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business news live from when the syrian army tightens its grip on eastern guta as air strikes pound the opposition stronghold rebel forces and their families begin to flee but as ground forces close and many don't trust the regimes offer of safe passage. and we'll see the siege of from the inside view brings you exclusive images sent to us from the syrian on clay. also coming up the murder of a journalist. because of protests in decades tens of thousands take to the streets
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to demand an end to corruption and called for the prime minister to step down this after the brutal killing of young could see actor whose final article proclaims between the government and the italian mafia. i'm michel had a very welcome to the program syrian state television says rebel fighters and their families have begun to leave the opposition stronghold of eastern ghouta the news came on the day that much needed aid reached the besieged on clay it after being delayed for days by fighting but many in kuta still don't trust the government's offer of safe passage. syrian state t.v. showed these images of a small group of al nusra front fighters and their families boarding a bus in eastern guta. it said to be taken to areas controlled by the government
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and its promising them safe passage to rebel held in live province even though the government views them as terrorists. despite the profound devastation in ghouta most opposition groups are rejecting the government's offer to evacuate. earlier and emergency aid convoy deliver desperately needed supplies to residents. this should be enough to feed twelve thousand people for one month but almost four hundred thousand people have been living under government siege in eastern go to for five years the delivery was interrupted by renewed fighting. in the past month russian backed regime forces have intensified airstrikes to clear the way for troops advancing on the ground. they've already taken over half of the enclaves territory of the syrian military gains have caused wide scale displacement more than a thousand people have been killed. that number could rise sharply if the onslaught continues. correspondent is following developments from beirut in
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neighboring lebanon arshad thank you for joining us can you confirm that fighters are beginning to leave eastern go tom who are they and where are they being taken we're just beginning to bend. in the river in that. it was just they do confirm that thirty people have left or have been. seen. who are these people. these are people. just lucky i'm just a little generous d.c. they don't have a mindset there but they are still believed to have a relationship and are still believed to be affiliates of al qaeda and has the shelling been continuing while these fighters are being evacuated. that is
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a big question the most recent reports of getting from the ground shelling has been all the casualties just laurine in hospitals that are essentially operating in basements because of that rather than just being bombed according to the city in america. wish and deciding which is operating any sort of writing medical aid he. was on as late as eleven pm late last night and a lot of casualties were coming into the hospitals including several children we now need to wait and watch and see how the largest part of today is going to go because even the russians according to the russian media are saying that it isn't their efforts that have led to. these jihads of those leaders who think that's what happens at the end that they will be attracted to the need to keep you updated on of war and their road welcome back to you shortly thank you
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very much but first to an exclusive look at the situation facing civilians in ghouta d.-w. has obtained video filmed by a resident it's a firsthand look inside the rebel enclave that has been subjected to some of the worst bombing of syria's civil war. six in the morning in the town after. a few minutes ago a bomb struck by rousing residents from their sleep alarms they quickly sought safety in their basements. this footage was sent by a resident to his relative in berlin who passed it on to us. so my name is our son dollars these. i'm a resident of the town of duma in eastern guta. i'm sitting at home and will show you my every day life and how we live under siege in the midst of war in eastern. hasan abdel aziz is home suffered heavy
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damage looking at the furnishings it's clear that he must have been wealthy ship the neighborhood is in ruins. it was home to around one and a half million people that number has fallen to less than four hundred thousand. that's not. over there where the pump is there were apartment buildings with hundreds of families. and. the shelling has destroyed everything good so. the people here refuse to give up struggling every day just to survive they have to be creative for. each one of these hoses leads to an apartment. the residence by fifteen minutes of power there so they can fill up their water tanks during a lull in the fighting many people go into the streets children especially happy to
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be outdoors but that changes quickly. one just launched an airstrike. at the greengrocer's hassan abdel aziz has little to choose from possibly garlic cabbage and cauliflower all in small amounts it's been a long time since tomatoes and potatoes were lost office here and i'm stuck in the farms of have all been destroyed there's no longer any arc of cultural land here most people have something to grow things in their own gardens. haasan of dollars he says the owner of a small shop this elderly man wants to sell the last of his dishes recently his home was bombed and now he needs the money to buy bread but then he won't have any more dishes at home how do you want to eat and drink. what should i eat and
