well in southern syria syrian president bashar al assad has visited army positions in eastern water where his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory assad met with soldiers who were part of the effort to retake the damascus suburb the un is said to be negotiating a possible ceasefire with the main rebel group the file crack. the rebels say they're in discussions about getting aid to civilians and evacuating people with medical cases as i'm a binge of a it has the latest on the situation any single time. this is still happening in the besieged pockets of rebel held eastern. here strikes and shelling have continued on duma one of the largest and most populated parts of the entry from inside duma this footage from a drone shows the shrinking boundary between rebel fighters and advancing forces loyal to president bashar al assad thousands of people have been wounded in more than fifteen hundred killed in the latest on slot for. sure we hold the united nations and the security council directly responsible for their silence around these crimes and for failing to take action t

and syrian president bashar al assad has visited army positions in eastern guta where his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory assad met with soldiers who had been taking part in the effort to retake the damascus suburb the un is said to be negotiating a possible cease fire but they may rebel group that phyla. the rebels say they're in discussions about getting aid to civilians and evacuating people with medical cases asama binge of aid has the latest on the situation in eastern. this is still happening in the besieged pockets of rebel held eastern. he strikes and shelling have continued on duma one of the largest and most populated parts of the entry from inside duma this footage from a drone shows the shrinking boundary between rebel fighters and advancing forces loyal to president bashar al assad thousands of people have been wounded in more than fifteen hundred killed in the latest onslaught from. russia we hold the united nations and the security council directly responsible for their silence around these crimes and for failing to take action to prevent thes

bashir al assad, from even the faintest criticism. and we cannot take these actions because instead of calling out how assad, russia and iran made a mockery of calls for cease fire, too many members of this council wanted to wait. this is a travesty. this is the ugly reality on the ground in syria today. cynical accusations of bad faith from russia will not stop us from speaking out. and their blatantly false narratives will not stop us from telling the world about russia's central role in bombing the

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assad regime with the justification be that al assad was quote killing his own people and more recently it has become i think a push for the united states to have rebel relevancy in the peace talks that will eventually decide what syria is going to look like and of course it will also include regime change and getting rid of al assad so the the the just because you keep shifting and we have nikki haley at the u.n. saying horrific things like we don't care what the rest of the world says but we have a right as americans to do whatever we want in syria i mean that's a ridiculous faves. yes syria reminds me a mixture it's a mixture of vietnam and afghanistan where on one hand you have the u.s. advisers that are on the ground as the early days of vietnam and again a lot of justification about this idea of fighting against a tyrant at that time it was men and then in afghanistan where you're bringing in troops with the free syrian army being comprised of many foreign jihadists who've been brought in like the mujahideen war in the eighty's basically to overthrow sort of a russian friendly reg

assad regime with the justification be that al assad was quote killing his own people and more recently it has become i think a push for the united states to have rebel relevancy in the peace talks that will eventually decide what syria is going to look like and of course it will also include regime change and getting rid of al assad so the the the just because you keep shifting and we have nikki haley at the u.n. saying horrific things like we don't care what the rest of the world says but we have a right as americans to do whatever we want in syria i mean that's a ridiculous faves. yes syria reminds me a mixture it's a mixture of vietnam and afghanistan were on one hand you have the u.s. advisers that are on the ground as early as a vietnam and again a lot of justification about this idea of fighting against a tyrant to that time it was the men and then in afghanistan where you're bringing in troops with the free syrian army being comprised of many foreign jihadists who've been brought in like the mujahideen war in the eighty's basically to overthrow sort of a russian friendly regime

that will bea president bashar al—assad. that will be a major victory because they say rebels have been finding more tours into the capital and dozens have been killed on their side. that said, the vast majority of the deaths have been in eastern ghouta itself. the latest we hear of that syrian government troops have reca ptu red syrian government troops have recaptured a third of that area. and operations are still ongoing. martin, thank you for that. you're watching the bbc news at five. gary oldman has led a night of british success at the oscars, winning the best actor award for his portrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour. there was also a win for the silent child, the film starring six—year—old maisie sly from swindon, who is deaf. after months of revelations about harassment in hollywood, the ceremony was a chance for stars to appeal for inclusion, with the winner of best actress, frances mcdormand, persuading every female nominee to stand with her. james cook was watching. after a year of darkness, a splash

