still waiting and starving, aid agencies say it will be monday at the earliest before help reaches besiege communities in syria. you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also on the program, foreign minister hold an emergency in cairo as iran is accused of disturbing regional peace. thousands gather in hong kong to answer what's happened to five missing book sellers. the french president attends a ceremony marking one year since the charlie hebdo attacks

in paris. tens of thousands of people who are starving to death in three syrian towns will have to wait at least another day for help. ate agencies hoped trucks would arrive on sunday. some people are so did h despere they are eating leaves and grass. >> the u.n. are ready to deliver aid to three villages where people desperately need assistance. we are talking about madea on the outskirts of damascus that's been under seen by government and allied forces. two others villages in idlib to the north, people have been under siege by rebel forces, so two distinction sides involved. the u.n. has helped negotiate this deal from back in september.

that's when we have help to agree on a ceasefire with these two different sides and last week some fighters were released from slightly north of madea and their families, as well. it's taken until this stage, a complicated process to help people who need aid in those areas. other people need assistance, as well. 400,000 people need u.n. and g.n.o. support. the u.n. wants top deliver aid, tried last year but managed to get access to 10% of the areas. the people who desperately need aid now is an area currently held by isil and there are no plans for aid delivery in that area at the moment. >> a petition has been signed for the u.k. to drop food aid. if it reaches 100,000 signatures, it will be

considered for a debate in parliament. the civil war continues and every effort is made military to bring it to an end as soon as possible. the u.k. has armed forces very capable in humanitarian missions. people are starving to death in douma, idlib, madea and many other place. let us be the ones to feed them. there is a call for the government to top food. >> government ministers don't tend to sign peakses but it would be in order at all that myself, the scottish government, but also members of the s.n.p., westminster and scott land, we absolutely support the calls for there to be food aid dropped for those sashing. those images that al jazeera has been showing quite rightly all week from madea and other areas children males 80ed and duties

are frankly images that should shock the entire world but are a collective stain on our entire conscience. if we can drop bombs in syria, from is no doubt that we can also drop food aid packages. we will certainly be backing that call wholeheartedly. i'll be writing immediately to the foreign secretary to make that case. on top of that, s.n.p.'s will also be backing that call, as well. we'll do everything we can as a political party. this is not just coming from sieving parties but from civil sow safety and parties across the spectrum. let us work together and make that case to the u.n. government. if we can be dropping bombs in syria there's no reason we shouldn't and couldn't be dropping food aid packages to the most vulnerable in the

world. foreign ministers are in tehran for peace talks following talks with the syrian government. damascus would it is ready for talks but expressed concern about who is invite. they will go on to meet opposition leaders in istanbul on monday. a member of the syrian coalition is demanding an end to attacks on civilians before attacks begin. >> this is what the option is asking, confidence building measures, basic the ending of starvation sieges, and halt of the bombing of civilians and the populated areas, and releasing of political prisoners. these are the confidence building measures which are mentioned also in the greatest security council resolution to

fight for. a cross to without borders hospital was attacked in northern yemen. the clinic was hit near the border with saudi arabia. many people could still be trapped under rubble from collapsed buildings nearby. doctors without borders said it's a third attack on a health facility it manages in yemen in the past three months. houthis have detained people in yemen, human rights watches documented the abusive detention of 35 people between august 2014 and october 2015. human rights watch says 27 people are still in custody, and it said many appeared to have been arrested because of their link to a sunni political party. arab cleared accused iran of causing chaos in the region at a special summit. the emergency talks were requested by saudi arabia.

