television says rebel fighters and their families have begun to leave the opposition stronghold of eastern kuta this as an aid convoy reached the besieged enclave after being delayed for days by fighting. you're watching news from berlin and more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget all the latest news headlines around the clock on our web site that's. been fighting for the case to take you seriously in the world of what appears has come out with. the superhero. more towards smaller state religion increasingly dangerous time. for mine.

human rights says almost a thousand people have been killed in the ferocious three week assault on eastern kuta. ok let's talk now to correspondent who's monitoring developments for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon until the syrian army says its advances have divided eastern turn to several parts rebel forces are disputing that claim who should we believe i think the monster really believe all the religious nature that i have to you know see that's the region has made significant advances and in fact is in the center of the rebel east is a developing situation. a bit of a psychological warfare to me if the rebels concede that they have lost out then the ground forces might not support them as march at the same time the gene lines do always stay just achievements the situation is going to need to belive been this news is essentially really needed because obsidian also refueling it right which is i wanted to basically give he has said you guys in fact been divided in two parts by that i mean at least i'm not they do have a lot of activists on the ground and had been very credible with them i

hundred more than two hundred complaints and more good luck of the men and women write them in eastern kuta a journalist who is based there thank you very much for talking to you and what happened. now to some other stories making news around the british police are trying to find out who poisoned former russian spy and his daughter with a nerve agent last weekend investigators are treating the case as. lawmakers in the media are suggesting russia is behind the attack which moscow denies. the trial has opened in denmark of the man accused of killing swedish journalist kim whorl danish inventive peter matson has denied murdering the journalist on his homemade submarine she was on it last year intending to profile him for an article dismembered body parts were later found in copenhagen harbor. japan's chief nuclear regulator says the two thousand and eleven a fukushima disaster is not over as yet radio active ways to still being removed from the tree crippled reactors a hugely challenging task that could take decades this weekend marks the seventh anniversary of the nuclear accident caused by

for a response at the briefing russia's military chief described the civilian evacuation from eastern kuta as an operation unique in its scale over forty eight sawzall people have managed to flee so far in the biggest single exodus since fighting escalated that last month russia's defense ministry says the first to make it to safety where women children and the injured they were given basic supplies when they reached the government controlled side of the car here's how they described life under militant all. i think it was. about to be the militants who are living with us next to a harness and inside them they would open a road in monks the houses to be able to move they would not leave and we did not dare to say get out. thank you for you know they fired the dogs they didn't want us to escape at all they fired because well so that we couldn't leave. we had no food or water there are ten of us and we could not buy a kilo of flour we were starving we wanted to escape but they wouldn't let us be flat against their will so they fired at us and half of the people were shot i. said if we had no

close one of the most brutal chapters in the syrian conflicts or right you know getting aid into eastern kuta is proving as difficult as getting residence out. mortar rounds hit near red crescent trucks as volunteers on the road fresh food parcels on bikes of flour the delivery was resumed shortly afterwards thursday's joint aid convoy brought ascensions to almost thirty thousand people in the syrian town of duma the president of the red cross was there also to witness the conditions residents are living in. but look talk to many people here sorry for them two years council members said you know order to have an impression was that the difficulties are sort of people living here in sort of cold and the needle for almost everything quite impressive. also to see that at the end of the day what these nike's. dross. i mean the parties to become make. also the consideration of real needs of the civilian population which is really suffering in which next every. american is central command has admitted it doesn't know how resources it gives to the saudi led coalition are being used in the conflict w

the opposite ends of syria today as two major battles intensify in eastern kuta near the capital damascus and. new wave of ten thousand people have left areas held by rebels in the past few hours they're headed to syrian army positions after they were to leave in a state t.v. broadcast yet that the lab make their usual but what. the command of the syrian army urges all civilians to leave the areas under control of the extremist organizations through the safe corydon's we affirm that we will continue to fulfill our national and constitutional duty to defend the nation until the return of security and stability throughout the country meanwhile in the northern city of a free and thousands are being evacuated from territory held by the kurdish why p.g. fighters as turkish forces and their syrian allies try to break into the city there have been reports of more air and artillery bombardments in both of those areas dozens of people have been killed in the latest strikes in the town of zamalka in eastern guta under simmons joins us live now from kill east on the turkey syria border the numbers a

this is deja news live from berlin the syrian army makes further advances in eastern kuta government soldiers reportedly surrounding me on slaves launchers town duma is as strikes pound the last opposition stronghold near the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trackers. meanwhile life is increasingly desperate in dewberries.

