month this is what we heard.

>> food, water and medicine is bargainen chips. there are basic necessity that are needed for survival and right to leave that they committee has the responsibility to protect. you cannot let more people die under your watch. mr. president, as highlighted by the coordinated council this last monday, there is no alternative to a politically negotiated solution to this desperate conflict. the relevant stake holders, in particular those in the warring parties must put their differences aside and place

syria on a firm path to peace. >> and our diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from the u.n. in new york. and again, more strong words in the situation in syria. >> more strong words and rightly because it is a desperate situation. some would say shameful that the world has let syria get to this place where, as you say, 400,000 people in besieged areas yes we focus on madaya, and you heard about the people who starved in that town of 40,000 people. you saw the pictures of skeletal pool, skeleta people, skeletal children in that town. and the bigger figures are those who are in what is known as hard tohard-to-reach areas, where it

is difficult to get in food and supplies. 1.5million people in that category. i think what you're seeing now is an open session of the u.n. security council because they really want to draw attention having been shocked by what happened in madaya. they had a closed session on this subject on monday. it was the french ambassador who pushed for this session. who is still continuing and speaking of the venezuela ambassador ramirez. and we're about through hearing from all 15 members of the security council. at the end of the session we're going to hear from the syrian representatives, who happens not to be the syrian ambassador, who has made some deeply controversial comments about madaya on monday, saying it was all a fabrication. the seats have been taken by the new deputy ambassador of the united nations. first time we have seen him speak to the security council

when he speaks a little bit later on on this subject. >> a lot of strong words yet again at the y. james. but is this going to help? is it going to add to the pressure on the various parties fighting in the area? >> well, remember, the u.n. has been passing resolutions about the humanitarian situation for a long time, and this is a war that is nearly five years old. i think they feel this is an important moment because of the shocking pictures from madaya, which i think have shocked the world. but also because we're only days away from the date which has been set for possible syrian peace talks, the 25th of this monday in geneva. so far they say those talks are on, but clearly they've got to get both sides to the negotiating table. so this is a pretty key moment in syria's conflict. and some are hoping that although the big issue of trying to get peace in the future of president assad have been such

difficult issues, perhaps they can make some progress at this point at the humanitarian issue. having said that some diplomats i've spoken to say that there is a slight danger in this. if you start using the humanitarian situation as a bargaining chip, that's wrong because the humanitarian situation on the international humanitarian law and under the u.n. security council resolutions that have been passed, which are also international law, they should be accessed straight away to these hard-to-reach areas. >> james with the latest there from the u.n. thanks so much. well, let's now take a closer look of what is happening in syria. the they have send a mobile clinic and team to madaya after the government gave permission. >> bombs and guns come and go, but hunger has been constant for many in this town. now for the first time in months people in madaya are getting

outside help. truck loads of food, medicine and doctors are streaming in. although for many people it is too late. hunger has killed more than 30 people in the past month. >> where we ended madaya we saw cases of malnutrition. we hoped to get them out of madaya to get them taken care of in our centers. >> that will require permission from the forces that cut off the town in the first place. fighters supporting syria's president bashar al-assad has controlled madaya for months. until few it has been hard to verify videos that show starvation. it's the same video that has allowed aid workers in. and what they have seen now may be evidence of war crimes both by the government and by the rebels.

>> the scenes haunt us all. the elderly and children, men and women, for little--who are little more than skin and bones, they're severely mall nourished. they could barely walk and utterly desperate. >> here two trucks head to two villages this time held by rebel groups. there people are said to be starving. while there may be some relief from hunger it is not clear if those who let them starve will ever be punished. al jazeera. >> well, russia said its forces in syria have begun delivering humanitarian aid. it is calling on all sides to make sure that aid gets into areas blocked by rebel fighters. russian claims have delivered 22 tons of aid.

