council possibly devote in the near future about another potential security council problem. that is just looming we we are here because of the suffering in syria sitting at the weekend but in in just a few hours time that the security council is back in business on a monday morning and yemen will be on the agenda and there is a resolution on sanctions in yemen that expires on monday looks like they won't be able to reach agreement on matter at the moment and that's because this time it's the u.s. that does not share the view of many of the other council members ates trying to push into that resolution along with its u.k. allies the language on iran and iran's missiles russia is having none of that so again we could see wrangling in the coming hours on a different issue in the middle east the lady in red you can see in the center there is the director of the security council a u.n. official who tries to sort things out for the other members sort of secretary out service for them so the swedish ambassador and ambassador haley of the u.s. there you can see other ambassadors gat

council working along with the president of the security council who is the kuwaiti. we understand they now have having gone back and forth on the first main paragraph of the resolution that's been the sticking point about the timing of a cease fire some of the use that language i'm told me going back and forth on different words diplomats have been saying they've been sort of going through the dictionary almost looking for different words to change words modify words soften words or strengthen the words that has been the speech on the opening paragraph the the first substantive paragraph on the resolution we understand they found a form of words you may ask while they now waiting well the way this works is resolutions normally at the u.n. are laid down ready for a vote twenty four hours in advance and the reason for that is the u.n. clearly does not just work in english it is a multilateral international organization all the ambassadors meet their own national tongues and the u.n. has five official languages so the resolution actually has to be translated as well eve

council talked about all of the different security council resolutions about the israeli palestinian situation more than eighty that he said had not been implemented by the security council and yet despite talking about the failings of the international community said it was for the international community to now take over from the united states the u.s. ambassador nikki haley made it clear that her administration had not finished its peace efforts she said that the u.s. arm was outstretched to president abbas and he had a choice whether to engage in the u.s. efforts now it's interesting that ambassador hailey was there in the u.n. security council chamber and she didn't come alone behind her as she spoke it was the president's son in law jared cushion who is the u.s. a negotiator on this issue and jason green blatt who assists him in that role they were both there in the security council chamber and the u.s. making the point that we are still prepared to lead this process but of course the palestinians do not believe there are an honest broker excellent stuff from james bays our dip

council president abbas is this moment walking into the security council chamber the president of the palestinian authority you'll see him in just a moment walking inside the chamber which means this meeting will students. darke brought to water we expect as ever by the president of the security council that's a monthly rotation interesting this meeting with president abbas is happening this month because it is the arab member of the security council who is the president this month and that is kuwait the kuwaiti ambassador will bring this meeting to order and then the first person will hear after that will be the secretary general of the united nations antonio good terrorists we're told short introductory remarks only from him and then a more detailed substantial presentation of the current situation on the ground from mr terraces man in jerusalem whose nicholai mladin offer form a bulgarian foreign minister whose job it is to represent the united nations in one of the most difficult ongoing diplomatic problems the world the world has to deal with ok james stay there for now and take

of the security council in the rooms outside that which are part of the closed security council area there are negotiations underway with many of the ambassadors the in there but negotiations beyond new york taking place in national capitals about this and i thank you very much our diplomatic editor james ways with all the latest on that upcoming u.n. security council cease fire resolution for syria that for now has been delayed. officials in northeast nigeria have apologized for telling the parents of dozens of missing schoolgirls that their daughters had been rescued after being seized by boko haram the force announcement sparked outrage among the families the girls were taken from their school in the town of baystate on monday there is an mit address was the first international journalist on the ground and sent this report from. disappointment in. i was up to parents were told that daughters have been rescued the state government apologized saying the information was not true. for the relatives of more than one thousand students the wait has just begun. some say it's all over agai

security council agreed to a cease fire throughout. since then there has been no letup in the war the intensity of. strikes 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 outside more than five hundred people have already been killed children and women among them. god give me patience to face this tragedy my children are scattered here and there my son lost three kids. i lost my house six days ago. i have been here for. there's no. chlorine gas has also reportedly been used activists medics a victim suffered breathing problems and. 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. and use chemical weapons against us pro-government forces have been accused of using chemical weapons in the past especially when they want to clear an area to allow their forces to advance the syrian government. securit

