Another stinging blow to chancellor machall in Regional Elections this weekend. Plus a last minute scramble to climb australias most famous rock tourists coming out in force hoping to scale blue in the final hours before a permanent ban goes into effect that rock is now closed off the fires out of respect for Indigenous Peoples. Im brian thomas great to have you with us the United States will be moving troops into Eastern Syria to help defend the regions oil fields there from Islamic State now thats according to u. S. Defense officials this announcement comes after the decision by President Trump earlier this month to pull american troops out of syria that paved the way for turkeys assault on Kurdish Forces there had been a close ally. Now a ceasefire deal brokered by the us has allowed turkey to create a socalled safe zone along the border which is now being patrolled with russian help. So is russias influence in syria set to increase further and how should the west respond to russias partnership there with the nato member turkey those are some of the questions being discussed by nato defense ministers during a 2nd day of talks in brussels. Moscow is the new puppet master in syria russias defense minister talks with the head of a Kurdish Militia that and its clear whos giving the orders. Thats the reality facing nato defense ministers scrambling to catch up with the political reality of postwar syria and more to the point the wests role there. There are different views. On the allies as stated in the meeting also views which are publicly know it was a strong support for a political should solution a strong. Support for the Stronger International engagement German Defense minister and a crack from karrenbauer proposed an International Force to police a secure zone but she only had a few details for a moment to look like u. S. Defense secretary marc kasper might support have an idea i think its fine that because its something that weve been calling on our European Partners to do for quite some time is to step up and do more so i would be supportive of that sacrifice of support of what we have if we dont intend on contribute Ground Forces or i think that operation the europeans had questions about the details and the timing and approach was this we are not against an International Security zone in principle but the situation on the ground has changed now that turkey and russia have reached an agreement those. In the past the germans have often been slow to suggest involvement in such my. They showed themselves as very open in our bilateral talks with this could take place with the involvement of the International Community and turkey would be open to talks about that. But when talking to the larger group of ministers she only offered a couple of sentences on her idea sources said she said that was enough. Discussion process has been kicked off itll be a long process and a difficult one but the 1st steps were very encouraging you can jump in his defense minister is still looking for support in brussels but nato allies turkey in the u. S. Are pulling in Different Directions. While all the 2 pulling hard enough to crack nato more on that were joined by ben to shell out the heads of the many sections of the hiring bowl foundations a think tank close to the German Green Party good morning thanks so much for coming and we have high level talks going on in brussels say nato is nato facing a threat to its future future not from external enemies but from Alliance Members well indeed i think to have never faced a more difficult challenge now with the 2 may or not the 2 major but one major part alf nato major member being so much at odds with the other i dont think weve ever witnessed a situation like that before. Ok its hard to find define a disagreement like this between turkey and the United States what could it be that they are actually working together that they have agreed with russia to create a safe zone for the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of syrians possibly so it is just that if you look ahead to what that aligns than the state what should they consist and make a case in the end they are not looking into the same direction they have different interests and whatever do you should be that includes all of the interests ok the German Government has indicated it wants to see some type of international troop presence do you think that has any chance at all i dont see this coming because the situation is very complicated as you mentioned we have nato partners looking into Different Directions and germany is not really willing to do anything out of nato and also it would not be profitable to do anything outside that framework so this idea that has been floated it will be very difficult to implement and also it was not really spelt out how shit that word in cooperation with russia turkey was what the German Defense minister said but these are exactly the parties that are bombarding syria one in the west one in the east so how can you come up rate with these 2 violating International Law ok now the United StatesPresident Donald Trump said that american troops would be pulling out of syria now it appears theyll be redeploying to the comical guest thats near die as zoar and theyll be teaming up with Kurdish Forces there what do you make of that well thats the most bizarre maneuver because as you learned over the past say kurdish politicians have come closer to the regime in damascus and then the cooperation with kurdish troops that are at the same time affiliated with the must because that is not something that will work it doesnt have a perspective to really work out because both are not on the same page regarding the future of syria and be guarding what is possible to put. So this move to remain and there is or which is not anywhere close to the border how are the us going to protect their troops and who do they need to coopt to be able to do that ok those are some are good questions america will be looking at russia and turkey have created this resettlement zone theyre calling it a safety zone but its in effect a resettlement zone for Syrian Refugees now living in turkey while nato and the west have been looking on an active we have the nato meeting today looking at this who knows if theyll come up with something on it but the resettlement thats being planned by turkey is a massive violation of International Law and human rights conventions that turkey has signed off to and they did this and it comes at the price of ethnic cleansing also and a lot of you have seen 180000. 