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 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

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 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 agreed to a cease fire throughout. since then there has been no letup in the war the intensity of. strikes and the shelling appears to have dropped when compared to the relentless bombing campaign during the first week of the assault but civilians continue to die those who are able to find underground shelter outside more than five hundred people have already been killed children and women among them. god give me patience to face this tragedy my children are scattered here and there my son lost three kids. i lost my house six days ago. i have been here for. there's no. chlorine gas has also reportedly been used activists medics a victim suffered breathing problems and. today we have more than thirty dozens of launching of chemical weapons. we don't know what they. don't care about un council decisions. and use chemical weapons against us pro-government forces have been accused of using chemical weapons in the past especially when they want to clear an area to allow their forces to advance the syrian government. securit

security council. 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

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

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,

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 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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

security council for supposed until saturday as members wrangle over wording. meanwhile the people of eastern plead for help have to get another day of air strikes and casualties. possible rommany watching all to serialize my headquarters here in doha also coming up the u.s. confirms the embassy will move from tel aviv to jerusalem by may then expect it. also a former election to donald trump agrees to help the inquiry into alleged russian meddling in u.s. politics while another faces get more charges. and the candidates for president are off and running in egypt but many question whether the election will be transparent free or even fair. welcome to the program the syrian military bombardment of eastern ghouta looks set to continue after a u.n. vote on a humanitarian ceasefire was perspire and until saturday more than four hundred forty civilians have died in six days of attacks on the rebel held enclave in a few moments we'll hear from our diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. but first to some binge of aids reports on the situation in eastern guta. there'

security council unanimously adopted a resolution to extend sanctions on yemen with russia blocking an earlier draft that condemned the wrong. position he gets ready for the weekend's general election protesters across the country turning violence to stop a center right coalition coming to. us. russian athletes agreed by families friends and founders back home after the winter olympics closes in south korea. i'm kate burridge and you're watching the latest headlines here in r.t. international thank you for joining us. russia says it's setting up humanitarian corridors in the syrian on clay feasting to allow civilians to leave the war ravaged district. is located 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. has also said it will use the opportunity to h

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

our top stories: after days of wrangling, the un security council passes a resolution calling for a 30 day ceasefire across syria. a list of 105 names of missing nigerian girls is released by their parents, following their suspected abduction by boko haram jihadists. thousands march in rival demonstrations, just days before italy votes in a general election. speak —— touch me not. and a romanian film about sex and intimacy takes the top prize at the berlin film festival. after days of deadlock, the un security council has unanimously voted for an immediate 30 day ceasefire across syria. it'll allow aid to reach areas including rebel—held eastern ghouta, where more than 500 civilians are said to have been killed in government air strikes in the past week. syrian rebel groups have welcomed the vote, which had been delayed repeatedly by russia, an ally of the syrian government. the leaders of france and germany will speak by phone on sunday with president putin, to push for the truce to take hold in the coming days. nick bryant reports. the people of eastern ghouta woke up this morn