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Turkish troops are targeting Kurdish fighters in Syria days after President Trump’s decision to pull back US forces from the region. US troops say they came under artillery fire in northern Syria near a known military base. Turkey’s ministry of defence say they were responding to fire originating from near the base whilst avoiding the base.
The republic of Turkey was formed in 1923 marking the end of 623 years of the Ottoman dynasty. It has since tried to form allegiances with the west, being a member of the un and various related western alliances such as nato.
Turkey forms part of Europe and Asia and has been criticised by the EU for its autocracy. It has what is described as a unitary system of government. The Kurdish fight for political and cultural freedom has lead to many wars.

Turkey are currently entering the Kurdish region of Syria. Kurds are a minority ethnic group living primarily in Turkey. The Kurdish state compromises part of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran but is not recognised in the Sykes Picot agreement, an Anglo-French document, and the treaty of Lausanne which was signed after the first world war.
Turkey is mainly Sunni Muslim, as are the the Kurdish people ac. They are reported to have suffered discrimination and have fought for autonomy historically. A mass grave was found by western allies following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, however, according to sources, the graves dated back to the 1970’s when Kurdish people who were trying to leave Iraq died of hunger. According to the report Syria wouldn’t let them in.
Kurdish forces fought with the un to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime.
War in the middle east resulted in an Islamic state paramilitary style contingent which propagated many vicious murders. Isis, Islamic state of Iraq and Syria, founded in 1999, is said to have been infiltrated under the term of Barack Obama.

If northern Ireland remain in the customs union, as said, this means Britain will be able to continue to impose international sanctions:
Can northern Ireland remain in both the UK and Europe? If Brexit goes ahead, logic says they can’t. Are unionists, by saying they want to remain in both the UK and the European Union, planning for the island of Ireland to become part of the UK?

Christine Lagarde, former managing director of the International monetary fund will become president of the European national bank, according to sources. The ENB are said to manage the euro and frame and implements eu economic and monetary policy. Legislation allows them to supervise the banking sector by imposing sanctions on banks guilty of misconduct. This serves as a deterrent to the bank concerned and also to the banking sector.
The IMF, who are in charge of third world debt, are threatening a recession, citing what is described as trade wars between the US and China, and Brexit. This amounts to the introduction of tariffs as an economic measure, and encouraging self-sufficiency.

The lifting of fuel subsidies in Ecuador is said to be the cause of days of angry protests by civillians. According to some sources this is due to a disagreement between Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Official sources say that civil unrest has led the Ecuadorian government to move base but President Moreno says that he is the victim of a coup.
In August of this year, executive order 13884 allowed for the blocking of all assets owned by the Venezuelan Government. Widespread power cuts in Venezuela have been blamed on saboteurs.
In March 2017, according to sources, a supreme court, the details of which are not widely known, attempted to strip the governing United Socialist Party of most of its powers. Both parties continue to meet in the same building.
According to critics, Venezuela’s government collapsed into economic chaos in 2014. This is difficult to believe because Venezuela contains the world’s richest oil reserves.

Authorities have cut off internet communication in Iraq amid protests about corruption and unemployment. Seven more people were killed amid riots yesterday, according to Iraqi sources. Thousands of young people said to be outraged at the lack of public services and poor job prospects in the oil rich country, turned out:
The Iraqi monarchy was overthrown in 1958. Iraq was controlled by the Arab socialist Ba’ath party from 1968 until 2003. The coalition provisional authority was established following the invasion of the country by the US and UK. The un security council resolution 1483 recalled all previous resolutions excluding an arms trade embargo. It lifted trade sanctions and terminated an oil for food program which began in 1995.
The office for construction and humanitarian assistance was established in 2003, two months before the invasion. Retired US army lieutenant general Jay Garner was director along with three deputies including British major general Tim Cross. Upon dissolution of the OCHA Tim Cross became the first chief executive of the coalition provisional authority. Gardner’s swift dismissal may be attributed by some to be connected to a statement concerning Iraqi sovereignty.
A new government of western delegates has proved unpopular. Middle east academics are said to have had marginal influence in Iraq compared to the American enterprise institute. The press, in particular the Washington post has been criticised for its support of western interests. Public opinion may disagree.

Fourteen people were killed on Friday, reportedly tourists who were visiting the Rwandan great lakes region which is known for its mountain gorillas. The attack has been blamed on local people who were searching for food. They have been shot according to Arab sources:
The so called Rwandan genocide occurred between April and July
1994 and is described as the mass slaughter of the Tutsi and Twa people of Rwanda and blamed on Huti extremism but according to Arab sources it was an economic war. Rwanda has a colonial past. The German and Belgian sponsored Tutsi monarchy lasted until 1959. The present king of Rwanda lives in exile in Manchester.
It is not known how bad things are in Rwanda, officially the republic of Rwanda or what the water situation is like. There are current concerns however about an ebola epidemic in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Parliamentary elections take place in Portugal today. Unlike other countries supposedly, the president has the power to appoint a prime minister and dissolve parliament. Is he a delegate?
Since 1974, the political scene In Portugal has been dominated by the socialist party and the social democratic party but have been criticised for not being what they seem.
The president of Portugal since 2016 is Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. A presidencial system took over from the monarchy in 1910.
In 1995, Portugal was involved in Schengen area politics and was one of the founding members of the euro and eurozone. In 2004, the prime minister of Portugal became president of the european commission, the executive branch of the eu.
The treaty of Lisbon was signed in the Jeronimos Monastry in Lisbon in 2007 by member states. It was also known as the reform treaty; reforming as it did, all previous eu treaties. Ireland was the only country to hold a referendum about whether to sign, but a no vote was not substantiated by the taoiseach who called for a second referendum. The president of Ireland signed the reform treaty into law in 2009.
The treaty marked the end of negotiations that began in 2001 and has many amendments. Human rights and banking legislation in particular have suffered, making the treaty unpopular. This with particular regard to the seizing, freezing and blocking of assets.
The treaty was signed by the queen and the UK foreign secretary. The ratification of the treaty by Gordon Brown and the member states has been described as a gross impertinence and absolutely atrocious behaviour.

According to news, Britain are insisting on a deal before they leave the EU and the British prime minister is suffering various allegations from distant past and being generally scape goated by the media for seemingly not seeing this as practical.
Might be the UK want to avoid tariffs that apply to any goods crossing eu external borders but It is supposed that the customs union falls under the umbrella of the world trade organization. The WTO constructs sanctions for any country that might oppose autocracy.
Is it feasible for the eu to continue to allow the UK to dominate the customs union?

In these days of autocracy it’s sometimes difficult to believe trumped up charges, but with regard to Israel, didn’t the Blue and White party win the election? It seems autocracy disagrees. Likewise Brexit and the insistence on a deal even though the UK are leaving the European union, therefore is a deal appropriate?