darkness city's after war. starting march tenth on t w. this is d w news live from berlin germany's foreign minister steps down gabriele says that he is leaving his post after a bitter rout with party leadership that means that he won't be part of chancellor angela merkel's new coalition government we will find out what exactly is behind the departure. also coming up on this international women's day we take

a look at demonstrations around the world including in istanbul where thousands are marching to demand an end to oppression and violence against women. and the u.s. president donald trump is due to sign off on a controversial steel and aluminum import tariff shortly will you deliver more clarity on what he's got planned out plus aid convoys blocked again as the assault intensifies on eastern ghouta syrian government forces seize half of the rebel held territory around four hundred thousand people remain trapped in and around a line of fire. i'm sara kelly a very warm welcome to you we begin here in germany where one of the country's most popular politicians foreign ministers gabriele has announced he will not be included in chancellor. angela merkel's new coalition government that's after

rumors of a bitter rout with the leader of his own social democratic party gabrielle's replacement is the foreign ministry at the foreign ministry is likely to be heikal muss the outgoing justice minister now this news made for a slightly uncomfortable appearance by gabrielle today at a scheduled press conference with his counterpart from bosnia and herzegovina. it was a routine appointment for a german foreign minister but. things are anything but routine right now managing the meeting with his bosnian counterparts a course or not out on thursday was his last official international engagement. was for him to get involved and gum real has been germany's foreign minister for just over a year during that time he became the country's most popular politician even beating chancellor merkel and future economics minister paid to in opinion polls here and much respect for his work for example his handling of strained german turkish relations god will often met his turkish counterpart medlock shovel so new and

invited him to his home as he worked to get german journalists and human rights activists released and he succeeded and part some of the prisoners were freed. but there is another sign to seek knock on feel he is notoriously independent and volatile for example on the sidelines of the munich security conference he broke ranks and appealed for sanctions against russia to be lifted following a cease fire in eastern ukraine and. that sort of i am convinced that if we succeed in this then we must begin to gradually lift the sanctions i know that the official position on this is different and i know it is more importantly feel irritated members of his own party the s.p.d. he even attacked them party leader martin schultz personally which many and his party found on forgivable above all his relationship with future party leader on three analysis as you just dysfunctional. now media reports say his

successor will be high call must the previous justice minister. is playing down the loss of his position when asked how he feels about leaving positive words he will vent their systems through that heikal mass will be the new foreign minister then i have a really good feeling he will do an excellent job i'm also fine. take care. a light hearted departure there let's bring in our political correspondent kate brady who joins us from our parliamentary studios and as we heard there kate and unbelievably popular politician in the country one of the best known politicians as well also internationally but he's ruffled a lot of feathers hasn't he he has and it's one particular upset quite recently in the f.p. that really put the nail in the coffin for his career as a time as the german family minister and you might remember back just a few weeks ago when the social democrats and conservatives first agreed on that

grand coalition deal a martin schulz the s.p.d. leader at the time as said that he would then be vying for the position of foreign minister and gaga over spend it saying that this was him but was schultz breaking promises as of course straight after the election back in september schultz in fact said that he would never say i would minister under a medical led government but governor went one step further to actually personally insult schultz and quoted gabriele quoted his daughter saying that she had told him daddy don't worry now at least we can spend more time together and you won't have to spend as much time with the man with the hairy face and now it was actually this personal comment that meant that the s.p.d. disqualify gabriele from serving again as the foreign minister so he'll be returning to the german bundestag as a normal member of parliament ok so but aside from from personnel issues here what

does this likely to mean for policy what is it likely to mean for german foreign policy what do we know about his successor who is tipped to take over the reins heikal mast. well heiko mass for the last four years has served as germany's justice minister as of course he has. absolutely no experience in foreign policy so be interesting to see how he brings these own style to the table and now he's not quite as direct as gabriele from what we've seen in the german parliament and he's more of a a shy kind of character but that could also be useful in difficult mattick occasions and of course this will be a challenging time for germany in terms of foreign policy there's a lot of pressure coming from other european countries particularly from friends of the man woman in the french president tries to push forward with these reforms and outside of the e.u. many countries now

a look in to berlin to see what that clear stances on several issues and one germany to step up their game on the world stage they are looking for stability that is for certain but you know when we look at the s.p.d. just generally speaking we have seen this internal wrangling going on in the party and it is about to assume three of the key ministries we know with this incoming coalition does the party have its house in order. exactly where will marry for sure tomorrow exactly who is going to be taking over a total of six ministerial posts from the social democrats so then it will be a little clearer clara but it does seem that the social democrats do have quite a clear agenda as to who they want to put fair wood into merkel's cabinet now three of the six ministerial post given to the s.p.d. will be filled by women that we know already catherine of bali the current family minister she's currently tipped to maybe take over the labor minister ministry and

