you can do something to give the baby a future without aids. make a donation safe a life. this is g.w. news live from berlin the united nations prepares to release its annual human rights report it's likely to refer to what the u.n. chief called i held long or the fierce fight for syria's eastern good job a top investigator has already said both the government troops and rebels are guilty of human rights abuses. also coming up america's main allies in the fight

against the so-called islamic state say they are redeploying their forces to battle a turkish incursion in northern syria. and war white house may on donald trump's top economic advisor gary condit resign over the president's threat to ignore the dangers of a trade war and impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. i'm sumi so misconduct to have you with us the war raging on in syria is again the focus of attention at the united nations today the un's annual human rights report is due out in the next couple of hours in geneva and its tone is likely to be harsh a leading un human rights investigator has already slammed both syrian government forces and rebels for abuses carried out in eastern guta more than eight hundred civilians have died in recent fighting over the rebel held on clay. what was

it like eastern ghouta death lurks at every corner. of the struggle for survival here is ceaseless. sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was broken at the end of last month i want to know your children have been the worst affected. by this cameraman stops to rescue a severely injured in front of the image to graphic to show the people who were better than you when children's fund says the situation is desperate. the first two months of this here have been especially bloody for children we have received reports of over one thousand children who were killed and seriously injured in the whole syria only since the year began. monday brought some reprieve aid

trucks reached the embattled town for the first time since the offensive picked up . despite the excitement the world food program once it's far from enough. up to four hundred thousand people trapped on the inside of these people are living under siege and by that we mean there are serious shortages of medical assistance of food food insecurity is very high the u.n. security council will on wednesday hold urgent talks on the field of the thirty day these fires but with no have and insights to the war the people of this town remain in a constant fight for survival. from on the story we can talk to khaled vice an analyst on syria syria who joins us here in our studio good morning to you thank you for being with us a u.n. human rights investigator we saw earlier said it's not just the regime to blame in eastern but also the rebels who are the rebels fighting in this region right now

they are from eastern or they are delusional and brought this third peacefully initially against the regime of bashar. and there were met by brute force and then took up arms to defend themselves they got back plated by the artists from the fighting a minority alawite said belongs to a minority alawite sect him and his family and b i whites clique and i work cryptocurrency have been in control of syria sovereignty sources at the expense of the wizard of us from the population for the last forty years so they are from east on the. people of the started. and they became fighters who is backing them who is providing them with their resources. obviously know with we've the region forty years under siege no one is backing them nobody can beached them and as obama said before he left he dismissed them as a pharmacist doctored craftsman who took up on. the not as significant as obama

ordered russia think it seems the un investigator also pointed to a lot of human rights abuses taking place in eastern huta why are civilians bearing such a heavy brunt here again because this is a secretary who lives in frying to preserve and even extend during this is good war it's sick theory and deeds these are what the regime fools untrustworthy animals so names soon as it was acquired against us authority in the night in the eighties and now simply because they are sunnis who resisted the donation of the alawite minority so this is a very complex sectarian conflict what can the international community do the security council supposed to meet again today i mean the international community so-called i don't know there is no cohesive order or order one world view about this but the international media have known for decades that this is a gene that uses massacred and the it's just sick there in

games so this is not a new situation and the really nothing nothing in this post should can be done unless force is used to stop this regime and nobody's willing to do the right kind of things that we're going to come back to you in just a moment to look into another aspect of the syrian conflict at the u.s. has suffered a blow in its battle to route the so-called islamic state from the country their key ally in the fight a multiethnic alliance known as the syrian democratic forces has pulled thousands of troops away from the front line with the extremists there being redeployed to bolster other kurdish militia battling turkish forces in the northern region of a free. they've been key in the u.s. led campaign to crush i-s. and syria these fighters from the syrian democratic forces seized vast territory from i asked militants last year with american backing that includes russia from where the forces announce that they're moving troops to

