the fighting was meant to have stopped if only for five hours a day but instead a residents of each includes eastern hotel us still being bombs from the at. one of the three hundred thousand of them a force to remain trapped in the rebel held syrian and clive. rushes five hours eighteen truce has proved as few dollars thee u. n.'s thirty d days ceasefire. each side groundd inin syria is blamingg the other for the e contind shelliling. o'donnell has te latest. yeah i'm not it in. the ground components continue in the cities o of alaska miouri on do not. with planes also used to bombd

civilians. at i ii meaean the dedecision not thahamean is o on the one thousand ople hit an absote emerergency. these of people have cancer who n need medication that isis not an easternn ghouta. they havavo be evacuated. the have a leadingg twentnty nine peope evacuauated in the area and knownn as a whole over the last few dayss. i'm lou a lot is that insid. the e situation iss very didifficult right nowow becu of the cold weather. people taking refefuge in shelters that have been cases off malnututrition and many peoe have reading difficulties. others delop lung infectctions. children women a and t elderly these people havee been in the shelves as the two o long already. the on o old set the on than that had is just there. you had that resulted in the east in a hotel. well if i sing it well we cannot take you to a neighboring beirut for all correspondent create dilemma. at has been monitoring events actually.

that was supposed to be this treason place so what's the reality on the ground. well the situation is still very difficult in eastern ghouta the russian attended setting up a five hour and daily truce of failed today the idea it was to have the fighting stopped from nine am until. twoo pm in order o allow humanitarian aid into eastern ghouta and also to facilitate thehe evacuation. of c civilians but instead f that to what we saw today was yet again a display of of violence the syrian as state media. reported that. that the humanitarian corrididors were in place bt that the operation was jeopardized as some rebel groups including us have had know so. of fired the mortar shells to wards. these humananitarian corridors and on the o other hand the people we are in contact with the inside eastern ghouta including

some doctors that we speak to. over the phone almost every day they were telling as. that the syriaia regimime's planes were flying over of the rebel and clave all day and and thahat those p plan. were were shouting and the the rebels throughout the day so as a result of civilians a were not ablbleo today and thehe humanitarian situation on the ground. is disastrous there are about four hundred thousand people stuck in the rubble and clay they lackk everything food water and medication and the more they are kept waiting the more at their. conditions of get t disastr. what is not leave t the ceasefire if elected to go from here?? well r regarding whahat's ga happenen tomorro a and i the comiming days. where we are reallyy not sure we spoke to the united

tions offffice in damascus and tododay and their m mese wawas very clear? they s sad that the international cocommunity voted on a complete cessation of hostilities ovever a periodf thirty dayss this is what t. humanitarian organizations in need in ordrder to do thr jobs in orderr too carry humanitatarian aid into eastern ghouta and to help the evacuation of. civilians and the three organizations in charge o of a setting of the aid convoys so that iss the itited n nations the syrian arab read t the red crescecent a and of the inteternational r red crosse monitoring the situation very closely they are ready to go there aid convoys already all they need is for the fighting. toto stop and ththe l last personn w we so and d today was the spokesperson from. the red cross and she was saying that she really d doesn't se how. convoys could be sent an uncertain morrow givenen the situation but she remains

hopeful that things will change in the coming days. clearly thank you very much a lot in at the root force that. meanwhile france's foreign minister met his russian counterpart in moscow for talks on the crisis in easton who to. don't even really on called on the us and regime to follow the three major rebel groups operating in the region by accepting the terms of the u. ends thirty day ceasefir. said a number of countries in supporting assad questioned whether the rebels intends to fully faroo all not pledged with here to the truce. really all set any truce must be properly monus's. it. if more must be done crazy because a ceasefire should last the entire day. soon i just have a subtlety that although he acknowledges progresses and we hope it will continue. curly and that the actions and decisions of the main players on respecting the cease fire. the built on its

opening. in order to extend. diesel said movie up to one up will. down its lucas was it up she. sees this over because russia perfectly understanding the complicated humanitarian situation in eastern hotel didn't wait for all the parties to agree on a specific plan of action. unilaterally together with the syrian government's we announced the creation of five hours humanitarian pauses every day from today onwards which. usually. you heard that from the russian foreign minister level out his french counterpart. saudi arabia's king solomon has fired his top military commanders in a major shake up of the country's security ministry. is another explanation for the reshuffle box it follows a spate of personnel changes led by crown prince mohammed bin salman. maria so those reports. as saudi arabia's intervention in yemen approaches the end of its third year a major overhaul of the country's ministry