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drink or eat just once a day. another asked right on eastern ghouta hassan abdel aziz finds shelter in his basement dozens of people hide in the town sprawling tunnel system sometimes they stay several days but no place is totally secure against the repeated shelling and air raids. on show thank you for staying with us we've just seen that very personal and gripping report from someone living on the front line can you tell us what is the situation now like for residents. that's very very very we're talking to a lot of people on the ground and it's just yesterday i was talking to a man. and he said my life is like a russian to live when i grew up looking forward to it and just getting a shot at it being coming under fire now these are the nice statements that these people are meeting it is absolute ask them to supply the essentially had materials
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would reveal that they have stored just yesterday that buster. glenn ways and have released a list of things are there not enough for top of the hundreds of thousands of people who are living there people there sending a squad of labs a little each family as shared with. the advanced as the united nations in other words to send to support our families a hundred basements and especially to just bury their lives because they don't know where they really are like tomorrow children are saying can we go out and now look at some live as we've just been in the business or do not so the conditions are very very very hard a lot of people still say that they want to do you will live on the land in live in their homes and not leave their or their cities and what we've just heard in the report that most people have fled living in the region can you tell us who is left there. absolutely i think that what we also mention does populations about
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a lot million before the war now just in the noted as a blood sport in the united nations. each little it. does it's just the rebels themselves and their families or their supporters that this doesn't make up that huge number there are a lot of civilians and yes you're right a lot of people left and they left because of fighting in that area they wanted to save their lives so they are in a way but there are still a large of people who are holding on to what they got there or in d.c. we've seen how security treated our own trees we see how dirty displaced citizens are being treated and now it's better to be a hole in their own neighborhoods and sort of languish in camps and these are and also you know that the regime is letting them enter just yet thank you for have keeping us updated on chabra in beirut and
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you can see the full length exclusive report from qatar and reporter program you can watch it on d w today with north korea would be very good for the world his comments made in a tweet come after criticism of his pledge to meet face to face with the country's leader kim jong un the white house says the meeting will only go ahead if pyongyang makes quote concrete concessions. florida governor rick scott has signed a new gun control bill in response to the valentine's day school shooting it raises the legal age for buying rifles and imposes a three day waiting period on gun sales the national rifle association has to florida to block the new law. a turkish court has released on bail two more journalists on trial for subversion iraq and you and mrs chick work for the independent newspaper jumper at some seventeen members of the paper staff are charged with supporting terrorist organizations all have now been freed apart from
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the paper's chairman. almost two hundred specialist troops have been dispatched to the british city where a russian double agent and his daughter reported in what the nerve agent the troops are in salisbury helping to remove potentially contaminated objects survey strip all and his daughter remain critically ill in a local hospital. mass protests have taken place across as the country realize from last month's murder of investigative reporter young and his fiance tens of thousands of people packed a promise lava central square demanding a full investigation and a change of government. it's been decades since slovakia has seen such large protests people nationwide are outraged by the double murder of the young journalist and his fiance twenty seven year old yuan coote siac had published research about connections between italy's mafia and slovakian politicians there's
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now a tremendous mistrust of the government. we need new elections were people can freely waltz and be their own new government which they can trust again. and e.u. delegation visited slovakia for two days met with prime minister robert feet so opposition politicians and journalists they wanted to learn more about the investigation into the murder. spot and as a country is deeply divided there's a great deal of mistrust enormous mistrust of the government of state employees of the police state prosecutors who in a large part are no longer trusted to carry out the investigations. the e.u. delegation also travelled to the small village of dhaka much up fifty kilometers east of the capital there they visited the scene of the couple's murder. this terrible and criminal tragedy will be investigated as quickly as possible and those responsible will be held accountable. for the double murder has thrown slovakia
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into a deep political crisis in parliament the opposition has now submitted a vote of no confidence against the government. germany's ponderously good is underway again and it took just a moment of brilliance from shock as daniel caligari to settle matters against mines on friday night the royal blue midfielder out faux pas minds players before firing off an unstoppable shot in the fifty fifth minute the one during shaka can sit back and enjoy the rest of the weekend's action in second place minds meanwhile from a deep in the struggle to avoid relegation. you're watching news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget to get all the latest news and headlines on our website dot com and for watching.
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