in the heart of the amazon believe in families put their lives in peril to harvest brazil not. counting the congo to the capital is an even more dangerous challenge. a. risky new tool to believe you know. at this time on al-jazeera. this is zero. hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining scumming up in the next sixty minutes. the u.n.

chief is calling it hell on earth syria's government continues to pound the rebel held district of eastern. we cannot protect their. children survivors of the florida school shooting to send on the state's capital calling for action on gun control. stories of horrific killings a population living in fear the u.n. warns a humanitarian disaster in democratic republic of congo is unfolding. story in sports american lindsey vonn concludes this period and then pick i'll find king by winning downhill bronze in pyongyang time. syrian government bombs are continuing to rain down on the rebel held this strict.

eastern hooten near damascus nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday and all indications are that this is just the beginning the bombardment involves airstrikes rockets shelling and barrel bombs of crude unguided the vice filled with explosives and sometimes shrapnel and oil now according to medical sources eight hospitals were attacked on tuesday alone other civilian buildings have also been attacked like bakeries there targeted to cut off food sources and syria's government seems intent on an even bigger operation is that harder now reports all indications are that a ground offensive is next. there is no frontline in eastern. residential neighborhoods have become battlegrounds the syrian government lies are bombing the besieged rebel enclave into submission. the suburb of damascus is under attack well look. we heard

a plane overhead the myside landed people were torn into pieces i was with my nephew and we were both injured or i heard was the sound of an ambulance and i found myself here hundreds killed hundreds more injured the united nations says makeshift hospitals are being hit some are now out of service there is a humanitarian crisis and there is nowhere to hide. there is no safe place i tried to convince my parents to say in the first floor of our building thinking it would be safer but they told me there's no difference because buildings are being flattened in the strikes. the government said military reinforcements to the frontlines around the besieged enclave the pro-government newspaper says the bombing campaign comes ahead of what it said will be a vast operation which may start on the ground at any time.

the thousands of rebels there are promising to repel any advance a ground offensive will not be easy the government and its allies have repeatedly tried to storm eastern in the past the rebels have strong defenses and an underground tunnel network that they use to their advantage. for the syrian government and its allies a victory in eastern. threats to the capital the rebels are able to fire mortars into damascus at times causing casualties russia is now justifying the bombing campaign even though. it isn't pointing to the presence of the fighters belonging to. a group previously known as al nasra accusing them of using civilians as human shields and of what it calls armed provocations. many including the un are warning the battle for eastern hooter could turn into a repeat of the battle for aleppo. the battle for aleppo lasted for months there was so much suffering among the civilian population before

a ceasefire deal was reached that involved a mass evacuation of the people of eastern huta fear they could face the same fate senator i was into beirut when we had more here dean is a civil activist living in eastern huta i spoke to him a little earlier and he said the world has turned its back on syria. seventy two hours the shelling and bombing raids are not stopping. this moment. there's a lot of dead people here there's a lot of injuries medical warrants out of service we feel like betrayed really from the international community. that was there was part of the escalation zones and suddenly there's on being a brutal campaign on on the area it's really where we feel like it betrayed

for diplomatic editor james spaces that the united nations for a say james you just heard that resident of mr hooper saying they feel abandoned by the international community they feel betrayed so what has the u.n. security council been saying about what's going on in syria. we've certainly had some strong words and some important developments which look like they will lead to a security council meeting on eastern ghouta on thursday and possibly a vote in the u.n. security council say that follows some strong language coming from senior u.n. leaders including the high commissioner for human rights in geneva prince's a who called the international community to take resolute concerted action to bring this monstrous campaign of annihilation to an end and strong comments to in the security council from the secretary general of the u.n.

