attacked opposition held east and. this as the united nations security council continues to deliberate over a draft resolution on a potential cease fire in syria. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera coming up geria says it's deploying more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram in northern nigeria. protests across italy as tensions rise in the run up to next weekend's election immigration is a key issue. out of the people fight for economic justice in america fifty years since it was ignited by a civil rights icon. the syrian government's onslaught on the last rebel held area near the capital damascus has entered its seventh day five hundred people have been killed and there's been no letup in the bombing of east and. for the third day running a u.n. ambassador as a gathering at the security council to vote on a resolution on syria so we're going to have more from the u.n. in just a moment first though a binge of aid reports on what's happening inside east and. to. not responding to cries for help. but nowhere is safe clean and

fires and rebel held eastern data as the un security council struggles to agree a ceasefire plan. hello i'm in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up government officials apologize to parents falsely told their missing daughter has it been rescued we have an exclusive report from nigeria. president trump announces a new wave of measures against north korea targeting shipping in the transport of coal and fuel and the u.s. confirms it will open its new embassy in jerusalem in may this year. we begin in syria where the government's relentless bombing campaign on a rebel held in the capital shows no signs of abating rockets have been fired into eastern for a sixth straight day pushing the death toll to four hundred thirty two people in the past week meanwhile last minute wrangling at the u.n. security council is delaying a vote on imposing a thirty day ceasefire to end the hostilities some have been reports from gaza on the turkey syria border. there's obvious evidence yet they call out for those left on another floor but in the dense dust and debris it's hard to see who's

nations security council this is the same group which announce that they will abide by a cease fire and will hold all those activities all fighting and wait until the humanitarian aid is delivered to the people but from what we've gathered in this humanitarian cease fire that has been proposed by the russian president vladimir putin there will be a pause to allow people to leave it does not talk about how it will allow aid to enter and this is an area which is home to nearly four hundred thousand people and has been besieged for years so they are desperately in need of aid and as you mentioned this is not the first time that an aid or humanitarian pause is coming into effect and people will not really trusted because they have to say you have to imagine the people who have to travel from this area which has been besieged by the same forces into the homes of those forces which are saying now we will not kill you at all some of what's been happening on the ground what's the latest that we know. well on the ground there have been. more attacks nearly thirty attacks documented by the civil

the u.n. security council is gathering at this very hour to vote on a temporary ceasefire for syria will russia greenlight a resolution that stops bombs raining down on eastern ghouta the u.n. wants to allow humanitarian aid into thousands of people trapped there without food water or fuel hundreds have been killed since the bombardment started on sunday also coming up. how to fill the hole left by briggs it european union leaders meet to plant future budgets without britain's substantial contribution. to us so we go to the berlin film festival to see a comedy about identity mug is about a man with a new mug and you face the problem is his neighbors don't recognise him anymore which makes life rather difficult and somehow there's a statute of christ involved as well and then i talking shocker at the winter olympics germany stones defending champs canada so booking their place in sunday's final we'll have all the day's action from john chiang. thanks very much for your company. and we begin again in syria in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta were residents have been living a nigh

. this is d w news live from berlin wrangling at the united nations security council delays a vote on a temporary ceasefire for syria and the u.n. wants to allow humanitarian aid in for thousands of people trapped there without food water or fuel in eastern gupta but russia has concerns about whether rebel fighters there will respect the cease fire. also coming up how to fill the money hole left by gregson european union leaders begin to plan the blocks long term budgets members may have to dig deep into their pockets to make up for the loss of britain's contribution. sara kelly welcome to the program we begin in syria in the damascus suburb of eastern buthe where residents have been living a nightmare as government forces have unleashed waves of air strikes hundreds of people have been killed since sunday including many children the un security council is scheduled to vote on a temporary ceasefire that would allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach trap civilians but russia has concerns about the resolution and that has led to repeated delays in the vote moscow wants guarantees th

the area so no letup in the violence clearly the security council resolution calling for a cease fire there was a lot of loopholes one of them is that terrorist groups are excluded and everyone understands a terrorist group to mean something else the russians and the iranians making it clear they believe still held by terrorists yes even the rebel groups there say. is present a few hundred of them but they're ready to leave but what is clear is that the government wants all rebels to leave including. people who are from they don't want to leave with their families but clearly the government is going to push ahead with this bombing campaign one objective and that is to recapture. some of invade has more now on the fighting and a warning you may find some of the images disturbing. this is what the united nation agrees house to stop. me. hours into the u.n. 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 th

