to free at this time zero. china has a serious shortage of women and a lot of. those desperately seeking. at this time on al jazeera. targeting it live syria's government steps up attacks on the largest remaining rebel stronghold in the country forcing thousands to flee. you know i'm. watching al jazeera live from london also coming up sold into slavery

for just a few hundred dollars in an exclusive report we speak to the nigerian migrants whose dream of a new life became a nightmare in libya. a looming environmental disaster off china's east coast air a fears an oil tanker that's been burning for more than six hours could explode and north and south korea for about telfair first high level talks in more than two years. story government forces in syria are stepping up their offensive against opposition fighters and the largest remaining stronghold and live is supposed to be a deescalation zone set up last year with the backing of russia iran and turkey but the deal appears to have crumbled president assad backed by russia is bent on taking back control of the area to cement his grip on power for civilians. in

freezing winter conditions. it's. a sound all too familiar to many syrians as the war enters its eighth year the concern in italy province is just how large the scale of the death and devastation could be syrians here remember what happened in two thousand and sixteen when government forces regained control of aleppo once syria's biggest city. i'm not them the mold i was tempted you'll bashar we will look leave we will die in syria we are all civilians why do they do this then america then the arab league then the security council i don't think it is the largest remaining rebel stronghold in syria during peace negotiations it was designated a deescalation zone or safe haven for civilians. has been anything but since the government began its offensive in october to recapture the

province civilians have been killed in increasing numbers one of the latest attacks was a car bomb explosion on monday killing at least thirty people. in the last week alone the turkish human rights group i h h says more than one hundred thousand people have been forced from their homes. in this is. the story of. noah's not. its music region agreement on the first one. the syrian observatory for human rights says in the last two weeks the government has regained control of sixty villages in its live including singe are. there but it's just becoming we have liberated singe are fully and this is since our school and these are grain silos senor has been liberated from the gangs of job out on the road. the syrian government is keen to make gains in northern syria the kurds

control all but a small area of territory in the north and dream of it becoming their homeland they're also hoping for a seat at the negotiating table during russian sponsored peace talks later this month the success of those talks is already in jeopardy more than forty rebel groups including previous attendees say they won't be going natasha. it will for displaced syrians the dangers of war extend far beyond bombs and bullets an increasing number of falling victim to preventable illnesses in northern homes for a lack of basic services and clean water is causing a rise in water borne diseases of a reports. this shop may look closed. but step in and you're in the makeshift home of the family. the plastic sheets are in the tent at protection from the cold weather and the blankets are supposed to divide the space into rooms for the many members of this extended family i barley helps out in the

kitchen which is outside the shop. his family was forced out of their home in the countryside of homs province in northern syria he lost one son and his brothers were arrested by prosser militias this is now home. every aspect of life is difficult and harsh there is no medicine if our child falls sick or cannot treat him we don't even have warm clothes. that story reverberates throughout syria six million displaced people the countryside in homs has been besieged for years and desperate living conditions have been deteriorating. in the town of there's no running water. those who can afford it rely on water tankers. we bring the water from the wells in the city seventy five to eighty percent of the water is not clean. and drinking that brings water borne diseases.

the number of hepatitis patients has increased in our hoola now it's four or five times higher last month nearly forty cases in kafr la were mostly children or teenagers this little girl has been diagnosed with jaundice her father thinks it's due to what they have been consuming. she has liver disease because of the water and also vegetables being grown with sewage. in this cluster of villages there have been multiple deaths attributed to bad water mohammed finds it difficult just to sit up these days just like my whole body hurts after the tests the doctor told me i have liver disease the reason is unhealthy vegetables growing using sewage and tankers transporting contaminated water. nearly seven years of war in syria has decimated its once respectable healthcare system. and other basic amenities like water and electricity become scarse the more people are dying of preventable

diseases some of the job aid there are. thousands of nigerians who left the country for a better life in europe are being flown back home from libya by the nigerian government to travel to libya in the hope of eventually making their way to the european mainland instead they were sold into slavery tortured and abused al-jazeera met address travelled with the first group of migrants returning from libya tonight ceria here is his exclusive report. a cramped office in the center of tripoli is the only decent place these nigerian teenagers have seen in years they left home with promises of a life of opportunity and comfort nothing prepared them for what followed libya. joy is not her real name she says she was sold for one thousand one hundred dollars