>> currently chief assistance has been delivered to a city long been under siege by isil terrorists. today syrian military cargo il 76 equipped with parachutible palates delivered 22 tons of cargo into the area. it's distribution will be done by local authorities. >> at least 20 civilians have been killed after their homes have come under fire by government forces. the syrian government fired artillery in the area outsid in in the outskirts of damascus. >> now gunmen have attacked a hotel in burkina faso's area. two bombs went off outside of a hotel popular with werners and

united nations workers. men exchanged gunfire with security forces. local media are reporting that hostages are being held. it's not yet known if anybody has been hurt in this attack. well joining me on the phone is journalist olympia domamo. thank you for joining us. what more do you know about th this? >> we heard an explosion, and right now what i can tell you for sure is that there are some stages from a source that around the hotel, someone saying that

there are some victims, about three, and we don't have much more information right now. the police are saying that there is more right now. >> olympia, it's the early stages right now, but who might the investigators be pointing the finger out? >> excuse me? >> it's the early stages right now, but who might be the investigators be pointing the finger at right now? >> there are explosions. what i can tell you the security is very afraid, very afraid, and

that the french and the embassy claim to be really careful and to avoid specific areas. >> thank you, we'll keep you up-to-dated on that as we get it. thank you very much for your time. french investigators have confirmed the identity of one of the paris attackers in november last year. he blew himself up during a stand off with police in the southern suburb five days after the attacks. the police identified him based

on dna evidence. he was the third member who killed dozens of people in a cafe. a man is brain dead and another critically ill after being given an experimental drug in a drug trial. the development of the drug now has been suspended. >> it was a clinical trial that went badly wrong. now with one person declared brain dead and five others in hospital the french health minister has ordered an investigation. >> the families are devastated. we'll make sure that they're given up a the answers. particularly as of right now i'm not aware of any comparable case. what has happened is unprecedented and requires the greatest possible vigilance in the coming investigation. >> the drug was being tried at this private clinic in renn in

western france. it is a drug that deals with pain. >> the conditions of the other patients got worse and today four of the five other patients have neurological problems of varying gravity. one patient didn't have any symptoms. >> there was clearly some error in over sight. >> in 2016 with all the means we have such an accident could still happen. at this moment i have, unfortunately, no idea. has there been an human error i can't believe in a coincidence in circumstances. >> dozens of more people got smaller do assess of the substance and they are now undergoing a brain scam to make sure they have not been harmed. >> still to come on this al jazeera news hour hours after the outbreak is confirmed over a new case is confirmed in sierra

leone. plus... >> i'm in the sound between denmark and sweden which has turned into a new people smuggling route. >> two-time grand slam winner opens up with an impressive double. details with farrah in sport. >> first, iraq's top shia cler cleric has urged the government to do more against sectarian violence. >> after days of violence and continuing sectarian tensions, a significant statement from the highest shia religious authority in iraq. >> a few days ago regrettable

attacks on civilians which definitely have dangerous consequences. as we strongly condemn these attacks we place full responsibility on the government security forces. in a sermon delivered by his hoax than on friday, the grand ayatollah condemned the attacks targeting shia militiamen as well as the wave of retaliatory attacks against sunni mosques. he blamed the government for not doing more to protect the people of iraq. the population is a mixture of sunni and shia. shia militias began handling the security. some prominent members of the sunni community find the remarks disingenuous suggesting among other things that shia militias are more to blame for sectarian

violence than any other groups. >> just another way to say big words. and they know, they are responsible for these crimes. all the iraqi government, iran, and definitely the shia religious authorities itself. >> what is clear for now the violence could not come at a worse time. a huge concern for iraq's government right now is that if this surge of violence continues and if sectarian alliance continues to deepen, that could undermine efforts by iraq's government and the security forces in their fight against isil. al jazeera, baghdad. >> let's get more on this right now. joining us live from washington, d.c. the senior middle east analyst and former adviser to the iraqi security forces. thank you so much for being with us on the program. why do you think he has decided to say all this right now? >> thanks for having me.

