this is d.w. news live from berlin the u.n. cease fire in syria is not working to russia to put the fighting in eastern. moscow has ordered a twenty four hour stop in fighting tomorrow billions to leave the rebel side of damascus this amid new claims that forces backed by russia have used chemical weapons on children also coming up germany moves one step closer to having a new government a chance conservatives voting yes to

a coalition deal with the center left social democrats and also making some surprising picks for her new cabinet. and a nation tonight in shock twenty seven year old investigative journalist and his fiance shot dead in their home in slovakia. plus they are calling it the beast from the east temperatures in europe have plunged to record lows killing more than eleven people in poland and lithuania but also bringing scenes and snow to the capital in rome. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with the conflict in syria where russia has called for a daily stop in airstrikes in eastern. president putin saying the aim is to help

civilians leave the rebel held on clay and it comes after the u.n. and germany and france appealed to putin to use his influence with the syrian regime to enforce the truce which was agreed upon by the u.n. security council over the weekend in another development tonight medics on the ground are accusing russian backed forces of using chemical weapons some against children russia denies the allegation calling it fake news. these are the images that observers claim proof of a chlorine gas attack that is killed at least one child infants still in diapers or among more than a dozen people being treated doctors say their skin and clothes a heavy with the odor of chlorine monitors say a syrian regime warplane dropped bombs carrying the toxic gas on a village in eastern guta on sunday. a cease fire is yet to come into effect

despite a resolution passed by the united nations security council on saturday the wounded continue to fill up the districts over run hospitals. there's been no calm whatsoever there hasn't been time to catch our breath the blood is flowing in the hospitals are overflowing with patients and there are no places to evacuate them. but syria's ally russia denies the assad regime is behind a chemical attack foreign minister sergei lavrov says the reports are an attempt by rebels to provoke fresh fighting. folk with. their only goal is to bismarck shan to demonize the government forces to accuse them of all possible deadly sins and military crimes in order to continue actions in the eastern regions . russian president vladimir putin's demand for humanitarian pause office hope of

a much needed rest bite in eastern. and will that so-called humanitarian paul's really come into effect we'll talk about that i'm joined here at the b. table by marcus comm he is a middle east analyst with the german institute for international and security affairs here in berlin it's good to see you again see so now we're hearing that the russian president vladimir putin has ordered this polls to start to more daily polls. is that simple can say stop fighting and the fighting stops. really i mean it can. and do tell the syrian troops to stop the fighting but past experiences tell us that the islamist rebels where two groups being present in the eastern have no interest in stop the fighting and they will make the use this as some kind of pretext to renew the fighting to intensify as the fighting so i'm pretty skeptical that this will lead to opponents he sighs. it does not permit it

timber riri. what's the purpose then to get humanitarian aid to the people who are in eastern hutu or to get those people out i mean we have to keep in mind because imputing is under tremendous pressure by the international community has been called today or yesterday about. a call in a phone call that a conference call has been pressured to do something and the same time if this international allows him to be to present himself as a peacemaker are are some at least somebody who provides for humanitarian relief so it's good it's a good good image thing for him as well what will would comes out of this temporary as he will have to see i haven't read anything about access point that i saw invasions non-governmental organizations which would be desperately needed and i mean what does this tell us about the power of leather reporting right now in

syria compared to the power of the u.n. security council you know we get a unanimous vote over the weekend for a cease fire resolution and it is overtly openly ignored by iran turkey and syria absolutely i mean president putin is calling the shots. and military terms as well as in political terms my point is month and present that . everybody is doing everything more prison putting tells him sometimes it's because to be the opposite but at the end of the year given the international environment here and conflict i think it's pretty obvious and has been emphasized for the last twenty four hours again that russia is in the driver's he won't talk about he peaceful solution a lot of these containment the whole thing off the infighting and the funny we talk about the syrian civil war there are so many fronts to our viewers you know there