a different battleground. as. we have taken the difficult decision to redeploy our fighters stationed against islamic states in the areas east of the euphrates in there also a province and send them saffren to face the turkish aggression i'd want to see. the kurdish allied militias will relocate almost two thousand flights following hundreds that have already gone tax free in. the u.s. has warned that the turkish offensive that has led to an operational pause in the fight against i.a.s. . but turkey has rejected western demands for a cease fire on a visit to germany the turkish foreign minister such as country was fighting terrorism. these are. we're fighting enough in against the p.y.t. in the y.p. ji those are terrorist organizations. and the operations there are in line with

international law and the rules of the united nations says that. turkey launched its air and ground assault on the cutter enclave in january. more than a million civilians are at risk on the latest front line in syria's war. so coming back to you khalid now for more on this story you know the syrian democratic forces there saying that they're going to redeploy their troops now to what is really behind this move is it really defy turkish aggression as we heard in that report we won't have to be ready if then to not see isis being used as escape crow to to justify other actions such as what we see by the so-called cedar democratic forces which are more or less led by the key which as other countries sees

a terrorist organizations this this organization has been used by the united states to fight isis as we heard that isis has been defeated so how far did this so-called operational pause is really affecting the so-called fighters against against isis we really don't know who's not states has declared more or less that the fight against isis is isis has been defeated from pres been beating that up so is this really if part of the pressure tactic for thirty to stop it's. what is this really a usual potential laws against isis i think it's water for political announcement than anything else thank you very much for that analysis colleagues with us here in our studio serious specialist. now to some other stories making news around the world the united states has announced more sanctions on north korea this after washington formally concluded that the country used chemical weapons to assassinate

the half brother of leader kim jong un at kuala lumpur airport last year kim jong nam died after a nerve agent was sprayed in his face sri lanka has declared a state of emergency after anti muslim violence mobs made up of the majority buddhist population attacked muslim owned shops and homes and at least two people have been killed the government has deployed soldiers to riot areas and imposed a curfew. now a former russian spy and his daughter are fighting for their lives in the u.k. after an apparent poisoning attempt britain has said it will respond appropriately and robustly to any russian involvement circus grip all and acts russian intelligence officer who also spied for britain was taken critically ill on sunday along with his daughter counterterrorism police are racing to identify the unknown substance that left the parent conscious in the southern british city of solsbury.

this is the salzburg park where st paul and his daughter yulia were found critically ill on sunday. investigators are now busy trying to determine the nature of the unknown substance the two victims were exposed to. where we declared a major incident yesterday after a man and woman were taken seriously arrow in soulsby on sunday. they both remain in a critical condition and all fools and best wishes remain with that families during this difficult time. it was after eating a meal at this local restaurant that a resident found st paul violently ill on a nearby bench. and then the man starts throwing up it was weird it wasn't like you know me it was some phrases. you can see that he was fishing for and what he straight wasn't even is just this one was just come it's pronounced as not. there's been an angry reaction from policy makers with the british foreign minister linking

this latest incident to the death of another former russian spies jules. he wrote. i can read. the evidence and. then the government. russia strongly rejected those comments calling them wild the kremlin has denied any knowledge of the affair and called british allegations groundless it said london should investigate the incident before blaming moscow screwball was a colonel in russia's military intelligence service he was arrested in russia in two thousand and four and convicted of spying for britain two years later. in twenty ten he was freed as part of

a high level spy exchange. british counterterrorism specialists have now taken charge of the investigation but a spokesman said they're keeping an open mind about the nature of the incident. and for the latest on the story let's bring in journalist abigail fryman rouch in london hi abigail first of all can you tell us more about the condition of circus cripple and his daughter at this point well they just that we know is that it really is not very good news at the moment the pair are described as being in a critical condition and sources at the hospital told the b.b.c. last night that they were treating symptoms and not causes because they still don't know what the substance was that has caused this reaction in them we know that mr script is a former russian spy what can we tell what can you tell us about his daughter. so you know it's thirty three she was in moscow but she travels question frequently