he's having to say this now because of exactly what is going on in diyala province. you have the security being left to shia militias that are being backed by the iranian force that are conducting attacks against the sunni population. the last thing you want is to attack the sunni population. they are the very people you need to fight isis. it is a distraction, you and it's been going on for the last year and a half. it's good he's saying this now, but every time he has said this in the past, unfortunately he has failed. when he says something that they don't agree with, they'll follow orders but if he says something that they don't agree with, they simply will not listen to him. >> so the militias don't listen to him on the ground, then? >> the militias don't live to him. you have them conducting

operations they don't listen to him. they listen to iran blaming the government, i believe it is disingenuous. to blame prime minister abady for what the militias are doing when prime minister abad di di has no control over it. there are good people in the forces. but the problem is the leadership. they're sectarian. there are reprisal attacks. >> assuming that aassuming that aassuming that al abadi cannot be blamed for it, is there anything that they can do to improve the situation? >> yes, they should bring back--there are 90,000 u.s.-trained forces.

prime minister al abadi could bring back trained sunnies and bring them back into the divisions and within six months isis could be defeated but instead he's relying on others. there is not much i can do. >> if it was that simple one might say why hasn't he done that? >> well, because we haven't put pressure on al baghdadi to do it. the international community--the international community gets to spend two hours a week with prime minister al abadi when iran's lieutenants can spend as many hours of the day with prime minister aled a guyy. they have supremacy and leverage. we should tell baghdad that we will no longer provide u.s. aid until you bring back the sunnies who were originally purged by

prime minister maliki. the second iraqi division, the third iraqi army division could be filled with those individuals today and they have responsibility for mosul. you can't defeat isis with a shia force. you can level ramadi and level buildings, but that doesn't liberate ramadi. if destroys ramadi, and they went away and then they came back. you saw them come back to diyala because of the shia-sunni sectarianism in those areas. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> a record 36.8 million holiday makers visited turkey in 2015. since then a frostily relation has started to dim. can you country win back foreign tourists welcome bernard smith

has this from istanbul. >> when he murdered ten germans on tuesday in istanbul, he also hit the largest source of foreign tourists. now in istanbul there is not much sign of tourists from germany or anywhere else. >> after the conflict i realized the slowing down of tourism season especially for last year. there was way slower. >> revenue and tourism was down by $2 billion to $28 million. the industry is important for many of the small businesses that form the backbone of turkey's economy. >> the day after i was here and i saw a lot of visitors heading to the airport. we used to pick up the tourist

tourist--we you canned to pick the tours over the tourists but now we pick the tourists over the turks. >> this happened at a time of the year when many people are planning to spend their holiday. all right the tourism was bracing for the loss of russian tourists after the kremlin retaliated against turkey for shooting down one of their fighter jets. >> what we're trying to explain you should have to work. >> turkey's history, culture and scenery helped to make it the world's sixth most visited country last year. european tour separators say that many of their customers are

looking to spend this summer close for home. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >> 27 academics have been arrested in turkey for denouncing military operations against the kurdish in the southeast. they are all university lecturers accusing what the government calls terrorist propaganda. they are 12 out of 1200 scholars who signed the deck are a calculation. now with the iran nuclear deal expected as early as saturday, secretary of state john kerry is traveling to meet with his e.u. counterparts. they will be holding talks on a comprehensive plan of action for the deal. the i.a.e.a. will deliver its reports on tehran's compliance.

and if confirmed tehran's compliance will where sanctions will be lifted. >> it sounds like things are moving along pretty quickly right now. >> it does seem that things are moving quickly. but is implement takes day happen on saturday? although all signs are point to go yes. the big factor that is going to determine when implementation day happens is when the iaea issues it's report and weather iran has complied with the termsment gcpoa. once that happens a lot of things will happen at the same time. i just came from a background briefing with a senior official who basically outlined the process for what happens once the iaea report has been