. to buy her freedom she needed to pay at around two thousand five hundred dollars last week she and her friend saw a chance to escape from there by air and they took. her to a guest jeff rense so our minds we decided to run we jumped for his very high friends as ninth's so we ran there iran we're going to see it simulates keeps iran libya she told us many like car have been killed for the flimsiest of reasons someone who was sold for less than two hundred dollars in libyan sleep markets this if ten year old was promised a job as a tailor in a fashion house in italy. on reaching a transit destination in libya she ended up as a domestic servant why she says she was abused by her employers and what we did the white people people in my treated me dig didn't give me my salary didn't even

seized my passport says everything about me it would be people dad brought me here did they neglected me libyan security forces say these nigerian woman who's been living in libya for seven years is a people trafficker she was alleged to have kept more than eighty goals as sex slaves but officers say as well as nigerian traffickers there are also libyans and some europeans in the trade. the nigerian government team on a fact finding mission in libya say they are shocked at what they saw and heard it all the various abuse systematic endemic and exploitation of all kinds a challenge to these senior officials as to the discrepancy between the numbers you know they came up with all kinds of not very convincing excuses this played into a narrative that we had been. told about that indeed. there are obviously interests that wanted to keep as many of them there as possible because

they were commodities the delegation was told there are fourteen detention centers in libya other reports suggest they may be as many as thirty holding as many as forty thousand nigeria's the nigerian government is preparing for an influx of return e.-s. the first government repatriation flights to go from tripoli carrying five hundred nigerians the few over the mediterranean and the sahara desert tracing the route where hundreds of travel companions died in their terms to reach europe for most of the migrants on this flight it's a mixed feeling of being free at last and that of disappointment that been through so much over the past years they're left with such promise but had to endure a lot of pain indignities of slavery torture and rape yet despite the hardships and dangers thousands more nigerians are sure to attempt a judge in europe and beyond how many trees with nigerian migrants in the skies of

an eagle. eye on the developments one hundred forty african migrants have been rescued by the libyan coast guard off the coast of tripoli the sinking vessel was spotted on monday morning after distress calls were received. those rescued were taken to a naval base in tripoli for medical treatment on sunday libyan authorities recovered the bodies of two women who died trying to cross the mediterranean. at least two people have been killed after protests broke out across a down of the rising price of bread one of the victims was a high school student who was killed during protests in a city of kenya police have arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in a bid to clamp down on the unrest demonstrations began in the southeastern city of san are on saturday after pride prices that doubled the price hike comes after government subsidies were cut in an attempt to improve the economy i drilled in salah is a student protest an activist he told us earlier that people are angry because they were never consulted about these budget cuts the government will discuss the issue

of the budget it is a political blog most want to discuss it with the people and the raising the prices have just come suddenly in the night no one was expecting this huge amount of grace in the price of fuel of your bread of everything people are talking about certain demands well she is. stopping this project stopping this treatment of the government to the people with this weight cut in the military budget cutting the national security budget which is already taking more than seventy percent of the two thousand and eighty but you. of all support in the basics of the lie of the people of also if the government did. do what people are looking for people who look to overthrew the regime.

