mr. peters you know we. started march thirteenth d.w. . this is due to all the news live from her land the syrian army makes further advances in eastern guta government soldiers have reportedly surrounded the on claves largest town duma as air strikes pound the last opposition stronghold near the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trapped also on the program. can trade officials from the european union get

a block out of upcoming american import tariffs on steel and aluminum or is the e.u. going to counter with tariffs on u.s. products. like. that and seven years after nuclear disaster struck the japanese video fukushima some locals are using sport to move on they're hoping the twenty twenty olympics will soon put their city on the map for something completely different baseball. and welcome to the program syrian government forces say they've made significant advances into eastern ghouta the army has spent the last three weeks conducting an offensive on the area which is the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus the fighting has already claimed the lives of over. a thousand people and

some observers say chemical weapons have been used to get the latest mark correspondent but first this report. the next strike is never far away in duma. another victim is rushed to an ambulance. political. observers say east includes his largest rebel how time is now completely isolated government forces have reportedly cut off the main highway linking it to the town of harassed and to the rest of the besieged enclave meanwhile state television shows the army rolling into the center of misrata. of the syrian observatory for human rights says assad's forces have night taken this rebel time as the syrian army proclaimed major gains opponents and aid groups have accused the regime of using chemical weapons. they used it during gas and they used to roam and fourscore and they're now. i mean in just

a sea they is there already more than one hundred and fifteen people killed most of them children i saw in my. work as a journalist and therefore the other with the mostest media center when the building gets a hit this what then and i'm already at though we are washed it through there to dismount what have been siblings and children. the government strongly rejects the allegation that. we absolutely denied the existence of any chemical weapons including chlorine gas. the united nations has condemned the intensity of the government assault. in the last three weeks the shelling and astronauts have been almost constant monitors say the bombardment has now killed more than a thousand people. correspondent. developments for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon and thanks for taking the time the syrian army says advances have divided eastern time to several parts

a rebel forces are disputing that claim what are you hearing about the situation on the ground or be hearing is a syrian nosiness actually in quite a strong position right now and that's actually not surprising that thought militarily the rebels so far weaker up there to the city intervene adult with their russian lives in my bus and ethel's that they're also using what we've been hearing from the round residents fast the regime has entered the center of that as an excuse of she claiming but and they have they are perhaps always stating that it. was a little bells are also persisting under the weather also fighting. the not set that . you can do what i mean jean not the other way we. will be back with the bot we have this march is the regime easing these areas and it has

been over the last two to three days intensively bombing all of these areas and it's just a matter of time before they get to the well as. you mentioned a dozen constant shelling and that the rebels are obviously fighting back what kind of resistance are they putting up though. this is really more of a political planetary man because as i mentioned earlier they just do not have the ability to be able to take on the syrian army that is do not have the ability to take on their actions so less strategy has been a war on how to tell the world which of the journalists how they're activists also while in work around it and put pressure on the international community underground or the op likely that they just do not have the same amount of strand as some say are. does if there was even to go on resisting militarily on the ground they are bound to do that's not a bridging that even looking at would be lawful or is it the international

community can put some sort of pressure on the regime and you just need to be honest and eventually human meaning is asked in those that are less mature including laws now there was a thousand students who were on the ground as i'm speaking of those civilians we've been hearing about the horrific humanitarian situation in the district what more can you tell us about the civilians who remain trapped there. well it is a to look at as a human their purses major thousand and thirteen a single does being under siege by the whirlpool in the dark. blue flannel of the last engine would be able to get their basic supplies they all do and fuel was the answer grades of the officials after the crossing to be above the possibly regional to luck made last year the stumble over the stars are also borderless see has been absolute but over the last leaves it's a completely and it's completely our evil are hung up in that these loans are not

only able to get out. they have a look at what the deal age is like is not out of supplies it's really just nothing they're not the medical supplies that we just had a nightmare situation of these people and hundreds and thousands of these will sell their porcelain to get out the others are scared that if they do get out that might either be singled out by wishing or they might die in doing to only people refugees and essentially harrel i was just mentioning against us all together so it's a pretty hard situation behind it's one of the thousands of people in dumb austin there are civilians. and child for our many thanks. now to some of the other stories making news around the world british officials say they've identified some two hundred witnesses and a couple hundred pieces of evidence in their probe into the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter the two are now in critical but stable condition and hospital authorities have been seen carrying out forensic work in the

