to fend for themselves, sleeping in fields, wading in chest-deep rivers in freezing temp

the ruling could also trip up or complicate ongoing negotiations for an eu-u.s. ee trade agreement. >> let's take a look at the markets. it is a mixed picture in europe this lunchtime. we are seeing falls on glencore. it jumped on monday. air france shares, not much movement. 0.75% in paris. some more of the business headlines next. volkswagen says it fitted 8 million diesel cars with the omissions test -- emissions test-cheating software. overall, volkswagen says there are 11 million cars affected around the world. bp has agreed to a record settlement of $21 billion over the gulf of mexico oil spill. the u.s. attorney general describes the figure as the punishment bp deserved. the company set aside $56 billion to cover fines and legal expenses in the explosion. a cost-cutting plan has been extended to save a company 100 telecom nows -- wants to grow its users by 10% by 2017. shares on the company are up by 4%. a loss of $135 million for a taiwanese tech company competing with apple and samsung. to wrap up, you have found an explanation for the recent issues peopl

there has also been condemnation from both the eu and the united states. the u.s.ays it is concerned about democracy, but are they likely to do anything about this? dorian: well, i think there will be concerned from washington, but there has been concern about a feeling that the european union is not doing enough. there has been this condemnation or concern coming from the eu commission, and this is much weaker compared to the council of europe. there is the commissioner for human rights saying this is a sign of turkey going on a worrying pass on human rights, but brussels is trying to make a deal with turkey over migrants entering europe, and also issues with human rights, and early this week, the head of the eu commission, jean-claude juncker, said this is not the time to do this with human rights and controls over media, trying to make a deal over refugees. sarah: so, dorian, given all of that, what is the mood in turkey? are others concerned they may be next? dorian: there are a few in the independent, mainstream media who are concerned, and they are also very

britain leaving the eu and party support. is is a topic where he needs to move forward. it is also expected up to the polish elections that there will be more details on the issues and more closer negotiations. he really needed to give details to the german chancellor, at least this is what the german side was expecting. >> we know that david cameron wants to give member states more power, can he look to germany for support on that? >> apparently, the ever closer union, which is something the british people disagree with, there is room for maneuver there for maybe a different wording for that, but then there are a lot of problems that remain and are not being sold. we hear from the european side that there is no appetite for treaty change, which is a lengthy process, so this is something that at the moment does not seem very realistic, but david cameron can hope that it will help him. there is this benefit tourism, which is something the german sign test site has been concerned about, tax credits -- -- side has been concerned

they will re-settle hundreds of thousands more refugees directly to persuade more from reaching the eue is no end in site to syria's war, or the arrival of those determined and desperate to escape it. bbc news, brussels. laura: tony blair told the bbc a political settlement will be needed to into the civil war in syria. a former british prime minister will need to sit down to achieve at a desirable outcome. gary o'donoghue expressing the importance of the syrian conflict to western nations. >> we have to recognize this is a fight about our own security, not only the struggle in a faraway country. the truth is we have hundreds of thousands of refugees coming from syria to europe. the first wave will be refugees. this second wave, i fear, will be terrorism. to deal with that problem, which is the outcome of the crisis in syria, and try to resolve the actual crisis in syria. view rusher's involvement in syria? >> he is going to support his hezbollah.d and they're going to do that so in any negotiations in the future of syria they will have greater leverage. what is important to the west a

the new emergency plan being worked out between eu and turkey with how to deal with the refugee crisisurkey hosts over 2 million syrian refugees and most asylum seekers arriving in europe now travel via turkey and hosting that many people is expensive and turkey spent at least $4.5 billion in the response to the crisis, adding to the uncertainty in turkey is the political turmoil following last week's bombing attack at a peace rally in ankora and 27 were killed and anti-government demonstrations ahead of november's parliamentary election and steve barker reports from brussels why the eu thinks turkey is key to solving the refugee crisis. >> reporter: european leaders arrived in brussels facing multiple challenges. the war in syria, conflict in ukraine and the aftershocks of the greek bail out saga put the block under mounding strain. but it's the unrelenting refugee crisis that continues to dominate european politics and more than half a million people, many of them refugees from syria, have arrived in the eu this year, a large number have traveled through turkey, to europe's shores an

