using interactive content to inspire your people to take action over mobile and the multimedia environment series on you don't believe. the news. business d w news live from berlin the un votes unanimously to approve a ceasefire in syria's eastern ghouta rochelle finally giving its backing after having blocked the resolution for days the vote came as warplanes pounded the rebel held area near damascus called powers are still to agree the terms of the deal also coming up. a growing number of companies bound to pressure from empty gun activists

and cut ties with the n.r.a. we take a look at the social media movement driving change after last week's deadly school shooting in florida. i'm happy quote awesome thanks for joining us we begin tonight with some breaking news the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria the body voted unanimously to back the measure which is aimed at allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in the rubble how little district the council overcame initial resistance from russia to approve the measure but moscow has insisted the deal should not take immediate effect russia has been providing military aid to the series. government and

opposition activists say russian warplanes have been taking part in the airstrikes on eastern. for more on that let's bring in journalist benedetta identity who is following the security council's decision for us benedetta it's good to see you now last minute negotiations and the resolution was finally passed we mentioned there was some resistance from veto holding russia but they didn't use that veto in the end why has moscow voted with the others this time around i think it was a question also trying to regain some trust in international community we need to think that russia already is taught in blot and you received about syria at least eleven times it seemed. at two thousand and twelve so this is that i think it was a step forward for an international community any in particular the u.n. security council and also i think that it was about time that russia started

to vote for to try to find a solution for syria and the reason it's unclear why it is time to have an exercise this week veto as a u.s. ambassador and a u.n. nikki haley state as straight after devote to russia tried it to slow it down at the procedure and it seems that defers to a solution was supposed to possum wednesday but because of russia resistance you passed just today ok so there was some resistance they didn't use that you know we're not sure necessarily why but they are saying that they don't want this to take immediate effect why. because there you are courting to the russian ambassador you must take some time soon because there are like. there are a lot of things going on on the ground many say that they need some time so you know order to. in order to do to have a cease fire would it would end in fact so this is why also interest every solution

a language they don't talk about immediate as it as soon as possible so the real change and i thought something that was probably they want to continue on eastern kentucky although right now it's got is a little bit unclear what's going to happen in the next couple of days ok as soon as possible not immediate but is that good enough for the people in the us or go to this resolution actually change their lives in any way. it will change in their i mean the moment that they're going to implement you're a solution because you and homeboys are just waiting to get into territories that haven't been. we've lost connection with benedetta arjun terry we apologize now to some of the other stories making news around the world multiple attacks in afghanistan have

left more than twenty dead the so-called islamic state says it carried out a suicide bombing that killed at least two and kabul's diplomatic compound it followed an attack by taliban insurgents in the west that killed at least eighteen soldiers at least two others died in separate blasts in the south. german chancellor angela merkel is facing pressure to shift her christian democrats to the right in order to win back voters senior conservatives said mary had led the party too close to the center but calls calm as the chancellor prepares to announce her choice of new cabinet ministers on sunday. now in the wake of last week's deadly school shooting in florida a growing number of u.s. businesses are distancing themselves from the pro-gun lobby group the n.r.a. several companies have announced that they will no longer offer discounts to n.r.a. members this amid increasing pressure from a newly strengthened anti gun movement. a social media movement is driving change

in the u.s. the hashtag and already calls on businesses to end their relationships with the gun lobby and firms are listening rental car companies including hats and i say that ending that discount programs with n.r.a. members. u.s. airline delta has also ceased its n.r.a. discounts. and the first national bank one of the largest private banks in the u.s. has said it will stop making n.r.a. branded credit cards the reaction from customers it's mixed. it shows just how deep the divide here is. for these fans cutting ties to the n.r.a. it's largely a symbolic decision. driven by youth led protests following last week's deadly school shooting in florida. state governor rick scott was also moved to call for

tighter gun laws i want to make it virtually impossible for anyone who has mental issues to use a gun we will require all individuals purchasing firearms to be twenty one or older those pushing for change say that's not enough this tweet is from cameron caskey who's organizing the large march on washington next month he writes they messed with the wrong school. sports now or the winter olympics in chung chang wrapped up on sunday with a number of finals still to come but also a big decision about russian athletes joining me now to discuss all of this in the day's events oliver moody ali good to see you let's talk about the olympic history that was made earlier with. the czech republic what's she done that put her on the history books she's done something that no female athlete has ever achieved she became the first woman to win two gold medals in different sports at the same olympic games that we see here in the snowboard parallel giant slalom on the right

hand side of the screen she's racing against germany here and ultimately she was just a bit too quick to you know she eventually won the race by just under half a second now this was not a big surprise nash this is one of the desk is stronger events the race that she won last week to kind of set up this great achievement now that was a bit of a surprise in the alpine skiing c.p.g. is not an event that she's been strong in typically in a career up until now but she surprised everyone beat the likes of lindsey gold and you know this olympic games has really got me hooked i don't know about you but just so many great stories coming out of it and this is the latest in a very long list it's been a fantastic couple of weeks and saying this specifically was a surprise but what were some of the other surprises on the panel from the day of the games well we had in men's curling we had a bit of an upset actually as the u.s. be sweden to claim the gold medal there it was a bit of a bit of

