city's war. starting march tenth on t.w. . this is news coming to you live from berlin the german chancellor condemns the killings in syria in an address to parliament says the syrian government is committing a massacre against its own people on the outskirts of damascus. meanwhile civilians in eastern remain trapped with no letup in the bombing campaign on the rebel held enclave what can be done and the bloodshed will ask

a german lawmaker in foreign relations an expert. and give teachers. that suggestion from u.s. president donald trump as he meets with school shooting survivors the listening session in the white house says demands for gun control grows louder following last week's florida massacre. hello i'm terry march and good to have you with us german chancellor has just delivered her first major policy speech to parliament since the general election last september but much of her focus was on a conflict far from germany's or even to europe's borders during her address she condemned the syrian government's brutal bombing campaign of a rebel held enclave outside the capital damascus here's what she had to say. what

we see right now. the horrifying events that come in syria. to fight off one regime not against terrorists but against its own population. killing children destroying whole split up. all these constitute a massacre which needs to be condemned we say. but at the same time it requires us to play a launch a road in this making so we can end something so massacre and we as europeans need to strong fullbacks. of course was german chancellor angela merkel speaking through the parliament on the humanitarian crisis in syria she delivered that address just a few moments ago well the biggest target is due to debate the crisis later today hundreds of civilians have been killed in syria's eastern guta a rebel enclave the pro-government forces have been relentlessly shelling and bombing for days the region has been under siege for months the u.n.

security council is due to vote on a humanitarian ceasefire for syria later today. from wellspring in nori poor here he's a member of the german parliament for the green party and also member the part of his foreign relations and defense committees thank you for talking with this is morning. well chancellor merkel just called on syria to end the massacre of its own people in eastern guta are you satisfied with her state or. no one now it's obvious that there are is the biggest bloodshed in the history of this war we've had a lot of math rossi's and it's not enough just to say that fear or condemning it she said that germany is going to try i have been the road there no idea what she's talking about i want to see the consequences and the most important thing in these days is to know that there are three things that has been treated resolutions of the united nations security council being

a food by the russians to talking about is besieged besieged locations being liberated and about humanitarian aid for those people or tell its about the russians to deliver in these days i want i would love to see my chance to talking about that addressing the russian side and asking him if they are ready to take the responsibility for their own vote in the security council listen or put what prospects do you see for a negotiated settlement in the syrian civil war. now at the end of today it's a question of assad's remaining in cedar or not and i just can ask all of those people who say that assad has won and he has to to stay there is how a reconciliation in the country with those pictures we have seen from from. the can can be arranged with the assad who is a symbol of barrel bombs off the ruins in the cities enough the usage of chemical weapons. well we've seen many humanitarian crises in syria during the seven years

civil war what makes the one in eastern guta any different is the world still shrugging it shoulders. and no for the last seven years there has been a lot of players there now and there are dated they are gone and the main player there is assad has been supported by the iranians and then the russians and there are four hundred fifty thousand people now being besieged hospitals are bombs and everybody knows this is the four last step before it goes he goes after eclipse he saw the day when he would see the range of atrocities in east aleppo this is repeating now in these days in and after that is going to be the last game or the end game of the war in italy and in the eclipse there are more than two and a half million people there living or not living but trying to live there to try to survive and there are there are a lot of hospitals being destroyed so assad strategy is to harm his own people

as long as they do not surrender and this is what is happening in and i just can't recall anybody that does been in famous in a very bad way couple of years ago because it was a city with the first major chemical weapons attack there there is no bigger suffer on earth than in good time these days chancellor merkel in address to parliament today she called on europe and germany to work together with a common security and defense policy what should germany and the e.u. be doing in your eyes to resolve conflicts not just in syria but in the broader middle east. you have to come together we are too small of germany or of france or as belgium to be heard europe is sidelined in syria for a couple of years because we have been divided it has been countries who delivered arms to the rebels and that in countries who same time. delivered arms.

