this is d w news live from the syrian army makes for further advances in eastern kentucky government soldiers reportedly surrounding the only place largest town duma and airstrikes pound the last opposition stronghold in the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trapped. meanwhile life is increasingly desperate and tomorrow's government forces tighten their grip we have exclusive footage for you from inside to see syrian town. and some top action in germany's bonus league will bring you up to speed with cracking gold last night in the shall come once game we'll also be looking ahead for you to tonight's big clash between by

a live acoustic show mention. a grudge match that usually delivers plenty of go. welcome my name is christopher spring eight thanks for joining us reports are coming in that syrian regime forces have made significant advances into eastern ghouta the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus the area on this map the color green is rebel controlled territory syrian state media say the army have taken the towns of mud. as well as a major highway that would leave the largest town in the enclave surrounded by the rebel forces are just spiriting those claims the syrian observatory for human rights says almost a thousand people have been killed in the ferocious three week assault on eastern kuta. ok let's talk now to correspondent who's monitoring developments for us from

beirut in neighboring lebanon until the syrian army says its advances have divided eastern turn to several parts rebel forces are disputing that claim who should we believe i think the monster really believe all the religious nature that i have to you know see that's the region has made significant advances and in fact is in the center of the rebel east is a developing situation. a bit of a psychological warfare to me if the rebels concede that they have lost out then the ground forces might not support them as march at the same time the gene lines do always stay just achievements the situation is going to need to belive been this news is essentially really needed because obsidian also refueling it right which is i wanted to basically give he has said you guys in fact been divided in two parts by that i mean at least i'm not they do have

a lot of activists on the ground and had been very credible with them information but it is a developing situation and the rebels are resisting. and how warm how strong is that resistance you know the rebels have been on a fierce assault for weeks now. well this is not very strong because the rebels are not in a strong position the regime is firstly because they just do not cannot go back to the regime and gone to the military might secondly because that being under siege since two thousand and thirteen me at least last year that seed was absent over the last two weeks since eighteenth of february there has been relentless bombing by the regime so they're not a very strong position whether you look at their military might whether you look at their supplies the regime is now trying to cut off their supplies and i mean from all directions from east from south to north so it's essentially encircling. eastern redoubtable noda on t.v. and this movie further in the idea the regime is to opt out of their supplies if it

is going to be about fighting it is about the opposition fighting the regime the opposition is certain to lose and that's why they've been trying to make their case that this ability and other ones really dying and it was enough in the international community should come together that's really their only goal ok. in beirut many thanks for that now they don't use has obtained exclusive footage that provides a close up look at the situation of civilians in eastern go to the footage comes from a resident of the siege town of duma which has been the target of some of the worst 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 was ease. i'm a resident of the town of duma in eastern guta. i'm sitting at home and i 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 shipping 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 go for. each one of these hoses leads to an

apartment. get out of the residence try 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 be outdoors but that changes quickly. one just launched an air strike. 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. now i'm stuck in the forms of have all been destroyed there's no longer any arc of cultural awareness. 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. ok we're going to get more on this now from did others now that. you and your colleagues at arabic have put that report. together for us have you been in touch with haasan abilities today you know i mean the the syrian army surrounding duma which is where he lives have you been in touch

with him yes actually we just talked to him by what's up he sends all the messages and he said that the bombing in their strikes were the strongest since the beginning of this campaign on and on to my he's in duma as we saw in the report 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 are fleeing this around their handling and the streets are full the basements in the shelters or under the buildings are full people are trying to get stuff out of the basement to actually put. so that people can take. the street level but yes yes because the airstrikes have been very strong all the way he said about her in the afternoon he said about two hundred airstrikes today only on. itself and it's. very that 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 hassan as he's how did he get that footage to you. my colleagues bashir sammy who worked on that report that they tried to contact several people and he's from good dog but they refuse because they're afraid practically to appear in 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 expensive for people to buy those internet

units units and to charge a mobile phone they have a solar panel on their devastated building and they can't recharge or charge their mobile phone with this way ok you and your colleagues will let keep tabs on what's happening there forrest is not up on the situation. and if you want to see the full length version of that exclusive report from eastern good too it's coming up right after this news bulletin alternatively you can always find it on our website w dot com first time now to catch up with some of the other you stories making headlines around the well two german journalists who were arrested on friday in greece have been released the past had been making a t.v. report about migrants in a region close to the greek border with turkey and they entered a restricted military area a greek court said it was satisfied to journalists and to do this by mistake. the

european union's trade commission to see the monster said the united states has failed to clarify what the e.u. could be excluded from new u.s. import tariffs on steel and aluminum you know it's been came off to trade chiefs from the u.s. the e.u. and japan help talks amid fears that those new u.s. tariffs could trigger a trade war. and protests against nuclear power have been taking place near the fukushima power plant in japan that's ahead of sunday's seventh anniversary of the tsunami that triggered a meltdown that a barrier meant to contain radiation in the area is failing that could jeopardize efforts to clean up the site. sports news now in this weekend's bonus the direction got under way last night with a moment of brilliance from shall cause daniel kelly judy moment settling matters against mites the royal blue midfielder dribbled past five months players before

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side they can finish very high up in the table they've got quality players but they've just gone through a barren spatters far as the result was that. belong with the local pride and the race for a spot in europe at state level couzin versus black box is one rivalry that really disappoints neutral fans it's the winter paralympics. south korea before the sporting action began athletes and fans treated to an inspirational opening ceremony on friday night it's the biggest winter olympics ever with five hundred sixty f.h. from almost fifty countries competing in eighteen medal that north korea is taking for the first time of its half breaks didn't count with the south korean guards that's because the two changed couldn't agree what unifying slave to yours. and you're watching. from us at the top of the hour up next. as promised that exclusive report from eastern guta in syria an inside perspective on the struggle

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