assad regime with the justification be that al assad was quote killing his own people and more recently it has become i think a push for the united states to have rebel relevancy in the peace talks that will eventually decide what syria is going to look like and of course but will also include regime change and getting rid of al assad so the the the just because you keep shifting and we have nikki haley at the u.n. saying horrific things like we don't care what the rest of the world says but we have a right as americans to do whatever we want in syria i mean that's a ridiculous faves. yes syria reminds me a mixture it's a mixture of vietnam and afghanistan where on one hand you have the u.s. advisers that are on the ground as the early days of vietnam and again a lot of justification about this idea of fighting against a tyrant at that time it was the men and then in afghanistan where you're bringing in troops with the free syrian army being comprised of many foreign jihadists who've been brought in like the mujahideen war in the eighty's basically to overthrow sort of a russian friendl

assad regime with the justification be that al assad was quote killing his own people and more recently it has become i think a push for the united states to have rebel relevancy in the peace talks that will eventually decide what syria is going to look like and of course it will also include regime change and getting rid of al assad so the the the just because you keep shifting and we have nikki haley at the u.n. saying horrific things like we don't care what the rest of the world says but we have a right as americans to do whatever we want in syria i mean that's a ridiculous faves. yes syria reminds me a mixture it's a mixture of vietnam and afghanistan where on one hand you have the u.s. advisers that are on the ground as it is a vietnam and again a lot of justification about this idea of fighting against a tyrant to that time it was hold the men and then in afghanistan where you're bringing in troops with the free syrian army being comprised of many foreign jihadists who've been brought in like the mujahideen war in the eighty's basically to overthrow sort of a russian friendly regi

assad in two thousand and eleven u.k. based syrian human rights observatory says at least half a million people have been killed. one of u.k.'s largest companies is moving its headquarters from london to the netherlands but you know labor and sister decision is not due to bricks if it comes at a crucial point in britain's negotiations to leave the european union. south africa's dismissed an australian minister's comments that white farmers should get special visas as they face quote horrific circumstances how my fares minister peter dutton says a civilised country like australia should help he cited reports of land seizures and violence south africa's government says no one is in danger president cyril ramaphosa has vowed to speed up the legal redistribution of land from wealthy whites to poor blacks. can say no that we will not allow land drips we will not allow lending invasions and those who are tempted to resort to such activities must be warned in advance that we will not allow would because if you see the go but up

marks seven years since the syrian civil war began with peaceful protests against president bashar al assad his family had ruled for more than forty years at the start of the uprising a group of children scrawled and graffiti on a wall and the southern city of dare i say mare sas and i was one of the boys involved and this is a story. my name is summer and i'm twenty one years old i was fourteen when the revolutions in the arab world started we used to follow the news on t.v. one day some friends and i wrote on a wall it's your turn doctor us security agencies threaten my father with the arrest of all members of our family if i wasn't handed over to the police within twenty four hours they also told him if he did hand me nothing would happen except to sign a pledge not to write words like that again instead myself and twenty of my friends spent three months in prison and we suffered all forms of torture and had nightmares our families did everything for us to be released when we were eventually returned to our families other people welcomed the release near the alimony mosque by prote

but syrian president bashar al-assad enforces loyal to him had to completely destroy parts of the city in order to take it back from opposition forces. and that is similar to what we are seeing in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta today. >> using a mix of air strikes, shelling and truth, damascus is gaining ground in the beseiged suburb but it is destroying it in the process. 400,000 people are believed to be surrounded, and activists inside are saying civilians are fleeing underground shelters as troops advance. an aid convoy scheduled to try to get into eastern ghouta did not go and the humanitarian quarters that have been set up were empty again today. it's not clear how long it will take syrian forces to retake eastern ghouta, what is clear is once it does, there will be a massive reconstruction effort needed. here in aleppo 14 months after the government forces retook it from opposition forces, there is still no power in half of the city. the half of the city that does have power only gets it about 12 hours a day and that is one of the many steps needed to rebuild. seth doane,

this as we heard from president bashar al assad as you mentioned. they are fighting against terrorism. that is the regime's narrative for a few years now. he is saying that civilians can leave while the fighting is going on. the reality on the ground is a complex situation. we have not seen civilians trying to leave the area. both sides blaming each other for why. all eyes today are on a u.n. convoy and international red cross convoy trying to enter eastern ghouta. 46 trucks loaded with aid. they are looking to see if they can get the aid in the area. >> thank you, jomana karadsheh. >>> the u.s. embassy in turkey shutdown because of a security threat. only emergency services available with visa interviews and other routine services canceled. embassy officials urging all u.s. citizens in turkey to avoid large crowds and be aware of security at tourists sites. >>> west virginia school teachers entering day eight of the strike. state legislators did not meet the demand for higher pay and better benefits. the governor and union leaders agreed to a 5% pa

