And i dont see we can let it seems to go on and if need be induced or it was the way. A monstrous campaign of annihilation that is how the United Nations human rights chief has described the Syrian Government airstrikes pounding the rebel held damascus suburb of eastern hundreds have been reported dead and nearly four hundred thousand civilians are thought to be trapped in the area amid a siege over the past five years the International Committee of the red cross has requested access because it says local doctors and nurses have been overwhelmed the government say that they are only bombing rebel fighters but they have used similar siege tactics to drive rebels out of major towns including syrias second city of aleppo and civilians are often those who suffer most plus back in two thousand and thirteen the government allegedly attacked the toe with chemical weapons our coverage begins with this report and a warning that you might find the following image images disturbing. Its risky. For a war thats been raging for nearly seven years the image is a new less shocking and no less harrowing. This boys parents fate is unknown and whats will become of him. In towns already reduced to shelves any hospital Still Standing is completely overwhelmed. Since sunday the Syrian Governments reportedly aided by Russian Forces has stepped up its bombardment of this rebel on clay feet with little regard for those who inhabit it. And. I. Am still the fighter jets keep coming if what happened in homs in aleppo is anything to go by they were installed until theres no one left those who survived this being starved in their own homes. Hes now on the situation is getting worse and people are forced to stay on their grounds to avoid the shelling on able to go on to the streets or whatevers left of them to collect or buy food. World leaders condemning the Syrian Government but that comes as little consolation to the people of eastern pizza where actions have far more facts than just words on a little on the on the on the on the one on one and for more on the situation there lets bring in now says he is the u. N. Humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis and we thank you so much for joining us this evening from kuwait. Thank you thank you for the house weve just seen images of horrific conditions there and wed like you to describe to us according to the information that you have what is happening to civilians there the situation for civilians is really beyond imagination this humanitarian situation is by really completely out of control. The protection of civilians has become extremely difficult basically theres been multiple its hard. Battle bombs that all minutes apart in different locations of the ease with going clave where four hundred thousand people are living and whose life in the last few days has become impossible is what has been besieged just two thousand and thirty and we have not been able to take any convoy since the twenty eighth of november with the exception of one small i mean several. Theres no electricity there is no water markets everything is going to a complete halt weve had no multiple hospitals that have been attacked bombed where you know how facilities this is you know can constitute a war crime where houses that is. Inside hundreds of deaths its an area that has become hell on earth is really very very difficult for the people who live inside and we know that many other organizations including Amnesty International have also raised the specter of war crimes in this specific incident and we also know that this area has been under government siege for a year is and has suffered an alleged chemical attack back in twenty thirteen the assad regime really seeming to be relentless hair what do you think will happen to these people. Well we hope that we once you know let will scenario lisa let us in our its a place again because i think this is really i mean also for all of us that for the protection of the civilians the military option is the one that has the most devastating impact on peoples lives and. You know even these children who go through this plane an aerial bombardment twenty unique about this is the fact that it is one its one of those four deescalation areas or so called the escalation saves all of that was established in the stomach and if anything really we have become an escalation an area where we have seen a significant increase of facilities from our side as United Nations were asking these for cease fires for minutes or imposed politically thirty days which would allow us to bring in food and medical supplies also the. Cases of medical evacuations use the water is ten miles down the road from down central damascus so the moment we have hundreds of medical cases that need to be taken to a hospital and they cannot because if you like a good meeting permission to go over the hospital is just a ten miles drive is really so so close to it. And of course to be able to be alleviated were ready with return convoys to be able to take them in when we need the permission to do so and i talk of the Security Council. And us im so sorry for interrupting you there and we just have have a couple of moments left on but you know you mentioned there that youre not only involved on the humanitarian side and also lead to fanatic side and so id like to ask you you started to talk about the Security Council there in new york do you think that the world will ever say enough is enough and really take resolute action to bring this campaign to an end do you see any hope on the horizon. This is the question of people not asking ourselves