and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter while activists to live in jail just because he expressed himself hear their story on the top to al-jazeera at this time. as bombs rain down on eastern ghouta for a fourth consecutive day syria accuses the u.s. led coalition of war crimes for attacking its fighters. i know i maryam namazie you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up

a show of force at a time of apparent unity north korea stages a massive military parade on the eve of south korea's and picks. we speak to the family of a palestinian man being sued by the israeli army for damage to the jeep that killed him. i'm done in the far north of argentina where ten thousand people have been evacuated because the flooding roads are impassable communities cut off this is as far as we can get. a top story syria's government has attacked the u.s. led coalition for a rare as strike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a military source within the coalitions at the strikes and there is zero province killed about one hundred pro assad fight has who are attacking the syrian democratic forces as a briefing a short while ago a spokesman for the pentagon defended the coalition's actions. our forces have the

inherent right to self defense. we are not looking for conflict with the regime any action that takes away from our ongoing operations to defeat isis is a distraction from washington has more on the u.s. response i said at a briefing with secretary of defense jim met us he was off camera but on the record and he called what happened in syria a quote perplexing situation and he said because for years the euphrates river has been a kind of do not cross line that if the u.s. or u.s. backed forces or russian or russian backed forces were going to cross it they talk about it before and he said that didn't happen this time he said u.s. forces were embedded along with the s.d.f. and they saw tanks and artillery start rolling in and say that one shell got within five hundred meters of the s.d.f. headquarters he says that is when they picked up the phone they called their russian counterparts and he says he doesn't think that the group that moved in is

actually controlled by russia he called this a great success story because in his words two great powers did not fight each other still the russian ambassador to the united nations was less than pleased i asked him to remember that the. illegally in fact. they were not invited. they play ball with the. international television but we see that it goes beyond that. to confront. the traditional terrorist with the glove with the syrians say is. secretary mabus didn't speculate on how many casualties were caused by the firing from u.s. jets and heavy artillery positions but he did say that they took out two of the incoming tanks and the heavy artillery positions the u.s. is calling this self defense and warning that that happens again the left again.

well in terms of the broader developments for a fourth consecutive day bombs have been raining down on rebel held areas in syria which were designated deescalation zones local media say government and russian ass strikes have killed at least fifty seven people in eastern guta on the edge of damascus on thursday including children and a medic they've asked lated their attacks there and also in a live province since a russian jet was shot down on saturday killing more than two hundred people in just four days algiers there's mohammed judging reports on the latest violence. by thursday the bombing raids in eastern had only intensified at least two dozen were carried out and activists say they see no wind in sight to this horror from the sky. then vote at all i was injured because of a plane. the night before fires in the town of modoc in the month the target of dozens of airstrikes. that's despite it being in the

northeastern province of idlib a rebel held area in one of syria's so-called deescalation zones whose borders were agreed to by russia turkey and the on bombing raids carried out by russian and syrian forces have only intensified since the russian war plane was shot down by rebels on saturday when another blazes put out rescue efforts begin anew what we're seeing is an escalation because isis has largely been defeated the. zones were marked out around syria escalation while the united states and russia were interested in destroying isis now that isis has largely been destroyed these deescalation zones have become up for grabs you see turkey rushing in to wrap up rain in the north united states say it's going to stay for the long haul in syria it owns twenty eight percent of syrian territory and the syrian regime is trying to grab the remaining rebel parts of syria including. which has been surrounded and

bombarded the last. eastern huta near syria's capital damascus is also still in the hands of rebels and like it is also under intense bombardment dozens of men women and children have been killed in the last four days. many residents believe pro-government forces are pushing for a decisive outcome to the war in syria while the united nations has called for a month long truce to evacuate the wounded but that appeal hasn't made a difference even for those accustomed to the carnage of the seemingly endless conflict this most recent bombardment has been terrifying. the day before the winter olympics has its opening ceremony in south korea a major military parade has been taking place in north korea the to kim jong un

told the crowds in the capital pyongyang that his nation is ready to fight to defend its sovereignty but with north koreans ready to compete in the olympics the military event was more low key than usual it's going to reports now from city of one of the main a live picture venues. this was a patriotic celebration at home and a display of north korea's military might for those of brought. our army defends us and keeps us happy it's our people's army just like its name so this army founding day is a great day for all of us thursday was the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the north korean army the military parade in pyongyang comes after the world witnessed advances in the isolated countries weapons program last year leader kim jong un praised what he called quote a world class military with the most powerful force despite punishing saying i would say that it's a show of defiance but it's a soul. to finance. government wants to emphasize the.