delivered to the u.n. to the e.u. and to the pa plus 1 negotiating team. basically that report is the trigger for the u.s. and the e.u. and the u.n. to lift all of their sanctions. all of these organizations have already passed legislation and regulations that would make the reversal of these sanctions pretty much automatic. but it all depends on when they get the report. the senior administration official also says that at the very least we're going to get for the u.s.' part a two-sentence statement from the secretary of state john kerry basically saying that the u.n. has said the iaea report, and that as far as the u.s. is concerned implementation day is now in effect. that means that secondary essentials, that travel ban would all be taking effect, but

the big question, felicity, is whether or not it does happen on saturday. here in the united states the banks are not open on sunday. and it has also happens that monday is a national holiday, so the banks again won't be open. there is a question whether the iranians want to have this report from the iaea issued on saturday so that they could perhaps make a show to their citizens, look, we've complied with the terms of this deal, and we're now able to access the money that has been frozen for decades because of what the u.s. and others thought we were doing that was improbable or illegal. however, if the report does not come out on saturday, then implementation day may not happen until tuesday at the earliest. it looks as if everything is going to happen on saturday, but we're not there yet. >> all eyes will be on vienna on saturday. roslind jordan live there in

washington, thank you. still to come on the news hour. u.s. water crisis, michigan's governor asks president obama to issue an emergency declaration over the high levels of lead in the drinking water. rebuilding relationships, how the head of the angl anglican church will address a riff.

>> this is one of the most important sites in the century. >> this linked the mafia and the church. >> why do you think you didn't get the medal of honor? >> i can't allow you not to go into that because that is your job. >> we gonna bring this city back one note at a time. >> proudest moment in my life. >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested. >> i know that i'm being surveilled.

>> people are not getting the care that they need. >> this is a crime against humanity. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> explosions going on... we're not quite sure - >> is that an i.e.d.? >> hello again. a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. the u.n. has called on all sides of the conflict in syria to put their differences aside civilians can come first. the security council meeting to discuss the crisis after harrowing pictures of starving people. 32 people have died. gunmen attacked a hotel where two bombs went off the splendid hotel popular with

westerners and u.n. officials. in france experiment drugs were given to people in a clinical trial. indonesia police say they have identified four out of five of the jakarta attackers. they're now searching for an indonesian man. residents of jakarta are determined to show they won't be scared by thursday's attacks. we report from the capital 31. >> there was no sign of fear after five men keep here armed with guns and explosives. instead people came to the area outside of the shopping mall in gentleman tar at a for a peace rally. >> we are strong. we are not weak. we're united.

enter is a multi cultural place, and because of that it's not easy to shake us. >> it's too easy for those who were caught up in the violence. the names of the injured are listed outside hospitals. security in some areas close to where the attack happened, but this sprawling city has largely returned to normal. there has been a strong rejection of the attack in indonesia with #s like brave jakarta and place of the brave. >> this man says he refuses to be scared away. >> i'm a bit concerned because the attack was close to me. but there was nothing i could do. >> the solidarity shown in a relative short space of time since the attack is something that people in gentleman tar can say they have seen before. >> this is a mark of defiance.

we want to show that they're not afraid of all this intimidation. that's why you see an outpouring for people who are here. >> there will be nervousness that there could be more to come, but for now the people hearsay they won't be defeated. al jazeera, jakarta. >> a state of democratic emergency that announcement made ahead of the annual state of the union address. president nicolás maduro is about to address the parliament. >> well, let's speak now to al jazeera's virginia lopez, who is also in caracas.

what has prompted the president to declare this state of emergency? >> because it relies almost on 95% on oil for its economy. this recent very dramatic drop in oil prices has made things here even more hard than they were just a year ago. the government insists that this drop in oil prices is part of the reason why declaring this emergency. but they insist that the other reason is that the opposition or private sector has been driving what they call an economic warfare designed to destabilize president nicolás maduro's government. they insist that this crisis has been brought about by an economic system or economic model that has proven to fail, and that the sooner that corrections are made the larger the chances of the country recovering.