we have had no seven year seven years of the relentless war in syria with hundreds of thousands of displaced millions of people the light hearted people are our displays so far that hasnt been this one moment you say that was it really points to bring everybody together into with useful solution there is accuser go susan listen in draft we hope it will pass this week to bring this is far is still being discussed but this is a moment where were leaders of the world really need to be picking up the phone and putting every pressure they concentrated change panels mum says un humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis joining us this evening from kuwait with the very latest on these reports from eastern go to a couple hundred reported dead there we thank you so much for joining us this evening. The United NationsRefugee Agency is warning that a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions is about to hit the democratic republic of congo violence erupted late last year and the southEastern Province of tanganyika it is estimated that in this area alone more than a fifth of the population that is six hundred and thirty thousand people have been displaced. Forced to flee their homes forced to seek refuge in camps like this each with a story to tell of the file ends that is destroying lives. They beheaded people they cut open their stomachs removed their guts and leave them to die thats how theyre killing people. John keys a can be is one of the six hundred thirty thousand congolese displaced intend any cup province in the past year he says militias burnt his village to the ground while among women oh i had to take all my clothes off and jump into the river but i didnt have a choice i was fleeing from my life only the injured were left behind routine and. The violence witnessed by so many is taking its toll were not asking ourselves we have had no seven year seven years of the relentless war in syria with hundreds of thousands of their displays millions of people the light hearted people are our. Salt far there hasnt been this one moment you say that was a turning point to bring everybody together into a useful solution there is accuse ago there was a loosening draft we hoped it would last this week to bring us this fire is still being discussed but this is a moment where were leaders of the world really need to be thinking of the form of putting every pressure that doesnt really change. Panels mom says a u. N. Humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis is joining us this evening from kuwait with the very latest on these reports from eastern go to a couple hundred reported dead there we thank you so much for joining us this evening. The United NationsRefugee Agency is warning that a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions is about to hit the democratic republic of congo violence erupted late last year in the south Eastern Province of tanganyika it is estimated that in this area alone more than a fifth of the population that is six hundred and thirty thousand people have been displaced. Forced to flee their homes forced to seek refuge in camps like this each with a story to tell of the violence that is destroying lives. Here they beheaded people they cut open their stomachs removed their guts and leave them to die thats how theyre killing people. John keys it can be is one of the six hundred thirty thousand congolese displaced in ten guinea cup province in the past year he says militias burnt his village to the ground while among women though i had to take all my clothes off and jump into the river but i didnt have a choice i was fleeing for my life only the injured were left behind. The violence witnessed by so many is taking its toll with ongoing conflicts between rival militias the un Refugee Agency is warning the democratic republic of congo is in crisis the humanitarian disaster extraordinary proportions is about to hit the south eastern part of the democratic republic of the congress the province of tanganyika plunges further into violence triggering spiralling displacement and human rights abuses with so many congolese now on the move the g r c has earned the an enviable title of having the highest number of internally displaced people in africa and with no end to the violence in sight its hard to imagine what lies ahead for them. And the conflict has been described as one of the worlds bloodiest yet it seems to go completely unnoticed yvonne with the United Nations office for coordination of humanitarian affairs in kinshasa and we asked him for his view on the situation right now. Well it is a pretty dire situation all across much of the east india or the. Lump on many of these provinces are today hosting a problem the people of the place. Right now and there are about four point four Million People who are displaced in the earth and were only talking about eastern the earth the make it the african country with the most people children and woman. Them from the heart and all of this is type to go on per climate of insecurity and bali and they have been thinking the whole four years have been higher you were in the family in the n. P. O. On the ground the whether it you know or even whether its been going to go farther than all the other provinces oh doing well we can with the means that we have last year with a pretty rough year for werent able to get. Much money in one or two. Percent of our needs. So yeah were able to do what we can we what we what we have but clearly the need to be more to be done for for the people in need. And that was yvonne to do most speaking with us earlier from kinshasa he is with the United Nations office for coordination of humanitarian affairs and the democratic republic of congo. A german court is set to hand down a landmark ruling on thursday which could lead to a ban on diesel cars in german setting as the case has been brought by an Environmental Group which says that the city of student art has not done enough to limit the harm caused by emissions well did obvious Christopher Spring reports from the city ironically chairman a car making capital. For. Its the busiest time of day at this family run bakery and. 