they could be the future of. granting opportunities global news that matters d. w. leak from mines. this is d w news live from berlin wrangling at the united nations security council delays a vote on a temporary ceasefire for syria and the u.n. wants to allow humanitarian aid in for thousands of people trapped there without food water or fuel in eastern gupta but russia has concerns about whether rebel fighters there will respect the cease fire. also coming up how to fill the money

hole left by gregson european union leaders begin to plan the blocks long term budgets members may have to dig deep into their pockets to make up for the loss of britain's contribution. sara kelly welcome to the program we begin in syria in the damascus suburb of eastern buthe where residents have been living a nightmare as government forces have unleashed waves of air strikes hundreds of people have been killed since sunday including many children the un security council is scheduled to vote on a temporary ceasefire that would allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach trap civilians but russia has concerns about the resolution and that has led to repeated delays in the vote moscow wants guarantees that rebel fighters in eastern goto will

respect a halt to the fighting. these crackling bright lights have all the hallmarks of a firework display. but they're designed to devastate not celebrate activists say they are proof that the syrian government is firing indiscriminately cluster bombs into built up residential areas and after a fifth night of regime pounding that rebel held posture looks like this. the grieving here takes place amid the search for life. well lived. i knew he would go. i told his grandmother he would go. he didn't want to continue living in terror. i wish it had been me who was killed instead of my son. you know i wish it had been me who was killed so i

wouldn't have to grieve for you my son nor the would go long ago although. some have lost hope others cling to it. the work of first responders here made ever harder by treacherous conditions and the lack of medical supplies. as death rains down from above and world powers are still arguing about how to stop it . the special envoy for syria and stuff and the means to iraq eatery that you many tied in situation of the civilians in eastern is appalling and therefore we are in argent need for a ceasefire the stops both the or refit heavy bombardment of. and the in these communities mortar shelling on the mosque. security council members want to cease fire that would give safe passage for aid and evacuations no one needs to

russia a key city an ally wants guarantees any traceable also apply to rebel fighters. and as we heard diplomats at the united nations security council in new york are giving it another try to pass a resolution for a thirty day truce let's bring in independent journalist james ryan who is standing by with the latest from new york where the security council is based welcome to you james as we heard another day of delays on this vote why is it taking the security council so long to take action. because the council is split basically the. five permanent members of the u.n. security council each have a veto and so if you want to bring something to a vote and you want that to pass like this syria eastern ghouta cease fire resolution then you need everyone on board and so far it seems russia has expressed serious misgivings about this resolution as a result of which there have been delays as they redraft it look at different ways

that you can word it a few sticking points around humanitarian access and the sticking points about which particular rebel groups get named in the document as a result of which you need to then be sent back to the various capitals once they've got a firm draw so that washington can take a look at it so can moscow paris and london and everyone else. but as it stands those men to be coming back the information is coming back in and as it stands we should be looking a vote within about twenty five minutes time within about twenty five minutes time but we know i mean that time has been pushed back time and time again the same thing was said yesterday russia ended up effectively blocking the vote at that time how is the resolution that is being discussed today different than the one yesterday. some of the sticking points have been about humanitarian access the resolution as it was drafted calls for

a nationwide truce to go into effect seventy two hours off the resolution gets passed then medical evacuation teams and a delivery is meant to be able to start today's bummed out suburbs like eastern ghouta in other parts of syria forty eight hours after that there was some concern about these timelines and how they might be able to come into effect there was another big issue a bone of contention the draft resolution said that there would be a cease fire but it was not meant to cover military operations against extremist groups like islamic state al-qaeda front the russians moskos said that wasn't the way that it should work that they thought it wasn't a realistic approach and they wanted it to go further and they wanted to name some of these other rebel groups like jai shell its land and its rival in iraq man that operate in eastern guta and that was not a bone of contention it seems that maybe that whole section of the resolution is actually going to be taking out when it comes to a vote and as we wait on that vote reminder that the death toll is rising in

eastern we want to thank you so much james ryan a lot for your reporting there in new york on the latest action from the u.n. security council we appreciate it for let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world at least eighteen people are reported dead after two huge explosions rocked the somali capital mogadishu the blasts near the presidential palace were followed by gun battles between attackers and police suspected al shabaab militants reported they tried to force their way into the palace. a u.n. investigation into the conflict in south sudan says there is enough evidence to prosecute at least forty senior government and rebel officers for crimes against humanity and war crimes the u.n. report gives horrific witness accounts of gang rapes castration and ethnic violence and says that children are not expired. and human rights watch is accusing me on