i am deeply saddened by the terrible suffering of the civilian population. is than good for and the thousand people they had to leave. in hell on earth my appeal to all those involved is for immediate suspension of all war d.v.d.'s he needs them glitter and that cause for a suspicion of hostilities a cease fire is actually going to be part of a draft the u.n. security council resolution the current president of the security council kuwait along with sweden have drafted to put to a vote they hope to put it to a vote before the end of the week quite possibly on thursday this is the swedish ambassador. we're asking for a cessation of hostilities for thirty days throughout syria throughout syria forty

forty eight hours after that access for weekly u.n. humanitarian and convoys aid aid convoys to. areas in need particularly urgent busy areas for forty out of forty eight hours after that emergency medical evacuations from areas that un currently cannot access lifting of sieges are for specific locations the situation of course in eastern part of that which is completely alarming so how will russia react to such a resolution russia certainly has blocked the idea of a resolution until now saying it was unrealistic well facing mounting criticism in the last hour in the security council vasoline about zero the russian ambassador has taken the initiative of now calling for a u.n. security council meeting to take place on thursday to destruct scarfs eastern

ghouta so they'll be a meeting certainly of the security council whether the swedes and the kuwaitis decide to bring their resolution at that meeting is not clear and of course if they bring the resolution how is russia going to vote looks like they'll be developments here not certain whether they'll be any actual positive action that will help those people under bombardment at this stage barbara it seems bowls with the latest from the u.n. james thank you. student activists from the florida high school where seventeen people were killed last week are rallying in the state capital tallahassee they're calling for a ban on assault style weapons and stricter controls on firearms. the only purpose of an assault weapon like this is to kill and secure as many people as possible they are here and. there is not a self-defense weapon it is rightly so call it an assault weapon but don't think

about this word. i'm not trying to take away your second amendment rights nor am i trying to when they are gun who we cannot protect their. children by will and the gallagher is that rally in tallahassee and the unfortunately these sorts of school shootings i mean this is one of the warst ones but they're not rare by any stretch of the imagination in the united states but do you get a sense that after this one there was a sort of momentum certainly among the students but obviously also among other people in the united states about the need to tighten gun laws some how. well the big question barbara is is this finally the tipping point is this the point where politicians will actually do something about gun control in this country now can tell you having covered half of the worst mass shooting in this nation over the past fifteen years i feel a momentum and i feel an energy i haven't felt before but let's get

a dose of reality here on wednesday florida state legislator had a chance to ban assault weapons that bill was defeated in under three minutes which gives you some idea of the challenges that these students their momentum and their protests really face but they could be some moves in the right direction and even if at this point in this nation's history all we get is a rising of the age to buy an assault rifle up to twenty one years of age because remember nicholas cruz had ten weapons and was only nineteen years of age that would be simply monumental the students who certainly have the momentum they're being listened to not just here in the united states but across the world but they're now for. i'm laying the responsibility for any change upon politicians it's really now up to them to take action whether they will do so or not is the big question of the day we are getting some indications from president that he is

putting legislation forward to bum stocks which were used in the las vegas shooting there's even talk about raising the minimum age for assault weapons so there is movement in the right direction but what the people here what the students want to see is definitive action but maybe a long wait and certainly most of the students i've spoken to here over the past few days know that this will be a long battle perhaps years in the making and and the just remind us i mean you can get a little bit of a war president trying to wants to try and current but just tell us what the most contentious issues are over the gun laws in the united states because there's no talk of banning people owning guns course. no i mean that's never going to happen the second amendment is enshrined in the constitution it will be defended to the hilt certainly by republicans the question is whether you curb things like assault rifles that is really the key thing here assault rifles or rifles made for sure you can buy extended magazines you can buy them at

a very young age you can walk into a school as we've seen many times in this country and and do horrible damage the real question is do people need those do organizations like the national rifle association accept that assault rifles shouldn't be in the hands of teenagers those are the difficult questions of the day and remember the politicians here particularly republicans take a lot of money from the national rifle association they stand up for the second amendment rights but the key question is whether this is that tipping point whether something will move in the right direction and as i said even if it's only raising the age limit to when you can buy something like an assault rifle that will be a momentous move in this country's history because remember even five years ago after sandy hook when. someone killed six year olds nothing changed and even the bump stopped one of the occasions which we talked about after las vegas there was a lot of talk there was simply no action and these people here certainly want to see definitive action and. gallagher would latest from tallahassee in florida and

they thank you. much more to come on the news hour including the vatican's special sex abuse investigator is hospitalized in chile just days after meeting victims of the country's most notorious paedophile priest plus. i'm natasha butler in southeastern france as the french government reveals its new plans for an immigration law the mayor of this city connaught says the state should be doing more to protect refugees. and manchester united i spot in the quarterfinals of the champions league son that will have all the details later in sport. but first hundreds of villages have been destroyed and more than six hundred thirty thousand people forced to leave their homes after a surge in violence in democratic republic of congo the un's refugee agency has

