this is news coming to you live from berlin russia says it has managed to evacuate a group of civilians from. syria but the crossings near the besieged enclave appear to tell a different story aid workers say the people trapped in the enclave are not using the corridors because they're too afraid to leave. also coming up. the president makes an appeal to the taliban to end sixteen years of war and enter

peace talks the offer comes a civilian casualties mount could this be a turning point in the conflict. hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program russian president vladimir putin says russia has managed to evacuate what he called quite a big group of civilians from the rebel held enclave of eastern during a temporary truce in syria if confirmed it would be the first time civilians have been able to leave the seized enclave using a humanitarian corridor by russia aide workers however have said civilians are too afraid to leave they also complain of not being given enough time to deliver aid there's been reports that the truce has been violated by both sides. was supposed to full solemn and. but

a five hour humanitarian pause brought little relief to besieged residents in the rebel held enclave strikes were reported during the pause and observers say that syrian government warplanes resumed their bombing as soon as it ended. when we pray to god for help what kind of ceasefire is this without attacks and barrel bombs. humanitarian corridors set up to allow residents to leave an aide to enter went largely unused rebels claim people are refusing to leave on buses out of fear of being captured by government forces. and i'm about honestly i'm really meant to pick up the wounded from eastern guta and take them to the clinic in the suburbs of damascus on humanitarian grounds. be at the much syria's ally russia or accuse the rebels of preventing people from leaving and blame them for failing to uphold the truce ordered by president putin. but that's not how the u.s. state department sees it. russia is certainly not hearing to the cease fire they're

not adhering to the cease fire because they continue to sponsor and back bashar al assad's government that is tragic as a result of that we are seeing innocent civilians and you've all seen the video many of you are parents you have seen the children who are suffering and dying you've seen the innocent people doing that paid groups are still waiting to deliver desperately needed supplies so imagine. if you have aid being able to be there that we can't imagine it's really getting got first big for the people inside the residents of eastern are going to use a brief lull in the fighting to clear the rubble and hope the next pause brings real relief. let's bring in diana seaman here she's a syria researcher from amnesty international and joins us now from beirut how does the temporary cease fire brought any relief to the people of eastern go to. not yet

i mean people who've interviewed her and side of history would have told us that the ceasefire was lighted or breached even before the two pm deadline that was said by russia a doctor told amnesty international that even before two pm ten bombs fed on civilian areas in eastern. including a hospital in one of the neighborhoods and yesterday who died and thankfully nobody was connected but there were some people who were injured in addition none of the humanitarian aid convoys were allowed or even the access by this your government and very stern who. wanted. but as we heard in our report both sides in the conflict blame each other for violating the cease fire why is this truce proving so difficult to implement. i mean we've seen in the past six years how un security council resolutions are being adopted and yet the syrian government and

in some cases armed groups have violated or did not implement security council resolutions are becoming more open to words i am simply because the security council is not imposing any or taking concrete measures to ensure that the syrian government and armed groups are implementing these resolutions unfortunately what i mean i mean what i'm just internationalist going on the syrian government and on the russian government is to criminate the and on the internet that's on civilians we've seen these is fact remains we currently happening or happened yesterday and that will and it doesn't seem that every time this is fact vehemence expire and we've seen estimates of violence so you know if you've been accused of that so sorry i didn't mean it interrupt you but if the troops were fully implemented would provide sufficient opportunity to help the people of eastern. i mean this is fire

agreements or the humanitarian corridors that are being proposed are no way they're going to permit any of the humanitarian catastrophe that we're seeing in eastern we don't know what the syrian government and armed groups i mean their responsibility is to provide i'm limited in unfettered access to humanitarian aid convoys yes it's might temporary provide some relief to the civilians but what what could happen next is that biden's good resume and then it could further be blocked going taking us back to the same situation that yesterday what i was going through are now in the months before ok the same on there she's a researcher from amnesty international she joined us from beirut thank you so much . thank you. for now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in mumbai the funeral has been held for iconic molly wood actress sridevi who are thousands of fans gathered to say farewell investigators say sridevi lost

consciousness and drowned in a hotel bathtub in dubai over the weekend. and u.s. president donald trump's son in law has reportedly been stripped of his top level security clearance pushed ahead got interim permission to receive top secret information in his role as a white house senior adviser but now krishna said to be one of several aides whose clearance was downgraded. three astronauts have touched down safely in kazakhstan after almost six months aboard the international space station two americans and one russian were among the crew whose mission included research and equipment maintenance work a crew to replace the three men is due to lift off on march twenty first. for afghan president has offered peace talks to the taliban during a conference aimed at bringing stability to the region as part of his attempts to