security council and when they have. when they see what's happening the ball whether it be syria and the russians or america and israel what they see is like a core interest their foreign policy they're willing to step in and use that veto and that effectively stops the u.n. council from acting james are reporting from new york thank you. all right now to some of the other stories making news around the world an armed officer who had been assigned to protect the american school hit by last week's mass shooting in florida has resigned local police say the mount a cuppa zisha outside the school during the attack but failed to confront the shooter the officer is now under investigation are you an investigation into the conflict in south sudan says there is enough evidence to prosecute at least forty senior government and rebel officers for crimes against humanity and war crimes the u.n. report gives horrific witness accounts of gang rapes castration and ethnic violence incest children are not being spared. human rights watc

security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria now russia agreed to back the deal at the very last minute on condition that there be no specific ation of when the truce could start the cease fire 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 in the past week. 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

they want the green light from the security council. the russians aren't allowing that remit to be turned on. thank you very much for that update. thank you very much for that update. the international committee of the red cross says more than twenty of its staff have been dismissed in the last three years for sexual misconduct. the disclosure is the result of an internal review of the swiss—based organisation which has more than 17,000 staff worldwide. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, has been following developments. it says that since 2000, 1521 staff members were either dismissed or resigned for paying for sexual services. this is banned, even in countries where prostitution is legal. a further two members of staff did not have their contracts renewed. the head of the icrc said he was deeply saddened to report these incidents. he said he was concerned that cases should have been reported but were not, or that cases were not properly handled. the icrc is the latest humanitarian organisation to reveal cases of misconduc

back to the united nations security council and here is a representative from. organization you can be pursued. this is clear we because it has failed to implement the principles of the charter and international law since its inception. and the palestinian question is a case in point you need. action when you when there is also another failure by the united nations in iraq libya yes it was love you grenada for those who were forgotten grenada nicaragua you know africa and the list goes on like you i don't often don't and a half of my life and one of them are from one of them but i hope we can preserve the united nations as an organization since it has lost the charitable part of its mandate. i wouldn't wish it in the pot. i would like to make the following points. i wouldn't do a good. one you know the syrian government is committed fully to the principles of international law international humanitarian law as well as syrian laws and the syrian constitution which all stipulate the responsibility for and with the syrian government to ensure the safety and securit

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 they 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 punishers 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 chaytor al-jazeera geneva french president manuel mccall has told his turkish counterpart that the u.n. call for a cease fire across syria must also apply to the a friendly jim turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish y p g there last month and considers

the security council so long to take action. because the council is split basically the. five permanent members of the u.n. security council each have a veto and so if you want to bring something to a vote and you want that to pass like this syria eastern ghouta cease fire resolution then you need everyone on board and so far it seems russia has expressed serious misgivings about this resolution as a result of which there have been delays as they redraft it look at different ways that you can word it a few sticking points around humanitarian access and the sticking points about which particular rebel groups get named in the document as a result of which you need to then be sent back to the various capitals once they've got a firm draw so that washington can take a look at it so can moscow paris and london and everyone else. but as it stands those men to be coming back the information is coming back in and as it stands we should be looking a vote within about twenty five minutes time within about twenty five minutes time but we k

security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria now russia agreed to back the deal at the last minute as long as no starting date for the truce was set 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 in the past week. the bombs have been raining down on eastern good for an entire week. a smoking 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 fi

security council that calls for a thirty day cease fire so the people of eastern want a permanent and lasting cease fire because what they believe the choice that they're being given now is either to die or to leave and to be displaced because if they choose to stay and because we have to remember that the russians also announced a humanitarian corridor which people the civilians will be allowed to leave so if they don't leave then they become legitimate targets but these people have a very big problem and that is a lot of them are wanted by the government simply for any opposition activities so they're scared they say that they have no guarantees that once they cross into government controlled territory we have to remember that these besieged by government forces if they cross into government controlled territory they could be arrested or they could be killed so they have no guarantees if they do that so the choice is to die or be displaced we're also hearing from the higher negotiating committee nasr who represents the main a syrian opposition body in exile and he's saying. what the