has seen the replacements of the heads of the ground forces and at offenses. the military shakeup comes as the saudi king solomon's son crown prince mohammed looks to strengthen his influence over the army while plying on with extensive social and economic refororms in saudi arabiaia. one of f his f first newew s dedefense minister was to launch the saudi led military campaign against tutsi rebels in yeyemen in mamarch two thousand and fifteen. viewed as a proxy war with the kingdom's rival around the yemen conflicts is being described by the u. n. as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. thousands of being killed in the fighting with saudi led airstrikes being the main cause of civilian casualtie. hate groups to denounce the on going saudi that blockade of yemen saying that is taken one of the arab world's poorerest countrieso the points of famine. the military shakeup follow as a so called anti corruption drive by the crown prince which began in november two thousand and seventeen when several princes ministeters anti

queues were detained in the ritz carlton hotel in riyad. unprecedented move at the time but one which many now see as crown prince mohammed bin salman is desire to consolidate his power. south africa's parliament has agrees the principle of land expropriation without compensation and it'll review the constitution in order to case reports. the motion was approved by the radical left wing economic freedom finds his policy that like judaism a them ou. is a key pillar of the ruling anc government and the new president zero. promise promise to speed up the tranansfer of land from white to black people in his first state of the nation address two weeks ago. two decades of the end of apartheid the anc is under pressure to redress racial disparity in land ownership by whites. most of the land. so to all correspondent james flanagan indicate time i also how much of a surprise this decision was.

zero. catch people slightly off guard but he was careful to balance that rather radical idea by sayaying th. the point o of. land reform would be to increase food production in reset after his securitity so you really had an and i own own giving things and. news with the with the whites and ended is the markrkets in the pararty bestst israel looking verery tasty to see how he's going to handle this very veryy sensitive. issue. today as you say. in the the votes. and as soon to change the constitution is a vevery delicate max's everton's golf a calls usually verer closely indeed in anyy tampering with it has to be handled in a very very sensitive way. around. the nose is issue which is kind of a country also known really has to be tackled man distriribution has been too

slow is beenen frustrating. frustrating he said i wououd certainly. have not been out if it's the end of apartheid there is a it's a it's a thorny issue he is packing head on seventy on in his presidency. jane fonda in the in cape town. some of the caribbean prosecutors are also looking for a thirty year prison term for the former president part good hey. last march she became the country's first needed to be impeached and she now faces charges of bribery and abuse of power. in any river the e conservative protest is former president clinton is still that nida. with his to protest against the legal trial and illegal detention president's. recounted sent the prosecutors the man's. we will not give up.

corinne prosecutors are asking for a thirty year prison sentence the former president and a fine of one hundred and ten million dollars. they say pop has shown no remorse for quite damaging the p public's trust in the state. faces charges of corruption and collusion with a childhood friend. she is and she was sentenced to twenty years last month. the woman who i knew official public position was found guilty of interfering in government fads and bright include. such and found. former president park has consistently denied wrongdoing and says the cold is tentatively biased. in march twenty seventeen she became the first korean president to be impeached. this often millions took to the streets the month protesting a religious collusion with check. death a presidency and her unity. that hanson in

custody full list one yen. and president moon jae in has about not to issue a presidential pardon. free is that the. judges are expected to announce that. on april sixth. police in that slovakia have launched a murder investigation after journalist was found shot dead along with his fiance he been investigating high profile tax world. systematic medics reports. candles flicker in the coal mines thahat likike you knoe faface of a young man. yoyog could see jack leadiding slacking genesest found murdered on sunday evening together with his girlfriend martina because it over. friends and colleagues held a vigil in the memorory. so. young kucher hadad recenenty writing articles about tax frauaud reaching the highest levels of slovak politics that doesn't mean his murders connected to that.

