A Coalition Deal with the center left social democrats and also making some surprising picks for her new cabinet. And a nation tonight in shock twenty seven year old investigative journalist and his fiance shot dead in their home in slovakia. Plus they are calling it the beast from the east temperatures in europe have plunged to record lows killing more than eleven people in poland and lithuania but also bringing scenes and snow to the capital in rome. Its good to have you with us we begin tonight with the conflict in syria where russia has called for a daily stop in airstrikes in eastern. President putin saying the aim is to help civilians leave the rebel held on clay and it comes after the u. N. And germany and france appealed to putin to use his influence with the Syrian Regime to enforce the truce which was agreed upon by the u. N. Security council over the weekend in another development tonight medics on the ground are accusing russian backed forces of using chemical weapons some
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 backed forces of using chemical weapons some against what children. Russia denies the allegations. They call it fake news. Reporter these are the images that observers call our proof. Infants still in diapers, are more than a dozen people being treated. Their skin and close are heavy with the odor of chlorine. A Syrian Regime warplane dropped bombs caring the guests on a village carrying the gas on
Him of being involved in attacks against Israeli Citizens how mass that was branded the u. S. Decision of violation of International Law the full story from residential the United States formally declared the Palestinian Group hamas a terrorist organization in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven twenty one years later washington says hamas is whole vertical chief. Is himself a specially designated global terrorist because thanks to his leadership hamas has killed seventeen americans the designation is that any assets honey a house in the u. S. Are now frozen he cant travel there and u. S. Persons cannot give him any Financial Support one official says honey a is a clear threat to u. S. National security and he has been a member of hamas since the one nine hundred eighty s. And he rose through the ranks in large part but continually championing terrorism against israel. And his calls for a renewed into fatah just last month underscore how important todays designation is we will not b
Absolute turmoil the resignation of the partys leader triggers uncertainty over a successor shortly ahead of a crucial vote on a new Coalition Deal with the conservatives who can revive this fractured party. Plus the german journalist who spent the last year in a turkish prison turk is holding on terrorism charges but a year on there has been no indictment and no trial well take a look at how his case continues to affect relations between ankara and. Im brian thomas a warm welcome to the show israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is future is very much in doubt this Morning Police say there isnt enough evidence for him to be charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust israels attorney general must now examine the police recommendation and decide whether to file charges in a live t. V. Address netanyahu denied any wrongdoing. A little bit in my years as Prime Minister i have been subject to at least fifteen inquiries and investigations with the aim of toppling me from power to mo
Party sure would like this woman to be elected secretary general is this undergrad to cram current browers tickets to the channel ships. Thank you very much for your Company Everyone will have more on those stories in just a moment but first human rights monitors say the Syrian Government has stepped up its bombardment of a rebel held area close to the syrian capital damascus killing scores of people the syrian observatory for human rights says the Government Air raids over Eastern Ghouta have killed seventy one people over the past twenty four hours and injured three hundred twenty five eastern guta has been under siege by Regime Forces for more than four years the United Nations has warned of a humanitarian crisis in the area which is home to four hundred thousand people. Well elsewhere in the syrian conflict syrian state media say pro Regime Forces are going to help kurdish militias expel turkish troops from the border region of freeing turkey invaded last month they could arrive th