this is g w news live from berlin and the u.n. both unanimously to approve a ceasefire in syria's eastern ghouta off the russia finally giving its backing after having blocked the resolution for days the vote came as warplanes pounded the rebel held areas near damascus world powers are still to agree to the terms of the deal also coming up. a growing number of u.s. companies bound to pressure from anti gun activists and cut ties with the national rifle association we take a look at the social media movement driving the change of attitude towards the gun

lobby after last week's deadly school shooting. and we are live at the sixtieth really an international film festival we'll tell you scoops this year's top prizes . plus we'll take a look at all of saturdays when there's legal action there were fireworks on and off the pitch as local rivals braman and hamburg went head to head with both teams aiming to pick up the recall two crucial points rather in the battle to beat the drop of. a maverick or boston welcome to the program the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria russia agreed to back the deal at the last minute on the condition that there be no specification of when the truce would

start the ceasefire is aimed at allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in eastern guta more than five hundred people have been killed in the rebel held area near damascus and the past week alone. the bombs have been raining down on eastern ghouta for an entire week. as smoke and ash filled the sky over this rebel held district near damascus those on the ground continue to pull victims from the rubble they've been under siege here for years but casualties are now spiking sharply. the survivors are being treated in a makeshift hospital near damascus activists say this is the work of indiscriminate cluster and phosphorous bombs fired by the syrian regime children to bear witness to the carnage. in another missile landed but it was a small one thank god it was bigger the whole neighborhood would have been wiped out. amid the bombing world powers have hesitated for days on how to find

common ground to stop the bloodshed. on saturday the un security council voted unanimously to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day cease fire to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians in eastern guta the body overcame initial resistance from russia to adopt the resolution today russia has belatedly decided to join the international consensus and accept the need to call for a ceasefire but only after trying every possible way to avoid it their reason why we discussed at least so long why the process was. so so extensive and exhaustive we will say was that we wanted to make sure that that is million dollars or so before because by decrees of the security council you can look you could not stall

a ceasefire ceasefire is the squalid borders. based thinking process of the girls who want to make sure that it is reflected that with russia a staunch ally of syrian. isn't assad has been providing military aid to the syrian government but while many will no doubt welcome the news of a potential cease fire the syrians continue to suffer activists say minutes after the deal was struck government warplanes bombed eastern ghouta yet again. for more on that let's bring in journalist benedetta argentina arie who is following the security council's decision for us but at last minute negotiations and the resolution was finally passed there was resistance from via holding russia as we mentioned but they didn't use that veto in the end why has moscow voted with the others this time around i think at this time around us you're resisting for years there are any resolution in syria they decided to go along with the international

community most probably because they couldn't resist anymore to pressure a human rights issue and the issue is why don't the main things about it and at last that three days they try to rewrite. your solution and water down the language used bad if you compare it to versions they're not so different so exemplary or really what russia i mean resistance was you mentioned that between the two version there wasn't much difference what was different though. the reality is that they don't really want to again what are down the language used it to describe a humanitarian that she to ation there and also date wanted to take out to be immediate in fact at the resolution you can read it said a start is a ceasefire we doubt delays that ease a major change for any risk mission at the u.n.

because it means that you we don't really know when the cease fire is going to be in effect ok so it doesn't take immediate effect we don't know when it's going to take effect how does this help the people in eastern go to. well certainly it gives more hope than they had yesterday that somebody is going to help out and so many believe. and try to make them you know create or around there and places that have been bombed it is really a. new wind its security council was produced restore. the names of the syrian regime continued on being and in fact the observatory for syrian they say they denounce total told or debate james in five hundred twenty one trending more and then this morning. benedict. thank you very much. thank

you to afghanistan now where a series of attacks has left more than twenty people dead officials say most of the victims were soldiers the assaults come amid a recent surge in violence by both the so-called islamic state and the taliban. insurgents strike ever deeper in the heart of kabul a suicide bomber has launched an attack during morning rush hour in the diplomatic zone of the afghan capital this law mixtape group has claimed responsibility it's believed they were targeting enough gun spy agency news of the nato headquarters and u.s. embassy. as a suicide attack happened reports indicate two people were killed and seven of those wounded casualties include civilians and military personnel. the death toll is expected to rise. earlier at least eighteen soldiers were killed when taliban insurgents stormed an army base in the western province of fara and two car bombs detonated in the southern helmand province killing at least three soldiers and

