that's the deal the news live from berlin i day of deadly violence in birth you know fast so as valence target army headquarters and the french embassy security forces and civilians dead at the boarding base the attackers were islamic extremists also coming up. western leaders pressure the syrian government to stop the bloodshed and he's trying to top that as promised kong is inviting bail to ease the civilians operate.

and that is quite often welcome to the program we begin and brooke you know fassel where the government says it's repelled a deadly attack by islamist militants in the capital ouagadougou the government says several militants and members of the security forces died after a gunman launched a coordinated attack near the army headquarters and french embassy. back in our basic your city forces rushed to the french embassy to deal with an apparent jihadist attack. gunfire was exchanged for around two hours a government official reports of casualties on both sides. witnesses said five attackers course out of this car before setting it on fire then they started shooting french special forces were flown into the area france is fighting jihadism in west africa with the four thousand strong force. the attacks appear to have been

coordinated at the same time as the embassy shooting and explosion occurred at the army headquarters a kilometer across town. is what if there was a car with a round for just six people they fired that there was an explosion but we saw a lot of shots fired up with it and a lot of smoke and then people started running. the. streets quickly emptied as plainclothes security forces hunted further attacked his people here are nervous this is the major attack in walker do go in three years. for more i'm joined by correspondent a drink krishna he joins us from la ghost in nigeria adrian another major attack in burke you know fast so what's the latest. well the government says six of the attackers where killed it is not clear however if this is all the

attackers botched the situation appears to be under control also they said seven members of the security forces were killed several others wounded but there's also other reports coming in that put the death toll on a much higher rate so we still have to wait how things develop what we know is there that i witness is explain to us what exactly happened so basically they said they saw a car with gunmen arriving close to the military headquarters afterwards there was a big explosion gunshots started later on the gunmen appeared to have moved to the french embassy to attack the french embassy ok and the government is now calling the incident and terrorist attack what evidence is there to suggest that it might have been. all exactly the government already said that's also the police chief of what i do said they treat the case as a suspected islam is attack and it is indeed very likely because you know foster

has seen a rise in islamistic terror attacks over the past two years last year there was an attack on the restaurant nineteen people were killed two years ago there was an attack and we're going to go on a hotel thirty people go to killed including many foreigners and it's important to know that spoke enough asta was actually considers to be a very peaceful a very stable country in a region that is very volatile but that changed when the longtime president campari was actually chased out of his office in two thousand and fourteen by angry protesters after that there was no political stability in the country any longer there was also in the fails attempted coup d'etat and this political instability was also used by terrorists terrorists to attack targets in the country. adrian you mentioned the two previous attack in as many years how prepared are security forces to deal with attacks like this one. well today it appears there was a very quick attack response by the security forces both the special forces from

book enough ah so they were also supported by special forces from friends who are based in the country but generally one has to say look you know fossil is one of the poorest countries in that region and it's very difficult for them to cope with such threats and of course international cooperation is necessary and it has already started a member of the g five psagot group a group that was initiated by friends also heavily supported by the german government in order to combat the threats of terrorists in the entire region they had a conference last month where donor countries pledged five hundred million dollars in support of the attacks today clearly showed that this support is highly needed a drink creation lagos' thank you. now some of the other stories making news around the world british prime minister trees and they have 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 brags that she ruled out using current trade deals as models for future trade ties just like. the bodies of three un aid workers are being returned home after a militant attack in nigeria's borno state the victims all nigerian nationals were among the eleven people killed in the boko haram terror group struck a military barracks near the town of iran late on thursday. israeli police have reportedly questioned prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the first time in a corruption case involving communications giant bezdek they're alleging the companies provided positive coverage of netanyahu and exchange for favors he's facing allegations of corruption in several cases denies any wrongdoing.

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 u.s. germany and france say the assad regime must be held accountable for bombing civilians and blocking desperately needed aid the u.n. has called for a thirty day cease fire humanitarian window to allow relief to reach the billions of bodies human rights council has planned an emergency session later today to address the crisis. joining us now from oslo is yuan egeland secretary general of the norwegian refugee council and the head of the u.n. 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 tiny convoy came in february that's the only thing we've gotten in since november of last year so my new tradition has gone through the roof at the time when hospitals saw being bombed. 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 there also going rockets out of this eastern gudrun neighborhoods that is hitting. city it's a terrible situation so the consideration continues as it was before the u.n.

called for this thirty day cease fire 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 ceasefire 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 courses 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 that the very fact that this is on the highest level your your chancellor merkel 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 a 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 in sight also to respect. a cease fire there are several groups in sight and we also need their cooperation the head of the u.n. humanitarian task force for syria mr yon eglin thank you very much thank you

here in germany a long wait for a new government could finally be reaching an end on sunday the social democrats will announce the results of an internal party poll on whether to join forces with angela merkel's conservatives and a so-called grand coalition that's after an incline close the election in september left germany's main party scrambling to form a government. at the social democrats headquarters there's only one topic on everyone's minds the s.p.d. members vote the future of germany's next government now lies with the s.p.d. on saturday evening a truck will arrive here carrying what must surely be germany's most important mayor delivery hundreds of thousands of answers to the question should the social democrats join a coalition with america's conservatives they will be counted here overnight with a result of the count far from clear germans have been patient for weeks

exploratory talks negotiations party congress has for some the suspense is now reaching its climax for others they've had enough and just wanted to be over. through the hope that the s.p.d. votes yes we'll have to wait and see if they had to make avenged i wish they'd have hurried up and finished all this soon but it is like it is it's the muzzle him. i don't care they have to figure it out amongst themselves i assume their votes yes oh i don't so find it x. iting to see what happens if they don't agree i wouldn't worry too much about the impact. had. never before has there not been a government in germany so long after the election put an end to this insight. burdens politicians and politics watchers are holding their breath one hundred sixty days after the election they will find out whether germany will be governed by another grand coalition if the answer is no the most likely alternative is

something that has not happened here before a minority government led by anglo-american. biologists researching penguin colonies in the antarctic have had a pleasant surprise they have unexpectedly discovered one and a half million adelie penguins on the danger islands it was previously known that the penguin species lived there but their numbers had been greatly underestimated satellite images caught the attention of the scientists who then launched an expedition they discovered hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs in the area. iraj in d.w. new still to come. a tense day on stock markets worldwide as equities plummet and traders brace for protective tariffs on u.s. imports we'll talk to our correspondent at the frankfurt stock exchange. you're watching news live from berlin and i'm abbie croissants and stay tuned for business

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