this is the news live from berlin a day of deadly violence and virtually no foul so the assailants target army headquarters and the french and the seat reading security forces and civilians dead authorities say the attackers grizz lawmakers extremists also coming up. with a shaky daily ceasefire fails to offer relief to people trapped in syria's eastern ghouta german chancellor angela merkel and u.s. president donald trump trasher of russia to do more to stop the bloodshed. and ahead of italy's national vote this weekend heads to sicily an island on the front lines of the country's migration debate and issues that could tip the election

toward silvio berlusconi's right wing coalition. and have a quote awesome welcome to the program we begin in burke you know fast so where the government says it's repelled a deadly attacked by islamist militants in the capital while her do group the government says several militants and security forces have been killed after gunmen opened fire this morning near the army headquarters and french embassy of least fifty people have been wounded soldiers and special has largely seized. for more i'm joined by correspondent a drink kurdish he joins us from longo's in nigeria adrian what's the latest. what we're doing from eyewitnesses that around ten am a car with gunmen arrived at the military headquarters in why do afterwards an

explosion was heard and gunshots started but apparently the military headquarters was not was not the only target by the gunmen later on also the french embassy was attacked that is about two kilometers away from the military headquarters the french ambassador to the south of the region already said that this was a terrorist attack also the police chief of the country went one step further you actually said they're treating the case as a suspected islam is terror attack and the government of foster has so far confirmed that four of the attackers were killed ok four of the attackers were killed we're just getting an update now that says seven security forces have been confirmed dead adrian do we know was behind this attack. well a lot of people here believe that islam is a terrorist because you know foster has seen a rise of his in the mystic terror attacks in the past two years last year there was an attack in ouagadougou on the restaurants nineteen people were killed two

years ago there was an attack on the hotel in what i do with thirty people were killed including many foreigners and it's important to know that book enough aso used to be a stable and peaceful place in a very volatile region for a long time but in two thousand and fourteen they came instability political instability to the country because of the long time ruler of the country campari was chased out of office after almost thirty thirty years in power by protesters afterwards the political situation became not stable anymore there was an attempted coup d'etat that failed and this political instability was also taken advantage of by terrorists so the situation has been rather unstable for several years now but how prepared were security forces to deal with attacks like this one. well this is obviously something very difficult for a country like book you know faso that is one of the poorest countries even in this

region and even although there was a lot of international support in the past all the countries in the region including the neighboring one like the struggling with the threat of terrorism this the g five saw the group you know fossils also remember that wars actually put in place by france also heavily supported by the drammen government that targets to find answers to this terror threat in the entire region they just had a meeting last month where donor countries but strive hundred million dollars support and the events today show once again that audience action is needed age are increased and law goes thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world british prime minister tourism a has confirmed her country's plans to leave the european union single market and customs union after it leaves the bloc in march next year she made the comments in a long awaited speech on britain's ties with the e.u. after bragg's it ruled out using current trade deals as models for future trade

ties just like. israeli police have reportedly question prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the first time in a corruption case involving communications giant asic they're alleging the company provided positive coverage of netanyahu in exchange for favors he's facing allegations of corruption in several cases but denies any wrongdoing it's. a surprise in the antarctic scientists have discovered one point five million adelie penguins on the danger islands it was known that these penguins were there but not in such numbers satellite images had caught the attention of researchers and then they launched an expedition and found hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs. to syria now where western powers are ramping up pressure on damascus in a bid to end the plight of suffering civilians tens of thousands of them remain trapped in the besieged rebel enclave of eastern guta as syrian government air

strikes continue the leaders of the us germany and france regime must be held accountable for bombing civilians and blocking desperately needed aid the un has called for a thirty day ceasefire humanitarian window to allow relief to reach civilians the bodies human rights council has planned an emergency session later today to address the crisis. joining us now from oslo is yon i glance secretary general of the norwegian refugee council and the head of the un humanitarian task force for syria mr egeland thank you very much for taking this time what is the situation on the ground in eastern guta at the moment as you know it this situation is horrific on the ground there is no no other word for it listen this is a besieged area it's totally military and so and the hasn't been any possibility to get in with humanitarian relief now for months