riyadh cut ties with iran after the storming of their embassy by protestors angry of the execution of a cleric. >> iran is using secretaryianism as an excuse and created terrorists to create chaos. we need our meeting to show support to our solvety, security and we need to prevent interference in our internal affairs. >> joining us now is a professor of middle eastern history at qatar university here in the studio in doha with us. thank you for being with us once again. we saw an extraordinary meeting yesterday in riyadh, today an arab league summit in cairo. what's the objective here? what's the message saudi arabia is trying to send? >> saudi arabia wants to send strong political message to iran that there is strong front against iran's policy in the region, a strong, i would say

front is not only from the arab countries -- >> but is the front as strong as they want it to be? we've seen a more sub sued reaction from morocco, tunisia which called for caution, and you have other countries, the more vulnerable like sudan who simply recalled their ambassadors and the e. downgraded ties. there seems to be no consensus. >> i agree with you on what you have said, however, you know, the saudis do know that this is a diplomatic political message. they know that front is not as strong as it should be, but this i also one of the steps saudi arabia are moving or trying to impose on iran. the foreign minister of iran and saudi arabia did announce that this is not only first step. i think what's important is just the announcement.

i agree that there is no strong front on the arab level because of one reason, because there is different reading of interest of what iran is doing in the region, whether iran is a challenge. there is different interests of iran in the reason. the saudis try to invest what happened at their embassy to impose their opinion on different friends not only in that region but in the world. >> what about the iranians? we talk about saudis a lot. how do they want to play it? what does iran want now? do they want to deescalate the tensions? >> i'm not sure iran has interests to increase tensions. there is i would say a group of the political elite they have interests to keep the relations with saudi arabia.

they have no interests to confront saudi arabia. however, we have to know that there is small group of political elite in iran, some related to the revolutionary guard, some conservative front they have different slogan on saudi arabia, present it as being with the united states and that image is working on their mind forever. doesn't seem they are ready to change that perception of saudi arabia. as long as that exists, i'm not sure there will be a major change to saudi arabia. there are still some voices. they want a normal relation to saudi arabia but whether they will pursue that or not we don't know. thousands of people have taken to the streets of hong kong over the disappearance of five publishers that sell

controversial books. >> this was the first real indication of the reaction in hong kong to the disappearances. the mood was angry. >> but the people are hong kong will stand up to the communist parties to no. >> no! >> no! >> no! >> many carry pictures of the fifth manning to missing suspected of being taken in hong kong. it raises fears for the so-called two one country, two systems. >> the president xi said the one country two stops is intact, it will not change shape but now it's almost changed shape beyond recognition. >> the mystery has deepened with the mainland newspaper saying the man sent another message to his wife this weekend urging people not to make a fuss and

not support this march. clearly these people that didn't he'd that, worried about what these disappearances mean for their own safety. >> it makes me feel unsafe, helpless. >> if we do not speak out, then it's no longer hong kong. >> china hasn't confirmed it's holding the men but a couple of carefully placed editorials in mainland newspapers have said that if individuals in hong kong were expected for material likely to cause instability then beijing would be within its rights to take actions against them. for these demonstrators, that is a tacit admission that the men were taken and they will do it again. >> the spirit of the umbrella movement calming for greater freedom within china has made a poise return. rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. sometime ahead on al jazeera, a hollywood actor leads the mexican police to the world's most wanted drug lord.

>> we're in northern iraq where a unique art project is helping syrian children deal with the traumas of war.

welcome back. our top stories on al jazeera, aid meant for 40,000 starving civilians in syria still hasn't reached those who need it the most. aid agencies hoped supplies would reach three besieged communities on monday but now will be monday at earliest.

