this is a line from berlin chemical weapons inspectors begin their work in syria a team arrives to take samples as they try to find out whether a chemical attack took place there earlier this month also coming up. north korea's regime declares it also suspend all nuclear and long range missile tests and close its nuclear testing site but so far no sign leader kim jong un plans to give up the weapons he already has. and demanding change to protect india's

children the central government approves the death penalty for child rape and after days of protests and nationwide outrage over an action. and welcome to the program a team of inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog has been collecting samples at the site of a suspected chemical attack in syria the group from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or arrived in duma to determine if internationally banned substances were used on residents earlier this month the samples will be sent to the netherlands for testing western governments launched airstrikes on syrian government targets after the alleged attack the assad regime and russia deny using chemical weapons and say evidence of an attack was fabricated.

and in attempt to push along a solution to the conflict in syria the fifteen un security council members and the un secretary general have been holding informal talks in sweden the un special envoy for syria is expected to join them on sunday. there's a relaxed atmosphere in this remote parts of southern sweden one many of the diplomats here hope will set a new tone for talks on the syrian conflict the un security council and secretary general a meeting here for informal talks outside of new york for the first time you need to put lots of scenes. but let's be clear we are still a long. way to go to bring together the members of. the single terrorist describe the meetings farmhouse location that's highly symbolic it was the summer residence of doc the u.n. secretary general from one nine hundred fifty three to his death in one nine hundred sixty one when his plane crashed in africa under mysterious circumstances

he still thought of as one of the un's most successful mediators in international crises in the face of today's pressing conflicts particularly in syria it's here that the un is now looking for solutions but with the security council deeply divided real action looks almost impossible if you look at situations like syria we're not having that much success we're still deadlocked and so retreats like this are very important for us to get away from new york sometimes and discuss these things in a way that we can really try and find a solution the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has frequently clashed with her russian counterpart during previous talks and in the traditional family photo the two kept that distance from each other a reflection of the political gulf between russia and the u.s. . it could be a significant reversal from north korean leader kim jong un after spending years building up his country's weapons program kim has now declared north korea will stop nuclear and intercontinental missile tests south korea china and the u.s.

have welcomed jiang as announcement while the e.u.'s foreign affairs chief. hailed the move as a. north korea's missile tests kept the world in suspense through. last year. will instead focus on building up its economy and securing peace with its southern neighbor. south korea has welcomed the move as meaningful progress president is due to meet kim in less than a week's time for a rare summit aimed at resolving the deadlock between the two koreas. in the south capital seoul people have reacted with skepticism. here. unless the regime changes i don't believe we can build normal diplomatic relations our safety can't be guaranteed either on that one day he put our. i didn't want it

looked as if the north would denuclearize after the last two summits but now we're back to square one we shouldn't blindly believe them without thorough verification . because there's a. us president donald trump is also set to meet the north korean leader in the near future having previously derided kim as little rocket man trump reacted positively on twitter. this is very good news for north korea and the world big progress look forward to our summit but japan's defense minister was not optimistic stressing what was omitted from the announcement was a conclusion just a statement makes no reference to the north abandoning you can short and medium range ballistic missiles and a full cure it says. the prospects are not encouraging ten years ago the north blew up a cooling tower in a symbolic show of abandoning its nuclear ambitions clearly they did not end there

. to india now following several gruesome rape cases the country's cabinet has called for the death penalty for the rape of children under the age of twelve it will require the approval of parliament before becoming law but in the meantime suspects can be prosecuted under the order protesters in the capital delhi have been demanding not only justice for victims but change as our correspondents on your phone the car and she smaller try found out. now the rallying cry for people at this spot a site in new delhi responding to a spate of brutal rape places across india in recent weeks some of the victims have been as young as eight months old. and if i had a daughter i shudder to think. that even babies are being raped it's so scary also although at the center of the protest sparking moniba delis commission of women

she's been on hunger strike for the past eight days and says she wants stop until the government takes tougher measures to tackle the crisis she's demanding greater police presence on the capital streets and the death penalty for child rape it's a sentiment shared by many at the potus. they don't want the you get we need the death penalty and once we have it it will definitely deter future rapists think twice before committing a crime because their very lives will be at stake we didn't give that one up but it was a growing outrage and protests across the country seem to have had an effect the indian government on saturday hold an emergency cabinet meeting to sign off on an executive order introducing the death penalty for rapes of children under the age of twelve but not everyone is convinced many see deeper societal changes are needed before women and girls can feel truly safe boys given girls are always being told to ignore boys who have wrestling and stalking them but why aren't parents