00 people fleeing already from the kurdish areas further to the east these people will not be able to return and especially not resettlement is taking place by turkey for thing arab syria refugees out of turkey into that zone so we see Different Levels of International Humanitarian law and that of course is inacceptable do you see nato becoming a spectator to this ethnic cleansing as you describe it nato has been a spectator to the whole conflict in syria it is not the 1st time that major area Rights Violations take place so at the moment it has none of it itself in a very difficult position how to intervene at the state of the conflict bendish eller from the 100 Bull Foundation thanks very much for coming on thank you. Lets preview now in some of the other stories making the news today wildfires in Southern California have forced 50000 people from their homes the area has also been experiencing power blackouts Utility Companies are preparing for a massive shutdown this weekend and its fears i winds could knock down power lines and worsens. Bolivias president if at all us has declared himself winner of the countrys president ial Elections Official results narrowly gave him a 10 point lead necessary to win outright his main rival cottles carlos mesa as lead days of protests claiming the count was rigged the European Union is back in calls from election observers or a runoff. Police and protesters have clashed again in chile after a week of unrest this led to a 1000 deaths so far protests over a hike in subway fares through into anger over economic inequality concessions from the government havent stopped the violence the u. N. Says it will investigate human rights abuses in the country. Argentina heads to the polls on sunday and the opposition is on course for an election victory over incumbent president ratio mockery now rapidly worsening economy soaring inflation in a market crash of all handed the left leaning Alberto Fernandez a huge 20 percent point lead. President mauricio mockery striking when his pose is at his last Campaign Rally and went as iran as both are aware that back here we will turn over the page of frustration we will turn around the election and we will turn around this country forever. Mockery himself doesnt want to turn around as his victory in the president ial election looks highly unlikely. The man projected to defeat him by a landslide is opposition candidate albert of hernandez hes benefited from the disappointment felt by many arjan tines over mockeries unsuccessful handling of the economy mccree came to power in 2015 promising market reforms open door trade policies and strong investment but 4 years on the argentine economy is shrinking and annual inflation stands at more than 53 percent in a primary vote in august seen as a dress rehearsal for the election mockery suffered a shock landslide defeat fernandez won by a massive 16 percent polls now predict that fernandez will win the presidency out right without the need for a 2nd round runoff a win for fernandez would also spell the return of argentinas controversial former president Cristina Kirchner who is running for Vice President shes a polarizing figure a populist who retains a huge following and is viewed as a champion of the poor yet she also faces investigations into fraud and money laundering. Economists are predicting that a win for fernandez could exacerbate economic volatility. After the primary vote Financial Markets were thrown into turmoil and the peso plunged more than 30 percent. And protests over the worsening Economic Situation led lawmakers to approve an emergency food law last month. With neighbors chile and bolivia currently suffering protests and on rest could this election push another country in the region into further instability. As to pakistan now where there are reports that country plans to further tighten its monitoring and restriction of all Internet Activity through a nation wide web Surveillance ProgramNews Platform kota story says it has gained exclusive access to documents that show pakistan has hired a Canadian Company to help build a system the surveillance infrastructure would allow monitoring of all the countrys incoming and outgoing internet traffic projects worth an estimated 18000000. 00 you have used rumor all he was one of the reporters who carried out the investigation for a coda story good morning to him or can you tell us more about this Surveillance Program and will in fact be targeting everyone in pakistan. Hi good morning yeah its actually unprecedented in nature because it is going to money and lives and potentially blog. And traffic coming from across the country across all the platforms and across all the Service Providers it aimed at curbing it experts say might also include encrypted messaging Services Like whatsapp they also say that it provided by the Canadian Firm sandline is capable of acting and blocking the traffic which is kind of equivalent of some an opening to lead to the post office and reading their content which is why human Rights Groups are extremely concerned about this. About this new development and its specially because the government is not transparent at all about it ok a lack of transparency their ball room or pakistan already has extremely repressive freedom of speech laws why is the government clamping