They would be right but this is these are the cards that turkey has to play with i dont think that hes going to get much sympathy by saying well look but things are worse with saudi arabia and yemen thats not going to fly right now turkish troops are in in the kurdish areas of syria there is a human humanitarian disaster unfolding there there are indications of war crimes being committed by militias at least that are that are supportive of and being supported by turkey thats what the world is going to Pay Attention to by the way its not just the e. U. And the europeans and the americans whove been critical moscow has criticized as to i mean weve seen moscow describe it today in the strongest terms of the so far theyve described the military operation as being unacceptable i dont think that that will necessarily mean that there will be a Strong Security council condemnation of turkey i think between russia and china they will make sure that there is not going to be a strong line taken but if this conflict carries on if we see more graphic videos of death and destruction if there is a huge refugee crisis continue the criticism of turkey over this will continue and they will not be able to get away by saying well you didnt do this with the saudis and when you look at russia you were just mentioning russia moments ago so if we take a look at the sort of the geopolitics of the region and this power shift with the u. S. Troops pulling out some saying this is really cemented moscows reach and influence in the region is russia now the one thats calling the shots in that area. Well russia russia owns the problem whether thats necessarily a good thing or a bad thing time will tell that weve seen time and again in the middle east in that part of the world around syria its a graveyard of imperial ambitions of imperial. Hype and imperial hubris russia might find itself a few years down the line if this continues in this manner coming to the same conclusion that donald trump has which is that this is not our problem and we should be here for the moment russia seems to be in the catbird seat russia has to balance its interests between wanting to prop up the assad regime in damascus and allowing the Syrian Forces to take control of the whole of the country and on the other hand continuing its sort of whatever closer relationship with or to one it might come down to a very cynical calculation for russia they already have assad where they want to depend on russia without russia hes not going to survive. And at the same time they have pulling away from the west which has been a long time goal of russia it might come down to something cynical as who can buy more russian weapons who can buy more Russian Energy right now that is that that is are the one that is turkey and it suits russia to take turkeys side at the moment but well see as things evolve. Fast moving developments for the time being about because we thank you very much for joining us and speaking to us on the aljazeera news hour operated on the rest of the days news is coming ahead and anger wells over into violence as good news president tries to get a 3rd term in office. And sport with peter the champions get set for the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals details a little later. But 1st a yemeni official has told al jazeera forces and their separatist allies have given can. Role of airport to the saudi military its part of efforts to reach an agreement between the Yemeni Government and separatists in the south there are talks of giving separatist fighters roles in government as a way of uniting against the host these in. The European Union says reaching a deal this week remains possible but the chances are becoming increasingly slim the lead negotiator Michel Barnier made the assessment during a meeting of e. U. Ministers in luxembourg on tuesday politicians in the u. K. And in brussels are trying to reach a deal by the end of the week as the october 31st deadline approaches the leaders will be meeting for a 2 day summit from thursday. Reaching an agreement. Obviously any agreement must work for everyone. Of the United Kingdom and the whole of the European Union. To turn good intentions you know legal text. Lets were going to talk about russia is monitoring developments from paris and the negotiators are saying is in luxembourg hell be briefing you Foreign Ministers and officials on the negotiations for now he seems more positive. Well hes been quite optimistic the chief exec negotiator Michel Barnier you just heard him there hes been a lot more to mistake than hes been in previous days what hes saying is look there is some chance of a deal before this key summit on thursday which is seen as something of a deadline for the u. K. To be presenting an agreement which could be considered by e. U. Member states a revised brigs deal if you like and Michel Barnier saying that after what has been several days of very intense negotiations between the e. U. And u. K. Brakes it seems as a poor of the details and try to see whether or not there is a possibility of a revised deal off the back of Prime MinisterBoris Johnson british Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons new proposals now bonnie is saying look theres certainly a lot of will there and what he calls good intentions but as you heard him say there that has to be turned into a legal text and you have to think thats going to be incredibly challenging theres a lot of detail lot of complexity a lot of legalities and all that would have to be done and dusted before this summit on thursday in fact what banja saying is look there are 3 outcomes either were going to have something that the e. U. Member states consider consider on thursday or the talks will just fall apart or we might be talking about an extension but even that would mean that the u. K. Would have to ask for one the e. U. Would have to give one so were still not sure what the outcome will be but we know that the french president tomorrow markoff for example has spoken to the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson him are all says we must have some idea as to Member States of what is going to happen so he is really looking to see what banja is going to say at the end of this meeting of Foreign Ministers in luxembourg bania supposed to come up with what the final outcome is as i said either there will be something to talk about that e. U. Summit on thursday some sort of revised deal or the talks collapse all we could be talking about an ascension a writer natasha thank you for that update from paris lets join a hole and find out just how much progress is being made to secure a deal john is joining us from outside the u. K. Houses of parliament in london jonah. Precious little detail emerging here in london during Boris Johnson briefed earlier today his senior cabinet ministers on progress in talks but theyre certainly not briefing us there is a sense that everybody is doing what they can to avoid saying anything that would upset the delicate balance of these talks let me bring in my guest now extreme joins me hes former chief of staff for David Cameron no stranger one assumes to delicate negotiations alex is there a sense if reports are true that Boris Johnson is being pushed now to make yet another big concession in these talks that might take him close to what looks like a Northern Ireland only backstop something to resume a rejected would that be a step too far its definitely true that there is a lot of pressure on to get a deal done and theres a lot of sense around in the Financial Markets that a deal of some sort is very likely neither of those things mean that a