♪ as millions of syrians are stuck in limbo the u.n. brokered talks in geneva enter a fifth day. ♪ hello there i'm nick clark live in doha and also coming up, on the program the turkish prime minister is hopeful he can reach a deal with eu leaders on the refugee crisis, north korea launches missiles in the sea and they are ready to respond if need be. antiprotesters return to the streets after an appointment by

dilma rousseff. ♪ so to the conflict in syria and we are entering a fifth day of talks in geneva, the u.n. special envoy says the distance is large and staffan de mistura will spend the day meeting with both sides separately and agreements on one objective which is keeping syria together, let's speak to james base who is following the talks of course in geneva and james talks have not started yet. >> they have not started, no, nick and that is interesting because staffan de mistura said he would be meeting the government side in the morning, those were his comments. they did not announce a meeting but told cameras that will film the start of the meeting were called to be there and have been told to go away and come back just afternoon geneva time so pretty clear to me there has been a postponement of what was going to be a morning meeting

now going to be an afternoon meeting with the government tied. one reason for that possibly here very clear feeling the government side is under pressure and public pressure from the united nations, under pressure on the issue of detainees because the vast majority of prisoners are being held by the government side and staffan de mistura says there has been no progress on that issue which is one of the issues in the u.n. security council resolution that sets out this process and move to humanitarian access getting to besieged areas and that is supposed to be done as part of the taushgs and the u.n. has made it clear there are six areas they can't get to and areas controlled by the government and also make it clear that areas where the government has allowed convoys in they are stripping them of their medical and surgical kits and then we get to what staffan de mistura has called the mother of all issues, political transition and he has made it quite clear he had a constructive, very constructive

he said conversation with the opposition about their ideas for a new syria for political transition but on the government side he says he is only mainly hearing about procedure, let's listen to what he has to say. >> we had two meetings and they were rather procedural. one that you are familiar with are eight point of principles and what we need to do is starting talking about political transition and what the government as such sees as a possible political transition. the question is without a doubt we are not talking about new agenda, the agenda is clear. >> reporter: so james what about the opposition, do we know anything about what they may be proposing? >> detailed proposals given to staffan de mistura by the opposition getting to the crunch issue of political transition which is the role of president

assad and see no roll for him at all and have a plan how syria should be governed in the transition period, should be a transition governing body laid out in the security council resolution and the geneva communication and that would replease the president ie assad and prime minister and take that authority under that governing body and a governing body for day-to-day issues and i'm told in a leak that al jazeera received of proposals from opposition a military council to deal with fighters in syria, those that belong to the syrian government army and all the different groups to try to unify them and bring them on one central command, there will be a judicial council which will deal with justice issues and presumably dealing with all the war crimes that have been committed over five years and a constitutional assembly to draw up a new long-term constitution for a post assad syria, a committee for reconciliation and

also for rebuilding so that they can try and get national reconciliation and heal wounds and the very difficult job of rebuilding the damaged infrastructure of syria and very detailed plans from the opposition and they presented them to staffan de mistura but he has not heard anything similar from the government side and they are now under pressure. >> all right james back with you as the day goes on and progresses otherwise, thanks very much indeed. the lives of refugees living on the syrian-turkish border are made more difficult with a huge rainstorm flooding a number of camps in idlib providence and show what they are dealing with and tents is saturated and also muddied their water supply. talks over the refugee crisis and the prime minister arrived in the last hour, members will look to finalize a deal with turkey that there include ankara

taking in eu refugees for increased funding and other political stipulations. >> for us, for turkey refugee issue is not a issn issue humanitarian as well as european values and turkey received 2.7 million refugees without any significant assistance from anybody and i want to reemphasize that turkey will continue her policy to have these attitudes of humanitarian perspective. >> bomb squads have explosives near a government building and police found the car packed with 150 kilograms and months of bomb attacks mostly targeting the government or the military. north korea has reportedly fired two ballistic missiles and one went 800 kilometers before