the syrian civil war began with peaceful antigovernment protests against president bashar al assad whose family ruled the country for more than forty years in march twenty levon it was the torture of fifteen schoolchildren in the southern province of there are for writing anti government graffiti that led to the first series of mass demonstrations four months later in july defectors from syria's military amounts a formation of the free syrian army with the aim of overthrowing the assad regime the country was heading towards a civil war in june twenty fourth seen. the announced the creation of a so-called eisel caliphate consisting of parts of syria and iraq as attacks in syria iraq and overseas prompted the formation of a u.s. led military coalition next year in september russia and to the conflict directly say it's targeting iso and troops it calls terrorists but what it really did is dramatically alter the battle lines in favor of its ally bashar al assad q robert has areas like if to the lead there are homes came under government control twenty seventeen saw the final push against isi

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they, of course, back, moscow backs bashar al assad, the syrian president. they've made it clear they believe he's the rightful leader of syria. and they've used their considerable air power to -- to bomb the opposition parties, opposition groups, that have fought against bashar al assad including isis, but including other more moderate rebels, as well. and they've succeeded in not just bolstering him, preventing him from collapsing, but also from getting into re-established syrian government control across the country. if the united states were to pull out as president trump has indicated they might soon, then that would be, you know, obviously a big boon for the russians. that means that bashar al assad backed by the russians and, of course, by the iranians, would be able to have a free hand to take what territory they wanted in syria. so yes, in short, i think it would be a major victory for the russians if the u.s. were to pull out of syria. >> okay, when we see this back and forth, kicking diplomats out or kicking your diplomats out back and forth, does

president bashar al assad says the syrian bombardment of eastern huta will continue . as i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from the hole so coming up china's national people's congress meets to make changes that could see president xi jinping stay in power for life. a bloc of right wing parties leads the way in italy's election but latest projections show no one will have enough seats to govern alone. and the envelope please we're live in los angeles as hollywood rolls out the red carpet for the oscars. all over the united states has accused russia of killing civilians in syria's eastern huta it says it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month it is the strongest u.s. accusations so far of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held area more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue with the airstrikes at the same time he says troops will open the way for civilians to leave said has also denied using chemical weapons about four hundred thousand people are trapp

now syria's president bashar al assad has this missed western reports about the humanitarian situation in eastern as a dictionary of lies. the most western official spoke about the use of chemical weapons and it's come back a few days later to say we have no proof so they are damaging their credibility costing over these allegations with their own words therefore i repeat that these words are only propagations and we cannot take it seriously these words are used as an excuse to hit the syrian army. well assad has also promised to continue with the military offensive on the rebel held enclave near the capital despite reports more than six hundred forty people have been killed in the past two weeks so how to reports from beirut in neighboring lebanon. pro-government forces are advancing inside eastern they are moving in from the eastern side forcing people to pack whatever they can and move to other areas away from the front lines people are seeking shelter in towns closer to the center this placement is adding to their suffering. the ground offensive began just over a week ago the terri

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a low i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. turkish forces say they've captured the syrian town of afraid off to ousting kurdish fighters. president assad meets syrian troops in eastern goods where they've now we've taken eighty percent of the enclave. trumper news is attack on the special council investigating the us presidential election publicans warned him not to sack. the residents of cape town may be forced to turn off the taps by july . now polls have officially closed in russia's presidential election which is widely being viewed as a foregone conclusion with an overwhelming victory for incumbent president but in a putin is the latest on the exit polls with first two percent of the vote counted goosen is projected to take seventy three percent of the vote is nearest rival is communist counted it in who's sitting on eleven point two percent gruden in is a multimillionaire tycoon who's been critical of the government but not to send just behind him on six point seven percent is ultra nationalists vladimir zhirinovsky form