explaining to their boys that they shouldn't her arrest women and instead respect them it's not girls but whores who need to be told what to do. for now swati hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and. absent the other stories making news around the world at least one person has been killed and sixteen others injured in clashes between madagascar are sick. curity forces and thousands of opposition activists they have been protesting against new electoral laws ahead of presidential and legislative elections later this year. tens of thousands of hungry and have taken to the streets of budapest to demonstrate against government influence on the media and the electoral system prime minister viktor orban party won the country's parliamentary elections earlier this month picking up two thirds

of the seats with just half of the vote. army and police have detained dozens of protesters in the capital yet of and that's after thousands again block city streets is the ninth successive day of demonstrations protesters want the new prime minister to quit he already served two terms as president and they fear he intends to rule armenia for life. around fifteen hundred guests have attended a private funeral for former u.s. first lady barbara bush the wife of the forty first president george h.w. bush the service in houston took place at st martin's church the largest of this church in the country mrs bush died on tuesday she was ninety two. and are celebrating the ninety second birthday of britain's queen elizabeth she was honored with a sixty two gun salute at the tower of london world's longest serving monarch

celebrates two birthdays every year for actual want to april and her official birthday in the summer she's attending a star studded concert tonight. our big loss yesterday for the world of electronic dance music one of its superstars d.j. of vici has been found dead in moscow the capital of oman the twenty eight year old swede produced one hit after another for his fans collaborating with the likes of madonna coldplay and fellow d.j. david get up the cause of his death remains unknown. he produced hit after hit he won critical acclaim and he played to sellout audiences. of beachy had found fame fans and fortune but on friday the music artist whose real name was tim burgling was found dead he was just twenty eight madonna who hired

a vici to produce her last album posted on instagram so sad so tragic goodbye ideas sweet him gone too soon. to be ci had suffered from health problems including pancreatitis caused in part by heavy drinking in twenty thirty in the underwent surgery for a ruptured appendix and a blocked. he spoke candidly about that time in an interview in twenty fifty. two feels like going from being normal to being like very like. him because of all the work of so much workload you know i never saw one of our trips to the hospital or there was so much go along at the same time. it was. a real relief like. brady but it right when he had. the cheek quit touring in twenty sixteen but continued to make music just days ago

he was nominated for twenty eight billboard music awards. the bundesliga saturday games have come to an end there have been some surprising results across the board dortmund dealt laver cruise in a four nail spanking meanwhile hard to berlin damaged frankfurt's european hopes three nil the score there hoffenheim scored a bundle against leipzig and byron beat had over stood guard down braman to know and some hope for hamburg in the relegation battle by beating freiburg on friday gladbach defeated wolfsburg on sunday out spur will meet minds in cologne clash with. now in that friday game coach peter hacking had called on his players to put on a display of attacking football in their game against wolfsburg and they took that appeal to heart dominating the walls in front of the home fans. an exciting friday

night was ahead for these young black buff fans as they scores of the teams out onto the pitch but not in their wildest dreams could they have expected what was the come. eight minutes in and the deadlock was already broken i kept saying lost in the let's sing on so boast but back pasta smashing his six goal of the season i more woeful defending so the foals double their lead. i rafael was on hand to convert the rebound from you and us hole for months blocked shots. i put the hose let the most spectacular go for last christophe komba took advantage of a lapse in concentration from the balls but defense three nailed the final school and happy fans all around as drop out when the second home game on the bounce and boost the hopes of qualifying for european competition next season. now let's take

a quick look at the table with all of saturday's games and they can dortmund and hoffenheim take important strides in the battle for europe next season laver cruzan and leipzig both moved down a notch in the bottom half while spurs minds and freiburg are still nowhere near safe while hamburg and cologne are running out of hope fast. turning to tennis now rafael nadal is one step closer to retaining his monte carlo masters title the world number one softball gary as greg or david trough in straight sets fighting hard to take the first set six for the second was considerably easier for the spaniard winning six one to advance to sunday's final. will face jaime she corrie as he seeks to win a record extending eleventh title. and watching to delve in his live from berlin i have a croissant join us again at the top of the hour for more news if you can thanks for watching.

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