news live from berlin as world powers because hundreds die in syria's consistent guta a un security council ceasefire boat is delayed again until later today this as deadly syrian government is trying to pound the rebel held area near damascus also coming up. u.s. president donald trump announces a high seas crack down on shipping companies linked to north korea billing these sanctions as the heaviest ever will get the latest from seoul. and judging is now underway at the berlin film festival we'll take a look at the films in the running for the golden and silver bear award. edith q money welcome to the program we begin in syria where the government is escalating attacks on the opposition held suburbs of damascus known as eastern ghouta for the sixth day running intense shelling has killed almost five hundred people including many children now the u.n. security council has been unable to agree on a cease fire resolution in syria and has delayed a vote until later today the temporary ceasefire would allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach trapped civilians but serious key ally russia is

security council and a cease fire is delayed again this as the syrian regime continues to pound the rebel held area near damascus big strike hundreds have been killed and thousands injured also coming up. u.s. president donald trump announces the high seas crackdown on shipping companies linked to north korea sanctions as the heaviest ever will go live to seoul. and desperate parents demand to know where all go to we'll take you to the town of duck in northeastern nigeria in shock after dozens of schoolgirls go missing feared abducted by militants. plus the berlin film festival will award its top prizes at the gala ceremony later today the judging is now underway and will take a look at the films in the running for the gold and silver awards the. money welcome to the program let's begin in syria where the government is escalating attacks on the opposition held suburbs of damascus known as east and for the sixth day running intense shelling has killed almost five hundred people including many children. al the u.n. security council has been unable to agree on a cease fire resolution in syri

as the security council cease fire goes it is delayed again and meanwhile syrian government's own russian airstrikes unleashing devastation on the rebel held areas near damascus. and presidents donald trump's locks new sanctions on north korea and if they don't work he says the u.s. will be move on to phase two which could be close very unfortunate for the world. welcome to the program well we begin in syria where the government is escalating attacks on the opposition house of damascus known as eastern ghouta for the seventh day running and tense shelling has now killed five hundred civilians including many children the u.n. security council has been on able to agree on a cease fire resolution in syria and has delayed a vote until later today that syria's key ally russia is blocking the resolution it says it wants guarantees rebel fighters in eastern will host the fight saying we'll speak to the syria director of the save the children charity in just a moment first this or force. these crackling brought to the say they are proof that the syrian government is firing indiscriminate cluster

council is obliged to do everything it can to implement and to see implemented all security council resolutions and of course includes russia i've just seen the announcement you refer to and what i would say to that is that is not compliance that is not implementation of the resolution passed on saturday. but it does show that it can be implemented honestly russia can implement it if it chooses to if it's able to do a five boat is able to do a twenty four hour pause so it's up to russia whether it wants to implement fully the resolution that it signed up to and voted for where it wants to place the nickel games and or table is a fellow on the program on arab politics at the washington institute he says that russia is doing the bare minimum. russia showing it has influence it's good to have this kind of pause and humanitarian corridors in theory but it's not going to stop the outside regimes assault on these besieged areas it's not going to meet the thirty day cease fire. which was demanded by the un security council instead of going to give us something way short of that and with it

security council to take measures to bring me and mark. government to book we are the voice of the oppressed range. a call for accountability and hope that the call of these peace laureates will be heard beyond this community devastated by violence cuts and llopis of leon how does their benjamin's walk he is an independent southeast asia analyst he says unsung suchi can no longer be held in the same esteem as her fellow laureates it's not only a genocide but it's not ongoing genocide and it's one over which she is presiding sadly however the fact of the matter is that three nobel peace prize winning women is no longer seemingly on song suit she's preferred peer group but rather she seems more inclined to be included with the likes of china as being war or cambodia since then or perhaps most appropriately present it's here it's a the philippines who like her was democratically elected and has sense presided over a use case actively perpetrated grave international crimes crimes against humanity sadly three nobel peace prize winning women are

security council resolution demanding a cease fire in syria. a north korean general attending the closing of the winter olympics in south korea has suggested his country is willing to hold talks with the united states at the ceremony he sat just meters from us president donald trump's daughter ivanka but washington says sanctions against north korea will continue. and the chinese president xi jinping could be able to stay in power indefinitely under plans by the communist party to abolish term limits the ruling party wants to change the constitution to remove the current restrictions under which leaders can only serve for two terms. the un security council is due to vote on monday on a resolution that would condemn iran for providing weapons to rebels in yemen the country has been engulfed by a civil war since twenty fifteen with saudi backed government forces fighting to see rebels allied with tehran many have reportedly been killed in recent days in saudi led strikes on the port of her died imtiaz tire has the story. one of the saudi led air

