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Sarah im sarah kelly. Welcome to the program. Thanks for joining us. We begin in syria in the damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, where residents have been living a nightmare, as Government Forces have unleashed waves of airstrikes. Hundreds of people have been killed since sunday, including many children. The Un Security Council is scheduled to vote on a temporary ceasefire that would allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach trapped civilians. Russiaas concerns about the resolution. That has led to repeated delays in the vote. Moscow wants guarantees that rebel fighters in Eastern Ghouta wi...

In china, has been talking to our reporters. The 80yearold has recently been granted Refugee Status here in germany. But still she lives in fear of the chinese authorities. At the age of 80, xue yinxian has had to begin a whole new life. She fled to germany a few months ago, together with her son yang weidong and his wife. The move from china to the shores of Lake Constance has meant a huge change for her. But even here, she lives in fear of the communist regime in beijing. And yet, she used to be part of that regime herself. As a sports doctor, she was responsible for chinas top athletes duri...

Merkel also making some surprising picks for her new cabinet. A nation tonight in shock after a 27yearold investigative journalist and his fiancee are shot dead in their home in some pocket. Slovakia. Also, bringing rare scenes to the capital rome. It is good to have you with us. We begin tonight with syria where russia has called for a daily stop in airstrikes. President putin saying the aim to help the civilians leave the enclave. It comes after the u. N. , germany, and france appeal to clinton to uses didnt putin. And another development tonight, medics on the ground are accusing russian ba...

The Federal Reserve kept its rates near zero. Now to see how markets here are reacting, lets go to ai uchida who is standing by at the tokyo stock exchange. Mayu, how is it kicking off today . No change in rates was widely expected but the fed did upgrade its assessment on the labor market. That prompted many on wall street to buy stocks. Here in tokyo, markets are tracking the rally. Shares are losing the fourday losing streak. The nikkei is up to 20,456. And the topix is opening higher as well up. 82 . Now, basically the focus is still on whether the fed will raise rates in september or poss...

Firms who do much of their business outside japan. They say lower fuel prices helped air and land transportation companies. Retailers showed a recovery they suffered last year after a heightened consumption tax. Now their pretax profits are up 37 . Precision equipment manufacturers saw earnings surge by nearly 40 . Electronics firms saw an increase of about 20 . Machine manufacturers did not do so well. Their profits fell 6 because of a slump in sales of Construction Machinery in china. Experts are divided over the outlook for japans economy. Translator Capital Investment will rise as Business...