>> what measures could be announced as part of this state of emergency. >> it is unclear what this means, last week president maduro said that he would be focusing a lot of the attention on reactivating the agriculture of the country to insure food supply. they have been suffering from chronic food shortages and you can see people lined up at shops for hours. but what other measures might be taken is unclear. there has been talk about hiking taxes but the bigger question here and one that is on everyone's mind is whether the government will dare raise the price of petrol, and hiking petrol at a time when poor people is suffering the most is going to be a contentious issue.

this has been a taboo suspect but one that everyone here insists must be addressed. >> virginia lopez withhe latest from the capital of caracas, thank you. and global markets have taken a beating as those oil prices continue to drop. [ bell ringing ] >> wall street closed the day as it opened, in the red. the dow down, and the plunging oil prices are the main factions for drawing down the trade markets. over supply of china's economy are driving it down.

in the u.s. state of michigan governor rick snyder has issued an emergency and major disaster declaration following a drinking crisis. people have been queuing up for bottled water handed out by the national guard after high levels of lead was handed out. >> this is one of five water distribution centers in flint. the national guard is here delivering water, delivering testing supplies and filters to the residents. you can see them behind me now doing that. yesterday there was one soldier do that. today there are six. that is happening at five different places around this city. to make matters worse governor rick snyder has announced there is also a problem maybe linked to the water with disease.

the governor asked president obama to declare a state of emergency. that would free up federal funds for the federal government to contribute to the water system. it would cost $1 billion to $5 billion to replace because there is lead in those pipes that has been leeching into the water. that's what caused this problem. it is believed to have been coorsive water. the damage to the pipes has been done. >> a new case of ebola has been declared just two months after it was declared free of the virus. the victim lived in a house with 22 others and was treated as an

outpatient. the epidemic killed more than 11,300 people in two years. now the w.h.o. said the job is not over. border control has been reinstated between sweden and denmark. the channel is narrow in this part of the baltic sea. at one point just four kilometers separates denmark an sweden, so it's not far. but the waters themselves are deadly. they're as cold as 12 degrees celsius even in summer. they're also filled with cargo ships. but since the route was made much harder, officials fear that

it might be used. >> these mean, women and children are all new arrivals which means that they all come in th--when sweden has introduced border controls. >> they find on illegal entry, and that will still happen. >> by road and rail sailing culture and liberal activism are playing to the advantage. these young people are playing to the youngest group who have families in sweden. >> when you think about smugglers, you think about

people earning a lot of money from helpless people. that's what we're doing. we're helping people. we're giving them food. we're good sailors, and we're not charging anything for what we do. >> whether there are good sailors to help refugees cross this for bidding sea, far more dangerous attempts are happening. if a boat capsized here in a storm, no one would last a half hour. >> it would be more dangerous to them, and the water is difficu difficult, there could be rough weather, and most people are not prepared for those kinds of parts. >> this isn't the first time that the sound between denmark and sweden has been used as a people-smuggling route. during the second world war when copenhagen was occupied by the

nazis, fishermen would take jews across to the safety of sweden. the difference now, of course, is that the reason why people smuggling route has grown up here is because scandinavian countries have started to close their borders to refugees many politicians in copenhagen don't see the activists as danish heroes helping refugees but criminals who should be arrested. if the border controls go on then inflatable dinghies may be the choice for refugees who want to see their families across the water. that would be the most desperate journey. laurence lee, al jazeera, in the strait between denmark and sweden. >> america's biggest anglican church is to be excluded from decision making and policy in a growing riff over gay marriage. clerics concluded a meeting on friday with the church deeply split on same-sex marriage.

ipaul brennan problems. >> sir francis of assisi church is a long way from canterbury, england. these aren' are anglican believers, and on gay marriage they're not sure what to believe any more. >> this thing of being gay and lesbian, i really don't understand it. when we are born we are told that we are a girl or we are a boy. >> in the holden days it was not proper but in today's life, we can't cast them aside. >> there are those who are in favor of the union and there are those who are not in favor of that. >> the global church of 85 million worshipers is sharply split. the united states branch, the

episcopal church supports an openly guy bishop. on friday, there is doctrinal debate for the next three years. >> this is a difficult time for many but it's important to remember that we're still part of the anglican community. >> outside protesters urged compassion. and the final communique condemns homophobia and with gay marriage it remains a fundamental departure from the faith and the episcopal church must take the consequences. >> unity here is going to be costly because we have deep differences. and it's going to be painful as well as often joyful and remarkable. >> the pimp portrayed this split as more of a procedure problem than a doctrinal issue.

