It caused a german court is set to rule on whether to allow bans in major cities a move that could have a huge impact on the countrys car industry. In the next sixty minutes the two record breaking teenagers who travel day nations or time medal tally in the space of just a few hours at the Winter Olympics. Kind of a warm welcome to you im on the. International concern is growing with the killing of civilians in syria thats as the forces of president bashar assad carry out one of the deadliest assaults in the seventy a conflict the Syrian Military said starting those that called terrorists and the besieged area of Eastern Ghouta near damascus but independent wanted to see the shelling has killed more than three hundred civilians this since sunday many of them children. Hell on earth and theres no escape this hospital now a graveyard government were planes have been pounding eastern cuba for the fifth consecutive day children are under siege in one of the most brutal bombardments this war has ever seen. The most would be when we were unable to evacuate our patients or treat them. We had to do one of the operations under the rubble. We couldnt evacuate we had to do it under the rubble. Rage is palpable speaking to germanys parliament chancellor Angela Merkel called the assad regimes conduct a massacre. The horrifying events that were seeing in syria the fight of one regime not against terrorists but against its own population killing children destroying hospitals all of these constitute a massacre which needs to be condemned and we say a clear no to this. That i but in opposition politician said that without action words are hollow. Its not enough just to say that three are condemning it she said that germany try a bigger role there no idea what shes talking about i want to see the consequences. As the airstrikes continue relentlessly russia a key ally of the assad regime blames the rebels holding for the regions humanitarian crisis the u. N. Security council is due to vote on an immediate thirty days humanitarian ceasefire for syria later today. The u. N. Envoy for syria says there is quote no alternative. To me now is sonia khush shes the syria director of save the children in amman jordan welcome to our Program Pictures were seeing coming up from eastern guta on devastating give us a sense of the magnitude of the tragedy unfolding there. Sure well you know our partners that are currently working and he described a situation in which theres so much fear now that hes especially among children you know theyve been living under siege since december twenty twelve so they already had very volatile situations in recent months we have seen levels of malnutrition rise we have seen no medical supplies getting into the area and so now dismemberment is really compounding the suffering of the people there one of our viewers said everyone in eastern goodtimes underground now and that means theyre seeking shelter in basements in tunnels we even heard that people are digging holes with shovels in order to have somewhere to hide from the bombing. Security council is news if you did it on a humanitarian ceasefire for fighting in syria what do you have to say to the council especially the veto powers ahead of that vote. Well you know weve been calling for cease fires inside syria for seven years now and we really hope that this time is different than their previous attempts because to a circle people of three hundred fifty thousand civilians who are trapped and have nowhere to go it really is going to take a thing at a political level to make this stop and we need not only a cease fire to end the ability to get supplies in i mean the area has been under siege for six years now and we need ways to get eighty in safely and securely to help the injured help them out nourished help protect people who have been living under these conditions so how difficult is it for aid organizations to get access to the area and what do you see as a most immediate priority is there. Its very difficult to work in eastern looked at because it is under siege you know there have been sound stuff piles of food that people managed to get in over the last several months but now the warehouses are being hit and whatever supplies are available its hard to move them from one town and hes in good at to another because the roads are being targeted this is nothing ambulances for example from the ferry in india to whatever clinics are even left so not only is the cease fire important but the access really needs to be addressed and that can only be done by concerted effort at the political level sonia cousineau director of the Organization Save the children thank you very much for talking to us. Less articulate at some other stories making news around the bond baucus on Supreme Court has banned former Prime Minister nevadas sharif from his position as head of the ruling party sharif was banned from Holding Public office of a corruption allegations last july the decision is created political turmoil ahead of senator elections and could and should leave school ria in politics. Amnesty international has named the philippines president as one of the worst performing leaders on human rights for the second year running the ngo says the widespread killing of alleged drug offenders and or diego detest is war on drugs may constitute crimes against humanity. Refugees in rwanda say soldiers shot at them and wounded at least two people this is around two thousand refugees try to march out of their camp in protest at the cuts in food rations some seventeen thousand people live in the camp. Jimmys has Administrative Court is due to hand down a landmark ruling today that could lead to a ban on diesel cars in major cities the case was started by an Environmental Group which