london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes a u.n. security council vote on a syrian cease fire is the lady again behind the scenes wrangling over the resolution goes on. and every delay brings more deaths more than five hundred people have been killed in a week as government forces attack opposition held eastern. areas says it's the ploy more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram in the north of the country and the fascists march in the roma week before it's always a lecture ends with right wing parties like the league expected to do well. and i'm tatiana sanchez in doha with the sport where history has been made in pyongyang chang the czech republic's estella death to becomes the fast athlete to win gold in both skiing and snowboarding as a single london picks. while for the third day running un ambassador is there a gathering of the sick. council to vote on a resolution on the syria but the session keeps being put back it was you could take place an hour ago but nothing so far are diplomatic editor james bays joins us li

. security council resolution two four zero one has established a framework for all parties to agree upon conditions to elevate the plight of civilians throughout the country russia together with the syrian government have already announced the establishment of humanitarian corridors in east now it is the turn of the militants and their sponsors to act the militants entrenched there continue the shelling of damascus blocking a delivery is and the evacuation of those wishing to leave well this was contradicted by the russian president vladimir putin he says russia managed to get quite a big group of civilians out of some a binge of itis following the story of that. sources on the ground have not confirmed this large number as reported by the russian president who has crossed over from the crossing into government held parts of damascus many people are still stranded in besieged easton who the home to nearly four hundred thousand people that the second day of this so-called truce and pause went away without any major developments on the ground no aid convoys went inside because the united n

the u.n. security council delayed a vote on a resolution which would demand a cease fire across syria that vote is not expected later on saturday russia has raised several objections which the other security council diplomats are trying to work out and one of them is timing russia says an immediate cease fire is unrealistic now the draft resolution calls for a thirty day truce which would allow for a deliveries and for medical evacuations of people who are critically ill and wounded diplomats minds are particularly focused on the rebel enclave of eastern gator that's close to the capital damascus and is being pounded by syrian and russian forces while the four hundred forty civilians have died in just six days we can talk now to our correspondent asama binge of aid who's in gaza and to have that in southern turkey very close to the syrian border and while the diplomats in new york are dithering and working out these these compromises on paper the people in syria particularly in eastern guta a suffering like never before. absolutely that has been the case for the last seven days martin

the un security council wrangles over ceasefire plan. hello i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up we were poor from northeast nigeria where the government has apologized to the families of dozens of missing schoolgirls for giving them false information plus it's time to make our schools a much harder target for attackers. president trump rallies a conservative faithful saying a school with no guns is a dangerous place. while being fashionable in east africa has become a bit more difficult thanks to textile troubles. the death toll continues to climb in syria where the government bombing of a rebel held and place near damascus shows no signs of abating rockets have been fired into eastern ghouta for a six straight day pushing the death toll to four hundred forty three people. since sunday well the u.n. 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

crisis in the multi-user deepens. the u.s. is accusing russia of blocking a u.n. security council statement condemning the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government u.s. ambassador nikki haley says there's obvious evidence of recent chlorine gas attacks by the assad regime but russia is accusing the. u.s. of waging a propaganda campaign as that debate was taking place at least forty nine people were killed by syrian and russian airstrikes in the province and eastern ghouta according to activists outside syria aid agencies are warning hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians are at risk of being forcibly returned home despite the violence more on that later in the show but first our diplomatic editor james pays reports from the u.n. on another heated debate at the security council the attack was brazen and blatant at least eleven people were treated after an airstrike in syria chlorine was probably used this the latest in a series of what seem to have been chemical attacks it led to a war of words in the security council a meeting you were not supposed to see this regular monthly se