warned that fighting in southeastern province could lead to a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions bellis reports. the eastern border of the democratic republic of congo isn't who more reports of violence are each one thousand kemi says north to south. clashes between a ugandan rebel group and seize military in the north east has pushed civilians to make the dangerous crossing into guenter some are attempting to roll across lake albert one of africa's great lakes and a tale of pedals and you know some died of hunger some drowned and the like there's no one to help you there's nothing to eat we surviving in the bush like animals. now the south east is reaching a tipping point where humanitarian disaster extraordinary proportions is about to hit the southeastern part of the democratic republic of the congress the province

of plunges further into violence triggering spiralling displacement and human rights abuses the southeast has been plagued by ethnic violence that new armed groups of popping up and congolese in the area traps fighters don't know who is on whose side so civilians are targeted murders abductions and rape a common goodbye now they be heated people they can't open this stomachs removed the guts and left them to die that's how they killing people. in twenty seven tane in mr mated one hundred twenty thousand people fled into neighboring countries this latest violence has displaced five times that in just two months that the u.n. thinks the number of refugees is probably much higher but they are in areas two or more years and dangerous to reach those that make it to tame pre-campaign tell stories of their escape these are overwhelmed and underfunded this situation is

worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been the where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase in eastham do ya see when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level ballasts al jazeera. well let's take a closer look now at what's happening inside the r.c. well the fighting is largely along the eastern borders with uganda rwanda and burundi ethnic violence between the bantu and twelve group has surged since mid two thousand and sixteen the recent conflict in found and yet the province is thought to be mainly between the twyla and other ethnic groups unrest in the east forced nearly two million people to flee their homes last year. well joining us now in the

studio is alex vines he's out of africa programs at the international think tank chatham house thank you so much for being with us here on al-jazeera i mean this is such a complex issue and obviously i suppose the headline would be that president joseph kabila has refused to step down and see through the election is that really all there is to it or does it just escalate issues that are already there like it escalates i mean the core problem of the democratic republic of the congo is does dysfunctional politics basically and mr could be you know the pro current president should have had elections in twenty sixteen that constantly put being postponed the now meant to be maybe in december two thousand and eighteen this year and so within that then you have these of a crises of the popping up they all have local reasons for bit being crises but the only time we hear about them is when there's a humanitarian catastrophe that's when the international community draws attention

to the plight of the democratic republic of congo so it's cyclical bicyclists and that's exactly the the words that are used by the un's refugee agency they're talking about a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions i mean who's a evolved within that the or sea crisis of any external players as well while you have had meddling by neighbors a number of the neighbors like to see a weak dysfunctional democratic republic of congo site suit some of the neighbors to have a weak congo basically and they have been involved at various points in time there was conflict in congo which involved many of the neighbors and governor uganda rwanda burundi were all engaged in it at the moment some of the spill specially in eastern congo but more of the issues are to do internally with her in congo itself which is to do with poor governance poor politics we constituents and a leadership that only looks to survive for itself rather than have any vision for

a developmental state. but let's not have any doubt that this crisis is manmade this is not about climate change this is not about drawing up rivers or or too much water and flooding this is about poor politics bicycling and that's what's causing the crisis when you were speaking to one of my colleagues a little earlier you said that the total population displacement in the congo today comes to more than syria iraq and yemen combined which is just mind boggling really and yet in light of that and in light of what the u.n. h.c.r. has just said it does get very little press coverage doesn't it look it's a difficult country to report on i mean your colleagues even framing the story they were having trouble because it's big is complicated local issues so to actually get people to understand. what's going on is difficult but also to get policymakers to work out how to move on a pathway to get

a solution to the place is also really difficult. the reality is it is a very very grave humanitarian situation that does need international support i mean four point three million people internally displaced hundreds of thousands of kong allee's now going into uganda as refugees thirty three files in one go to so it's muesli a problem internally in congo but it's now over spilling into its neighbors too and i mean obviously the international community isn't doing enough but is anybody even in the right direction all or at least while i have the problem of such a good question i don't think there's any easy answers could the international community do more i don't know so they certainly could donate more money in the new call for supporting humanitarian relief in the democratic republic of congo at the moment is only about three percent of what's needed but having said that the ultimate solution is to have a political process here probably on depend by