down even further. Yes so this all comes at the back drop off an already censored internet in pakistan the government is now planning on in and seeing its control on the online space is until now close to a 1000000 websites have been blocked in pakistan with many of them being described as blasphemous are antistate so theyve blocked websites also include news outlets like life of america there will do service is blocked in pakistan and human Rights Groups now say that they have already been sounding alarms over the reported censorship and kind of being of critical voices online the implementation of this system could actually further enhance the governments ability to censor speech in pakistan and ive spoken to some Digital Rights activist who say that this could have Chilling Effect as the country is already written a thing threatening arresting and abducting of dissenting voices and people who are just posting content online and this could sort of further. I think worsen the problem thanks very much for looking into the story thats important just for pakistan or for all of us thanks very much it. Was pretty down some of the other stories making the news this hour u. K. Prime minister of course johnson wants an early general election on december 12th he said he would put forward a motion on monday to Ask Parliament to approve the move comes after and hes refused to fast track his proposed tax a deal earlier this week. British police say theyve secured a warrant to question a truck driver for another 24 hours after the bodies of 39. 00 people were discovered in his vehicle. Mans been arrested on suspicion of murder but no charges have been filed as of yet the victims were all chinese nationals. My show. Us democratic and republican lawmakers have been paying tribute to the late a larger cummings whose bodies lying in state in the u. S. Capitol so rise advocate and representative served in the house for 23 years a leading democrat i mean this was a central figure in efforts to impeach the president probably. Will voters in the german state of thuringia go to the polls this weekend in an election thats shaping up into another crucial test for chancellor merkels c. D. U. Party the far right if he has been polling strongly and could overtake the conservatives as the states number 2 party behind the post communist left party there in jail was part of the former east germany before reunification in 1900 it is the only german state with a governing coalition headed by the left party did abuse on your car return to her old hometown of air 1st to gauge the mood ahead of sundays vote. No way to break hows this and narrow and the waste just like in fairy tales. Small Medieval City slicker fought our well known n. P. R. Oft in the eastern state of the range. That was my home for a long time i spent most of my youth and touring jazz and went to effort to study when i lived here people didnt argue much about politics they could then say if they didnt even exist but now they are likely to win at least 20 percent of the road and i wonder whether they have changed their week. Leftist off the right thats often what people here want to know is politics dividing the state into. I tried to talk about it with former classmates but then i noticed that most of the people i was friends with have moved away to big cities just like i did i was right back saying its a delicate topic society i hear its bitterly divided but no one wants to talk to me about it on camera. To get an idea of whats going on now i go to an a. S. D. Campaign event the far right. Is considered the top candidate here he insults other parties and journalists too but can his constituency except of opinions those who are. Or. If you have it more i always look for an arena where i could influence people and if there is someone who doesnt want to accept this then im sorry he considered the next table and drink his beer alone. Identify me when we have a family celebration sometimes we start arguing my wife keeps the arguments from escalating by changing the subject to the stable. I need to withdraw to him until he has been the state prim year of the ranger for the past 5 years hes the only left party state premier in germany many think hes down to earth and hes pragmatic but while he was in office the a. F. D. Succeeded in expanding its base so why couldnt the left party keep the f. T. In check you know damage to put when i try to keep them in check they begin polarizing the constituency i want to talk to the people on the streets and i want an end to this polarization and i want to let the people know where we stand and where were headed you know if the conviction via the only problem is that the range is becoming increasingly polarized thats what left Party Supporters keep telling me this is a digital theres a small rebellion but its not a small as wed like it to be. Some people got irreconcilable with that speech is harsha more vicious and dimwitted. My old home town seems withdrawn and i fear of the state elections might make things worse according to the polls the left party with the board or im in or past the more for port but might not succeed in forming a Coalition Government since no one wants to work with me a if they the federal status and risk of a political deadlock which would further deepen the social trenches. Sometimes when i go back home i feel like a stranger. This is still to come on the show. A golfer who truly relies on his cat. Was born blind but his lifelong friend sue. But 1st to sue us trial where visitors have been gathering at allure of thats of course is a connor sounds sacred. Many there were hoping to scale the rock ahead of a permanent ban on client which has now gone into effect. Indigenous australians call tourists at an aunts there are many australians here right now they feel its their right to climb the National Landmark the holy rock of the local Aboriginal People teacher and a hanson and her cousin