special envoy to yemen has been briefing the security council on the crisis in the country for the last time before he leaves the job is my old shake ahmed criticized international players involved in the conflict saying that politics haven't helped the situation on the ground that dramatic editor james bass has more. he said that there was a destructive pattern a zero sum politics which has not been broken which has led to poverty and destruction he also revealed for the first time that peace talks that he led in switzerland and then in kuwait in twenty sixteen nearly resulted in a deal. well now or you know your today i would like to announce for the first time that we did reach agreement on a peace proposal developed in consultation with the parties but they refused to sign at the last minute at the end of the consultations it became clear that the who these were not prepared to make concessions on proposed security agreements or even get into details about a comprehensive security plan this has been a major stumbling block towards reaching a negotiated solution well this all follows

the united nations security council. people are saying, if we cannot get a ceasefire in eastern ghouta to stop the blood shed there, just to deliver humanitarian aid and medical convoys , we humanitarian aid and medical convoys, we may as well give up and go home. it is so frustrating. this is not only a place where diplomats come to negotiate, it is a place where un aid staff work. at the moment, they are planning humanitarian convoys, medical evacuations, but what they are waiting for is the green light from the united nations, which in this instance, means the russians clamouring that resolution through, and they are just not getting it. you can imagine the frustration. i saw the swedish ambassador last night at the one end of what has been a two—week negotiation progress to the macro process and he looked like a broken man. he had been dealing with the russians, try to get them to agree, and a lot of the things were very semantic. it was just granular details, it was not the substance of the resolution, so there is

security council is gearing up to vote on a temporary ceasefire for syria will russia greenlight a resolution that stops bombs raining down on eastern ghouta the u.n. wants to allow humanitarian aid in for thousands of people trapped there without food and water or fuel unders have been killed since airstrikes started on sunday also coming up bitcoin rises back above the ten thousand dollar mark for the second time this week that says but banks and states jump on the block chain bandwagon the technology behind the controversial cryptocurrency and. look for me of a new documentary on the world's biggest pop star ed sheeran and he's in love with the shape of you statement. thank you very much for your company everyone where we get our broadcast with syria in the damascus suburb of isa in ghouta where residents have been living a nightmare as government forces have the least waves of airstrikes hundreds of people have been killed since sunday clued in many children the u.n. security council is due to vote momentarily on a temporary ceasefire that would allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach

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 eig

mean wind that security council was produced reserve. the names of the syrian regime continued on being and in fact the observatory for syrian they say they've been out to kill told or debate james in five hundred twenty one trending morant and 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. group has claimed responsibility it's believed they were targeting enough gun spy agency news of the nato headquarters and u.s. embassy. 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 wer

security council to spurned until saturday as members wrangle over wording. meanwhile the people of eastern plead for help after yet another day of airstrikes and casualties. blogs when you're watching are just there like my headquarters here in doha also coming up at the u.s. confirms the embassy will move from tel aviv to jerusalem by may earlier than expected also a former election aide to donald trump agrees to help the inquiry into alleged russian meddling in u.s. politics while another faces yet more charges plus. russia marks one hundred years of the red army find out how the military has been rebuilt to become one of the strongest in the world. welcome to the program the syrian military bombardment of eastern looks set to continue after a u.n. vote on a humanitarian ceasefire was postponed until saturday more than four hundred forty civilians have died in six days of attacks on the rebel held enclave in a few moments we'll hear from our diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. but first a somber binge of its report on the situation in east and. there'

security council is gathering to vote on whether to call for a cease fire. major areas president is the point extra soldiers to search for more than one hundred girls kidnapped by boko haram in the town of ramadan hari has called the incident a natural national disaster and thousands of supporters of the anti immigrant party have held a rally in the italian city of milan in the run up to next weekend's elections. relatives of victims from friday's bombings in somalia are accusing government leaders of failing to protect their people the twin explosions in the capital mogadishu killed at least thirty eight people the group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility victoria gate and he has more. families connect the dead hours after the latest bomb and gun attacks in the capital it's four months since the largest ever truck bomb attack in mogadishu killed hundreds of somalis the lack of protection continues to cause and. the government failed to protect its people they should step down if they can't protect us from the slaughter of the constant explosions. one of

