this is d. w. news live from berlin donald trump warns the syrian regime there will be a quote big price to pay that was the twitter response from the u.s. president after brussels in duma in eastern guta say more than forty people have been killed in a chemical attack the rebels blame the government and say the death toll is likely to rise the assad regime and its ally russia say the allegations are a fabrication also coming up. police in the german city of munster are now scrambling to understand why a man deliberately drove a van into

a crowd killing two people authorities say there is no evidence of an islamist connection but they're investigating all other possibilities we'll go live to the scene. of voting is underway in hungary's general election where prime minister of the door upon is expected to secure a third term on casting his ballot or bomb who ran a populous and time a christian campaign said he was fighting for the future of hungary we'll go live to budapest. i'm michelle henery thanks for joining us u.s. president the whole trunk has said syrian president bashar al assad will have a big a price to pay for launching a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians trunks comments on twitter come after rebels and medics allege that dozens of people were. killed in

a suspected chemical attack in eastern guta aid organizations say at least one bomb filled with poisonous chemicals was dropped on during the last major stronghold near the capital damascus the syrian regime and its ally russia so the allegations are a fabrication. earlier correspondent on child war in beirut put together what we know about this alleged chemical weapons attack in. well what we have heard from syrian american medical society and my talents which are a group of medics and activists working on the ground there yesterday evening of a quarter to eight in the evening barrel containing a chemical agent was dropped in a part of the city and they started receiving a lot of patients and they these patients this made signs like excessive or reforming which led the medics to conclude that they've been attacked with a poisonous gas now all the videos that have been shared by these activists and

medics on the ground with us of course the images are quite graphic they say that it is likely a chemical agent has been used but that of course cannot be verified verified until and unless you illegitimate of polity on the ground. and for some analysis of this we're joined by not or us are us from our back now to welcome rebel groups and medics on the ground alleged use of chemical weapons by the assad regime which denies this who has more credibility here as michel it's always hard to say after such a short time as our colleague invited said but i would say the syrian government the syrian regime all the always denies and always say this fabricated it's phony it never happened so i think that the this mass killing. and what happened and who tell yesterday cannot be done

or carried out by rebel groups because we know that this area was under siege for the last four years so i'm asking myself how can this weapon this these these chemical weapons come inside in the last few years also we have to think that last year in live there was a very similar attack and. dozens of people died and a report of the u.n. and the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons they found out in a report that the syrian regime. is responsible for or might be responsible for this attack so i think the syrian regime is not very credible in this case and rebels have reportedly started negotiating pulling out of guilt for the exchange of prisoners how likely do you think that this is going to happen. it's always hard to say because in the last few days of islam or the. army of islam this opposition

group did not say much about the these negotiations with they didn't comment very much we saw a couple of people or maybe a thousand came out of the duma but there were news about the dispute inside this rebel group itself so we don't know at the moment it might be possible that they now really reach an agreement. because there will be because of this pressure of this military pressure by russia and by this your interview in the last few days and the regime has used chemical weapons before including and the u.n. has also accused rebels of using chemical weapons why has this war been so brutal. i think this war became very brutal because it's very fast became a proxy war people from outside. jihadist groups from outside came inside

syria and it became as possible between two major enemies in the region maybe and iran so i think that's that's what made it so. so bad for for the people for the for the civilians there because yeah it's not only normal let's say a civil war between. groups inside syria it's a proxy war with lots of naz of destruction weapons and yeah lots of money also involved so i think that's the main reason not to be arabic thank you for your insight. police in the german city of munster are trying to establish the reason why a man crashed his van into a crowd outside a busy restaurant in historic center of the city two people were killed and dozens more injured germany's interior minister has called the attack a cowardly and brutal crime. people pay their respects to the dead and injured

on the streets of munster. yeah as you know and i'm still totally shocked my entire family were all shocked and sad it's still somehow incomprehensible i'm very glad that nothing happened to our daughter he goes into the city and was very close to where it happened. before. we can be glad that it was not an i.a.s. attack. but instead a crazy person who is not in the right side of mind. but it is very very bad. the moment carnage hit the historic heart of the city a forty eight year old plowed a van into a group of dine and sitting outside a popular restaurant a fifty one year old woman and a sixty five year old man were killed and around twenty others injured the driver of the van shot and killed himself shortly after. local media reporting that he was a german man suffering from mental problems another firearm has since been

