Confliction zones and a safe areas in syria particularly in the last 34 years as dismal none of them have worked and the reason is the Bigger Picture which were seeing right now which is an extraordinary affirmation of the role of imperial powers using local actors in the middle east particularly in syria and iraq and particularly the kurds the russians the americans the british the french now the turks as a Regional Power this is been going on for 100 years so theres nothing new here this is a all the says is a sad reaffirmation of the continuation of imperial manipulation of weak dependent local actors and betraying them time after time after time for the interests of the bigger power and this is i think the sad situation youre in and do you think any of. Those powers that you just mentioned have thought about the hundreds of thousands of not the millions of civilians that are in this area that tookie has said that it wants to create a safe zone in return millions of Syrian Refugees who are in turkey but isnt. Hasnt this incursion just created more refugees. And the short run it has and there will continue to be moments like this one Regional Powers or foreign powers act unilaterally militarily to create more death and destruction and refugee flows and the irony is that turkey for instance has used the refugee flows as a tool a bargaining tool with the europeans in the same way that many of the players in the region have used the eisel terrorists as bargaining tools they say well if you dont play our game were going to let these terrorists loose and theyre going to come after you and of course the western media and the American Government in particular have fallen for this so they just emphasize the eisel terrorists and the refugee flows so the answer to your question is no none of the big powers and very few of the Regional Powers genuinely care about the civilians and the suffering and if you see the last 78 years in syria whats happened with not only for foreign powers and Regional Powers but the governments of the countries themselves killing their own people in a very very vicious way they dont care about the civilians and their suffering and this is the wider tragedy because this is the powerlessness and helplessness of the citizens of the middle east particularly the arab world who are treated by their own and other governments with total disdain and they have nothing that they can do about it just we see the kurds now as the latest example desperately running from one country to another ending up with the Syrian Government to protect them you know because they have to live they want to survive above all else and thats a very human reaction necessary thank you as always for your analysis we do appreciate that as ronny 3 live in boston thank you. We are moving on to other news now and britains Prime Minister is facing a brakes that showdown in parliament after clinching a last minute agreement with the European Union the deal avoids the need for a hard border in ireland and allows for the whole of the u. K. To leave the e. U. Use Customs Union but there are serious doubts about whether boss johnson will get it approved by parliament on saturday Natasha Butler reports. Having pushed the European Union for voice breaks it deal Boris Johnson finally got what he wanted in brussels he said the new agreement was in everyones interests i want to stress that this is a great deal for our country for the u. K. I also believe its a very good deal for our friends in the e. U. And what it means is that we in the u. K. Can come out of the e. U. As one United Kingdom england scotland wales you all are and together. The last minute deal was welcomed by e. U. Leaders it came after days of intensive negotiations between u. K. And e. U. Officials to take a change in comparison with the version of the deal as Prime Minister just accept those customs checks at the point of entry into the island. This compromise. To avoid the border checks between iran and iran and will end the show the integrity of the Single Market the irish Prime Minister welcome the deal but some ante breaks the campaign is in brussels where unconvinced and said they still face uncertainty i wouldnt be able to go back to pay with my husband in case my parents needed more help because. Income threshold you still have to ratify the deal but the sense here in brussels is that their work is done that however is not the case for Boris Johnson he still has to convince the u. K. Parliament to back his agreement but that wont be easy the deal has failed to win the key support of the Democratic Unionist Party or d u p the Northern Irish party the props up johnsons conservative government its obviously not a day we can support weve made that assessment on the deal itself were not there in a compare and contrast but certainly this. Gives us our border in the irish sea in terms of in terms of costumes and terms of Single Market without any consent that is meaningful for the people of Northern Ireland if the british Prime Minister fails to win parliamentary backing for his deal hell be legally obliged to seek an extension from brussels to the october 31st briggs deadline result face says that is not going to happen breaks it would seem is far from over potential partner aljazeera brussels well lets go to john howard now he is joining us live from brussels Northern Ireland will stick to some e. U. Rules while still being in the u. K. Customs area talk us through whats different in this deal. Yeah its not the 1st deal weve had in this entire process to resume a got one of course it was voted down in the British Parliament 3 times the difference here its Boris Johnsons deal for one thing its a much harder braggs it in terms of the terminology breaks it of much more a brace abrupt rupture from the European Union the whole of the u. K. Including Northern Ireland leaves the Customs Union at the end of the transition period at the end of 2020 the old backstop of course so much trouble that so many m. P. s couldnt bring themselves to vote for is gone its replaced by a boarder in the irish sea that again i think a lot of m. P. s will struggle to vote for there are positives for both sides in this deal Boris Johnsons government and the hard brick city years who support him can go off now assuming it becomes law of course and make as Many International trade deals as they want to the europeans unions sees the integrity of its Single Market preserve and peace upheld important on the island of ireland think. Leaving aside the question of whether it will pass through the house of commons on saturday and that is a an enormous question there is an abiding sense i think of relief and optimism among the leaders here in brussels that perhaps the worst is over perhaps they can now move on with the 2nd stage of breaks in negotiating the future relationship the future of trade deal without having this deep question of whether brics it will happen or not hanging over everybodys head i wonder how long that sense of optimism of relief were lost china when all eyes now on