this is d w news live from berlin the syrian army has been making further advances in eastern guta government soldiers reportedly surrounding the only place lodges in town duma that as an strikes continue to pound the last opposition stronghold near the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trapped we'll be going live to a correspondent for the legislature and meanwhile life is increasingly desperate in tomorrow as government forces tighten their grip we have exclusive images for you from inside the scene syrian town. and more winter sports excitement from joan

chang is the winter paralympics get on the why the dazzling opening ceremony so well south and north korean athletes spoke of taking part in the parade the stage is now set for the biggest winter of paralympics ever sing. well come one is christopher spring a good to have you with us reports are coming in that syrian regime forces have made significant advances in eastern guta splitting into two that last major rebel stronghold now the capital damascus they advance comes after a much delayed a delivery to eastern ghouta syrian state t.v. also showing a group of rebel fighters and their families leaving the old clay so many others however are staying put saying they don't trust the government's promise 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 and its 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 guta 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. ok let's talk now to correspondent who's following developments for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon and shell the syrian army now apparently dividing eastern ghouta into several parts how significant is that move. well that's pretty significant essentially imagist mind that a better thing to do easier for them to keep the majority if you look at the map of what ensued up and over that looks like then it was all sides were actually on all sides there was that he had had a very heart's. sensitives last year just to clarify any of the syrian awful because he writes which is they want at least in the u.k.

has given this information that the regime has matched lot of other they are looking to do but there are some conclusions that existed and the syrian regime of course is saying so their gestures their words as one of the group which controls the center part of their own to this rather downwards that was enough leads to a state in a sense. of economy a nonsense that just really just a couple of minutes ago that they are in fact resisting the regime and have put a really are obviously insiders are being killed in the act but as you say they've been under fierce siege for for weeks and months now do we know how fierce their resistance is how fierce the resistance is that the rebels are still putting up. well there is no official word as far as the situation on the ground right now since i'm from there as i just said the jesuits know that the arms. are beating

this enough did not say that they were bugged it has nothing to do with really send the continued eastward that it would not need him not to direction what they did last night was. leave it to al qaeda have these men thirty million of us who sent them to italy this was their way it seemed we let the extremists you hard fight as gore we are there is not the same words on them if they are negotiating any kind of evacuation he does. that they will not be needing to gentry and the enlisted vote and just briefly what about the hundreds of thousands of civilians who are still in duma still in eastern guta what condition of bayan well they're absolutely shout over to be since there was nobody in that but since there is. no territory under the control of

that scene and night met these people some of them say that the leadership to leave it out there to have affordable guards latin american end their lives for their families because it is not available the last number that's the u.n. has supplied some aid now that it is well far from what is needed these people are trapped in their basements families haven't stepped out of these these months and have deprived even some lives so it's a very hard conditions for them to stop in them as well because if this is the d.n.c. they're in the rooms there it's a case the civilians are. injured. ok but their spot is the absolute. vora in beirut sorry but losing the connection there many thanks to vera in beirut we're going to stay with the situation of

civilians and used in ghouta for a moment that's because you w. news has obtained exclusive footage filmed by a resident of that besieged district just outside damascus it's a close up look at conditions inside the rebel enclave that has been of course the target of some of the was bombing in 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 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

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. who. can't get over there where the pump is there were apartment buildings with hundreds of families. and. the shelling has destroyed everything going 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. or residence by 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. one

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 amounts it's been a long time since tomatoes and potatoes were lost office here. now you know i'm studying right now the farms of kuta have all been destroyed there's no longer any ark of cultural land here most people have something to grow things in their own gardens you know this. is the owner of a small shop this elderly man once just so the loss of his dishes recently his home was bombed and now he needs the money to buy bread but 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 on

a sunday. 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. ok we're going to get more on this now from did. you and your colleagues at arabic put that report. together for us have you been in touch with. these today you know i mean the the syrian army surrounding duma which is where he lives have you been in touch with them yes actually we just talked to him by a what's up he sends all the messages and he said that the bombing and their strikes were the strongest since the beginning of this campaign on and on to my he's in duma on the reports and he says that all the villagers from around the duma

are coming to do not to the city of duma which is the main city in eastern so they're fleeing the surrounding living and the streets of the basements in the shelters or under the the the buildings are full people are trying to get the stuff out of the basement to actually put. so that people can take. yes the street level yes yes because the air strikes have been very strong all the way he said about. in the afternoon he said about two hundred airstrikes today only on on duma and itself and it's. very bad situation but he's still ok. we don't know how long will this stay like that and the images that you put together in that report that we just saw how difficult you know they came from house on a hill as he's how did he get that footage to you. my colleagues but she and sammy

who worked on that report that they tried to contact several people and eastern but they refused because they're afraid they're practically to appear on t.v. so mr abdul aziz was. agreed and he sent us all these this footage via whatsapp we see that the quality of the footage is not very good because it's an internet on a mobile phone and via internet the quality but it was very hard because the internet connection is not good and it's extensive for people to buy those internet units because units and to charge a mobile phone they have a solar panel on their devastated building and they can't reach our door charge their mobile phone with this way ok you and your colleagues will let keep tabs on what's happening there for us is not a us there on the situation in eastern. and by the way if you want to see the full

length version of that exclusive report from we're broadcasting throughout the day that report on these reports of program alternatively you can also find it on our website at www dot com. right we're going to switch now to some sports the winter paralympics underway in south korea more than five hundred sixty athletes from almost fifty countries competing an eighty medal event that makes this the biggest winter paralympics ever and before the sporting action athletes and fans were treated to an inspirational opening ceremony on friday night. there was something for everyone at the paralympics opening ceremony traditional. cake pops. and displays of visual perfection. but stealing the spotlight was the

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. there any chance you are here in record numbers keep fighting play fair. have fun and keep pushing your limits but above zero keep dreaming. unlike at the olympics and 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 in north korea defers ever paralympics. games may not be able to change the world but for the athletes taking part it can change their lifes. and

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