Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Crucial bills that will determine whether the u. K. Leaves the e. U. At the end of the month Prime Minister pars johnson is threatening to call an election if his plan does not get approval. It could be the most crucial testimony yet in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump the u. S. Top diplomat in ukraine testifies behind closed doors in sport its a huge guards around madrid in the Champions League the 14 tare winners on the verge of being knocked out of the group stages for the 1st time in their history. President says the deals been reached with russia for kurdish fighters to move out of Syrian Border areas within 150 hours or chip thai berta one made the announcement at a joint News Conference with the russian president Vladimir Putin in the port city of. Moscow says it will help secure safe zones while ankara says it will help Syrian Refugees return home. We will repatriate 1000000 syrians and after that another 1000000 will move back hopefully with the support of International Community this will be carried out with our russian friends will Work Together and make agreements on repeat. We are not going to allow any separatist agendas in syria we gave kurdish rebels 120 hours and said they would withdraw they would move 30 kilometers deep were going to have 10 kilometers deep and Russian Security will operate there in man beach and teller thought all the y. P. G. Will be removed but there are. To achieve a stable and long term stabilization in syria on the whole in our view its only possible while observing sovereignty and territorial integrity of this country its the very basic position and we discussed it in detail its necessary for Syrian Refugees to return to their motherland we will help relieve strain on countries who host them well covering this still developing story for you this hour here on aljazeera can be held at the white house shall stratford will join us from selling point out on the turkey syria border 1st lets go to step vasant who was at those talks all day in sochi step what does this mean. Well this means that after the United States of failed as the minister of defense here described earlier the russians are now in place to make this cease fire work and they will start tomorrow at noon on the 23rd of october military police from the russian side together with Syrian Border patrol will go into an area which is outside of the turkish operations zone right now in syria it as it is actually a stretch along the syrian Turkish Border where the Russian Military police and the Syrian Border patrol will make sure that the kurdish fighters will be removed and this armed they have 150 hours to do that and if they succeed the minister of Foreign Affairs here the Russian Foreign minister sas then the Turkish Military operation will be finished it will be done if the kurdish fighters are all gone from this area what happens next is that the turkish and the russians will patrol together in a 10 kilometer zone next to the military operations on that turkey has right now so thats the deal thats been discussed here 7 hours it goes further than that its not only the military solution but also a political solution both leaders have stressed that the Constitutional Commission that also was brokered by by president putin very much in these astonished talks that that will be the way to go and the 1st meeting of this commission is on the 30th of october and both leaders have confirmed that that should go ahead this despite whatever is happening but also put it has sat and also stressed that he wants that eventually this old our diana agreement which is signed in 1980 very old agreement between syria and turkey will be revived again to make sure that both countries can live besides each other syria dan will. Promised to reign in the kurdish fighters which means basically that the turks could be removed from syria at the end this is the Long Term Plan mr putin also saying that what is going on on the ground right now shouldnt happen in the long term diplomatic moves how significant was that well its very significant as i said the Constitutional Commission is the brainchild basically of president putin who really wants this to work and its very important for him to get approval and support on this another one of course has not been keyed to support is especially because he is not willing to accept the syrian president who is currently still in power but erdogan also said during the meeting today that he encourages this as what he called a way to get political change in syria so everyone has his different interpretations on what the Constitutional Commission will eventually 6 be doing but also put in stress as well that the courts of course they are of course citizens of syria that they will have to be part of this Constitutional Commission as well and that this is something that still needs to be cleared out the needs to be solved ok step thanks for the joins us now from still in pain on the turkey syria border how will this impact what we thought was going to play out on the ground charlie over the coming 24 hours or so. Its going to be very interesting to watch i think it would be its too early to say whether indeed there could be any kind of resumption in a military offensive by the in this period between in fact to be the end of the cease fire which is 10 oclock local were around about an hour away to 12 noon tomorrow when this 150. 00 out period starts where as we heard steps a were going to start seeing russian and syrian patrols syrian army patrols in an area that is outside of an area that they claim that they pretty much already control which is big between the town of russell lyon which is behind me in a town called talab yard which is around 120 kilometers to the west these joint patrols the russian syrian patrols are going to be patrolling the area is to the east of here its awards the iraqi border and to the west of tel lobby odd towards kabbani now these are all vost areas and certainly according to the Free Syrian Army fighters that weve spoken to today that have been part of this operation they are saying that you know there are a lot of kurdish fighters is still in these areas indeed one commander said that there were that the f. S. A. The Turkish Forces only controlled 70 percent of russell lane which is directly on the border 30 percent was still occupied by s. D. F. Fighters so there are a lot of questions as to whether we will see any kind of military resumption in a