between britain and russia and that she started in moscow and she's worked for several multinational company things using pepsi and haughty in and she thought that she may have been just seeing britain around this time to support her father on the anniversary of her brother his son's death which people are looking at with . that it placed a question mark over and one day six could all somehow be related we saw a report that the foreign secretary boris johnson had some strong words on this case what is your take on this affair if russia's found have played a part could how could this affect the u.k. russia relations. well that is an enormous if but as you say people are making a connection with the desolate genic and. certainly voices on some of the flagship news programs last night was saying if if if russia is behind this then we really need to be set or we think our approach to relations with russia and determining

what substance will go a long way to working out whether russia might have been behind it or not because if it turns out to be a substance searches only have been obtained by an extremely sophisticated actual state they're not all now right down as you said it is it is not confirmed yet and and therefore people are really they must keep a can mind but that is in it very much in the back of their thinking abigail simon rush speaking to us from london thank you very much for that update. you're watching d.w. news still to come britain hints at withdrawing from football's world cup because of the spy case but russia looks ahead at the start of the term and less than one hundred days away. but first in the u.s. the rift over trump's tariff says had further fall out helena trade war or no trade war see me we've already seen that one white house staffer handed in his

resignation to gary cohen donald trump's leading economic adviser has become the latest high ranking white house employee to quit his post or conus to step down as the director of the national economic council he has been the leading internal opponent to transplants to impose import tariffs on steel and other many of his decision to step down on tuesday came after cohen spent days try and failing to persuade president trump suit change his mind. or kearns imminent departure comes amid an incredibly tumultuous period for the trumpet administration the w.'s washington correspondent alexander phenomenon has more. gary cohen's decision to step down is a significant moment for the trump administration while the white house officials say there is no single factor behind it president's recent announcement to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports was apparently the most important catalyst

for cohn's decision as a long time proponent of free trade he believes such tariffs could jeopardize economic growth in the united states his departure is likely to him bald on the economic nationalist swing of the trump administration which has successfully moved the president to take aggressive steps on trade in recent weeks according to the white house gary cohn is expected to leave in the coming weeks his just the latest in the serious of high profile resignations in the recent weeks once again reinforcing the impression of carroll's in the white house. that was our washington correspondent alexander fund nominee speaking earlier now this year's geneva motor show gets underway with the industry shaping up for its biggest transition since ford began mass production one hundred ten years ago now with

diesel bans getting the green light across europe many carmakers have promised to show off their electric offerings but it's a revolution slow motion it seems some observers say the industry still proving resistant to inevitable change. this is what britain's jack you are is offering up in the race to electro mobility the high pace is a battery operated s.u.v. which the company hopes could push in the same category as u.s. electric drive pioneer tesla. but not every car maker in geneva is ready to go fully electric the new a six rolled out by german car maker as the features the mile high parade power system its main focus though is on attracting buyers who can afford to pay for luxury. expensive glossy cars with the knowledge to increasing environmental awareness and frank elation but when it comes to real innovation this year's to the even motor

show has left some experts disappointed rhodri current to see all the so-called you know it's all we are so it's your. power that ever before some electric cars but no really. really the services that what we are missing again at the geneva motor show there was one notable exception though dutch company paudie unveiled the world's first ever commercially available flying car and with the first deliveries expected later this year the contraption certainly appears ready for takeoff. well at the geneva motor show as our correspondent. on jenelle evans flying cars aside we've heard some pretty strong criticism there about a lack of innovation in geneva or is that a fair assessment do you think. well just to put it in context the geneva motor show really is traditionally about luxury cars about super