will be addressing the u.n. security council this hour as he searches for a new peace broker in the middle east will look at whether the e.u. russia or even china could play the role held for decades by the united states also on the grid a critical situation in eastern syria hundreds of people have been killed as the rebel held area is bombarded by government forces and russian airstrikes and for those still alive the u.n. calls their suffering senseless and the final journey. politician. for years largely without success before the iron fisted leadership of robert mugabe this tuesday he is laid to rest in a country still finding its feet under a new leader we have your reaction from inside zimbabwe and ask you what impact opposition leader morgan i have your life. yeah but the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and al jazeera dot com and at this hour we are awaiting what will be a rare moment for the united nations and for what's left of the peace process as well between the palestinians and the israelis for the first time since two thousand a

bear for her to touch me no . i'm honored you for joining us the u.n. security council has voted it's to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria russia agrees to back the deal at the last minute as long as no starting date for the truce with the cease fire is aimed at allowing desperately need his aides to reach civilians in eastern goose up more than five hundred people has been killed in the rebel held area near damascus in the past week. the bombs have been raining down intensely on a sting good up for an entire wake up as smoke and ash fill the sky over this rebel held district need damascus those on the ground continue to pull victims from the rubble. they've been on the sea chief for years the casualties are now spiking shop play. 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 to the konitz. another missile landed but it was a small one thank god it was bigger the whole neighborhood would have been wipe

clear if rebel and terrorist groups there will let anyone go. the u.n. 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 occu

eastern first ration at the u.n. 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

quartet retains its unique mediation format approved by security council resolutions there is no doubt that the quartet together with the league of arab states can play a role in unfreezing the dialogue and the work done by the quartet in particular the report prepared in june twenty sixth remains topical and relevant in implementing the recommendations in the report will lead to greater trust between the parties there port states what needs to be done as regards the settlement activity is the continued provocative rhetoric and violence on both both sides and other factors it also talks about the imperative of making sure that the palestinians have a true national unity on the political flap platform of the palestine liberation organization we are advocating in in france work of this matter mechanism together with the league of arab states and all participants who can contribute to words leading this process out of the impasse we also welcome the efforts made by egypt and jordan to hear. the mission of our gyptian partners so for a palestinian unity it remains very relevant. the

see the any secession of haas's be extended thirty days as the security council had said but we will effort to do whatever we can within the time that we're able to work but the u.k. step or the ambassador to the u.n. is criticizing russia's plan we've got a clear resolution that's been passed by everybody every member state of the security 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

. and in the last hour members of the united nations security council met in new york to discuss the suspected chlorine gas attack in italy province u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley criticize russia for blocking a statement condemning the use of chemical weapons in syria she urged moscow to adopt the security council stance let's go over to our diplomatic editor james space who's been listening into that debate and james nikki haley this thing to spend most of her time criticizing russia rather than actually president assad in syria. yes very much a war of words in the u.n. security council that meeting is continuing as we speak and in fact the russian ambassador salena benzine is speaking to the security council now this was a meeting that you were not supposed to see a regular meeting on chemical weapons in syria that happens at the security council supposed to be what they call here in consultations behind closed doors but the u.s. said no we want this meeting to be public because of these latest allegations of new chemical weapons use the russian ambassador in the last few

this is bbc world news. the headlines at 11: after days of wrangling, the un security council passes a resolution calling for a 30 day ceasefire across syria. remanded in custody, charged with causing the death by dangerous driving at two young brothers in coventry. —— and man and woman are in custody. the death of emma chambers, best known for playing alice in the vicar of dibley. she has died. scotland stun england in the six nations at murrayfield to lift the cup for the first time in a decade. and we will be taking a look at the myer‘s front pages, including the sunday telegraph, which says the reason they's deputy is warning that the snp could ruin the uk's ability to strike trade deals after brexit. good evening and welcome to bbc world news. after days of deadlock, the united nations security council has unanimously agreed on a ceasefire in syria. the hope is the resolution will allow some respite for civilians in the rebel enclave of eastern ghouta, who have been bombarded by russian—backed syrian forces. the resolution calls for the ceasefire to last 30 days and to b

hesitated for days on how to find common ground to stop the bloodshed. on saturday the un security council voted unanimously to approve a resolution demanding a thirty 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 s

thank you for joining us the u.n. 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 o

