five countries. four days. three thousand kilometer it's. two generations. one by. syrian refugees on a surreal jamie to sweet and. on the bright side. a witness documentary at this time on al-jazeera. should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it and i'm great father whose daughter was killed at the florida school shooting speaks out at a meeting with president. or about this and this is all just here

a live from doha also coming up i don't see we can let the scenes go on. india's horrendous wait as the outrage grows over the bloodbath in syria's eastern russia calls for an emergency un security council meeting. what are we going to have a stop to this four years after over two hundred girls were kidnapped by boko haram in nigeria dozens more are feared to have been abducted from a school plus. from the pacific to the arctic indigenous filmmakers find a voice at the film festival. there's been an outpouring of anger and frustration at the meeting between the u.s. president and students and families affected by last week's deadly florida school shooting donald trump has heard stories and pleas to tighten gun laws he's vowing to take ocean steps to check gun violence including arming teachers hear some of

the things that was said. in here. because my daughter has no voice she was murdered last week she was taken from shot nine times on the third floor. we as a country failed our children this should happen. i'm very angry that this happened because it keeps happening nine eleven happened once and they fixed everything how many schools how many children have to get shot. it stops here with this administration and me so let's be strong. for the fall and we don't have a voice to speak anymore and let's not her but this happen again please . this is not difficult these deaths are preventable.

and i implore you. consider your own children. you don't want to be me no parent does and you have the ability to make a difference and save lives today trump says he supports the idea of teachers and other school stuff being armed if they have special training this would only be obviously for people that are very adept at handling a gun and it would be it's called concealed carry where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them they'd go for special training and they would. be there and you would no longer have a gun free zone gun free zone to a maniac because they're all cowards a gun free zone is let's go in and let's attack because bullets aren't coming back at us. hours earlier hundreds of

students how to sit and outside the white house they said it was more important to call for gun control than attending class. in florida thousands of students gathered outside the republican controlled controlled legislature in the state capital tallahassee demanding change and gallica has more on that. the survivors of last week's school shooting in parkland would not alone when they came to florida state capital chants of no more guns and never again rang out as crowd swelled. many of the students have spent the past few days attending funerals of form and classmates their determination to change u.s. gun laws is a rallying call for activists across the nation you sent thoughts and prayers as your remedy but refused to take action. well members of the legislature i am proud to announce i took your advice i have been praying i have

been praying for you. was. i bring you that you look in the mirror and figure out your priorities. i presume that you signed the no n.r.a. money pledge and so many of them out there. now. unless some gun owners and now destroying their assault rifles in videos that have gone viral others a turning them into authorities but on wednesday florida's politicians rejected a bill that would have banned assault rifles an indication of just how challenging any change will be that person who died because of an iowa fifteen. was. you because you sat yesterday you had a chance to stop them and you took that chance the way i was there i don't like bush

don't mind our heart you might but if that you calculate. the background checks and better mental health screening a widely supported by the u.s. public that's the voices of children that may make a difference they have to understand that this is really affected everyone not just us the kids in the school affected the whole community and they need to listen to us and we're we're smart we can we can talk ourselves we're not just children we can you know we can make it. what you have here is a new generation of voices determined to make themselves heard and right now the world is listening but any change lays firmly at the doorsteps of politicians the next move is theirs and the expectations are perhaps higher than they've ever been and gallacher al-jazeera tallahassee florida. dexter is a board member of women against gun violence and she strongly disagrees with trump's idea to on teachers. it's

a terrible and dangerous idea on our board of directors we also have los angeles police department and sheriff's detectives we get to go back to the l.a. crime lab which is the largest crime lab in the nation and work with forensic scientists who are experts in ballistics and firearms and i specifically asked them could a civilian stop a mass shooter they told me that police only have an eighteen percent accuracy rate for hitting a live target during a live shooting the reason for that is that when you're in a life shooting situation you go into fight or flight mode you have tunnel vision your hearing is impaired time slows down your fine motor coordination is impaired so where expecting america's teachers who are by the way underpaid and under appreciated to now become the nation's swat team it's

a really unfair ask and it's a dangerous ask. despite growing condemnation syrian government bombing continues on the rebel held district of east near damascus more than three hundred people have been killed since sunday head of the united nations has called the situation in east and go to hell on earth our diplomatic editor james bays will have more on that but first looks at what's happening on the ground. there is no front line in eastern. residential neighborhoods have become battlegrounds the syrian government and its allies are bombing the besieged rebel enclave into submission i look at the suburb of damascus is under attack well look . we heard a plane overhead the messiah 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 reinforcement 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 huta 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 history that would remove a threat 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 is a pointing to the presence of the fighters belonging to a group previously known as el nostra 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 huta 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 the people of eastern fear they could face the same fate as. beirut. the security council met to discuss the un's charter