a credible election and to build up better politics longer term to make this a sustainable country rather than deliberately a weak one which is what we're seeing at the moment alex vines head of africa program at chatham house thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us thank you. now in nigeria officials say fifty girls remain missing following an attack by boko haram fighters on a village in your base state initially around ninety one students said the girls' school in reported as missing but some of the girls returned home after fleeing into the bush in two thousand and fourteen boko haram abducted more than two hundred seventy girls from the town of chibok a vatican investigators sent by pope francis to interview the sex abuse victims has been hospitalized prior to falling ill archbishop charles. looking into claims that bishop. covered up abuses carried out by the country's most notorious paedophile

priest for. he began hearing witness testimonies on monday. well for this story the see in human joins me live now from sun. why has the case of bishop led to what is being described as the biggest crisis of pope francis' papacy so far. hello barbara we're outside at the papal vatican embassy right now where a delegation of six people from the city of all sort of know where bishop was assigned by the pope despite protests our expert is expected to arrive at any moment to continue to meet with a priest who is taking the place of the archbishop of malta he will can in other words the investigation will continue despite the hospitalisation and the reason why this has become such a scandal is that pope francis when he came here to chile refused to meet with the growing number of victims and people from all sides know who were claiming that bishop had covered up sex abuses and not only that he kept the bishop by his side

throughout his visit here in chile he attended all the masses and at the very end the pope actually defended him saying that those who were accusing him of covering up abuses were slanderous right now he has done a complete about face in the in the wake of widespread criticism for his comments that came from human rights organizations from victims we're going to ization to the new york times the boston globe even from within the church itself barbara the bishop or rather the archbishop of boston sean o'malley actually did something unprecedented put out a statement saying that the pope was wrong for having done that and that he was given very little reason for sex abuse victims in the church to come forward if he came out with comments of this type so clearly this is damage control barbara he has sent his most respected. sex abuse investigator to chile to meet with the people who say just a couple of weeks ago the pope said we're lying. but the vatican envoy i mean has

he actually managed to meet anyone so far before he fell ill in the house significantly has his illness obviously hampered his investigation. we're guess he did he met on saturday in fact in new york with one of the most outspoken critics of bishop who has claimed that the bishop witnessed and actually facilitated sex abuses against him by father he then came here to santiago are here in the us since monday he's been meeting with different victims some of the people have not been identified but yesterday he met with one campbellton another outspoken former victim of that argument and then yes he was taken to hospital overnight and he has just been operated for his apparent for and apparently his appendix but nevertheless as i said he has now someone in his place will continue to tape these testimonies and they will continue throughout the week we don't know yet however whether the archbishop will be able to return to carry them out himself before he

leaves chile over the weekend barbara and see a family how confident are you seeing the victims and critics of the show that pope francis has actually really had a change of heart and will take proper action. i think that the jury is still out on that barbara many of the people we've spoken to who have already spoken to the our chip the archbishop say that his investigation is serious that he now knows the truth and he will take it back to the vatican but they are not sure yet whether the pope at this time really means it when he says that he has a zero tolerance policy towards sex abuses that many of these people remember have been accusing this pope of carrying out a very very elaborate public relations exercise but in the end of defending or prioritizing the institution of the church rather than the victims of sex abuse of clerical sex abuse barbara a lesson america editor. thank you.

and still ahead on this news hour humanitarian warnings for gaza food supplies could run out in just a few months. but hopes for or an assault on the poor reactions are mixed in south africa to south africa's new budget plus in sport. the united states for short in men's ice hockey at the winter olympics. are again there's a lot of pride spilling across parts of the levant the moment underneath it we've also got some breaks of rain so it's an unsettled picture and we're seeing some rain affecting northern parts of iraq and through into syria as some snow there high locations pushing up into eastern parts of turkey otherwise for beirut and lebanon it's looking fine in the terms of nineteen degrees very pleasant light

winds heading into friday not a great deal of change here and further towards the east it's largely drawing picture but we have got this area of rain developing across parts of pakistan through into afghanistan with some snow developing on its north and. edge here in the arabian pinch a little bit cloudy in place i think over the next couple of days certainly through thursday it should be brighter time sunshine possible but hey see through that cloud but certainly quite warm again we had it twenty eight doha twenty seven degrees celsius and then as we start our weekend then we should find it starts off on a bright note with highs of twenty seven and i don't the other side the potential in mice and thirty four expected in mecca heading into southern portions of africa again we've seen some heavy showers affecting more eastern parts of south africa through into mozambique for the forecast that he is botswana will see some particularly heavy rain during the course of thursday but find any cape town with highs of twenty five.

