other than respects. this is due to the news live from berlin a farewell to the superjumbo european aviation giant to air bus pulls the plug on its double decker a three eighty because airlines just aren't buying enough of that we find out what it means for the company and its employees. also coming up the u.s. and israel get tough on iran they're leading a new push against the islamic republic at

a conference in the polish capital or so. after almost eighty years of fighting in syria the leaders of russia iran and turkey need to find ways to end the conflict. and the berlin international film festival the movie tells the story of a same sex marriage in spain one hundred years before it was legalized but it's caused controversy because it's produced by netflix. i'm sumi so much conduct's good to have you with us air bus is a pulling the plug on its largest plane the a three eighty it was supposed to revolutionize air travel but it never really took off it is a plane that was beloved by pilots and passengers but in the end it did not have enough orders from airline customers now the a three eighty represents a more than twenty. in dollars in development costs it's also the world's largest

passenger aircraft a double decker with. eighty meters of wingspan also room for eight hundred fifty three passengers and a range of almost sixteen thousand kilometers that's enough to a cover virtually any connection on earth without refueling as impressive as it sounds only eighteen airlines found that the a three eighty was actually worth of that investment another major customers were emirates also singapore airlines the australian carrier quantas and the european airlines lufthansa and air france now air bus was counting on a demand of one thousand two hundred and eighty two planes went launched a decade ago but in the end only three hundred thirteen orders actually came in as the price of fuel jumped and more economical plane designs it came popular in the era of the airbus a three eighty super jumbo passenger jet is coming to a close the a three eighty took off for the first time in two thousand and eight

and seats five hundred passengers the company had hoped that the plane would squeeze out boeing seven forty seven and revolutionize air travel where passengers have always been big fans of the three eighty and have given the plane high marks for comfort space and for the quiet ride but airlines have been cautious about committing to the costly double decker planes and in the end they just weren't willing to pay the massive price tag to own the flying b. of the a three eighty had troubles from the start including tensions between airbus is french and german management and protracted production delays and cost overruns those prompted a company restructuring that cost thousands of jobs after conscious canceled eight orders and emirates cancelled thirty nine the company says it will simply put an end to production of the a three eighty by twenty twenty one. year olds from date of your business is with us hi monica the airbus airbus scrapping of the a three eighty how. bit of

a blow with well for one if you see the headlines we carry the headline and every big broadcaster says scraps a three eighty that's not a nice headline so it's a blow to the image definitely but it's an even bigger blow in financial terms invested billions of euros there's talk of some twenty five billion euros in the development of the super jumbo and despite that hefty price tag that we just heard about almost half a million euros per aircraft it didn't make a cent on the a three eighty so financially that wasn't a very good idea and then of course there's the impact on jobs the possible impact because there's talk about possibly three and a half thousand jobs being caught by this or affected by this but also said already that the backlog for its smaller midrange and very successful a three twenty is so big that those jobs can possibly be shifted within the company so that's good news at least at the silver lining we mentioned that pilots and passengers love this plane it was a big technical achievement as well why wasn't it

a financial success well. it's a bit like with the dinosaurs it's really is science you had there's these impressive numbers there and they are impressive but they were not very popular try and fill an aircraft that can seat about eight hundred or more passengers you first have to sell those tickets and i was very difficult for for those few airlines who actually bought the a three eighty and of course it is because of its size it's a four engine aircraft and those four engines they're very thirsty they use an awful lot of fuel and that is very costly so a lot of airlines rather switched to smaller also long haul airline jets which now only have two engines and they're much more sufficient so what was the big mistake from airbus there was a trying to go for a plane that was just too big i don't think they could dig couldn't read the sign of the times they thought that aviation would go the way that passengers would like to go from one. major help to another big aviation hop and then maybe switch into

a swallow aircraft in order to get to their final destination and clearly this is not what's been happening also because of those more fuel efficient two engine jets that were almost imitating the sleek developed and that that were much more attractive and the a three eighty again the size you don't have many airports that can actually host this this and i don't brazil for example doesn't have a single airport where the a three eighty would fit as a lead in america africa no airline they bought the a three eighty so that was good at the end of the a three eighty for airbus monica jones from date of your business thank you so much. now the u.s. and israel are leading a new push to take a more aggressive stance on iran at a conference in the polish capital warsaw delegates from more than sixty countries are meeting for talks on security in the middle east israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and u.s. vice president mike pence are headlining