says that the southern german city of stuttgart has not done enough to limit the harm caused by diesel emissions dozens of german cities have recorded annual levels of nitrogen dioxide emissions above e. U. Threshold in the past twelve months toxic air pollution is linked to thousands of premature deaths every year the courts decision would dramatically hit the value of diesel cars on germanys roads our reporter Christopher Spring it is in strict guard and sent us this report. Its the busiest time of this family run bakery in stuttgart dozens of customers throughout the city are waiting for their morning deliveries. Like many Small Businesses in germany its invested in diesel powered. Delivery vehicles which are cheaper to run due to years of tax breaks for diesel a ban on day use would hit the company hard as of industry if a ban on diesel powered vehicles covers the whole city then we have a problem in principle that wed have to shut down. And we cant deliver our products by public transport so wed have nowhere to go. Next under this. Zinah blames the sheer volume of traffic in german cities and has some of the countrys worst its in a city absorbs over four hundred thousand commuters every day this busy stretch of road in central stuttgart is called the neck of talk crossing and its become something of a household name in germany thats because with an average of almost seventy thousand vehicles passing through in both directions every single day its now one of the countrys absolute hotspots for air pollution. Last year the monitoring station at the nec atoll crossing measured an average of seventy three micrograms with nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre thats almost double the legal limit which is why activists are calling for tough measures. A lot of people here suffer from respiratory diseases old people in particular and. People move out of this area as soon as they can afford it and thats why we urgently need to hear it would have an immediate effect. Is keen to avoid diesel bans so its introduced traffic reduction schemes and Public Awareness campaigns encouraging people to cycle to work or use public transport policy makers are also progressively reducing the cost of public transport. And the city is also hosting this pioneering project using a wall of morse to suck car pollution out of the atmosphere the walls about one hundred meters long three meters high whether it works though isnt fully clear yet. Germanys powerful car makers are also firmly against driving bans but in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal the tightlipped at the moment. And for more on this story joining me from our parliamentary studios is cursed to shes an s. P. D. Member of parliament and also a member of the countrys Transportation Committee welcome to you mr mann the court ruling comes against a backdrop of strong Environmental Concerns some seventy cities in germany have nitrogen oxide levels above you see if your threshold is this is not an issue that the government should be addressing. Yes but first of all in germany we have the principle of the supposed autonomy this will mean the government the federal government cant say the cities what they had to do or not but the government ten and we have done in the past years we can make programmes for example force Financial Support for the cities to buy electric buses to buy for for example the guy in your film that he may buy an electrical small lorry or Something Else that we had done in the past but now we knew it wasnt enough obviously so not so how much responsibility should germanys powerful car industry take especially in the wake of all these diesel emissions cheating scandals weve had. I think if the car industry uses all the possibilities for clean cost the progress on clean air in our cities would be much higher but our industry in the past they need the gaps the european law has to produce costs which are cheaper but not ask clean as a mate so now they have the responsibility and our opinion that support all the consumers was old cars but they arent old euro five or euro six cars they are about four years old five years old and so the understory had supported consumers for Technical Support that these four five year old cars half the same technique like the modern diesel cars so an oil pinion. Diesel ban is possible that we stop it and the government is often accused of being too close to the car industry here in germany where does this leave the consumers who will protect their interests. We have a federal minister e especially for consumer riots in the past we tried to change our law in america we have a totally different system awful all the consumers have much more right than in europe not only in germany its not a german problem and this is european wide problem we try to change our law to give the consumers more rights but the last government has no time to put this law on the parliament but the new government decided to make these changes of laws the first things they will do who had a question do not an s. P. The member of parliament and also member of the countrys strong Petition Committee thank you for talking to d w thank you psych answer can see is an issue where environmentalists and the corporate sector clashed on the topic of diesel then from a business says it has more on that story i mean its of course about the fate of fifteen million diesel vehicles across germany but its more importantly about our health the german Environmental Group d. U. H. Estimates that Twelve Thousand people in germany die prematurely as a result of nitrogen dioxide emissions every year the e. U. Limit is forty micrograms per cubic meter of air on average every year thats regularly exceeded banning the worst offending diesel