darkness city's after war. starting march tenth on t. w. . buckle lipstick the united nations raises deal arm about syria warning of an all out destruction in eastern hotel and beyond next month or the month after it will be somewhere over workpeople first from apocalypse i'm a broker lives in the ground them executed right individuals within the government but it is the clarion call to late a syrian army says it has seized full control of the eastern huta preempting a un security council meeting in new york also coming up. british authorities see they now know more about the substance that hospitalize an expiry and his daughter

on the weekends all that sounds the mistreat threatens to ignite a full blown diplomatic route between russia and the u.k. and a german judge convicts far right extremists on terrorism charges for their bombing campaign against refugee homes and political opponents will get the latest on the verdict. thanks very much for your company everyone. the united nations is warning of a potential apocalypse in syria it's a warning that may be too little too late for the people of eastern huta after weeks of relentless bombardments the syrian army and their allies say they have taken full control of the rebel enclave near damascus it's a move there pre-amps a meeting today by the un security council to stem the bloodshed and stop the hundreds of civilian deaths there. a childhood from hell

the syrian civil defense workers must dig children out from the rubble after yet another bombing raid taking them to safety if anywhere in east ghouta is safe. the united nations high commissioner for human rights says it's urgent to reverse course and refer the syrian regime to the international criminal court. this month it is also which is in the words of the sector general hell on earth next month or the month after it will be someone else will people face an apocalypse an apocalypse intended planned and executed by individuals within the government apparently with the full backing of some of the foreign supporters. pro-government militias reinforced syria's regular troops. and the government itself is backed by iran. and especially russia which says it is coordinating with

the regime to offer aid and to help get people out. we managed to evacuate thirteen civilians including five children we also plan to evacuate about one thousand sick and wounded people but the rebels did not give us the chance old people women and children are being held as hostages and used as human shields. but many observers blame russia for blocking un resolutions or for helping the syrian regime violate them hell on earth has no end in sight. well upon a swarm say so is a un regional humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis and he joins us now from the capital amman a very good evening sir we've heard the u.n. human rights chief accuse the syrian government of orchestrating an apocalypse very strong words we're also in the meantime getting reports that syrian troops have

retaken in eastern huta what will this mean for the civilians who are still there are they already fleeing. well the situation in east and will remain as it is it's a b.c.s. area with enormous humanitarian needs inside the country and unfortunately with this humanitarians having full access will there as we just had a convoy delivered three days ago there will be more to come in the coming days what is really important is for the government for all parties and foremost to respect the protection of civilians women children families have to be protected we cannot see this kind of situation where people lose their lives we're also going to be able to bring humanitarian assistance in food medical supplies and the injured none of this has happened so far we have a trickle of assistance that was getting in but it's really not enough and not more needs to happen rights and as you point out so none of those things are happening

so where can the civilians go to for safety. what is important for the civilians is to have a sri choice really to be able to decide for themselves what they want to do at the moment they're caught up in a situation where the hiding in basements we was just there two days ago i know our community our work is describe a situation where hundreds of people are hiding in basements and really do the very little food with the constant fear not knowing if they're going to live another day that needs to change now if their roots are often if aid can go in if medical supplies can go in if interrupted will come out also people should decide what they want to do of course people love their homes and if possible if it's safe they would like to stay where they are but if it's really continues as it is as we have seen of course they would rather be in a safer place when they're of the moment right now as you know in a storm chaser a u.n. security council will be meeting again on the situation in eastern a hotel with the syrian government claiming it has retaken the suburb cameo in do

anything i mean what do you expect out of this meeting well the security council what is important is to apply its own resolutions there is allusions really have no meaning if they're just a piece of paper we have to see action in these areas we need to see a suspension facilities and it's not just the bodies of water is above multiple locations two point nine million syrians today live in the hard to reach and v c.j.d. of this area is where we are systematically do not have full access to go in to talk to people to bring them assistance and to really ensure with that support a normal life so this acutely council to be effective it's there's allusions have to be a flight from russia all those things are how powerless do you feel in trying to help the people of a simpleton. well i mean as humanitarian workers of course we you know very well that that's not the solution the solution has to do political we feel very strongly

