darkness' cities. starting march tenth on. this is news live from berlin as world powers because hundreds die in syria's eastern guta a u.n. security council ceasefire vote is delayed again until later today this is deadly syrian government stance trying to pound the rebel held area and yet the moscow's also coming up. u.s. president donald trump announces a high seas crack down on shipping companies linked to north korea building these

sanctions as the heaviest ever will get the latest from seoul. and judging is now underway at the berlin film festival we'll take a look at the films in the running for the golden and silver bear words. i'm edith to money i'm glad you could join us we begin in syria where the government is escalating attacks on the opposition held suburbs of damascus known as eastern ghouta for the six day running now intense shelling has killed almost five hundred people including many children now the u.n. security council has been unable to agree on a cease fire resolution in syria and has delayed a vote and too late to today that temporary cease fire would allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach trapped civilians but serious key ally russia is blocking

the resolution it says it wants and guarantees that rebel fighters in eastern goto will respect a halt to the fighting now will get expert analysis in a moment but first this report. these crackling bright lights have all the hallmarks of a firework display. but they're designed to devastate not to celebrate. activists say they are proof that the syrian government is firing indiscriminate cluster bombs in built up residential areas. the syrian civil defense group known as the white house posted this footage to a social media website they say it shows their members rescuing children from guta a rebel held district outside damascus after six straight days of regime bombing. others less lucky grieve the lost ones were allowed for but the one nine 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. yeah i wish it had been me who was killed so i wouldn't have to grieve for you my son or the rule of the love your son have lost hope. others cling to it the work of first responders here made even harder by treacherous conditions and a lack of medical supplies. as death rains down from above world powers are still arguing about how to stop it. the u.n. security council has been trying to agree on a thirty day humanitarian ceasefire but last minute amendments by russia forced the vote to be postponed to saturday. sweden's u.n. ambassador voiced his exasperate. i'm trying to facilitate and meaningful

outcome of this security council so i can only protect what we're trying to do and that is to have a resolution adopted yesterday and now we have not achieved i find that extremely frustrating given what we are faced with on the ground. hopes are that agreement on a cease fire would finally allow sorely needed a deliberate and medical evacuations. well i'm now joined by middle east analyst who always who also worked as a correspondent in damascus for many years thanks for joining us so what guarantees is russia looking for that's what this thing they need in order to pass this resolution. is. for the situation to be finished on the ground forward for the forces and the forces to to russia are mainly the forces of. iranian backed militia which is a very important active military act on the ground to achieve that many thought he

would just finish off the sun the opposition in. minority alawite. remember this is a school it is convention zone championed by most and now it is helping or even bombing get itself to smithereens and getting at the expense of civilian. so this is just diplomacy for russia to appear as a diplomatic player on the word stage wide in fact it is and here lately and soon the civilian population so say russia doesn't get what it is that they really want can anything be done at all to change the situation well of course we've seen that actually two weeks ago two weeks ago the not the states so that russian backed forces were encroaching on its allies or in syria which is it has led forces so they bombed them and they killed maybe from one hundred to three hundred russian mercenaries they have no problem when the u.s.

for example has its vital interests threatened in syria to act militarily but obviously the flight of civilians of sin this of billions. in the face of this i will lead onslaught of halloween that the regime is not of concern to the west it's not vital interest i mean this is not the first time we're seeing an attempt at cease fire are we seeing the diplomatic solutions are out of the window they're not going to work of course the politics of solutions will not work only russia has realized this the moment but obama told bashar assad look if you use chemical weapons our bomb you and he did not so diplomacy has to be matched by force if you want if you want peace prepared for war and this is nonexistent on the so-called powers which are so-called concerned about the human thirty's that he wishes speaking of the humanitarian situation we've seen the pictures from the report just now how rowing events unfolding there what's the hope for the civilians on the ground i'm afraid there has been various u.n.

resolutions calling on you and aid to be seen as these are merely besieged remember seized by that is you him and you know it is a big player in this multi militias backed by iran financed by iran directed by iran from thought on speeding in the sieges and in the killing of sunnis to billions and they are the shia the shia militia birds huge responsibility and they are backed by your own. kind it always thank you so much for joining us and for that very strong dose of reality. u.s. president donald trump has announced a new round of economic sanctions on north korea washington is taking aim at shipping companies from nine countries accused of egal trading with pyongyang the measures are intended to force north korea to end its nuclear and missile programs i in a speech to the conservative political action conference trump said the new measures were the toughest yet we imposed today the heaviest sanctions ever imposed on