what makes this movement this era we live in for the show unique this is really an attack on the truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding the distortion isn't what free speech is supposed to be about the context is hugely important level wise to publish if you have a duty to be offensive or provocative or do you not as people do setting the stage for a serious debate. up front at this time on al-jazeera. with a big breaking news story it can be chaotic and frantic behind the scenes you've got people shouting instructions and you're trying to provide the best most accurate up to date information as quickly as you can. it's when you come off air on being superior to realize you've witnessed history in the making.

time after reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera syrian government bombs continue to fall on the rebel held district of eastern and nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday the u.n. secretary general antonio good called for the media's suspension of attacks on saying civilians there are living in hell on a. student activists from the florida high school where seventeen people were killed last week are rallying in the state capital calling for tighter gun controls . more than six billion people live in countries that are corrupt that's according

to transparency international which. has just released its annual corruption perceptions index new zealand and denmark rank the best out of one hundred eighty countries and are perceived as among the least corrupt on the planet at the bottom of the list star somalia syria and south sudan that report also says that countries with the least protections for journalists and social activists tend to have the worst rates of corruption every week at least one journalist is killed in a country deemed as highly corrupt well one hundred solaces transparency international's regional director for the americas and asia pacific advisor he joins me live now from berlin thank you so much for being with us here on out there i mean countries like new zealand and denmark perhaps i guess we sort of expected that any surprises that you saw in this list either up or down well thank you very much for the invitation it's an important day for us but as well

it's a sad day you know because the the results are not very good we see that two thirds of the contraries are still ranking very low in the corruption in dix one particularly surprise i have the case of australia which has been sliding down in there were even dicks from from a score of eighty four to a score of seventy seven in the last five years i think that's very bad for a strong economy in the asia pacific region there are also paucity of surprises there are some countries in africa sinegal who was scoring very low and has managed to improve almost ten points in the last five years so i think you can find all sorts of results but the main message is that there is no contrary there is really doing a me your breakthrough in fighting corruption and must be very difficult to get the stats the figures that you need to actually draft this list to especially from countries that do have high levels of corruption just talk us through how you actually put this list together what the factors are. yeah of course first of all

it's a corruption perception index so we're not actually measuring the facts we cannot say that a is more corrupt than country b. or that the people of certain quandary is more corrupt than of another one what we say is that experts private the store's market and the least especially private sector stakeholders are assessing their perception of corruption in the public sector of a hundred and eighty of course it's a well informed opinion board let's be very clear eats up perception and we can take this information from mejor surveys conducted by prestigious organisations like the world bank the world economic forum and so on that's how we compile the zendiks accomplice site of several surveys asking about corruption in the public sector i mean it's certainly useful if enough for anybody wanting to perhaps invest

in a particular country but what when how would you want to see this index used perhaps by the governments themselves. it's very important because it's a door opener what we observe in the world is that many contras beats in western europe being in asia in africa are doing in one way or another certain measures lately we have seen a lot of corruption scandals that actually have in there with people of high profile being captured persecuted and sometimes in jail we have seen these in south korea with the impeachment of a former president we have seen this with many powerful business people so we see that some action is taking place bought the index what it reminds source is that actually that is not enough a few people in jail is not going to sort or sort of a problem that is the so even bear the. dims in cool throw systems in congress are

on the world saw the zendiks a reminder that much more has to be done and that isolated individual may sure are not enough to get rid of such a structural problem alexandra salles from transparency international sir thank you so much for your time now south africa's opposition is calling the latest budget an assault on the poor value added tax will go up to fifteen percent for the first time in more than twenty years but the government insists though that measures are that tough measures are necessary to repair the economy after years of mismanagement and the former president jacob zuma for me to miller has more now from johannesburg. it was months of protests like these that often turned violent that put free education on the government's agenda top them up when i took part in protests that began in twenty fifteen and continued last year part

