Let's Make a Deal: Brexit, Syria Ceasefire, Auto Worker Strike

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🗓️ 17 October 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

With just days to go before a Brexit deadline, UK and EU leaders shook hands on a new withdrawal agreement today. But that hardly means a Halloween Brexit is guaranteed. We’ll explain what could happen when British lawmakers vote on the deal on Saturday. Meanwhile, US pressure on Turkey to halt fighting in Syria appeared to pay off today, as Turkey agreed to a ceasefire to spare US-allied Kurdish fighters. Also on today’s show: how a picket line update could affect you, and something that happened in Vegas that maybe shouldn’t stay there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, October 17th.
0:03.1	Welcome to Schemeless.
0:04.1	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:07.9	why they matter.
0:09.7	The European Union is throwing its support behind a brand new Brexit plan.
0:13.3	That sounds great, but UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson still got to sell the British
0:17.8	Parliament on the plan.
0:19.5	Then, Turkey has agreed to a ceasefire in Northern Syria to let America's Kurdish allies escape
0:25.1	recent fighting.
0:26.7	Finally, it looks like Sin City may have a little bit of a saintly streak.
0:31.8	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:33.7	Let's skim this.
0:39.0	Today's episode is brought to you by LinkedIn.
0:44.4	The most complicated story today is about what's happening across the pond.
0:48.8	October 31st is two weeks away, which means you have two weeks to come up with your
0:53.2	Halloween costume, and the UK has two weeks to pass a deal to leave the European Union.
0:58.9	Yep, Brexit.
1:00.8	And this morning the UK Prime Minister announced, we've got a deal.
1:04.5	So today we're going to get into what's in the deal, how people are feeling about it,
1:09.0	and what's probably next for Brexit.
1:11.6	Let's get into it by looking into the deal.
1:15.2	The big new development has to do with what's been the sticking point for most of the Brexit
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