security council agreed to a cease fire throughout. since then there has been no letup in the war the intensity of the airstrikes and the shelling appears to have dropped when compared to the relentless bombing campaign during the first week of the assault but civilians continue to die those who are able to find underground shelter avoid going outside more than five hundred people have already been killed children and women among them. the any god give me patience to face this tragedy my children are scattered here and there my son lost three kids such awful memories. i lost my house six days ago i have nothing at all i have been here for six days there's no food and water living in tokyo. chlorine gas has also reportedly been used activists and medics a victim suffered breathing problems i know not only today we have more than thirty dead dozens of launching of chemical weapons they bombard us with chlorine sarin and other gases from iran and we don't know what they are. in common they don't care about un council decisions they still

council powerless does it just not highlight the importance of the security council i think you are very right with the fact that these the use of chemical weapons continues time and again in syria is a challenge to the very authority of the security council the security council continues to talk but on this issue is unable to act the continuing sporadic chemical attacks underlining its weakness and undermining the international consensus against the use of some of the world's most hideous weapons james pays out jazeera of the united nations now asian markets are down in early trading after stocks in new york suffered big losses on monday the dow jones crashed but through the twenty five thousand mark meaning that it wiped off all the gains that it had made over the past month rather than children reports now from washington. if investors weren't spooked by the u.s. stock market selloff on friday they're almost certainly wishing they'd put in for a three day weekend the dow jones industrial average fell four point six percent on monday and it's down eight point five percent since it

and the united nations security council now although fewer children were killed and wounded compared with the previous quarter attacks according to this report are becoming more lethal when they do happen they are killing more children why. it's hard to say i think that we're seeing that all parties to this conflict have complete disregard for the impact of the conflict on civilians and the numbers might be increasing or decreasing but we can never be absolutely sure what those numbers are because some of these areas are so hard to reach in any case any attack that impacts the syrian forces them to leave their homes is clearly in violation of the rules of war and something we call on parties to stop immediately another significant part of this report is increased reporting it says of the use and recruitment of children. to fight by not only the who things in on the ground you know rebel group but also by the the armed forces i mean surely measures could be taken to prevent what is an internationally or forces allied with an internationally recognized government from engaging in that

security council agreed to a cease fire throughout. since then there has been no letup in the war the intensity of the airstrikes and the shelling appears to have dropped when compared to the relentless bombing campaign during the first week of the assault but civilians continue to die those who are able to find underground shelter avoid going outside more than five hundred people have already been killed children and women among them. because they have survived the any god give me patience to face this tragedy my children are scattered here and there my son lost three kids such awful memories imo i am blind i lost my house six days ago i have nothing at all i have been here for six days there's no food and water the living in tal. chlorine gas has also reportedly been used activists and medics a victim suffered breathing. today we have more than thirty dozens of launching of chemical weapons. we don't know what they. don't care about un council decisions. chemical weapons against us pro-government forces have been accused of using che

meanwhile that security council was voting produced risk. that the syrian regime continued to bomb being and in fact the observatory for syria and they say they've been out there total told or debate james in five hundred twenty one and 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. group has claimed responsibility it's believed they were targeting enough gun spy agency needs of the nature headquarters and u.s. embassy. 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. early at least eighteen

security council is due to start in a few minutes as mentioned the member states are set to consider a resolution on a cease fire in the region along with amendments that russia has put forward the first day of talks all moscow in damascus slammed by other security council members . it's dramatic targeting of civilians in sheer disregard for human life but acts against health care and hospitals that constitute workrooms the regime wants to keep bombing and gassing these four hundred thousand people and the assad regime is counting on russia to make sure the security council is unable to stop their suffering. was when i was three there is a mass of psychoses in the mainstream media which is spread in the same room as day after day it doesn't help to understand the situation that saw they put forward the idea that their only hospitals in eastern gator which the syrian army are fighting against next khaled maupin takes a look at what we can expect from this second round of imminent talk tonight. well at this point russia is putting forward amendments to the proposed resolution that woul

security council resolution passed on saturday it demanded a thirty day cease fire chill. aid to be delivered and for the critically ill to be evacuated its go she joins us live from beirut we hearing about shelling what happened. well yes the russian center for reconciliation and the syrian official news agency blaming rebels for targeting a route that they specified for humanitarian like a humanitarian corridor door for civilians to leave the government controlled territory but what we understand is we haven't got any independent confirmation about this shelling so of course the pro-government alliance is going to blame the rebels for not allowing civilians to leave but we have been talking to civilians in eastern booth as well as activists many people are too afraid to leave because where can they go they're going to go to government controlled territory and most of them have been telling us is that we don't have any security guarantees that once we arrive there we will not be arrested or we will not be killed because in one way or another we are all wanted by the gover