is this fighting in eastern there are the iranians who were also there dealing with the israelis at the lebanese border and then in northern syria we've got the kurds and the turks. can any ceasefire early order from putin for that matter speak to all these parties and get them to at least stop for a day or so you know really right is just i mean we get used to the term civil war but actually what we have it's an internationalized internal conflict so you mentioned some of the internet like this iran turkey you know the united states russia saudi arabia not to forget and every bit every idea of a peace settlement has to satisfy every need and interest and all and all these i think is not to mention the domestic ones the assad regime and all the head to

regina's rebel groups and that explains it leads to the sydney why it has been so complicated but the efforts of the united nations to come forward to it to any fruitful conclusion markers come as always we appreciate your insights thank you you thank. well here in germany chancellor angela merkel's conservatives have voted overwhelmingly in favor of entering a coalition government with the center left social democrats the s.p.d. will announce the results of their vote taken among all party members this coming weekend where earlier today merkel announced her picks for a new cabinet now most of the candidates are younger and there are more women. an overwhelming majority of c.d.u. delegates voted in favor of a new grand coalition only twenty seven and more the nine hundred voted against it even so given the skepticism within the ranks of the party until america was at pains to sell the coalition agreement before the vote and when do you most of the

slogan that we've chosen for this coalition deal makes it clear we're looking for the right answers and drawing conclusions from the election results in a new start for europe. americal speech drew just over four minutes worth of polite applause that is comparatively little by the cd use standards of recent years many will interpret it as dissatisfaction with the chancellor and her poor showing in germany sped relection problematical is all too aware. of the good news and this result is not at all what we were hoping for we all fought hard and we were all disappointed we want to do better next time. just given the smug you know this option. but many delegates fear that another coalition with the s.p.d. will do little to improve the conservatives poll ratings some even stood at the entrance to urge delegates to reject the grand coalition but the chancellor has

moved to placate her opponents bringing against one of her most outspoken critics into the cabinet and half of all her cabinet posts will be filled by women. facing the critics will be the task of the sea views future general secretary on a great calm card and by our she was elected by an overwhelming majority american allies she promised to restore the party's prestige it is not about whether individual shine and the c.d.u. it's about the party itself being brilliant we have to work for this we need your cooperation for this i ask for your trust. her speech by contrast through enthusiastic applause. there was appreciation also for two ministers leaving office outgoing interior minister. and health minister ham unclear the message to party leader on the americal was clear the party may follow

her but it's not quite convinced. it's for with chance so i'm making clear moves to revive her party possibly for the post or air or use political editor michelle like of nerve center this report from today's c.d.u. conference. german chancellor angela merkel is really opening up within the party opening the potential future cabinet to critics of her management style more specifically for migration policy by letting gen spawn take up the ministry of health if it comes to the so-called ground coalition she's also established another anecdote tom cotton balls was elected as party secretary general woodward zones in support of more than ninety eight percent of the vote it's a sign that the german chancellor is willing to hand over some of the trolls in a bid to solidify her own support within her own c.d.u.

party base. and that was our michelle a coup for reporting there here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. local people welcome to teachers back to school in florida today or seventeen students and staff were killed in a mass shooting twelve days ago police officers carried out identification checks before drivers were allowed on to school grounds the suspected shooter a former student the school is facing multiple murder charges u.s. president has suffered a setback after the supreme court rejected his bid to get it to intervene in the case of the dreamers now they are the children of illegal immigrants to the united states and they've been campaigning to be allowed to stay trumpets hope that the supreme court to consider the case without its having to go through local courts first. britain's opposition leader jeremy corbyn has outlined

a more flexible approach to immigration after a break said compared to that of prime minister to recent may he says that his labor party would guarantee permanent residence for european union citizens living in britain and the right to bring their families to joint. you're watching d.w. news live from berlin still to come. germany's olympians return home from south korea with their biggest haul of medals ever from a winter game. are let's get a hold of some economic news now here's here to talk about what another chinese company buying parts of a german giants that's right brand we've heard stories like these many times before and now it's gili china's biggest independent car maker in case you don't know it which is now co-owners of diamond are one of germany's leading car companies which you know through its core brands mercedes benz chairman. currently in germany and