cars could provide some quick relief but its not that easy authorities in the cities of just got want to impose a ban right now they dont have the right at this hour the court invites it is the siding on that the Government Holding its breath the Auto Industry is the biggest jobs provider in germany at the same time studies show diesel is a killer the exact numbers to dispute it. This device measures nitrogen dioxide levels the legal limit is forty micrograms per cubic meter but that figure is regularly exceeded in over half of measuring stations near major thoroughfares in germany. Unsurprisingly the prospect of a diesel ban has been met with stiff resistance from those whose livelihoods depend on us but just expect presented to have even warned that banning diesel guzzling trucks could hamper deliveries to the cities germanys oldest Automobile Club has also been speaking out. This is about peoples livelihoods to stay suddenly that they can no longer drive into the city was almost amounts to expropriation. Its always the people who cant afford an expensive electric car or who cant buy a new diesel that are most affected come from. Well pollution is a major problem in high traffic spots its a different story in residential areas. Where we see midrange figures between twenty and thirty micrograms per cubic meter so significantly under the limit higher than permitted rates are a real problem on busy roads and fuel before managed. And analysis by the u. P. A. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that thousands in germany die prematurely as a result of respiratory illnesses each year that was based on a nationwide study of the effects of nitrogen dioxide. Stupidity i think lawmakers arent really interested in the studies ones if they were there be a far bigger push towards driving. But critics say such studies failed to establish a causal link between nitrogen dioxide on the premises or deaths. Other factors affecting mortality rates are not always taken into account. So lets move on to some of the corporate pros and cons with a loan from our business desk how much would a diesel ban actually hit the comm makers. You know it depends on how the band actually looks like and how much the idea of bands gathers momentum in germany and beyond but obviously they wont appreciate a band in any form and the ultimate worse Case Scenario that has them quaking in their boots of course is that if eventually all fossil fuel driven vehicles are banned from the roads in the next decades because when you think about it thats the sadia taken to its logical conclusion right getting polluting vehicles off the roads in order to protect human health thats happening in other parts of the world exactly and they have released numbers for that third saying that it could cost the industry as much as forty eight billion euros if fossil fuel driven vehicles are banned from the road starting in twenty thirty with of course an obvious impact on the eight hundred thousand auto sector jobs we have here which is a reason why the German Government is clinging to that is exactly and they keep saying of course of that they need diesel as a transition fuel as electoral ability takes its sweet time to get off the ground in germany arguably of course they could have started much earlier instead of having to play catch up now but a lot of this fixation on diesel is almost emotional in the sense diesel was invented here theyre quick theyve credited diesel with much of their market success and the newer trends like electoral ability will obviously do a lot to change their Business Model now an electric vehicle would have much fewer parts than traditional gas or diesel vehicles and that means they also lost last longer theres less wear and tear of the people will have to replace them less regularly and at the same time going back to the jobs you need fewer people to produce them because there are fewer parts a again theyll have an impact will these great inventors the germans why cant they look further down the road and see the produce in moving technology along and staying ahead of everyone else because at the moment theyre falling way behind the other innovators around the world including the u. S. And china precisely but you know Game Changing trends are called disruptions for a reason theyre painful and i guess most of all theyve been afraid. Out of that pain and even though they can see that probably in the long term you can see savings from better and more Efficient Technology thats probably not something shareholders who want their money right now want to hear but they do have to move away from long held ideas of vehicle ownership to stay relevant theyre going to have to get in on future trends like car sharing thats only going to become more relevant in the future and cities will need more mass transit options as the populations keep growing and of course theyll have the future in autonomous driving and fleets of self driving cars will probably act less like private vehicles than fleets of robot taxis for example the thinking is that if you get rid of those jobs first of all if you get. People driving taxis and buses is monday and jobs if you also make all of this technology more efficient there are going to be huge savings when you can spend that money on your people in some sort of other area that definitely makes sense and really what were having now is how to get from here where we didnt have enough of the preparations that be needed to get to there are you know that is trying to bridge that gap is the problem that german carmakers are facing today the journey from a to b. Or in this case from d. C. To forever else its such a tale thanks for coming in. German prosecutors abraded the homes of two former audi Board Members plus