Also coming up tonight an exclusive report from the syrian city of raka and the legacy of fear and terror left behind by Islamic State. We notice the children freeze up whenever they hear shots and explosions which are still frequent here. We were playing with it and it exploded two children next to me died and an old man was hurt. Or we begin the day with yet another attempt to break through that greggs it blockade and yet again apparently it didnt work tonight the leaders of all you countries met in brussels now before their working dinner began they listened to british Prime Minister to resign may dish out the latest breaks it Progress Report a Progress Report in name only thats according to people such as European Council president donald tusk he said that may be offered nothing new which means europe and britain are moving closer to brics it with no deal in saw the pressure is mounting both at home and in brussels but the reason may appear as beat. The team should be with you very much in order to ensure that we can address these issues what weve seen is that weve so place to be issues in withdrawal agreements there are still there is still a question of the Northern Irish backstop but that backstop solution proposed by the e. U. Does not sit right with london nor will not and would stay in the e. U. Customs union while the rest of the u. K. Would leave it. Both sides want to avoid a hard border not an but how to achieve that remains controversial. The debate is now concentrating on the issue of the irish border and how to prevent a border in the irish sea which is something the United Kingdom desperately wants to have also for the same time to afford of course a hard border. In ireland itself all parties involved face an uphill battle to get the still back seat talks back on track the e. U. Is willing to give the u. K. A longer transition period but five and this is just kicking the can further down the road. This marriage and discussing the idea of a longer transition but that can be an alternative to their backs up and are the german chancellor Angela Merkel is taking the road of caution. Im taking a rational approach in trying to find an agreement that works for everyone. This is but for now reaching a consensus appears difficult despite the best intentions are not citizens of the e. U. Leaders. We can all sides agree that the w. s mags hoffman spoke to the veteran e. U. Parliamentarian elmore broke and asked him is there a deal which suits the European Union and could also suit the british parliament. Lets see i think its very difficult when you can pay Parliament Parliament because we do not so when you see any coherence both parties are totally divided and see him there is a man as one day to take the risk to put something to vote which has also agreement but otherwise the left problems in the European ParliamentEuropean Parliament and his old story the final word if you say no then its a no even if all said so stays in government villegas youve been around the block in brussels so how is this going to play out whats your best bet look the drama of. No deal is especially for the United Kingdom. Also demi trust but especially for the United Kingdom is so dramatic that i think at the end of a day emotion should not be in that question and then has a position where we all it can live was but under the conditions that our two principles of irish border and the in total market unity is secret and thats going to happen yes or no i hope that in the course of the next week its going to happen but probably not to. Thank you very much mr. Our other positive spin there any for addiction thats a man with courage tonight was told our correspondent and he is in brussels covering the summit force max you know we heard mr bruff right there say he thinks that some type of agreement could reached to be reached by maybe next week is he being overly optimistic with this. Yes maybe he meant in the next weeks because that would be in line with what michelle said the chief you negotiator from the e. U. Commission weve heard that sentence repeated in different variations next days next weeks it seems that the prescription that the different leaders in the go she gave themselves for this stage today was to say yes we do think a deal is still possible and we remain optimistic no matter what happens were going to continue to talk together and to you this brant summit is over for today we just got that information in here so the e. U. Twenty seven didnt convene for a very long time theyre not really saying anything. Will not give a statement tonight austrian chesser had said. So far that truce to make out her chance to express herself once again and that she didnt really say anything new thats in line with what the e. P. President said but it seems that the whole atmosphere the tone was much more positive than in the past so you have that at least. Yet and i mean look were going to be able to leave the Office Tonight before midnight covering an e. U. Summit i think the last time we did that we were maybe what five years younger but it it proves a point this topic has been with us time and time again weve had so many summits that were crucial breaks its elements and Nothing Happened now were getting reports the e. U. Leaders wont even give a date for the next brics summit so is that need to see a positive spin there or are we just kicking everything down the road. Well well have to wait and see what they say we do know that the next regular summit is and december might be the last shot at getting a deal done and they were always discussing a nother summit in november just to finalize a deal on brags that if there is no deal then maybe theyll get together nevertheless to talk about what happens in the no deal scenario we. You know that they already talked about that tonight the commission actually presented its precautions is preparations for a no deal scenario this is getting more serious and they want to be sure that theyre prepared for whatever could happen here clearly they think that the ball once again is in the camp of the United Kingdom because as we discussed earlier the front line is no longer between the e. U. And threesome a its within the u. K. What congeries of may actually sell what could she bring home that the exits heres will accept not shoot down. And and thats briefly one thing that has changed we do have european leaders talking openly now about provisions for a new deal brechts that right weve got the german chancellor shes been open about it leaders in brussels are saying yeah weve got contingency plans and were getting ready maybe to execute. Its a very very real possibility not necessarily because of theresa may she is she is known to be rather predictable when she says we want to find a deal that suits both sides it seems credible though the two sides one very Different Things but you just dont know whats going to happen with the deal with parliament in the u. K. Will approve it so they really need to prepare for any situation and on top of that it increases the pressure on the u. K. Parliament all right myself and all