military operation and certainly a lot to do but it certainly seems as if the the kurdish fighters are in a very difficult position there has been no official response from them yet as to this announcement made in sochi but weve heard certainly in the last couple of days that. Commander has saying that theyre understanding of the initial agreement made by the turks and the americans was that they would agree to withdraw from that area that i just described between russell and intel abhi out implying that they were intended on staying put in those areas outside to the west and to the east so yeah were not out of out of the the danger zone yet so to speak its going to be very interesting to see what happens between the end of the cease fire agreed and brokered by the americans and the beginning of the 150 hours that starts at 12 noon tomorrow charlie thanks very much can we get tracking developments for us in washington so kimberly have the russians just taken ownership of the u. S. Requested cease fire. It is certainly appears that way but in many regards this may be exactly what u. S. Donald trump u. S. President donald trump was looking to achieve he said repeatedly well its very clear that he never really had a coherent strategy or plan that the goal was to keep the 2016 Campaign Promise his goal is not an international or Foreign Policy one its a domestic one and that is to get reelected as president of the United States and to show that he has kept a promise to end the socalled endless wars or at least the u. S. Involvement in them and also to bring troops back to the United States now on that last point certainly there is a lot of criticism that he has done just the opposite because he hasnt brought any soldiers back with the pulling back in northeast syria all hes done is reposition to roughly 700 to iraq where we are being told that the iraqi leaders there say that they are not welcome and now there is up to 300 remaining in Eastern Syria its being reported in order to as the white house has been saying today make sure that there are is protection of oil fields as well as to make sure that there is no resurgence of eisel now i can tell you that in the last hour theres been a lot of criticism as there has been repeatedly since the u. S. President 1st adeles that there would be this pulling back of u. S. Troops a lot of criticism coming from democratic members of congress who are deeply concerned that there seems to be no strategy and if there is one its not being shared with the u. S. Congress the latest word coming from Charles Schumer the top democrat in the u. S. Senate is that the administration has canceled a number of scheduled briefings on the syria strategy as so that the congress who has oversight over this can be made aware of whats going on and as a result they are calling on not just the secretary of state but the defense secretary and even the cia director to prison. To them some sort of report or briefing on the situation it shows a number of things number one just how fast moving all of this is and number 2 the fact that the us president seems to have not done the proper consultation that one would normally expect when conducting this type of strategy kimberly thanks very much lets bring in. Dutch shes an m. P. For the ruling party in turkey she joins us from istanbul cuts welcome to the news what does this deal as unveiled by mr putin and mr one actually mean well it would i would have thought i didnt have enough time to go in detail because i was in the studio for the interview i can say that we are really happy because we see that russia understood the origin see the need and legitimate right of turkey did send us borders and create a safe zone where millions as civilians in syria will be saved doesnt this mean however the kurdish fighters ideologically as well as literally sandwiched between Turkish Forces Russian Forces and syrian forces. 1st of all they are not Kurdish People are not doing this operation against Kurdish People were doing this operation against terrorist p k k which is not only a terrorist organization in the eye of tricky but also in the eye of nato and also United States and turkey has been very clear from the very beginning of this operation that p. K. K. Does not represent Kurdish People actually terroristic it is the one who has been oppressing Kurdish People we have 400000 Kurdish People in our country right now who flush the russians of p. K. K. And they are they want to go back to their country but they cannot because terrorist p k k is there oppressing them being a threat to them ok the us inspired cease fire expires in the hall 45 minutes from now the new arrangement kicks in at 12 noon tomorrow is it a new do you or is it an extension of the ceasefire and how will everyone involved in the in it build on it while it was it was a post in the operation of creation peace bring after United States understood the urgency of and the right legitimate right of turkey to to defend its borders to what i think what is really important we should be understand is that turkey had to legitimate 2 to objectives from the very beginning of this operation 1st we want to secure our borders and the terror core door which was threatenings our borders and 2nd they wanted to create a safe zone and now the object just has not changed we want to achieve those objectives but if there is a most peaceful way to achieve them we we would love to do that ok we have to leave it there im afraid. Thank you so much for joining us from istanbul. Plenty more still to come for you here on the news hour including lebanons government pledges swift and sweeping reforms to revive the economy but will those moves keep protesters off the streets. And in the sport the 30 man shortlist for footballs prestigious balogna door awards announced there are some high profile amission. British Parliament Voting on the 1st of 2 crucial bills that will determine whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be able to live up to his do or die commitment to take the u. K. Out of the e. U. By the his october the 31st deadline were expecting the result any moment now so lets cross to marry him and the team at our european Broadcast Center in london yeah i think we can just listen to the results coming in right now. Program motion to remove our direct. Question. Is on the order. As well as other to. Overcome green. 