russia steps up its air campaign. welcome to al jazeera live from doha. we're at the slovenia border where refugees are facing a rough road ahead following the attacks in paris. funerals in bangladesh as two more opposition leaders are hanged for war crimes committed more than 40 years ago. polls open in the final

elections in egypt russia stepped up its bombing campaign in syria in what activists are called the heaviest air strikes since the conflict begun. several cities and towns have been targeted. civilians are once again also being caught up in the fighting >> reporter: people of aleppo say when the bomb falls from the sky it kills indiscriminately. for those who survive it's hard to breathe in the thick dust of collapsed buildings. in another part of aleppo another air strike hits a civilian area. activetists say the strikes have intensified since russia began its air campaign to bolster the regime. >> translation: we suddenly heard the rockets. we were hit. there was a mother and a killed >> reporter: it's not clear whether these strikes in aleppo

were carried out by russia or the syrian army, but the russian president wants to step up the campaign in syria. >> translation: i want to thank all of you, but i want to stress for now it is not enough to cleanse syria of rebels and terrorists and to protect russians from possible terrorist attacks. we face a lot of work and i hope the next phases will be conducted at the same high level. >> reporter: nearly 70 russian jets are carrying out more than a hundred sortees every day in syria against what moscow calls terrorists. russia has been criticised on terrorist groups fighting bashar al-assad. more than 60 countries are fighting against i.s.i.l. france sent aircraft carrier to boost its strikes on i.s.i.l. in some places air strikes have pushed back the group. syrian rebels have captured to

i.s.i.l. head villages near aleppo with help of turkish air strikes. as air campaigns have intensified, more than 400 civilians have been killed and thousands more displaced. >> translation: these are bar baric air strikes by russia, iran and the regime. they're destroying everything, even electricity cables. these men are trying to repair things after every hit >> reporter: it's not just homes. the charity doctors without borders have also come under attack. more than 11 million syrians, nearly half the population have either been made homeless or left the country. as air attacks intensify so does the civilian suffering u.s. president obama has been speaking out about the fight against i.s.i.l. at the

asian summit. he wants i.s.i.l. to be targeted instead of other groups. >> the principal target have been the modern opposition that they felt threatened bashar al-assad. the goal seems to be if you follow the strikes that they took to fortify the position of the bashar al-assad regime. that does not add to the our efforts against i.s.i.l. in some ways it strengthens it because i.s.i.l. is also fighting many of those groups that the russians were hitting live now from moscow. me is clearly frustrated with russian activity in syria. what is russia's strategy now? >> well the stated strategy from the beginning of this campaign which targeted back in september was that it was primarily going after i.s.i.l. targets. it says that its hits hundreds

and hundreds of i.s.i.l. target over the last few weeks involving cruise missiles, long range bombers, et cetera. of course this has been doubted by many people in the west who have been looking at the targets and say that actually the targets that have been struck are targets that are owned or run by the more moderate opposition, the opposition that is the united states and u.s.-led coalition trying to work with. the russian tactic is essentially to try and build a kind of grand coalition of international coalition that would take as one of its founding principles that bashar al-assad, his legitimate power in syria. so people are saying lavrov was saying four days ago, he really hopes that the americans and the

other western countries and the gulf state countries that are bombing i.s.i.l. in syria at the moment drop this fixation on bashar al-assad and bashar al-assad has to set down. of course the americans have not done that. we just heard from obama that are the americans are not going to do that. that's what the russians hope will happen that at some point the american coalition will realise that bashar al-assad is the main way of fighting i.s.i.l. in the country and that they come around to the russian perspective on this thanks rory. belgian security officials are due to meet to decide whether to extend the state of emergency. the streets of the capital brussels are in lock down over warnings of an imminent attack. shops and transport systems are closed and people have been told to avoid large gatherings. the p.m. says there is the possibility of a paris-style attack using explosives and weapons at several locations. one of the paris attackers is