recovered from his home. base here had to put a thai police have searched the apartment of the suspects and in and recovered actually of a machine gun a k forty seven rendered unusable as well as illegal fireworks on board. as police continue to investigate the man's motives the attack is a painful reminder of the deadly trend of vehicles being used as weapons. for more on the aftermath of this deadly crash the tokyo correspondent daniel cope joins us now from the city of munster daniel what's the latest on the investigation. well i can tell you there's still lots of an answer to question about this issue we are learning and that's what the police say that also a little bit earlier that the suspect actually was not known to them in the year of two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and fifteen has been charged with

deception hit and run and also harassments the police also say that a little bit earlier that there are pretty sure at this point that this was nor in no way a link to terrorism also not political a motivator though we are learning that in the past the suspect forty eight year old though had a psychological problems and even was thinking about maybe committing suicide we're also learning that apparently he was working as an industrial designer in the past that he had three houses to here in the state of north rhine-westphalia car and also some and also one in the eastern part of the country but still i was really the motive was still not really clear and as the police continue to search for a motive can you tell us what is the response from politicians been. a little bit earlier we had a german interior minister horses the whole fire and also the president off the

federal state of north rhine-westphalia and visiting here there were talking also in the heart of local hospital with families off the ones that are still there some of them we have to remember still in very serious condition i did have i do have the feeling that mostly of mr lasher it was actually a very attached she was saying that there is going to be an in-depth investigation they really want to know what is behind all of this also the german interior minister as the whole for was praising the work of the police forces here yesterday that they reacted in a very core and very professional way daniel cope in munster thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world christian sewing is expected to take over as c.e.o. of germany's biggest lender deutsche bank so an already heads up the do it just

private and commercial divisions it's hoped to be able to reverse three years of losses the banks current boss john tryon has been criticized for failing to revive the bank securities trading business in new york one person died and four firefighters were injured in a blaze on the fiftieth floor of trump tower officials said the fire in the us president's signature building was quickly put out the victim was a male resident of the building who died after being taken to the hospital france's rail network is suffering major disruption once again a third of rail workers walked off the job on sunday in protest against the government's planned overhaul of the state run rail system the strikes are part of an ongoing dispute set to last for three months. elections are underway in hungary where national's prime minister viktor orban is widely expected

to win a third consecutive term post predict or gonski this party which is campaigned on an anti immigrant euro skeptic platform will win the majority together with the christian democrats but a growing unity among opposition parties is putting or beds margin of victory in doubt. it's an election being closely watched across europe will hung gary and swing further to the right or will they vote for closer relations with the e.u. turnout is high which could indicate that change is on the horizon. next two or three more i think p.d.s. is going to win again but the opposition is going to be bigger and they'll be great the solidarity and change of government is probably going to happen in four years from now yes but others point to increase safety and economic growth a man having the city has transformed since feet is came to power beautiful construction it's clean and orderly foreign as a coming my astray and cousin is here right now who unfortunately cannot vote and

they see things the same way from abroad only the band. victory seems assured for or band but his speeches party doesn't just want a majority they need a super majority to execute this meeting reforms or ban has taken a hard line on migration comparing it to arrests that would consume hungary. as leader of an e.u. country his nationalist views clashed with the blocs liberal ideals but or ban insists that his criticism of the european union was directed at brussels and not the member countries. are going to open if you win this election will you make your peace with the. now be a member of. your member of all international organization and you have standing on the basis of the interest of our country because we love. for the future of all countries hungary has been one of the biggest recipients of the news develop and

sons and critics accuse or band of biting the hand that feeds him but with nationalism on the rise in central europe a clear win for or band could mean for their losses for the european union. some breaking news coming in german police have reportedly detained four men one of whom suspected of attempting to carry out a knife attack at the berlin half marathon which is currently under way local media are reporting that the main suspect is said to have been an acquaintance of the berlin christmas market attack or don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our out from google play or the apple store on the give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use that to send us photos and videos. short to have more on that breaking news again at the top of the hour when we come

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