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 as of interest. If a ban on diesel powered vehicles covers the whole city then we have a problem in principle that wed have to shut down. Cant deliver our products by public transport so wed have nowhere to go. Under this. Design of blames the sheer volume of traffic in german cities and some of the countries its in a city absorbs over four hundred thousand commuters every day this busy stretch of road in central called the nec a troll 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 next crossing measured an average of seventy three micrograms with nitrogen dioxide a cubic meter 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 diesel back here 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 pretty. Reducing the cost of public transport. And the cities also hosting this pioneering project using a wall of moss to suck cum 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 firmly against driving bans but in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal tightlipped at the moment. Is of course the headquarters of one of germanys iconic Car ManufacturersMercedes Benz we would have liked to get the views of the company on the air pollution that its vehicles are partly responsible for but our interview request was turned down. And for more lets bring in a very own gentle delong who has also been following this story just like my colleague there Christopher Spring gave who you saw there and stood guard and to now just walk us through what will happen if they do end up voting in favor of this ban well as we saw there there will be far reaching consequences all across the board so Small BusinessesCar Manufacturers dealerships but i actually think the first to be affected are those who already own diesel vehicles and there are over fifteen million of them on the road so theyll be immediately hit by dropping resale prices and obviously the industry will also feel the pain but how much pain they actually feel will depend on how much momentum these bands gather and whether other european cities follow suit but what theyre most worried about is that they can that this could pave the way for a bad an all out ban on fossil fuel driven cars by twenty thirty which is also an idea thats been floating around and that already will have a price tag on it theyll be like forty eight billion dollars in terms of costs in the industry as well as the untold impact on Something Like eight hundred thousand auto sector jobs and heres what people think about it we actually they now have a thirty percent market share thats compared to forty five percent last year but really the car industry only has itself to blame in this case there were so many missed opportunities they could have offered to retrofit retrofit the cars give them Hardware Solutions instead of the token Software Solutions that have been cheaper and that really didnt fool anyone so the public has noticed that the effect of this mess and they havent done very much to clean it up and you know when we look along those lines on the fact that they havent done a whole lot to clean it up i mean this is also if we do have this role and this is probably also a chance for the car industry when it comes to profits isnt it because i mean if people cant drive the old diesels then perhaps they will be forced to buy new cars right i mean that doesnt seem fair either well you know its a chance for the car industry to move away from a business that will become unprofitable in the long run. Especially as Environmental Standards become increasingly stringent but thats not so much because people will start buying new cars to stay in the game what carmakers actually have to do are to focus on future trends of broader Mobility Solutions car sharing will become even bigger in the future cities will need more mass transit options as populations continue to grow and in the brave new world of self driving cars that they can theoretically go off on their own and keep picking up passengers like taxis for example so the face of transport is changing and the car makers are going to have to keep up and also adjust their ideas of vehicle ownership and how that will look like in the future you mentioned so many options there with regard to you know the future of future of smart city is a conversation that is certainly happening now on how car ownership could also change in the future i just want to talk a little bit more about electric powered vehicles though i mean because the german car industry generally speaking has it been too slow there well if you asked the person on the street to name an electric car model there unlike the come up with a german name but the Diesel Scandal hit now and major automotive markets like china did a big push into electro billett economy that made them so much money men do many of them are still actually doing so now thats also because consumer interest in electric cars in germany has been slow to pick up many still find them expensive many find the infrastructure in germany