cemetery where the former spy's wife and son are buried. donald trump's former white house aide steve benen has made a controversial appearance at a conference of the far right front nasional in france bannon helped shape america first campaign platform was invited to address delegates after repeatedly expressing support for europe's far right movements. thousands of people have rallied in dublin to demonstrate against a bid to ease ireland's laws on abortion the country is due to hold a referendum by the end of may abortion has long been a divisive issue in the catholic country and a complete ban was only lifted in two thousand and thirteen in cases where the mother's life is that risk. top trade officials from the european union and japan have pressed an american trade on boy to exempt them as longtime u.s. allies from upcoming steel and aluminum tariffs the tariffs are set to go into

effect in two weeks the e.u. has said if it can't secure an exemption it will consider tariffs of its own on u.s. products like bourbon whiskey bluejeans and peanut butter. look for allies and keep negotiating for now that's the strategy of europe's trade commission a sicilian maelstrom who put on a show of friendship with the japanese economy minister. japan has also shoplift criticize the u.s. president's try terrorists. u.s. envoy robert bly ties there was late for the meeting which was supposed to focus on cheap chinese steel prices but it was charms terrorists that dominated the talks europe and japan are attempting to obtain an exemption from the duty's so far without success still germany's economy minister is pressing her arguments is there a rift if it is important that the european commission finds a way with the americans to prevent a trade war not just for europe's sake but for all affected countries and the

porton. the e.u. has already prepared a list of over two hundred u.s. products that could face retaliatory import taxes but first brussel plans to take the matter to the world trade organization in the hope it might make trump change his mind. it's doubtful whether it will be possible to explain to the u.s. that this will be damaging mostly to themselves we can't forget that a big part of his trade policy has little to do with trade it's a chance for trump to score points against his domestic rivals holes on the home of one gets to point in europe and japan left the meeting empty handed which countries might receive exemptions from the u.s. will require more negotiations. march eleventh two thousand and eleven that was seven years ago when a magnitude nine earthquake struck off the coast of japan triggering a tsunami that led to the worst nuclear disasters insurable we all remember these

pictures that you can see behind surging waters flooded the nearby fukushima power plant resulting in explosions and a meltdown in the reactors and some eighteen thousand people are believed to have perished in the tsunami and tens of thousands had to be evacuated from the region amid the nuclear disaster that followed seven years on the people of fukushima are still trying to move on and a team of talented sportsmen are intent on letting the world know there is more to fukushima than the disaster that devastated the area. the japanese love baseball anyone serious about going pro comes here to to train but most people don't think of baseball when they hear the name fukushima rather the true thousand and eleven nuclear disaster locals think that's unfair. it is always going to be associated with this accident people may think it's a ghost town the media too is propagating that image. and

questions about possible radiation annoy the curch and the young players here barely mention it players like fifteen year old you know she told she saw who was able to overcome this fear. there's also radiation that occurs naturally in the wild. it doesn't always have to be dangerous fukushima was never evacuated after the catastrophe even after increased levels of radiation were recorded around one hundred twenty thousand people remain in the city that's less than half of the population before the nuclear meltdowns from here it's about eighty kilometers to the devastated daiichi nuclear power plant before that fukushima was popular with tourists the city is one of the venues for the tokyo olympic games in twenty twenty baseball has become an olympic sport again at the specific request of japan but who here will not be thinking about

radiation it's a kind of weapon. to what we can understand that many people think it's still as bad as it was seven years ago. but that's why the olympics will be a great way to show the world what has happened here and how well people are doing and along with the. locals hope the images of the olympics center around the world will inspire tourists to start coming back radiation levels have decreased in recent years but critics say bringing the olympics to fukushima is overlooking the existing threat. the risk to visitors will be minimal. but just down the route you've got radioactive disaster zones millions of tons of nuclear waste which they will definitely not of dealt with by twenty twenty so yeah this is a propaganda war being fought by the japanese government in its effort to restart nuclear power japan needs some good news out of fukushima and these young baseball

players are here to help out with. the winter paralympics are underway in south korea before the sporting action began athletes and fans were treated to an inspirational opening ceremony on friday night it's the biggest winter paralympics ever with more than five hundred sixty athletes from almost fifty countries competing in medal events. taking part for the first time but its athletes failed to walk out with their south korean counterparts the two teams couldn't agree which unified flag to use. there's been some spectacular sailing in the import race in auckland new zealand conditions were light and the harbor the shifting winds made for plenty of changes over the course of the one hour race dongfeng race team emerged as the winners the crew have now cut the gap on ocean race leader to just three points. just

a reminder of the top story we're following for you syrian government forces have made significant advances in. the last major rubbles stronghold near the capital damascus the fighting has already claimed the lives of over a thousand people and some observers say the army may have used chemical weapons. watching the. show with more news at the top of the hour with me thanks for watching. started out with some junk and instructions from a book. ph of fourteen william coming to dream.

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