still on the run. the paris attacks have raised calls for tighter controls at borders. there is mounting pressure to identify all refugees passing through borders. >> reporter: by now pretty much everyone has had their say on the significance of paris except the refugees. there were some 700 lined up in the freezing rain on slovenia's border with austria. they all knew about paris, and bespise i.s.i.l. and their journeys were about to become harder. >> translation: we are saying that we are from your people's and we will say thanks for everyone who help us. we are against the terrorist and we hate them. >> reporter: with european leaders now admitting their own borders like leak an old bucket,

it is being claimed that at least one of the paris attackers could have made this journey before the autumn started, hiding among everybody else on i afalse passport. that means that now even if so many people of the here pose no threats, absolutely nothing can be taken from granted at all >> reporter: all it took awas one syrian passport left on the ground in paris, one fingerprint which proved that he came through greece and had made this crossing and that has changed absolutely everything for everybody single one of these people because now the authorities aren't only trying to prove whether or not they're legitimate refugees. they're also trying to prove whether or not they're part of i.s.i.l. saturday marks day one of the new security regime. countries like slovenia will have to do a lot more joined up thinking with the european police agency uropole, yet security specialists think

criminal begans will still find their way around the borders if there's money in if. >> some will find loopholes in the fence or the smugglers to transport into austria first or italy, but somehow the route will stop slightly and some of the migrants will go through the sea to italy or the old way through ukraine and russia >> reporter: having been fingerprinted already on the border between croatia and slovenia, once they cross into austria they disappear into the massive tents the army are in charge here. 10 thousand people passed through here on thursday alone. in security terms, the walls of fortress europe are looking far too easy to breach. lawrence lee, slovenia crimea has declared a state of emergency after its main

power lines from ukraine were blown up. it's the second such attack in as many days. ukraine's state energy company says the damage was caused by either shelling or explosives. china has accused the u.s. of political provocation with its patrols in the south china sea. the advice foreign minister made the remarks at the meeting with the leaders in the summit. it has been a focus of discussions at the summit. it didn't take long, did it, before we got comments about the south china sea issue. >> reporter: absolutely. what we heard it was very interesting to see how there was a rhetoric shift here at the summit. on the first day there were bilateral kind of mini sum its with the members and the united states and china and in those

meetings it was discussed the south china sea territorial dispute was discussed but there wasn't direct finger pointing. the last hours of this summit and we are hearing much stronger language coming out, particularly from the gentleman you just spoke about. what was interesting in the way he said it was yes that they queues the united states of testing beijing on its resolve in its territory claims in the south china sea with these b52 bombers that did a close fly by in the month but they hate back at something obama said at the tail end of last week and he directly called on china to stop its construction and its land reclaimation and militarization of those islands in the south china sea. today the chinese officials hit back saying they're not going to stop. in fact, the reason they are building them and the reason why they're putting more military

infrastructure there is because they feel as though they need them to protect those islands the nation signed the declaration. what exactly does this mean now? >> reporter: this creates an economic community with these ten nations. what it really does it help trade commerce and workforce flow more freely between the borders of these ten nations in south east asia. it was envisioned about eight years ago. it is kind of beginning its fruition if you will. it will go into effect attended at the end of this year, but it's just the first step down a long process because you have so many different nations with so many economic systems that for there to be full integration it will take some time, but at least now this is the beginning of the process that they have been working on for the last eight years thank you. still to come the fight against i.s.i.l. in northern iraq leaves

orphaned children with an uncertain future plus. >> reporter: i'm in kenya. keep watching. wait until you see what all this is going to be turned into.

the tops stories again. russia has stepped up its bombing campaign in syria in what activists are saying the heaviest since the targets began.