the governing document of the world organization with charter drawn up over seventy years ago gives the council the key role of maintaining peace and security a job it's miserably failed to do over the last seven years in syria as it met once again divided and impotent some of the worst violence of the war as eastern ghouta was once again bombarded four hundred thousand people that believe. in hell on earth and so my appeal to all those involved. is for any immediate suspension of all war a t.v. tease in eastern guta there were in fact for one day two secretaries general in new york mr good terrorists his previous sesa bang ki-moon had also been invited to

speak he also expressed concern at the continued bloodshed in the syrian situation you'd really have must come to an end it's going to be a seventy year going for a come march tenth it will be a seventh year appearing daughter seven years a sore many civilian population have been killed there is now a new peace effort the ambassador of sweden hopes to bring a new draft resolution to a vote in the council in the coming days 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 russia had blocked previous efforts to get a resolution on a cease fire in eastern guta facing mounting criticism and bassett or vaseline the

benzine has now himself called for a security council meeting on the situation on thursday the charter which the un has actually been discussing is in effect the constitution of the world body it begins we the peoples of the united nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war now compare those words to the pictures from eastern guta history is bound to judge that in recent days and over the past seven years the u.n. has failed the people of syria james pays out his era of the united nations and i jury an official say dozens of school. the girls are feared missing following an attack by boko haram fighters in a village in you'll be state but there are conflicting reports that some girls have been found after fleeing the attack and that some may have been rescued by the military and twenty fourteen the armed group abducted more than two hundred seventy

girls from the town of chibok it's quite unfortunate that we're having a repeat of the she broke tragedy yet again. this is not a time when a lot of people asking questions when i was going to have a stop to these. lies disappear for close to four years now we've been asking questions where that you will get is the remaining ones. and you'll be experience us come up how we before the security in this country and put a stop to young girls appearing from schools under streets on the dress has more for men to agree in northeast nigeria. well there are differing accounts as to exactly what happened at the government goes school in new york state initial reports say the fight is went into town started fighting sporadically in there and then went to the school raided the school food store but nobody was taken then a day later after the attack at least one student told local media that you saw

some of our colleagues being taken away so when the fighters moved into the institution members of staff of the school and the girls killed the first and ran into the bushes then reports emerged that more than ninety have been unaccounted for from then there were reports that some of the girls will file have found their way back into town and back into the school back to the school now some parents also approached the school authorities telling them that in fact some of their daughters have met or found their way home so the obvious to become an issue a statement saying that at least fifty students have been unaccounted for as of the time interval least that statement but said the military and other security services are calming the bushes trying to rescue those who fled and found their way why they actually couldn't get home now this is coming at a time when there are still up to one hundred schoolgirls kidnapped in two thousand and fourteen in chibok and now a lot of people are oppressive us to exactly what happened and many people are

complaining as to why there was no clear statement more than twenty four hours after the attack still ahead and al jazeera a friend turned for by dramatic twist in the corruption case against israel's prime minister. and the vatican's investigation into sex abuse by a paedophile priest in chile faces a setback. from brisk news and fuel. to the war in trying to this of southeast asia. however seems a rather unsettled weather developing across central and southern parts of china recently lawley winds coming in behind begin to solidly wincey areas forced to rise account go down into the ground in the seats a very heavy rain here as we go on through thursday then that wet weather will diminish somewhat as we go into friday still a few showers looking around the southern coast but this is southerly wind that

will win out at this stage to twenty celsius in hong kong temperatures starting to pick up and it should turn a little drier and a little brighter but to try and bright weather into southeast asia meanwhile the usual way to the day showers brewing up of borneo probably seeing the liveliest of the showers still some big downpours on the cards there nicobar islands the out of it all is pushing over towards southern parts of the bingo chance of a little more cloud just cleaving is creeping its way towards flag but for the most part south asia looks fine and a lot of sunshine coming for look up towards the northwest of india cloud does develop here looking rather gray for much of pakistan. the weather sponsored by qatar and nice. mom would have been to get the it up. the muscle and use up a lot of loose and cut up. on the nineteenth of december twenty sixth mahmoud hussein was detained by the egyptian authorities he remains behind bars without