exception igor is a done off with the report well there's been a surge in support for people living in eastern kuta on social media with journalists and commentators sharing photos from the conflict zone however not all of them appear to show the real picture been reports. two heartbreaking photos posted with the words this is syria except it's not actually syria one is from mosul in iraq and the other is from the israeli bombing of gaza now it's been raised in the comments that it's not actually syria but regardless this post by some guy in cleveland has tens of thousands of reach we decided to find out how many people here in new york would be ready to reach wieder share this with jury tweet that. i led i don't typically use twitter but. maybe now it just seems sixth like very politically motivated without have any having any serious message behind it i definitely wouldn't i mean. just because there are horrors happening everywhere and i don't know if twitter is the proper forum for it anyways yes i would and why i'm half palestinian and this is the same thing that's going on in my country intere

women write them in eastern kuta a journalist who is based there thank you very much for talking to d.w. and. turning now to denmark where the danish inventive peter madsen has denied killing swedish journalist give war as his much anticipated murder trial opens in denmark war disappeared last august after boarding a submarine belonging to manson she intended to profile him but never return her headless torso was later found in copenhagen. prosecutors are now seeking to have months in jail for life he denies murder but he has admitted to dismembering one's body before dumping her body parts at sea. her killing shocked the world prosecutors say the swedish journalist ken wall died under horrific circumstances. inventor peter madsen invited her to interview him on his private submarine the nautilus in august last year these pictures are said to show the vessel leaving port the indictment says manson had planned the murder because he took a saw and naives with him the next day the submarine sank police state deliberately only maps and was on board and he was rescued on harmed i'm falling o

around the syrian opposition fighters and their families have been evacuating the besieged town in eastern kuta after visiting a deal with the government syrian military sources say over a thousand civilians and some three hundred opposition fighters have left the town of. fatherhood door gives the government the upper hand in the battle for the rebel held region. catalonia separatist parties have failed to elect a regional president for the third time in jordan a close ally a former president. was set to become president but he only received sixty fourth the required sixty nine votes the body now has two months to elect a leader before fresh elections are automatically. the ukrainian x. combat pilot. who has been arrested for allegedly planning to carry out a coup or claims agents working for the government have been plotting to discredit an outspoken critic of the ukrainian government became a member of parliament in two thousand and fourteen after spending nearly two years in the russian. hundred and thirty five have died after being washed ashore in western australia the animals are thought

are confirmed after terrorist shells civilians trying to escape the syrian rebel on flavor of eastern kuta. and british police say a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent but had no secretary amber rod warns against speculation while the investigation is ongoing. if we are to be rigorous in this investigation we must avoid speculation and allow the police to carry on that investigation. thank you for watching the news headlines here it out here international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge u.s. president donald trump has signed an order imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into america but in a concession to the country's neighbors the tax will not apply to canada or mexico today i'm defending america's national security. by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum the american steel momentum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it's really an assault on our country despite domestic and international backlash trump has signed a proclamation imposing twenty five percent tariffs on steel im

correspondent on savor of reporting there rest there for us now from beirut on the first evacuations from eastern kuta in syria. let's move on now you're watching a d.-w. news still to come and investigative reporters murder sparks some of the biggest protests of bakiyev has ever seen the government under pressure to clean up corruption in the e.u. investigate if it is up to the task. but first from deal maker to deal breaker donald trump's administration stopping a huge takeover in the tech industry cowhide that's right soon after imposing tariffs on steel and many of us president donald trump has stopped the proposed mega acquisition of us should make a call called by singapore based broadcom again citing national security concerns have been trying to fend off the takeover bid for months now u.s. president trump has stepped in and to draw a definite line on the unsolicited approach. welcome is the words largest producer of mobile phone chips licensing its signal logy which apple for example depends on for its i phones is a real cash cow that brought in five billion dollars and twenty seventeen. this

war crimes are being committed on syrian civilians in eastern kuta, says the un.f people, including president trump, have gathered in charlotte, north carolina for the funeral of the celebrated us evangelist billy graham. throughout his 70—year career, he preached to millions and served as a spiritual advisor to several us presidents. he died last week at the age of 99. the bbc‘s barbara plett usher reports on how he is being remembered. billy graham's final journey marked the end of the era. a religious leader with broad national appeal and unprecedented international reach. # i'm gonna carry on until the day #. mr graham's simple gospel message, his personal integrity and his charisma impacted the lives of hundreds of millions. the cards that so many have written. there are so many adjectives that have been given about daddy and they are all so wonderful. he captured the ear of power. president trump the last in a long line of presidents who praised him as america's pastor. there are problems that face us tonight. he was certainly its greatest evangelical entrep

