this is d w news live from berlin a glimmer of hope for syria as the u.n. calls for a new seems by uniting us photos to days on delaying it comes up to a week of government shelling that turned into into one thing you once she was called hello on are also coming up. what's your interest in egypt just a burial ground thousands of years old find out what mysteries and the. end of the curtain closes on the brilliant film festival after bill murray picks up

the best director award for his friend wes anderson and remaining direct that i do not do t.v. calling the golden vampire of gold touch me no. i'm edith kimani welcome to the program the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria now russia agreed to back the deal at the last minute as long as no stocking date for the truce was set the ceasefire is end that's allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in east and go to more than five hundred people have been killed in the rebel held area near damascus in the past week. the bombs have been running down intensely on a string good out for an entire wake up as smoke and ash fill the sky over this rebel held district need to mask. as those on the ground continued to pull victims

from the rubble. they know the sea chief a year is the casualties and now spiking shot plane. survivors of being treated in a makeshift hospital. activists say this is the work of indiscriminate cluster and phosphorous bombs fired by the syrian regime. children to bear witness for the canid. in that another missile landed but it was a small one thank god it was bigger the whole neighborhood would have been wiped out. and amid the bombing house have hesitated for days on how to find common ground to stop this bloodshed. on saturday the un security council voted unanimously to approve a resolution it demands a thirty day safe fire to allow humanitarian aid to rate civilians in eastern guta

the body of the came and michelle resistance from russia today russia has belatedly decided to join the international consensus and accept the need to call for a ceasefire but only after trying every possible way to avoid it. based taking the gold we want to make sure that it is that if you look at that. russia is a staunch ally of syrian president bashar assad it's been providing military add to the syrian government. but while many have welcomed the news of a potential safe spot the people of syria continue to suffer. activists say minutes after the deal was struck government warplanes bombed a sin guta yet again. well for more on this i'm now joined by u.n. regional humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis. this thank you for joining us from kuwait so part of the security council obviously took a long time to approve this cease fire and yet activists say the government will

plans was still bombing east and go to after the agreement so can we expect the syrian government to comply what's really important is this security council resolution that translates into concrete action as a station of facilities in site. is also in other areas as well so really we hope that the government of syria or other parties come to an agreement to stop was still is are the way this is vital to be able really to reach some decent decent peacefulness in that so this is in this area but also to allow us to bring in for minutes an assistance food medical supplies and take out the i created the security council unanimously all fifteen members gold it's favor so really we want to see an application very quickly now this still doesn't cover rebel groups so what is a u.n. doing to get aid to places like is to go to which have said need humanitarian assistance. so on our side we are really ready to be able to respond

immediately to bring to you many times assistance food medical supplies to take medical cases are to evacuate to ease with them but also to other locations to eat lives are free but also they're being there was still is on the ground so in what is restraint see this is this is just a mere ten kilometers away from east woods are damascus is just very close on these woods are so the people of this water have really live sort of extraordinary situation out for days and days and. for health facilities have been attacked people say when somebody is injured now the they decide not to take them to health facility because they tend to help facility risk the lives of two more people who will drive them into take that person so there is an extreme situation on the ground that needs to translate into. sation facilities and deliver a threat it's an assistance for the people who are there and find you panas russia

may have finally approved this deal but they've also said that an immediate choice may not be possible so what is being done. so if you needed jews really is needed it is necessary it is desperately necessary i would say. we really would be talking with everybody of forces in their government other countries it's important that the decision of the security council is applied now every day we have reports of dozens of their many many people injured children traumatized areas where there's a besiegement have no water no electricity very little food our health facilities have been destructed and the bigger picture in syria hard work relation is displaced there we're seeing at three in aid live but many locations where people are in desperate need hardly facilities houses or this is syria not functioning many schools in all these areas are completely on hold so life cannot continue as it is we have to see an obligation of the of this resolution throughout syria for