a third person involved with the fox five subsidiary the raids are part of the Ongoing Investigation suspected of complicity in bringing cars equipped with manipulated diesel engines on to the market stands accused of selling over twenty two hundred thousand cars with Software Design to change exhaust testing. Europes top court says poland has failed to implement regulations coming up pollution European Court of justice ruling that the daily limit for harmful pollutants went over the limits in most parts of poland is the second country of the area in breach of e. U. Air quality standards recently european authorities have been cracking down on countries exceeding air pollution target levels the e. U. Is now threatening to take nine other countries to court including germany and the u. K. The long ride back to us thank you very much ben stick around for this story like it is from your country the scientists exploring Uncharted Waters off the australian coast have pulled up hundreds of rarely seen fish some may even be a new species while they might look on the was really these Sea Creatures can help us understand what life is like in one of our planets deepest habitats you wont find this on your seafood menu its a cough and fish dragged up from the bottom of the ocean some might find it ugly not this marine biologist this is a really really cute little coffin much much bigger than the one we got the other day came up from about two. Thousand meters so kilometers below the Ocean Surface its one of hundreds of strange slimy and scary Sea Creatures holed up from an abyss almost five kilometers deep off a straight east coast. They live in freezing temperatures in total darkness under crushing pressure moving slowly about waiting for prey. At the speed that guys like this but hot and humid and time can see here weve got him out there weve got a little chip beat down the middle. They see but unfolding this at the bottom of the ocean like that. Sister of the. Scientists spent a month at sea undertaking the first of a survey of one of the largest and deepest habitats on the planet they used nets sonar and deep sea cameras to capture a glimpse of one of the most unexplored environments on earth such expeditions are vital to help us understand how life exists in hoskin dishes and to discover new species which hopefully will stay deep below and far away from our dinner plates. Time not to look at the Winter Olympics with me in the studio with all the big stories is Chris Huntington from us as well as kim chris i know youre a finalist taken because of an event just featured in the limbus for the first time snowboarding big ad thats right the big event in austria and our neighbor walked away with the goal ama gasser and she saved her best jump for last she scored a ninety six on what you call a cap double cork one eighty you take a look at that. Just give me that one eighty eight thats a tent and not to be confused with a hardware tool or Something Like this this is what that is called and its great shes very enthused about this sport shes picked it up eight years ago when her cousin introduced her to it she became a fanatic her her actual philosophy is telling everyone you know sell your phones video games buy a snowboard because its more fun than anything else so its nice to see someone so enthused about this for you saw it on her face and she deservedly walked away with the gold ok now we will have a keen what for what happened there was an. Spectacular as big as the yes yes i think it was it was david wise hes an american and he dominates this competition he won at sochi in two twenty fourteen and this particular event he won by doing double course in all four directions and get this wise had a problem with his keys and failed the first two jump so his focus pretty much led to a flawless last jump and he managed to walk away and its nice for him he does a lot of social things there he is celebrating and he only has gold in his case ok hes won several of the competition only gold so kudos to a fellow american kudos to him whats it all about concentration as you see that couldnt find it ok now two events are they special for a news event which hasnt won a problem medal in the last couple of decades who were the heroes for the kiwis the kiwis teenagers there was a double you know accomplished by teenagers the first one was sixteen year old zoe send out skis and not ok only sixteen she started when she was nine years old and there she is a double wildcat is what you call the maneuver shes high in the sky right there in that she backed it up with a solid jump she was new zealands youngest ever olympic medalist until hours later a male fellow country kiwi Nico Porteous skiing halfpipe right there he scored a bronze and his focus was even crazier because he vomiting at the top of his first two runs talked to a sports psychologist got his things together and he ended obviously on a strong point picking up broads to two medals only the third in new zealands history of the Winter Olympics so that means the future looks bright and i could also the youngsters for doing their duty to doing their best in strutting their stuff ok lets try it in from us palaces thank you very much for bringing us up to date with all the action from young child. Ok now for music and the big names of britains Music Industry took the stage at wednesday nights a brit awards in london. To single due out in the pop. And rock storms the one of the biggest winners of the series edition taking two trophies each including best female and male sotos a chill to the gills of success award which goes to the years best selling british artist on. The prizes included best International Group for the fight it was. You watching the debbie news coming up ahead to