need to remain side in. this year's army parade wasn't broadcast live on state t.v. and no new high profile weapons were displayed the toned down approach was likely a response to a criticism of the show of military force on the eve of the opening ceremony of the olympics. north koreans participating in an unprecedented way at these games south koreans are hoping the only suspense and drama will be during competition. i feel very proud that a global event like the olympics is taking place in south korea kim jong un sr is expected to attend the opening ceremony in which north and south korean athletes plan to march under a unified flag she'll be the first member of the ruling kim family to step foot on

south korean soil since the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. from government leaders to people on the street there is optimism that the beyond chang games will help rebuild the ties between the two koreas it's already being called the peace olympics natasha going to name al-jazeera. south korea. three years ago a palestinian name was crushed to death by an israeli military vehicle cheering violent clashes in the occupied west bank now the israeli army is attempting to soothe a twenty one year old family and his entire village for the damage caused to the military cheap they cues her name out of throwing a fire bomb at the vehicle imran khan reports. the israeli army killed a name in june two thousand and fifteen and now it wants twenty eight thousand dollars for damages to this jeep to crush the twenty one year old after his death ability family filed a lawsuit against the israeli state the case continues then in january this year

the army built the family. this is a copy of the lawsuit given to us by the family lawyer. they reopened their so shameless that they are demanding compensation not because they want the money because they want to make it impossible for us palestinians it's not about the money they want us to give in but we say we have the right you won't break because. in june two thousand and fifteen there was a raid by the army. that turned violent the israelis say a below three of five all of the jeep which then swerved into him for over three hours the family says the army wouldn't allow medics to treat of the law as he lay beneath the jeep he eventually played to death an entire village turned out the funeral. lawyers say asking for compensation is part of a new strategy to penalize palestinians for any kind of resistance in.

the story honestly we're not used to seeing this sort of claim but if you take it in context where israel is going when it comes to killings fines and bills of votes in the knesset i think they're heading to a level where anyone who utters the word occupation can be harassed arrested and possibly find as you might be considered to insult the state and its inhabitants al-jazeera reached out to the israeli ministry of defense for comment it says it has submitted state is immune from prosecution in this event in the light of the damage that was caused to the i.d.f. jeep as a result of the molotov cocktail thrown by the plaintiffs the ministry has filed account to suit. bob dylan is remembered very fondly here and he's seen as a martyr to the palestinian cause graffiti of his face adorns the walls of the village and people here say they'll never forget about him. the family say they

will continue to fight for justice for the law and they named their new poem son after him they say they would rather face whatever consequences there may be than pay the israeli army any money imran khan how does it feel for the maalik occupied west bank. still ahead for you on the program. anger on the streets of dakar to bangladesh sentences former prime minister khalid his ear to five years for corruption. and the pride of democracy activists captured thailand's attention but also enjoying anger from the nation's military place. however the weather's looking at a dry across a good part of australia still want to see showers just around the cape york peninsula maybe into the top end as well but further south and we settled and

generally sunny it's hot sunshine fragile a temperatures here getting up to thirty nine twenty seven in melbourne and rising will get up to around thirty one here as we go on into south a little more cloud just making its way through the by just taking the edge of that temperature we have in adelaide to twenty nine degrees through the weekend but so we are looking at system very hot weather ahead of that of course hot enough in alice it around forty degrees celsius it's also want to see showers into the southwest perth around thirty two degrees chances and right into north out of the new zealand as we go on through the next couple of days south ali should be lousy father drives some decent spells of sunshine to twenty one celsius across just a little bit of that weather coming to the fos out of the country but the wettest weather will be across the north island all clint having authority what weekend twenty one twenty two degrees a top temperature here over the next couple of days meanwhile we got some dry weather some quiet with a coming into japan over the next day or two around nine cells is there in tokyo for the korean peninsula to me getting up to around four degrees celsius but

a tad cooler as because through saturday. the marshall islands holds a toxic legacy from years of u.s. military nuclear testing. as the sea levels rods one on one east investigates the threats this followed poser's at this time on al jazeera as the world's best athletes prepare for the winter olympics the north and south koreans will march under unified flag and compete on a joint women's hockey team will bring you the results here and the excitement of the seventeen day gave the young chang twenty eighteen which are all living on elders iraq.