of the reason the protest happened that the people who get into the system are themselves condemned in condemned to whether or not they finish because if you can't pay them the first year you can finish your degree of confidence or degree you can get your job now the government to set aside a five billion dollars to fund free education phasing in free also ups a dire situation over five years the plan announced in the budget speech targets poor and working class households free education is one of the main priorities this year some africa has an unemployment rate of more than twenty six percent there has been a slight improvement in the past year but what is of most concern to many here is that more than a third of people under the age of thirty five don't have jobs. the budget speech didn't however say much about job creation instead focusing on increasing government revenue by hiking value added tax and cutting spending by eight billion

dollars over three years government has made significant changes to the fiscal framework for this. new text messages raise an additional thirty six billion range into in the eighteen nineteen mainly through a higher vet rate and below inflation that just means too personal income tax brackets. the government is facing a balancing act trying to raise money cut spending all the while protecting the poor it's promising to raise social wrongs but also increase the fuel that makes transport the expensive class war here is getting intense now we've seen this country rise to the highest level of inequality for wealth and income in the world and the world economic forum rates our workers the angriest pricewaterhouse coopers regularly rates our businesses as the most corrupt they have the fifth highest profit rate in the world as about africa works to further improve its economy it is

however battling some uncertainty within its finance department is much speculation that the finance minister may be on his way out after last week's resignation of president jacob zuma malusi gigaba too has been accused of corruption and outside influence in government decisions for me to al-jazeera janice berg. police of the cleared a curfew in central colombia after rioting broke out the attorney general revealed fark rebels used a supermarket chain to launder hundreds of millions of dollars prompting hundreds of people to take to the streets and anger it could put the fark in breach of a peace deal for under reporting their assets deal reached in two thousand and sixteen and that half a century of civil war in. brazil's senate has passed the decree which puts the military in charge of security in relation arrow the measure allows the army to take command of police forces in the crime plagued state where deadly violence

a spike by eight percent in the last year president michel temeraire says drug gangs have virtually taken over rio's metropolitan area of twelve million people. the head of the u.n. aid agency serving palestinian refugees in gaza warns that it can't guarantee food support beyond the end of june it's claiming major funding cuts by the united states it comes amid growing concerns about the deteriorating human jimena tear in situation in gaza and the potential for another conflict there harry force that reports. nearly a million people in gaza rely on food aid handed out by the un agency charged with the care of refugees from historic palestine and the descendants is facing a funding crisis after the us transferred only sixty million of the planned one hundred twenty five million dollars payment. annorah had been expecting a further two hundred twenty five million dollars from the u.s. this year now it fears that figure could instead be zero we are safe for the first

couple of months in the year but if we don't get this shortfall made up by either the americans changing their mind or new money coming in during the second half of the year we will have to face some difficult decisions already funded projects such as this q eighty back to school are continuing in eleven countries have acted to help fill the funding gap that by fast tracking existing commitments not pledging new money israel's army chief has reportedly warned that a humanitarian crisis is a growing security risk calling for a steep increase in aid to decrease the chance of war as well as part of the problem as well is the one who is imposing siege blockade. limiting the number of items that enter the gaza strip so israel must put that into its policy instead of asking the international community to intervene there is some welcome intervention in gaza's health sector the united arab emirates is finalizing

a two million dollar pledge to fuel hospital generators for four months earlier this week qatar's gaza envoy announced a nine million dollars package that also included medicine and fuel for the. event ended in a demonstration of just how desperate gaza's poorest really are as he was bundled away in the face of spontaneous protest so the tension is really very very here anderson of the queen a stop and they were on strike i was trying to find out about unpaid wages the prostration is really erupting they were hoping for some kind of announcement from macau to raise in including the payment of those wages for those hopes of being dashed and there are angry. five months pay is owed by private contractors who themselves are not being paid by the government because of the continuing delays in reconciliation between hamas and rival faction fatah. we expected him to solve our problems because we believe the stone nation came about because we raised our voices but he denied our rights and didn't give us any help. our dear husband and

their six children surely need help they were evicted from their home three months ago now they share this shelter with her brother's family sleeping on this broken down floor three to four hours a tricity a day no working lavatory no money coming in just one family injuring the cruelty of gaza's slow collapse harry feels that al-jazeera gaza israeli media is reporting that a former confidant of prime minister benjamin netanyahu will testify against him over corruption allegations shlomo failed her former director of the communications ministry was arrested on sunday it's thought that he'll get a lighter sentence if in return for his cooperation. thousands of truckers of gone on strike in argentina bringing many parts of life to a standstill it's in protest against the government of three who the opposition accuse of ruling for the rich are doing too little to reduce inflation well there

is a boat is in buenos iris for a so what exactly are the truckers them straight against the terrorists are.