in syria more than five thousand rebel fighters and civilians are being evacuated from eastern kuta to opposition held areas and it lib state media says nearly one hundred ten thousand people have left the enclave since a humanitarian corridor was opened government forces are close to controlling all of what had been the last rebel stronghold close to damascus following a month long offensive at least thirty seven people many of them children have been killed in a fire at a shopping mall in siberia sixty nine others are reportedly missing in the blaze which happened in the city of chemical or over three thousand kilometers east of moscow dozens of people have been injured during protests in barcelona calling for the release of the former cattle and leader huge amount he was being detained in northern germany on sunday and is now waiting to hear whether he will face extradition to spain. an adult film star who claims she had an affair with president trump in two thousand and six says she was threatened with physical violence after she was trying to go public with the story stormy daniel

aid convoy has entered the besieged syrian rebel held enclave of eastern kuta but two thirds of the convoys that medical supplies were confiscated before was even allowed passed on checkpoints if he appears to be headed for political deadlock after sunday's election provided no clear winner populist and far right parties surged in supports mainly at the expense of the traditional a center left block and then al-jazeera investigation has revealed a new evidence of the saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain attempt to overthrow the cattery government in one nine hundred ninety six. u.s. president donald trump is currently entertaining israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house let's cross now to our white house correspondent kimberly how who is outside the white house as we speak as so kimberly why is he there and do we know what they're talking about. right well the israeli prime minister arrived just in the last few moments we know that they will be appearing in the oval office within the hour and then that tape should be played back so we are expecting some comments bu

activists have released video of what they say appears to be phosphorous bombs being dropped on eastern kuta it happened in a residential area in the town of how maria eighty eight people were killed in the region on wednesday in another day of aerial bombardment politicians in the u.s. state of florida have passed laws raising the minimum age for buying rifles to twenty one it comes after seventeen people were killed in a high school shooting in the state last month the legislation in force is a three day waiting period for all gun sales and allows for the arming of some school starts and gallagher has more from tallahassee for those survivors of the parkland shooting of course seventeen people died three weeks ago there is a grudging acceptance that is this is a step forward and better than nothing of course what they wanted more than anything else was a complete ban on assault rifles that didn't happen this is a house controlled by the republicans but this bill will now go before the state's governor rick scott on friday he's not expected to put up any changes his so i think for the parkl

in southern syria and they have the capital of damascus thousands of left rebel held areas and eastern kuta over the past day or one hundred people have been killed in a strikes by government and russian forces in the past forty eight hours they have captured two more towns on the now in control of around eighty percent of eastern kentucky the world health organization is racing to the accident people in yemen against a rapidly spreading diphtheria outbreak about thirteen hundred people have been infected and more than seventy have died since the disease was first detected six months ago the three year civil war has led to the collapse of yemen's health system. british prime minister to reason may says she's considering the next steps after moscow announced it would expel twenty three british diplomats it's in response the same number of russian diplomats being ordered to leave the u.k. the diplomatic action follows britain's accusation that the kremlin's behind the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in light of their previous behavior we anticipated a response of this kind

and each convoy bound for the besieged syrian opposition on klav off eastern kuta has been postponed as fighting in the area intensifies syrian government forces have seized top of the territory had by the rebels in the damascus suburbs the last opposition stronghold close to the capital and around four hundred thousand people are believed to be trapped in the area the u.n. has urged or parties to abide by a cease fire in order to deliver aid and that creates the injured. joining me now is syrian journalist adam he's also a resident in eastern hutto where the fighting as we heard is continuing welcome out of what are you going through right now. right now with the war band in the sky and more than fifteen people killed just do this view ours and yesterday and middle of the night said government at that. moment and then that. and yet there's more than ninety three people. and two women and any age reached your neighborhood. no actually a. few a few days. more than if you did that because just for doing nothing and nothing else for like five percent from the people here there was a sin

