well mark. to. play. me a and. you're watching the w. news live from berlin after the airstrikes the u.s. runs further actions against syria's leader so. should the president this morning and he said if the syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again the united states is locked and loaded the u.s. ambassador nikki haley had a clear message to the united nations as the security council rejects a russian resolution to condemn the western missile attack on alleged chemical weapons facilities in syria. also coming up. hundreds of thousands marched in

barcelona demanding freedom for catalonia jailed leader nine separatist leaders have been imprisoned over the region's push for independence. and speaking out for the woman who can speak no more a friend marianna a bronco defines death threats as she searches for answers in the killings of the popular rio de janeiro councilwoman. player. i'm irish waiter welcome to the program. the u.s. and its allies have said they have no plans for further missile strikes on syria but washington has warned it's quote locked and loaded if damascus carries out more poison gas attacks the white house also says it's preparing new sanctions on russia punishment for supporting the regime of syrian president bashar al assad u.s. ambassador nikki haley announced the move on c.b.s.'s face the nation sanctions

will be coming down secretary mineta will be announcing those on monday if he hasn't already and they will go directly to any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to assad and chemical weapons use. syrian president bashar al assad has says saturday's u.s. led airstrikes were based on a campaign of lies coming from the u.n. security council assad hosted politicians from russia which continues to support its ally. business as usual appears to be the message of these syrian state t.v. images an upbeat president assad welcomed russian politicians to damascus signaling that the u.s. led strikes did not pose a threat to his hold on power russia says it's firmly behind us ally. relations between the russian and syrian army's are excellent so relations between politicians the army would now fulfill its task. russia and the assad government

are not the only ones defiant the pentagon showed off satellite images of the destruction saying the strikes completely destroyed two targets and seriously damaged another one and damascus was reduced to rubble. we have a responsibility as a world to attack and stop what syria is doing and so the united states with her allies one after three sites these are pinprick targets three targeted sites that we know were housing and testing chemical weapons it's these people that were affected by the poison gas attack but triggered the u.s. led strikes thousands of refugees from eastern guta live in the scum near aleppo many a disillusioned. i feel nothing because the us britain and the rest of the world have taken away our emotions they told us with the friends of the syrian

people but on the contrary they're our greatest enemies. and we know that they tell us do whatever you want to kill if you like. should back in damascus syria's deputy foreign minister greeted a team from the international chemical weapons watchdog despite western allies already having launched retire yewtree strikes inspectors will now determine whether poison gas was used in duma but they will not assign blame. we're being joined now by allister hay an expert in chemical warfare and he's been involved in the analysis of chemical weapons in iraq joining us now from leeds in the u.k. professor thank you so much for being here let's start with the question of whether there's there were any evidence that any of the sites attacked were used actually for the manufacture of storage of chemical weapons as the u.s. is claiming what we certainly know about the laboratory outside of damascus that

was clearly one that was testing chemical weapons and inspectors had collected evidence from this some time ago from one of the few coppers in the bar a tree so that was unequivocally tested substances the syrians refuse to acknowledge that the evidence was there now syria denies that it's behind the duma tack to spite this evidence but is there any doubt that the syrian government has used chemical weapons in the past there is no doubt whatsoever there was a mission setup by the security council in two thousand and fifteen the joint investigations mission between the o.p.c. job mean not just nations and given the specific remit of identifying the perpetrator and into their reports they say quite convincingly the evidence is unequivocal syria had used chlorine on at least three occasions and it did use no gas last year in an attack that killed one hundred people and injured another two

hundred now you've been involved in six different investigations into chemical weapons attacks including two in iraq and now based on your experience with these and what you know of the facts so far from syria this last time how difficult do you think it will be for inspectors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to establish what happened in duma. well it's a given inhibited access then it should be relatively easy to get the evidence the inspectors have done this sort of thing many times now and syria as long as nothing has been moved they will see victims interview victims interview treating doctors they will talk to other witnesses they will take blood samples and urine samples where they can collect evidence from the environment if you get near where an explosion has occurred different chemicals i blasted into concrete traumatic you find it on foot where they go for dead animal dead animals dead birds as well so

there will be plenty of evidence there it's more difficult with chlorine but they'll find the evidence it's only a week after the incident now the west is saying that it took this action because of the use of chemical weapons can you think a picture for us as to why these weapons are considered so much worse than conventional ones well there is an international treaty that outlaws these weapons of course it was the horror of the first world war where there were one and a half million casualties of chemical weapons that really started the whole ball rolling but it took until nine hundred ninety seven but the chemical weapons convention to come become international law there one hundred ninety two states that signed that convention now and basically they're saying this should be no chemical weapons used anywhere and while the three countries attacking syria i suppose are doing is saying syria is not obeying the requirements of the convention