landing in the sea of japan and it comes amid heightened tensions when the u.s. and u.n. imposed sanctions against north korea and rob mcbride has this. >> reporter: the reaction has been as swift as the missile's launch especially from north korea's neighbors, south korea condemned it as another provocative act. >> translator: north korea should focus on improving the north korea's quality of life and provocative actions are not good for themselves and development of relations between us. >> reporter: as with a similar launch last week the missiles were fired into the sea between north korea and japan unlike last week they are thought to have been medium range missiles with one reaching 800 kilometers that brought a strong response from japan because parts of its territory could be reached by a medium range rocket. >> translator: we have strongly

protested to north korea, the government will continue to work in close cooperation with international community and respond firmly. >> reporter: this latest launch further tests the patience of neighboring china. in china there is growing alarm that the instability on the peninsula and sense of frustration and despite its influence, its ally and neighbor continues to conduct these tests. earlier this week north korea leader kim jung-un will continue launches and a war test and followed a nuclear test and a long range rocket launch earlier this year and both moves prompting increased u.n. and u.s. sanctions. if the international community was wondering if those sanctions were deterring north korea this launch seems to be the answer, rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong.

let's hear from robert kellie professor of political science and security and says north korea had a nuclear weapons program a long time and wants to test them now. >> north korea is formally a communist state and communist party and have a large party congress soon, in the spring, there has not been one for many decades so this is a big deal and i think that is one of the reasons there has been so much activity in the run up to it in the last few months. also furthermore north korea had a missile and nuclear weapons program a long time and need to test these things and we don't want them to obviously but i think it follows technically from what they have done before and keep on going so they can marry a nuclear war head to a missile and the way to evaluate tensions is to say where were we without them and i think it's correct that sanctions have not stopped the program and there is a great deal of disappointment how 20 years of sanctions are not preventing them from getting a nuclear weapon and could be worse and it's not a joyful

thought but it's true and could be worse and new sanctions will take time to bite, i'm somewhat optimistic about them and they do expand particularly to north korean overseas and useful for shutting down the north koreans to buy things they need for the program and watching to see if china will lose patients with north korea soon and we hear how china has a long of leverage over pyongyang and they say it's not so but there is consensus they have influence on north korea and has taken heat in the media in the last couple mvts since it accelerated since the january nuclear test. partners for an air strike at a hospital in afghanistan that killed people and will have sanctions for mistakes that led to the bombing of a doctors without border in kunduz and none will face criminal charges and it took place last october when the u.s. was helping them

take kunduz and president obama apologized for attack an ordered an investigation. all right still ahead on the program new efforts to bring farming to pakistan's largest city and the obstacle some growers are facing plus. >> when the border opens it will be like one tribe and one family. >> reporter: hopes for greater security and economic prosperity for people in south sudan. ♪

♪ top stories here on al jazeera north korea reportedly fired two

medium range policeic missiles in the sea days after leader kim jong-un ordered the long range missile and they call it a significant threat and they condemned the launch. entering a fifth day in geneva, the u.n. special envoy says the divide between the government and opposition delegates is large but both agree on uniting syria. the turkish prime minister has arrived at the european union summit which enters the second day of talks over the refugee crisis and look to finalize a deal with turkey that includes ankara taking in eu refugees in return for increased funding and other political stipulations. well greece has called for countries that shut borders to face sanctions and refugees left stranded by closers are urged to move to organized camps and thousands remain on the greek-macedonia border and we have this report. >> reporter: the camp in

northern greece where 13,000 refugees are stranded, officials from the european asylum support office encourage them to the location, with the borders closed they are told the only option for them is to seek asylum officially. all officials engaged in the camp and she is one of them. >> since october 2015 which is the operational date starting days on the ground, about 780 people have been relocated. >> reporter: hope is what made these people track to this muddy camp and hope going further north on the refugee trail to reach european countries. it's the force that propels them like almost refugee past camps that have been hastly erected and a refugee from homs says he is losing patience and in the camp with his children more than four weeks now.