a trial al-jazeera world investigates his case and media repression in egypt journalism is not a crime at this time on al-jazeera. you're watching all jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour at least people affected by gun violence in the u.s. have urged president donald trump to improve gun laws during a meeting at the white house told them he supports the idea of arming teachers if they receive special training. ahead of the u.n. has called for an immediate halt to attacks on syria's eastern huta saying

civilians there are living in hell on earth syrian and russian air raids have killed more than three hundred people since sunday. nigerian officials say dozens of schoolgirls are feared missing following an attack by boko haram fighters in a village in northeastern you'll be state that are conflicting reports that some girls were found after fleeing the attack and that some may have been rescued by the military. ok more on the relentless bombing over in eastern huta in syria stories of individual tragedies are emerging with the full truth. like this man cradling his dead son was killed in an airstrike in the village of beit sahour one saying his final goodbyes. elsewhere a party has been held for children in an underground bomb shelter to try to distract them from the bombing of the civilians killed this week seventy have been children my old model dean is an activist living in eastern voter he's told us that

the world has turned its back on syria for the seventy two hours the shelling and bombing air raids. are not stopping. this moment. there's a lot of dead people here there's a lot of injuries medical points out of service we feel like it betrayed really from the international community. that. was part of the escalation and. there's. the area it's really we we feel like train meanwhile turkey is warning that fighters loyal to the syrian government will face serious consequences for entering offering to help the kurds the fighters apparently entered the area on tuesday but

they were pushed back by its forces some of them has this report. the focus of the fight for control in syria's north these are fighters of the free syrian army backed by turkey they have been pushing out the kurdish forces who were in control here. but now they also face a new opponent syrian reinforcements. this is the moment. media reported that. the city around twenty vehicles carrying the men were seen responding to the call for help from a goodish might be defined is against military offensive. we are the syrian popular forces and we have come here to support our people the civilians in africa who have been injuring the fiercest of attacks from the ottomans occupiers past and present we came to africa because. we are one syrian people but most of them retreated pushed back by turkish artillery shells. some of the

syrian militiamen managed to reach the kurdish area it's a strange union between groups who are not so long ago were fighting each other but they both have their reasons the kurds on the back foot in a free and the government sees the turkish incursion as an opportunity and. i reiterate that we are countering to action and opposing its aggression enough rain in northern syria we call on the kurdish and the arabs to unite and stick to the stance i want to. that the syrian government forces will do three millimeter of as territory the turkish president says the operation has entered a new phase and is adamant that his forces will control a freend within days he says the alliance between kurdish fighters and syrian militias will have no impact on turkey's offensive in the region. yesterday in the talks with russian leader putin and iranian president rouhani we had an agreement

on these matters unfortunately as you know these kinds of terror going to zation sometimes take wrong steps but the decisions to take by themselves it is not possible for us to allow this they will pay a heavy price for this. after the defeat of isis in northern syria russia iran the syrian government the united states and turkey are all competing for influence and control and the difficulty in a free is the latest front blind turkey says its month long advance is being slow to try and avoid civilian casualties but syrians across the country continue to suffer in a war with no end in sight. and what could be a dramatic turn in the corruption case against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu it's been reported that one of his former confidence will now testify against him so more filner a former director of the communications ministry was arrested on sunday this really media is reporting it's likely he'll get a lighter sentence in return for his cooperation investigators say there's sufficient evidence to indict netanyahu following an investigation into government

benefits offered to a telecom giant bernard smith is in west jerusalem with the latest. until now benjamin netanyahu is in a circle of friends confidants and colleagues has kept a tight circle around the prime minister if shlomo filbert gives evidence against netanyahu then this really is the first fish or the first crack in that tight circle filled with the format of the communications ministry he was put there by netanyahu he's been arrested along with executives from bezerk telecom the largest telecommunications company in israel and the police suspect that bezerk got regulatory favors from netanyahu is government and in return netanyahu got favorable coverage on one of the most popular news websites in israel that was controlled by a former chairman of besuch so it is prepared to say this in evidence against netanyahu then he is in serious trouble there are two other corruption allegations

of corruption cases against netanyahu the police believe there's enough evidence to prosecute him on those with israel's attorney general it up to the internally general to make the final decision on whether that will be prosecuted on those cases. a special envoy sent to chile by pope francis to investigate cover ups in the sex abuse scandal has been hospitalized as putting more pressure on the vatican that's already under fire for c. me to take little or no action when dealing with abuse by a catholic priest in chile this in human reports from the capital santiago. hours before he was taken to hospital for emergency gall bladder operation the vatican's most experienced sex crimes investigator explained the high profile mission that brought him to chile even. pope francis and sent me to collect useful information concerning monsignor one barrel of. he was

