and we'll make sure we can even wanted. factory starting march twenty fourth on d w. this is d w news live from berlin the syrian army tightens its grip on eastern time 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 regime's offer of safe passage. and we'll see the siege of kuta from the inside brings you exclusive images sent to us from the syrian on clay. also coming up the

murder of a journalist leads to self aki the biggest protests in decades tens of thousands take to the streets to demand an end to corruption and call for the prime minister to step down this after the brutal killing again could see acts was fun article probe links between the government and the italian mafia. i'm michel henery welcome to the program syrian state television says rebel fighters and their families have begun to leave the opposition stronghold of eastern gota the news came on the day that much needed aid reached the besieged enclave after being delayed for days by fighting. 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 they'll be taken to areas controlled by the government and it's promising them safe passage to rebel held 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 neighboring lebanon on show who are the fighters leaving eastern ghouta and where are they being taken. well they've been taken to its limits we've seen in aleppo in the bottom two dozen sixteen december and these are the keener then we're not to each other now because. some of that happening and those are established in the park in two thousand and sixteen this set this bigger than that it's doesn't believe that it's still connected to the veterans organizations but it is what do you do understand that liesel that is not controlled by its men it is controlled by two other groups gestures which is backed by the saudis and file of them are the spin backed by the other or these yes these thirteen men are in the lead all. that said to the end of next of these. thirty five

deaths and essentially i'm letting them go to it as a gesture that you can't keep bombing nice and dark under the pretext of the pretense of these extremists and stuff i guess now it remains to be seen what sort of an impact will this out of the overall picture and how much a sudden now explain the continued shelling and more. has the shelling or killing been continuing while these fighters are being evacuated. well just about thirty minutes ago i managed to speak to a member of the syrian american foundation this isolate american medical society which is operating any sort of time it's taking care of the injured and this that yes even this moony the selling in fact has continued though at the well it isn't as intense with the expect it to get worse as the day it was even last night as this process was legal i'm getting reports from the doctors on the ground that the workload you knew to use

a lot of injured people many of them. many of them in fact children solution is are but this morning the russian press in fact is reporting that it is through their efforts that there was many have left so we now need to see how russia has them to respond to this gesture and say that's we've shown a gesture snark who's these rebel groups is a conservative group that isn't seen as a terrorist group by any country work on shore and beirut welcome back to you but first to an exclusive look at the situations 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. it's 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 our 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 us home suffered heavy damage looking at the furnishings it's clear that he must have been wealthy ship the neighborhood is in ruins. was home to around one and a half million people that number has fallen to less than four hundred thousand. that's got. over there where the pump is there were apartment buildings with hundreds of families. and. the shelling has destroyed everything your side. 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. beside the residence part fifteen minutes of power so they can fill up their water tanks during a lull in the fighting many people go into the streets children especially happy to 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 a new york of cultural where. most people have something to grow things in their

own gardens. haasan of tennessee 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 drink or eat just once a day. another asked strike 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. correspondent for an beirut can you tell us what have the situation is like for residents right now. well it's absolutely appalling it's very very hard for people there to live they have even

for the last two weeks essentially signing on through to unit that they stored remember the last. since two thousand and thirteen smuggling to the dark hours the sort of jobs of these material and fuel supplies leave last year the door was abandoned was completely absolutely absent and god must not in the box you just answer. this is super media and in their words these are really his days in their lives they don't come because of the bible in trials absolute absence at twice the price of five times more than our money did the earlier the need age the need help and as you pointed to the reports the aid has suddenly gone to eat isn't enough but hundreds of thousands of people the families that we've been speaking to are on hand up in the basement they're not able to even step out because one of them said this to us let me know she's live they don't know which messiah which one

is going to be. most residents have fled the area that can you tell us who is staying. where you live up to one half million people were there before the war now that it's one hundred eighty two thousand according to the you went yes so are these people who are theirs and their families and last october have. that we would like to not to leave because they're better off letting them because of edith. with your genes you are not just leave it don't want to essentially leave . because this seen the conditions conducive approaches lavishing and. it is you who do all the city are they want international. students and they don't want to leave and the next most of these people are. thank you in beirut.

and you can see the full length exclusive report from. reporter program you can watch it on the today or streaming online at d w dot com. now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump says a deal 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 beyond gang makes quote concrete concessions. french president says he wants his country to be india's best partner in europe he's begun a four day visit to india aimed at strengthening trading climate and security ties the two nations plan to boost their military cooperation in the indian ocean where china has been flexing its muscles. british forensic teams have widened their

investigation into the poisoning of former russian spy a circus cripple and his daughter julia authorities cordon off the cemetery of which surrogates wife and son are buried this comes after british soldiers were deployed to support the counterterrorism investigation. 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 sued florida to block the new law mass protests have taken place across a block as the country reels from last month's murder of investigative reporter yan could siac and his fiance tens of thousands of people packed brought a slab a 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 siac had published research about connections between italy's mafia and slovakian politicians there's now a tremendous mistrust of the government. we need new elections were people can freely waltz and be there on the 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 of this land to see if spot 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 traveled to the small village of dhaka mucha 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 into a deep political crisis in parliament the opposition has now submitted a vote of no confidence against the government. germany's bundesliga is underway again and it took just a moment of brilliance from shock as daniel color jury to settle matters against mines on friday night the royal blue midfielder outfoxed five minds players before firing off an unstoppable shock in the fifty fifth minute to one mill victory means shaka can sit back and enjoy the rest of the weekend's action in second place mines meanwhile remain deep in the struggle to avoid relegation. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you syrian state television says rebel fighters and their families have begun to leave the opposition stronghold of

eastern ghouta this as an aid convoy which the besieged on quiet after being delayed for days by fighting. during watching the news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com thanks for joining d.w. . those values of germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something hinders us we must overcome it. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters t.w. made for mines.