syrian president bashar al assad has visited positions in a single so where his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory assad met with soldiers who had been part of the effort to retake the. un is said to be negotiating a possible ceasefire with the main rebel group that firelock. the rebels say they're in discussions about getting aid to civilians and evacuating people with medical cases asama binge of a has the latest on the situation in a single time. this is still happening in the besieged pockets of rebel held eastern. district in shelling have continued on duma one of the largest and most populated parts of the entry from inside duma this footage from a drone shows the shrinking boundary between rebel fighters and advancing forces loyal to president bashar al assad thousands of people have been wounded in more than fifteen hundred killed in the latest on slot. should we hold the united nations and the security council directly responsible for this silence around these crimes and for failing to take action to prevent these crimes but let us not forget the party that

putin ordered a massive intervention in support of bashar al assad's regime. hundreds of missions were flown to destroy any resistance against the syrian dictator in months of bombing. the west was surprised but nevertheless allowed putin to carry on not without its own all teary or motives our calculation was that russia risks being in a situation where it was stuck like afghanistan where over time it would have to spend more and more resources to prop up assad and thus far russia has not become unfortunately exhausted by its intervention in syria. although the russians wanted to avoid getting bogged down in syria and their intervention enabled the assad regime to fight the rebels the war in syria was also a war of images. during the syrian conflict putin saw how much he could lose communications for his own ends. when your military budget is ten times lower than that of the united states then it is a weapon of the weak so he asked his new chief of staff general valery gas him off to come up with a new military doctrine that we knew was coming but should hold

and the syrian government has also released video of president bashar al assad visiting army positions in eastern guta. soldiers who've been part of the offensive to retake the area from the opposition the main rebel group there. is in negotiations with the un about a ceasefire there is also asking for aid to be allowed in for the hundreds of thousands of people still trapped in the enclave early diversify your welcome to the people of damascus appreciate all of you for protecting the city and will remember this returns of years even generations this battle has been bigger than syria today you are fighting this battle on behalf of the whole world. you shot to kill the terrorists you change the balance of the world. well so this is our correspondent following events from neighboring beirut in lebanon zain i mean we are hearing that many still remain in the eastern despite some evacuations but the fate of those who left and went to government territory and those still trapped really is still in question. yes there are a lot of concerns like you mentioned thousands of thousands have cross

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assad's army and its allies it is the largest number of people to leave since the assault on eastern ghouta was launched last month it's happening as a twenty five truck aid convoy enters the area the syrian red crescent says it's aiming for the town of duma and contains enough supplies for just over twenty six thousand people for a month east and has been the syrian opposition largest piece of territory near the capital but it's been split into three encircled pockets by the syrian government offensive our correspondent alan fischer is on the turkey syria border alan difficult to know for sure of course but what we think's going on there in eastern guta. well watching what's been happening over the last few hours it seems that a number of people decided to try the humanitarian corridor that the syrian government and the russians had set up out of this town and what started out as hundreds became thousands of became this very bizarre precession on the seven thousand vesey of the start of the syrian civil war and people have been moving through that area away from the bombardment reme

the syrian government has released video of president bashar al assad visiting army positions in eastern guta . soldiers who've been part of the offensive to retake the area from the opposition the main rebel group that fact like a rock man says it's indigo she is with the u.n. about a ceasefire it's also asking for aid to be allowed in for the hundreds of thousands of people still trapped in the enclave. officials from the world of chemical watchdog will arrive in the u.k. on monday to independently test the nerve age. it used to poison a former russian spy moscow has dismissed you can occasions that it was behind the attack on scrupled and his daughter both sides have expelled diplomats in response russia insists it does not possess the nerve agent that was used. it was because i learned about this tragedy about script poll i learned about it from the media i think it's quite obvious that if it was a chemical weapon many people would die immediately it doesn't have any chemical weapons which destroyed all its chemical weapons under international observation some of our international pa

still needs to decide on a policy regarding the future of bashar al assad. >>> james mattis trying a little comedy to break the ice with john bolton. we think it was comedy. listen. >> thank you for coming and it's good to finally meet you. absolutely. i heard you are the devil incarnate. >> he has been concerned about working with the former ambassador to the u.n. he and bolton said different things about iran. >> t >>> the president is in florida starting the long weekend at mar-a-lago. before he decided to fire a cabinet member david shulkin. mr. president is eager to see the day when you can run to the private doctor if necessary for the v.a. >> we will have real choice. that's why i made changes because i wasn't happy with the speed with which our veterans were taken care of. i wasn't happy with it and we made a lot of progress. >> also developing this morning, several of president trump's outside advisers telling him he does not need a chief of staff or a communications director. hope hicks was the former communications director as of yesterday. the pr