humanitarian crisis un security council resolution two four zero one has established a framework for all parties to agree upon conditions to elevate the plot of civilians throughout the country russia together with the syrian government have already announced the establishment of humanitarian corridors in a sting now it is the turn of the militants and this sponsors to act the militants entrenched they continue the shelling of damascus blocking i deliver ease and the evacuation of those wishing to leave. well some have been jeff joins us live now from. turkey's southern border with syria. president putin says that a lot of people have actually left this do we have some kind of clear picture of what exactly did happen on the ground today. from the people we've been speaking to inside they don't seem to think that it was a large number of people but there might have been people who left the pictures that we were seeing earlier today from state media clearly showed that it was an empty area where there were buses and ambulances in waiting but we haven't seen that large number that president

the ground offensive began on sunday just hours after the u.n. 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 go

this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm: the un security council is voting around now on a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in syria. more than 500 people have been killed in a week in the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta. the red cross becomes the latest aid charity to become embroiled in scandal after revealing that 21 staff paid for sexual services whilst working for them. the actress emma chambers — best known for playing alice in the vicar of dibley — has died aged 53. a man and woman appear in court charged with causing the death of two young brothers by dangerous driving in coventry. also in the next hour... spring is postponed as the uk prepares for the coldest february week in five years. the freezing air from russia means many areas can expect to see see snow on monday and tuesday. britain's women's curling team lose to japan in the bronze medal match at the winter olympics but overall team gb record their best games ever. and in the six nations, scotland are facing england at murrayfield. we'll have that and the rest of the day's action i

. and you with all of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the u.n. security council fails to reach an agreement on the use of chemical weapons in syria the u.s. then structure. they're going to go into a rival protests in johannesburg over south africa's president jacob zuma calls are growing for him to quit. u.s. stocks fall sharply the dow jones has its biggest one day point drop in history. first to developments in the maldives where the president declared a fifteen day state of emergency shortly after the announcement was made security forces stormed the supreme court where the chief justice and others are believed to be sheltering a former president has also been arrested accused of plotting to overthrow the government shot at ls reports. opposition politicians film outside mollies criminal court waiting to hear the facts of the colleagues ill have made and have to listen and they were arrested and charged with bribery upon arriving in the country on sunday a judge dropped the charges on release them they are two of my. twenty politicians affected by a supreme court r

using incendiary rockets to spark fires and rebel held. 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 bombardm

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

from the united nations headquarters and james for the past few days the security council has been trying to pass a resolution calling for a cease fire. across syria were meant to see a vote pretty much now what's going on there. ambassadors of certainly arrive for a security council meeting which is shared chilled as any vote is as an adoption of a security council resolution of course you find out in the chamber whether they actually adopt it when they raise their hands as you can see though from the live pictures we have of the chamber no vote at this stage is taking place remember throughout the throughout friday we'd watched for a vote and it didn't happen and in fact those who came up with the original draft had wanted to put this to a vote on thursday two so not at all clear whether the vote is going to take place right now but certainly there are some who are calling for it to take place whatever the russian position everyone should put their cards on the table right now and vote and among those is the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley she's actually been aw

. 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 call out for those left on another floor but i

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 10pm: the un security council unanimously adopts a resolution calling for a 30—day humanitarian ceasefire in syria. a man and a woman are remanded in custody charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of two young brothers in coventry. the actress emma chambers, best known for playing alice in the vicar of dibley, has died aged 53. scotland stun england in the six nations at murrayfield to lift the calcutta cup for the first time in a decade. and we'll be taking a look at tomorrow's front pages, including the observer, which leads on divisions within the labour party over brexit. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. it's taken days of wrangling, but the un security council has finally tonight voted unanimously for an immediate 30—day ceasefire across syria. it's hoped the truce will allow medical help to reach areas that have seen intense bombing, with hundreds of civilians, including children, killed by government air strikes. rebel—held eastern ghouta is the worst affected zone, and it's been impossible for

is necessary is for the demands of the security council to be underpinned by concrete on the ground agreements. it would be naive to think that difficult issues can be addressed overnight momentarily we trust that all parties or external parties with influence to bear will help to bring this about we seen that some external sponsors of the illicit armed factions are falling well short in this regard and they at times deliberately skirt their obligations to the russian federation works with all parties to the conflict in so doing we are doing everything possible to normalize the situation we are proactively lending assistance in terms of humanitarian delivery what a great deal of work is being done by a partners under the astonished a process iran and turkey. in their monster com we're preparing for an important meeting under this format. under the southern us coalition of a zone of good cooperation has been established with us bodies albeit in some recently we've observed in some areas escalations of attentions are due to the ratcheting up of activities by armed groups. resolute the