the body of a crew member has been recovered aboard the iranian oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship in the east china sea wall and first there's a still missing a tanker was carrying about million barrels of oil and there are fears that it could explode leading to an environmental disaster and ron conway reports. concern is growing that the burning tanker could explode and cause an environmental disaster if the ship sinks around a million barrels of oil products could be dumped into the east china sea so far the spills been contained by emergency teams the iranian tanker was sailing from iran to south korea when it collided with a cargo ship off the coast of shanghai late on saturday the twenty one crew of the hong kong registered c. of crystal was soon rescued but most of the crew of the old tanker remain missing and according to iranian authorities only one body has been found china's foreign ministry says who's to blame for the collision remains unclear. we are currently

still investigating the cause of the accident we're also very grateful to other countries who actively participated in the search and rescue work of this maritime accident. the tonka had one hundred thirty five thousand tonnes of light crude oil on board based on tonnage the accident has the potential to be the worst environmental disaster since nine hundred ninety one when two hundred sixty thousand tons of oil leaked off the coast of angola iran caught orders are it watching our jazeera still to come on the program on the charm offensive french president emanuel mark on begins a three day visit to china and we'll tell you about the tiny homes project that some say could solve a big problem in u.s. .

hello there the weather is mostly fine across many parts of the middle east at the moment a lot of this grayness on the satellite is just the satellite misinterpreting the cold weather but this area of cloud here that's real clout and that's gradually sinking its way towards the south and it is bringing us a fair amount of rain and a fair amount of snow too so do expect quite a bit of heavy snow there in the northern part as we head through the next day or say that system then gradually edges its way eastward strong winds on it as well as we head through wednesday further south they're fine and settled here twenty degrees the maximum in kuwait and further west beirut will be a pleasant eighteen the further towards the south as just the tail end of a system making its way across doha so i could just squeeze out an old shower but i think it's highly unlikely that it will get to around twenty two or twenty three degrees over the next few days will be dropping down to around fourteen or fifteen at night for the south is a bit cooler than it has been for since the lala now will be getting to around twenty five which is seventy seven in fahrenheit for the southern parts of africa

we've got some very very active weather head mostly thanks to a school that's gradually waking making its way towards the south it's given us to wrench the heavy downpours in the eastern parts of madagascar has given us flooding here but it's clearing away and there's just a few residual showers force on tuesday.

welcome back with al-jazeera an update at the top stories government forces in syria stepping up their offensive against opposition fighters in the largest remaining opposition stronghold in the country thousands of nigerians who left the country for a better life in europe are being flown back home from libya by the nigerian government many have been sold tortured or abused and a body has been recovered from the iranian oil tanker that collided with a congo ship in the east china sea carrying a million barrels of oil products or than thirty crew members the still missing. now the u.s. government has decided that it will terminate the temporary protected status of nearly two hundred thousand immigrants from el salvador they've been allowed to

live and work in the u.s. since two thousand and one when el salvador was hit by two major earthquakes so more on this let's go to our correspondent past you call him in washington d.c. just tell us about the decision that's been made here patsey and why it's happening now. well the homeland security department just gave out a new number they're saying it's going to impact two hundred sixty two thousand five hundred people there in this program so basically since those earthquakes in two thousand and one these dorrans were able to live here in the country they could pay for work permits so they could work and they were protected from deportation every president since then has recertified the program saying there's still a need that they still need to stay here the department could even tell us how many children this will impact and you can imagine many of those who have kids who are probably american citizens having been born here still the tribe of ministration says the earthquake damage has been repaired so they are choosing to end the

program in eighteen months they said they're going to give this more than a quarter of a million people about eighteen months to figure out how to get out of the country so those who stay will no longer be able to legally work and they could face deportation this will have a huge economic impact on el salvador about twenty percent of its economy is based on remitted ruben says from the united states i don't have a very obviously personal effect on these families still. the door as i pointed out to homeland security official one of the most violent in the hemisphere and is still economically depressed they state to me that that is no longer a factor that's not an official factor if congress wants to keep them here they can but if not the trump administration says they need to go all right thank you very much patty hein in washington d.c. . the french president emanuel micron is down to move europe's partnership with china into the twenty first century and his first state visit to the world's most populous country michael met the chinese president xi jinping in beijing and

started his trip in the engine capital of ch'an he wants china in the age of what together to share the benefits of increased trade and find ways to meet the challenge of global warming. you know a lot of it is and it's up to europe in asia to france and china to define and come up with the rules of a game where we could always win or lose i have come here to tell china that i am determined to move the euro china partnership into the twenty first century so that it fits in this new framework that we need to define together europe will embrace this new strategy because it is now aware of its role and its place in this century it will get involved on all of the main topics yes my friends what i have also come here to say is that europe is back. to gal who's a director of the china national association of international studies told us relations between france and china and now even more important since the u.k. voted to leave the e.u. . traditionally china has attached a lot of importance not only to u.k.