showing that on a man and it just. we have been speaking to people that have come here to any understanding of the me i really mean i do not. worried about the european economic situation to leave there is a book there from when i was iris we're going to have to leave it there is the sound isn't rates very loud where she is but there is a thank you. that the french government is reviewing a new bill that toughens up immigration rules while the proposed law offers more services for successful asylum seekers it will also make it easier to expel those who don't qualify for asylum some m.p.'s in the president's own party say the proposals betray france's humanitarian tradition but others say the bill doesn't go far enough the question that the reports from grenoble. a nineteenth century fort overlooks the french city of grenoble it was built to defend the city that is close to the swiss and italian borders and tucked into the foothills of the alps

these days the town council is doing its best to welcome people who arrive here it provides emergency shelter for refugees many from africa kosovo or albania people are coming from squats settlements. and this is a first possibility for them to get a stable life. with more refugees arriving in france each year the government's decided to change the country's immigration policy the government's proposed immigration speed up asylum procedures it would also provide more refugee housing at the same time it would mean longer periods in detention for the reason for their asylum requests rejected and it would increase deportation the french president says it's all about france continuing to welcome what he calls genuine asylum seekers who are cracking down on so-called economic migrants critics of the proposed law say it's too tough to smell says the city seen an increasing number of

refugees and the state has a duty to protect them in the ground and decide to have a very strong and armed. police year on the runs but actually police it doesn't work at all don't these citrus you know the immigration plans of also created re divisions in the president's own party some m.p.'s a french values are being forgotten they sought how dare they toss your deviancy detention centers are becoming prisons which are unworthy of our republic. in last year's presidential election emmanuel mcconnell's main rival was the anti immigration candidate marine le pen for some analysts the planned law is an attempt by the centrist president to stop the resurgence of the far right the voter. haven't vanished haven't disappeared and when you see what happened in germany were chancellor merkel agreed to a million refugees and migrants and then had ninety two far rights m.p.'s

elected before in the next elections i think this has been seen as a lesson for the neighboring countries of germany and particularly france where the far right is very powerful some are call it's a political gamble he may please some on the political right and far right but he risks and many on the left have supported him until now in the meantime refugees like these will continue to try and reach france in the hope of a better life. al-jazeera. still to come on the news hour mark cavendish crashes out in the sun i will be with that story in sports.

the u.s. evangelist billy graham who preached his christian message around the world for more than six decades has died at the age of ninety nine through broadcasts and mass rallies graham was credited with delivering sermons to more people than anyone else in history tamaqua and looks back at his life. the largest and ever erected for a revival meeting billy graham came to national prominence as a thirty year old when he attracted thousands of people to a three month long prayer rally you know tent pitched in downtown los angeles i do not believe that any man. that any man can solve the problems of life without jesus

christ. already yolanda it was a message that the charismatic southern baptist minister continued to spread by harnessing the power of radio and then television i'm praying that this hour will be really on our decision for you and i me to consecrate it can do any good am by the mid one nine hundred fifty s. graham had expanded his range to europe where he conducted mass rallies in sports stadiums even if they were to leave as good if i ever come shot and are oftener i should meet graham's appeal was to some measure due to his focus on more moderate religious doctrines and never seeking to convert people to a sectarian christian faith but he spoke out strongly against communism bringing his ministry to the soviet union a decade before its fall we were certain that it would open future dollars for claiming the gospel not only in the soviet union but throughout the eastern world at home graham broke with his own churches tradition and held racially mixed

rallies in the legally segregated south carolina no i am a lie down to get out as well as in apartheid south africa billy graham welcomes president johnson to his crusade for christ a confidant of ten u.s. presidents and graham only endorsed one in the campaign richard nixon he later called it a mistake and in two thousand and two his reputation for tolerance was marred with the release of secret white house audiotapes recording graham agreeing with nixon's critical comments about jews really. going to go. i don't know what they're already going to get out of. here. graham apologized for those remarks saying he was never an anti semite in his old age graham was asked what about those like. the jews the muslims who don't believe it's little dogs were barking you don't judge them you know the whole point