a comeback with al-jazeera let's update you on the stories making headlines now syria's government has accused the u.s. led coalition of war crimes for an as strike on pro assad forces in province a strike killed some one hundred pro assad fighters who are attacking the syrian democratic forces. north korea has held a massive military parade a day before its southern neighbor the opening ceremony of the winter olympics. and told the crowds his nation would fight to defend itself. and the israeli army is suing the family of a palestinian man crushed by one of their jeeps to compensate compensate them for damage on vehicle and i'm not to was accused of throwing a fire bomb at the jeep he was being pursued by israeli soldiers when the vehicle crushed him. the u.s. senate and house of representatives are expected to vote on the federal budget on

thursday to of us a fast approaching government shutdown so what he facing opposition from some congressman and the political uncertainty is having an effect on american stocks u.s. markets have experienced another day of volatility the dow jones dropping a thousand points gabbett on his own small make no mistake about it this was a huge stocks plunge the big question is what's causing it now there are a whole host of reasons but most economists and traders are pointing to three key things number one concerns over rising deficit spending the federal budget that's being negotiated right now in washington is expected to add at least three hundred billion dollars in deficit spending over the next two years add that with one point five trillion in deficit spending for the new taxed overhaul plan that trump and the republicans pushed through late last year and you're seeing these huge amounts of money that is added to the deficit and that is really concerning wall street the

second reason is inflationary concern and rising interest rates and the third being political uncertainty in washington with the trumpet ministrations continued fights public battles with the f.b.i. and the continuing russia investigation leaving the markets uncertain about the political future of the administration and how they're going to navigate all of this markets don't like any uncertainty and they don't like political uncertainty either. well immigration has been a big issue between republicans and democrats who need to agree on this broad budget deal major problem is the status of young immigrants who are protected under an obama era program alan fischer joins us live now from washington d.c. and so allan this is so many different things at play here but definitely tensions continue over immigration all this when congress is getting ready to vote on this

budget deal where might it run into the obstacles. well the next seven hours here in washington are going to be very interesting dhaka as it's known which is the deferred action for childhood admissions children that were brought here as very young children don't know any police other than the united states that this is what this is all about that the integration of them into the country and finding a deal for them that's essentially been set aside and that is upset a number of democrats including nancy pelosi who is the leading democrat in the house of representatives and she says she will fought against the bill now there are those on the right hand side the the far right of the republican party the right of the republican party who say look if we agree this new budget deal which has been put together by people in the senate which will cover spending over the next two years although the only vote to continue to fund the government for the next six weeks with a hammer all the details they are saying that this will blow up the national debt

and so they can't vote for either however paul ryan who is the speaker believes that he has enough votes with the democrats that he can pull together and top of the republicans who are loyal to him and the hard enough to get it through the house and that will be the second stage in all of this because the first stages that we're likely to see the senate vote first of all now is the senate the broker this deal is going to include money for the military is going to lift the spending caps there it's going to help a number of domestic programs as well chuck schumer who is the leading democrat in the senate said look democrats don't get everything they want republicans don't get everything they want but this is something that the american people will accept it then goes to the house where we're expected to see that split vote with democrats and republicans voting against it for a number of reasons so we won't see as to shutdown of the government we think paul ryan is convinced he has the votes it will then go to the president the president has already said through his briefing in the last hour or so that he is going to support her is very pleased that there's more money for the military there is glad