the eu is lowering it from april of next year. the charges will fall to only five cents for outgoing calls, two cents for text messages, and five cents for 20 megabytes of data. the charges will be abolished completely in 2017, at least almost. if a customer makes excessive amounts of calls, providers can make excise charges. also on the agenda, who gets access to high-speed web services and who gets left behind? net neutrality putting paid to to speed internet. the eu parliament has ruled that no one should be up to buy special treatment on the internet. it must be open to all equally. with this agreement, europe will be the only region in the world which guarantees legally and open internet and neck neutrality. -- net neutrality. the principal annette neutrality will be -- the principle of annette neutrality will ensure that all traffic will be treated equally without restriction, discrimination, or injured. critics think the does not go far enough. they say the wording is open to interpretation and that opens up the possibility

that is according to rehn, the top eu official. he spoke to bloomberg in an exclusive interview. >> i believe that we should, in the coming days and weeks, work hard in order to get an mitigate thehow to problems in turkey. , work on rebuilding the eu-turkey relationships. francine: the global financial hub voting to leave the european financial union, according to a senior member of hsbc. europe's biggest bank could relocate its headquarters from london to dusseldorf. maybe it is just wishful thinking. manus: tickets for the new "star today twos go on sale months before it hits theaters. awakens" is the first in a series since disney acquired the franchise for $4 billion back in 2012. the film is expected to be one of the top grossing pictures of the year. obi-wan kenobi, eh? francine: next, the deutsche bank shakeup and how it affects the german economy. ♪ manus: welcome back to "the pulse," live on bloomberg. let's get a little bit more now on the major management shakeup taking place at deutsche bank. the new co-ceo is scaling b

the eu stating that the two tax deals tonight reflect economic reality. that's speculation that the find could have been quite a bit higher than this. 20 to 30 had been a number bantered around for starbucks. so that's what we're hearing this morning coming through from the eu. now yahoo! posted quarterly results. josh has the details from san francisco. >> yahoo! might have missed analyst expectations. a disappointment from investors but an agreement with a big rival is making the headlines. specifically yahoo! announcing a search advertising agreement with google. google will provide yahoo! with search ads on desktop and mobile platforms. google will pay a percentage of the gross revenue from ads displayed on yahoo! properties. in a statement they're saying this agreement is going to give the company greater flexibility when it comes to choosing suppliers of search results and ads. yahoo! reported adjusted eps of 15 cents on revenue of 1.23 billion. analysts wanted to see 17 cents on revenue of 1.26 billion. that's mobile video native and social ads jum

the eu was under pressure to reach a deal. >> were crossing now to events in luxembourg. welcome. representatives were set to discuss a 10 point plan on a new deportation policy. what is the latest? >> ministers have, to the decision -- have come to the decision if they want to do with refugees, they will have to do two things. one is secure europe's external borders more efficiently. secondly, returned as refugees that have failed to be granted asylum in europe, economic migrants, more swiftly and directly to their home countries. >> another important meeting took place today, which was the west balkans conference. >> the meeting has just ended. let's focus on the advantage first. the advantage was that all the key players that are involved in the west balkan route which refugees are taking for the moment, less by the mediterranean. all the key players were here, including ngos, neighboring states, delegations from jordan or lebanon, and then of course countries such as serbia and macedonia. the disadvantage, and here's the tricky part, most of these different delegations have dif

in the eu. there's been some trouble ahead of the meeting as european commission president seemed to suggest that the u.k. might be better off outside the eu. it was denied by his team but what do you think? take a listen. >> i am 150% in favor of having britain as a constructive member state of the union. we need britain. personally i don't think that britain needs european union but that's a matter of conviction. others may have a different feeling on that. they will have the same feeling if ever britain would leave. >> julia joins us now live from brussels. getting himself a little bit tongue tied and slightly shifting the focus of course ahead of today's meeting. what can we expect? is it fair that david cameron will still get to mainly focus on the brexit issue or are other issues going to come to the front. >> that was a bit of a slip there, wasn't it? we have to follow what the spokesperson said there in that he did mean that the u.k. does need to be in the eu but as you quite rightly poin