give teachers guns thats what u. S. President on crime suggested as he met School Shooting survivors but will it be enough we look at the growing Student Movement to tighten gun control laws in america. And the students who defied him and paid the price seventy five years ago the visit an exhibition in munich that examines the legacy of hans and sophie shows were members of an antique nazi resistance school. All that and more coming up shortly of watching the dobie news come to live from but in stay with us. To the city of sensory overload delhi. Which has just about everything. And plenty of it. Clears people discoveries. And some mulligans to fascinating stories. Leap into the fray. A crowded. But he uttered forty five minutes on. Climate change. Waste. Isnt it time for. Eco africa people and projects that are changing no ones are meant for the better its up to us to make a difference lets shut. The fuck up the farming magazine played. Long d. W. Played the. Scars. The pain still tangible. Klug. The four cities edge but. They have survived but do they also have a future. I really understand people who say they dont want to stay here. But i also admire people who want to stay here and who decided to create something good in peace time for the people making it possible what needs to happen if tolerance and reconciliation are to stand a chance. To start this citys after war starting march tenth on t w. This is did on the news coming to you live from berlin im under a pleasure to have your Company StoryInternational Concern is growing about the number of civilian deaths in syrias eastern cruta and strikes by progovernment forces on the seized rebel held on cave have claimed hundreds of lives since sunday. Turning out of the United States the president dar trump. Smiths teenaged survivors of School Shootings and the parents of victims to get their views on what should be done to prevent gun violence and emotionally charged session at the White House Trump promised to take action even suggesting the possibility of army teaches lawmakers a facing a new push for gun control after last weeks rampage in florida that left seventeen people dead it was called a listening session but President Trump had plenty to say. Meeting at the white house with survivors of gun violence and victims families trump suggested one solution to School Shootings could be more guns and this would only be obviously for people that are very adept at handling a gun and it would be its called concealed carry where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them theyd go for special training and they would. Be there and you would no longer have a gun free zone gun free zone to a maniac because theyre all cowards a gun free zone is lets go in and lets attack is anybody like the father of a boy killed in the two thousand and twelve sandy hook School Shooting didnt think much of the idea. School teachers have more than enough responsibilities right now then to have to have the awesome responsibility of lethal force to take a life. Like you. Nobody wants to see a shoot out in a school and to arrange sociopath on his way to commit an act of. Of murder in a school with the outcome knowing the outcome is going to be suicide is not going to care if theres somebody there with a gun thats their plan anyway trump also vowed to improve background checks and said he was open to raising the minimum age for buying high powered weapons but it was a meeting heavy with raw emotion just doesnt make sense fix it should have been one School Shooting and we should have fixed it i turned eighteen the day after. Or got to the news of my best friend was gone. And i dont understand why i could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. Chance listening session is unlikely to quieten the growing calls from School Students for stricter gun laws. The Student Movement to End Gun Violence is gaining momentum when still so demonstrations and walkouts across the u. S. And thats despite warnings from some School Districts that students would be punished for taking part we have this report now from washington. To. The back. I thank. God they are the mass shooting generation the seventeen year olds were born into a world where School Shootings have become normal today they skipped class to protest at the white house for more gun controls their message to politicians this clear. Were going over twenty years a Midterm Election were going to vote in the forty thousand elections and none of them are going to steer the ship was. Dr kay kay. Other organizations like mom steam and action have joined the coal for stricter gun laws in a country where ninety one people die from firearms every day the fear of violence is always there i feel anxious dropping my child off the next day i know that even with all of the drills that we do we do lockdown drills in our schools twice a year we ask our children to be locked inside of a cabinet or a closet and to be silent and basically rehearse their own slaughter in their schools but as we saw in parkland all of the preparation in the world cannot stand up to an error fifteen. Moms demand action want a background check for each and every gun purchase in the United States they say its the only way to keep weapons out of the hands of mentally disturbed. Enter patrick is a spokesperson for the coalition to stop gun violence he sees better background checks as the absolute bare minimum patrick says President Trump should push forward with a ban on bomb stocks devices that allow weapons to fire faster hes feeling the pressure a little bit on this issue if hes serious about it he will support a ban on bomb stocks in congress and sign it when it gets voted on after congress he has not called for that yet thats the really the only