the arab league is holding an emergency meeting on the attack on the sawed embassy in iran. thousands of protestors have march in hong kong demanding answers over the disappearance of five publishers. the men are linked to political books about china communist leaders. parliamentary elections were held late last year across egypt and the new legislature has met for the first time. the long awaited session is beginning after previous parliaments were dissolved. the first in february, 2011, the second in june, 2012 and the july, 2013 with when the deposed president mohamed morsi along with the speaker of parliament

and dozens of other m.p.'s were jailed. sunday, session opening represents the completion of a political plan adopted since the removal of morsi in a military coup. m.p.'s took an oath and moved on deciding to know a speaker and two deputies. their first task to debate and pass at least 241 laws that have already been put into effect by presidential decree over the last few years, including those restricting street protest and an anti terrorism law that limits press freedoms and gives police widespread powers. many expect the new parliament, which is packed with politicians who party president sisi to rubber stamp those laws. >> sisi would use this parliament as a tool to advance his legitimacy internationally because he believes to have this

parliament will mean stability in egypt. it's very important instrument for sisi to say that we have legitimacy, some sort of political process in egypt. >> sunday's session has been hailed by sisi as the climax of the military's transition to democracy, but with no significant opponents to his policies among the newly elected m.p.'s, there's concern over how democratic the egyptian partiality really is. the french president is attending another ceremony marking one year sings the attacks on the charlie hebdo magazine. it became a rallying attack as parisians rallied for free speech. an oak tree will be planted on

the final day. plaques have been unjailed to commemorate the 17 killed. the muslim council in france wants mosques to open this weekend for visits by non-muslim members of the public. jacky rowland has the latest from the grand mosque in paris. >> the idea of this open doors weekend is to try to demystify the idea of what that is inside mosques and combat some of the negative perceptions of the muslim religion which have grown as a result of the attacks a year ago against the charlie hebdo newspaper and jewishing market and recent attacks in november in which 130 people were killed. ment idea is that ordinary people can just come into the mosque, those mosques that are taking part have a cup of tea and a chat with ordinary mosque goers. we've seen a couple of women are here at the ground mosque who live in the neighborhood and they are curious to see what it

was like inside. another man in another mosque said when someone offers you their hand then obviously you accept it. i did speak to one man on sunday who is himself north african muslim and said he doesn't go to the mosque anymore. he said the atmosphere has changed, there's a lot of intolerance and he's heard a lot of extreme views expressed. it's this kind of perception that this open door weekend is aimed at countering and trying to portray a more positive, less threatening image which mosques in france. the u.s. air force b52 bomber has been on a low level flight over south korea days after nort north korea announcea hydrogen bomb test. in mexico, the government says it knew that hollywood actor sean penn was about to interview the world's most

wanted drug lord for rolling stone magazine. he interviewed el chapo late last year. the interview was one factor that led to his recapture friday six months after he tunneled his way out of prison. now that el chapo has been arrested again, he's likely to be extra dated to the united states to face charges of drug trafficking. we have the latest from where guzman was recaptured. >> mexican authorities removed the bodies of five men in a raid that led to joaquin el chapo guzman's arrest. authorities in the capital laid out steps for how he could be extra dated to the u.s. to face drug trafficking, money laundering and murder charges. according to the mexican attorney general's office, extradition could come in a matter of weeks or months, depending on legal road blocks his lawyers are expected to

raise. >> as his defense counsel, i maintain that national sovereignty, the sovereignty of mexican institutions must be respected for the carrying out of justice. >> when el chapo was captured in 2014, the attorney general at the time joked that he could serve time in the u.s. only after serving 300 or 400 years in a mexican jail. his hollywood caper like escape through a tunnel last july embarrassed and apparently humble would the government. they've now changed their tune. meanwhile, the drama of the raid itself is still felt in this small city on mexico's pacific coast. >> it was around 4:00 a.m. when i heard loud burst of gunfire like never before. >> the local taco stand sits 50 meters from the house. the men here say they had no idea the world's top drug boss was living in their midst.