assad and two thousand and eleven u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says at least half a million people have been killed and more than half of syria's pre-war population of twenty million have been displaced the russian foreign ministry has called u.k. prime minister teresa mayes allegation that moscow was behind a nerve agent attack in england completely insane a spokeswoman said moscow was working on retaliatory measures for britain's expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats you know labor is moving its corporate headquarters from london to the netherlands the anglo dutch conglomerate insists the decision is not because they say it's part of the restructuring it comes at a crucial point in britain's to go to leave the european union and those are the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power keep it or. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap new tariffs on imports of steel and alum in europe for a five gene will mean fossil data types but tough times thoughts of the four

guten ordered a massive intervention in support of bashar al assad's regime. hundreds of missions were flown to destroy any resistance against the syrian dictator in months of bombing. the west was surprised but nevertheless allowed putin to carry on not without its own all teary motives. our calculation was that russia risked being in a situation where it was stuck like afghanistan where over time it would have to spend more and more resources to prop up assad and thus far russia has not become unfortunately exhausted by its intervention in syria help with it although the russians wanted to avoid getting bogged down in syria and their intervention enabled the assad regime to fight the rebels the war in syria was also a war of images. during the syrian conflict putin saw how much he could use communications for his own ends when your military budget is ten times lower than that of the united states then it is a weapon of the week so he asked his new chief of staff general valery gas him off to come up with a new military doctrine that we knew was a shit hole w

assad says the airstrikes will continue but his troops will allow civilians to leave. there is no contradiction between our troops and the combat operations the advancement of yesterday and the day before by the arab syrian army took place in the midst of this truce that's why when we speak about the resolutions there are some positives that allow for the achievement of humanitarian calls at the same time as allowing us to get the terrorists this is why we have to continue with our operation while at the same time allowing civilians to leave much in italy the anti establishment five star movement is claiming a triumph in the general election where the votes are still being counted none of the parties look like getting enough seats to form a government though the center right coalition led by former prime minister silvio berlusconi has also performed well. china's parliament is expected to approve changes to the country's constitution which will see president xi jinping able to rule indefinitely the national people's congress is holding its annual gathering in beijing i

assad and its allies seem to have defeated the rebels there is no clear political solution in sight so what has to happen to bring the fighting and suffering to an end joining me in the arena to debate this are mara cullen senior fellow at brookings and a former top pentagon official in the president obama alexi klebnikov a middle east expert at the russian international affairs council in moscow and from ankara syrian journalist and activist rami jarrah thank you all for joining me on up front rami let me start with you it's been more than seven years since the arab spring failed in syria the war broke out but given that bashar al assad with the russian and the iranian support seems to regain control of the majority of his country is it coming to a close how does the syrian regime one. i think. we'd have to focus on the fact that if we were saying that winning the game was meeting the aspirations of the people of syria then that wouldn't be the case but if we're talking about this political game and training not stronghold in syria maintaining power for the near future than stephan

to bashar al-assad. >> shannon: experts say putin should have laid out the term of his support for at a assad remain it is too late. finally with isis having faded to a large extent as a common enemy, the u.s. and russia are increasingly likely to clash on the syrian battleground. >> shannon: just ahead, former president obama has a vision for our next generation leaders. they should be just like him. it took almost 50 years to get it made. we discuss soon to be released movie about the kennedy's darkest chapter. i've got a story about marvel heroes with parts of gold. and believable. stay tuned. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. he gets the best deal on the perfect hotel by using. tripadvisor! that's because tripadvisor lets you start your trip on the right foot... by comparing prices from over 200 booking sites to find the right hotel for you at the lowest price. savin

assad's forces advance into the last major babble held territory near damascus. as you know i look back a couple of the i see no conflict between the troops and our military operations our recent advancements occurred during the cease fire before as i said it is possible to achieve our humanitarian objectives while striking the terrorists we therefore have to continue our operations while allowing civilians to leave government controlled areas because of all of. our hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped in the enclave amid pleas for an end to the brutal bombardment despite an agreement for peaceful aid delivery there have been reports of shelling near the crossing into kuta. an italian soccer all city of matches were stoned on sunday after italian international that had a story was found dead in a hotel included in the caption a few hundred died of a sudden illness believed to be a cardiac arrest of stories death has shocked the nation. poignant messages for a local hero this one simply reads good bye captain gates to fear and tina's stadium and now a