a foreign ministers from many arab nations are also attending but several countries did not send high ranking delegations including france and germany. let's get more on the story now with my ts fun hine from the investigative unit hi mathias so what is behind this renewed push this more aggressive stance towards iran right now. well i think one of the new things about about this conference is that it shows us what kind of magic a common enemy can play out it's for the first time in the about a quarter century that we have the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu in this case sitting in one room with senior arab leaders and that's because they have a common enemy and they want to push and the other thing is as you mentioned is that at the same time the west european partners are distancing themselves from this sort of maximum pressure complain from this very confrontational comp

complains that tell's is pushing for and pushing back because they don't want any more instability in the middle east any more instability in the immediate neighborhood all right so western europe is distancing itself what about poland this is being hosted in warsaw what is poland stake here. well i think. among those who have been most astonished about that the middle east conference being hosted in poland as a polish people's themselves because poland traditionally does not have a lot of exposure in the middle east it has very little diplomatic clout there and very few interests and so the interests of the poles in the whole thing just conference is not so much about the middle east it's about pleasing the us suppose are very interested in having the u.s. permanent military base in that country even willing to bankroll it with two

billion dollars and. polish president visits the white house last september he even offered two names that base if it ever materialized to name it for trump so that's what the polls aiming for my case we mentioned that europe and the u.s. don't see eye to eye right now on iran policy is the u.s. using this summit to break a european unity on iran i think at least trying but you know on the on the surface at least unity is still a very strong last week the european union published a paper on the middle east on iran do you have on them in this league. supported. the joint. plan of action that's the name of the iran deal. and in the mostly vote for stronger ties

was iran so at least on a formal basis the unity is still there but i think the u.s. is really trying to break it apart and poland and eastern europe. countries where countries that seek stricter all seek stronger ties with the u.s. the easiest to break out all right as much fun hina thank you very much iran has called the middle east conference in warsaw a circus and says it is an attempt to demonize the country that iran is taking part in parallel talks about syria and the russian resort town of sochi the leaders of russia iran and turkey are discussing ways to end the eight year long civil war also on the agenda is the u.s. plan to withdraw its troops from syria a blow for kurdish forces closely allied with the u.s. we have this report from the kurdish city of in northern syria leila visits this grave and every thursday to pray and honor the memory of her only son rody he died

fighting the so-called islamic state in twenty thirteen as did thousands more kurds . hopes her sons commitment to freedom wasn't in vain it's a hope that unites many mothers who have lost their sons in this region. will never forget them it is truly a tremendous loss that we're keeping our composure by remembering our sons in our hometown god forbid that blood has been shed in vain them and love to have a high level of. but many kurds in northern syria have misgivings this is where the kurdish militia the y.p. g. forces the i asked to retreat in a major offensive in late two thousand and fourteen the price of freedom was high a heavy death toll and enormous destruction. today another danger looms from the turkish side. across the border nearby president type of the one views the

one p.g. as an offshoot of the outlawed kurdish workers' party the p.k. k. he's threatening a military offensive because they don't have to tell you that this invasion of northern syria would be nothing short of colonialism what we're defending our country here on. what just add to on wants here but what does he want from. there to one insists on creating what he calls a security zone along the turkish border he's calling on the y. p.g. to pull out of this thirty kilometer strip if it complies turkey would then control the area for many kurds living in cobol and that amounts to a nightmare but it's because i think security zone is the wrong term this area has been secure for a long time now the whole world knows that syria's north and east is the safest region in the entire country. but that could change dramatically.

grieving families like layla's would be all the more and better if turkey were to take control of her fallen son's final resting place. or as we mentioned the conflict in syria is the focus of a meeting between russia turkey and iran taking place in sochi our correspondent yury for chateau is there for us hi yuri so these three countries say their goal is to find a long term settlement to the syrian conflict but they're on opposing sides do they agree on how to do that. well that's a million dollar question simmias for the three presidents putin added on into honey of course if they are going to present a unified front to the world but yes you're right in there pursuing different goals in the region is so in actuality the atmosphere here in sochi is likely to be quite tense during this summit moscow has got to between many interests and fronts that are its times in open conflict in syria that's why moscow is planning bilateral

meetings first between president putin and turkish president are gone and then between mr putin and iranian president rouhani these meetings should help to clarify the goals of each side to the east as we have the conference in warsaw will also touch on syria what can all of these bilateral talks actually achieve for syria's future. while the summit in sochi is a meeting not only of a three military partners in syria but also a meeting off street power was said that are skeptical of american influence in the region that includes turkey despite its nato membership and dizzy from only further complicated by a recent meeting in warsaw of opponents of syrian president assad it could be tempting to interpret today's talk as an attempt to drum up support for a start however turkey would also prefer a regime change in the region and the end of the day these talks are between three