after revealing his company bought a ten percent stake at dime the car makers are shocked and it's not the first time here's a look at a man who's turned the chinese car industry upside down. it's a rags to riches tale the son of a rice farmer genies found early shoe food is china's tenth richest man according to forbes magazine the fifty four year old started out with a refrigerator parts factory in the one nine hundred eighty s. back then though the sector was strictly state run inevitably also richie's shuts lease factory down but by then lee had already made a small fortune and so he simply switched industries producing first motor bikes and then cars as lee himself said all you needed for a car were four wheels and two sofas an insight that for several years reflected the quality of his vehicles but just two decades later chile was selling around one point two million cars

a year in china making it the nation's knowledge as to independents car maker in two thousand and ten lead bought up struggling automaker volvo from ford ford money into the swedish plants and then with great success brought volvo on to the chinese market since then lee hsu fu has held a central position among international carmakers and now he's invested in dima acquiring just under ten percent of the luxury car company the state of q wait until now the largest shareholder has been bumped into position to with six point eight percent followed by rent. the rest is divided up among small investors. leases he's not reducing his commitment to volvo he says buying the stake in allows him to focus on the technologies of the twenty first century electro made billet see and driverless cars huge challenges that no manufacturer can tackle alone. especially given the invaders from outside describes google and other companies

encroaching on the auto industry with g.d. plans to benefit from german technological know how it says it's over writing is to get to become companies to join forces in an effort to stand up to the coming onslaught from silicon valley. we stay in the automotive sector and more backlash against diesel cars here in europe carmaker fear chrysler reportedly plans to stop making these legends the financial times says a company report suggests production will end by twenty twenty two diesels have been especially popular in europe because of their fuel efficiency but sales have dropped since the emissions cheating scandal that hit major players like fox mark chrysler hasn't comment on the report but if true it would join other leading companies like toyota and porsche which already say they're facing out these this.

is currently hosting the mobile world congress where phone makers try to win over customers with their newest models but with declining smartphone sales that has become increasingly difficult seriously what can still impress us there is no revolution in the smartphone market but companies like samson are trying to sell. samsung is focusing on cameras its new galaxy s nine and the slightly larger s nine plus might not look a whole lot different from their previous answers but the pictures they take in low light are less grainy. and there's a new super slow motion feature it takes nine hundred sixty images per second and is able to capture even the fastest moving objects samsung says that could even attract professional photographers but it at mit's most of the improvements are under the hood. is it is a huge amount of innovation that you do not see on this device because we've we've

kept the best design of a phone out there that we introduced last year that we've we've designed around that best looking phones and then there are the animated emoji is that something apple already introduced on its i phone ten users can create three dimensional avatars that match their clothing in facial expressions the new galaxy is cheaper than the i phone ten still they cost around eight hundred fifty and nine hundred fifty euros when they go on sale in europe next month samsung has this show to itself fast growing chinese rival huawei won't be unveiling any phones in barcelona just tablets and laptops but even without having to share the spotlight the s nine s. refinements might not be enough to wow consumers after a year of flat smartphone sales. smartphones are one of many things venezuelans can't buy these days the nation's currency can't get you much today one hundred thousand believers are worth just a single dollar on the black market so as hyperinflation makes old notes worthless

venezuelans are coming up with creative uses for the wants valuable paper. a pile of bolivars waiting to be processed richardson go via turns them into handbags all wallets even headgear he left venezuela a few months ago his monthly wage was worth a paltry two and a half dollars now he's got his own stall on the border with colombia he needs about one thousand banknotes to make a bag costing him just fifty cents in return he can make between ten and fifteen dollars. there are some people who buy a bag for their relatives some buy to sell the more expensive elsewhere some wrap them in plastic innkeeper souvenirs there are others who want me to make different things for them such as crowns to take with them as a keepsake. artists like

jose lay on also looking for creative ways through the crisis he's using the worthless money as a kind of canvas he's already sold two thousand works many to ex-pat venezuelans who've set themselves up abroad souvenirs of better times past. that's all from this is desk back to that i get that you very much tonight the central european nation of slovakia is in shock after a young journalist and his girlfriend were found shot dead in their home twenty seven year old yahoo seok worked for a news website police believe that he was probably killed because of his work investigating corruption his last report examine financial transactions that were part of a political scandal last year the european union has demanded that the pairs killers be brought to justice. joining me on the phone now from slovakia's capital