cars and many people who come here still want to see these things but to be fair i think the geneva motor show can definitely do more to keep up with the times and a sure sign of these times of course is that car makers are showing up increasingly at tech fairs as driving cars becomes less about. actually driving them and more about being transported around in a supercomputer now to be fair this is probably the most tech heavy geneva motor show that i've experienced so far with auto bosses glad to talk about charging times about our digital entertainment systems but i think as a whole it fails to make clear how far these futuristic visions for mobility actually are to reality or how close so there's a lot going on there anything special about this year's motor show in geneva china . well to be fair i saw a lot of concepts that i thought were pretty cool autonomous concept for example for example from a know the easy go it basically looks like

a lounge on wheels that's transparent there's also the school bus version of autonomy as a concept the cedric in case you don't feel like driving the kids to school yourself but i find it astonishing that a given the blank design slate. driving cars provide say because you don't need pedals or a spearing wheel you don't need the seats all to face the same way that designers are pretty much sticking to the same design principles the same design concepts and i definitely feel like there's more room for a crazy creativity at the geneva motor show and that's definitely something that i would want to see next year all right you have to work hard to impress genelle now thank you very much. make a link and say that because fans live in germany and were so the company so profits rise last year thanks in part to the sweet two nations but it was the only countries feasting on the company's famous golden dawn these global net profits

were up almost eight percent compared with twenty sixteen. sales hit an all time high with revenues of nearly three and a half but in europe. and the official world cup countdown is on but it could be a romp in the road to see me that's right helena well russia marked yesterday one hundred days before the start of football's world cup which is hosting this as britain indirectly cast doubt over song participation in the event over the collapse and illness of the former russian double agent circus cripple in the u.k. britain's foreign secretary saying if evidence emerges that implies russian state involvement it would be difficult to see how u.k. representation of the world cup could go ahead moscow meanwhile still gearing up to host the tournament with celebrations including an open air concert last night. only. the countdown is on

but exactly one hundred days to go until the first born is kicked russia puts on a party for six thousand world cup formants here is. a moscow ice skating rink may have been an unlikely choice of venue sliding tackles probably a bit dangerous here but those involved are already looking forward to the summer. in years and it's really exciting and a huge responsibility being a volunteer and helping the whole world but i'm ready and eager to get started. that we want to show the world how beautiful the country is. and how friendly the people are. the tournament will take place in twelve stadiums across eleven cities like here in preparations are largely running to plan with the phrase inspection team happy with what they've seen so far but we're very pleased to see the continued enthusiasm and passion from the city from the stadium to really put on the best show possible here because and we're very pleased and impressed with the

progress and the state of preparations. but there are still concerns over security and found violence ahead of the tournament russia insists they won't be any problems having crackdown on local hooligan groups for now the optics are good in russian and see for presidents try to sort of keep p.r.p. in a carefully choreographed promotional video to meet putin knows russia's image is under the spotlight. in formula one ferrari sebastian faddle has laid down a marker for the two thousand and eighteen campaign with pre-season testing entering its final week the german set the quickest time of the morning in barcelona completing more laps than anyone else he went to cancer of a second quicker than his nearest rival driver terry bottles but the news wasn't so good for the mclaren team their car broke down on track just an hour into the session. now to one lawmaker's quest here in germany to push the patriarchy out of

the national anthem the tune praises among other things the fatherland but to her gender neutral revisions improve on tradition well we took it to the german public for a try as you'll see in this report. germany's national soccer team players know the words of the national anthem by heart as do the members of the german born does talk. but in the future will they be singing another tune. this is the ministry of family affairs equal opportunities officer kristina pulls a moving of the s.p.d. she wants to reprint the anthem slur it's to make them gender neutral. then it would no longer be for the german fatherland but instead for the german homeland and instead of brotherly with heart in hand courageously with heart and hand.

ok but how would it sound. oh ok well i have. they haven't. no i don't know why should we change the anthem or the lyrics i wonder and i would not agree with that august me and forced on them it should so i like it the way it is it's traditional it's so this is twenty eighteen it's ok to question these things and start these kinds of debates and i'm totally for it but if you and what about the chancellor a german government spokesman says non-governmental is very happy with the anthem as it is. a huge part we just have time for a minder of our top story at this hour a u.n.

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