security council resolution that would've condemned iran over the war in yemen. russia has humanitarian corridors to civilians out of the syrian enclave of eastern good but it's not clear whether the rebel and terrorist groups occupying that area will allow anyone to leave. and as italy heads towards this weekend's general election protesters across the country seem happy to unleash violence to stop a center right coalition coming to power and also to come. to games in south korea come to an end with russian athletes greeted back home by families and jubilant. thanks for joining us my name's neil harvey this is r.t. international now on monday russia vetoed a draft u.n. security council resolution that condemned iran over actions in yemen and the resolution accused iran of supplying drones and missiles to the rebels in the war ravaged country instead russia offered to support a competing resolution that extends sanctions on yemen without mentioning iraq that document was adopted unanimously let's go now stateside speak for respondants amir of syria tell us more t

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 know 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 are living in tal. chlorine gas has also reportedly been used activists and medics a victim suffered breathing problems i don't know some of the teachers today we have more than thirty dead dozens of mints and launching of chemical weapons they bombard us with chlorine sarin and other gases from iran and we don't know what they are russian in common

security council's thirty day ceasefire declaration bombs dropping on. injuries from more than one hundred airstrikes. 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 b.b.'s these fires in in syria don't give us high expectation it's the fish and when this fishing what's what they say about the cease fire will start as soon as possible one this possible we don't know we don't we don't know when this will stop and and then here this is a big number of population it wants to be a solution that feeding them one or two convoys and one be the solution and that's we evacuated one thousand or two thousand of them to be seated out of rudolph as feared government forces try to enter eastern huta from three sides attempting to seize as much landis possible before the cease fire is implemented reinforcements from the syrian army's fourth and tenth brigades have been circling east and who different days special forces and troops from the elite tiger battalion are

security council. continues and civilian death toll keeps climbing also on the program. deputy prime minister resign. barnaby joyce includes his affair with. a sexual harassment complaint and. headlines for two weeks. as a. president. but still says. takes. in mexican history. hello i'm terry martin thanks for having us. russia is blocking a u.n. security council resolution that is trying to bring a cease fire to eastern on the edge of the syrian capital damascus russia has put forward a raft of amendments and a boat has been delayed until later today syrian government forces. and the u.n. chief. has called the situation hell on earth human rights monitors say government shelling has killed more than four hundred people since sunday including many children it's one of the bloodiest episodes of syria's seven year conflict. even for those surrounded by day it is a crushing moment. for city is victims there is no dignity in dying. should. and for syria's government there is no relenting every minute bombs are dropped. monitored groups say more than four hundred men women an

security council there's no reason why it should be able to come into effect immediately. the longer this goes on without people getting food and medicine with the bombing going on every day we see more schools hospitals destroyed. the more days that this goes on the more children will die and say it's vital that the u.n. security council having finally passed this fire it's now to make sure that it happens immediately starting from today alan mcdonald in amman thank you for that update. and to some of the other stories making news around the world. china's communist party has proposed removing a two term limit on how long the president can stay in power that would mean presidential pain to remain in office after his second term and in twenty twenty three he's already the most powerful chinese leader and decades as ideology was enshrined in the party's constitution last october. thousands of people in israel have protested government plans to do poor it's african migrants they've been given until april for us to leave the country or face imprisonment most are from sudan an

council powerless does it just not highlight the importance of the security council i think you are very right 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 zero of the united nations another night in bags of chemical and biological weapons specialists and he's also a senior research associate with the center for international and security studies he told me that despite the evidence it's unlikely the syrian government will ever be held to account for the alleged chemical attacks. there is no mechanism for anything to go any good u.n. security council can and has a peculiarity of the use of the nerve agents. authorized special investigative groups under un security council resolutions so they go there live instigate and they make a repor