the Foreign Force in brussels tonight max thank you very much. Well still ahead on the day happy high and healthy not all doctors are celebrating canada becoming the second country in the world to legalize cannabis but plenty of Business People are. I think canada is going to be a big Global Leader in cannabis thats exciting thats something we should be proud about and the opportunity to showcase how this model can work on a federal level is a great responsibility and one were more than happy to take on. Analogy the heavy price paid for the liberation of raka it was a year ago that socalled Islamic State was driven album its self declared capital in syria local militias fault them on the ground while the u. S. Planes bombarded them from the air of the fight for rocket lasted for months and seoul thousands of People Killed the city is now free of all yes but it lies in ruins our reporters are good to show them and jaffar of the karim went to iraq go on an embedded trip with the u. S. Army they looked at what the u. S. Is willing and unwilling to do to help a city as it struggles to recover. Abdallah is happy to see us in his classroom its a place of safety that he can finally learn and play with other children. Its a year since he lost his hand he and his friend sounded fritsch which had a booby trap inside. There we were playing with it and it exploded two children next to me died and an old man was badly hurt. I was to buy a piece of shrapnel. Two of my friends died from. Their high file teaches the special class addressing the particular needs of able to enter on the test children she wasnt allowed to work at all when the high s. Were in charge. All she says about that time is that it was hard for everyone havent. We noticed the children freeze up whenever they hear shots and explosions which are still frequently are. There they completely unsettled me that i may do it or when. The United States funds the class we are on a trip organized by the u. S. Army and state department they want to show us what has been achieved since the victory over high as in russia and they want to encourage more countries to fund the stabilization of the city. The security measures during our visit here in the aca a very very tight they have been several terror attacks over the past months and there are still high as sleeper cells operating in the city. The fight against the socalled Islamic State in russia which included u. S. Airstrikes destroyed more than seventy percent of the city. Theres not much left valley any hospitals homes or anywhere to live and no mains electricity but people are slowly coming back. We really need work you dont have to work you cant eat or drink you work is the most important thing was shovel hammered out luckily some schools are opening again and we were just heard our children my daughter was not allowed to study under i. I. S. Now shes in the first grade even though shes older but still shes allowed to study thats not the fact that the u. S. Has been giving what it calls stabilization eight to rocka that means clearing mines and rubber repairing buildings and supporting local people but it doesnt mean large scale reconstruction. The United States has said that in terms of rebuilding there cant begin until weve got here reversible progress towards a political solution through the geneva process and so thats what were looking towards its. Irreversible progress on the political front the future of syria is being negotiated far away in geneva by the u. N. Sponsored talks there have stalled and in rocka the treasure is on. The longer reconstruction takes to begin says cochair for cassava council. The greater the danger that i as might gain support among the people. The help offered so far is like um but its not enough meeting with the u. S. Representative the council vent their frustration theyve heard that us president on a tramp cut about two hundred Million Dollars from serious stabilisation eight. Those who destroyed the city should rebuild it and what will we expect the coalition of the United States to help us with this they promised they would. For now its projects like this that the Civil Council is focusing on repairing rak us infamous stadium. The foreman a match tells us Islamic State terrorists carried out mass executions here and that they tortured hundreds of civilians in the cellars. I hope that the stadium will be full again one day and the people will come and play sports here again. Like they did before the i. A. S. Took control thats what were hoping for. The first two games due to take place here in a couple of weeks they could offer a brief respite from everyday life in the ruins of rocca. Yeah and from the ruins of rock it is my calling from here to show that she was there she felt that report its good to have you here safe and sound at the big table but here to talk to me a little bit about just how extensive the the ruins are in that city i mean the city is basically completely destroyed isnt yeah absolutely driving through. Feels a little bit like driving through a ghost town and actually iraq is one of the most destroyed cities inside syria so there is a lot of destruction but the people are trying to come back they want to reclaim in a way this city they want to have hope they want to to to rebuild that they are in a very middle growth situation because infrastructure has shattered their minds everywhere so its very hard for them and we had the feeling from what the people told us that it they are very frustrated and they have a little bit the fear that the u. S. And the International Coalition might step out and leave them alone with all the what they say a message with the most they have i mean these are these are traumatized people in i was struck by the fact that there were people these men want to rebuild the stadium knowing that in that stadium these atrocities took place with Islamic State thats mind boggling yeah exactly its i mean its not only the trauma because of the fighting its also the trauma because of all those atrocities committed by Islamic State in open and public so there are a lot of locations where the people are constantly remembered of have happened there of tortures of mass executions like in the stadium as you said and we met workers who had been imprisoned in that stadium so now rebuilding it is a sort of relief and help but at the same time the trauma is triggered and there are there remembrances haunting them we did it in the international recently called for answers regarding civilian deaths in iraq claiming that hundreds rick killed in u. S. Coalition led airstrikes i mean how was it how important is it for the city to have closure and to find out what really happened its absolutely important because those people who have lost loved ones they want answers that acknowledge that the gas and the collision had to do asked trikes to defeat isis but they criticize also the. Destruction the amount of civil careful tease and they want closure they have very happy that im just here for instant ists is investigating that and we met one of the investigators on the ground