bratislava is beyond to go was she is the editor in chief of the country's biggest daily newspaper there summer it's good to have you with us police we understand believe that the pair were targeted because of his reporting can we confirm that anyone else have police said. yes the police probably suspects that that he was targeted because of his reporting and obviously mr coo to cover high politic oh co-option he cover stories like that see they usually buy shady businesses i think probably because being. one of his recent reports absolutely to suspect kalyan mass. for lackey a so basically there are a lot of very highly charged tories and which is also interesting that the government actually owned for one million euro for any information which helps to

bring the killers to justice so it is really obvious that. these murder makes hour for the political alley nervous because there is a lot of pressure from the journalistic community and the block as well if i can just ask you i understand that some of your colleagues worked closely with john kasich however how have they reacted to the next. day they very shock and basically the whole day than usual was was in the very very tense and there we fire the atmosphere and basically of all major editors of all major papers signed a statement in we truly are calling on the government investigate this murder and not to just slightly under the carpet be saying that we are actually

called to look into the stories he started basically we want to make sure that that the stories they will be continued and thoroughly investigated so the s.x. they will be evil or evil. stronger because like many more turn of the steel continuities of earth will be on twenty s.q. you're one of the country's most senior journalists do you have confidence that the police will follow up in do their job in this investigation. unfortunately i cannot really say that i have a full confidence but but they are going to with a lot of pressure on the police because if you're continuing to find the five piece murder is serious and by. really exceeding. the crime unity overgeneralise then the they will be explaining to people that actually. they

are armed. and they have to we're going to have to wrap it up unfortunately we're out of time bianca delegate joining us tonight from brought this lava thank you very much. all parts of europe are experiencing unusually cold weather we can vouch for that here in germany temperatures dropped to their lowest so far this winter with a low of minus twenty seven point five degrees centigrade at the country's highest mountain the spits in poland several people have died as a result of the cold it has also brought a rare snow storm to the italian capital rome. this isn't your typical postcard image of rome the coliseum covered in snow. in the circus maximus sledge rides where chariots once raced. and in the vatican city instead of a sermon. a snowball fight. rome hasn't experienced snowfall like this

in six years and it's caught tourists by surprise even the priests are enjoying this winter miracle. is just incredible mother nature has gone mad today. or you. romans blanket of white isn't pleasing everyone and room and kitchen snowing ready because we're just not ready for it it started at three o'clock this morning it seems like five centimeters a fall and but actually it's much more than it's cold. in russia they're used to the cold but even the residents of moscow can be caught off guard by temperatures of minus twenty degrees celsius the cold snap is caused by a giant low pressure system. of. the mt cycle and covering the scandinavian peninsula is really big and spreads to poland in the front of the sandy cycle own has brought the cold from the european part of russia east into the rest of europe

. it's the poorest who bear the brunt of the cold across eastern europe at least eight people have died in poland over the weekend. officials are appealing for citizens to help the homeless find a warm bed in a shelter. the freezing weather is expected to hang around until the end of the week thursday should mark the meteorological start of spring but it seems winter isn't ready to let go of europe quite yet. well here's where the cold is hot the german winter olympic team has arrived back home to a hero's welcome after their success. winter game. touching down in frankfurt this was no ordinary flight on tired but happy german athletes and a whole load of precious metal. fourteen golds made minis most successful winter

olympics the temperatures may have been cold welcome here anything. yes of course it's amazing i'm bowled over by how many people are here after that long flight i never expected this so i guess i started celebrating off to the much and carried on until five in the morning we demonstrate to the airport i finally slipped a little. bit while some athletes now get to rest. japanese hockey heroes will be back on the ice in legal action on wednesday. i'll be back after a short break to thank you through the day.

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but i also admire people who want to stay here and who decided to create something new in peace time what needs to happen if tolerance and reconciliation are to stand a chance darkness cities after a morning starting march tenth on d w. isis in syria we've seen how the world can work together to stop an army of terrorists but terror backed by an army tonight syria's civil war bloodier than ever a year when brokered cease fire ignored like never before i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. east and book that cannot wait.