>> translator: we registered for relocation and did an interview of us on skype and nothing came of it and it's all lies and a pure waste of time. >> reporter: he has come to see the situation for himself. he also faults the problem. >> delay anything well it doesn't really come up with the fundamental belief those people are human and have dignity and they are victimized by the war and they have wounds that are still bleeding and the program just makes the bleeding longer. >> reporter: aid workers say they too are overwhelmed and wonder why it's taking europe so long to respond to these growing humanitarian crisis. >> more refugees arriving and they are desperate and struggling and we as humanitarians are stretched as well and need to see a common european strategy, there is no option b. >> reporter: for now the people of this camp continue to wait

anxiously hoping that their situation will change. greece with all its economic problems risks turning to a refugee prison with 44,000 people stranded here already, a number that keeps ticking up ward everyday, mohamed, al jazeera, northern greece. federal judge in brazil has blocked the controversial move by the president to appoint a predecessor and mentor as chief of staff. the political crisis caused anti-government protesters to return to the streets and demonstrations have taken place in reo and south palo and dilma rousseff appointment of silva and attempt to protect them from prosecution in a corruption case and silva is held in high regard from the left wing for the policies and president dilma rousseff needs the left wing base to survive and one reason she failed to tackle the budget

deficit with $150 billion in december, that is equivalent to just over 10% of gross domestic product, then in turn gdp is expected to shrink by nearly 3 1/2% this year after a similar drop last year and that would mark brazil's deepest downturn in a century and brazil has fallen 6% raising much of the gains it made in recent weeks and it did bounce slightly on the news of the judge blocking the appointment and we report now from rio. >> reporter: this was the moment president dilma rousseff would turn the country around and predecessor appointed chief of her cabinet but it didn't last long. president dilma rousseff didn't let the jeers get in the way and called government supporters brave brazilians and welcomed the embattled president into her

cabinet. >> translator: welcome minister lu lula. i count on the experience of minister lula and count on his identity, the identity with the country and people of this country. and doug evans silva chief of the house. >> reporter: anti-government protesters clashed with supporters and both sides frustrated and angry at the many different and contradictory turns the country's politics have taken, the demonstrations are not limited to the capitol, for the second day in a row thousands took to the streets in cities across the country tired of corruption and politicians. and president dilma rousseff will press on trying to keep the country running and says protests are part of a healthy democracy and is doing what is

best for the duly elected president and the lower house will make it difficult for dilma rousseff to hold her seech with impeachment procedures against her for fiscal missingment and a federal judge suspended lula appointment to the new role and a move the government is ap peefing and the government hoped having her in the corner would shore up support for the government but nothing is calming emotions here ran brazil is realing from a wide range corruption into the national oil company petrol brace and suffering the worst recessions in decades and people are unhappy and are determined to be heard. al jazeera, rio. pakistan's former military ruler has gone to dubai for medical treatment and the departure comes days after the supreme court ordered the government to order a ban on him and after self imposed exile he faced charges related to his

time in power and before leaving the president said he will return to face all pending cases against him. people in one of the world's most popular cities carachi are concerned about how vegetables are grown and using new farming techniques to reduce their own food and we have this report from pakistan's largest city. >> reporter: everyday children at this school spend time in the garden and interact with nature, learn and discover where their vegetables are coming from. >> the basic idea is every student should know how to grow their own food and they should be connected with the food cycle. >> reporter: in a city of estimated 20 million people that is becoming increasingly important and virmentists say population growth and increasing demand in cacachi are making farmers neglect environmental risks and this is what concerns many people the banks which carry most of the city's waste are being used as farms.