only one tying the convoy came in february that's the only thing we've gotten the in since november of last year so my nutrition has gone through the roof at the time when hospitals saw being bombed the civilian housing is being bombed and it's happening in the next door to the city these are suburbs to damascus of course there is also in or fairness we have to describe they're also going rockets out of this eastern ghouta neighborhoods that is hitting the city it's a terrible situation. so the consideration continues as it was before the u.n. called for this thirty day ceasefire and then russia backed out ball but also called their own daily five hour truce what do you make of this the that the situation is only getting worse by the hour and the day in spite of all of this

tremendous diplomatic activity we've had in geneva now. you know dozens of meetings with the the russians the americans with the local powers like iran saudi arabia qatar turkey and we're not getting anywhere at the moment the security council declared a thirty day cease fire and now off the many days into this so-called cease fire period. the war got worse the russian proposal is a unilateral one in russia is fighting alongside the assad government what they say is that the five hour should be human a temple system to enable civilians to go out we've seen no civilians go out of

these two corridos in the five hour process because they're too short they're too brief we need longer process and we need also to be negotiated between the two sides and between us as humanitarians if not we cannot deliver aid in we cannot take it medical evacuations out and we cannot really ensure that civilians are saith if they want to free the area you mention that russia has called this unilateral ceasefire speaking with representatives from various countries what hope do you have that the situation will actually improve. well we have to continue hoping and we have to continue i think for for an improvement in the situation when we don't have the luxury of giving up here too many lives are are at stake so hopefully the the the very fact that this is on the highest level your. president mccaw i have been directly in contact with president putin of russia

we've we've seen intensive diplomatic attention to this so i can only hope that if it changes but it takes the government then to to give green light to law aid convoys in it takes the government and the allied forces to really want to have a cease fire and then it takes for the local groups inside also to respect. a cease fire several groups inside and we also need their cooperation the head of the un humanitarian task force for syria mr yon eglin thank you very much and you. the final day of campaigning before italy goes to the polls and sunday's fiercely contested election the legally barred from government former prime minister silvio berlusconi is hoping to play kingmaker in a right wing coalition our correspondent max a man has been to sicily or

berlusconi's message on migration is dominating the debate. father and knows this neighborhood like no one else. has taken me to the market and institution in the old town palermo i'm trying to get a feel for what matters to people in this election migration seems to be at the top of the list. the tone of the current campaign what is very harsh about it i'm afraid that the topic of migration is being exploited from the left and from the right these people don't understand the value of migrants and migration that can bring into a country then they may get on to. this is that lee has always

been an island between two continents many africans that make it to europe spend a lot of time here some learn italian in charity sponsored classes like this one right next to the market hoping to be granted asylum others move on. there are approximately five hundred thousand undocumented migrants in italy and one man italians are very familiar with this calling the situation a social time bomb. that man is signal bell is going the former prime minister and billionaire eighty one years old and the centerpiece of many scandals involving among other things an under-age call girl named ruby and tax fraud yet there is a good possibility she will be forging the next governing coalition once again it would be one leaning strongly to the right capitalizing on the current anti immigration in italy. in spite of his checkered past fellow party members

think he's italy's best hope for reforms. or you could lose a little time at the bank john percent i'm going to miss going to you has extensively have proven his dedication in the past he's a good businessman and he's achieved a lot for himself that you have and his partners the strength of purpose and his passion are the reason why we sicilia and i hope you tell us it's a whole are turning back to him he's incredible man. it's a queen think you know you should jani and you spend on can you tell jani. and you have special ties to palermo it's here that he laid the foundation for his comeback in regional elections last year. at the market. lots of fans especially among men. when they were going to school he was in power there were more jobs. he's the perfect person it's even better that he wants an alliance