crimea has declared a state of emergency after its main power lines from the ukraine were blown up. the state energy company says the damage was caused by either shelling or explosives. china as accused the u.s. of political provocation with its patrols in the south china sea by foreign minister making the comments in the summit in malaysia. hundreds of children have been orphaned by the fight in i.s.i.l. the final number of orphans could be in the thousands. imran khan reports. >> reporter: this three-year-old and one year old siblings' father was killed. their mother saw the fighters kill her husband and with that one gun shot her whole life

changed >> translation: after they killed my husband, i.s.i.l. took the women an children and put us in a track and put us in an abandoned building. from time to time they chose beautiful girls and took them away. we remained there for two weeks. it was horrible. my kids were so afraid. there was fighting and bombs around us. we escaped. there was no-one to look after us. everybody was desperate to look after themselves. >> reporter: in iraq the definition of an or fan is any child who has lost one or both parents. there's no accurate figures, but the effect on the children has opinion immense. aid agencies say the families are struggling to cope with the extra mouths to feed. this person lives far from the camps that provides services. the orphans don't get the help that they need.

at least one ngo said that 712 orphans have been registered by them. that's only a tiny fraction of all the orphans out there they say. the u.n. icef, finding and registering orphans is difficult. >> it is difficult in a continued space where the fighting is still happen >> reporter: dealing with the needs of or fan iss also difficult because it doesn't have the experience needed >> translation: we also lack the professional expertise from workers in the humanitarian aid field who can help us. we don't have the xabt to deal with children going through trauma. >> reporter: hoping with having one or both parents gone mean that specialist care is needed and that isn't available because aiding government agencies say they don't have what they need. leaving an entire generation of

orphans like these two children to deal with the trauma themselves egyptians have begun voting in the latest stage of long delayed parliamentary elections of the egypt has been without a parliament since 2012 when the lower chamber hadn't been con stow tyingsally elected. the figure will be closely watched as an indicator of confidence or lack of it in the political process. rob matheson reports. >> reporter: the streets may be noisy as usual, but campaigning is over. egyptians abroad are already voting. in egypt itself polling takes place on sunday an monday. a key question now is how many people will cast their votes. during the first round in october, turn out was just under 22%. there are worries the number will be low this time too if few believe their vote matters. some voters complained there is little difference between the parties.

>> translation: the parties that have joined forces with the current regime. that's my opinion. for me this next parliament is not something i recognise at all because in my opinion this next parliament is the return of the ndp symbols. >> reporter: in 2012 with a turn out of roughly 46%, it was one as a free and fair election. a little over 12 months later he was deposed in a military coup which dissolved the freedom and justice party. the military secured support from other parties by promising to hold elections within months. it has taken two years for that to happen. tens of thousands activists are still in james. journalists are behind bars and the media are tightly controlled. several parties are boycotting this latest vote saying there's little chance for them to play a role in egypt's politics.

>> there is frustration and cynicism that this upcoming parliament will perform any serious role. the dominant feeling is that the pt want a parliament that is going to support him in all the decisions he will make. >> reporter: sisi has faced criticism. this vote is unlikely to change the politics. the turn out will show how many are behind the president and his policies there's an election in hong kong as well. the first since last year's protest for greater democracy. the local council poll is seen as a test of counter support for the movement. sarah clerk is in hong kong >> reporter: there are a record number of candidates standing in this election. there r900 competing for 431 seats across 18 districts. there are a large number of parties that are formed in the

wake of last year's pro democracy movement or um bream amovement or the party that shut down hong kong over 79 days. the younger generation is expected to turn out and vote because they are dissolutiond in the wake of last year's poe test. it is closely watched by hong kong government because it is the first time people have gone to a general election since last year's protest. while the pr beijing party hold the majority, a record number of independent candidates standing is giving the public a lot more variety and choice when they cast their vote. this will give an insight into how the elections go to vote next year a land slide in myanmar has killed 89 people. it is not yet clear what caused the collapse.