council has its hands tied no action at all the security council actually debating the document that governs the u.n. says work the main document to scald the u.n. charter it's the constitution of the united nations and it gives the security council the power but the ultimate power to deal with peace and security in the world but clearly that document was come up with some seventy years ago in the last seven years in syria they have failed quite miserably on that effort and certainly the latest developments in syria were the first thing that was mentioned by the secretary general antonio terrace i am deeply saddened by the terrible suffering of the civilian population. eastern ghouta four and a thousand people that believe. in hell on earth my appeal to all those involved is for any immediate suspension of all war d.v.d.'s in eastern guta to try and make that happen a number of nations have been working hard to security council members sweden and kuwait kuwait's the current president of the security council been drafting a new resolution they want to put towards the un security counc

security council to back the process listen learn people close over. time we call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid twentieth team based on international law and the relevant un resolutions with broader international participation and including the two concerned parties and any settlement or most must be the cessation of settlement activities in the territory occupied since one nine hundred sixty seven including east jerusalem and suspension of the decision regarding jerusalem as well as holding the transfer of the us embassy to jerusalem. oxfam's top executives have told the u.k. parliament they're investigating twenty six new cases of sexual misconduct by that aide workers revelations that staff at the charity paid women in haiti for sex have caused widespread outrage executive director told members of parliament she was ashamed of and. zimbabwe's former opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has been buried in his hometown of behavior politicians from the ruling zanu p.f. party attended the service of longside thousands of o

a vote on a ceasefire in syria the un security council postponed until saturday wrangle over word. meanwhile the people of eastern cooter plead for help are to get another day of airstrikes and casualties. lots of the robin you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up a former election aide to donald trump agrees to help the inquiry into alleged russian meddling in u.s. politics while another faces yet more charges. also the u.s. confirms the said bussy will move from tel aviv to jerusalem by day passed earlier than expected. and russia boxes that team really off the red army find out how the military has been rebuilt to become one of the strongest in the world. welcome to the program of the syrian military is bombardment of eastern ghouta looks set to continue after a u.n. vote on a humanitarian ceasefire was postponed until saturday more than four hundred forty civilians have died in six days of attacks. clave in a few moments we'll hear from our diplomatic editor james basically but first of its reports on the situation in eastern guta. there's no.

needed to take and the security council could take to get that aid in the security council at that stage couldn't even agree on a statement because russia oppose the draft statement that was proposed by the two humanitarian leads on this the two countries that take the lead on this which is kuwait and the netherlands it's left the security council in a bit of despair i have to say just listen to the words of the french ambassador. in here yeah we are now back to the darkest period of this conflict with the highest death toll among civilians over the last year. and as we speak the situation is deteriorating by the day in the lead and can go down in particular. the syrian regime keeps bombing and the featuring its own population. ied labs is a new port in the making. well what many countries around the security council table and the u.n. want lauren is a ceasefire are in fact the u.n. has said it would like a cease fire for more than a month to get the humanitarian access through they'll be discussing this behind closed doors but we expect russia to be opposed we would like to see a cease

security council as many people have been killed in the first week of february. johnson has given his right to bret's its speech saying a departure from the e.u. is a cause for hope not fear the deep divisions between leave and remain voters and urged all to unite in an outward looking confident britain. says the result cannot be reversed and the u.k. should not be bound by e.u. rules after brics it. more people voted for breaks it than ever voted for anything in the history of this country and i just say in all candor if there would be a second vote i really think it would be another year of. tom all and wrangling and feuding in which the whole country would be the loser so let's not go that let's instead unite about what we all believe in an outward looking liberal global future for a confident united kingdom. well mystery a u.k. correspondent john b. phillips joins me live in the studio so funny was the purpose of this speech i think we have to take the purpose at face value boris johnson says he wants to reunite the country and he acknowledged in the speech t

security council sold meeting in in in new york this summer because there was a meeting and netanyahu had a meeting with mr trump and the next day he produced that extraordinary diatribe against north korea and against iran and labeled iran is the source of all evil i imagine that somehow that netanyahu promised him an israeli support for action like this and then what happened saudi arabia tried to contrive the circumstances for an attack on hezbollah by forcing saad hariri the prime minister of lebanon to unwillingly ritter and the security and the army of israel the dog didn't bark in the night they didn't go over a lot of neighborly michael or is going on here a lot of them and it's a very toxic mix when it all comes together you talked about. trump and his generals he seems. just kind of abrogated his responsibility to this and that's the impression i have because we can we see rex tillerson the secretary of state he's overruled even publicly quite often when it comes from north korea to syria maybe even towards iran here i mean it seems like very much a military foreign policy b