with the far right young. people i think schooling is the only one who can save us . it's like the old italian political saying if you stick around long enough you can become a saint. but father vote deals in real estate and has a different view of the premise going in primarily because of his attitude towards migrants. going to sort of the obvious on our. allies are very tough and want to get rid of migrants this is a demand that's completely outside of reality. forty a lot of. my impression is reality has never seemed to be a big concern of ballots going to these especially in campaigns and especially regarding migration. as we just saw silvio berlusconi is hoping to make a stunning political comeback and he's announced just pick to take italy's top job

berlusconi says antonio tejada the european parliament president has agreed to serve as prime minister if the center right coalition wins on sunday and embellished goni have been allies since the pair set up the fourth party in the early ninety ninety s. i'm now joined by philip phelan is an author and journalist who's been living in rome for more than thirty years philip let's start with a ani berlusconi has him on board to head up his patchwork coalition are we talking about the next prime minister of italy and if so what can we expect yes i think if anyone has a good chance to tell you and he is the man at the moment. seems like a good choice from discourteous point of view a way of reassuring people in europe that. the new center right government won't be yeah hardline and it's a euro skepticism would be breaching

a european rules so. he is a is a reassuring choice both for the rest of europe and probably also for conservative centrist moderate voters it in italy and we've seen the role that immigration is playing in this nationwide debate berlusconi calls migrants a social time bomb as we heard in max's report is this issue now completely drowning out other concerns italians may have. not quite certainly the most emotionally inflammatory theme of the election and it is the net top of the agenda really from very early on but they're out there related to the mns such as unemployment and security people blaming. migrants for the lack of both both these things like jobs and the lack of security so there's a feeling of. general distress happiness and frustration especially in the south of

italy and this could. significant impact on the choices that people make on sunday ok so there is some frustration there but let's talk about berlusconi from out because to the rest of the world he's a scandal ridden politician who we thought we'd seen the end of can you explain to us why he has such support within italy. well from his really very intelligently reinvented himself and he now appears there's a reassuring elder statesman a far cry from earlier times at the bunga bunga parties and his conviction for tax fraud no stripes the political scene as the man who no other world leaders has a. reassuring more it approach to have a policy merge approach to europe in particular and basically someone that

italian second rely on and he's been making much of the inexperienced of many of his rivals particularly the five star movement to tend to be young and have it many of them have no one had any experience of government at all philip dylan in rome thank you you're watching the news still to come germany's most important partners wait on berlin they'll find out on sunday if they finally have a new government to do business with europe's the on a vote here that could make or break the would be coalition. decision that still making ripples around the world right monica abby if it continues now the world trade organization has expressed concern at washington's plan for terrorist on steel and minium imports w t o director general roberto acevedo says the potential for escalation was real and that

a trade war was in no one's interest while u.s. president on a trump wants to slap a twenty five percent levy on steel and ten percent on alan minium imports the move has sent stock markets around the world south u.s. trading partners say they'll impose straight counter measures. china is the us is main target with the tariffs for years the country has been over producing steel and aluminum and selling it off and dumping prices donald trump has the moaned this for some time blaming china for the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in his country. but beijing is less than impressed with this response it's already threatening retaliate tree measures officially though the tone remains diplomatic. john wanting to me for china urges the u.s. to show restraint in using protective trade measures and respect multinational trade rules. trumps meeting with the u.s.

steel companies left open whether the tariffs would focus on just one country or on all steel and aluminum imports generally the result worldwide insecurity even among america's closest allies. at this point in charge we don't have a party from the administration about whether a law that exemption will be in place for a stroll and whether or not this will be a unilateral imposition of cowards across the board the e.u. is threatening countermeasures if european steel production is affected by the terrorists it says it will retaliate with tariffs on u.s. products including motorcycles and whiskey we will not sit idly while our industry is hit with them for measures that for thousands of european jobs at risk the e.u. will react firmly and commensurately to different our interests consumers will be the biggest losers of course in the u.s.

