cannot. bangladesh look gone this long as i'm starting to be twenty first one g.w. . leave. the region. this is due to the news live from berlin children to act as they cowards in basements revels and doom at eastern gives us a more than forty people have been killed in a chemical attack in syria and its allies claim it's a fabrication both the us wants to monsters there will be close to a big price to pay. and vocab to get under way and hungary's general election prime

minister viktor orban is expected to secure a third term for running a populist anti migration count pay and we'll go live to be a pastor for the night. and police in the german city of lens during scramble to understand why a man drove them out of out into a crowd killing two people authorities say there is no evidence all of that and slimmest connection both they're investigating all other possibilities. including the. welcome to the program. of the united nations security council will meet on monday over an alleged chemical weapons attack in syria rebels medics and aid organizations in eastern all say chemical weapons were used in an attack on the town of duma and the syrian regime and its allies say that the allegations are

a fabrication well the u.s. meanwhile has warned damascus it would have a big price to pay if the claims proved correct. thank you these pictures appear to show as strikes on the town of duma in eastern. it's the last remaining rebel stronghold following a relentless russian backed onslaught on the region which began in february the white helmets volunteer rescue groups say at least forty people including many children were specs yates in the chemical attack. the regime continues the intense in violent shelling barrel bombs were dropped by helicopters carrying poisonous substances. until now paramedics haven't been able to enter because of the continuous shelling the regime is trying to wipe out this area. syria denies its government forces launched any chemical assaults nonetheless international condemnation has been swift and blunt. u.s.

president donald trump took to twitter blaming russia and iran for supporting syria and describing its president bashar assad as an animal in rome pope francis during mass and simply to square denounce the attackers unjustifiable. we pray for all the dead for the wounded for the families who suffer. there is no good war and bad war. and nothing nothing can justify the use of such instruments of violence against people and unarmed populations. the syrian army released pictures which it says showed troops moving towards. the army dismissed claims of the cast attackers fabrications the military insists it's advancing rapidly and does not need chemical weapons.

joining me in the studio is a weiss a serious specialists who has done extensive reporting from inside and outside syria welcome khalid's now as we heard there the syrian government says it's not behind any chemical attack in duma is there any evidence at all to support that claim. so they don't need they claim to said she did deny they have done so despite the repeated chemical weapons that. they have used in northern syria and in the wrong damascus as the u.n. said years ago they have used chemical weapons in the same area and will killing hundreds of civilians they deny that they were not using chemical weapons a year ago to the most influential one and it did so there's that at the g. is the modern. ok so we also understand that after this alleged attack all rebels have now agreed to leave dumas which is one of their last remaining strongholds

what kind of an impact will that have on the war there were these. have been afforded an afterthought. there. is an extension of the mosque because it is a. consideration of if in their population that's been they feel that they've been oppressed by a for decades so it's a thorn in a back that is going to get off and replace it with what appears to be demographic change ethnic cleansing and force transferred of this in the population i think. operation the loyalist shia militia and their families who came pouring in the studio on the behest of yet on to the regime and where are they being sent to what are they going to do there that's why they have been holding on to their homes because the distance from the east of the distance from syria if you are uprooted if you do so in the uprooted from your home you're not going to go that's why

they've been so at the nations is trying to hold on to their homes. the ledges chemical attack of course has sparked international outrage the u.n. security council is expected to meet tomorrow u.s. presidents donald trump is threatening a big price in response earlier we asked our washington correspondent tear richardson what that could possibly mean that's have a listen in to what she had to say. 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 airbase that followed a nother 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. as you heard there i mean trump is unpredictable will he take the us areas of syria will he respond militarily or do nothing do you think he could actually exact a military response in the goddess or would he do it or not what kind of response that is lost just on the year to go it was just a slap on that are still for assad so he's got the extra guy and i was against that calling him an email when you strong in the fact in the post when he used strong glug he actually acted militarily but the point is that the use even to jeem using chemical weapons is order but of bombs would boot world war two type tactics against civilian population this in the civilian population myth we virtually noticed one's effective response from the west since obama drew that the red line in syria so it's sort of what i said the other we need to be scared because to be