five civilians have been killed in attacks by syrian government forces on parts of eastern kuta on friday an aid convoy crossed into the rebel held on clay delivering desperately needed food despite heavy fighting close to relief workers. kenya's president and main opposition leader have promised to begin a process of reconciliation the paddle talks for the first time since last year's disputed election u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is visiting the road be and welcome the move. now a gunman has entered a veterans' home and taken hostages in the u.s. state of california police and john phillips changed file with the man police say he's holding three people captive the veterans' home is the largest in the united states and houses more than a thousand elderly and disabled residents. the national rifle association has filed a lawsuit challenging new gun control laws in florida running them unconstitutional the move comes just hours after florida's governor signed the bill increasing the minimum age for buying firearms to twenty one it follows weeks of campaigning by survivors of last

government to russian air strikes have killed forty people on saturday and injured dozens in rebel held eastern kuta women and children are among the latest victims in the offensive to take the last remaining rebel stronghold this syria's capital. ok this forces in syria have announced they may be allies in a human shield resistance around the city of affray nessa turkish military approaches alan fisher is our correspondent he's in southern turkey very close to the border with syria and first of all what do the kurds mean when they're talking about a human shield resistance. well they're essentially saying that anyone who wants to join them defend freeman they can do so. they're saying anyone who voluntarily wants to go to the city which is know very much in the sights of the free syrian army backed up by the turkish military there has been an offensive it's called all of branches been ongoing since january but particularly over the last few days as they move closer and closer to our friend there have been some quite stunning victories even just in the last few hours they've taken over four villages

scaping syria's war almost one hundred fifty people are allowed to leave the rebel enclave of eastern kuta ross and nazi bookkeeper from los waste dies before he could begin his jail tear and in sports venus gets the better of serina as the williams sisters bring you their rivalry at india. how it looks like the ground hope got it right this year we've seen a fair amount to snow into the northeastern corner a third nor'easter coming in in just eleven days you can see that area cloud here is that wind coming in from the northeast the direction dragging in the moisture into the very cold air hence copious amounts of snowfall have been falling across the northeast corner of the u.s. even into kentucky pushing further north which right up the eastern seaboard through new jersey new york and up towards new england some parts could see as much as maybe thirty forty possibly fifty or sixty centimeters of snow anywhere from around rhode island to maine by the end of this snow event very strong winds as well winds could gust as high as one hundred kilometers per hour so blizzard conditions not look

rejects syria's justification for the offensive in eastern kuta as more troops are sent to the rebel enclave. we have with saudi arabia is historic it is an important one. the u.k.'s prime minister praises ties with saudi arabia but says she will raise human rights abuses with the crown prince who has just arrived at buckingham palace. it's too early to be optimistic south korea's president says sanctions against the north will be eased for the sake of next month's summit. also this hour sierra leone chooses a new president with sixteen candidates vying for the top job. our top story the u.n. human rights chief says the syrian government's offensive in rebel held eastern can't be justified been rod saying the same says civilians are facing a catastrophe as government forces target a few hundred fighters monitors are reporting that the government sent in reinforcements is in a hold on a report from neighboring lebanon. civil defense volunteers are appealing to the u.n. security council to make this stop they are calling what is happening in eastern huta a bloodbath. that rescuers are

bring you more now on the situation in eastern kuta more than four hundred thousand people are trapped there with around the thousand in need of urgent medical evacuation alan fischer reports on how aid is at last arriving in some besieged neighborhoods but. it's been a long time coming a white line stretching through the shuttered streets of the scooter bringing relief for some disappointment for others so vital medical aid was stripped from the trucks before they set off a question mark placed over their approvals i don't have any model. we don't need most of the food supplies we need medical aid the most because the regime has prevented it from entering. then it was about getting them unloaded quickly and safely on going is strikes meant not all the trucks could be emptied fourteen had to head but. now we are dying here with our children under the bombing please save us we have no water food or medicine we are normal people we have no news for a fight is syrian people in the besieged on clepe close to the city capital. is strikes makes it too difficult to distribute the for the mome

was to surrender ok let's take a closer look now at rebel controlled where these fighters from eastern kuta are going the provinces largely controlled by the rebel alliance high up. h t s for short it sits next to lattakia which is a government stronghold around two point five million people live there a million of them displaced by fighting in other areas of the country now in theory it is also a deescalation zone but that hasn't stopped government forces backed by the russians from repeatedly bombing cities and towns there has also been hit by several suspected chemical attacks to the most well known being the concha coon attack of twenty seventeen that incident killed eighty three people the turkish president richard type heard of one has announced his forces will launch a cross border campaign on the syrian town of tal afar it comes after the turkish army and allied syrian opposition fighters took total control of the northern enclave of three and they launched a ground offensive against kurdish fighters in late january forcing thousands to flee the turkish military is now sweeping the