>> we never imagined having him, such an infamous figure so close. >> they sure didn't imagine having him crawling under the streets after fleeing the safe house el chapo and an associate be escapes into a sewer until climbing out and highjacking a car from a woman who was driving by. >> this i guess the tunnel when chap poe guzman surfaced on friday when he was running from police with his top security lute. they fled more than 24 hours ago, but a few minutes ago, mexico marines were here and finished out a machine gun. >> the manhole is in the middle of a busy street. as marines retrieved the weapon for later inspection, people wondered what other surprises the coming days might reveal about the raid and recapture of mexico's most wanted man. al jazeera, mexico. a unique art project in northern iraq is helping syrian refugee children, teaching them to work through their trauma and bought aify their surroundings.

we have more from northern iraq. >> he is more familiar with conflict than anyone this age should be, it's the chance at beauty that helps the most. the children-year-old is thankful that in her imagination at the very least, peace will one day bloom. >> i wanted to be part of this project so i would forget the past and the war. i wanted to draw with my friends. >> the castle art project provides about a dozen children here in this camp in northern iraq with a unique outlet. threw donated supplies, they get to put aside the realities of refugee life once a week and dive into a world of color and with him see, painting over the bars of this former prison, transforming these walls into a

vibrant canvas. >> i started feeling much better. before this, we were only thinking about the war when we were in syria. we were drawing tanks and blood. we were drawing isil fighters killing people with knives. >> she explains when she and her family first fled the fighting, art no longer provided an escape. >> when this project first began, most artwork produced by the children was similar to what you see in this mural, full of sadness at having left syria, and fear of a future filled with uncertainty. just across the courtyard, there's this painting in which a child sits sad and alone. we miss our homes, it reads in arabic. there's this mural, showing a dove trying desperately to fly through the bars of the prison.

volunteers here decided oral only they had to do something to help. it's a form of therapy, she assures me, that is working. >> we try to change their mind to encourage them to think about beautiful things to happy things so they do sketches more happy, more beautiful about nature. >> now, the children in part far happier impressions and painting illicits laughter instead of tears. against all odds, people are reminded through this large mural, that love wins. a landscape that used to be reminiscent of only dark dice is now getting brighter all the time. al jazeera, in northern iraq. scientists in southern australia found a meteor right,

the 4.5 billion-year-old space rock helped researchers during a three day recovery operation. the winning numbers have been announced for the biggest lottery in u.s. history. no one's yet won the $950 million prize. ticket sales hit fever pitch saturday before the draw was made. with no winning ticket this round, the jackpot rises to $1.3 billion on wednesday. >> here's argentina's answer to robin hood. unlike the famous english outhow, hill has become an unofficial saint attracting thousands of pilgrims every year. we report on his enduring appeal. >> in the province in northeastern argentina, they are here to pay tribute to the saint. coming all the way from buenos

aires, we wants to ask for help. >> he gives us what we ask for. i come to ask for what we need. health and work are the top of the list. >> faith brings people here and what has turned this place into a pilgrimage site. >> i cut my hair because i made a promise. my son has surgery and he is ok. >> the legend says that antonio gil was executed by authorities and his body hung on a tree. >> people here believe he stole from the rich to give to the poor. there's thousands of people that come here every year not only to request what they say are miracles, but also to leave offers to him. you can see the people leave knives, some wedding dresses and even bicycles. >> working here for 30 years, he says people also bring other

things. >> these are coffins with ashes. some want to be buried close to him and they are here with me. >> he is not recognized as a saint by the catholic church. many have called for his canonization. in the past, the church has tried to distance itself from folk saints, but the father said the church has changed since francis became the pope. >> the message from pope francis is clear. listen to your people and accept them. he is part of the culture. that's why the church has to accept him. the church telling people what they have to believe in gave more important to power and not service. >> the image of antonio can be seen all around argentina and every year, there are more and more people that believe in him,

especially among the poor, who claim he gives them what others do not. al jazeera, argentina. a reminder that you can keep up to date with all the news all the time on our website, aljazeera.com. different stories about the environment. one message. >> this year is blowing our minds. >> storms generated by a powerful weather system. >> these urchins are in trouble right now, why is that? >> our oceans getting warmer and more toxic. land frozen for years now melting. what is happening around the planet and what can science do about it?