family. all live the bodies of the twenty seven year old journalist and his girlfriend were found in the house east of the council rock to solve a. because yeah could be shops in the chest and his partner in the head. the police said the killings were likely link to his investigative work into tax evasion for world. concerning high ranking officials on psych union's. his long story was reports on a businessman who was suspected of setting flights to his own company's in order to have a tax. this live afghan government is offering one million euros for information. leading to the killers top sir. jack i know. yeah we cannot be a country where journalists kills. cause i consider every mud a a huge tragedy a birth the human level and for society. who cooling t through forces without b borders he is thee sesecond journalist to be killed in the european union and five months? following high profile assassination of the maltese anti

corruption polka daphne cutter wanna galaxia. hello welcome ruling has allowed german cities to ban it diesel cars in order to look at pollution adult federal court decided earlier that the cities of stop god and does a little found legally bound older. more producing these calls from service was affected by smoke the ruling could to pave the way for other european cities to introduce bands. anand it's already fm criticism from germany's powerful also industry which says millions of call owners will pay the price. yet at least takes a look at the white a few has taken center stage in the fight for clean air in europe. the diesel engine a german invention added fuel efficient alternative to petrol. convenience for the ship freight trucks and trains diesel fuel also became a popular source of energy three year plan call right

now in the pot two decades. the european union encouraged to switch from petrol t to diesell in the e nineteen nineteen. diesel and it's twenty percent less carbon dioxide that if rival. which made is a cheap and easy way for the each emergency aid to level off the the kyoto protocol. now there are more diesel because the natural in countries such as belgium spain and from. the engines may reduce emissions that a dangerous and it but he also met view that a highly toxic to humans. diesel is one of the main sources of nitrogen oxides chemical compounds behind at the asian. an estimated four hundred thousand people die prematurely each year because of evolution in the evening. knox is fulfilling to cancer and respiratory problems. studies from environmental groups and the world health organization finally hit a chord with the public when

the diesel gate scandal breaking twenty fifteen. german comic is look what red handed of cheating emissions tests on diesel safety. your love for the engines to connect is nice sense and in germany the market share diesel because. hunched in forty eight percent to thirty nine in just two years. time now for business away the kate readers back in the studio high a day. under it we'll something with this breeding willis beginning in the world of media absolutely really looking the stakes here of this is all about the u. k. broadcaster sky. twenty first century fox is in hoping to buy out the remaining sixty one percent of sky which it doesn't already own. but it may found itself outnumbered by comcast american cable operator and owner of nbc universal comcast is a proposed to pay sixteen percent more in an all cash bid. which values sky around thirty one billion dollars total fox bid amounts to just under twenty six

billion dollars. sky operates in the uk austria germany ireland and italy with a news channel as well as premium movies tv shows and the english premier league. comcast said the proposed takeover would help expand its international presence. never indicted everything that that play here we can cross to ross gerber. president and ceo of grover kawasaki wealth and investors in california also close observer of the media landscape ross thanksks for bebeing with uss. comcasast entry intnto whats already a complicated bidding process seems to take in the inindustry litte bitt by surprise. how does t change the g game? well i i you know first of l i don't know if this deal is actually going to happen. certainly comcast dot hasn't performed well since the announcement. and i'm not sure if the bid is for real yet were still lolooking into it. but this is a problem because it doesn't fox still owns forty percent of sites so you know disney and fox benefits greatly if the deal gets done with comcast financialllly e en thougugthey lose asset. but you knonow t

looks like comcast is going to have to pay more money if they really want to take this asset and they've got a partner that doesn't want them. and so i think comcast is just a spurned lover trying to cause problems for disney and fox. is. likely or even able to make a counter offer. well you know this is where you start to say is itt really worth it to throw anototherive or seven billllion dolollars into ths business and and that's a decision that they'll have to weigh they certainly. you'd see a lot of f valuen sorry i'm i don't necessarily think that's going to happen though i'm immersing and negative reaction among all three stocks because of. this sort of jilted lover scenario that we're seeing with comcast. no comcast is offering significantly more money but there are other issues at stake here notably for regulators. who were worried about a media monopoly over the uk? yeah and comcast likes monopolies and there's certainly a monopolistic type of company so you know that's a legitimate concern