i'm trying to facilitate and meaningful outcome of this security council so i can only protect what we're trying to do and that is to have a resolution adopted yesterday and now we have not achieved i find that extremely frustrating given what we are faced with on the ground at the end of the day the russian ambassador was chatting with his syrian colleague bash i'll jaffrey it's still unclear whether any vote will actually take place and whether a vote will pass what is certain is that the syrian government bombardment for now will continue. well as james said lack of action at the u.n. means more suffering for the people inside syria more than four hundred forty civilians have died in just six days in singles or learn a summer binge of aid reports. there's a lot of every day us they call out for those left on another floor but in the dense dust and debris it's hard to see who's left the upper floor is on fire. trucks with. the doctor tells ali to open his eyes so he can wash medical workers in eastern guta are calling for urgent assistance because of the continuous heavy bombardme

members of the security council a few hours ago. as you can see the whole. member of the we are here just to show that we are all united and we want the draft resolution to be adopted today two thirty we're still working on. the language on some of the but i grasp what we are almost there and we would like you know as a been holder as a president of the council to thank actually the eternal for their support to our efforts and hopefully we are so close to adopt this is illusion today. and just picking up on that point if that resolution is voted on and adopted as we had there how is it going to be possible in the midst of this escalation in fighting in syria particularly in and around eastern ghouta is it going to be possible to enforce any kind of ceasefire in these circumstances. while this diplomacy is proving extremely difficult but the next stage will be much more difficult as has been proven over the last seven years in syria getting any sort of cease fire in place it's all about eastern ghouta in terms of the timing of this r

security council even further when former advisor to iran's nuclear negotiating to . abuses the u.k.'s proposal was not constructive in resolving yemen's problems. this was a very dubiously resume lucian put forth by do you. really got into this blame game. situation the. catastrophically to asia in yemen cause for. a rational political process in light of the selection of a new special envoy by the un on yemen next month so. i think that russia was very sensible and rational. it was trying to decide a resolution and russia drafted on extending the reach the sanction regime and on yemen saw i really think that the u.n. . got it. wrong wrong with the situations that are being it. tensions are rising across italy as the country prepares to vote in next weekend's general election police have been deployed in cities throughout the country to handle rallies which are the defend or condemn center right parties security forces expect further protests during the elections and off towards the vote isn't expected to produce a clear winner artie's hamish assess the assesses the

diplomats have expressed extreme frustration as the un security council delayed a vote on a resolution which demands a thirty day ceasefire across syria that voices mounting to happen on saturday a big sticking point is timing russia says an immediate cease fire is on realistic and western diplomats are accusing the russians of stalling well the draft resolution calls for a thirty day truce which would allow a deliveries and medical and medical evacuations of people who are critically ill and wounded or diplomats minds are particularly focused on the rebel on claim of eastern guth near damascus which is being pounded by syrian and russian forces more than four hundred forty civilians have died there and just six days but we will get to the diplomatic wrangling shortly but first let's go to our correspondent osama bin job and he's live for us in ghazi antec near the turkish syrian border what's the latest osama you're hearing about the situation in eastern gotta. look at the of the misery and suffering in we've been hearing from people on the ground activists telling us that hasn't stop

those countries are not the most significant players on the security council. the most significant players are not there, the british, the americans, the french, the russians, significantly the you 80s. they had a chairman at the you 80s. they had a chairman at the moment. they have been drafting this resolution with the swedes. —— those from kuwait. there are inside rooms, perhaps carrying on a last—minute negotiations. negotiations carried on into the evening last night. they couldn't reach consensus, they broke up. without agreement from the russians. that is the key thing we are looking for today, will the russians allow the ceasefire resolution to go through all will they be total as they have done 11 times to protect they have done 11 times to protect the assad regime over the years? this was supposed to come to window minutes ago. we were supposed to have three votes yesterday, other than the stones. it looks like that could be happening right now, although sometimes in these situations those doors just open up, diplomats come flowing through, they