wounding dozens more. these attacks are just the latest in a wave of violence to rock the fragile state in recent months hundreds have been killed. german media reports say chancellor angela merkel has chosen a controversial young conservative spawn as the country's new health minister spahn had positioned himself as one of merkel's biggest critics and is considered a potential successor to the chancellor by choosing to award him a ministry merkel appears to be appeasing conservatives within her party who have been calling for a move to the right in the wake of last week's deadly school shooting in florida a growing number of american businesses are distancing themselves from the pro-gun lobby group the national rifle association several companies have announced they will no longer offer discounts to n.r.a. members this amid increasing pressure from a newly strengthened anti gun movement

a social media movement is driving change in the u.s. the hashtag boycotts and already calls on businesses to end their relationships but the gun lobby and firms are listening rental car companies including hats and i say that ending that discount programs with n.r.a. members. u.s. airline delta has also ceased to center a discounts. and the first national bank one of the largest private banks in the u.s. has said it will stop making n.r.a. branded credit cards the reaction from customers is mixed it shows just how deep the divide here is. for these firms cutting ties to the n.r.a. is largely a symbolic decision. driven by youth led protests following last week's deadly school shooting in florida state governor rick scott was also moved to call for

tighter gun laws i want to make it virtually impossible for anyone who has mental issues to use a gun we will require all individuals purchasing firearms to be twenty one or older those pushing for change say that's not enough this tweet is from cameron caskey who's organizing the large munch on washington next month he writes i messed with the wrong school. and down at the borough and her national film festival the waiting is over and the bears have been announced w.'s ladies in red down at the red carpet maya schrader and charlotte charleston pell are standing by with all the latest ok guys let's start with the top prize who won the golden bear. hi abbey we dressed as the red carpet. because i. think the goal is that while drum roll thanks remaining a film called touch and touch mean touch we know it is

a very unusual film i would have. by the females or actor. congeal in scuse me who is a first time director is was her first ever feature film and she won the golden bear for it she was also one of the only four women in the competition section of the ballet now they know this film so well the jury present had something interesting to say about their decision on the yeah he did he said the jury themselves are pretty split on whether to to award this film that the golden bat he said there that he wanted a film that shows are not what film can do but it's what it can do in the future and when you look at this the when it's that sort of make sense of the comment because it's very experimental it's very unusual sort of mix facts and fiction you never really know whether what you're seeing is real sometimes you see the cameras in the shot sometimes you see the director self so it's not unusual pick i'd say for the balance mixes documentary and drama the thing about this film is that we

really have to do is it starts with a close up of the male to the calea and then it goes from there it's a film about human sexuality and intimacy and it's very explicit sometimes there are some rather pornographic scenes those all a lot of pink parts all over the screen all the time but yeah very experimental film and we can see after hearing the jury president's comment you can see why they went in that direction. ok you can see how they won that direction what about female lead best female lead was that a surprise not quite that was this is the best female lead was on a broom for the film she started last headed out of us which is a very contained emotionally reserved film but ultimately very very affecting i thought she was fantastic yeah and it really did a really good job in the school and she's the one that we've been talking about six we saw with me that was one of the ones to show it was an unforgettable performance it's a very very complex picture of what it is to be a woman and a gay woman as well and power and why i think that she really is it

a wedding would that it's brides now these awards can do a lot for a younger person's career what about the male lead yes that's right the male lead is a younger person is anthony because he is a newcomer here at the bet i know that and in films like this is why he plays a drug addict who goes to france to try and get clean and through religion and friendship bre kind of rediscover himself and cleans up that he was starting to do you have to say that there's one scene in particular that's really striking way he's recovering from from the heroin addiction as it would duro see and it's unforgettable that's the french film the prayer and he really her a young person really threw himself into this very difficult roles are a well earned award. ok i have a feeling that the next name is not going to come as a surprise to many people what about best director. now i have not heard from.

les anderson and her aisle of a dogs the film that opened the belly naalehu was really an innovative film a lot of fun to watch good for the whole family i should say and yeah the very best interest in the terms of its style its coloring but that stop motion animation that the dogs were all really stunning to look at and of course a stellar voice cast behind it all because of this film is absolutely unbelievable bill murray was here to pick up the award for ways and this and i got a huge presence and i was super excited that i had that this was going to be a thing of the festival and thrilled that they've got the prize that my schrader and charlotte charleston belle thanks guys. the bundesliga show of pablo fully lass' coming up with all of the goals from the weekend so far could braman or hamburg gain some ground in the battle to beat the drop find out in just a few minutes and watching the news thanks for joining us i'm having now back to

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