and and i think one could argue you know. whoever takes guys going to be kind of a big player anyway you look at it s so i'm i don't know howow this shahakes out you know i'm not very happy by that's where also owners of disney and fox stock. as far as disclosures concert had not fox is also in the middle of rather complicated negotiations of its own a cell of its entertainment assets to disney. probably that'll be impmpacted.. well it you knonow because this was part of the deal and a very lucrative part for disney it definitely impacts the deal if they lose sky now. ththat being said i don't see that as the major thing you knonow engld and europe is a great market and therere's ways to get it over the top and that's what theyey were wororking on ans is a streaming serervice compete with netflix so there's no reason that they need. satellite tv i think that thehey that wait is ovr done inn thatt so i think congress i is overpayingg fr asset that's an old school

media type of property and if you look at what happened in america everything's going over the top so. yeah comcast and twenty percent revive have a little bit a complicated relationship as well you were alluding to earlier. comcast actually tried to purchase box last year before that disney deal was announced. he clearly has its sights set on expansion. coal comcast has always had decided on expansion since i wawas a youou kidid i follow thisis company and is grown and gro andnd gro forever bubut they reach a plateau n and they reach a really businessss. cyclee for them cause of ththe move away from cable cable television is essentitially dad and so they provide i iernet services bututhey also have content and that's what it's really about. this i a diribution deal whether content deal and that's why i you know t the distributis important to e eope that's why'm not as concererned about his necklaces proven that they can distribute. you know over the internet successfully all through europe. server thank you so much for that insight from

california. what is his chief executive has been busy here in paris after meeting with the french president bob eiger confirmed a two billion your plan to expand at the disneyland amusement park just outside of the french capital? tropical has the details. a meeting worth two billion euros by the end of the encounter between emmanuel medical and disney ceo bob iger. the american company announced it was adding three new areas to his vast entertainment complex east of paris. one dedicated to the star wars universe. another to hit animation film frozen. and finally one centered around the marvel comics franchise. this invnvestment which rereprents the largest vessel w we made since we opened in nineneteen ninety two. is airect result of. growing cfidencee that wewe have. in thehe economy o of euroe

and france in particular. the french president saudi announcement as a victory for the french economy. thank you robert eiger for your long term investments and very strong commitment in france your confidence shows that frances back. the work wilill start in twenty twenty one and is slsled to bring in much needed revevenue. it is twey six year histstory d disney claiaims the park has receid three hundred twenty million visitors and contributes up to six point two percent of france's annual tourism income. theme park has also had its leader years and has required injections of fresh capital. at the end of twenty sixteen the park's debt was over a billion euros. yes it had a reserve is set to continue raising interest rates this year then ranks new chairman addressed congress for the first time with an upbeat overview of the world's largest economy. that had previously hinted it would hike its key interest rate three times this year. from powell indicated he was open to increasing that pays if necessary contain inflation

and bring it in line with the bank's two percent target bankers from. in this environment will dissipate ventilation are twelve months basis will move up this year and stabilize around the committee's. two percent objective over the medium term. wages should increase at a faster pace as well. the committee views the near term risks to the economic outlook as roughly balanced will continue to monitor monitor inflation elements closely. that rather bullish testimony from mister powell has weighed wall street down slightly without falling about a hundred and fifty points. textures also losing out there down about point eight percent is our comcast years drop to six and a half percent on news of that sky takeover bid. twenty first century fox down about half that in london sky shares soared twenty percent as investors welcomed the possibility of a bidding wa. major european indices sliding slightly after clos. moving on some of his other business headlines now. coupled up to the wealthiest

in greek politics have a resigned from the government there. connie and development minister dimitris happen jimmy. but jimmy trio stepped down after his wife was found to have collected twenty three thousand euros in housing subsidies. she left her position as deputy labor affairs minister on monday. relations have damage the credibility of the left wing government accused of wasteful spending while preaching austerity. the everybody singapore based chip maker broadcom to take over us rival qualcomm is drawn scrutiny from us national security regulator. interagency committee on foreign investment in the united states has the power to stop what is effectively now a hostile takeover attempt. broadcom plans to move its headquarters to the u. s. head of the planned acquisition but that may not be enough to satisfy authorities. andd that's all we got for now bell out will be on. our vehicles were almost three months us very much kate that with all this disease and says hunting will still to come on the program all the speaking to all of

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