really the greater good of the people of syria are on us one says joining us from kuwait city thank you and your in the wake of last week's deadly school shooting in florida a growing number of american businesses are distancing themselves from the national rifle association several companies have announced they will no longer offer discounts to members of the powerful gun lobby this made increasing pressure from a newly strengthened gun movement a social media movement is driving change in the u.s. the hash tag by cut an ira calls on businesses to end their relationships but the gun lobby and fans are listening rental car companies including hats and i say that ending that discount programs but n.r.a. members. u.s. airline delta has also ceased its an array 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 is mixed with some welcoming the move and others saying they would close their accounts with the bank it shows just how deep the divide here is. for these firms cutting ties to the n.r.a. is largely a symbolic decision driven by a 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. time now for some of the other stories making news around

the world china's communist party has proposed removing a two term limit on how long the president can stay in power now that would mean that president xi jinping could remain in office after his second term ends in twenty twenty his already the most powerful chinese leader in decades and his ideology was enshrined in the party's constitution last october. the death toll from twin bomb blasts in the somali capital of mogadishu has risen to forty five the jihadist group al-shabaab has said it was behind the bombings which went off near parliament to the national intelligence agency has links to al qaeda it controls large areas in somalia. thousands of people in israel have protested government plans to deport african migrants they've been given until april first to leave the country or face imprisonment now most are from sudan and eritrea the government says illegally but they claim persecution at home. the bollywood

legend kapoor has died of a suspected heart attack in dubai the fifty four year old actress began her career at the age of four and starred in more than one hundred fifty films she was described as being the first female superstar in india's male dominated film industry. archaeologists in egypt have discovered a cemetery more than two thousand years old near cairo thousands of relics have been found underground as scientists say the discovery provides key insights into the lives of the ancient egyptians. an underground discovery spectacular in both quality and quantity. forty tombs more than a thousand statues jewelry furniture numerous pottery items and mummified animals.

and baboons they were the creatures sacred to the god thought ceremoniously buried in their thousands. sauce was believed to be one of the creators of the world and the god of wisdom this is where he was honored it's only the beginning i think we need at least five more missions. should open to tourists once the excavations are over with egypt currently facing economic crisis austerities hope this discovery will attract more visitors to the country but the underground cemetery is more than two thousand years old these underground burial chambers were reserved for priests and dignitaries while the pharaoh's final resting place was in the capital at the time alexandria. german chancellor i'm going to mecca has reportedly chosen one of her most prominent

critics as the country's health minister the conservative yes spawn strongly opposed open door migration policy by choosing to what him a ministry michael appears to be appeasing the right wing within. but it's also being seen as a sign of weakness for the chassis with some talking spine as a potential successor. the curtain is set to come down of the twenty eighteen bonded out of film festival after a glittering awards ceremony remain in direct edina pensively the golden bear for touch me not a film that some critics loved and others not so much and west on. the son snapped up the award for best director for the festival's opening film i love dogs. the golden beer for best. they're going to be barefoot in miss goes to. touch me not my idea was.

i do you know pin ca's film follows the emotions of people who try to fulfill their desire for intimacy in unexpected ways the director invited the cast which includes nonprofessional actors onto the stage some were overwhelmed by the moment. where the heartbeat. this d.w. charlotte charles and pale and bias waiter were on the red carpet. women won big. it was a female director who took home the golden bat not bad for her first feature film but it was a controversial pick cherry president ontic first said he knew that that would be the case but ultimately the jury wanted to pick an entry that showed not what film can do but what it can do in the future the second place silver bear went to the polish film og also a female director to film that explores the male identity. but. wasn't

shy about her and she's. so happy that i know if you made it and i thought yeah. i know one who won the silver bear for best actress for her performance in the era since as a lesbian who's partner has to go to prison for their deaths. she took. french newcomer i'm so in the bars all took best actor for his role in the prayer about a young man trying to kick his drug habit for the dog. canine center raising his revile of the dogs a futuristic animated film opened the ballin. bill murray accepted the silver bear

for best director on wes anderson's behalf i never thought that i would go to work as a dog and come home with a big i. that's all from being is this i will be back in forty five minutes thanks. take personally. with all the wonderful people and stories that make the game so special. for all truth. for the. line.