assad a u.k. based monitoring group. says regime forces have seized around half of the region the syrian army and its allies claim to be in control of the entire area and what has not changed civilians caught in the firing line and united nations efforts to stop the fighting not working we begin tonight with this report. on a childhood from hell. the syrian civil defense workers must dig children out from the rubble after yet another bombing raid taking them to safety if anywhere in east ghouta is safe the united nations high commissioner for human rights says it's urgent to reverse course and refer the syrian regime to the international criminal court. this month it is east which is in the words of the sector general hell on earth. next month or the month after it will be someone else will people face an apocalypse an apocalypse intended planned and executed by individuals within the government apparently with the full backing of some of the foreign supporters. pro-government militias reinforced

elsewhere in syria president bashar al assad has visited positions. near the capital damascus official footage shows the president greeting soldiers and telling them they were quote fighting in the whole world's battle against terrorists the syrian observatory for human rights says the syrian government is in control of over eighty percent of the area all civilians continue to flee besieged east and in the thousands. now if all goes to plan the united states will begin imposing import tariffs on steel and aluminum as early as next week with the praktica washington's allies scrambling to seek exceptions european countries have already threatened to retaliate with their own customs duties on american products now if the u.s. tariffs can't be avoided business leaders fear their effects could be disastrous supply and u.s. tariffs would hit europe's steel industry particularly hard germany's new economy minister says a trade war must be avoided at all costs so he's off to washington for emergency talks and says he's willing to make concessions the problem

assad and were met by brute force and then took up arms to defend themselves they got back later by they are certain they are fighting a minority alawite regime assad belongs to a minority alawite sect him and his family and the isle of wight clique and the lower cryptocurrency have been in control of syria sovereignty sources at the expense of the majority sunni population for the last forty years so they don't form is the mood of. the protests started. and they became fighters who is backing them who is providing them with their resources well obviously now we've we've death region forty years under siege no one is backing them nobody can beach them and as obama said before he left and he dismissed them as pharmacists doctors and craftsmen who took up on him and they're not as insignificant as obama or russia think it seems the u.n. investigator also pointed to a lot of human rights abuses taking place in eastern huta why are civilians bearing such a heavy brunt here again because this is six thirty in the gene trying to preserve and even extend during this build war is sick theor

that's not to be ruled out syrian president bashar al assad says the west's reports about the humanitarian situation in eastern huta are quote ridiculous lie and the military offensive there will continue more than six hundred forty people are reported to have been killed in the besieged enclave during the past two weeks earlier on sunday the syrian military said it was close to splitting the area into after a two week long bombing campaign which had a scene which has seen it seize almost a quarter of the rebel held area. the investigation into russian interference and the election of donald trump has reportedly been widened to include the united arab emirates the new york times says investigators have been questioning george nader and the american lebanese businessman who is an advisor to the crown prince of the u.a.e. . german chancellor angela merkel center left rivals the social democrats of almost overwhelmingly voted to approve a new grand coalition with her conservatives it ends months of political uncertainty. nearly one hundred fifty thousand people are in urgent need of emergency

stands by these claims in a week that marks the eighth year of hostilities and with president bashar al assad now controlling most of the country that's in the show we're back on monday with legendary british forgotten old admins alleging corruption of the british banking system till then keep in touch by social media will see on monday fifteen years of the day of the launch of u.k. u.s. operation iraqi liberation or oh i later changed to operation iraqi freedom which are still good this place tens of millions. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. what politicians to do something to. put themselves on the lawn. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to preserve. it's a right to be for us this is what before us three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of my. question. it's a multinational of a particular kind one you all know some of you may even visit it's present across the globe and on the

assad. the u.n. calls it hell on earth. and these pictures from the syrian white helmets are full of the evidence of that. the organization says they show a government airstrike on eastern ghouta the rebel held region just outside the capital damascus. the footage documents volunteers as they rushed into uncertain territory. for some of the victims they find it's too late. others a lucky enough to be discovered under the rubble. out of the out of my. main while refugees are still leaving their homes in the northern town of a free in. the united nations estimates over one hundred thousand people have been uprooted here as they flee the fighting between kurdish rebels and turkey's armed forces. they're now trapped in rural areas outside are free and in desperate need of humanitarian aid. we are alarmed by further deepening of the humanitarian crisis in syria as fierce fighting in eastern goods out all damascus and often in the country's northwest causes massive new displacement in eastern grea