is about jesus a country preacher whose mastery of modern communication set an example for other men and women of religion to follow. tom ackerman al-jazeera. to get all the sports news now here. thank you very much barbara one of the world's most high profile went to athletes says contango will almost certainly be her last olympics thirty three lindsey vonn that became the oldest came the bronze and the women's downhill on a wednesday home and half. lindsey vonn one her first and only olympic gold medal in the downhill in twenty ten in vancouver she has forty two backup wins but injuries playing the american in recent years and that meant the winning a bronze medal in the event won by italian syfy a gotcha felt like a victory i wish i could keep going you know i it's truly an amazing opportunity

every time i'm on the mountain they have so much fun and i wish i wish my body was a little bit younger. the united states won their first ever gold and cross country skiing climbing the women's team sprint three norway took groans meaning that marriage broke and became the most decorated winter olympian of all time with the fourteenth medal but the u.s. is mixed a continued as they were knocked out of the men's hockey competition by the czech republic no n.h.l. players were committed to competitive these games and it's the first time since two thousand and eight that the americans will miss the medal rounds it was one game in regulation and i don't think you're disappointed wondering what's wrong with your progress i think you proud of what your players did you proud of how we put this team together the women's bobsled featured an african team at the winter olympics for the first time a milestone despite their last placing jamaica also made their women's day blue and

managed though tame from a field of twenty despite a rocky games that sold a german coach quit germany won gold from the united states. and the red to see for the netherlands on the speedskating track as they would be trying to buy japan in the women's team this year final release home and i'll just era. oh no way top of the medal table after twelve days of action with thirteen gold one better than the second place germany canada and the netherlands and united states rounding out the top five. ten gold medals will be awarded on the massive day thirteen m.p.r. and chang on the thursday the highlights include mikaela shiffrin going for her second gold of the game set in the women's alpine combined the women's final of the newest olympic snowboard event big will take place and it's usa vs canada and the women's hockey gold medal match football now manchester united are getting ready to

face severe in the first leg of their last sixteen tie in the u.s. the champion's league that much kicks off in about the now it's time does emerge in your side are second in the english premier league about their performance have been inconsistent they've lost two of their last four matches in all competitions hosea will be trying to reach the quarter finals in the tournament for the first time while marine year has won the trophy twice once with portal and then with into milan. but there seemed when you reach when you reach. the quarter for. and you can feel that. can happen so as to be step of going from sixteen to a. sink is always a very important. i mean our omar up against shutout on ask the italians have been in great form and they've won their last three games an op to third in the syria

table also as the english premier league champions chelsea for top spot in group c. . on to their tails in barcelona drew one one in london having hit the post twice in the first half when eventually it gave chelsea the lead in the second half you know mess is called the equalizer and crucial away goal for barsa return leg is in spain in the coming up in three weeks time the french president the man who in my car has hosted a number of top football stars to promote sport as a tool for development in africa newly elected liberian president of football great george joined the ivory coast is top goal scored digital by palace in paris fifa president gianni infor tino's also in attendance have my call and also the creation of a platform for international organizations to help professional athletes invest back into africa when. the war came to two schools we will do

this. young child soldiers and choose. to go back on the table for that piece of coal so you see the poor will schools. for the soccer world champion mark cavendish has crashed out of the tour before it even started according to his team doctor the sprint to suffered a concussion after failing falling heavily in the neutral zone at the start of the opening state that oil britain the whole won the first stage last year was forced to pull out of the event european champion alexander christophe the winner. and that's all useful for man you're back to barbara in london so i thank you very much for that and that is it for me and the team here for the news hour before we go just take a quick look at the website there it is of course with all of the day's news and the top story there about the relentless bombing of eastern who travel maryanne

demasi will be here in just a few minutes with more on that and all the day's other news. the scene for us where online what is american sign in yemen that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

morale is was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her family's apartment and the government move. them to distend shack around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp. the government raised our hopes and then abandoned us politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hundred five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government failed. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it with every day but the message is simplistic you have the brains good logical rational person is crazy and misinformation is rife dismissal and does not hold well documented accusations and evidence is part of

genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narratives of this time on al-jazeera. residents in east and go to say that waiting for that tend to die as the syrian government ignores calls for a cease fire. hello i'm marianna my.