2 as we were hearing that weve just been listening to the result of a vote and these have just voted on the 2nd reading of this breaks it deal legislation and the result which is hearing from the Speaker John Bercow that lawmakers have approved a 2nd reading of that legislation that was a result that was widely expected but basically today was the 1st time that m. P. s got the opportunity to vote on whether to back or stauntons deal in principle but its really the really important part of developments today is going to be a vote on what is called the Program Motion we havent had a vote on that yet that is the 2nd vote thats going to take place today and hes just filing out of the chamber right now but that Program Motion is very significant because this is the time table in which the government wants to push bricks it through in the indication is at the moment from the government. This all this could be pulled that if m. P. s do not agree to this timetable that this legislation will be polled so thats where things stand at the moment lawrence is live for us in westminster and so laurence it might not be the absolutely crucial bit of todays proceedings in parliament bought i suppose it is significant that Boris Johnson managed to get a deal with brussels and he managed to get a majority in the house of commons as well. Well yeah i mean that the significance of it is its actually the 1st time that the British Parliament actually voted for any source of brecks it deal even given the gigantic reservations that 7 m. P. s have against iran its reason i lost the old enemy living on 3 separate occasions and our parliament has actually voted for this but we have been 7 piece seen it in some of these saying in the run up to the vote look we understand that you didnt like face version of bricks it but its not about you anymore its about trying to get some sort of bricks it over the line. And so it is tremendously complicated and in the meantime as you say theyre now going to vote on the 2nd motion the Programme Motion which we can explain a bit now its a term to complicate see the planet sized brains to understand this and alan wager is one of them just simply to get off of it here. How significant 1st of all that the parliament has actually voted in favor of something even if it doesnt like it very we realise the 1st time the bottom has already weighed in favor of any sort of bracks agreement we give Boris Johnson a buffer going in to try to pass the rest of that bill 3 Committee Stage and 3 3rd reading all the way to becoming law hed have 30 a 30 seat majority there you could lose 15 m. Pays during the course of possibility would still make it known and so so he can now say hes done a mandate for the sin trying trying to prevaricate and get in the way of it is getting in the way of a a binding vote on one level yeah the European Union have taken this on board theyll see this majority this is that even a majority its no peer and simple majority for Boris Johnson still some of these m. P. s want to change Boris Johnson still but it does give a strong indication the a. V. Kept plowing on and trying to boss his deal that he could get a good 3 outcomes whether i tried to do that is another matter and the and these amendments that you mention the changes that they want to try and introduce when they come to voting on wednesday tomorrow based on the results of this vote you think is more likely than those amendments will fail. I think some of the more technical amendment passed some of the most substantive amendments trying to force a Customs Union with the with the between the u. K. And the e. U. And china for a 2nd referendum. Looking at looking at these numbers and looking at maybe some technical changes can be made to the bill to give parliament a better role a bigger role going into the next stage of brics it but in terms of substantive changes to his back today is looking less likely on these numbers and im going to send another thing now which which is the want to lose something one day switches because the government wants to drive the entire thing through by thursday night to get the u. K. Out as close as possible to the end of the so many m. P. s are absolutely livid about this because they say you know given the time to look at the detail of this only. Majority would last as long as it doesnt break apart to get the inconsistency and position right so. The m. P. s have to look at this. The logic goes the more some m. P. s that voted for it today where lies and it doesnt do quite well they wanted to do so hes trying to pull the wool over their eyes then is that what they think the quicker they sort of bounced into this agreement the more likely it is that they were going to find the holes in it that would stop it. And thats the logic behind the governments attempt to positively and so just quickly with this weird situation johnson has said that if you loses the Program Motion by the next one of the voting on now he might pull the bill even though. I guess it goes back to this do or die project pledge that he made when he was trying to become leader of the conservative party in need and become Prime Minister he said that he wouldnt allow the u. K. To leave off the 31st of october if this Program Motion guys down looks less and less likely that m. P. s would vote through all the stages of the bill before the 31st of all. Has become has become potentially a de facto vote on Boris Johnsons Prime Ministership i mean what we have a general election in the u. K. All right. Were going to were going to come back with the result the Program Motion which is guns. What is the force of about maybe 6 or 7 minutes to an hour i guess we will indeed be coming back with the result of that on that Program Motion which is really the important bit of todays proceedings in Parliament Meanwhile European Commission has bolstered its brechts it seems that in up a task force to manage future u. K. Relations including in the event of a no deal but in the European Parliament frustrations over the ongoing squabbling in westminster a clear team barba sent us this update from brussels. Well right now the message thats coming from the European Union is that the ball is very much in the u. K. s court weve heard a series of key figures speaking at the European Parliament currently sitting in strasburg now john clued younker the head of the European Commission in his last week or so in office has told any piece that its inconceivable that they could ratify the deal before the u. K. Parliament does so hes expressed his own frustration saying that the you spent too much time and energy in the last few years on bracks it weve also heard from