despite having signed it and they object to that and they are attacking syria telling it to you know don't use chemical weapons present alistair hay in the u.k. for us thank you very much for your expertise it welcome good night. now to some of the other stories making news around the world protests have been taking place across india over the gang rape and killing of eight year old aussies have been known the muslim girl's body was discovered in a hindu dominated area earlier this year demonstrators have been demanding justice for her and other victims of sexual crimes in is in india. montenegro is governing democratic party of socialists says its leader mellowed you kind of it has won the country's presidential election the six time former prime minister spearheaded the former yugoslav republic joining nato in two thousand and seventeen and it's now crafting its entry into the european union. revellers celebrating nepal's new

year have poured into the streets of the medieval city of boxed up poor people beating drums songs and vermillion powder filled the air the annual festival marks the arrival of spring with dancing and prayers for a good harvest during the monsoon season. thousands of cattle on separatists have been rallying and barcelona to demand the release of jailed to session as leaders to pro independence grassroots groups organize the protest and they also have the support of spain's two main labor unions the protest comes ten days after a german court just missed an extradition request for catalonia ousted separatist president and released him on bail. the streets of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with the nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been in pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connection with last year's failed independence did

in catalonia their supporters consider them to be political prisoners one of the most serious problem is the price paid by politicians who were elected by the people we can't stand for that. today i'm here because i'm old rates with everything going on just like everyone had today i want the freedom of all calm writes. since the arrests catalonians independence movement has stalled but advocates say their fight isn't over money from good this is about defending our democracy ending a policy influenced by traditional authority releasing prisoners allowing exiles to come back and resolving the political conflicts using policy and only policy because. among the jailed separatists are members of catalonia is regional government including jordi sanchez catalan lawmakers selected sanchez twice to be their new leader but both times a spanish judge refused to release him from jail to

be sworn in catalonia has been in political limbo since spain central government imposed direct rule on the region after it unilaterally declared independence last october fresh regional elections will be triggered if a new leader is not all lifted by me twenty second. and to brazil now where thousands have turned out in rio de janeiro demanding answers in the slaying of city councilwoman marianna frankel she was shot dead a month ago after an event on empowering black women franco had been a fierce critic of police brutality racism and discrimination against the poor though her death since shock waves through brazil there have been no arrests in the case so far. speaking out for the woman who can speak no more a month after mario franco was gunned down her supporters demand answers one particular detail of the investigation has spiked their suspicions officials say

she was killed with police bullets they say were stolen. franco's death cuts especially close for tell me they were close friends like franco patrolling as a leftist politician devoted to feminist causes and defending the poor and she too has received death threats. to the point this is a political crime aimed at silencing everyone marty ellie stood for the people of the slums blacks women and the community the state is behind this crime. since franco's murder petrone doesn't go anywhere without bodyguards but she refuses to be intimidated. but i am saying we must now keep moving forward we will not give up we will continue monday at the site around the world to achieve democracy for those who never had it those living in the slums and the fringes of brazilian society but yes presently as most people here believe this was

a political assassination franco's case shocked the country and prompted an outpouring of protests especially in rio where the military recently assumed control of the state's public security many are critical of this move especially since franco slaying by democrats up on our democracy is under threat this worries me but at the same time it empowers me to take to the streets i just mark it because we're here because we want justice and we want to defend what little democracy we have in brazil through. my battlegroup they kill mariachis body but not her voice. telling me a patrol any. the other demonstrators have no down that mario's legacy is far more powerful than her killers could have ever imagined.

and onward to sports it's been a big day in the football world manchester city have won the english premier league title and have wrapped up the french championship the most famous derby in the bundesliga also took place a shock a host a daughter none you can catch the goals and the action from the game in our bundesliga show after the break with expert analysis from former germany striker celia. with both sides in the running for a champions league place the derby was more important than ever when shelter or dortmund come out on top find out in just a few moments. i will leave you with these pictures of the extremely flexible limbs and daring moves that were on the show at the acrobatic gymnastics world championships in belgium in the women's pairs final the do over north korea impressed with their routine to finish second behind russia. and the men's competition israel snatched the victory with an eye catching display of

agility and teamwork. folks don't try this at home. you're watching t w news from berlin will be back at the top of the hour ever get you can check out our web site d w dot com thanks for watching. more on the way to survive there and it's nice to have your head in the. bangle of what is the true face of the country looks like. freedom independence a separation of state and church that used to be.