not. bangladesh look on this long as i'm starting in april twenty first one g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin choked to death as they cowered in basements rebels in dubai eastern ghouta say more than forty people have been killed in a chemical attack syria and its allies claim it's a fabrication but the u.s. wants the mascot there will be a quote big price to pay also coming up police in the german city of munster scrambled to understand why a man drove a van into

a crowd killing two people authorities say there's no evidence of an islamist connection but they're investigating all other possibilities. and a vote counting is underway and hungary's general election prime minister viktor orban is expected to secure a third term after running a populist anti migration campaign will go to budapest for the latest. i'm michelle henery welcome to the show the united nations security council will meet on monday over an alleged chemical weapons attack in syria rebels medics and aid organizations in eastern groups all say chemical weapons were used in an attack on do about the town is the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus this. regime and its allies say the allegations are a fabrication the u.s.

meanwhile has warned damascus it would have a big price to pay for the attack. let's go to washington where correspondent claire richardson is standing by clare it's been just hours since we heard about this attack but why has the u.s. been so quick to get involved here hi michelle you have the u.s. state department was quick to respond to say that it's monitoring these reports and significantly they've called for an immediate response from the international community as well as criticize russia for its ongoing support of bashar al assad's regime now it they said that it is russia who is ultimately responsible for this possible chemical weapons attack because of its continued support for the syrian government and its perhaps its strongest ally so now this all puts donald trump in a rather sticky situation if you'll remember just last week he said he wanted to

pull all u.s. troops out of syria but didn't offer a clear timeline of when he was going to do it so now we're seeing him on twitter calling it the chemical weapons attack and atrocity also criticizing former president barack obama for not using military force after evidence that the syrian government carried out another chemical attack that killed almost one and a half thousand people so drunk going to have to decide whether he wants to get the u.s. out of syria as he said or take some kind of more concerted action and he's even threatened a big price in response to this alleged chemical weapons attack what are his options here. it's possible trump could pursue military strikes to try and punish the outside regime. like he did about a year ago when he carried out military strikes on an air base that followed another chemical weapons attack by the syrian government and so that was the united states first direct military action against syria and we could very well see him do

that again or he could do nothing beyond criticizing the government as we've seen so the white house homeland security adviser said this week that all options aren't are on the table nothing should be taken off so this point i think it seems that anything is possible and with transform this for twitter we're lucky to find out sooner than later cleared richardson in washington thank you very much. police in the german city of munster are trying to establish the reason why a man crushed his van into a crowd outside a busy restaurant in the 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 did and injured on the streets of munster. yeah it's still incomprehensible i'm very glad that nothing happened to a daughter who is very close to where it happened. it's been slow in my memory

leaved i'm sirleaf that it was a terror attack and i'm saying this with a clear conscience in such a situation one can never say that it is good or bad but i'm relieved it was something different it was. jim an interior minister a host z. holds for a visit at the scientists sunday. should be annoyed to you today means to convey the sort of dirtying condolences of the entire government especially that of the german chancellor angela merkel. the consulate of. the moment carnage hit the historic heart of the city a forty eight year old plowed a van into a group of diners sitting outside a popular restaurant a fifty one year old woman and a sixty five year old man was killed and around twenty others were injured in a incident the driver of the van shot and killed himself shortly afterwards local media said the driver was a german man suffering from mental problems he was also known to police.

is the perpetrator was known to police we have had three criminal proceedings against him in minster and one in nearby and spak. said the dr has run ins with the law with threats property damage fraud and leaving the scene of an accident but that all charges have been dismissed. as missing. from what we know so far and we need to stress again and again that we are at the beginning of our investigation we can only tell you that at the moment we have no indications that there is a political background or that other perpetrators were involved. 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 correspondent charlotte charleston pill joins

us from the city of munster charlotte a virtual in memory of the victims has just started their what is the atmosphere like tonight. as i'm sure you can imagine michelle it is a very somber atmosphere here people are stunned that something like this can happen in their city just behind me a huge crowd of people gathered inside the city's famous cathedral to take part in a memorial service had a quick look in and it's so fool people standing the big question that the the message that's coming from the bishop and others who are making speeches is why why did this happen that's what people here want to know with so much still unknown about the motives behind the attack they want to know exactly what it is that is going on here for now though it's nights they want to just pay their respects to the victims and come together to unite after what's been horrific twenty four hours