donald tusk the head of the European Council he says that hes still consulting with e. U. Leaders and that they will respond to this request for an extension in the next few days but hes also repeated his line that a no deal breaks it will never be vair choice and behind the scenes and in between the lines its very clear that there is consensus that or an extension will be granted but they need to know why before they can say for how long and then we heard from give a host that now he heads the European Parliaments breaks it Steering Group and hes been recommending to any piece that they dont approve Boris Johnsons deal or toll until theyve got further assurances on what britain is going to do to guarantee the rights of the 3000000 or so e. U. Citizens currently living in britain well that could be a real significant spanner in the works if in fact it were to come to it but right now nobody is in a hurry here to act at all until they see exactly what will happen in westminster but all of the voices in public now as well as in private from the likes of the German Foreign ministry as saying that yes when it comes down to it we will be prepared to extend beyond the end of october. Well its been a few channel an island remain sensuous breaks at the base in paris johnsons Coalition Partner and all the islands democratic new. As party is against the governments new plan it says the deal leaves the province economically aligned with the republic of ireland and is therefore a threat to the norths british identity some are now threatening mass protests if the deal is approved while arco reports from belfast. Belfast ports one of the biggest in the United Kingdom most of Northern Ireland seaborne trade its also played a proud role in british maritime history the titanic was built here but now under Boris Johnsons new breaks it plan theres a sinking feeling for some the Northern Islands about to become a little less british. Johnson says he solved breaks its biggest challenge how to avoid a return to a hard border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland an e. U. Member its been open and without checkpoints for 20 years part of cease fire arrangements between unionists mainly protestants who identify as british and nationalists mostly catholics who define themselves as irish British Intelligence chief saying a return to a hard border will encourage armed republicans to attack so this is Boris Johnson solution in future Northern Ireland will be closely aligned to the republic of ireland an e. U. Member and the rest of mainland britain when it comes to kids going from mainland britain to Northern Ireland well in future turks wanting to be paid at major ports like stranraer are liverpool to avoid good simply going from Northern Ireland into the e. U. Via the back door and the obvious its true as well goods going from the e. U. Via Northern Ireland to mainland britain will be also subject to paris so what does all of this mean in theory well it means this. A border down the middle of the irish sea Business Leaders say the plan could affect trade the reality is that it will come with very significant burdens administrative costs and complexities for anyone doing business here in Northern Ireland and those people who wish to do business here in Northern Ireland those costs need to be derogated they need to be mitigated and they need to be compensated only then will this plan work for Northern Ireland. The plan has been fiercely rejected by Northern Irelands unionists who march regularly in defense of their british identity a c. Border makes you need to feel cut off from the rest of the u. K. Opposition to johnsons plan is growing among moderate and hardline unionists known as loyalists theyve started legal action against the government and the planning civil disobedience on a large scale if the deal goes through boss johnson has done more damage to your house than the ira half and the 30 year war jim wilson is a former senior loyalist paramilitary i dont want borders in the area say that makes me different from someone in manchester lover or classical you know my probably snus as my brother says thats what i fought for i didnt go to jail for that bar stance of comic and and force upon me something that as economically a united arab you know suppose a border that separates them from the rest of the u. K. Nationalists one that divides the island a violent land or sea both borders is seen as a threat to peace needs parker aljazeera belfast. Well lawrence lee is still monitoring developments for us from westminster and so lawrence as we were discussing the 2nd meeting of the bricks that bill was passed by parliament m. P. s have now been voting on that the crucial next bit which is the timetable we know that Boris Johnson in the government is keen to push this through as quickly as they can in terms of this 1st vote i mean it might be the 1st hurdle but he managed to make more progress than his predecessor ever did he managed to actually forge some unity within his own party. Well well the deeds though i mean how i must say and forgive me for looking down what is going on because im just looking at the feet of from from in sao paulo and you know if if if can 7 keys if the Prime Minister had presented a deal 2nd says and pay 6 months ago they had said were going to put a Customs Border down the irish sea then it would have been ripped to pieces to reason may when she was Prime Minister said no to consult with the Prime Minister get ever support cutting off the economies of Northern Ireland from the rest of the u. K. And at the time Boris Johnson the greek he said hed never do it as well hes now come back with a deal that which was does exactly that. And at the same time remember all the hardliners in his own policy always said that they would take the lead on what they would vote for from the democratic in his policy of Northern Ireland which absolutely loads they said and hes now voting against them tony but those hard on is in the conservative party now saying theyre ok with this deal so theyve all entirely changed their positions but on foot for the simple reason frankly that if they think they dont get it done this time it might will happen its all because of the might be a 2nd referendum or the pull the plug might get pulled on the inside thing without rolling wages still had just before but mobile which is where the for the teles youd be looking at your photo and. Just just give us a guess is he going to win or is it these you know it looks like hes probably going to laze but the big the 2 big people were looking out labor only m. P. s voting with or against the government even up of them by with the government then it posses and former conservative now independent m. P. s so they order a concert a moderate sort of pro europe conservatives or Something Like Customs Union or oakley our relation on those and theres 21. 