security council discusses the use of chemical weapons in syria this after chlorine gas attack. on sunday and the political crisis in the maldives worse than this with the president declaring a state of emergency. and a surprise court ruling the vice chairman of samsung electronics has been released from jail he was convicted last year on a number of corruption charges and sentenced to five years in prison and i reports from seoul where south koreans have been watching his case very closely. j. wiley was smiling as he walked out of a sore courtroom out of jail and back to his life as vice chairman of samsung electronics after a year in prison an appeals court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. i think if you can get out. for economic reasons overall i think it was a good decision. lisa as he's used his time in jail to reflect. again i feel very sorry to everyone for not showing my best side and it has been a really precious time for year reflecting on myself. the first thing he did after being released was visit his father in hospital he's been i

security council was due to vote in the past few hours on imposing a thirty day ceasefire in syria but it's all been delayed by continued last minute negotiations a summer binge of a brings us more now on what's happening in eastern guta. there's a larger audience every church 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. the doctor tells r.t. to open his eyes so he can wash it out medical workers in eastern are calling for urgent assistance because of the continuous heavy bombardment. incendiary bombs are now appearing in the night skies weapons intended to start large fires when they hit the ground. people in bodies are pulled out from crevices between buildings the nearly four hundred thousand people in the besieged enclave are dying in their hundreds graphic videos we've chosen not to show you contain body parts scattered in the aftermath of the latest onslaught by the assad government and its allies how to be what's taking place in eastern is a genocide and a crime against humanity in violatio

security council later this month israel's u.n. ambassador says such a move will put an end to any possibility of future peace talks follows tension over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital diplomatic editor james bass as more. with relations between the u.s. and the palestinians already at their lowest point for years the palestinian leader is taking the dramatic step of flying to the united nations this month it means a showdown with the americans and the israelis on the floor of the un security council every month for council meets to discuss the conflict normally ambassadors of israel and of palestine attend but in a deeply unusual move mahmoud abbas will himself be there he's angered by the trumpet ministrations decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut a large chunk of its funding to an ra the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians the last straw was president trumps attack on him last week at davos he said he disrespected vice president mike pence and

council briefing with a simple question two members of the security council who are now in turn speaking in fact the french ambassador is speaking at the moment we'll be waiting for this meeting the most important speaker many memories will be the russian ambassador who be speaking towards the end of the meeting the question he asked all the fifteen ambassadors is when will your resolution be implemented a good question to ask james bays live at the u.n. james thank you. now a leaked u.n. report suggests that north korea has been supplying the syrian government with the means to create chemical weapons and ballistic missiles according to the report pyongyang made more than forty shipments the syria between two thousand and twelve and two thousand and seventeen the syrian government has repeatedly been accused of using chemical weapons in rebel held areas most recently on sunday when civilians and he said what that showed symptoms consistent with exposure the korean gas. afghanistan's president has offered to recognize the taliban as a legitimate political group as part of negotiations ai

this lead me to recall the obligation and duties of this security council. in particular, it is urgent and present to put it into part is his which have been on the rise over the last year, practices of settlement, demolition of homes, and infections taking place in the occupied palestinian territories. all of this is in line with resolution 2334. should be punished who violate human rights and international humanitarian law or terrorist acts and all and any attack on civilians. tangible and irrefutable steps must be taken. for example, information must be forthcoming on the plight of israeli soldiers or detained israeli soldiers. we are of the view that a return of the remains of the fallen to their relatives would be a powerful gesture and one that should be taken. same time, we believe it is essential that the right to legitimate defense be wielded by the israeli authority legally, proportionately come in a properly calibrated manner. the human rights of the palestinian citizens, including minors, cannot be trampled upon. in a similar vein, we also reject