the tariffs will mean more expensive cars and elsewhere more expensive u.s. products. let's talk a bit more about the european reaction to those terrorist matters joins me now from brussels aka donald trump talks of unfair trade trade partners including the e.u. say that's trump's call for tariffs is unfair who is right. protective measures such as these are not necessarily unfair in fact they can be legitimate and in case of china most of the e.u. countries would agree that there is a need to tackle this overcapacity we've seen in the report about it is really the way donald trump has done that's the path he choose not following double cio procedures which are foreseen for such instances but basically using a loophole in international trade rules which is a loophole in case of a serious national threat if you want to in case of

a war that he has chosen and it's this unilateral action that is regarded as unfair now european commission president jiang kludgy younker has called to those tariffs or says that they would put thousands of european jobs said risk but e.u. countries i think it will affect it we have to wait for the formal announcements here or take a very close look at what we can really say is that they're not there but among the top exporting nations that are hit such as brazil or south korea for instance but the big concern on the european part is the collateral damage that the steel that is intended for the u.s. markets could end up in europe. you get you mentioned already that it when it comes to chinese steel that europe should actually applaud to donald trump's measures and the e.u. itself slapped terris on chinese steel just a year ago so why does outcry now there's a fine difference here the e.u.

slapped tariffs on individual steel products and followed w t o procedures and that's the key issue in the whole debate only in december japan the u.s. and. the e.u. all agreed to new chile to collectively tackle the problem of chinese overproduction and transaction has now put this alliance at least in doubt all right matters there from brussels thank you so much for this. stock markets around the world to good beating following trends announcement in germany the blue chip dax tumbled more than two percent and for the latest let's cross over to danielle copas been keeping an eye for us on the trading floor in frankfurt danielle how's this turbulent day wrapping up. oh monica let's just forget about today it has been really lousy possible mix of possible higher interest rates and a possible trade war have really left shares dropping as the blue chip index tracks

for the first time since august it has been under the magical point mark of twelve thousand points and even though the consequences here for europe are still not clear during most of the day there has not even been a single share shares for example of steelmaker were down with more than five percent person corp shares also really suffering today down with more than three percent and yes the latest comments that this could be just be the be the beginning did not help at all and yes many have criticized as we also received a statement earlier from german chancellor angela merkel calling all of this very dangerous it seems that this day will not be only remembered as a day of losses in asia and europe also shares on wall street are down at this moment i guess most of the investors are happy that the stock market's during the week it is close and they are just hoping that the next week turns out somehow to be better let's see ok in the meantime everybody is looking forward to see the weekend. confronted thank you so much. all

right chilly days for traders but not just for them it's cold outside isn't it it certainly is monica and it's been that way for several days now an extreme cold snap still has europe in its clutches snow and frigid temperatures have forced multiple airport and road closures britain has even called out its army to battle the chaos after some of the worst weather it's seen in decades. the u.k. is digging out and bracing for more the extreme cold gripping europe has brought more than three days of unusually heavy snow to the british isles up to fifty centimeters of snow are expected in some parts airports and public transit are suffering from major delays and closures roads are shut people are stranded hundreds of vehicles have gotten stuck on roadways even all wheel drive ones have been no match for the treacherous conditions as one four by four driver found out it's quite hard to describe really. sixty. emergency services.

i mean there are hundreds of trucks because this is everywhere. the cost of burning cars scored extraordinary emergency services and even the british army are carrying out rescue operations though a gas shortage warning has been lifted residents have been stocking up on other essentials the wintery weather has taken many in the u.k. by surprise but for some it's just a matter of preparation so it's a hard way nothing's on your doorstep enough so it just takes organization extreme winter conditions may continue through at least next week lacking sufficient funding and equipment for snow removal many local authorities can only hope that springtime weather is on its way. and our minder of the top stories we're following for you authorities in burkina faso say attacks in the capital ouagadougou have killed numerous civilians as well as members of the security forces the government

has blamed islamist extremists for the violence. and campaigning for italy's general election has entered its final day this after thousands turned out to protest the extreme right wing cast counterparty as a wrapped up its campaign with a rally in the capital. you're watching news live from berlin we'll be back again at the top of the hour thanks for watching. a movie.

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