geoff say the geological feature of belongs to all australians. Think you can be respectful about it and its a its a rock basin what are some areas where you stay away from certain areas and its a wonder of the world a film for my bucket list long ago australians of european descent to name to a as rock but for indigenous communities its always been and the signs were put up here a couple of years ago please do not climb and action film has been made on the rock people leave their garbage lying around and use the area as an outdoor toilet now the request has become a ban or whatever the lot of this is sacred ground for us the tourists neither understand this want to understand it they say this is my rock i say no this is not your rock its our rock. There are 700000 Indigenous People in australia and many feel they are disadvantaged in many ways to this day the artist couple loulou embody kui im not against tourists coming to allude in general but they do want their culture to be respected. In. Leading play for the tribes from the tribes coming in. And people coming in and there are many here along from. The climbing band has been decided but its controversial Lindy Severin and her farm and a nearby small might tell with the pub shes afraid there will be fewer tourists now as a local business woman she feels her needs were not given enough consideration when the decision was made to rub his brain very much part of of our lives both professionally and personally for a long time. Having one of those activities now removed just changes that at least 35. 00 people have died climbing the rock over the decades and a hanson and her cousin jack have made it to the top. My view for someone is a compromise where the public can climb up to ice. Top where were going to die and then that money goes back to the Indigenous Community but now only bike tours and hikes around the rock will be allowed after all the head of the parks visit to services wants to show respect for the peoples beliefs such a significant decision to close a call is there important that they could actually make such a huge decision themselves demonstrates that i actually own the place and that i can make these decisions without listening to what other people think. B. Instillation field of light brightens up every night but if the path through the peak is closed a doctor in australia is colonial history. We have sports now to lifelong friends have been playing golf together for 15 years and have built up a huge amount of trust along the way the partnership between graeme coles and lifetime caddie sue carpenter is unique colin was born blind and carpenter has become his eyes out on the fairway. This is just a great heavy soup carpenter sets up a ball for her blind frayne graham the golfer. Right theyve been close for decades of course hed be lost without his caddie if you havent got them to assist you while youre getting all right getting around the golf course you you can ply the phone in the boat. Longing in the club for you theyre telling you. If you havent got trust in your caddie twice to phone him has improved his game since taking up the sport with the lions share of the credit going to his lifelong for it she had history. But history and then working together and talking about things and the hardest thing i take with management blood golf has been played in australia for over 30 years and is now played in 16 countries but the sport is constantly looking to expand and bring new players to the game. And now to a story which may not be quite black and white a chinese has come under fire for hair dying dogs to make them look like panda bears to cafes in the provinces home to many of this the owners been dying 6 dogs to make them look like pandas hes even offered the service professionally paid of course to others but hes been facing a massive online backlash people saying hes exploiting these jokes. Its a reminder of our top stories this hour as nato defense ministers enter a 2nd day of talks on syria the u. S. Says it is moving troops back into the eastern part of the country to protect oil fields this comes after u. S. President trump withdrew american troops with their places being taken up by russian and turkish soldiers. This is good news live from berlin we have more of course. Coming up at the top of the hour up next to the point camos debate whether the u. K. s parliament really will make threats of company dont forget you can always get the latest our website as well im brian thomas when the entire news team thanks to. Modern. Body. To the point strong opinions familiar positions from International Perspectives this was supposed to be the decisive way for exit but while an iowan toss of we even whether the u. K. Will leave the e. U. Remains unclear now the time. Tables partly after brussels can westminster seal a deal thats our topic on to the point join us. Next to the detail of the. Plane of the future. It should be quiet as well as energy efficient. It should be a mantra for hybrid cars. And have an aerodynamic design. 10 planes ever be environmentally friendly. To morrow today in 60 minutes on d w. O. Luxury behind the mirror humans are exploited and animals cruelly slaughtered big brands have committed to fair working conditions and Sustainable Production but who is monitoring the some contractors and investigative documentary goes to italy and china the most behind the glamorous facades of fashion houses luxury behind the murder starts november 5th on d w. This was supposed to be the decisive week for breakfast but when how and possibly even whether the u. K. Will leave the e. U. Remains unclear after stormy debate a partial victory for Morris Johnson the majority in parliament approved his withdrawal with a deal in principle but they voted it down his timetable now the ball is in Brussels Court will it agree to the extension or reluctant they requested by the Prime Minister westminster c o a deal