prostration after the un the un security council ceasefire poses delays again and meanwhile the syrian government on russian airstrikes on leash and devastation on the rebel held area near damascus also coming up. the president's donald stroll down stops new sanctions on north korea he says if things don't work the u.s. will move on to phase two which could be close very unfortunate for the world. and judging is happening right now at the berlin film festival we'll take a look at the movies in the running for the golden i'm sober bear award. i'm honored on a welcome to the program where we begin in syria where the government is escalating attacks on. the opposition house suburbs of damascus intense shelling for seven days has 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 delayed a vote until later today but serious key ally russia is blocking the resolution it says it wants guarantees rebel fighters in eastern gears i will host the fighting will speak to the syria director of the save

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

of east and guta just hours after the u.n. 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

this is you don't use line for girl in the u.n. security council is gearing up to vote on a temporary ceasefire for syria will russia greenlight a resolution that stops bombs raining down on eastern ghouta the u.n. wants to allow humanitarian aid in for thousands of people trapped there without food and water or fuel unders have been killed since airstrikes started on sunday also coming up bitcoin rises back above the ten thousand dollar mark for the second time this week that says but banks and states jump on the block chain bandwagon the technology behind the controversial cryptocurrency and. look for me of a new documentary on the world's biggest pop star ed sheeran and he's in love with the shape of you statement. thank you very much for your company everyone where we get our broadcast with syria in the damascus suburb of isa in ghouta where residents have been living a nightmare as government forces have the least waves of airstrikes hundreds of people have been killed since sunday clued in many children the u.n. security council is due to vote momentarily on a temporar

expecting from the united nations security council resolution on saturday evening where there was a unanimous agreement that there will be a thirty day cease fire across syria people have been expecting humanitarian aid deliveries to be brought into them this is an area home to nearly four hundred thousand people and a few obvious cease fire they think is not going to help them well u.n. spokesman stephan degenerate she says the truce is better than nothing we stand ready as soon as the conditions are safe for truck drivers humanitarian workers to roll into these areas. which. for that to be effective. the fighting needs to stop we need to ensure that there are no roadblocks whether physical or administrative. whether or not for five hours is enough not enough it's a difficult question to answer five hours is better than no hours but we would like to see the any sation process be extended thirty days as a security council had said but we will effort to do whatever we can within the time that we're able to work well the case deputy ambassador to the u.n. is criticizing the russian an

from israel is the caucus that palestinian president rather plans to address the u.n. security council. plus we'll tell you why hong kong's polson industry could be losing its color. now the united states is taking a tough stand against the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria but trump administration says it's not ruling out the use of force against the syrian government to deter it from the attacks the u.s. says it's extremely concerned about a suspected chlorine gas attack on thursday in the rebel held east and the whole town near damascus now the u.s. state department says it could be the third chemical attack in thirty days rosalind jordan has the latest from washington d.c. the civil war in syria has not been at the top of the news agenda here in washington for at least several weeks but on thursday the trumpet ministration made known a couple of serious concerns about the conduct of the war on the part of the government of president bashar al assad first reporters were told in a briefing off camera that they do believe that the syrian government still has a chemical weapons arsena

all excused absolutely not it is astounding to me that we have a united nations security council that has not commented on yemen in now more than seven months that the scale of suffering in yemen is incomparable and we have twenty two million people in need and we're speaking to families who are fleeing their homes because of violence in constructing houses out of plastic bags and people don't have enough to eat they're forced to eat whatever they can find this this sort of suffering is inexcusable and we'd really like to see some action taken from the u.s. the u.k. and the united nations security council now although fewer children were killed and wounded compared with the previous quarter attacks according to this report are becoming more lethal when they do happen they are killing more children why. it's hard to say i think that we're seeing that all parties to this conflict have complete disregard for the impact of the conflict on civilians and the numbers might be increasing or decreasing but we can never be absolutely sure what those numbers are because some of these areas are s