security council there's no reason why it should be able to come into effect immediately. the longer this goes on without people getting food and medicine with the bombing going on every day we see more schools hospitals destroyed. more days that this goes on the more children will say it's going to the u.n. security council having formally passed this far it's not make sure that it happens immediately starting from today alan mcdonald and amman thank you for that update. now says of the other stories making news around the world china's communist party has proposed removing a two term limits on how long the president can stay in power that would mean president paying could remain in office after his second term and then twenty twenty train and he's already the most powerful chinese leader in decades his ideology was enshrined in the party's constitution last october. thousands of people in israel have protesters government plans to de poorest african migrants they've been given until april first to leave the country or face imprisonment most are from sudan and eritrea the

security council that the people inside yet cannot wait and it is. evident i think every day out they call out for deals 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. or some kind of the doctor tells me to open his eyes so he can wash it medically workers in eastern guta are calling for urgent assistance because of the continuous heavy bombardment. incendiary bombs are now appearing in the night skies weapons intended to stop large fires when they hit the ground. people in bodies are pulled out from crevices between buildings the nearly four hundred thousand people in the besieged enclave are dying in their hundreds how to be what's taken place in eastern is a genocide and a crime against humanity in violation of international and humanitarian law and the perpetrators should be held liable accountable and cannot escape punishment under any circumstances russia is to blame for directly being involved in the military campaign and the compartment graphic videos we've chosen not to show you

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 referred 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 hour 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 play cynical games. to write cheap is the president of the syrian american medical society he says five hours is just not practical in the last few months when we had medical evacuations the ambulances cars have taken more than ten hours to cross from the masters to the. good luck so even though it's not more than think of all of the distance so that was a nazi practical because you know that the you know forces that in too many blocks roads that in evacuating or delivering medical is those

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 watch 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 zero of the united nations south africa's ruling a.n.c. party says it will hold an emergency meeting on wednesday which could decide the future of president jacob zuma earlier scuffles broke out between rival factions of the a.n.c. at the party's headquarters in johannesburg seumas under intense pressure to resign after several rounds polls are replaced him as the leader of the party talks of the weekend failed to secure his departure or when peyton is the head of africa research at various maple cross that's a risk consultancy he spoke to us about the likelihood of jacob

security council agreed to demand a cease fire a pro-government video shows syrian forces moving towards the area. on the outskirts of damascus it's been on the heavy bombardment by the government and its allies including russia at least five hundred people have been killed just in the past week let's get a better idea of the area we're talking about encompasses the eastern suburbs of damascus revolution. that can reach the center of damascus a victory there as a big government priority to rebel groups hostile to each other control different sections of the enclave along with several smaller groups government forces have tried to enter by using the homs to damascus highway and also at. now he's joining us live from the turkish city of near the border with syria so what's the latest that you're hearing about the offensive and the resistance to it . what is the most intense fighting that we've seen on the ground in eastern. in the last seven days we've heard reports of clashes on the outskirts of but this is the first time that the syrian government and its troops made a move to words taki

security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria now russia agreed to back the deal at the last minute as long as no stocking date for the truce was set the ceasefire is end that's allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in east and go to more than five hundred people have been killed in the rebel held area near damascus in the past week. the bombs have been running down intensely on a string good out for an entire wake up as smoke and ash fill the sky over this rebel held district need to mask. as those on the ground continued to pull victims from the rubble. they know the sea chief a year is the casualties and now spiking shot plane. survivors of being treated in a makeshift hospital. activists say this is the work of indiscriminate cluster and phosphorous bombs fired by the syrian regime. children to bear witness for the canid. in that another missile landed but it was a small one thank god it was bigger the whole neighborhood would have been wiped out. and amid the bombing house have hesitated for days on how to

