and there's. a shift in sherman perception abuse platform for joining. us. this is news live from berlin and the syrian army makes further advances in eastern guta government soldiers have reportedly surrounded the enclave the largest town duma as airstrikes 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 the bloc out of upcoming american import tariffs on steel and aluminum urged the e.u. going to counter with tariffs on u.s. products. and seven years after a 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. a magic wall boston welcome to the program syrian government forces say they have 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 we'll get the latest from our correspondent but first this report

. the next strike is never far away in duma. another victim is rushed to an ambulance. or local. observers say eastern butis largest rebel held town is now completely isolated government forces have reportedly cut off the main highway linking it to the town of harasta and to the rest of the besieged enclave meanwhile state television shows the army rolling into the center of measure. of the syrian observatory for human rights says assad's forces have night taken this rebel time as the syrian army proclaims major gains opponents and aid groups have accused the regime of using chemical weapons. they used gas and they used. force for and now. i mean in just to see days there were already more than one hundred fifteen people killed most of

them children the government strongly rejects the allegation that. we are 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 not 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 into several parts the rebel forces are disputing that claim what are you hearing about the situation on the ground. all be very is a city no museums actually in quite a strong position of great now and that's actually not surprising at all out militarily the rebels are far weaker will they have to sit in

a team added with their russian military might the bustle ethel's that they're also using what we've given here to do that now is that in fact the regime has entered the center that dealt with that as an excuse of she claiming but and they have but they are perhaps always stating that if she misses the point because of the bells are also persisting under the weather also why take it as officially not set that it has a need to know what i have a meeting not rather it we do want to completely surrounded by that which he bought we have a search and this march there is jeanne it is in these areas and has been the last digital media is intensively bombing all of these areas and it's just a matter of time before they get in the world. you mention of there's been 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 as being a war on how to tell the world how to have a journalist how their activists also blog and work around it and put pressure on the international community underground or the archives they just do not have a. strand as some say. does if there was even to go on resisting military order they are bound to do that's not a bitchy they're even looking at will be lawful orders of 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 that's for sure including laws now there was a thousand syrians 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 the analysis by the one in the dials. live from on the last engine would i be able to get their basic supplies they all do and fuel was the answer grades of the official sector the crossing to be about the possible you are needed want luck made last year the stumble over the studs are also pondering the seed has been absolute but over the last leaves it's a completely and it's evil are hung up in that these lands are not only able to get out. they have a look at what the deal age is like there's not a lot of food supplies it's really just nothing there not enough medical supplies just wide a nightmare situation of these people and hundreds and thousands of these will sell

their course want to get out the others are scared that if they do get out that might either be singled out by would seem or the right darling to enjoy it since people are refugees and essentially are like i was just mentioning against us all together so it's a pretty hard situation for hundreds or thousands of people illegal down most of 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 in hospital. 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 dive but this issue in the catholic country where a complete ban was only lifted in two thousand and thirteen in cases where the

mother's life is at risk the. top trade officials from the european union and japan have pressed an american trade on void to exempt them 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 cecilia maelstrom who put on a show of friendship with the japanese economy minister. japan has also shoplift criticize the u.s. president's traitorous. u.s. envoys a bit like ties it 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 duties so far without

success still germany's economy minister is pressing her arguments is there a risk dish 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 on the port in staten 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 its mind. obviously 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 now to somalia are millions of people are facing an

unprecedented drought due to poor rains for four consecutive seasons repeated failed harvests have led to widespread malnutrition farming families have abandoned their homes in search of food and aid. the heat sets in early in the morning and dolo in southwest somalia women line up for assistance they've been here for about a year back then the drought was at its worst and the sheepherder families lost their animals as. well but all of the well most of us survive on what relatives give us not everyone has gotten help from the aid group so far. aid organizations seem somewhat overwhelmed with the constant influx of families donor money from germany has secured this project by unicef and the world food program. workers take care of malnourished children. and mothers are given education on

issues like breast feeding for protecting their kids from disease and about nutrition in exchange for registering with the program women get a card that allows them to receive food. and now they have assistance and livelihood with true shows. child protection c.d.'s all of that healthy. but droughts are becoming more common and another issue remains the traditional way of life for livestock herders does little to guarantee one's future these days. 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 disaster since your noble we all remember the video footage that you can see behind me here 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 of others 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 and 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. of the force on monday 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 the open. to what can we can understand that many people think it's still

as bad as it was seven years ago. and 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 dealt with by twenty twenty so yeah this is a propaganda war being fought by the japanese government in an effort to restart nuclear power japan needs some good news out of fukushima and these young baseball players are here to help out with that. as miss them so attack you are sailing in

the import race in auckland new zealand conditions were lightened by tomato harbor the shifting winds made for plenty of lead changes over the course of the one hour race dongfang race team emerged as the winners the crew have now cut the gap on volvo ocean race leaders moffitt to just three points. you're watching. and don't forget you can get all the latest on our website any time dot com thanks for watching see you next time. all woman. who take you seriously in the world of what here's what's coming up women's talk. go do something for your smart smart smart stay in the gym break recently dangerous times. for my.

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