end an insurgency the began after the u.s. led ouster of the taliban in two thousand and one though the taliban are not taking part in today's conference ghani offer of the militant group the possibility of political recognition if it accepted his peace offer and the afghan constitution president also reached out to neighboring pakistan which has been accused of providing a safe haven for taliban militants. well this move comes amid reports that pakistani officials are preparing the forced return of millions of afghans who fought to sought refuge there some have lived in pakistan all their lives correspondent nosheen abbas sent us this exclusive report. chava pakistan more than a million of hundred few days have crowded into the city close to the of the on border many of them have fled the war plaguing the country for decades nestor love is one of them he was born in pakistan and has lived in this camp his whole life.

he's university educated and used to work as a teacher nasir lost five children are all in school being forced to leave is the last thing he wants what he says i'm up to my parents and grandparents are buried here and i can visit their graves whenever i want to thank you my friends from school and university are all here my life is here and i wonder how can i just leave everything in a few months if the government just allowed us to stay to continue our jobs we could live in peace there are nearly one and a half million registered afghan refugees in pakistan and many more living here illegally. all of them have been told they have to leave the country by march thirty first previously the government had assured their legal status for at least a year this most recent deadline has come amid increasingly hostile relations between kabul and islamabad pakistan says the presence of on refugees is not only a dream on resources but is also

a way for terrorists to infiltrate the country from across the border they are. living as a lives here and work up to about thirty percent of the collapse seventy percent of . the live in suburbs of bridges cities dog ships were good as good as a crew which we should be able to check as to who. knows to disprove history so we start off with the point for really right we pushed about whatever but the rules rules that i've learned stand has recently seen a wave of deadly attacks even sees fear for the safety of those who return u.n. officials also say the repatriation of so many refugees is an unrealistic toss to undertake by this latest deadline they're hoping talks with the government may help them buy time. any of those returns from pakistan. will have significant impact. that will make challenges. in some places.

in order situation reduce more satisfactory. education livelihood challenges you know what is there and these are the challenges. which needs to be addressed the international community should try to get to doing them an assistance you know wonder some. some political commentators suggest that holding the feet of refugees in the balance is one of pakistan's bargaining chips when dealing with diplomatic pressure and while many refugees like nester maffia they are being used as political pawns they have no choice but to accept their life in him as another deadline ticks down. the international olympic committee has confirmed to d.w. that russia's olympic ban has been lifted with quote immediate effect the news comes just two days after russian athletes returned from competing as neutrals.

winter olympics the ban was automatically lifted after no further russian athletes tested positive for banned substances at. present russia's limpid committee called the i.o.c. is decision important. around twenty seven people are thought to have died in the big three s. that's currently gripping europe a cold front dubbed the beast from the east is sweeping across the continent from siberia one of the worst affected countries as croatia whirls two meters of snow has fallen in some areas even in spain thirty eight provinces are affected the canary islands off the northwest coast of africa are being lashed by strong winds and in britain hundreds of trains have been cancelled and many schools closed in ireland which doesn't often to see so much snow panic buying of bread has left supermarket shelves empty. well germany is being hit by

a flu epidemic authorities have registered more than one hundred twenty thousand cases and more than two hundred people have died so far this winter doctors here in berlin say they're dealing with three times the number of patients usually affected this time of year. linda few reports from the front line. it's crowded in dr frank fresh less practice these days many turn up suspecting the flu he has to take a swap to confirm that but says he's learned to recognize flu patients by sight. i . think they're a lot sicker than the others he comes on suddenly from one day to the next they suddenly form of human a fever flares people's temperature shoots up as high as forty degrees in patients of headaches and joint pain amounts of close little doubt now there is about what the diagnosis really tight fast cleaners clot this year the flu has been hitting people in the prime of their life aged thirty five to sixty and there are nearly

three times as many people visiting the doctor as in a normal winter. scientists say germany is facing a flu epidemic they have been running the numbers on how many people are suffering from the flu and how many are dying from it two hundred sixteen have perished so far this year. if you have a chronic illness if you're older pregnant or haven't had your flu shot because you need to be concerned and you should still think about getting vaccinated to enter through it will take two weeks to build up community but it's worth it this flu season and in the next two weeks. alone. there's been more than one hundred twenty thousand flu cases in germany this winter and experts say the epidemic might continue through to april. now don't forget you can always get the news on the go just download our from google play or from the apple store or

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