here and we're seeing live shots of the visual taking place in the cathedral behind you but can you tell us what more do we know about the victims and casualties from yesterday's events. well as you just heard in that report there that we know that there are two people who've lost their lives in their attack not including of course the attacker himself who shot himself shortly after driving into the crowd we know that it's a fifty one year old woman and a sixty five year old man who lost their lives in line with german media convention we're not identifying those who been killed what i can tell you though is that twenty others were injured in this attack hospitals say some of them are still in a critical condition as well that some of the injured may include nationals but of course it's not just. been affected by this attack we've got a lot of people gathered right now in the cathedral behind me who witnesses or

indeed those who have first responders as well there are a lot of firefighters a lot of people who are immediately on the scene who are taking the time to try and process exactly what is here that happened at this church that is behind me. people trying to come to terms with this inexplicable situation what is the latest on the police investigation. well so much is still unknown about what it is that motivated this attack of police really been able to rule things out rather than officially confirm what exactly has taken place here they said that there is currently no evidence that there is any political motive or any islam is behind this attack they said that the attack was a german national. say hey they said that they. have been linked to one of the latest things that we've heard from police at the gas canisters were found inside one of his homes police not been able to confirm exactly what he was using those gas canisters for but

a picture really is building of a man he was very psychologically. we're hearing from police that he sent an e-mail to a number of acquaintances when he was talking about killing himself we also know that police had been aware of this man at least five times he'd been brought to their attention for various more minor crimes they were dropped but there is a very slow process in this investigation police say could be days even longer before they get a picture of exactly what. police here in berlin detained several men today suspected of planning an attack on half marathon is germany on high alert again after this weekend. that's right we know that a number of people have been detained in connection what police said was looking like it was going to be a planned for a very nasty attack and violent possibly on the boat in half marathon that took

place today tens of thousands of people took part in not of course now germany on the whole is on high alert i'm not sure if you can see behind me but there are a number of police officers firefighters eccentric gathered here i saw them a lot as i have seen a lot of them walking around the city but it's not just in light of the attack that's taken place here of course jemmy's been on alert since the christmas markets attack in which several people were killed just over a year ago there is really a lot of concern of course not just in to me but of around europe for attacks where people can just get into cars get into vans and drive into the crowds and as gemini's interior ministry put it a short time ago it is very clear just how difficult it is to try and prevent attacks like this and just how horrific they can be. thank you. 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 which is private and commercial divisions it's hoped he'll be able to reverse three years of losses the bank's current boss john tryon has been criticized for failing to revive the bank securities trading business. 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. in new york one person died and four firefighters were injured in a blaze on the fifteenth floor of trump tower officials said the fire in the u.s. president's signature building was quickly put out the victim was a male president of the building who died after being taken to the hospital. votes are being counted in hungary's problem in terry elections with bloom in their results expected in the hours ahead officials say that high turnout has met long

lines and anyone left waiting at polling stations is still being allowed to vote the ballot is expected to give prime minister viktor orban a third term in power with his right wing fidesz part party having polled strongly ahead of its rivals going into today's vote but experts say the high turnout could shake up hungary's political landscape and boost the country's opposition parties. let's get more from our correspondent in budapest funny for char she joins us from the venue where the students party is waiting to hear today's results funny what is the mood where you are seeing today's turnout as a good thing. i don't like to use cliches talk of a you can literally feel and sense the tension here in the air at this venue there are no acts of course yet it's all night it was expected at seven pm this could

actually drag on and proved to be a very long night until we see results but just a short while ago we have seen the three disaffection leader talking here to the press to the international to the national and local press is saying that this high voter turnout is due to the fear this is due to the few despotic mobilize of the voters and also he did say that x. backs or he counts on an absolute majority put if it is spotty of course if you ask opposition members they have a much different perspective on that and they say this high voter turnout is it due to a lot of frustrated hungry and who have enough and are fed up with this entire and tired migration policy of the for this government. and funny just briefly the european union is watching today's vote very closely what could have renewed a super majority for mr orbán name for europe. but basically that everything stays the same if prime minister viktor orban is going to your house for his third consecutive term in hungary he's going to continue to push

for a different agenda for the european union and that means more sovereignty for each member states but also made it comes to deciding on refugees in a future quota system hungary wants to play a very important role within the states and push for more sovereignty funny for char in budapest thank you very much. now you're up to date thanks for watching. play. such. make sure small teams in the smaller clinics slim watching the split want to live up to date. extraordinary. lycidas blood sahlin sunday. live.