And nigerias president Muhammadu Buhari meets Angela Merkel. Is a domestic fight shadowing his visit to berlin . Im brent goff, it is good to have you with us. Russian and syrias fighter jets are bombarding the city. A promise from syrian president that there will be no let up until the rebels give up. Mounting casualties have prompted an International Outcry with western countries accusing syria and russia of war crimes for destroying hospitals and clinics. More than 400 people have been killed in the city including 70 children in just the past two weeks. Syrias president says his government will press on words with the military offensive. Assad insisted that taking control of the siege city was the key to winning the civil war. You have to keep cleaning this area and pushing the terrorist back to where they come from or to kill them, there is no other option. Brent that was the syrian president speaking with his troops on the assault on aleppo. Lets take the story to washington dc. G
Quits. It wants to leave the International Criminal court that prosecutes war criminals. The icc ordered south africa to arrest the wanted president of sudan last year and pretoria has resented it ever since. Anchor thanks very much for your company. Dead in the water. The ceta trade deal between the e. U. And canada seems to have sunk without a trace, as the Canadian International trade minister walks out of talks in brussels. All this after frantic efforts to persuade the belgian region of wallonia to reverse its opposition to the deal. , but it refused so the planned ratification by, e. U. Member states next week now looks unlikely. The e. U. s trade commissioner is perhaps whistling in the dark, saying she still hopes to find a solution. Reporter it was day two of the summit in brussels, where big european decisions are usually made among leaders of e. U. Member states. But this time is different, and it is as much about discord in the says much about discord in the e. U. When the
And a new german film shows how younger generations are taking a more relaxed approach to dealing with one of the countrys most sensitive issues. Im sarah harmon, thanks for joining us. Russian president ladner putin has denied a request to resume bombing of aleppo. He says he believes another humanitarian cause was needed. The kremlin stresses that the will take all means to support the syrian army. This as they have launched a largescale attack on aleppo held by the government. This footage is showing rebels heading into aleppo. It is surrounded by the government which is supported by russia. The aim is to open up the east to deliver food and aid to civilians. And weapons to federal fellow rebels. The rebels include militants from socalled Islamic State according to the Syrian Government. Its biggest backer russia hosted a meeting on friday and vowed to intensify its fight against these terrorist groups. We have stressed for the continuation and intensification against the terrorists
And in Rio De Janeiro, celebrity 100 years of samba, the music that started in the slums and has stormed the worlds dance floors. Host good to have you with us. We begin with rapidly begin rapidly rising tension between turkey and the European Union. The European Parliament passed a nonbinding motion, calling on the eu to suspend membership talks with turkey because of the massive crackdown on opposition forces. Today, erdogan that, opening openly threatening to read open the floodgates for migrants in europe. Reporter the turkish president was clearly enraged, his words sounded like a threat. When 50,000 migrants reached the border town, you will wailed. What will we do if turkey opens the border gate . If this goes any further, the border gates will be opened, you should know that. Reporter his reaction came one day after the European Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority to freeze membership talks with turkey. The european Lawmakers Said the extent of the crackdown following
Of authoritarian rule. And nico rosberg shocks the world of formula one days after winning the drivers championship, announces his retirement from the sport. We will find out why. My name is christopher, good to have you with us. All eyes are on sunday with two important votes taking place, one in italy, the other in austria. We start with austria first. Voters are electing the new president on sunday in a rerun of a vote originally held last may. Last may, the dependent candidate independent candidate for him, but it was overturned in court. And now the two candidates emphasize their proand antie. U. Stances. The race is too close to call. The presidency in austria is largely ceremonial, but the popularity shows how many austrians in beit embrace antiimmigrant rhetoric because of effective campaigning. Reporter hofstadter is an oldschool politician. Right now he is feeling very optimistic. we are getting a lot of support from the people. Everyone is saying, i hope he wins. That is wha