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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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

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'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. 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

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

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

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 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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

security council to back the process. one of syria's last rebel held areas has been on the heavy bombardment by government and russian forces hundred people have died since sunday. and in the north of syria president says his soldiers forced the syrian government to leave the kurdish controlled area soon after they arrived. to capture the area within days from the. let's get more now on our top story the palestinian president's new plan for peace with israel as. the director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the joins us live from the cattery capital so what did you make of this idea of an international peace conference by mid twenty eight team given the situation with jerusalem and the kind of what looks like in the peace process. well i think it's a reasonable idea it's the only idea someone like a bason is very difficult position is very desperate situation can can offer he's trying to internationalize the situation beyond the american intervention of course i've said all the palestinians have been

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. two supreme court judges and an opposition leader have been arrested in the movies as the political crisis there deepens the arrests came hours after president yemeni declared a fifteen day state of emergency last week the supreme court had ordered the release of nine leading opposition figures show that bellis has the latest. opposition politicians film outside mollies criminal court waiting to hear the fate of the colleagues il ham and abdul listen and they were arrested and charged with bribery upon arriving in the country on sunday a judge

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

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 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 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

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 of the united nations that dr ahmed turned out to be as president of the syrian american medical society and his organization has counted almost two hundred chemical weapons attacks since the war began in twenty eleven dr to that he says most victims can no longer access medical treatment. there has been many attacks on medical facilities over the last few weeks we know that the medical system at this time and live and suburban hama is completely paralyzed with those attacks be destroying the ability of the first responders and medics to respond to these at the x. now those

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

the headlines at 11: the un security council struggles to agree on a ceasefire, as bombardment continues of civilians trapped in syria. dozens are reported to have been killed today — over 400 this week — with medical supplies running out. here, a review finds notjust girls, but also vulnerable women are being sexually abused by grooming gangs in the north—east of england. eu leaders meet without theresa may, and warn the uk can't cherry pick its terms and to think otherwise is pure illusion. donald trump repeats his call to the party faithful that teachers should carry a gun in schools. the beauty is it's concealed. nobody would ever see it unless they needed it, and a teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. (applause) and on newsnight, something strange is happening in london and some of the world's other big cities. people are using public transport less. no—one seems to know why. is it uber? is it cycling? or an early sign that the endless growth of big cities is reaching its limit? hello. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a vote on a un

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

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

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

well this all follows in the last twenty four hours some drama in the security council over yemen the renewal of the sanctions program for yemen keeping those sanctions in place which resulted in a veto by russia in one draft resolution that came that the u.k. and the u.s. came up with which actually specifically had a criticism of iran in it so they ended up voting on another russian draft that didn't include that and some of that criticism of iran has come up again in the security council meeting the u.k. and u.s. quoting a panel of experts report saying that iran has been interfering in yemen helping the who these with their missile program it's worth telling you that there are other parts of that panel of experts report that they've not been mentioning those are the parts that say that the saudi led coalition has been causing a great deal of civilian casualties with its wide square scale bombing in yemen and one member of that coalition the u.s. a has been involved in southern yemen yemen backing separatist forces and has also been running torture camps in the country right now di

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 unanimously adopts a resolution to extend sanctions on yemen with russia blocking an earlier draft that condemned iran. as it only gets ready for the weekend's general election protesters across the country turned violent still stop a center right coalition coming to pass plus. russia these are greeted by families friends on founds back home after the winter olympics closes in south korea. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. russia says it's setting up humanitarian corridors in the syrian enclave of eastern gooses who allow civilians to leave the war ravaged district. like i did just outside the capital damascus and has been occupied by various rebel on terror groups for years violence has recently escalated there with both sides exchanging fire and accusing each other of targeting civilians moscow now says it will help establish a humanitarian corridor and launch daily five hour pauses to provide aid to people in territories occupied by militants the u.n. had also said it will use the opportunity to h

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

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