this is d.w. news live from berlin the u.n. cease fire in syria is not working is it now well russia to put the fighting in eastern on call moscow has ordered a daily palls in fighting to allow civilians to leave the rebel held on claim site in 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 chancellor angela merkel's conservatives voting yes to a coalition deal with the center left social democrats and merrill making some

surprising picks for her new cabinet 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 or lithuania but also bringing more scenes of snow to the italian capital rome. it's good to have you with us russia has called for a daily polls and airstrikes in syria's rebel held on klav of eastern. hour russian president vladimir putin says that the aim is to help civilians evacuate it comes after the year when germany and france appealed to putin to use his influence with the syrian regime to enforce

a cease fire the international committee of the red cross in geneva switzerland welcome to the five hour daily cease fire which is due to take effect tomorrow tuesday. well matters now is that the people on it out. there feel we need it under dignified conditions of course and security for themselves and at the same time it is obvious that it is critical for aid to be let in we speak of four hundred thousand people you cannot take all of them out you have to allow humanitarian aid in and this is extremely urgent and on the ground medics in eastern who took are choosing russian backed forces are using chemical weapons against civilians russia has denied 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 in france 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 feel of the district's 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 the chemical attack foreign minister sergei lavrov says the reports are an attempt by rebels to provoke fresh fighters but. their only goal is to be smirched and 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 all his hope of a much needed rest bite being eastern. and will that so-called humanitarian paul's really come into effect to talk about that i'm joined here at the big table by marcus he is a middle east analyst with the german institute for international in 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 tomorrow a daily polls. is that simple can moscow say stop fighting and the fighting stops not really i mean it can. tell the syrian troops to stop the fighting but past experiences tell us that the islamist rebels where two groups

being present in the east and i have no interest in stop the fighting and then we will meet is 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 a permanent cease fire ok if it's not permanent 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 president putin is under tremendous pressure by the international community has been called today or yesterday about. a call in a phone call a conference call has been pressured to do something and the same time. this international law is 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 thing for him as well what will what comes out of this temporary thing

will have to see i haven't read anything about access point that i saw in the haitians on one governmental organizations which would be tempted to desperately need it and what does this tell us that about the power of leather reporting right now in syria compared to the power of the un 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. in military terms as well as a political terms my point is not present that president assad is everybody is doing everything more president putin tells him sometimes it's because to be the opposite but at the end of the believe given the international environment here in

conflict i think it's pretty obvious and has been emphasized of the last twenty four hours again that russia is in the driver's seat when we talk about he peaceful solution or at least containment. they all think of fighting the fight 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 cease fire early order from putin for that matter speak to all these parties and get them. at least stop for a day or two really right is just i mean if you will that we get used to the term civil war but actually what we have it's an international law it's internal conflict so you've mentioned some of the internet like this are in turkey the

united states russia saudi arabia not to forget and every bit every idea of a peace settlement has to satisfy every need in the interest of all these anchors not to mention the domestic ones the assad regime and all that it's a routine is rebel groups and that explains at least to a certain degree why it has been so complicated by the efforts of the united nations to come forward to to any fruitful conclusion markers come as always we appreciate your insights thank you thank you. for your germany chance i'll go to conservatives have voted overwhelmingly in favor of entering a coalition government with the center left social democrats the s.p.d. and the s.p.d. will announce the results of their vote taken among all of the party burst this coming weekend earlier today merkel announced for picks for the new cabinet most of the candidates would be 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 of more than 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. 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's 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 special election problematical is all too aware of. that's 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

a belief most of you know this. 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 spawn 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 cd hughes future general secretary on a great comp card and she was elected by an overwhelming majority american ally she promised to restore the party's prestige let's get this is not about whether individual shine in 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 told us they must here and health minister hammond go there. the message the party leader on the america was clear the party may follow her but it's not quite convinced. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world u.s. president dublin trump has suffered a setback after the supreme court rejected his bid them together to intervene in the case of the dreamers now they are the children of illegal immigrants to the united states and they have been campaigning for the right to stay in the u.s. trump and hope that the supreme court would consider the case without its having to go through lower courts for us police investigating the murder of a journalist in slovakia say he was probably killed because of his work investigating corruption twenty seven year old young kusa worked for a news website in his last report examined suspect financial transactions that were

part of a political scandal last year both he and his girlfriend were murdered in a case that has shocked slovakia britain's opposition leader jeremy corbett has outlined a more flexible approach to immigration after bracks it compared to that of prime minister to resubmit he says that the labor party would guarantee permanent residence for european union citizens living in britain and the right to bring their families to join those this. parts of europe experiencing unusually cold weather 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 indeed super spits you better wear long underwear 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 which chariots once raced. and in the vatican city instead of a sermon. by snowball fights. rome has an experience snowfall like this in six years and it's caught tourists by surprise even the priests are enjoying this winter miracle day is just incredible mother nature has gone mad today. but you. rome is blanket of white isn't pleasing everyone i do not and it shouldn't snow in 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 n.t. cycle and covering the scandinavian peninsula is really big and spreads to poland the front of this on the side clone 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 the german winter olympic team has arrived back home to a hero's welcome after their success in pyongyang their plane landed at frankfurt

airport from south korea this afternoon the travelling contingent included more than one hundred fifty athletes and coaches the team finished second in the medals table behind norway when he fourteen gold medals and thirty one in total the most successful winter olympics in history congratulations to them. you're up to date with innings we'll see you again at the top of the i. think you're smart t.v. smarter with the d w for smart t.v. . what you want for what you want it up to date extraordinary. to decide yourself sunbelt more. cops more g.p. . and while. ventura.