syrian government forces have made significant advances into eastern ghouta splitting the enclave into three parts is from kuta is the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus the army has intensified its assault in the past three weeks the fighting has already claimed the lives of over one thousand people. the next strike is never far away in duma. another victim is rushed to an ambulance. or local. observers say east includes his largest travel how time is now completely isolated government forces have reportedly cut off the main highway linking it to the town of harasta and to the rest of the besieged enclave meanwhile state television shows the army rolling into the center of measure. by the syrian observatory for human rights says assad's forces have night taken this rebel time as the syrian army proclaims major gains opponents and aid groups have accused the regime of using chemical weapons. they used it during gas and they used to disturb and fourscore and then now. i mean in just a sea days there were already more than one hundred and fifteen people killed most of them children the governm

opposition stronghold of eastern ghouta the news came on the day that much needed aid reached the besieged on clay it after being delayed for days by fighting but many in kuta still don't trust the government's offer of safe passage. syrian state t.v. showed these images of a small group of al nusra front fighters and their families boarding a bus in eastern guta. it said to be taken to areas controlled by the government and its promising them safe passage to rebel held in live province even though the government views them as terrorists. despite the profound devastation in ghouta most opposition groups are rejecting the government's offer to evacuate. earlier and emergency aid convoy deliver desperately needed supplies to residents. this should be enough to feed twelve thousand people for one month but almost four hundred thousand people have been living under government siege in eastern go to for five years the delivery was interrupted by renewed fighting. in the past month russian backed regime forces have intensified airstrikes to clear the way for troops advancing on the ground. they've already taken over half of the enclaves territory of the syrian mi

kuta. after weeks of waiting a glimmer of hope for the sick and wounded of eastern judah dozens of aid trucks have been clear to cross but the united nations say syrian authorities have seized crucial life saving medical supplies according to officials much of the aid was not allowed through. minimal or not. we're hoping to enter without shelling because the ceasefire must be respected as this is a humanitarian convoy heading to a large number of civilians and nothing but the convoy is not sufficient craft supplies for seventy thousand people were reduced to under twenty eight thousand. some are still under almost. the crippling siege has left civilian stranded as syrian forces expand their assault undeterred by the international outcry the un back ceasefire has been largely ignored as president bashar al assad's forces advance into the last major battle held territory near damascus. as it. i see no conflict between the troops and our military operations our recent advancements occurred during the cease fire as i said it is possible to achieve our humanitarian objectives while striking the te

eastern. us airstrikes pound the opposition stronghold forces and their families begin to flee but as ground forces close and many don't trust the regime's offer of safe passage . and you will see the siege of kuta from the inside brings you exclusive images sent to us from the syrian on clay of. tom also coming up the murder of a journalist leads to biggest protests in decades.

kuta. well for more now we're joined by alan mcdonald he's from save the children and joins us from the jordanian capital amman the red cross' finally managed to get an aid convoy into eastern goods how significant is this it's a very good step is the first aid convoy in many weeks and it's put in fruitful for thousands of people but it is only a small step it's a small amount of food that will last a few weeks for a fraction of the population inside there are more than three hundred fifty thousand people that say three for twenty eight thousand very welcome but it is certainly a drop in here she and it's also extremely. worrying extremely concerning. the medical a lot of the medical supplies were taken off and there are thousands of c. who are injured children and other civilians in insides who desperately need treatments where they've been. bombed in the last few weeks or all previously or whether. they're suffering from long term illnesses. and they need this treatment as a matter of life or death in many cases and we've spoken to a lot of doctors in east who have to. they have to use bandages and needles and basic equipment several times on different patients you know d

typically, eastern kuta, despite or apart from the fact that there is supposedly a nationwide ceasefirealso a deescalation zone which means that no fighting should be taking place between the regime and the rebels there. but groups such as al-qaeda and islamic state are excluded from that but the presence of an al-qaeda affiliated group there is very minor. it is clearly being used as an excuse minor. it is clearly being used as an excuse to continue attacking civilian areas and is targeting all the rebels. so now, the question is what can other states do? exert pressure on russia, on syria, on a run? we don't see it. —— iran. we can hope for any other measure that would help to the lives of the set —— civilians would help to the lives of the set -- civilians in would help to the lives of the set —— civilians in particular. and there's been some development in us moves towards gun control — the us department ofjustice has taken the first step towards banning bump stocks. they allow rifles to fire with the speed of machine guns. bump stocks were used last year by a gunman in las vegas to