00 of those fewer than 5 vote against the government then thats looking really positive for the government as well sades the numbers a really tight end is relying on those 2 sets of m. P. s to make all the difference the room is coming through the lobby now that some of the conservative. Independent so that we would have expected to vote against the government have voted for the government and some of those label even pays that we would have expected to vote with the government i voted against so we just we just dont know the numbers when i finally some of those employees money out of made their minds up until they went in so the vision yeah and those moves also throughout today theres been lobbying from the government has been concessions tried to be made on this been this big threat of a general election and labor leave em pays and conservative and pays for separate reasons a really really worried about having a general election immediately and thats what the put the pressure on here and thats whats really whistle these numbers down and the government was almost certain to lose earlier tonight but the numbers a very very very very tight now is not one of the says the job actually prefer to pull the bill and have a general election because all the polling suggests actually he could win the election really easily and then he wouldnt have a little position inside politics of the rules yeah the latest poll since come out of the deal says a 5 percent boost for Boris Johnson every single Polling Company shares a big lead for Boris Johnson he might feel confident enough to go into that election remember remain as now theyve clearly has a clear majority for breaks in the house of commons their last chance of stopping bricks it is probably actually trying to force some sort of general election trying to beat Boris Johnson by being from coming from behind so there was a poll yes as a people would you prefer Boris Johnsons deal or to stay in the European Union and it was 5050 so you know that just makes the idea of a 2nd referendum even more murky than senshi an election because it will resolve anything based on that would a lot of people assume to seen as you get a solid version of leave that would go behind remain but actually early indications are that Boris Johnsons deal is more popular than to reason mazed because it unites always remain as all those people that we can flirting with the brics a party seem to be getting on board the conservative people in his own party are on board to you think using some of these conservative m. P. s mail because its been please even though they are. They think that they would never vote for a deal like this you think they prefer it because boris is one of them and they didnt make it shes a woman absoluteness of those devaney something in that theres something about the boris bars being head of the tri they trust boris even though hes hes doing things they dont necessarily want i dont i dont think i think were going to get the tell is a coming back we think were going to get the vote results right now there we go 308 the nose to the left 322. Guys to the right 308 with no use to the math 322 so the know whos having the know whos having oh. Oh. Oh you were going to send you to me go be an thank you mr speaker. On saturday this house in fact let me rejected the Prime Ministers deal tonight the house is thank. You to have i see i know finished. Tonight the house has refused to be balanced and to debating a hugely significant piece of legislation in just 2 days with barely any notice and an analysis of the Economic Impact of this bill the Prime Minister is the also of his own misfortune so i make this offer to him tonight. Were way the os work with us all of us i agree a reasonable timetable and i suspect this house will vote to the byte scrutinize and i hope amend the detail of this bill that would be the sensible way for what im not seeing also i may on behalf of the opposition generally say point of order the Prime Minister. Ah i did say in response mr speaker i welcome it is even joyful that for the 1st time in this long saga this house has actually accepted its responsibilities and together come together and embraced a deal was. Actually made on the bill members across the house on the scale of our collective achievement because just a few weeks ago hardly anybody believe that we could reopen the medrol agreement let alone abolish the backstop that is indeed what they were saying and certainly nobody thought that we could secure the approval of the house for a new deal and we should not. Overlook the significance of this moment and i pay particular tribute to those members of the house who were skeptical and who had to trickle ds and died so and who decided to place the National Interest head shaking from it to speaker i must express my disappointment to the house has again. For delay rather than a timetable that would have guaranteed that the u. K. Would be in a position to leave the e. U. On october the 31st we need a deal and we now face further uncertainty and the e. U. Miss no make up their minds about how to answer parliaments request for a delay in the 1st consequence mr speaker is that the government was take the only responsible course and accent or a top preparations for a new deal. But secondly i will speak i will speak to e. U. Member states about their intentions until they have reached a decision until we reach those whom i will say we will pulls this legislation and let me let me be clear let me be clear our policy remains the. We should norge delivery that we should leave on october 31st that is that is what i will say to the e. U. And i will report back to the house and one way or another we will leave you with this do you to which this house has just given it to said. Area right across the house through that hard won agreement. For a new order mystery and. Thank you mr speaker for tisha and peace have just rejected the governments attempt to fast track this timetable brecks it which makes an october 31st departure from the e. U. Highly unlikely if not impossible now of course john said it earlier made it clear that he would rather scrap the brakes