a not so great drama in the final we see here picking up the action in the eighth and with the scores tied at five five and sweden had looks like they had taken the lead with their old closest house the sense of but the u.s. had one want to go and skip jones just took out part of swedish. as you can see but the rossi consents to give the u.s. five points and sweden ultimately couldn't come back with the two ends to go and you can see or you would just miss that the u.s. getting the medals there's actually a bit of a funny story. the medals they some of them realize they'd been given the women's medals rather than the men's but they were able to try them in i'm sure a very happy to get the right ones because this is the first time that the u.s. has won gold in curling at the olympics ok the first time they've ever won off from the games away from the sport the irish these meeting behind closed doors to talk about russian athletes and whether they can go to the closing ceremonies under their own flag what do you think's going to happen. well you know i was in i was in rio a couple years ago the summer olympics and everything surrounding the russian doping

scandal and all this kind of thing was a shambles basically nobody knew what was going on decisions were being made on the fly and then times also then canceled. two years on with the same situation we're now four years on from sochi in the start of the russian doping scandal and ultimately the i.o.c. still hasn't got a grip on the whole issue i mean i think if you've banned russia from competing at the tournament or at the games then you shouldn't have the flag at the closing ceremony i think it sends the wrong message a message you know especially as to the russians have actually tested positive for doping here in pyongyang. people have been having this say on this issue of course one of them tricia smith of the the u.s. the canadian olympic committee president she doesn't think that russia should be allowed to carry the flag so let's hear what she had to say on the issue. should be used for political purpose and we don't think that our athletes should have to be put in that position that if it go to go to the closing ceremonies that

somehow they're saying something about the world rather than just having their olympic experience which should be positive and it's about everyone being together . and down at the burrow and her national film festival the waiting is over and the bears have been announced w.'s ladies in red down at the red carpet maya schrader and charlotte chiles impel are standing by with all the latest ok guys let's start with the top prize who won the golden bear. high abby we dressed as the red carpet it's not. like. they go to bat while drum roll thanks remaining a film called touch touch me touch me you know it's a very unusual film i would if it was by the females or actor. you can

see it in scuse me who is a first time director as was her first ever feature film and she won the golden bear for it she was also one of the only four women in the competition section of the ballet now they know this film so well the jury present has something interesting to say about their decision on the yeah he did he said that the jury themselves are pretty split on whether to to award this film that the golden bat he said there that he wanted a film that shows not what film can do but what it can do in the future and when you look at this the when it's that sort of makes sense of the comment because it's very experimental it's very unusual sort of mix fact and fiction you never really know whether what you're seeing is real sometimes you see the cameras in the shot sometimes you see the director self so it's not unusual pick i'd say for the bat and mixes documentary and drama and the thing about this film is that we really have to know is it starts with a close up of the male to the calea and then it goes from there it's a film about human sexuality and intimacy and it's very explicit sometimes there

are some rather pornographic scenes those all a lot of pink parts all over the screen all the time but yeah very experimental film and we can see after hearing the jury president's comment you can see why they went in that direction. ok you can see how they were in that direction what about female lead best female lead was that a surprise. not quite that was the best female lead was on a broom for the film she starred in last headed out of us which is a very contained emotionally reserved film but ultimately very very affecting i thought she was fantastic yeah i'll agree did a really good job in the school and she's the one that we've been talking about since we saw with me that was one of the ones to show it was an unforgettable performance it's a very very complex picture of what it is to be a woman and a gay woman is empowered why i think that she really is that what the weight of that is right. now these awards can do a lot for

a younger person's career what about the male lead. yes that's right the male lead is a younger person is anthony because jahi is a new comer here at the better not that in films like this is why he plays a drug addict who goes to france to try and get clean and through religion and friendship recoated rediscovers himself and cleans up that it was a stunning performance i do you have to as i say that there's one scene in particular that is really striking where he's recovering from from the heroin addiction as it would during the and it's unforgettable that's the french film the prayer and he really for a young person really threw himself into this very difficult roles are a well earned award ok and i have a feeling that the next name is not going to come as a surprise to many people what about best director. now i have not heard from ralph to do less anderson and her isle of dogs the film that opened the ballet

naalehu is really an innovative film a lot of fun to watch good for the whole family i should say and yeah this is a very west interesting he and terms of its style its coloring so that's stop motion animation and the be dogs were all really stunning to look at and of course a stellar voice cast behind us all because of this film is absolutely unbelievable bill murray will head to pick up the award for ways and this and i yeah i mean he's president and i was super excited that i had that this is going to be a thing of the festival and thrilled that they've. come. to traverse and why.

the trip they're playing. seventeen thousand kilometers in six weeks.