mars government of using bulldozers to erase the villages of the row hinge of people it says these satellite images show large scale land clearance which could be aimed at hiding evidence of atrocities hundreds of thousands of muslim minorities fled to neighboring bangladesh last year following an army crackdown fit . to brussels now where e.u. leaders have met to discuss how to fill the multi billion euro hole in the blocks budget that will be left after britain leaves britain has agreed to keep paying its share with at least ten billion euros a year until twenty twenty but the other members are divided over how to deal with the budgetary shortfall after that. three national leaders on a mission to solve how the e.u. will plug the post brics it funding gap should it be done via cut back to increase its membership fee but the netherlands and austria are against the idea of rich countries paying more. least or new just what we do not want is an ever increasing

good on the net contributors because the new contributors already make a very very large contribution rules and. britain's departure from the e.u. will lead to a multi billion euro funding shortfall the netherlands only by making cutbacks can more money be found to mutually important issues like security and immigration fortunately we've contributed large sums and for good reasons but we can't allow this to increase now. also on the agenda is a contentious proposal by angle a miracle to attach conditions to funding this would mean countries like hungary and poland accepting more refugees critics say this measure would be unjust. then we had steve before we combine funding with solving immigration issues who carries the cost not the government it's the citizens and i don't know if that's the best solution. john clarke president of the e.u. commission is taking a pragmatic approach e.u.

nations will have to pull together he says but it seems there's a long way to go before that will happen. today is the final day of competition at the berlin international film festival and my colleague charlotte charles impale and maya shader are standing by with the latest action on the red carpet and you know no surprise guys european films are really popular at this film festival and we had a german one preparing today tell us a little bit more about it. that's where we saw the last entry into the belinelli competition section it was called in the isles and it's a really sweet small film just sort of a low key love story about what it's like to work in a supermarket in east germany yeah that's right it's actually a very needing film and also stars fans look lusty he is a huge hit with us i have to say and also here is the bad and as well he's starring

in another film in the competition believe it or not that's to you and that's a film called transit way he plays a refugee and then as well he's won the bet in shooting star wars which means the ballinasloe has decided that he is one to watch out of a big deal he's in he's a big deal we don't want to give away too much they check out his performance in this report. this is not an action movie. and it's an unlikely place for a love story in the aisles takes us to a discount superstore in a small town where there's a new guy working the drinks section. to. christian hardly says a word but his coworker bruno takes a liking to him as does the unhappily married mother on from the candy department he's sweet on her to. blossom and to the bones.

yeah. but doesn't grow up nudes of what. when mommy on goes on sick leave and falls into a deep depression and has checkered past threatens to catch up with him she rising star francois gubs q. leads this portrait of an eastern german working class life and i tell a very cautious. ok it's about one apparently gets your vote guys but we know that tomorrow the golden bears that is the top prize will be handed out there at the film festival and i understand that four films in the competition are from women directors how likely is it that those a whip. yeah that's right i think we both agree that though they were all really strong films the last one from a female director was screened this morning we had the world premiere thousand film

called mug or face for those of you who don't speak flying out that it was a parish director i think i think we both thought it was a pretty funny film that believe it or not is about a guy who has a horrific accident and then ends up having to have a face transplant and it tells the story of how he deals with it a very sensitive very funny waiting i liked it a lot more than i thought it was it's also very interesting cinematography and another one that had it was a very interesting film to me also by a female director was called touch me not and this was a very interesting look at the range of human sexuality. there's quite a lot of that having was a. basically all you need to know about this film is that it opens with a very close up shot of male genitalia and then the film goes from there so you can imagine what the rest is like if you're looking for a bit more of a p.g. film i think the one that we can really recommend is a film could do with your of mine that's an italian director there's

a lot of this and actually i really do think that that is in for a show and agree with the golden bear it's a stunning film it tells a picture of what it's like to be a mother two very different portraits of motherhood it's very complex very deep very moving i can recommend this film enough beautiful really well acted as well and i mean how much does it make you want to go to sardinia oh a lot you had beautiful beautiful filming shots when it's a freezing cold and ballet and i think you can feel like in the air in the band it's not just. you know you guys only have one more day out there on the red carpet tomorrow we will find out who the winners are charlotte charles and bill nye stay there with the very latest thank you. well speaking of cold we're going to head to the winter olympics now and germany has stunned canada to reach the men's ice hockey final in a thrilling match germany got off to a flying start against the defending champions taking a three nil lead canada have battled their way back into the game to make it four

three with just minutes to go but germany held on for the historic win and will now play the russian team in sunday's final. you're up to date on d w news i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching and the p.c. you can see. the whole g.w. on one. floor in so his global insights the news out of our local bureaus. w. made for mines.