but also to france and germany in europe and china french relations have always been very important for the in terms of trade economic relations but also in terms of political relations the two countries share actually many similar views on international relations both france and china are permanent member states of the security council of the united nations and the two countries have been courted it he led positions are many important international issues for years and i hope with bracks it happening as we speak china french relations will remain very strong arm and will take on new time measures going forward because france and germany for example remain the two most important e.u. member states as far as china is concerned. now north and south korea are set to hold their first high level talks in more than two years iran meeting is expected

to focus on the north's participation in next month's winter olympics in pyongyang and being greeted enthusiastically by seoul but some are questioning whether it will lead to any real progress for its lower reports from cell. this was the last formal face to face meeting between north and south korean officials in december two thousand and fifteen the two sides discussed reunions of families separated by the korean war and economic cooperation. that is make a good start and open the great path to reunification. despite the initial optimism the talks broke down and in the two years since north korea has fired more than forty missiles and conducted three nuclear tests severely escalating tensions on the korean peninsula but at the start of this year north korean leader kim jong il unexpectedly proposed dialogue with the south and. the focus of the discussions due to take place on tuesday at the truce village of panmunjom will be on north korea's

participation in the two thousand and eight winter olympics in south korea next month and on improving into korean ties the last time north korean athletes visited the south was for the asian games in two thousand and fourteen. sporting events have been useful in providing diplomatic openings between the two koreas but ultimately led nowhere and some analysts are skeptical of north korea's true intentions this time. because of the effectiveness of the economic sanctions are not only fired the value of south korea as an alternative source of financial relief and using their pension on the crown. as punishment for its nuclear weapons testing north korea has been subjected to increasingly tighter sanctions including one that effectively slashes its petrol imports by ninety percent but kim has vowed to continue with his country's nuclear program calling for the mass

production and deployment of nuclear warheads and miss else. alternately there is no guarantee that north korea's peace often sort of will continue northward north korea can easily make change over attitude after the end of the punch on when told it became south korean officials are aware of that and president mungy in his caution against expecting too much from the upcoming talks but engagement with north korea remains the best option to easing tensions on the korean peninsula florence al-jazeera so bulgarian police are investigating the killing of a prominent businessman in broad daylight better her style of was shot outside his company's office in an upmarket district of the capital sofia the forty nine year old i'm one of the country's biggest dairy businesses he also had ties to bulgaria's ruling center right party authorities pledged to calm down on corruption and criminal gangs when it took over the european union's rotating presidency last

week. and just over four years ago detroit became the biggest city in american history to file for bankruptcy today it's undergoing a renaissance but not everyone is sharing in that you found prosperity thousands are homeless not some problem across the united states but detroit and a few other cities are experimenting with a surprisingly simple solution john hendren explains. detroit is a city of many ironies the streets of the motor city are largely empty what was once the fourth largest city in the u.s. could fit boston san francisco and manhattan into its footprint but no longer makes the top twenty in population and since more than half of its two million residents fled after the one nine hundred fifty s. it is a city of both thousands of abandoned homes and an epic level of homelessness but a faith based charity here has a small solution to one of detroit's biggest problems tiny houses a reverend fittingly named faith has written the book on them if you could leave

your children the way my parents left to me and the sky's the limit i mean you really could become middle class that's the happily ever after that. right now in august detroit's cast foundation built the first seven homes from bungalows to frank lloyd wright style to tutors that low income buyers can pay off at a rate of two hundred fifty to four hundred dollars a month in just seven years for keith who spent twelve years in prison home means a fresh start and. twenty more tiny homes like his are going up here this year across the u.s. this is concentrated areas like detroit but now there's a movement with cities from san francisco to new york building tiny homes like these to give a little piece of the american dream to many who have stopped dreaming since motown