main. players in the middle east who are trying to fill the power vacuum after the americans leave syria but it still remains to be seen if they'll find common ground here in sochi during what about russia what does russia want out of being a central player in these talks. oh well the summit is taking place here in a hotel called those switches to the old russian word for russia and that could be considered as a symbolic just as russia indeed seems to be the key power broker in syria at position it hopes to play in the entire middle east and i specially know that the americans withdrawing from syria right now it seems that the cards are in president putin's favor the question is how much is he willing to risk for his geopolitical games and how long russia can sustain its military operations on the ground support for russian intervention in syria has waned and if you asked most russians here on the street whether they support russian foreign policy in syria many would probably

tell you know. to be here earshot your reporting for us in sochi thank you very much. let's catch up now on some other stories making news around the world a u.s. judge has ruled that former trump campaign manager paul man for intentionally lying to investigators probing russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen election after he was convicted of financial fraud last year matter for promise to cooperate with the pro as a part of a plea deal breaching that agreement means he could face a lengthy jail term. at least six people have died during a week of violent protests in haiti demonstrators have repeatedly clashed with police in the capital port au prince the protesters are accusing the government of corruption and calling on the president to resign. in the philippines prominent journalist maria ressa has been released on bail following her arrest on charges of cyber libel on wednesday ressa as head of the the news website rappler which has

reported. critically on president. her supporters see the charges against her as a government attack on press freedom. one year ago today a nineteen year old student shot his way through high school and parklane in the u.s. state of florida killing seventeen people like so many times before the nation was gripped by shock and grief but what happened next was different students at the high school started a movement called march for our lives their goal was to make gun laws tougher we look now at how far the students and one of them in particular cameron caskey have come one year later. today he's a guest in the u.s. capital washington but his life could have easily ended a year ago at the high school shooting in parkland cameron caskey is now eighteen and with the help of a democrat congressman he's pushing for tighter gun controls in the u.s. . but i think everyone in the country can get behind understanding that people who

cannot pass a background check should not be able to purchase a firearm but beyond that i think that our country needs to have an assault weapon ban and buyback i think that's almost a no brainer if you look at how other countries in this world they don't deal with this kind of thing they don't have citizens walking around with military firepower that's preposterous to that cameron has become one of the most prominent gun control activists in the u.s. the night after the high school shooting he invited other students to his house to form a protest movement california representative eric swalwell says the students motivated him. his classmates have inspired me at the time were asking many lawmakers have lost hope that we could do anything about gun violence for six years in congress and seen tragedy after tragedy in moments of silence followed by moments of inaction. but it was these images which changed something in the u.s. the marjorie stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida children were running for their lives seventeen students and teachers died in the attack many say the

massacre could have been prevented because the shooter had already been red flagged as having psychological issues nevertheless nevertheless he was able to legally purchase firearms. under the slogan anough cameron and his classmates organized protests across the u.s. in march twenty eighth seen hundreds of thousands of people rallied in washington cameron said what was on many people's minds. to the leaders skeptics and cynics who told us to sit down and see stay silent wait your turn welcome to the revolution ah after the parkland shooting american public opinion swung sharply in favor of tighter gun control some individual states took action in florida the minimum age for purchasing weapons was raised to twenty one police are now able to confiscate the weapons of citizens who are psychologically ill also

eric swalwell is now pushing a proposition in congress for a check system to cover all commercial firearms sales in the country but republicans are pushing back on his bill many see the problem being illegal immigrants crossing the mexican us border. chary would not have stopped many of the circumstances i raised but a wall a barrier on the southern border may have and that's what we're fighting for. the father of one of the victims of the parkland shooting couldn't keep quiet the gentleman will suspend orders there are the republicans in the senate have the numbers to block new gun regulation now democrats have control of the house of representatives cameron is hopeful politicians will act. it's inspiring to me because in a time when everybody felt so hopeless and everybody was looking at our government and seeing a lack of representation for them we've got a we've got

a bright new future coming for thanks to cameron and his fellow classmates from parkland politicians like eric swalwell determined to get the job done. now to the berlin international film festival where a film about lesbian love has caused controversy not because of its subject but because it's produced by netflix the streaming service that has upset theater owners nonetheless alyssa and marcella the true story of two spanish women and their same sex marriage more than one hundred years ago is in the running for the festival's top prize the golden bear. time to shine isabel is one of seven female directors in this year's competition line up. she was joined on the red carpet by actresses natalia de molina and gretel for nanda is to play the main characters. when