at legislation and seek an election than to accept a delay if the m. P. s rejected the governments timetable and of course he had been facing criticism over his plan to get his brakes a deal approved after just 3 days m. P. s were saying that this simply isnt enough time thats certainly what we heard from the leader of the opposition there jeremy called benoit sleeze also been listening to this in westminster and is worth saying lawrence that the details of this legislation was only just published last night. Yes so lets just try and simplify the whole thing if you look at whats happened in the last 30 minutes in the round as Boris Johnson pointed out for the 1st time the house has voted in favor of the exit deal he now has that it is in his. You know in any future conversation with parliaments of the European Union he can say theres a majority for this deal the problem that hes got now is that he can get the deal done in times the timeframe that he said to will delay by the end of the time of his palm and so theres not enough time to scrutinize it so he hasnt pulled the Legislation Council dates and theres no reason why he would because hes already been voted through what he said hes going to do is to polls its what he goes off that and speaks to the European Union about the length of the delay that theyre prepared to go for and hell say to them just give me through formal days they might come back and say well actually theres a little thats been volatile country that says in these to be 3 months and if that happens hed have to call a general election on the wage of about that right or not you know salazar has some hard see i think it was notable they didnt immediately say lets have a general election right now he said because the bill youre right didnt say get rid of the vote has that would mean he couldnt bring it back again in the same form so he said pose the bow for now i think that does make a general election more likely before greggs as if i used to afterwards ok so in terms of what happens in that building behind us i would have obsessions pools that means that dont see it that they didnt talk about amendments to the bill tomorrow that in anything do they want what are they doing now yeah and you know they wont be able to debate the the bill until days and a Different Program in motion agreed by the government and the opposition so theres probably going to be some negotiations as Jeremy Coleman said there might be an attempt to get it just before the 30 bestival type of deadline or whatever but i think thats pretty unlike that it is going to be time for that so i think now its going to be a case of in that vacuum. If no program mates were to greet increasing that 0 opinion and potentially ask you for the general election yeah ok all the alternatives have a sickly as it goes the European Union says let me just just give us about a week right because this builder going through parliament deny that possibility of a general election because and just get this through on the face of the European Union get what will get it over with just as much as he does. Definitely thank you very much with the latest from mr Lawrence Leigh and well have more on developments there in the parliament a bit later on were back in 1800 g. M. T. In 20 minutes time lets get back to peter fenn out in town. Marion thanks very much the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine is testifying right now in congress as part of the impeachment inquiry into the u. S. President William Taylor will be asked behind closed doors about military aid and the role of trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani in ukraine policy no investigation was launched after a whistleblower said trump pressurized ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden while withholding military assistance lets go live to washington and speak to our correspondent Heidi Joe Castro heidi hi there how important a witness is mr taylor he seems very high profile. Peter he certainly is and democrats have invested a lot of potential in him as a possible key witness in this impeachment inquiry that is because he as acting ambassador to ukraine was at the center of this text Message Exchange that was brought to the public through these hearings in which he texting his fellow u. S. Diplomats said this is crazy to make us aid to ukraine contingent on help for a Political Campaign so his acceptance of the subpoenaed to appear capitol hill this morning behind closed doors was a great opportunity for these democrats to get to the bottom of what made him so concerned to send this text was there more conversations that he was a part of and what lines can he dropped between the dots that according to democrats show a clear pro well that trump wanted an investigation into his political adversaries in exchange for supporting ukraine with u. S. Aid and for inviting the iranian president to the white house now taylor is a widely respected career diplomat he came back to the states just to do this testimony hes expected to return to ukraine tomorrow and already democrats are saying his testimony this far today has been very candid theyre not releasing much of the specifics of what hes saying because again this is happening in a confidential setting but as soon as we hear more of what he said well bring that to you peter heidi thanks very much. Protesters in lebanon are demanding more reforms despite the governments approving sweeping economic measures to improve the state of the economy your thought is appears to be tightening security as the police and military Disperse Protesters trying to erect barricades the Prime Minister saad hariri announced a plan to diffuse the biggest demonstrations in years against the nations leadership activists say theyll keep going on the streets to the streets until the entire cabinet steps down to tripoli and our correspondent Stephanie Decker whos been following these protests in the twists and turns of them so just to sum up for a staff the government have given the people as much as they feel they can its not enough the people want more and more to the point i guess the people and the rap artists theyre not going. Theyre not go away was hey i listened i listened to them here i mean tripoli im to say almost feels like its leading. The charge on this peter to smaller square but their energy has been incredible its been incredible since day one when you were talking about the rock artists that in beirut here in tripoli we had a video that went viral which is a