this is the news live from berlin the syrian army tightens its grip on eastern as air strikes pound the opposition stronghold rebel forces and their families begin to flee but as ground forces close in many don't trust the regime's offer of safe passage. and to go see the siege of gucci from the inside t.w. brings you exclusive images sent to us from the syrian enclave. also coming up the

murder of a journalist leads to slovakia biggest protests in decades tens of thousands take to the streets to demand an end to corruption and called for the prime minister step down this after the brutal killing of a young could see as his final article proclaims between the government and the italian mafia. i'm still henery 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 klav 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 to be taken to areas controlled by the government and its promising them safe passage to rebel held it 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 and 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. and we're joined now by not at all cyrus from the desk who are the fighters that have been evacuated these are fighters from the nusra front and the store front which is called now. the liberation the organization of the for the ablation of the levant. it's affiliated with al qaida and they are now they were arrested by other jihadist groups the gestural islam or the army of the slum and they were fighting with them couple of months ago and handed them over now to to the government of the syrian government the syrian government will allow them to go to ad lib that's also. controlled by opposition groups is this the sign that more rebels are preparing to leave i do not think so. mr front is just

a small fraction of the rebels who control eastern water and the syrian government didn't show any intention to let the jihadist fighters or the opposition fighters to go out of town right now. we will come back to you 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. 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 ease. 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 damage looking at the furnishings it's clear that he must have been wealthy ship the neighborhood is in ruins. eastern ghouta 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. 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 part fifteen minutes of power years 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. want just launched an air strike. at the greengrocer's hasan abdel aziz has little to choose from possibly garlic cabbage and cauliflower all in small. it's been a long time since tomatoes and potatoes were last offered here. the farms of kuta have all been destroyed there's no longer america cultural where. most people have something to grow things in their own gardens. son 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 i eat just once a day. another astrakhan 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. notter allstar us from our arabic service your journalists prepared that exclusive report from. the can you tell us why girlish there on the ground aren't reporting. michel you have to know that was being besieged since two thousand and thirteen so nobody can go out or. insight

into. it's very hard to get in and out so they people that can report from there are normal citizens are journalists citizens that they are called in and those are the people that we rely on when we need footage and we need exclusive material or. footage from from the ground and what can you tell us about hassan abdel aziz who we saw in the report a son of the disease is an electrician he's a mid in his mid sixty's and it was a hard time for us to convince and we contacted many people in eastern we'll talk my colleagues. about who worked on this report tried for one week to contact many people and after a nanny of sorts he agreed to. shoot this footage from us and show the real live real daily life and the challenges that people have they are on the ground. he said that it's very hard to to transport the material because they have

very little electricity maybe sixty minutes a day they rely on solar panels to charge their. mobile phones they're actually we saw in the longer report that we show this evening. we saw a small solar panel for charging the phone the internet is very expensive and it's very poor very weak so it was very expensive for him to send as the material really live there their daily life there under shelling and under these concerts conditions and do you think that he'll be able to send you a bit more in the days ahead. i hope so i hope that we will stay in contact with him and that maybe he's lucky that the bombing will stop and maybe he's lucky to go out of east and good of a. you you can never know people living there it's like some some colleague said

it's like russian roulette you never know when the next bomb comes and if you can if you will survive it not at all cyrus thank you very much. and you could and you can see the full length report explosive report today on the reporter or on our website that's on d w dot com now for 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 came after criticism of his pledge to meet face to face with the country's leader kim jong il and the white house says the meeting will only go ahead with pyongyang makes concrete concessions. protests against nuclear power has been taking place at the fukushima power plant in japan ahead of sunday's seven year anniversary of the tsunami that triggered a meltdown there now a barrier meant to contain radiation is failing which could jeopardize efforts to decontaminate the site. french president amanda macron says he wants his country to

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such large protests people nationwide are outraged by the double murder of the young journalist and his fiance twenty seven year old yuan could 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 or 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 as the country is deeply divided and there is 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

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highly anticipated torch lighting if that wasn't enough to get the athletes pumped the president of the international paralympic committee also had a motivational message. karalee evans you are here in record numbers keep fighting play fair have fun and keep pushing your limits but above all keep dreaming that unlike at the olympics north korea did not march at the opening ceremony under a unified flag the reason a disagreement over which version of the unified flag to use still north korea defers ever paralympics the winter games may not be able to change the world but for the athletes taking part it can change their lifes. 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 kuta this as an aid convoy reached the besieged enclave after being delayed for days by fighting. you're watching news from berlin and more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget all the latest news headlines around the clock on our web site that's. been fighting for the case to take you seriously in the world of what appears has come out with. the superhero. more towards smaller state religion increasingly dangerous time. for mine.