though that it's our job it's our g.t.s. all moral duty to be able to raise their voice and really describe the situation of the facts as we see them through a humanitarian perspective we feel frustrated of course that the solution doesn't come but now seven years of war in syria and still without a new solution as much as we have three straight at the same time of course we will continue doing everything we can to go inside and to bring assistance to people or in a desperate situation and as one says u.n. regional humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis joining us from amman jordan thank you for spending time with us and if you. are going to shift our attention now to another top story britain's interior minister says authorities now know more about the mystery substance that left a former russian spy and his daughter critically ill over the weekend police for phil toxicology toxicology findings later today as they seek to determine whether there was any foul play involved in the incident reports say investigators suspect

the kremlin could be behind the incident in salisbury on sunday. this security camera footage is of keen interest to british counterterrorism. it may show a couple merely taking a stroll but police are investigating anyone who was in the area around the time former russian spy sergei scruple and his daughter yulia collapsed near a shopping center on sunday this alleyway connect salisbury's this is a restaurant where the couple are reported to have dined and the park bench where they were found unconscious days later large areas are still cordoned off investigators have decontaminate at several locations including a nearby hospital where the pair were taken police have sought to reassure the public calling the measures a routine yet the incident is anything but. squee paul 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. now he

and his thirty three year old daughter yuja are fighting for their lives top level u.k. ministers have met for an emergency briefing to consider a government response to the incident. we need to keep a cool head and make sure that we collect all the evidence we can and we need to make sure that we respond not to rumah but all the evidence that they collect and then we will need to decide what action to take. russia strongly denies any involvement in the case. it's. just not good to be honest it's difficult to evaluate this case as anything other than provocative media. intended to further exacerbate relations between our countries. british lawmakers are drawing parallels to the murder of alexander litvinenko in the usual way will prove difficult. all right let's bring in the journalist a british john jones a london he's an expert on russia and specifically russian intelligence

a very good evening worse there's been a development in this case this afternoon what can you tell us well the. interior minister. announced. they know they have a better idea of. substance who's used in this attack. are over the details. being revealed but it does mean that the two were attacked and be treated much more effective. now we've heard the u.k. and russia criticize each other heavily in the wake of this case what are the implications for u.k. russia relations do you think. well i think the united kingdom needs to be very measured. very careful in the sort of rhetoric and sort of steps that the eaves in any sort of response to what may or

may not have taken place. on the other hand united kingdom unfortunately does not have a great deal of force that we can use to dissuade all. the russians because the russians are up to. all sorts of sanctions for what's happened in eastern ukraine and an expression of growing near. the united kingdom could think about expelling russian diplomats closing down russian cultural centers who commands asians. and. sanctions against news organizations in the same way that foreign news organizing sanction in russia. and we have a matter that's not going to be anything so it's going to who's a great deal of threat because if they have because they simply have no leverage

over a moscow can you tell us a little bit about mr script out who is now still in critical condition why was he targeted now ten years after he was part of that despised swap. well that's a good question he was a g.r.u. military intelligence officer. he has been nearly ten years in the military kingdom he spent five years in jail before it's been out of service among . he retired from service because he was arrested. so his current knowledge isn't very good or whether he was. in the regime if your mind means a. very good understanding of the who can only say tional out in the same way that if one was a member of nasa or police officer or mariner in and out