thing that can make real change in banning these accessories and we will see if you will go that far until then the socalled mass shooting generation plans to keep up the pressure many are not just fed up theyre afraid you know just recently in our county a student came to school with a loaded gun and it was just one day after the pardon shooting and so that really scared me and that was that. When i first that was one of the first times where really felt unsafe going to school i was on i was on my bus on my way there and i was like whos to say that my school is not going to be next are you afraid of a School Shooting in your own school im a completely afraid of our security at school think you need to be completely after these type of events keep reoccurring everywhere you need to make a change make a change in the gun laws make a change in security make stricter gun laws stricter security make a school a safe place not a place to be about possibly having school get shot up every day the only way to make a difference is if the kids in the school get out and make a difference and stand up where we are in our Nations Capital that thats whats going to make a difference not just sitting in school and letting these things happen every year because its not its not going to change. Today dave been sitting for hours in front of the white house to protest sent to remember the victims of gun violence victims that could have easily been their own classmates. That report by. A boy in prison trump has also come under fire from Amnesty International with says his fondness is mocked quote a new era of human rights regression in the United States and around the wasnt in the Senate Report the Rights Group Says trumps back with tips on human rights are such a dangerous precedent for on the governments to follow other activist groups have also expressed concern about what this is a rise in religious and racial intolerance under the trump presidency. For the first time and this internationals and all report is being released in the u. S. Capital washington d. C. For the Human Rights Watch shark its supposed to send a clear message and the secretary general explains why. So the United States is a country which has huge influence across the world but we have a president who has introduced a global gag rule who are scuttling free to resettlement numbers and who has introduced a muslim by and so we want to hold it here to highlight the serious Human Rights Violations which are being caused by this country and the message is clear that you know if you sacrifice human rights it comes at a huge human cost and it will never make America Great again muslim organizations are also concerned about Current Trends the council of American Islamic relations has been challenging religious stereotypes since one thousand nine hundred ninety five founder Ibrahim Hooper says their job has become harder under President Trump. Obviously this president has issues in terms of his personal views on on White Supremacy on racism on being against immigrants or people of color somehow he believes he benefits from increasing divisions within within society and as he creates the divisions he decreases respect for the constitution for democracy itself and thats something thats very troubling the u. S. Congress muslims who work on capitol hill are allowed to pray here every friday a right granted to them in one thousand nine hundred seventy three a man leading todays prayers says it underscores americas openness towards different religions. The First Amendment you have the right to pray and this is the peoples house thats what we call the the peoples house and if you work here you work and you have the right to pray here you heidi up to my leak has washed it in congress for ten years he has a different view on how to east the current tensions in American Society. What we need now to right this tension that were seeing and to being exacerbated by the Trump Administration is for us to look at the fundamentals of what is happening to the middle class poor and working class white people not not just latinos not just blacks and we fixed the Midterm Elections in november well take the pulse of American Society and will be a crucial test for the term presidency American Voters will have their say and they may decide to absent the balance of power in congress. Now have some breaking news to report to the German Court Ruling on a diesel ban in major cities has postponed its decision then from business discus event and rita were going to have to hold our breath a lot longer and there are a lot of people really eagerly awaiting this decision on this diesel ban theyre not going to announce that ruling until the twenty seventh the next shoes day were talking about six hundred thousand jobs at stake in the industry were also talking about the health of thousands of germans or die prematurely every year from nitrogen oxide or dioxide rather. Which is a made by diesel vehicles so were going to just have to wait and see for that one and didnt see til next week as you said twenty seven is the decision is the rate of ok on other business is pharmaceuticals a company in hot water the drug maker nevadas is embroiled in a Corruption Scandal in Greece Parliament has launched an investigation into claims that never get doesnt senior politicians received bribes from or helped promote the swiss pharmaceutical giant during their time in office. Are to scandal has rocked all of greece and the government wants to get to the bottom of it. Well you then as you go its then we want to help cover up conceal obarry one of the biggest scandals in modern history because the greek people have the right under demand to have everything come to light and to learn the truth. That even at the height