to see that the senate is working on a long term spending plan. the problem is go of course is that it blows up the debt how many times when barack obama was in office that we're republicans complaining about the size of the national debt and how it was ridge's that was saddling the grandchildren with this debt or the white house is going to come forward with its own budget proposal on monday which will address that question it will talk about the greater financial implication two of the tax bill that was passed at the end of the year but don't try if he gets this bill from the senate from the house in the next few hours probably early on friday he will sign it and that means remember the big closure we heard of the government through the closure just a few weeks ago that that will be avoided and the u.s. government will continue to go on for another six weeks as well as long as they can get an agreement a wider agreement on this plan put forward by republicans and democrats in the senate it seems all very complicated all very difficult but what you need to know

is in the next few hours we're expecting a series of votes on the u.s. government would shut down overnight complicated and ahead of her thanks very much allan fisher in washington well the u.s. has condemned venezuela's decision to hold a presidential election on april twenty second saying there's no guarantee of it being free or fair april vote is also a blow to the venezuelan opposition which has been lobbying for the election to be held in june they wanted to choose a candidate that would run against president nicolas material opposition members are now deciding whether to field anyone against material as to their top leaders remain barred from running. any four thousand tons of rubbish clogging up the streets of the colombian capital guitar trash collectors have gone on strike after they failed to obtain a new public contract asunder m.p.'s he reports. for a week now more than half of capital has been inundated by collected garbage left

to rot on street corners and parks the crisis started when more than three thousand employees of a public service called i was the answer to strike the mayor and we continue to be clear the only environmental emergency allowing private sanitation workers to help with the collection the residents say the situation keeps getting and fear health consequences this house to this it's a disaster such neglect and disregard for the community the smell is unbearable people are getting see the garbage tax like everybody else so what is the may doing the workers of or afraid they'll lose their job due to changes in the way garbage contracts are awarded in past days they clashed with the police and damaged a number of garbage trucks on tuesday residents of one of the worst affected neighborhoods garbage and blocked main roads with rubbish bags the mayor is blaming

his predecessor. who changed the rubbish collection system and was temporarily suspended for allegedly this man if you did. but it will be difficult for the mayor to avoid the responsibility he's now being investigated by control tory he even as he's promising to end the crisis in the next three days something the people have definitely are hoping for. more than ten thousand people have fled their homes in argentina's north insulter province after a river bust its banks causing major flooding salter is home to several of argentina's remaining indigenous communities donna shanor a ports now from santa victoria in argentina as far north. when the waters rise they do so rapidly and they're ruthless there's just time to save what's essential a place of it happened on that i saved much enough but then i couldn't get back seven kilometers from there i haven't heard anything from my sister more than one

hundred members of the indigenous community left everything behind when they fled center victoria evacuated to this school in the nearby town about what i that being fed that they want to go home or are. we ready to go back but we're scared the water is filtered through losing our things would be very we spent our lives there our children grew up there carlos is one of the few who risk staying behind you know not a little bit there's nothing to eat today it's been two days since we lost eight close is waiting for his neighbors to return which they will when this new route into town is repaired. the water is a subsiding these defenses and constant vigilance saved santa victoria this time but life here for the mostly indigenous communities is precarious they're returning home but wondering when the floods will come again these two were not so lucky

their community. flooded and is now reachable but they were rescued by the provincial civil defense force working with police the army and the red cross so that when the bailout. it's not about preventing emergencies any more emergencies come by themselves there's no way of stopping them well we've got to do is reduce the risk determine what the risk is and be. it's a plan that was all preparing for disaster is one way to deal with ever more frequent flooding and forest fires have other ideas. the river is a fisherman and we live now she's giving the signal telling his children think of your future so we'll meet and decide whether to move away from here for the future of our children and grandchildren this is a harsh region eking out a living keeping the community together is in secure and predictable the floods

have made that challenge a whole lot more difficult. to victoria northern argentina. bangladesh's former prime minister khalid to zero has been jailed for five years from beslan around two hundred fifty thousand dollars in donations meant for an orphanage trust eldest son and four aides were given ten year sentences the seventy two year old has served as prime minister three times but his sentence can now buy from running in december's national elections zero also faces some thirty other charges including allegations of orchestrating political violence she and the current prime minister has seen a have ruled the country ultimately since one thousand nine hundred one she says the allegations are part of a plot to keep her and her family out of politics there are fears is jail sentence could trigger political instability. or protests have already been breaking out in dhaka with police firing tear gases ias supporters a party has called for nationwide demonstrations on friday to protest the verdict