her name is Donatella Rovera and we can listen to what she had to say concerning the coalition is not carrying out the gay shown that it should be carrying out having bombarded from the sky they really should be here and do the work we are doing which is to go and do site investigations and interview survivors if they do not understand what went wrong why they killed civilians in quite a number of their strikes then lessons will not be learned. Lessons have to be learned and we have to remember this is a city that was a jihad as capital for years how much support can these people count on moving forward to rebuild. I mean the problem is that. I as had thousands of supporters in city and out of conviction some some some just just fear for the their security but those people have vanished they just melted back into society so the people are asking where out they trust each other the people no not at all its the same situation by the way we we saw we saw in mosul when we were there and the thing is but even the frustration of the people is so so big that some of them i mean we were talking on the streets was always a u. S. Soldier in our back so you can ask if theyd be really open but some even said i as the time during i asked was better than now and i think this is a really alarming sign. Very disturbing fact to considering what i did to them and their families and their children and their daughters to get to shore we appreciate you being on the show tonight and for bringing us this story its important to hear thank you. A green rush begins today in canada as the first stores began legally selling cannabis can of the today became the second country after europe wide to legalize the use Recreational Use of marijuana people they are can now buy possess and use small amounts of the drug legalizing marijuana was a Campaign Promise of Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau he says the move will protect minors and reduce organized crime but not everyone agrees. It was. A very high five as canadas first legal Recreational Marijuana transaction takes place buyers had waited for hours literally lining up around the block. Im so excited i dont think ive ever been as excited for anything else. Huge this is like the end of prohibition for alcohol pretty much for cannabis right so its just something that you want to be able to tell your kids that you were there for this moment. Legalization means that pot is suddenly big business worth billions buyers have been snapping up greenhouses and farms as legitimate demand replaces the black market. The main focus of the company right now is certainly on creating a very strong footprint here in canada which is the biggest legal market in the world but some Health Researchers say the impact on young users in particular is a big unknown. For example in quebec at the moment the age when youre allowed to use recreational kind of this is eighteen years old. But we know that the brain is still in a stage of development intil twenty five years of age. So this. Search Law Enforcement experts say there will be another unintended consequence several drug sniffing dogs trained to detect marijuana will likely have to be retired. Well for more on the long term implications of this historic day im joined tonight from ottawa canada by dr diane kills all shes editor in chief at the Canadian Medical Association journal doctors good to have you on the program from where youre sitting and from a health standpoint is today a good or a bad day for the health of canadians. Is a good question and i would have to say as a physician its not a great day for the health of canadians why. Well. Lets legalize ation of cannabis in the country it can send a message across the country to begin to adults they can perceive that benign substance its something we dont need to be worried about but my concern is that it probably is decades down the line that same thing or not it was cigarettes were going to discover that were going to have a generation that may have increased the pendency and that has that have side effects that he may not have ever thought about when they started using that there are. What do we know what we dont know what all the side effects could be but we do know there are some risks but if you compare that with what we do know about alcohol and tobacco i mean thats its very minor right and alcohol and tobacco are still available. Well you know i mean thats a common thing that people say to you know that say about this and i think the thing is because just because weve done poorly with alcohol or done better and doesnt mean we need to reproduce that with the legalization of cannabis we actually do know a lot about the Health Effects of cannabis and i mean the studies that have been done show that young people particularly those with a Family History of Mental Health disorders psychotic Health Disorders some are more likely to develop Something Like a schizophrenia or another psychotic Health Disorder we know that those who use it regularly theyre more likely to have problems with thinking and with complex tasks their memory you know so so while there are many things i dont know about marijuana there is a lot that we do know and its concerning i mean as as your clip had just showed. The brain the human brain continues to develop until the age of twenty five and we have receptors in our brain for can happen or is which is why when you use marijuana you feel pleasure but putting cannabis into the brain as its developing it again with a legalization age of eighteen or nineteen depending on the province even if youre using it legally there still are many years where your brain can be affected and one thing we do know is that with me look at the brain of an m. R. I. There are actually physical changes that we can see in the brain in those who use it happily let me ask you this to what it seems like what youre saying is that beginning today all of canada has become one big maybe social experiment or that all canadians are now lab rats if you will is that the case i mean let me ask you will you ever smoke a joint. No i wont then youre right it is it is an experiment and it. An experiment because we dont know if the regulations that have been put in are going to achieve their goals we dont know a lot about canada but we will down the line as more and more people use it which is why its really important that the government put in a very robust Monetary Program that they look at who is using it now is it going up is it going up among those populations like young people answer their needs and put into research dr hills on fortunately were out of time but we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight dianne kelso editor in chief at the Canadian Medical Association journal article thank you very much thanks. Well the day is almost on the conversation continues online your find us on twitter and you see how to reach us right there and remember whatever happens between now and this tomorrow is another day well see that everybody. Can come to. The. 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