of the countrys economic crisis novartis was overcharging for drugs according to the greek government it says that left thousands without access to affordable medicine between two thousand and six and twenty fifteen the swiss drug maker allegedly bribed thousands of doctors and Civil Servants including the former finance minister he is accused of signing documents that unable to tax bill from the voters to be merged with Public Sector debt. Ladies and gentlemen the statements are entirely facts and never signed anything of the sort mine or did i have the authority to do so and i dont think anyone else signed either. For weeks now i have asked to be shown the relevant documents with my signatures they simply dont exist. Greeces parliament is now investigating about a dozen senior politicians novartis says its cooperating with the greek authorities while conducting an internal audit this was drug maker has already paid multimillion dollar fines in the u. S. China and south korea to settle Corruption Cases kenyas economy is posing solid growth thanks to investment and to resume so with unemployment at around ten percent creating jobs remains a priority on company thats doing just that. It started off as a juror making had made jury for decades on employees hundreds of people. The word kazoo reince where he means small and beautiful its also the name of the Company Selling these hundred made ceramic pearls in kenya. To. Process it. A lot of work goes into the clay before it can be transformed into accessories. Because business is doing well a lot of jobs have been creation it especially for women Elizabeth Martin has been here from the beginning forty two years ago. There were two of us when we started there are three hundred fifty and. We keep pushing on and this job has helped me provide for the childrens upkeep to pay school fees. And pay rent as well. Because the re doesnt just want to produce accessories its a social enterprise aiming to fight poverty it pays higher than average salaries. Many women working here are single mothers the Company Helps cover health services. Because the reproduces five million ceramic pearls im merely plus other souvenirs some of them make their way to the u. S. And europe but most are sold locally to tourists. I feel this. Is so nice so efficient ladies making this thing and somebodys life lift up this make these beads what we like is fantastic. Its very. Specific to kenya and its great craftsmanship and law school involved. Theres another draw for tourists to the companys production takes place at a farm that used to belong to current blixen best known for her book of africa and its film version both helped bring kenya closer to hearts all over the world perhaps to these perils. Taiwan has announced its planning a blanket ban on single use plastic items by twenty thirty its the latest push by the island nation to cup waste and pollution the new plan will force major chains of restaurants to stop providing Plastic Straws for instore use starting twenty nineteen requirement that will expand to all dining out there twenty twenty humans will have to pay extra for many disposable plastic items from twenty twenty five ahead of a full band five years later. When rita thank you ben. Seventy five years ago today germanys nazi regime executed hans and Sophie Scholl the siblings were members of the socalled white crew is one of the countrys very few resistance groups the shows and for other members of the group big with their lives for standing up against a brutal regime our reporter went to munich to see whether their legacy lives on. Big macs a Million University today looks like a fairly typical campus with students hurrying to libraries and lectures but look a little closer and you see that this is one of those places where germanys Twentieth Century history resonates and gives us a glimpse of a different path it might have taken. For a few months in one thousand nine hundred two in one nine hundred forty three students of this university were the core of the white rose one of the very few resistance groups inside nazi germany which managed to organize and actually do something against the regime its best known members are hands shaw and his sisters of both students in their early twentys they were intellectuals interested in philosophy and religion but as they learned more about the nazis crimes they decided it was time to act they typed defiant appeals to their fellow germans printed them on a secret press and distributed them around the country in these leaflets the shoals and the other white rose activists called on germans to recognize their moral duty and overthrow the system by passive resistance and then by sabotage spreading ideas like those at the height of the Second World War was a very dangerous and courageous thing to do. On the eighteenth of february nine hundred forty three hansens of feet came here to the Main UniversityBuilding Armed with copies of their latest flyer. What happened next was one of the tensest scenes in the movie zulfi show all the final days which made the white rose better known internationally. Filmed partly of the original locations it showed how determined the shells were to wake others up to the evil of the nazis. They left piles of leaflets in the hallways knowing they would be found when students came out of their lectures. In germany almost every young person has heard this story. Today are probably different circumstances but if Something Like this would happen again people would stand up against such a reason regime or what. What have i done if i were in that situation i dont know actually i think its. Very good. And they should be a role model but. If im honest. I dont think i would have done that because i would be scared to get in