that was. right thank you so very much thank you so very much chris said jones in london we have to leave it there but essentially the man was leading a quiet life but was still very valuable he said first us expert on russia and specifically russian intelligence thank you spending time with us. all right now to some of the other stories making news around the world. and sure long buddhists in the central region of candy have to find a state of emergency a launch new attacks on muslim targets hundreds of police have been deployed to stem the violence and authorities have blocked social media in some areas officials say at least one hundred fifty homes shops and vehicles have been set on fire. the united states has announced more sanctions on north korea 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 can john died after a nerve agent was sprayed in his face. voters in sierra leone are electing a new president sixteen candidates are in the running with four seen as having a realistic chance the winner will face a difficult task of turning around an economy that's been rocked by recent crises including the devastating evil outbreak of twenty fourteen. the german cabinet has approved plans to expand germany's military missions abroad including in gonna stop on mali and iraq will the defense bill must still be approved by the parliament it would raise the number of german troops in afghanistan by a third to thirteen hundred it also expands the various training mission to include the iraqi army. we're going to hand you over now to garrett because donald trump's off the cuff terror for a mark is causing

a lot of waves to say the least as it's true and another senior advisor quits the white house and this time trump's chief economic adviser gary coleman coleman has thrown in the towel after failing to convince the president to drop these tariffs plans mr jonas to step down as the director of the national economic council he has been instrumental in putting together trump's tax reforms but also been the leading internal opponent of trump's plans to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports he reportedly spent days trying and failing to persuade president trump to change his mind. tax writers about the how the wall street journal called him an economic policy powerhouse gary cohn was a key architect of trump's tax cut this it may have been framed as economic populism but to the former head of investment bank goldman sachs it was common sense but his boss ignored conehead advice on another key issue about our tax plan as well we will be imposing tariffs on steel imports and tariffs on

aluminum imports. are going to see a lot of good things happening and that was apparently too much for conan who reportedly spent weeks warning the president that protectionist policies would only harm u.s. interests and anger key allies to mine there is literally nothing to be guy and. in the united states at all from imposing i tariffs on a strident steel exports that's so we've made a very strong case and we are continuing to mike attention now turns to who will take place at the podium where the president is denying rumors of a shortage of top flight candidates individuals so many people want to come in i have a choice that anybody i could take any position house because we have energy like rarely before the other really as gary cohn prepares to leave the white house markets are once again on edge amid fears the president could now be free to launch

a full scale trade war. on its national trading partners seem ready to retaliate in kind today the european commission of the traits to celia months trim said a list with countermeasures to trump supposed proposed tariffs on steel a minimum is ready to be implemented. motorcycles jeans and whiskey could all be about to experience higher charges in europe the e.u. announced today that they will slap terrorists on stashing u.s. products if president donald trump moves ahead with his proposed import taxes trump has repeatedly said he will levy penalties of twenty five percent on imported steel and ten percent on allen minium imports putting thousands of e.u. jobs in jeopardy the president argues that the tariffs are a matter of national security but today european commissioner for trade cecilia

moussa called the move deeply unjust we find that assumption and just we should can make a clear european statement against this. because it's not related to dumping subsidies kerry says it's really too close a market of the united states and this is the ruling of the euro and therefore we need to reaction from the. u.s. steel and agricultural products on the e.u.'s list but moused on has a knife is that countermeasures could escalate the situation into a trade war. first the room is now its official european plane maker says describes three thousand seven hundred jobs in europe some half of them in germany the cuts will also affect workers and france the u.k. and spain the announcement comes as the company cuts back production of its huge a three eighty passenger jet and the a four hundred m.

military transport company has not yet specified how many jobs exactly would be lost in each location. well let's bring in our financial correspondent from the frankfurt stock exchange really it doesn't really have to streamline its workforce like that they just posted really good figure britain figures reason you didn't. yes they were brilliant financial results because it's making huge amounts of money with those planes that do sell and that have relatively less technical problems than the a four hundred m. for example which has had a whole slew of problems and where the production run has to be stretched in order to even make deliveries and the a three eighty while it's run out of customers love tons and just recently said it has no desire to buy any more. basically airbus is now dependent on one big customer among the persian gulf airlines and if you if you

streamline production then you more or less have to also streamline and reduce the employees at the factories that make parts or assemble these planes and reminds me of a similar conflict is immense making great amounts of money but with the power unit which makes generators for example for conventional power plants in trouble and siemens does looking at job cuts there as well. in other news the european union has put a draw for free trade deal with post break that britain on the table and crucially granting no special rights for britain's financial sector that's quite a big blow isn't it. it is the e.u. is adamant in saying that there will be no cherry picking for the u.k. when it leaves the european union if it wants free trade for services for industry then it must also allow freedom of movement and the parties are at the head there