so there is a real clear agenda here to get more women and also younger faces into the ministry brady in berlin thank you. in other news thousands of women are out on the streets of istanbul right now for a protest marking international women's day the women's rights group istanbul feminists collective called on women to march near taxer square they're protesting against gender inequality and violence against women protests are rarely allowed in turkey under the current state of emergency imposed after the failed coup attempt of twenty sixteen. and a short while ago our correspondent in istanbul yulia han talked with us from the center of the demonstration as we are and one of the major demonstrations here in istanbul today the atmosphere is full of excitement it's itchy a food atmosphere the women are trying to make some noise many of them broad with

those or even drums and of course it's a day of celebrations but here in turkey it's also a day of protest and women are shouting slogans like freedom for all of us we are stronger together we are against male dominance. so it's of course the show of. self-respect here they are celebrating their selves but they're also they have a lot of criticism for the conservative part male dominated society here in turkey. i was on a short while ago in istanbul let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world the trial has opened in denmark of the man accused of killing swedish journalist can wall. danish inventor peter madsen has denied murdering the journalist on his submarine but he has admitted to dismembering and disposing of her body after what he says was an accidental death. british police are racing to find out who poisoned

a former russian double agent and his daughter with a nerve agent last weekend investigators are treating the case as attempted murder lawmakers have and the media have speculated that moscow is behind the attack sparking a brow between the u.k. and russia. and police in vienna say that the main suspect in two stabbing attacks that happened yesterday has confessed to the crime four people were severely injured after they were stabbed in what appears to be a random attack in public places authorities say that the suspect in custody is an afghan national. and just over an hour u.s. president don trump will make a final announcement on his plans to impose massive tariffs on aluminum and steel imports and a meeting that wrapped up a short while ago he made a number of strong statements on the issue of lashing out at countries he accuses of trading unfairly and praising those like australia for example where the u.s. has a trade surplus also implied that

a renegotiated trade deal with canada and mexico could exclude the two countries from the tariffs. with just hours to go before the white house was due to deliver its final announcement on steel and aluminum tyrants it appeared donald trump was intent on keeping his options wide open. or she could return a twenty five additional oh i have a right to go up or down depending on the country and i have a right to drop out countries or countries. we just want fairness trump also reiterated the possibility of canada and mexico be exempt from the levies but not all hinges on the outcome of efforts to renegotiate a trade deal but if we reach a deal it's most likely that we won't be charging those two countries the tariff we have other countries that are very much involved with trade but also in military and working together with the military and we'll be making

a decision as to who they are we have a very close relationship with australia we have a trade surplus with australia. great country long term partner we'll be doing something with them we'll be doing something with some other countries we're going to be very flexible at the same time we have some friends and cement armies where we have been tremendously taken advantage of over the years on trade among the countries trump criticizes for its trade surpluses is germany and by extension the european union as a whole but officials here say they're ready to retaliate against tariffs and are ready mulling plans to tax us goods including harley davidson motorcycles levi's jeans and even whiskey. we're going to have to syria now where an aid convoy bound for the besieged enclave of eastern good to has been postponed that is as fighting in the area intensifies monitors say that syrian government forces have

now retaken half the territory held by rebels in the damascus suburbs around four hundred thousand people are believed to be trapped in the area. these trucks carrying lifesaving aid supplies are going nowhere it's the second convoy bound for eastern ghouta to be halted the trucks were meant to bring relief to war weary civilians in the besieged rebel held enclave but the ongoing fighting has made a deliveries impossible sources say syrian government forces have made huge advances in recent days. a top u.n. aid official appealed for this decision of what he called the worst fighting ever seen in eastern and that kind of a situation you cannot go liberal and it is impossible to cross into the pond and go in to her. desperate civilians women children that we

know are on the point the videos released by the opposition's volunteer rescue group also known as the white helmets captured the inferno in eastern india as government troops pressed on with their relentless grounded air assault reports say hundreds of civilians have been killed in the past two weeks alone doctors and residents also accuse the government of using chlorine gas a charge the government denies syria's un ambassador defended his government's military operations but he insisted that they were targeting terrorists and were acting in line with international humanitarian law. what does that mean have you had although we have committed to a daily humanitarian truce the terrorists continue to indiscriminately shell damascus this has caused us to respond to a situation that no one can accept also at the same time we have opened the safe passage for civilians to leave. the fighting rages on despite u.n.

security council demands for an immediate cease fire and civilians continue to bear the brunt. and with that you are up to date now on deja vue news i'm sorry kelly in berlin don't forget the conversation continues online you can follow us on facebook twitter and instagram thank you so much for tuning it up to see against. those valuable germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something hinders us some we must overcome it. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters w made for mines.