and their challenger has been monitoring events for us in dhaka. from our prime minister and bangladesh nationalist party chairman colorado's the i was brought to this old central jail in a makeshift accommodation basically a daycare center this central jail no longer exists the central jail has been moved to outskirts of the city she was brought to by a white s.u.v. it complicated by our domestic cattle show big kept until from their order not the defense council told me they will file for it a pill read the high court that depends on how soon they get the start if i'd brought it in there and that could take weeks or when few days the court don't open til sunday a lot of onlookers there and curious people heavily cordoned off area and i would try to talk to a lot of people didn't want to go on the camera because of heavy security presence and now we know a lot of people on the record told us the country faces a serious political uncertainty in the year of the election if the ruling party

with a smaller party goes into election without the main opposition party critics and eggs broad told us that probably won't be accepted by a majority of the population and the country will go into a turmoil and on suddenly be without a inclusive election down the road. only three dozen thai democracy activists have turned themselves into the police after being summoned in connection with a protest staged in bangkok last month have now been charged with violating the ruling gent has banned all political assembly nine of them face an additional charge of sedition when he reports. the latest protest is trying to stand up to thailand's military government have captured the nation's attention have also provoked the anger of the generals as they push for a return to democracy thirty protesters received orders to report to police to hit charges of unlawful assembly nine of them with charged with sedition for organizing a protest in bangkok last month it confirms that what we have been doing is far

the right cause and the problem is in front of us in the paper that even the peaceful gathering. can make you come to this kind of problem and that's not right the protest in the capital was called to try to force the military government to stick to its so-called political roadmap and hold an election in november the generals have reneged on promised elections several times since a coup in two thousand and fourteen and there are indications of yet another delay so far this year there have been several small protests in bangkok in other parts of thailand a sign that people are becoming increasingly frustrated with the military government charging some protesters with sedition shows that the government is still in no mood to allow dissent or political opposition something it's been very effective at stamping out since the coup. the government said last year it would make human rights and national priority but activists say there's no sign of that

in fact the situation is getting worse this not representing me calm it may not all going to uphold our own promises to return to democracy to respect human rights. undeterred the protest is are organizing what they hope will be a large rally on saturday wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. a quick look at the top stories before we go syria's government has attacked the u.s. led coalition for a rare strike on pro assad forces and arizona province they've branded it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a military source within the coalition said the strikes in there as a province killed about one hundred pro assad fighters who are attacking the syrian democratic forces the u.s. department of defense defended the coalition's actions our forces have the inherent

right to self-defense. we are not looking for a conflict with the regime any action that takes away from our ongoing operations to defeat isis is a distraction. elsewhere in syria for a fourth consecutive day bombs have been raining down on rebel held areas which were designated deescalation zones local media say government and russian as strikes have killed at least fifty seven people in eastern guta on the edge of the capital damascus on thursday including children and a medic have escalated their attacks there but also an idiot province since a russian jet was shot down on saturday killing more than two hundred people in just four days. north korea has held a massive military parade a day before its southern neighbor opens the winter olympics leader kim jong un told the crowds that his nation would fight to defend itself but with north koreans ready to compete in the olympics the military event was more low key than usual.

israeli army is suing the family of a palestinian man crushed by one of their jeeps to compensate them for the damaged vehicle on a much was accused of throwing a firebomb cheap he was pursued by israeli soldiers when the vehicle crushed him. and thousands of protesters flooded the streets of bangladesh's capital as a court sentenced former prime minister khalid dizzee a to five years in prison for corruption police fired tear gas to disperse them zia was convicted of an all in two hundred fifty thousand dollars in donations meant for an orphanage trust a lawyers say they will appeal against the conviction as she risks being ineligible to run in december as national election. with all of our top stories more news coming up from doha in about twenty five minutes time that's it for myself and the team here in london one i want to he starts now the head of the september twenty

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