d. J. That was on one of the balconies who played a grave and everyone went crazy and its gone viral around the world this is this is a city thats been very much disregarded by the politicians even though it is raining as strongholds Prime Minister sat in the majority city area its incredibly poor so these people are saying they do have enough they tore down posters of the Prime Minister they tore down posts the most the politicians i now again as you say like the reforms are not enough they dont want the same people that have made this problem into what it is made this country into what it is say that they can solve it because they dont believe in the trust is gone so where do we go from here when the government is not resigning theyre not going anywhere banks remain closed the schools now its been a nose to schools hospitals are going. The ring closed until further notice there are still roadblocks at the countrys at a standstill peter so to me very interesting how the next couple of days are going to unfold who is going to give 1st is there a calculation under that the waterline if you will on the part of the demonstrators its almost as if theyre expecting the government to kind of turn in some sort of political dead man walking its not a question of if they go is more a question of when they go. For the political establishment. To selling grain its very different. We want the people across germany other places in the south of the one to see go their own lives doing about it you know and the grain system now you have how the Prime Minister they meet with foreign ambassadors they support his reforms but they also say he needs to listen to the protesters that sort of a bunch of fiction in terms because the demand of the press thats just for everyone to go for the government to go and for there to be new elections these reforms and this in a very few people you speak to will say its a its a step in the right direction lets see if they can do it but most of these people that youre watching now say that they will need to go to the. Leaves theyve been stealing money from this country they have made it into what it is that we need to start over and i think its going to be a difficult journey ahead for sure. But i nobody knows where this is going to end up because no ones going to give at the moment is the government that allows it to continue on for so i get nobody can tell you how this is going to end up these are one president at times. When it comes to that journey that youre talking about stuff for the demonstrates is usually at this point in covering a protest movement we begin to see protest movement. Coming forward to be interviewed by the International Television news channels theres nobody i mean who are they going to coalesce around if they want to get to the stage of having political power themselves and using it. Yes i mean there are elements of Civil Society that have sort of taken a role but theyre leaderless there are people coming down the streets i mean you look out there its families its bad its women its the elderly it costs a call it cuts across sections i mean tripoli is a very poor city you also have tripoli is more affluent everybody is here oh im talking to some tripoli i got boarded brads the affluence. English educated abroad and they were saying we need to highlight our city we need to highlight that we need more its been this particularly this this this this city peter has been so rejected by the government its seen a spillover also incited i have to say by elements of the syrian war gun battles raging through the streets here are real wars i covered them years ago. The. The im just here the force of that but they do feel they found their relief for the 1st time particularly when it came to that d. J. The video that went viral so many people at 1st thought that was beirut they couldnt believe it was tripoli that had this sort of reputation attaches as more sort of extremely conservative area affected by these areas that fighting in syria so a lot of people were saying to me that this is so significant because its changed its face its changed the face of tripoli but again the message in tripoli in beirut inside and indeed in all these different areas across lebanon are united in the sense that their people are together they want this government to go and again you know theyre not going anywhere right now peter were going to have to wait and see how this is all going to play out stephanie to the eye of the storm in tripoli in lebanon stuff to talk to as a thank you so much iraqs government has released a report on a preliminary investigation into the killing of protesters the report found the Security Forces used Excessive Force and live fire against demonstrators at least 157 people mainly civilians were killed 3 weeks of antigovernment protests the violence posed the biggest challenge to the government since the defeat of im so in 2017. The police in bosnia pulled dozens of Asylum Seekers off a train to stop them from reaching already full camps in the north west local officials are struggling to deal with numbers of the be hatched camp temporarily cutting the water supply to pressure the government into helping thousands of migrants are stuck in the area close to the border with member croatia those at the camp say conditions remain dire. A month ago we had medical assistance here at the camp every day except on weekend the doctor would come every day but now no one comes here he got these wounds on my legs after i return from the croatian border and other people have the same problem. According guinea has sentenced 5 people up to a year in prison for demonstrating against the president of conde the protest leaders were found guilty of inciting civil disobedience people rallied earlier this week against a proposed change the constitution that would let the president seek a 3rd term conduce 2nd term expires next year hes refused to rule out running again the Security Forces have killed at least 10 protesters. Am. No bricks it sport is rope thank you very much faith are you the way for Champions League resumes all choose that way and its an absolutely huge night for madrid the 14th time when is desperately needed when it gets hasler or a 1st ever Champions League group stage exit could be on the cards that kicks off in a few minutes in istanbul royal currently bottom of group a would just one point from 2 games theyre also coming off a one nil loss the virally york in the league on saturday its not fair to say the pressure is mounting on