there is no under stating the deep split within the anglecally can church. archbishop welby will try to heal the resist, but traditionalists see little scope for compromise. >> it is not to reflect the culture of the day or prevailing opinions. it is to present the timeless message of the got. >> the resist looks to widen this year when canadian anglicans are set to join the episcopal church's support of gay marriage. >> let's get more on the story joining us live by skype is reverend jeremiah. thanks for being with us on the program. what do you think? how close do you think the anglely can community come to splitting over this issue? . >> it's very close. it's very close to going on

different paths stand works on the understanding of relationships in different churches. but if some decide some cannot be part of it, then it's very close to being fragmented. but at the same time it is being preserved north to keep it in that way. >> it is a da delicate balancing act, but is this really just a temporary fix? it's just a bit of a fudge to exclude in episcopal church from decision-making, and surly there is more trouble to come? >> i think this trouble has been brewing for a while. it all started back in 2003 when reverend gene robinson was appointed bishop. i think since then the discussion about homosexuality and same-sex marriage has been

boring the anglican community. and even in 2008 they requested the episcopal church and the canadian episcopal church to withdraw from the communion. but what happened today through the bless conference and the communique that we need to make it very clear stance so that the communion or the majority of the communion can be retained. >> i mean, if there are so many fundamental differences between soft of the churches, does it make sense that some of the traditional churches in, say, africa to, split from the anglican community? you have fundamentally those who don't understand the

homosexuality, and then you have those who apologize to the hurt caused to the gay and lesbian community by the anglican church. the two don't add up, do they. >> they don't, but the nature of the communion is that it has spread across different continents and cultures and taken on its own life in different parts. but they have been able to share common faith, history. i think when you push for uniformity, and the single understanding of doctrine and marriage in this case, then you rule out the differences, the diversity of the communion. what is happening now is that i think that it being silent

because there are other factors of particularly the co the churches are struggling in a way to make their presence being felt. >> reverend, we must leave it there. but we appreciate your thoughts and your time. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> still to come on the program. >> i'm andy richardson at the africa nation as championship in rwanda, a country getting ready to host it's biggest ever sporting event.

>> hello again. it's time to catch up with all the day's sport. >> felicity, thank you so much. the day two of the third test for england's bowlers in johannesburg. they put england under pressure reducing them to 91-4. they put on a six wicket stand for 111 together. they would go on to finish the 106 on 238-5. they have played it's first match for pakistan after five-year ban for spot fixing. the 23-year-old bowler took one wicket in pakistan's victory in

new zealand in a key international in auctio auckland. clinking two wins in one day for the international title an upset of world number two, and they are back for the final just hours later in just 55 minutes. the two-time grand slam winner is number 23 when the grand slam begins on monday. champions face everton after an important game against west brom. they conceded a late goal 2-2. six points off the drop zone.

>> we can't be unrealistic in relegation. this is also a fact. so we have to work hard and be very cons traited and gather our points to step up. that's why there was a set back period because of this draw against west brom. >> host qatar has been taken in the lead. it was qatar who got on the score sheet first. they are now just in the draw i >> syria's footballers have kept their hopes of qualifying alive. they came to beat china 3-1, and the top three teams from this

tournament qualify for the 2015 rio games. now rwanda is getting ready to host the biggest event in its sporting history. the african nations championship taking off against the ivory coast. >> football is everywhere you look in rwanda, but never before has the country been home to a tournament. 16 teams ahead for the african nation's championship just the fourth edition of an event opened to players active in their domestic league. of the lower profiles in the africa cup of nation where is they can be selected they say it is to strengthen domestic african leagues. >> many are not playing in africa, so it was placed in the

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