ilesa and marcella meet in a high school in northwestern spain they fall head over heels in love. it's a forbidden love kept secret. a relationship that the arch catholic and often homophobic population at the end of the one nine hundred centuries doesn't approve of. the movie is controversial not because of its story about because it was produced by the online streaming service netflix cinema owners and distributors fear financial losses and they want the movie out of the belly knowledge line up they say the belly not as a publicly funded film festival should only promote movies that will be released in cinemas. director isabelle question says her film will be shown in spanish cinemas at least the call for a boycott makes her angry. i just wrote the script i tried to have financing for ten years and. nobody really

really was interested in doing it the culture has to be about respect the ouster and and i think saying the film doesn't deserve to be here it's not respecting the author and you think you know in the movie the two women clinging to their love with a lisa posing as a man the to get married their union was the first same sex marriage in spain more than one hundred years before marriage equality was legalized. based on a true story this could have been a powerful film paying tribute to the communities decades long fight for equal rights. yet the slow and often implausible movie doesn't live up to their promise. for the tournament in european club football the champions league there was a big game last night talking from t.v. sports as with us dortmund got quite

a beating from tottenham what happened. to begin with both both sides were missing key players so harry kane delhi i leave for tottenham but i really think the absence of mark or roy. i think was just too much for dought mind and things started off really well for the german side but then in the second half two minutes into the second have taught him score at that first goal sawn with a delightful finish and then just lost their fault because they committed so many individual mistakes and of course a site like taught them will pounce on that and spurs added a second and then a third in the made stages of the match and then it up smelling a three victory drop in happened one in four games that are they worried. one of the champions league well that's always the fear is this going to form into a pattern should we be concerned endorsement of course now in the champions league they have a mountain to climb how do you come back from a three nil deficit and another concern is also that the english side stay known to

be very physical and that's also something that one goalkeeper woman burkey noticed why don't we take a listen. bus meal for him this is what i noticed was the physical difference between. how they looked compared to i would play is discovered as i think we have to cut through that we make the difference with our mentality of a few moments we have to play at home like we did in the first half and take the lead as early as possible anything is possible at home. you know we might there are some other big germany against england clashes coming up in the champions league what can we take away from that dortmund game well it sure won't give struggling any hope when they face manchester city we have to be honest i mean pep guardiola guardiola side aki have favorites by and also won't have it easy when they go up against your clubs heavy metal footballing machine but it east you know what on paper that match has all the ingredients to turn into

a thriller especially if you're neutral ok there was another match last night the defending champs real madrid were playing how they do yes so the first half was actually basically dominated by x. they could have been easily up by a few goals but they went able to capitalize on any of their chances that one goal disallowed and that was and that is really unique because for the first time in the champions league history we had the use of video assist and assistance referee. or the turn and disallow a goal now of course that's not why i x. lost at the end really madrid they really experience and even if they're having an off game they have individual brilliance and in this case you know marco asensio scored the late winner to seal a two one victory for the defending champs all right lima talking from the sports on the champions league for us thank you so much. and a reminder now of our top stories a european aviation giant a airbus a scrapping its a three eighty the world's biggest passenger plane

airlines haven't been buying enough of the costly double deckers which in carry more than five hundred passengers the u.s. and israel are leading a new push against iran at a conference in the polish capital for song of the islamic republic has called the conference a circus some key nations have only sent lower ranking delegations. coming up on the job you focus on europe are looking at how hundreds of refugees are in limbo limbo with a branch that fast approaching that's coming up in just a few minutes to.

trounce journey across the bush on a. new kid seems to us you can think you know all right all guy called. the sea. is from iraq. he's made it as far as a lot of them want to get to the u.k. . he's already tried once but sail.

next month d.w. . entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful beleaguered maybe it's a lose most popular political party a scorching plenty of consternation for this hardline on migration my guess this week here in brussels is one of the keys moscow's zombie. business could soon face moscow formula really such a way that conflicts of. interest sixty minutes d.w. . crimes against humanity civilians become witnesses to. their recorded images travel around the globe via social media. but what is

propaganda fiction and what is fact of digital investigators comb through the flood of images they combine sources try to reconstruct what happened and substantiate claims of problems and. forensics between bits and parts of. truth detectives starts feb fifteenth on t.w. come up. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe with large. we've heard a lot about people leaving britain ahead of bragg's it but there are others willing to risk their lives to get to the u.k. before its scheduled departure from the e.u.

at the end of march some are crossing the waters at night on inflatable denise.