Royal College then idina said that they dont know what come yet another so what happens in this much wont change a thing there are lot to much is left and we are going to try and till the end so well firstly we will try to get to 3 points thats what were here for but as for the rest always talking about the pressure and that they might change the coach we cant change that. Well that match is one of 8 on tuesday in the early kick offs its just finished 22 between shakhtar donetsk and the. Legendary madrid beat by leverkusen one nil now the 3rd shortlist for the ballon dor is out but most people are talking about whos not on the list p. S. G. And brazil style name our final to make the grade for the 1st time since 2010 well the shortlist is put together barred from its football magazine and they described the brazilian as having a black year hence his admission they cited his injury and disciplinary problems plus his aborted move back to barcelona which alienated him from many. Fans of last years winner luke a moderate also failed to make the cuts well there are some of the players that have been nominated not surprised to see that man on the list far far winner and current holder of the best award in all messi of barcelona his old rival your dentist for christianity naldo another man on the list and hes another 5 time winner of the bottle and all doc is going for his 1st award but the dust a friend there is a favorite to win this year after helping liverpool win the champions north korea has been stripped of next weeks a. F. C. Cup final because asias Football Federation want fans to be able to watch it follows last weeks bizarre world cup qualifier between north and south korea in pyongyang where there was no live broadcast another fans all media were allowed into the stadium next weeks game has been moved to shanghai in china instead which means north korean side april 25 sports club lose her advantage against lebanons al i hate r. K. To rugby now in england jargon to spice things up ahead of his teams world cup semifinal against new zealand he claims someone was spying on their Training Session but its thugs has more. Englands players are preparing for the biggest game of their lives this part of training was open to the media but coach eddie jones says there was an unwelcome spectator during the closed session with the safely someone in the park filming. Modern japanese train jones at mits he used to use spice but not since 2001 because times have changed you just need to do it any moment because you see everything. You can watch it runs training on you chiva all or whatever there is is everything out there theres not a value in doing that sort of thing absolutely 0 his team are unbeaten so far at the world cup and were impressive in dispatching australia in the quarterfinals but you zealand the world number one side and 3 time champions present a far greater obstacle england have one just one of their last 16 encounters with the all blacks. Now and now on things we can win theres now pressure on us where hes going to have a great way to enjoy relax. And enjoy this great opportunity weve got were going to be thinking of there will. Be looking for this world cup so that does bring suppression no sign of any spine new zealand training but plenty of rain coach steve hansen speaking before joness spying allegations agreed with his counterpart that theres pressure but not just for his team. Crying in syria. Were really. Going to be pressure on both former new zealand star israel diag says all the pressure talk is just classic psychological warfare from jones. In the media talking them up giving them praise and. Little mind games at the coaches in the world cup when Lawrence Dallaglio agrees with jack and says jones is just doing everything he can to give his players the edge on saturday this is his moment as a coach. That are capable of going you know all the way to the final. And winning it to go all the way england have to overcome perhaps the most formidable site in world sport history the all blacks juggernaut has not lost a world cup match since 2007 and its going to take some stopping stocks aljazeera now the Houston Astros are preparing to host the Washington Nationals in game one of the 115th world series on choose the astros all 5 heading into this match playing in their 2nd full classic in 3 years having won the army. In 2017 but it is one more target than the Washington Nationals its been 5 years since they last won the pennant and back then they were cold the senate these guys are fired up to be here. We played a lot of. Games this year we come a long way so i think theyre excited again said excited to be here and ready to play im looking forward to it now you know ive had. The blessing of experience it once before so i know what to kind of well look for and understand that experience im just going to enjoy it and that is always vote for pizza. Many thanks that was. Keep you posted on the other side of the break i will see you very soon. What are you protesting about how does the in question when theyre on line well i face many people seeing im directly out of trance like its playful or if you join us on sand this is an attack on Academic Freedom and on our ability to do research and teach freely they say is a dialogue myanmar is not making it very welcoming for people to come back everyone has a voice Climate Change is real the discussion is real and im here to talk about the solutions on aljazeera the latest news as it breaks up into this month and start a piece on what the major confrontation is taking place hotter on the phone is hard for those with details Coverage Today they get will be heading down with the 110 meters which is so deep that i only have 50 minutes on the seabed from around the world the remains of may never be found throughout is your they still exist yes his legacy lives on. All the work to stay with most. Rest internment and mass indoctrination we were children are no due process of real education or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance were being complicit in the human rights abuses that are occurring in australian investigation into chinas systematic repression of the weakness tell the world on aljazeera. So the. Brakes it 1st Boris Johnsons e. U. Withdrawal deal secures Parliamentary Support plans to foster track the legislation are rejected. Low i am Maryam Namazie in london youre with aljazeera also coming up on the program the ceasefire in syria is extended as turkey and russia agree a deal to move