a strong military response khaled jacobo weiss thank you very much for joining us in studio. three a prime minister viktor orban the death party is project is to win a two thirds majority in parliament that's based on preliminary results being released from sunday's election that puts or been on track for a third consecutive term in power after campaigning on a heavily anti migration message that his death party and reason arsonists make the party receive some twenty percent of votes with roughly seventy percent of votes counted so far database twenty fifth char has been covering the election from hungary i asked her a short while ago if migration is the key issue driving voters at the polls. it's been one of the issues i would say some fittest spoke to definitely said that this is the key issue to them however if you talk to other supporters supporters of the center left for example they say that the social issues that's coming through is

for example higher salaries high up pensions so it really does depend a bit on your party preference but the immigration in this entire immigration come pain group while you are better you're going to vote or whether you have cast your ballot because of immigration neither is a very mixed picture when it comes to what top the common suppose and these different perspectives will also of course trickle in to the results and how this country is built it all together. now some of the other stories making news around the world. to stand saving as expected to take over as c.e.o. of germany's biggest lender delighted bank saving is already heading deutsche of banks private and commercial that divisions its hopes he'll be able to reverse three years of losses the banks current boss john cryan has been criticized for failing to revive the bank's 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 plan to overhaul of the state's run rail system the strikes are part of an ongoing to speeds set to last for three months. and new york one person dies and four firefighters were injured in a blaze on the fiftieth floor of trump tower officials said the fire in the u.s. president's signature building was. was a male residents of the building who died after being taken to the hospital. well the german city of monster has paid tribute to the victims of saturday's van attack residents packed iseman serious cathedral for a memorial service two people died and many more were injured in the it's hoc well wishers and they flowers outside the restaurant in the town where a forty eight year old german man was his vehicle into diners the interior minister has condemned this as

a cowardly and brutal crime. more on the aftermath of this deadly crusted on new correspondent charles charles and peddle joins us now from the city of mr sharon has a vigil in memory of the victims and did a little while ago what is the mood like to nice and mr. good evening was over twenty four hours now since this horrific attack and this is still a city in shock it was an enormous crowd that packed into the cathedral behind me to pay their respects to the two people who lost their lives there was so many people in there in fact that there was standing room only the message that it was from those who were speaking the concern from those who was speaking was that they simply don't know why an attack like this happens the motive of course is still very unclear as they emerge from at the cathedral behind me they lit the candles paying their respects to those who killed this is the city that has been new

knighted by this attack there's been a lot of praise for the huge number of people who turned up at hospitals to give blood for the victims it's also been a lot of praise for the emergency services who is said to have responded extremely quickly when the driver plowed his van into that crowd of people yesterday afternoon. and started doing no more about the victims at this point. a number of people are going to still be in a critical critical condition we know that twenty people were injured in this attack that's on top of the two people who lost their lives a woman who said to be fifty one years old and a man who said to be fifty five years old of course as well the attack a short himself after driving into the crowd and now there's not much more known about those who were killed in the satanic in-line with the german media conventions we're not able to say too much we're not able to identify them but we

know that it's a it's a tragic loss of life and very unexpected here in a sleepy city here in northern germany. and finally charlotte's what is the latest on the police investigation. yeah well as i've said the motive is still very unclear police have had rather more been able to rule out what they what they know not to be true often confirm anything to be true they know that there was no political motive they think there was no islam is linked to in this attack and they believe as well that the attacker was acting alone a picture is also starting to emerge of a very mentally disturbed attack and police have put out a statement saying that he's known to have sent an email to acquaintances saying that he was planning suicide police have also searched a number of his homes and have found gas canisters containing benzene it's not

clear exactly what that was meant to be used for police has said that it could be days even perhaps weeks before they start to truly find out exactly what motivated this man to carry out such a horrific attack thank you charlotte tells them bell and mentor for bringing us up to date. now how would you like a roman style chariot a gold rolex watch or even a leather jockstrap previously worn by a hollywood star like russell crowe well even if you did have the cash i'm afraid it's too late those items from soem of the actors most popular movies including gladiator and as a confidential have just sold at auction in sydney for two point eight million u.s. dollars the sale attracted dozens of fires and spectators pro said the clear ice was in honor of his recent divorce from his wife of fifteen years and his fifty

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