syria's use of chemical weapons and yet they continue under the chemical weapons convention and the security council resolution two one one eight the assad regime's obligations are clear it must immediately stop using of chemical weapons it must address the gaps in consistencies in its chemical weapons convention declaration and it must destroy all of its remaining chemical weapons under the supervision of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons these are worthy goals these are urgent goals and yet we've spent much of last year and this council watching one country protect the assad regime's use of chemical weapons by refusing to hold them responsible so what do the american people see what do people of all countries see they see a council that can't agree to take action even after the investigative mechanism created by this council found that the assad regime used chemical weapons. now we have reports that the assad regime has used chlorine gas against its people multiple times in recent weeks including just yesterday there is obvious evidence from dozens of victims so we p

security council unanimously approved a resolution for a thirty days cease fire across syria to provide humanitarian access to areas most affected by the conflict also ahead this hour. police clash with left wing students and political rallies are held across italy ahead of next weekend's general election. begging me don't do it don't do it don't do it and we did the right thing washington sets the date for the relocation of its embassy in israel to jerusalem a move that palestinian state could destroy any hope of peace. a very warm welcome to r.t. international i'm only we start with our breaking news this hour the u.n. security council unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria with delay killam up and joins us live from new york with the latest just cut through some about language for us if you will what exactly does this mean. well it's been a long awaited meeting much negotiations taking place almost down to the last minute but at the moment we do have a resolution that was unanimously passed by the body that leaves the united nations n

on the fringes of the security council, the tensest of negotiations. but always a sense of urgency from the backers of this resolution and always the unresolved question would russia allow it to pass? i would call upon those who are in favour of the draft resolution to raise their hand. when it came to a vote, the russian ambassador held his arm aloft — not to wield a veto, but to finally agree. yet, western diplomats still attacked moscow for delaying its passage for days. as they dragged out the negotiation, the bombs from assad's fighter jets continued to fall. in the three days it took us to adopt this resolution, how many mothers lost their kids to the bombing and the shelling? while we've been arguing over commas, assad's planes have been killing more civilians in their homes and in their hospitals, imposing unbearable suffering. the russian ambassador was pessimistic about the chances of the ceasefire, saying there weren't concrete guarantees from warring parties to abide by. this resolution brings the hope, at least, that aid convoys will soo

security council's decision to demand. the winter olympic games have wrapped up in south korea after seventeen days of sporting action and political breakthroughs at the closing ceremony in pyung china north korean general sat just meters from u.s. president donald trump's daughter ivanka the general kimmitt young choi told south korea that his country is willing to open talks with the u.s. about its nuclear program. christian leaders in east jerusalem avoided the closure of the church of the holy separate current were christians believe that jesus was crucified and buried they say it's in protest that new israeli tax and land policies which they're calling another president attack on christians in the holy land. security forces in the democratic republic of congo have shot dead an anti-government protesters in the capital kinshasa two other protesters were injured churchgoers had planned to take part in marches against the president joseph kabila following sunday services but security forces surrounded the churches and bl

council and certainly a vote that other members of the security council tried to call on friday it is a complicated situation in syria all efforts ceasefires and says have been very patchy very patchy record over the last seven years and clearly the situation in syria is just got more and more complicated worth reminding you it is not just supposed to be a cease fire in eastern guta that's the reason that they have been pushing forward this resolution now but actually the resolution talks about the whole of syria so you have to ask about the opposition fighters on the ground you have to ask about the syrian government what are they going to do they certainly say some of their action is aimed at i saw at what is still designated in the u.n. role though it's changed its name russia still taking military action in syria as in is the u.s. and the added complication in the north of course the new new element is the turkish offensive there are free will the turkish military operation stop none of this is clear at this stage. right so james what in terms of seeing that this true this is enfo

security council has been unable to agree on a cease fire resolution in syria and has delayed a vote until later today but serious key ally russia is blocking the resolution it says it wants guarantees rebel fighters in eastern gears i will host the fighting will speak to the syria director of the save the children charity in just a moment but first this report. these are just the latest victims of the world's inaction. dragged from the rubble of devastated eastern ghouta after six straight days of bombing. survivors are being treated in a makeshift hospital in the rebel held residential area outside damascus activists say this is the work of indiscriminate cluster bombs dropped by the syrian regime but while some receive treatment others grieve well a lot of more but. he would go. i told his grandmother he would go. he didn't want to continue living in terror. i wish it had been me who was killed instead of my son yeah i wish it had been me who was killed so i wouldn't have to grieve for you my son. some have lost hope others cling to it the work of first responders here made ever h