trouble. Hansens of did get into trouble they were arrested by hitlers secret police the gestapo and along with another student who helped write the pamphlets given a show trial before the infamous Peoples Court on the twenty second of february they were executed. More than six hundred streets and squares all over germany and named for the shoals and other members of the white roads reminders theres only a few people who are willing to risk their lives for freedom. Seventy five years on the sacrifice of these young people still seems extraordinary and has the power to inspire as the white rose wrote if we dont have the courage to demand what is right we will deserve to be scattered like dust on the wind. The villain International Film festival is in the final days ahead of the bands ritual be given out this weekend my colleagues Maya Schrader and David Leavitts down on the red carpet lovely to see you so what have you seen today. Well just behind us is a few minutes ago the premier of the new Marcus Imhoff documentary el dorado was taking place and this is a new film about refugees in the refugee situation and europe and in hope really got some incredible access to every single part of the bureaucratic process of becoming a refugee in europe and right here we were seeing youve heard rags to riches well we saw a refugee camp to red carpet story right behind us the director was here with one of the protagonists from the story and this was a very personal story for him hoff himself and he wove in the story of his own family growing up in switzerland during World War Two when he was surrounded by war on all sides and lets take a look. My name was. In the hospital swiss director marcos in hopes First Experience with refugees was as a child and World War Two he will come across a brutal i will become the i me this comes on the. Obama in moves memory of giovanni leads him to examine the plight of todays refugees. His film eldorado texas on a rescue mission in the mediterranean. Like. The documentary takes a critical view of european asylum policies and the organizations that try to help my grands as well as the industries that exploit. This sense understand people. Its a quiet film about dashed hopes and a brutal reminder of the lives that for most europeans go unseen. The loss of contemporary overtones there but now the belly now is not just about the latest theres also a major retrospective isnt it. Thats right were taking a look back at film history at the Weimar Republic known as germanys golden era of film the twentys and early thirtys says it was a period of time that produced a lot of very beloved very well known german films but also a lot that have been forgotten thats right lets take a look. Nostalgia for the one nine hundred twenty s. Is booming like never before the period drama series babylon berlin revels in the glamour and the vice. The girl in a cinema revisited is a wide reaching retrospective that explores one of the most productive and influential times of german filmmaking. His hands yeah this is a very rich time in film a period that was particularly influential and successful internationally this is also a time when german cinema gained a level of importance at home. Because of a daughter in. Films like the docks of hamburg ody come in france and polly a sailor lands in search of adventure and a bit of fun but he gets more than he bargained for when he meets jenny the star of a local dive bar she drags him into her life and a gang of smugglers just a few years later nazi sensibilities white flawed characters like jenny from the Silver Screen the devious path or up vega also typified the artistic spirit of weimar film and uli restored version can now be seen at this years bella nona retrospective it tells the story of a woman who leaves her husband for a painter she loses her way and plunges into a world of drugs and excess. Us touch me not was treating today in one of the four movies by our woman director out of a total of nineteen in competition. Indeed this is as we have said before belinelli has a very female centric theme this year and as you said this is one of the only films that is in the competition despite there being a better gender ratio in the other section of the ballet in l. A. But this film is very interesting for a very explicit but also very gentle look at the expansive range of human sexuality thats right well its a look at intimacy that we maybe dont normally see one of the protagonists is has is living with a debilitating disability and its a look at his sex life as well and this film also really blurs the lines between documentary. Drama and its interesting for the type of characters youve seen and you cant really tell if theyre characters or if theyre actors and interesting interesting format over all right interesting is the world i think of my estradiol and david levitz are the red carpet for the belly not to insanely jealous of both of you thank you very much for that update. 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And i try and walk through it wherever i can instead of going in a car or even a public transport its just you know doing two things that i think look at me coming to be just got out of the habit as it became great museum quick to take court of appeals that actually its not very hard to change the spearing is encourage individuals to i think you know people cumulatively making a difference. I am. I am. This is the w. s live from berlin no place to hide the United Nations chief raises the alarm over syrian slaughter and the sprawling suburb of damascus situation for families embassy should be Eastern Ghouta is only getting worse with no respect in the brutal progovernment airstrikes and shelling reaching new levels of intensity also coming up