the latest from yangon >> reporter: it's not clear what caused the land slide which occurred in saturday in a city in the state in northern myanmar. according to a state-owned newspaper, a 60 metres high pile of waste soil had come appearsd burying-- collapsed burying people and people. most of the dead are thought to be miners who search for jade. rescue work is being carried out by local authorities and soldiers stationed in the area. this area is where some of the best quality jade is found, but the jade mining industry is poorly regulated. miners risk their lives digging through scraps left by bigger mining companies. in late march at least a dozen people were killed in another slide in the same area

a mud flow thick with mining waste in brazil has rift the ocean. it has killed at least 11 people. another 12 are missing. >> reporter: the river dosey turned a murky orange. it is caused by mining waste unleashed from an iron or teachings mine. it has travelled more than 500 kilometres brazil into the atlantic. >> translation: all we expect now is the death of the river. all of the logistics going on here will not solve our problem. we need a solution >> reporter: the mine is owned by an australian and brazilian joint venture which has agreed to pay more than a quarter of a billion dollars in compensation. company insists that the mud is

not toxic. those along the river say they're already feeling the effects. >> translation: i'm catching just western australian or two fish-- one or two tissue a day now. i used to catch seven. you can't throw that water on the cocoa plant it will die. we don't know what's in the water. there's nothing we can do >> reporter: biologys are working to contain the damage. it won't be easy an estimated 60 cubic metres of month was released. >> translation: our oaktive is to reduce the environmental damage to mitigate the most we can. with regards to who is to blame and other legal proceedings, that's for the courts. >> reporter: brazil's environment minister said it could take up to 30 years to clean up the basin calling this the country's worst environmental disaster in history. gerald tann

the athens match is to be called off after scuffles broke outside. inside the venue a flair landed at the feet of some players who had already made their way onto the pitch. they wanted to go the game ahead, but it was formally called off sparking a mass pitch invasion. how security measures have been in place at club football matches across europe a week on from the attacks in paris. one top tier game in belgium in to be called off. >> reporter: the french national an them sounding out across all english premier league games. a reminder of the impact the paris attacks have had on

football. eight days earlier three blasts took place outside the stade de france where the french national team were taking on germany. never before has the sport been on such high alert. a match between germany and netherlands was cancelled and on saturday calls to postpone all belgian pro league fixture after the security alert in brussels was raised to its highest level. all proceed by one, the deal, 75 kilometres from brussels deemed high risk. in madrid at least a thousand police were present at the bernabo for the biggest game on the continent el classico between madrid and barcelona >> we're not afade at all. it is a safe city. we have no problem with that. >> reporter: there's little doubt the attacks in paris have prompted security arrangement at sporting events worldwide to be

reassessed. even more certain is that the football will go on recycled plastic is being used to make polls for construction and road signs in kenya. a reporting nairobi. >> reporter: it doesn't matter how filledy the job is. -- filthy the job is. after what happens to it after he sells it? >> that i don't know. they make materials but i don't know what kind of materials they make. >> reporter: take a look at this. the plastic goes in here. it is then melted down and compressed in this machine.

dropping it in cold water to cool and here is what you get. planks or poles made out of resick kelled-- recycled plastic. >> i think that the world should explore based on the current raw materials in the form of plastic waste >> reporter: you can use it to make fences, furniture and in construction. manufacturers say they don't rot and unlike wood won't be eaten by terre mites - termites. they are heavy but more expensive than your regular aluminium ones and because production costs are high. a lot of money goes into paying for electricity to make these. the concept is new in kenya, but the polls are changing the landscape. if kenyans stop and look, some would be surprised that more and more of these street polls are

being made from recycled plastic if you're not familiar with our website, you should try it out, aljazeera.com. we've got all the news and sports from our correspondents of the you can find it all there. in pakistan, it's cheaper to buy a hit of heroin than food. the country is infamous as a major transit point for heroin and cannabis from neighboring afghanistan to the rest of the world. but its also fighting it's own battle with addiction. i'm steve chao. on this edition of 101 east, we ask if pakistan can kick it's