as another ceasefire approaches the late the security council is meeting again at this hour to try to find some way to halt the syrian government and the russian airstrikes on the rebel held areas near damascus also coming up a. desperate parents demand to know where are our daughters we'll take you to the town of stop she in northeastern nigeria again shock after dozens of schoolgirls go missing feared abductors find militants. and it's awards day at the berlin film packs of gold we'll take a look at the movies in the running for the golden answer programmers. imam's on a welcome to the program well we begin in syria where the government is escalating attacks on. the opposition held suburbs of damascus intense shelling for seven days has killed five hundred civilians including many children the u.n. security council is meeting this hour to try to agree a cease fire resolution after several failed attempts serious key ally russia has so far blocks the resolution it says it wants guarantees rappel fighters in eastern guta will hold the fighting will speak to the syria director of the s

security council agreed to demand a cease fire a pro-government video show syrian forces move into words the area on the outskirts of damascus it's been on the heavy bombardment by the government and its allies including russia that these five hundred people were killed there just in the past week well let's get a better idea of the area we're talking about used and with it encompasses the eastern suburbs of damascus rebel could reach the center of the city so a victory there is a big government priority to rebel groups hostile to each other control different sections of the enclave along with several smaller groups or government forces have tried to enter by using the homes to damascus highway and also at. let's go straight now to our correspondent osama bin job and he's live for us in the turkish city of god the on top near the border with syria and what's the latest you're hearing the sama about the ground offensive. attacks have continued both from the air and on the ground multiple fronts are activated as the government has finally been launched its ground offensive to try and take

on the fringes of the security council, the tensest of negotiations. but always a sense of urgency from the backers of this resolution and always the unresolved question, would russia allow it to pass? i would call upon those who are in favour of the draft resolution to raise their hand. when it came to a vote, the russian ambassador held his arm aloft not to wield a veto, but to finally agree. yet western diplomats still attacked moscow for delaying its passage for days. as they dragged out the negotiation, the bombs from assad's fighter jets continued to fall. in the three days it took us to adopt this resolution, how many mothers lost their kids to the bombing and the shelling? while we have been arguing over commas, assad's planes have been killing more civilians in their homes and in their hospitals. imposing unbearable suffering. the russian ambassador was pessimistic about the chances of the ceasefire, saying there weren't concrete guarantees from warring parties to abide by. this resolution brings the hope, at least, that aid convoys will soon

council and to the colleagues on the council and also to welcome everyone in this chamber. of horrors for honoring the memory of the permanent representative to the u.n. vitale churkin who left us here in exactly one year ago you would love them all thank you for that we would like to also express our condolences in the wake of the passing of our friend and colleague could labor would be a permanent representative of my who passed. yesterday mr president we were happy to see and read in the chamber the president of the palestinian state mahmoud abbas and we think the participation of the palestinian leader in their meeting today is very important for us to understand the current situation of the middle east we would like to thank mr mudge enough but also for the informative. presentation on the middle east settlement the long suffering region of the middle east is torn by bitter conflicts in syria and yemen and libya and each of them in itself is a very severe one but it would be a mistake to think that the palestinian issue is something that is now in the background. it wo

security council. so long as the veto is used by them to block any unity of action when it is needed the most when it could reduce the extreme suffering of innocent people then it is the permanent members who must answer before the victims reforms to the system already being backed by two out of the five permanent members by france and the united kingdom the high commissioner said it is time for the love of mercy for russia china and the united states to join them and stop the punishes use of the veto as the world celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights the high commissioner said it was the worst offenders disregard and contempt for human rights which will be the eventual undoing of us all david chase to al-jazeera geneva. saudi arabia says three of its soldiers have died in fighting with who see rebels on its border with yemen a saudi led as strike has also killed seven yemeni soldiers in a friendly fire incident on that base this is a yemeni government minis

of salon dot one he addressed the security council so no agreement no consensus a tall on this issue which i think only underlines on this occasion the importance of the u.n. security council and undermines the international consensus on chemical weapons because there's been a conventional chemical weapons for some years many have seen it as one of the most important developments of recent years and yet this convention to outlaw all countries to outlaw the most hideous weapons or some of the most hideous weapons ever in invented is being undermined by their sporadic use in syria many thanks joe space that being at the latest on that security council meeting. international aid agencies are warning that hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians are at risk of being forced to return to their homes despite ongoing violence and joint report by six leading agency says neighboring countries as well as european and u.s. governments are putting pressure on refugees to go back they know how to has more from london lebanon's bekaa valley. is the sheriff says some of his family members were kil

