please let. this is. from civilians caught in the crossfire as the last resistance in syria. gens of thousands of people fleeing the fighting in eastern near damascus we'll also hear from the city of. turkish offensive has displaced over a hundred thousand people also coming out somebody has to be responsible somebody

has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence of culpability points to the russian state. who is behind the poisoning of a former spy as the u.k. expels russian diplomats and the european court of human rights rules that turkey must free to imprison journalists it's the first time the court has condemned the crackdown on dissent in the wake of a failed coup. a sad day for conservationists the world's last mail northern white rhino dies in kenya only two females remain the last hope against the species extinction.

it's good to have you with us the united nations says it is deeply concerned about . civilians fleeing from the crumbling rebel enclave of eastern ghouta in syria government forces are clearing out the last pockets of resistance in the area which is near the capital damascus as the country's civil war interest a grim terminal phase it's a little different in the city of free and where the turkish army has sent over one hundred thousand people running for their lives we'll hear from a kurdish doctor shortly but first this report on the death throes of efforts to oust syrian president bashar al assad. the u.n. calls it hell on earth. and these pictures from the syrian white helmets are full of the evidence of that. the organization says they show a government airstrike on eastern ghouta the rebel held region just outside the

capital damascus. the footage documents volunteers as they rushed into uncertain territory. for some of the victims they find it's too late. others a lucky enough to be discovered under the rubble. out of the out of my. main while refugees are still leaving their homes in the northern town of a free in. the united nations estimates over one hundred thousand people have been uprooted here as they flee the fighting between kurdish rebels and turkey's armed forces. they're now trapped in rural areas outside are free and in desperate need of humanitarian aid. we are alarmed by further deepening of the humanitarian crisis in syria as fierce fighting in eastern goods out all damascus

and often in the country's northwest causes massive new displacement in eastern greater alone more than forty five thousand syrians have fled their homes in recent days here in h.c. i was responding to gents humanitarian needs on the ground but we have today regenerating our call for the protection and safety as well as a full unhindered continued to humanitarian access to both the newly displaced and to hundreds of thousands of civilians still trapped by fierce fighting and dying need of aid. for the injured who fail to escape makeshift clinics like this one are a final source of hope in their daily struggle for survival. sure one barry is head of the kurdish red crescent in syria earlier we asked him about the humanitarian situation in offering. that the it to occasionally as in control yet and he's solving of people that are

living in the air in the snow not support or theme we are pushing for a new end on the international community and the i.c.r.c. to support we and they some response actually in the last few days but still it's many meatspace best of all need for shelter for food for their well you can come out and you know it's mostly air but there is also a lot of needs that is report might be just going to it's took its time because the pickle and not enough so far from the n.g.o.s humanitarian. groups that was shown on barry head of the credit red crescent in syria speaking with us earlier or russian diplomats expelled by the u.k. are on a flight back to moscow this as international weapons inspectors begin analyzing

samples of the nerve agent which was used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of salzburg tonight russia is hitting back saying that britain is behind that attack the kremlin demanding evidence or an apology. a bitter farewell for russia's expelled diplomats in london followed from the diplomatic standoff as russia demands proof or an apology the british militaries carrying out forensic tests on the car used by sergei scruples daughter after she came from moscow to earlier this month. hours after yulia st paul arrived in salisbury she was found unconscious on this bench alongside her father scientists at this bio chemical weapons facility say they were poisoned with a nerve agent nova chop this finding is now central in britain's case against russia but a direct link to putin remains elusive d.w. correspondence than a number of us sat down with british foreign minister boris johnson you have any

solid evidence that proves him directly or did it because what he said is the most direct accusation of russia's leader that ever if somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence or culpability points to the russian state and as it did in the case of alexander litvinenko a new member the trail of polonium led back very clearly to the russian state and in the end. mr putin is in charge and that is you know that i'm afraid he cannot escape responsibility and cope ability both putin himself and those around him have stanched lee deny these allegations. sooner or later these unsubstantiated allegations will have to be answered they will either need to be

backed up with something with some evidence or they'll need to apologize. to. chemical weapons experts in the u.k. are testing samples of the toxic substance used on the street piles the results will not be known for at least two weeks. here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world harvey weinstein's former company has filed for bankruptcy months after the oscar winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assault weinstein was fired as chairman last october when the allegations were first reported he has denied having non consensual sex with anyone authorities in texas are investigating the fifth bombing this month in the state's capital allston the latest blast occurred when a parcel exploded at a fit x. distribution facility near the city police suspect a serial bomber is behind the explosions which have killed two people and injured several. police in france have questioned former president nicolas sarkozy over

