but president go to buy a rajapaksa has other plans he has declared all the missing persons from the civil war dead that means families will never know what happened to their relatives. bacha paxo was defense minister during the final years of the war. the un has accused him of serious human rights violations such as kidnapping and murder. at a protest in the north of sri lanka these women are calling for justice to be served they say they've been ignored since the war ended a decade ago. they belong to the tamil minority that fought for independence for nearly 30 years they're still looking for their missing children and their children's children and. i get it did we refute the president's claim that no one has gone missing since the civil war our children turned themselves over to government troops we've not killed anyone else on their site since the war but what happened to our children and the way i you know predicted and. then an army. bulldozer disrupts the protest and tries to disperse the crowd since june of last year sri lanka has offered compensation of nearly 30 year 0 sum

that means families will never know what happened to their relatives rajapaksa was defense minister during the final years of the war the un has accused him of serious human rights violations such as kidnapping and murder. the many. at a protest in the north of sri lanka these women are calling for justice to be served they say they've been ignored since the war ended a decade ago. they belong to the tamil minority that fought for independence for nearly 30 years they're still looking for their missing children and their children's children. then an army bulldozer disrupts the protest and tries to disperse the crowds since june of last year sri lanka has offered compensation of nearly 30 year as a month for each missing person. silly m.p.'s oversees the payments for the government he says there are between 14 and 15000 missing people a number that the un strongly disputes but courts have yet to resolve a single case the law says if we feel the qualify and it is that a crime has been cut we did we can after soaking the families. for the rebels to the prosecuting authority because tha

turkey is edging toward direct conflict with syrian government forces turkish president rajapaksa murder one says a military operation is just a matter of time the syrian troops continue their assault against rebel forces in the province hundreds of thousands of syrians have already fled from an strikes and shelling. i'm told me a lot of people welcome to the program we start with breaking news here in germany police say the suspected gunman in shootings in the city of homs has been found dead at his home at least 8 people were killed and 5 others wondered outside 2 bars in the city near frankfurt a dark vehicle was spotted leaving the scene of the 1st attack and police launched a large scale operation to find the gunman authorities say they found another body at the suspects home but there are no indications of other perpetrators in the most of for the attacks is unclear. joining me now with more on the story is d.w. reporter rebecca stout in my rebecca what do we know about the attack well we know so far is that the shooting started at 10 o'clock at night and once the evening here in t

berlin turkey is edging towards direct conflict with syrian government forces turkish president rajapaksa to one says a military operation is just a matter of time if syrian troops continue their assault against rebel forces in it live coffins hundreds of thousands of syrians have already fled from airstrikes and shelling also coming up. rescuing them fans from the icy waters will take you on board a migrant rescue ship as opposed almost 300 people from the mediterranean in the middle of the winter how many more will risk their lives when spring comes. did the quarantine off a cruise ship help the fight against the coronavirus covered 19 or hinder it they insist i. have a full beard i was so scared of getting caught between 19 and experts view has almost 80 more cases of the virus a confirmed on the ship the diamond princess the japanese government comes under fire for its handling of the situation. i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program we begin with some breaking news coming in there reports of a deadly shooting in the german city of high now police say at least 4 people have

but another election in november last year brought mind as brother go to rajapaksa to the presidency power shifted once again and with it as approach to its unders of post conflict issues. foreign minister going to war than a says the government will appoint a commission of inquiry to review the previous inquiries assess the outcomes and propose a way forward. that doesn't inspire confidence in some human rights activists this is just an excuse to delay justice to deal. genuine grievances of the weak teams so i think we need to keep pressure we need to keep watch in terms of what's being proposed by the government we need to actually give them a chance to respond but never forget that in the past very serious allegations prime minister my in the rajapaksa has described the previous government's decision to co-sponsor the resolution as the great betrayal he says it paves the way for action against sri lankan armed forces like the united states recent travel ban against the army chief but the families waiting on the resolution provided hope of other withdrawing from the un resolution i

turkey is edging toward direct conflict with syrian government forces took us president rajapaksa other one says a military operation is just a matter of time or so.