what they were expecting from the united nations security council resolution and saturday evening where there was a unanimous agreement that there will be a thirty day cease fire across syria people have been expecting humanitarian aid deliveries to be brought into them this is an area home to nearly four hundred thousand people and a few hours they think is not going to help them. latest suspected chlorine gas attack in eastern grocery has killed a child of those left other people struggling to breathe witnesses reported smelling the gas explosion just a warning that you may find some of the images to hold us reports distressing. one of the front lines in eastern opposition fighters say they are rebelling attempts by pro syrian government forces to storm the besieged and clave. rebel saying they killed dozens of soldiers on the ground offensive began on sunday just hours after the u.n. 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 relen

meeting to discuss his fate. but first the u.s. is accusing russia of blocking a u.n. security council statement which would have condemned the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government at a meeting of the fifteen men the body the u.s. ambassador nikki haley said there was quote obvious evidence of recent chlorine gas attacks by the assad regime but russia has accused the u.s. of waging a propaganda campaign that while the debate was taking place at the u.n. in new york on the ground in. syria at least forty nine people were killed by government and russian airstrikes in both italy province and in eastern guta that's according to activists and in another development aid agencies are warning that hundreds of thousands of refugees are at risk of being false oblio returned to their homes despite the continuing violence is a diplomatic editor james bays. the attack was brazen and blatant at least eleven people were treated after an airstrike in syria chlorine was probably used this the latest in a series of what seem to have been chemical attacks it led to a war of words in the security counc

the united nations to try and get a security council resolution passed a great deal of the pressure on the russian ambassador. who has problems with some of the language in the draft resolution drawn up by kuwait and sweden at one point the kuwaiti ambassador the president of the security council appeared with the other nonpermanent members of the so-called elected ten and he sounded upbeat we're still working on. the language on some of the but i get asked but we are almost there and we would like you know as have been holding as a president of the council to thank actually the eight ten for their support to a lot of votes and hopefully you are so close to adopt this illusion today throughout the day votes were scheduled then perspire owned meetings were delayed towards the end of the day the u.s. ambassador nikki haley tweeted unbelievable that russia is stalling a vote on a ceasefire allowing humanitarian access in syria how many more people will die before the security council agrees to take up this vote let's do this tonight the syrian people wait but in the end the security counc

. security council to back the process and says any settlement reached must suspend america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital our diplomatic editor james bays is there first sir james how much is the scenario that abbas has proposed. well he certainly needs to try and kick start the system the international system to make this happen and his way of doing things is not the way of the united states certainly clear that until now during the trumpet ministration the rest of the u.n. security council has been giving way to the u.s. to lead diplomatic efforts as they have done very much in recent years and jared cushion who is president trumps son in law and also his chief negotiator on this was actually at the u.n. for this meeting of the security council city wind the u.s. ambassador nikki haley but president abbas in a rare appearance here normally these monthly meetings are attended by his embassador basically made it clear that he no longer thinks that the u.s. can lead this process he's lost trust in the u.s. because of their recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital and t

. thirty days as the security council said but we will effort to do whatever we can within the time that we're able to work a believe xenophon i can hear us now is and i'm just wondering what you are hearing about this cease fire this pause in fighting if it's come into effect and how it's playing. yes it came into effect approximately an hour ago what we understand is holding eastern is quiet a very different picture really than what we've seen over the past ten days relentless bombardment heavy artillery shelling airstrikes more than five hundred fifty people killed thousands injured so the people of course will welcome this but at the same time they are criticizing russia for what they're calling a game they say that this decision for a five day daily truce violates the decisions taken by the u.n. 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

this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: the un security council unanimously adopts a resolution calling for a 30—day humanitarian ceasefire in syria. a man and woman appear in court charged with causing the death of two young brothers by dangerous driving in coventry. the red cross reveals that 21 members of staff paid for sexual services while working for the charity. the actress emma chambers, best known for playing alice in the vicar of dibley, has died aged 53. also in the next hour: scotland stun england in the six nations. they secured a comprehensive victory at murrayfield to lift the calcutta cup for the first time in a decade. and billie morgan soars into the bronze position in the snowboarding big air, helping team gb to it's best winter olympics performance ever good evening, and welcome to bbc news. within the past hour, the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a 30—day ceasefire across syria. the resolution would allow some respite for civilians in the rebel enclave of eastern ghouta, where activists say 500 people hav

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

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