this is the news live from berlin chemical weapons inspectors begin their work in syria a team has collected samples and dumont for an independent probe two weeks after a suspected gas attack in the city also coming up. a concession or a time buying ploy north korea declares it will stop all nuclear and long range missile tests a leader kim jong un has not suggested his country will give up its existing nuclear arsenal. and demanding change to protect india's children

central government approved the death penalty for child after days of protests and nation while outraged over an action. 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 the group isn't do much 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 that alleged attack but the assad regime and russia deny using the. this 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 but fifteen security council members and the un secretary general antonio good terrorists have met to hold informal talks and 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 to 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 we 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 group or the suitable guitarist described the meetings farmhouse location as highly symbolic it was the summer residence of dark 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 in 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. . the north korean leader kim jong un may have made a significant reversal in policy after spending years building up his country's

weapons program kim has now declared the hermit kingdom will stop nuclear and intercontinental missile tests south korea china and the united states have welcomed announcement while the e.u.'s foreign affairs chief federica margaret me 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 that deadlock between the two koreas. in the south capital seoul people have reacted with skepticism. here on the what the my the one unless the regime changes so i don't believe we can build normal diplomatic relations our safety can't be guaranteed either on that one day he put our. bid to 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 that. the economists of the. 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 in coverage just statement makes no reference to the north abandoning you can short and medium range ballistic missiles capable curiosity to the masses. 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 only have found the car and found out. stop rape 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. the mortgage alone 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 is spotty moniba delis commission of women she's been on hunger strike you 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 of the projects. 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 get that one when they got the growing outrage and protests across the country seem to have had an effect

the indian government on saturday called an emergency cabinet meeting to sign off on an executive order introducing the death penalty for rapes of trigon 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 boys who need to be told what to do. for now so what the money was 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 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. our security 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 favor the ruling party and hinder opponents. to tens of thousands of hungry areas have taken to the streets of budapest to demonstrate against government influence on the media and the electoral system prime minister viktor or bonds the death party won the country's parliamentary elections earlier this month picking up two thirds of the seats with just half of the vote. family friends and past presidents have attended a private funeral for former us 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. beer opinion and mexico have reached a preliminary agreement on a new free trade deal it updates an accord from two decades ago

a focus on industrial goods in a joint statement european commissioners and the mexican economy minister said they hope to resolve remaining issues soon. 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 allowed a theater in southern germany to make a controversial offer to theatergoers it staging a play by a holocaust survivor and satirizes the life of a young adult hitler and now it's that customers wearing the nost these 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 plan to provoke the director wanted to confront the audience at the entrance to wear a nazi swastika armband and to free all 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 that was but for all of this to take place on i don't hate lizbeth a constant city officials were outraged and the jewish community. among the congregation of the constant synagogue see it as being extremely troubling thought nazi symbols are being used to remember historical events like this. you're right so let's start by a little bit but despite the hype things turned out a bit differently apart from a few torn papacy swastikas and stars of david on stage there were no bands of 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. and have been paying their respects to d.j. i.v. ci the electronic music superstar was found dead friday in amman crowds and she's home town stockholm attended a spontaneous memorial dance party to pay their respects a twenty year old is credited with helping to bring dance music into the mainstream because of his death has not yet. reached collaborated with stars like robbie williams and david get up as hits include the european number one wake me up and grammy nominated sunshine and levels. he produced hit after hit he won critical acclaim and he played to sellout audiences. at beach she 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 ficci to produce her last album posted on instagram so sad so tragic goodbye ideas sweet him gone too soon. to be ci have suffered from health problems including pancreatitis caused in part by heavy drinking in twenty thirty and he underwent surgery for a ruptured appendix and a blocked score bladder 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 any like trips to the hospital or there was so much go along at the same time so. it was. a real relief like a. break up and when he. is the chief quit touring in twenty sixteen but continue to make music just days ago he

was nominated for twenty eighteen billboard music awards. 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 guarding the trot 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 mentioned our will face came in she cory as he seeks to win a record extending eleventh title. the women's and men's champion league's trophies have arrived in kiev ahead of the final of this year's competition america yet the tally was joined by champions league winner andre shango and rolling out the red carpet for the iconic cups or teams are left in each competition this year with the

finals set to take place in the ukrainian capital in may. their watching to deal with it is live from berlin obviously stay tuned for the bundesliga show with press harrington's that's coming up and just a few moments thanks for watching. every journey begins with the first step and every language what the first word heard from the. coaches in germany to learn german and why not learn this simple online on your mobile and free shop d w z e learning course because german made. climate change. and.