besides organic waste these streams carry untreated hazardous chemicals from thousands of factories along them. you can actually smell the raw sewage and chemical fumes here that is being used to provide nutrients to vegetables like this and medical experts believe using this water can contribute to diseases such as cancer. it is shared by people who are trying to convince others to grow their own food within the city and he turned 100 and his farm is between high rise is 60 years old and apartments and rooftops can help in many ways. >> translator: use organic food in the city at relatively low cost and the ability to consume

their food in a much healthier way then the whole picture leads to change. >> reporter: hundreds of people are already trying to grow their own vegetable patches and says her rooftop garden keeps her happy and healthy. >> all about the pesticides and fertilizers which are harmful to us so if i want a garden why not grow vegetables instead of flowers in the garden. >> reporter: teaches awareness and importance of food will also take root in the coming generations, al jazeera, carachi. in france thousands of students and union members protested for the second time in two weeks against labor reforms and police used tear gas to disburse people and make it easier to hire and fire staff and change workers and pay level and it's to help france's high unemployment rate and there has been an out [of bacterial

infections and say the rubish could lead to more serious illnesses such as cancer and we have more now from beirut. >> reporter: for the past few months her morning routine has been the same, first he organizes the nine medications he has to take throughout the day and then he sprays the windows outside his appointment with insect repellant, it's part of an effort to prevent himself from getting sick again and he spent three days in hospital earlier this year with a severe case of gastro enteritis and they told him it was from breathing in airborne germs by the huge garbage dump that is growing outside for months and the trash is several meters high and stretches for at least a kilometer. >> translator: it's so dirty and smelly, it's like living in a graveyard, i'm not the only one suffering, all my neighbors

are too, their doors are always closed and they are always sick and never recover from their illnesses. >> reporter: lebanon's trash crisis began eight months ago after the mainland fill reached capacity and was closed without a replacement site being found since then health officials have been reporting a dramatic increase in gastric and respiratory infections. a few municipalities started recycling initiatives while many others are simply burning their trash often in residential neighbors like this one here, according to researchers at the american university of beirut the air contamination in these areas is 400 times higher than that of lebanon's industrial zones. during days when waste was being burnt researchers found that the air in nearby areas contain 2300% more substances capable of causing cancer. >> we found the amount and

number of people who will be prone to cancer raised from one person per million to 18 people per million. >> reporter: lebanon's government has promised to reopen the closed landfill site and set up two new sites in a bid to end the crisis and it is slow among political enertia and without a president for over two years because of political infighting and antitrash activists say the measures are not enough and they want a more permanent solution but for people like him any steps are welcome so long as the trash is taken away sometime soon, al jazeera, beirut. death toll from yellow fever outbreak is climbing, the world health organization says 158 people died from the disease mainly in the suburb of the capitol and the world health organization says the first case was reported in december. sudan's government threatened to

shut the recently reopened border with neighbor and accused duba of supporting the government of bashar and despite intentions the people along the border hopes it normalized and trade can consume and we report from the white nile state in sudan. >> reporter: just a row of rocks and tires serves as a roadblock along the border of sudan and south sudan and people walk back and forth to take a sick child to the hospital. despite tensions between the government there appears to be a welcoming feeling, a reminder that until 2011 the two countries were one. >> translator: our brothers from south sudan and here in sudan are completely integrated and have common tribes and friendships. >> reporter: since south sudan succeeded from sudan the border has been effectively closed and when a civil war began in south

sudan in 2013 the border was a one way humanitarian corridor allowing people to seek refuge in sedan and then they reached a truce and in january the president bashar had a push to normalize relations to the south and the first step to reopen the border. right now only people can cross, trade will follow. once the two governments resolve lingering dispute over borderlines. >> translator: when the border opens it will be like one tribe and one family, movement between the two countries will be easier for everyone. >> reporter: this port along the nile river has been dormant for about five years, boats are docked and only a small crew remains to maintain them. before south sudan became the world's newest country boats transported cargo to the south. employees are anxious for trade to begin so the company can

rehire hundreds of coworkers who lost their jobs. >> translator: now we are just sitting without doing anything. it's like being a sick man, traveling allows us to communicate with the south sudan and maintains relations between the two countries. >> reporter: the opening of the border brings with it the hope of greater security and economic boost for sedan and the beginning of international trade between the two countries and it's believed sudan can export millions of dollars in goods each year to south sudan, al jazeera white nile state, sudan. the largest remaining monument of the russian communist leader lennon in ukraine has been taken down and 40 meter tall browns and granite was take even down, it was put up 60 years ago and back in may it led to the removal of hundreds of statutes all around

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