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 soon be d

security council is delayed by a day of members wrangle over wording. meanwhile the people who plead for help another day of strikes and casualties also ahead. donald trump says the white house is imposing the largest set of sanctions ever on north korea trying to end its nuclear missile program. and former aide to donald trump agrees to cooperate with the inquiry into a nice russian meddling in u.s. politics. a 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 thanks to few moments we'll be hearing from james bays but first. reports on the situation on the ground in. a lot. to be done 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. the horizon of the doctor tell johnny to open his eyes so he can wash medical workers in eastern huta are calling for urgent assistance because of the continuous

on saturday the un security council voted unanimously to approve a resolution demanding a thirty days 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 with their reason why we discussed it is so low why the process was. so. extensive and they got to move so it was that we wanted to wake sure that it is meaningful as i said before because by decrees of the security council you could look you could not call a ceasefire ceasefire you know these borders. based taking process to go and we want to make sure that that is reflected with russia a staunch ally of syrian. tent assad has been providing military aid to the syrian government but while many will no doubt welcome the news of a potential cease fire syrians continue to suffer activists say minutes after the deal was struck government warplanes bombed eastern ghouta yet again.

security council cease fire boats is delayed again meanwhile the syrian government and russian airstrikes on the ship devastation on the rebel held area near damascus also coming up. president donald trump stocks new sanctions on north korea but he says if things don't work the u.s. will move on to face to which could be quote in very unfortunate for the world. and big aaron killing chang candidates who bought into poland first ever olympic gold medal and the menstrual gorge in fact. i'm out on a welcome to the program we begin in syria where the government is escalating attacks on the opposition held suburbs of damascus known as eastern gusa for the seventh day running intense shelling has now killed five hundred civilians including many children the u.n. security council has been unable to agree on a cease fire resolution in syria and has delays of votes on to later today but syria's key ally russia is blocking the resolution it says it wants guarantees rebel fighters in eastern goods there will halt the fighting will speak to the syria director of the safe that's. in just a moment but

we can prevent conflicts so all the crises currently being considered by the security council invariably are intertwined with human rights violations and attacks on these rights you may range from the violation of individual and collective freedoms to blatant hundred fringe minutes of international humanitarian law and crimes against humanity i congratulate the human rights council for focusing on prevention in the informal dialogues it's held in plea on during twenty seventeen my office stands ready to support the council in strengthening its preventive role so only by respecting and promoting human rights that we can achieve the goal set in agenda twenty thirty to ensure the future of diverse inclusive peaceful and sustainable societies on a healthy planet diversity is a source of wealth for all societies. i personally i'm aware of the importance of human rights i grew up under a dictatorship and has high commissioner for refugees i witnessed the terrible repercussions of human rights violations and i'm only too aware that we still have a long road to travel with the president this is

as the un security council meets to vote on a ceasefire plan. i know i'm in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up government officials apologized to parents told their missing daughters have been rescued we have an exclusive report from northeastern nigeria president trump expected to announce the largest sanctions against north korea targeting shipping and the transport of coal and fuel. the desperate journey in the hope of a better life we look at how the refugee crisis is hitting the big screen at the film festival. we begin at the united nations where the security council will soon vote on a draft resolution demanding a thirty day cease fire in the rebel held eastern ghouta will than four hundred people have been killed in government as strikes there this week now activists say forces loyal to president bashar assad have begun firing rockets to deliberately cause fire as aid workers are struggling to cope al-jazeera arabic correspondent mohammed al jazeera is inside eastern and sent this update. the aerial bombardment on guta has

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

security council resolution demanding a cease fire in syria. the north korean general is set to meet south korea's intelligence chief in the capital seoul he's been in town for the closing ceremony of the winter olympics general kim myong also suggested his country is willing to hold talks with the united states however the white house says dialogue with the north must end with its denuclearization. and the chinese president xi jinping could be able to stay in power indefinitely on the plans by the communist party to abolish term limits for chinese leaders the ruling party wants to change the constitution to remove the current restrictions on which leaders can only serve for two terms. church leaders in occupied east jerusalem or close the holiest site in christianity in response to what they call discrimination by the israeli government managers of the church of the holy sepulcher believed to be the site of the crucifixion and the resurrection of jesus christ are angry at proposed new tax plans are in force it has more. the chance to experienc

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

all members of the security council voted in favour. of course, you know, many people are sceptical. and that's why i started by saying, the most important is the implementation. it is really putting it in action on the ground and making sure what the security council voted, what we all understood that it voted, that it tra nslates understood that it voted, that it translates into action on the ground immediately. because that is really what is needed. 0k, immediately. because that is really what is needed. ok, the un regional humanitarian coordinator for the syrian crisis, thank you very much. thank you. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are martin lipton, who's the deputy sports editor at the sun, and benedicte paviot, who's president of the foreign press association. a man and a woman have been remanded in custody, charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of two young brothers in coventry.

