two stories of people who ended up killing. women more photographers starting research on g.w. . this is. chemical weapons inspectors begin their work in syria a team has collected samples and dumas for an independent probe two weeks after an active gas attack in the city also coming up. a concession or a time buying cloyd north korea declares it will stop all nuclear and long range

missile of leader kim jong il and has not suggested his country will give up its existing nuclear arsenal. and demanding change to protect india's children the central government approves the death penalty for child rapists after days of protests and nationwide outrage over inaction. and welcome to the program a team of independent inspectors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been gathering samples at the site of a suspected chemical attack in syria a group isn't due to determine what chemicals if any were used in an attack just two weeks ago that killed dozens of people the samples will be sent to the netherlands for testing. the united states france and the united kingdom launched

airstrikes on syrian government targets after the alleged attack but the assad regime and russia deny using poisonous gas on syrians and say evidence of an attack was fabricated. now amid the deep division between nations on how to end the conflict in syria the fifteen security council members and the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace have met to hold informal talks in sweden the un special envoy for syria is expected to join them on sunday. that'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 u.n. security council and secretary general a meeting here for informal talks outside of new york for the first time we need to put lots of seeing on track. but let's be clear we are still a long. way to go to bring together the members of the suitable terrorist describe

the meetings farmhouse location that's highly symbolic it was the summer residence of. 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.

. north korean leader kim jong un may have made a significant reversal in policy after spending years building up his country's weapons program came has now declared the hermit kingdom will stop nuclear and intercontinental missile tests south korea china and the united states have welcomed to pyongyang's announcement while the e.u.'s foreign affairs chief. hailed the move as a positive step but neighboring japan remains cautious saying it will keep up the pressure for complete nuclear disarmament. north korea's missile tests kept the world in suspense throughout last year until in november its leader kim jong un declared his nuclear force complete now state television has made it official no more nuclear or missile testing. pyongyang 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. it into one 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 in this. 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 that will cure it 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 and 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 sonia

on the car and i 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 or. one hundred you know and if i had a daughter i shudder to think. that even babies are being raped it's so scary or thought of at the center of the protest spot the money but delhi's 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 protest. they don't want the you get we need the death penalty 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 figure that one out but it was a growing outrage and protests across the country seem to have had in the fact the indian government on saturday called an emergency cabinet meeting to sign off on an executive order introducing the death penalty for rapes of triggerman 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 why is giving 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 boys 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. now some of the other stories making news around the world at least one person has been killed and more than

a dozen others injured in clashes between madagascar. forces and thousands of opposition activists have been demonstrating against new election laws ahead of a vote later this year the opposition says the three new laws they were the ruling party and hinder opponents. armenian police have detained dozens of protesters in the capital yeah that's after thousands again walks city's streets it's the ninth successive day of demonstrations protesters want the new prime minister to resign he already served two terms as president and they fear he intends to rule armenia for life. family friends and past presidents have attended a private funeral for former u.s. first lady barbara bush the wife of the forty first american president george h.w. bush the service took place in houston texas mrs bush died on tuesday at the age of

ninety two. fans 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 the world's longest serving monarch celebrates two birthdays every year the actual birthday is in april and her official celebration is held later in the summer she's rain since she was twenty five years old. here in germany it's against the law to display nazi symbols but there are exceptions like when it comes to artistic freedom and that's what's allowed a theater and southern germany to make a controversial offer to theater goers it's staging a play by a holocaust survivor it satirizes the life of a young adolf hitler and now it's the customers wearing the nasty swastika could see the play for free. media interest in the opening was high along with the police presence outside the theater it's a controversial play and organizers planned to provoke the director wanted to

confront the audience at the entrance to the where a nazi swastika armband and to free of the jewish star of david and pay. him to others one of the main judi's of the theater is to provide a real place for a discussion and dissent and that's exactly what i aim to achieve we don't want the audience to simply sit back and observe what took place last century from a distance. but for all of this to take place on out of hitler's birthday constant city officials were outraged and the jewish community. among the the congregation of the constant synagogue see it as being extremely troubling without nazi symbols are being used to remember historical events like this. all right so let's start by looking but despite the hype things turned out a bit differently apart from a few torn papers will stick isn't stars of david on stage there were no bends for audience members a bit disappointing a lot of nothing then it's a bit of

a shame the director didn't follow through so was this all just planned provocation or did the theater change its mind at the last minute that's still open to interpretation. to sports now the bundesliga saturday games have come to an end and there have been some surprising results across the board dortmund dealt laver cruisin for nelse banking on hard to berlin damage frankfurt's european hopes for in all the score they're often home scored a bundle against leipzig all buyer had over stock are down braman two now and some hope for hamburg in the relegation battle by beating freiburg on friday gladbach defeated whilst berg coming up on sunday out will meet mines and cologne clash with shaka. now on that friday game munching gladbach or hacking have called on his players to put on a display of attacking football in their game against wolfsburg and may took that appeal to heart dominating the wolves and for the home fans. an exciting friday

night was ahead for these young black but fans as they have scores of the teams out on to the pitch but not in their wildest dreams could they have expected what was to come a minute save in that deadlock was already broken. caps and lost in the let's go into votes but back pasta smashing his sixth goal of the season. more woeful defending so the fulls double their lead. rafael was on hand to convert the rebound from joining us hoffman's blocked shots. but the hosts left the most spectacular goal for last christophe comma took advantage of a lapse in concentration from the vols but defense three nil the final school and happy fans all around as drop out when their second home game on the pounds and

boost their hopes of qualifying for european competition next season. and 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 comes in and lives they both moved down a notch and in the bottom half well sparked mines 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 has great or dimitroff in straight sets fighting hard to take the first set six for a second was considerably easier for the spaniard winning six one to advance to sunday's final the dollar will face ok nishikori as he seeks to win a record extending eleven title. don't forget you can always get d w news on the

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