Their home. And a Top German Court is set to decide on whether to ban diesel vehicles in cities across the nation after emission levels were found to exceed new limits. Plus an arctic storm dubbed the beast from the east slams into europe temperatures plunging to record lows killing at least seven people across the continent but also bringing snow. And in the bundesliga dortmund star marco royce grabbing and pearlie goal against hausberg but took the hosts hold out for a win. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start off in syria where russia has called for a daily five hour paulson hostilities thats a. Specter to begin within the hour at nine am local time now this comes after the International Community appealed to russian president Vladimir Putin to use his influence on syria to enforce a truce the ongoing bombing of the song play it has left more than five hundred civilians dead in just a week and there have also been unconfirmed reports of a chlorine gas attack also
formally this is about whether city governments can introduce these driving bans and cons of vehicles diesel vehicles in the absence of a nationwide regime but of course it s really part of a much wider battle about the automobile and about the air that we breathe if the court does decide that bans are allowed well i think it s going to put a lot of pressure on specific cities where there s a problem with filthy air. to do something to introduce such a ban pretty swiftly as you ve heard there at least seventeen german cities that are regularly not meeting their emissions targets and the e.u. for instance says that four hundred thousand people across europe doyin every year prematurely. as a result of emissions from diesel vehicles so this is a potentially very significant that we re going to have today ok and what it would mean is not a blanket ban for all seventy cities or for all of germany cities would individually