allegations that his two thousand and seven election campaign accepted donations from libyan dictator moammar gadhafi a former gadhafi associate claims that he delivered suitcases stuffed with cash to mr sarkozy it's another cloud hanging over the french politician who had struggled to shape previous allegations of wrongdoing. the allegation that nicolas sarkozy accepted as much as fifty million euros in campaign contributions from the libyan dictator moammar gadhafi some of it even delivered as cash in suitcases is not new it first emerged in twenty thirteen because he has always vehemently denied it and no one had seriously questioned him about it but now he said to be under interrogation in this interior ministry building in paris a former top aide is also said to have been questioned but later released the

libyan money allegedly helped finance sarkozy's two thousand and seven campaign for the presidency which he won but it seems that sarkozy failed to deliver on promises he made to gadhafi and in twenty eleven gadhafi is son bitterly denounced the french president so of course he had well ahead the first thing we ask of this clown's of cozies is that he repay the money to the libyan people. we helped him become president so that he would help the libyan people but he's disappointed and very soon we will publish all the details and the documents and the banking payslips. soon after france was part of the nato campaign that overthrew the libyan dictator and despite saif al islam gadhafi is threat the case against sarkozy remains low key but it gains traction when this french lebanese businessman claimed in twenty sixteen that he had made the cash in a suitcase deliveries to sarkozy's campaign if a case is made against sarkozy it will probably be on two grounds that he far exceeded the legal campaign funding limit at the time and that's against the law he

accepted foreign money to help win the presidency. the european court of human rights says that turkey must free two journalists who are currently in prison so he paid and memo to were detained following a failed coup in turkey back in two thousand and sixteen it's a verdict that supports a decision by turkey's own top court but which of ortiz there have ignored. this is open and this is messmate atlanta after the failed coup in twenty sixteen the two journalists were among hundreds arrested on charges of having ties with eggs cleric for today. they took their case to the european court of human rights and it says the turkish authorities detained them illegally violating their rights . democracy thrives on freedom of expression freedom of expression preserves democracy and by making it possible to debate when people are detained for

expressing their opinion that does not just impose on those individuals but on all of society. turkey's constitutional court also found the arrests to have been unlawful but the lower courts in turkey refused to release the two journalists experts say that is no surprise. as a home but once i was enjoying our visits to turkey we found that the judicial system was not independent the judges are scared and trying to reach verdicts acceptable to the political leadership and that means there is no such thing as an independent judiciary just like every other. turkey you know has to implement the ruling of europe's top court. was released over the weekend but is now under house arrest. is still in prison it's the first time the european court of human rights has issued a verdict condemning the turkish government's crackdown on dissent he was the last male of his car the last known living male northern white rhino has

died in a kenyan conservatory caretakers made the decision to euthanize the white rhino after a sudden decline in his health now the very survival of the species depends on the only two remaining females. the life of the northern white rhino can be a lonely one. the last remaining male of the species has died aged forty five intensive poaching has significantly reduced numbers scientists even turned to dating apps in an attempt to raise awareness and enough money to pay for a nine million dollar fertility treatment the kenyan conservation a-list looking after sudan held a tribute ceremony after his death just a few weeks ago they hoped he would recover from an infection but sudan's condition had deteriorated rapidly. we started the procedure of euthanasia

to put sudan to see if. i gave you extensive pain suffering. with the holding extreme procedures to not have. a better life for him through done leaves behind his daughter not jean and her daughter fought to the last two northern white rhinos locked up for their own protection. because that. shows. the extent of human greed and what sort of impact human nature with experts warning extinction is now more a case of when instead of if conservationists hope it's not lights out for these giant grazers. and we hope so as well before we go we will leave you with some good news some pictures of a baby polar bear cub who's now on the highland wildlife park in western scotland

the cup was born in december last year the first polar bear born in the u.k. in a quarter of a century. who've been fighting for the case to be taken seriously in the world oh boy here's what's coming out. on t w. the female superheroes on a mission smart women smart talks smart station a legend these are by no means missed out on it or increasingly dangerous enough to make.