deal will be done and that the reason for that is your 3rd point is it too much to ask of the brics it is the socalled spartans dozen of whom lets say a dozen members of the European Research group behind me in parliament who have held out throughout they did know theyre going to deal 3 times who will look at whatever comes out from this negotiation and say that looks very similar to what we voted no against 3 times already and the democratic unionist of Northern Ireland would also presumably say no and that might put paid to whatever majority he might have in parliament for a deal on saturday well it depends Arlene Foster the leader of the d. P. Has made it clear that she will look at any option she was also very angry about that being misreported as if shed said she would commit to things that she thought was not in elses interests but she in my views on the right thing and said i will not dismiss any potential outcome we should look at these things and see whats in the best interests of our country so d. D. P. Hasnt ruled anything out yet and i think its important for us not to have read the fact that the conservative parties in government or not now seem a minority government alongside the d. P. As if the d. P. Are absolute naysay is actually they may be the key to getting a deal done and we can write. Getting off of course that could yet be a deal on the 31st of october but lets assume there isnt almost certainly that would lead to an extension what would that do to the prospects of the election Boris Johnson craves and his chances of winning it is a 1st of all i think the country is much better off with a deal by the 31st and 2nd of all i think there will be a deal by the 31st but lets say im wrong and we do go beyond that time i have no reason to say that other than sort of Wishful Thinking no no i think that the move move from both sides is very keen very clear has been far more conciliatory liver at car the irish t. Shirt has been very conciliatory on talking about agreements and compromises on the main Sticking Point which is this socalled backstop that we Northern Irelands actually i think i do have some reasons to be sympathetic moreover of course some of the naysayers people like steve baker be much more sympathetic to his position ok let me briefly on the elected deal but if there isnt a deal then suddenly if we do have an extension then boris and his government be very keen not to have one thank you very much because thats the one thing that will see a surge in the brics Party Support and that would be very bad for the tories ok alex we live in the thanks very much and we will know later this evening if indeed britain does come up with the legal text that mr vanier has insisted on having whether indeed these talks will continue at all to you john i thank you at least 5 people have been killed in antigovernment demonstrations in guinea there is widespread anger at a proposed change to the constitution which would allow president to run for a 3rd term nicolas haq has more from the capital conakry. This is downtown and here people were protesting clashing with Security Forces yesterday where many people have died and scores were injured dont people have come out and like this lawyer returning back to normal some of them came out to see what will happen today because the Opposition Leader called for another day of nationwide movement earlier we saw down this road Security Forces clashing with protesters arresting them beating them many of them or i think anything because the majority of the population here but never has a pull on the lead this country and many of the opposition people that you see here accuse the president. Of deepening ethnic divisions in this multiethnic country now the president has called for a National Dialogue he wants to sit down with the opposition and try to find a solution to this political deadlock the president ial election or a year away but there are scenes that for now there is no room for dialogue. The corruption trial of former South African president jacob zuma has been postponed until next year hes facing 16 charges relating to a government deal for military equipment with a French Arms Company zuma says he hasnt done anything wrong for me to miller has more from pietermaritzburg on a scandal that goes back more than a decade. Jacob zuma made a short appearance in what was expected to be the 1st day of questions into allegations of corruption within minutes the trial was again perspire own to february next year mr zuma elects to exercise is. The full extent. Of his guns just not rights. Which includes that i took. An unfavorable decision. When i saw the civil court zuma will appeal Fridays Court ruling that said he should. Stand trial the charges relate to 180000000. 00 contract with a French Arms Company time is to provide naval equipment to the South African government tang has accused of paying a bribe to zuma who was then the leader of the causal natal province for his influence zuma was 1st charged in 2007 the charges were dropped 2 years later when he became president of the African National congress but last year charges of corruption racketeering and Money Laundering were reinstated its been almost 15 years since zuma 1st face these charges and the latest appeal will keep zuma out of court at least for now many see this as yet another delay tactic by the former president who has repeatedly claimed he wants his day in court whatever the outcome the trial is likely to be drawn out for months to come. Outside the court a couple of 100 supporters gathered to hear zuma speak. But. We asked the court to drop the charges completely because its apparent that this case was never going to be dealt with fairly because we believe there was a conspiracy to find ways to arrest me. While vocal this crowd is one of the smallest seen supporting the former president a no show by prominent provincial leaders of seumas party the a. N. C. Perhaps a sign of declining support. To maritzburg south africa one of the stories coming up on the aljazeera news hour mozambique votes in general elections seen as a test of whether a peace deal will hold. After weeks of accusations from donald trump joe bidens son speaks out to tell his side of the story. In sport one baseball teams 86 year wait to play in the world series is almost over thats coming up with peter and sports. Hello last night was a sundry one in the event the club just about shows it this moisture coming in from the mediterranean and up from the red sea and its toward us to do some pretty good flashes and buying the whole lots died down but the potential still there i think the next day or so that we best realize in the world then so too possibly bits assyria tempers havent changed very much is not really a change of season but its a hint that it certainly wants to change and that cloud has drifted science woods into saudi arabia but to the east it remains draw even around the caspian nothings coming out of this the sky anymore terence 27. 00 but guns gone diabolo the 35. 00 mark of 40 mark 37. 00 so were still hovering around 40 in kuwait dropped below around the gulf states theres not much of a breeze here there is more of one in oman and that cloud there and rain may well go through circumference of the whole of africa the next day or so which is really the back end of the monsoon rains sauls down to 32. 00 now but it will be dry by city the cloud up inside it might still produce a thunderstorm or 2 now Southern Africa of course is going for a nice change of season the moment that cloud might produce a shower too but i think not. 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