a country which was a little girl and frankly hopefully something positive can happen we will say but hopefully something positive can happen but that just was announced and i want to let you know we have imposed the heaviest sanctions ever imposed. on you i spoke to reuters correspondent joe smith who is in seoul and i asked him what's different about these sanctions announced by president trump is latest sanctions take quite a targeted approach to some of the ships companies and other entities that the united states says is extending a lifeline to north korea last year china which is a major ally of north korea historically drastically cut much rich oil supply and other types to north korea which has led north korea to seek other ways

to try to get some of that much needed fuel and western intelligence agencies have repeatedly said that one of those major ways are these ships that are making risky ship to ship transfers in the ocean and those are what is targeted in these latest sanctions. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world multiple attacks in afghanistan have left more than twenty people dead the so-called islamic state says it carried out a suicide bombing that killed at least two in kabul's diplomatic compound it followed an attack by taliban insurgents in the west that killed at least eighteen soldiers two other soldiers died in separate blasts in the south. at least eighteen people are reported dead after two huge explosions rocked the somali capital of mogadishu the blast near the presidential palace were followed by gun battles between attackers and police some twenty people were injured militants have

reportedly claimed responsibility. over one hundred central american migrants have been rescued from a truck abandoned in northern mexico the migrants including dozens of children suffered from dehydration and speaks the action mexican soldiers patrolling mexico's border with the u.s. found them and the miners will receive legal aid to apply for refugee status in mexico. the storm is marking the one hundredth anniversary of its declaration of independence from russia a parade is taking place today talents freedom square attended by the nation's president sonia was under soviet occupation from world war two until ninety one to one then joined the european union and nato in two thousand and four. judges at the berlin film festival are still deliberating but at a gala ceremony later today they will have decided who gets the gold and the silver bear awards for this year's best films one thousand pictures are in the running and

the stakes are high last year's winner has been nominated for a best foreign language film oscar is a look at some of the movies that have made a splash this year. the stars on the red carpet have been at the heart of the berlin ali for ten days. but now all eyes are on these six experts the international jewry around president tom tech for they only have a few hours left now to decide who gets the bears. this film from the philippines has the nod from many critics season of the devil is a tale of torture and of the marcos dictatorship it's four hours long it's in black and white and it's a musical some is art for others a provocation. everyone seems to be talking about this man actor france rudolph ski appears in two films which are in the running for an award he

might win a silver badge for best actor for his performance in a film based on an a sig as novel transit a story about flight from the nazis. a price for the hardest film to watch would surely go to the makers of the toy or a film about the mass murder by a right wing extremist on the norwegian island of the same name. survivors of the massacre were at the press conference and said why they have found the film so important. action to show why brightly and susan can beat this is hate in its purest form and as. this. film fans at the berlin ali also put in an award winning performance they bought hundreds of thousands of tickets cementing the berlin ali's reputation as the largest film festival in the world that's open to the public.

forsberg with their new coach who no love idea travel two minds to kick off match day twenty four on friday night the visitors had multiple opportunities to put the game away but mines had other ideas see the wolves josephs netted the game's first goal from the center of the box at the six minute mark seized came from william one wheel forsberg. and the balls bug coach love idea was fired up but then mine does not remove to all who didn't start the match came in just before the break and equalized for the home side bug field to convert a late game winner and the score remains one. one of the great darby is in the bundesliga takes place on saturday with graeme in hosting north and rivals hamburg but the days when these sides were fighting for the title are long gone hovering just above the drop zone and hamburg

a second last this darby is are just one thing survival. ok the darbies against braman are always special for hamburg but there precarious position in the table makes this game even more exciting. news for the bench it is not just the position in the table you never want to lose or darby. that's the way we're going to approach this game. hamburg haven't won in ten matches. last weekend's two one defeat to laver coos and was the latest setback. a loss against braman would see them lose even more ground in the relegation battle. hamburg know just how important this game is. using us on so as we see this is a great chance to set things straight a bit and get back on track and you've got it so we're going to. put braman are also well aware that a win over

a direct rival of the bottom of the table would give them a huge boost in the fight for survival they're expecting a real battle. we'll have really hard tackles and a high intensity game every player will run to the max on both sides but i'm definitely not expecting an unfair match and for unfairly. saturday's dobby is a crunch game for both sides if amber blues they can expect a strong reaction from their fans. and that's the news this hour more coming at the top of the hour thank you for joining us. every journey begins with the first step and every language but the first word polyphony. rico is in germany to learn german why not learn it it's simple online on your mobile and free themselves from the w z e learning course because fifty german made it easy. they make

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