security council this week it was clear abbas had moved on he told him the era of the u.s. as an honest broker is over and that it's time to try something new and the art of grammar i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and nineteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders one house standing in a politician says the embassy is an affront to his community. and this presents a very serious provocation to the palestinian side besides the fact that moving the embassy to jerusalem is by its participation in violation of national a u.s. based analyst called the move in date very bad foreign policy rather than just giving jerusalem away to the israelis what he could have done is said we will acknowledge jerusalem as the capital of israel if you dismantle all the illegal settlements and so what he stand now it seems given away very big valuable check and essentially gotten nothing in return the ambassa

security council how important is it that they now take action it's really about time the security council takes action so far we have seen a failure of debate humanitarian diplomacy if savior of the security council to come together to a situation which has gone really beyond what is morally acceptable so we hope a great series action with the security council resolution that will bring the ceasefire and this decision proceed it is immediately well thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us from amman and thank you u.s. regional humanitarian coordinator for syria panos month this and your all in all the developments turkey's president is saying that his soldiers a force fighters loyal to the syrian government to retreat from the kurdish controlled area of affray in a convoy of syrian fighters way flags and brandished weapons earlier as they enter the city of afrin to help the kurdish y.p. cheney took a shot at every fire for the militia to turn back turkey launched an operation last month to clara frayne of the y. peachey which it considers a terrorist group the white b.g. has

on the fringes of the security council, the tensest of negotiations. but always a sense of urgency from the backers of this resolution and always the unresolved question — would russia allow it to pass? i would call upon those who are in favour of the draft resolution to raise their hand. when it came to a vote, the russian ambassador held his arm aloft — not to wield a veto but to finally agree. yet western diplomats still attacked moscow for delaying its passage for days. as they dragged out the negotiation, the bombs from assad's fighter jets continued to fall. in the three days it took us to adopt this resolution, how many mothers lost their kids to the bombing and the shelling? while we've been arguing over commas, assad's planes have been killing more civilians in their homes and in their hospitals. imposing unbearable suffering. the russian ambassador was pessimistic about the chances of the ceasefire, saying there weren't concrete guarantees from warring parties to abide by. this resolution brings the hope, at least, that aid convoys will s

as the un security council meets to vote on a ceasefire plan.

hours into the un security council has thirty day cease fire declaration forms kept dropping on eastern. medics to build a dozen of them that's an e.g.d. from more than one hundred years strikes. and artillery bombardment all of which was supposed to and continues in the rebel held area home to four hundred thousand syrians what experiences from the b.b.s. and. don't give us high expectation it's the fish and. what's. he says will start as soon as possible one of the possible we don't know we don't we don't know what will. and then here this is a big number of population it won't be a solution three bring them one or two homeboys and one be the solution and we evacuated one thousand or two thousand of them to be sorted out of little as feared government forces try to enter eastern huta from three sides attempting to seize as much land as possible before the cease fire is implemented reinforcements from the syrian army's fourth and tenth brigades have been circling east include the for days special forces and troops from the elite tiger battalion are also on the front lines i. bulldozers

security council to call for a thirty day ceasefire across the country. for example rob and this is there a line from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes. our movies stars our politicians there are all more protected than our children at school all the head of the largest gun lobby in the u.s. breaks his silence about the deadly florida school shooting. also pressure mounts on donald trump's former aides paul manifolds gates as they face dozens more charges of bank and tax fraud. and australia's deputy prime minister barnaby joyce steps down after weeks of pressure over an extramarital affair. welcome to al-jazeera good to have your company it's been under siege by syrian government forces for five years but the last five days have been the worst so far for civilians in the rebel held klav of eastern ghouta near the capital damascus relentless bombardment killed dozens more on thursday bringing the number of dead to more than four hundred more than a thousand people have been injured the military has dropped leaflets over th

to rush blogs efforts by the un security council to call for a thirty day ceasefire across the country. one of them recall this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. mixed messages from the nigerian government about missing schoolgirls after monday's attack. on the divided island of cyprus where gas revenue is proving to be a further wedge between greek and turkish cypriots. and the new campaign that's underway to make antarctic waters the largest protected area. it's been under siege by syrian government forces for five years but the last five days have been the worst so far for civilians in the rebel held enclave near the capital damascus relentless bombing bombardment killed dozens more on thursday bringing the number of dead to more than four hundred more than a thousand people have been injured and the military has dropped leaflets over the area residents to leave and calling on opposition fighters to hand themselves. meanwhile the un security council is struggling to pass a resolution on a ceasefire which would allow aid into the area facing. position from russia which cla