so the question of the other side of the americans after russians had always has been was the european position and we never had one and this is why we have been. sidelined if you want to have a voice again if you want to be heard if you want to manage to to contribute to results and resolution for conflicts you have to come together and we have to find common and a common language you're talking to the. rest of northport thank you so much for talking with us today that was only nori poor he's a member of the german parliament and spokesperson for the german green party. which. the head of the united nations has described the death and devastation in the rebel held suburb of damascus as quote hell on earth despite calls for an immediate ceasefire syrian government airstrikes are again pounding eastern go to today the syrian military says it's targeting terrorists but independent monitors say more than three hundred people have been killed since sunday most of them

civilians we want to warn you that you may find the images in the next report have . for a war that's been raging for nearly seven years the images a new less shocking and no less harrowing. this boy's parents fate is unknown and what's will become of him. in towns already reduced to shout any hospital still standing is completely overwhelmed. since sunday the syrian government reportedly aided by russian forces has stepped up its bombardment of this rebel on clay with little regard for those who inhabit it. oh.

and still the fighter jets keep coming if what happened in homs in aleppo is anything to go by they were installed as no one left those who survived there being starved in their own homes. is not enough for the situation is getting worse and people are forced to stay on their grounds to avoid the shelling on able to go on to the streets or whatever's left of them to collect or buy food. condemning the syrian government but that comes as little consolation to the people of eastern. actions how far more facts than just words. from on the. stick a look now at some of the other stories making headlines today a german court is set to decide whether cities can ban diesel cars to in order to

cut air pollution the case was started by an environmental group which says the city of st card hasn't done enough to limit harmful diesel limitations case could have significant repercussions for the german car industry. morial service has been held in the new zealand city of christ church to mark the seventh anniversary of a deadly earthquake prime minister listened paid tribute to the families of the one hundred eighty five victims she also announced new many funding to help children affected by the earthquake. and pakistan's supreme court has banned hold of prime minister nawaz sharif from his position as head of the ruling party sharif was barred from holding public office over corruption allegations last july decision has created political turmoil ahead of senate elections and could. in politics. in the united states survivors of the florida school shooting have appealed to

president donald trump to do more to stop gun violence and an emotionally charged meeting at the white house trial promised to take action even suggesting the possibility of arming teachers lawmakers are facing a new push for gun control after last week's rampage that left seventeen people dead. it was called a listening session but president donald trump had plenty to say meeting at the white house with survivors of gun violence and victims' families suggested one solution to school shootings could be more guns after and this would only be obviously for people that are very adept at handling a gun and it would be it's called concealed carry where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them they'd go for special training and they would. be there and you would no longer have a gun free zone gun free zone to a maniac. because they're all cowards

a gun free zone is let's go in and let's attack anybody like the father of a boy killed in the twenty twelve sandy hook school shooting didn't think much of the idea. and school teachers have more than enough responsibilities right now then to have to have the awesome responsibility of lethal force to take a life. thank you. nobody wants to see a shootout in a school and a range sociopath on his way to commit an act of of murder in a school with the outcome knowing the outcome is going to be suicide is not going to care if there's somebody there with a gun that's their plan anyway trump also vowed to improve background checks and said he was open to raising the minimum age for buying high powered weapons it was a meeting heavy with raw emotion. just doesn't make sense fix it should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it i turned eighteen the day

after. or got to the news that my best friend was gone. and i don't understand why i could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. in fact. we are taking. these students say they're angry that school massacres have become commonplace and little has been done to stop them on wednesday they skipped class to protest at the white house for more gun control this generation of mass shootings is reminding politicians that their voices are growing stronger. and we're going to where the money at the midterm elections we're going to vote in the forefront elections and none of them are going to stand up was. now to london where the big names of britain's music industry took the stage at

wednesday night's brit awards. singer during the. storm see where the biggest winners of this year's edition taking two trophies each including best female and male solos. ed sheeran took the global success award which goes to the best selling british chart. of the prizes included best international group four to five. and forgo just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you here today old enough you news. has condemned this so killing of civilians in syria as a massacre speaking during a parliamentary address merkel said she would be reaching out to russia

a key ally of the syrian regime and in efforts to stop the violence. and us president donald trump has suggested arming teachers as a way to install more school shootings proposal at a meeting with survivors of the florida gun rampage that killed seventeen people. that's all you news for now you can find all or stories on a lot of t.w. dot com i'm richard will be with you next hour with another old bulletin thanks for watching. we make up week watch as. she picks. the simple seven percent. the continent's future it's harder to join youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challengers the seventy seven percent of these platforms for work hard.