and the british chancellor says that the e.u. has done the spoke trade agreements before with the likes of canada for example or with the likes of the united states why not with the u.k. which has had such a large role in the financial sector in europe for the u.k. there's so much at stake there are hundreds of thousands of jobs many of them high paying and gilding great profits in taxes for the brits in the city of london so there's a lot of stay at stake there for the e.u. too it wants to get some of that business with the u.k. oh. really bonds in frankfurt thank you. it's now i don't know about you but i don't like being on a list except i would monday on this one each year u.s. magazine fuld's puts together ranking of the richest people in the world this year the top spot is occupied by amazon founder jeff bezos bezos wells has almost

doubled in the past year to one hundred and twelve billion dollars thanks to the stellar rise of amazon stock in second place an old acquaintance previous from drama microsoft founder bill gates humiliated and estimated wealth of ninety billion u.s. dollars according to forbes there are now over two thousand two hundred billion as in the world and that's a new record. now germany is cracking down on the oh nonces label has the story hi thank you so much members are a far right to german terror group that attacked refugee homes at the peak of the twenty fifteen refugee crisis were handed prison sentences today of between four and ten years while the group seven men and one woman aged between twenty and forty have been found guilty of charges including forming a terrorist association and attempted murder two people were injured in the five attacks they carried out the right group is named after the small town sex any

where they operated. are at let's bring in our political correspondent on the mark we've been covering this trial for us it can they appeal this verdict well actually in germany you can appeal any verdict in this case that would be the federal supreme courts to decide but since this was a case by the general prosecute q during germany who deals with political terrorism there wouldn't be a completely new trial it was just this court would just check for procedural errors ok enough abby and this was the first terror trial ever to be held in the eastern german state of sexy an area known for right wing as extremism and anti foreigner sentiments is the problem of right wing extremism growing there. the problem is particularly big there but it's growing not only there it's actually

. in the last years we can see a steady league growing number of right wing extremists in the whole of germany authorities now counting some twenty three thousand right wing extremists in germany half of them being violent and the trial today against the group that was the second word leaked within one year for right wing political terrorism with the probably most important one was done against the so-called. national socialist underground still coming. down from the mark two reporting thank you very much. england's tottenham host it leaves you venters tonight with a glorious chance for the london club to progress to the champions league quarter finals for the first time ever ospreys overcame a two goal deficit to draw the first leg and tear it to two giving them a slight advantage headed into their return fixture. partly thanks to harry

cane tottenham came back from italy with two away goals. that could prove crucial in tonight's clash with a champions league quarter final berth on the line. boasting attacking talents such as cain christian eriksen and hyung men saw on sutton and they're confident that they can step up to the task. we know where he will be going to play with one of the visteon. but we have a brave brave team but he bullshitted people. do love the challenge and tourism must be challenge our it will be tottenham's biggest european challenge in quite some time this is only their third ever appearance in the champions league event to see on the other hand have made the final in two of the last three seasons . despite pedigree being on their side coach mess a million no alegria is wary of his inexperienced opponents. the money you

could if you set up are the events of which there will be more space on the pitch and they'll be more chances created but the important thing for us is to be very careful in defense. spurs the favorites thanks to their two away goals but they will have to overcome you vent says experience if they are to progress. all right want to remind you now of our main headline so that we're following for you this hour the syrian army and their allies say they have seized full control of the rebel held enclave essential for tough near damascus the move comes as the united nations security council meets in new york to try and stem the brutal bombardment of the region. and british authorities have said they now know more about the substance that hospitalized and spine in his daughter over the weekend they're due to release toxicology findings that could shed light on the case that has raised

parallels with previous poisonings blamed on russia. you're watching the every news on leyla iraq on behalf of all of us here in berlin thank you so much for spending time with us we'll be back after the top of the hour.

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