came roaring out of bankruptcy downtown glitters and rents are high but here and across the u.s. homeownership is at a fifty year low detroit doesn't have. a housing shortage problem. so far diminutive. play only a small role. in solving a colossal problem i'm able to come here what are key and close the door of. the house. but for those now living in close quarters all the room it's a big deal john hendren al-jazeera detroit well hollywood stars came out for the golden globes awards ceremony on sunday but this year's event was a most somber occasion following allegations of widespread satchell harshman in the industry oprah winfrey who won an award for lifetime achievement use your acceptance speech to plead for social justice and inclusion and hawks down.

the red carpet at the annual golden globe sam when you look noticeably different this year wearing black seems to have been the dress code in a display of support for the me to movement. forward in a somber mood this year's attack was racial and gender inequality as well as facing allegations of sexual misconduct by leading actors and executives late night t.v. host seth meyers was the master of ceremonies good evening ladies and remaining gentleman. i said myers and our bureaus today welcome to the seventy fifth annual golden globes and happy new year hollywood. is two thousand eighteen marijuana is finally allowed in sexual harassment finally is in. my eyes alluding to studio boss harvey vines thing oscar winner kevin spacey and other

prominent artists who were fired after allegations of repeated sex abuse thermistor from roles confronted sexism and powerful men dominated the winners frances mcdormand won best actress in a drama for her role as a mother seeking justice for her daughter. the co-captain was another best actress winner for the t.v. series big little lives how character gives up a successful career to become a mother who's frequently beaten up by her husband costar alexander scars god took home an award for his portrayal of the abusive husband gary oldman one best actor for playing winston churchill in the series darkest hour and the how maids tell about a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property scooped two awards in the drama category. oprah winfrey became the first black woman to be awarded a golden globe for lifetime achievement the actress philanthropist and cable channel chief executive one the cecille b.

de mille award for too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. but their time is up she also went on to praise women for sharing their stories of sexual abuse and declared a new day is on the horizon the golden globes judged by the hollywood foreign press association a new million indicator of who wins oscars at the academy they took this month. is there. a look at the top stories now government forces in syria stepping up their offensive against opposition fighters in the largest remaining opposition stronghold in the country for civilians the un's role is causing misery in freezing winter conditions at lip was supposed to be a deescalation zone set up last year with the backing of russia iran and turkey.

thousands of nigerians who left the country for a better life in europe are being flown back home from libya by the nigerian government most had traveled to libya in the hope of eventually making their way to the european mainland instead they were sold into slavery tortured and abused for most of the micros of this flight it's a mixed feeling really a blast and lot of disappointment so watch over the past years the love to such promise but hard to draw a lot of dignitas of slavery torture and rape to describe the hardships and dangers thousands more nigerians are sure to attempt to judge in europe and beyond. at least two people have been killed after protests broke out across to don over the rising price of bread one of the victims was a high school student who was killed during the protests the city of kenya police have arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated use papers in a bid to clamp down on the on rest demonstrations began in the southeastern city of san are on saturday off to drive prices that doubles

a body has been recovered from the iranian oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship in the east china sea more than thirty crewmembers a still missing airfares of an environmental disaster off the coast of shanghai is the tanker was carrying about a million barrels of oil products. which you should we make early still investigating the cause of the accident we're also very grateful to all the countries who actively participated in the search and rescue work of these maritime accidents and the french president hollande has vowed to move europe's partnership with china into the twenty first century in his first state visit. the chinese president xi jinping in beijing and start his trip in the ancient capital china in the what together to share the benefits of increased trade and find ways to meet the challenge of global warming. well you're up to date with all of our top stories are going to bring you the details on everything we're covering in the news hour that's coming up in about twenty twenty five minutes i'm going to have the latest

on all of our top stories including of course our exclusive report on the nigerian migrants who've been flown out of libya inside story is next. building bridges between china and france and backing the new silk road between continents the french president is on a three day visit with trade topping his chinese agenda what do the potential deals mean for both asia and the world this is inside story.