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 as the bombardment of eastern continues and the civilian death toll keeps climbing. and as another victim of last week's florida school shooting is laid to rest president donald trump appears to give. control laws but still says teachers should be armed. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. russia is blocking a u.n. security council resolution that is trying to bring a cease fire to eastern ghouta on the edge of the syrian capital damascus russia has put forward a raft of amendments and boat has been delayed until later today syrian government forces are bombarding eastern and the u.n. chief and twenty oh good terrorist has called the situation hell on earth human rights monitors say government shelling has killed more than four hundred people since sunday including many children it's one of the bloodiest episodes of syria's seven year conflict there the good there the difficult even for those surrounded by day it is a crushing moment. of those. hugs his child one last time. for city is victims there is no dignity in dying. and for syria's government ther

be call on the security couple -- security council to achieve that. we come to you taking into account resolution 67, 19 of november of 2012. which supported our nonobserver membership. excuse me -- our observer membership. and guaranteeing international protection for our people on the lines of 1967. the formation of an international multilateral mechanism that will assist the two parties in negotiations to resolve all the permanent status defined in the oslo accord. according to the oslo accord, jerusalem border, security, settlement, refugees, water, and prisoners, are to be resolved through an agreement by both parties. conduct those negotiations on the basis of the international law and relevant u.n. resolutions and immigrant policemen what is -- implement what is agreed upon at a set time. negotiations are to be defined by a framework, and when its end, the agreements must be implemented. this is the only way to solve this long conflict in the middle east. two. during the period of negotiations, all parties must refrain from unilateral actions,

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 to meet 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 of the united nations meanwhile the syrian government has deployed new anti-aircraft missiles to the front lines in aleppo and did live where it's battling rebel fighters the area seen an escalation in fighting and aerial bombardment in recent weeks with dozens of civilians killed the new weapons follow the downing of a russian fighter jet by rebels on saturday. israel says its security forces have killed a palestinian man who was the prime suspect in the death of a settler last month rabbi. was killed in a drive by shooting in an illegal israeli outpost on january the ninth

right so we've been listening in to that vote nation security council for a thirty day truce in syria it has passed unanimously the aim we have heard is purely humanitarian it's to allow for a cessation of hostilities for medical evacuations and for a deliveries and of course this will be applied across the country not just to eastern goods where we have seen an escalation of military activity in the past week at speak to a diplomatic editor james bays he's been following all of this and james the resolution passed unanimously but nikki haley that really couldn't conceal her frustration of what she described as procrastination from russia the division and polarization on syria still very much there. yes you're right they have passed this resolution finally with some changes to the text and they were negotiating in the last hours at a time when the security council meeting was supposed to be taking place very much the pattern we had on thursday russia didn't abstain russia voted for either way the resolution would have gone through but it's interesting that after all its objections dur

security council struggles to agree on a cease fire plan. no i'm in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up a report from northeast nigeria where the government has apologized to the families of dozens of missing schoolgirls for giving them false information. it's time to make our schools a much harder taller for attackers president rallies the conservative faithful saying a school with no guns is a dangerous place. and the u.s. confirms it will open its new embassy in jerusalem this may for the seventieth anniversary of israel's founding. the death toll continues to climb in syria where government of a rival held enclave near the capital shows no signs of abating rockets have been fired into eastern ghouta first six straight day pushing the death toll to four hundred forty three people in the past week alone meanwhile at the united nations a vote is expected to take place this hour on imposing a thirty day ceasefire in syria after last minute negotiations. reports from gaza on the turkey syria border. there's. evidence here they ca