westminster where i was reading that m. P. s will have their 1st saturday session since 1982. Yes the 1st in 37 years youre right that optimism could evaporate very very quickly indeed Boris Johnson was absolutely a bully and full of optimism here in brussels delivering the news to the other leaders that he was certain there was a majority for this deal in the house of commons the numbers dont bear that out a lot of people would question it is by no means certain hes lost the do you see with the d p he may have lost some if not a large number of the heartbreaks that spartans on the right of his party that always supported the do you please position who may or may not now support him the opposition certainly wont support it the question will be how many labor m. P. s are willing to break ranks more concerned that breaks it actually happen now than what is actually in a deal in the biggest question of all of course what if it doesnt pass what happens then Boris Johnson is compelled by law to ask for an extension he says he wont do that so the courts could be primed in those final few days before the 31st to intervene importantly here in brussels the leader the president of the Council Donald Tusk said if a delay is requested the leaders would entertain the idea of it and some of those leaders speaking during the course of the day said yes they would grant a delay from deed a delay was required jonah thank you very much for that finale that is john holl live and brussels thank you. Now to lebanon where thousands of people are demonstrating in the capital beirut in some of the biggest protests there and here is i know the crowds are marched on parliament angry over proposed taxes on tobacco and petrol the governments already been forced to scrap plans to charge users of the messaging app whatsapp lebanon has the 3rd highest debt level in the world in the governments declared a state of economic emergency. Saudi aramco has delayed the planned launch of its initial Public Offering the oil giant had been expected to announce plans next week to float a one to 2 percent stake on the kingdoms owl market of the september drawing attacks on key around Oil Facilities knocked out half of its crude output sources have told the Reuters News Agency that the Company Hopes to bolster Investor Confidence with its 3rd Quarter Results now u. S. President donald trump has officially announced the resignation of Energy Secretary rick perry barry has become a central figure in questions over whether trump pressured ukraine to investigate joe biden as resignation has been anticipated for weeks traum says perry will stay on until the end of the year and hes already he already has a successor in mind and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney was at the center of a firestorm in washington on thursday when he seemingly admitted that military aid to ukraine was withheld partly as a bargaining chip mulvaney then reverse that statement hours later saying there was absolutely no quid pro quo well the question of whether trump pressured kiev to investigate allegations against his political rival joe biden is at the center of a congressional impeachment inquiry is some of what mulvaney had to say. He also mentioned to me in past that the corruption related to the d. N. C. Server absolutely no question about that but thats it thats why we held up the money now there was a reporters demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he was on to withhold funding to upgrade the the look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation and that is absolutely probably the father. Which which ultimately then flowed. Now this comes as u. S. President donald trump has been accused of directing officials to consult his personal lawyer about washingtons policy on ukraine u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Gordon songlines has trump outsourced American Foreign policy to a private citizen where he giuliani was solvent told a Congressional Committee investigating trump that giulianis agenda included a push for kiev to investigate former Vice PresidentJoe Biden Giuliani has so far refused to cooperate with the pitchman inquiry and to donald trump well lets take a closer look now at Gordon Sandland the wealthy owner of the hotel chain he gave a 1000000. 00 towards trumps inauguration or President Trump nominated saw him as the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. In may last year hes been questioned about any role he played in encouraging ukraine to investigate joe biden and biden son solomon exchanged a series of Text Messages with another u. S. Diplomat that had become central to allegations that trump without aid from ukraine as a bargaining chip to encourage the biden investigation now robin letts is the former general counsel for the u. S. Director of National Intelligence and he says that solomons testimony was just another part of a mounting pile of evidence against trump. I dont know that id characterize sun lens testimony by itself as a smoking gun i think you had an entire fuse a lot of guns going off this week and theyre going to continue to do so. The latest being Mick Mulvaney admission this afternoon that yes in fact there was a quid pro quo youve basically got all of the relevant facts established at this point between the transcript of the conversation that was released the testimony of the witnesses whove whove testified the Text Messages that we saw its now completely apparent that President Trump wanted ukraine to dig up dirt and conduct investigations for the president s personal benefit that he when career in fishel at the state department refused to go along with that he bypassed them and outsourced our Foreign Policy to Rudy Giuliani and Energy Secretary perry and others who werent ordinarily in the chain of command and that they basically told the ukrainians if you want this military aid you have to investigate biden and the the a legit origins of the russia inquiry so i think the facts are all understood in the question is what are the consequences going to be. Still ahead on the news hour the threat of icy fighters escaping the iraq and french governments discuss their fate. Violence during my exam beats Election Campaign raises questions about the impartiality of police and boxing more as the force finds her to die from injuries sustained in the ring and as many monstro would have the details in sport. 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Vice president mike pence says turkey has agreed to a 5 day pause in its offensive in Northern Syria and says he will give kurdish fighters time to withdraw from a 32 kilometer zone in the north east of the country the commander of the Kurdish Forces has told local media that they will abide by the agreement by us president hollande trumpets praising the date as a great day for civilization while turkeys foreign minister welcome the day and bought refused to call that a ceasefire. And the European Parliament has agreed to a new brakes a day but versions promised Abbas Johnson still faces a battle to