referring to this bishop accused of covering up sex abuses committed by chile's most notorious pedophile priest the well documented abuses took place in the seminary of the church that you see behind me and it was the pope's stubborn defense of bishop virus during his recent trip here to chile that unleashed widespread criticism that his promise of zero tolerance of abuses in the church was a mere public relations exercise under pressure to address the worst crisis of his papacy the pope dispatched his team of investigators to hear testimonies from those whom just weeks earlier he had accused of slander. among them sex abuse survivor one hamilton. it's hard time that the dirt hidden under the rug comes out by meeting with the archbishop was respectful whatever happens the vatican will know the truth of what goes on in chile over the outcome ultimately depends on the pope a spanish priest to accompany the vatican's chief investigator has taken over the

interviews while the archbishop recovers wednesday afternoon he heard testimonies from three parishioners a priest and a deacon from a sudden oh the city where the pope appointed bishop virus despite widespread protests. we want to tell others who also want to testify that we are confident that despite the archbishop's illness the investigation will continue with full guarantees of independence from chile as complicit church hierarchy. in chile some eighty priests have been accused of sexual abuse of minors according to the american n.-g. o. bishop accountability the question many are asking now is whether this week's ongoing investigation is simply papal damage control or does it signal a new more convincing chapter in the catholic church's purported fight against ongoing clerical sex abuse you see in human i'll just see that sente out. this is barreling film festival is giving

a voice to indigenous filmmakers who are not often represented in mainstream cinema and when it came the ports from balance. for many years this is our frogs tested its nuclear weapon believing it's polynesian with a perfect proving out of the way with few people's welfare to worry about in this film. the indigenous community of the moon and. he's speaking at work where we've done. the work is the inspiration of the belgian director at antique. and. diverting. from the yes we could use to do this for the french all that matters is that they had a place for the tests and the scientists had some or they could move their program forward if we got all of us living around them and the impact the test would have on a form of. it was that sense of

a community exploited which propelled and to put these experiences on film. i realised there was a room something tragic which every person had inside which was linked to the nuclear tests but also to the grand scale of colonisation they had suffered and many people spoke about having a sense of shame of having been complicit in the fast tests that happened here which broke a traditional culture. that feeling of a threatened culture is present in the film three thousand which profiles the in which population of north america using the black and white of yesteryear to contrast with the vivid colors of today it's a cinematic chronicle of the intimate people and is the work of emerging director a singer jack she told me why she made the film we talk a lot about especially in cattle right now we talk a lot about colonization and i thought. well for

a lot of reasons i thought it would be. important to have like a visual document that would actually show like show time passing and life changing they may not have the big budgets of hollywood studio movies or the cachet of european art house cinema but indigenous filmmakers are at the heart of this year's barely not a clear sign that the organizers of this festival believe the concerns of those communities need to be given greater prominence dominic came out of their berlin. this is all jazeera these of the top stories people affected by gun violence in the u.s. have express their anger at a meeting with president donald trump at the white house trunks being told to take action to change gun ownership laws i'm very angry that this happened because it

keeps happening nine eleven happened once and they fixed everything how many schools how many children have to get shot it stops here with this administration and me it's i'm not going to i'm not going to sleep until it's fixed trump has voted take arjun steps to check a gun violence he says he supports the idea of ongoing teachers and other school stuff if they have special training this would only be obviously for people that are very adept at handling a gun and it would be it's called concealed carry where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them they'd go for special training and they would. be there and you would no longer have a gun free zone gun free zone to a maniac because they're all cowards a gun free zone is let's go in and let's attack because bullets aren't coming back

at us the head of the u.n. has called for an immediate halt to attacks in cities eastern huta saying civilians there are living in hell on earth syrian and russian air raids have killed more than three hundred people since sunday. nigerian officials say dozens of schoolgirls are feared missing following an attack by boko haram fighters in a village in northeastern you'll be states that are conflicting reports that some girls were found after fleeing the attack and that some may have been rescued by the military. and what could be a dramatic turn in the corruption case against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu it's being reported that one of his former confidence when i've testified against him so my felber as a former director of the communications ministry he's arrested on sunday those are the headlines that he's continues here on al-jazeera after inside story i'll see you in about twenty five minutes by that.

running out of water they calling it's days zero cities like cape town and nairobi is soon to get dry and thirsty years of droughts and bad planning so why haven't governments done more to prevent this catastrophe is the golden age of water now this is inside story.