the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen peace is almost possible in number happens not because the situation is. but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. the health authorities in eastern groups are reporting chlorine gas simpson is among the casualties of syrian government airstrikes.

alone welcoming peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the white house responds to north korea's offer of talks saying certain conditions must be met. an israeli tax plan has led to the closure of one of christianity's holiest sites plus. a nation in mourning india prepares to say farewell to a bollywood idol sridevi who's died suddenly at the age of fifty four. the health authorities in rebel held eastern groups are reporting symptoms of gas poisoning among casualties of syrian government airstrikes at least twenty seven people have died in the latest wave of attacks the week long bombardment is continuing despite a u.n. resolution demanding a cease fire in syria health workers say a strike on the village of i'll shift on the left several people. all suffering

symptoms consistent with exposure to chlorine gas one child died in the attack from osama bin with a warning his report does contain some distressing images. if. this is what the united nation agrees has to stop. but hours into the u.n. security council has thirty day cease fire declaration forms kept dropping on eastern medics are building dozens of deaths and injuries from more than one hundred airstrikes. and artillery bombardments all of which was supposed to and continues in the rebel held area home to four hundred thousand syrians what experiences from the vs these fires in syria don't give us high expectation it's the fish and when this fissioning know what's what they say about the cease fire we will start as soon as possible one this possible we don't know we don't we don't know when this one will start and and then here this is

a big number of population and it won't be a solution that feeding them one or two homeboys and one be the solution that we evacuated one thousand or two thousand of them to be sort of out of little as feared government forces try to enter eastern huta from three sides attempting to seize as much landis possible before the cease fire is implemented reinforcements from the syrian army's fourth intends brigades have been circling east into different days special forces and troops from the tiger battalion are also on the frontlines. bulldozers and tanks are deployed to breach rebel defenses iran and syria maintain that the security council resolution allows the targeting of what they call terrorists thank this by creating larger numbers than having. them. killing and capturing some soldiers thank you.

we welcome the security council's decision regarding a ceasefire because of the burden on our families and he said this suffering must be lifted of the decision to stop the bloodshed caused by the regime and as usual we didn't find any commitment by the syrian regime in its russian allies. northwestern go to southern with almost every front and has been stalled by the regime on sunday in order to achieve some advance but they haven't succeeded. many people have been stranded in underground shelters for days and fear the worst to come. we can't eat because there's nothing to eat our sons have no work my son has five children and he doesn't know how to feed them we will die hungry without food we've been targeted no homes have been destroyed we have done nothing to be treated and targeted like this but eastern has been intensely targeted for the past week the u.n. called it hell on earth. the calls the victims in syria martyrs that have been

conversations between the leaders of france germany and russia to drive. to stop attacks and allow in humanitarian aid that's when the people continue. is annihilation. near the border. al jazeera correspondent mohamed al jazeera areas in eastern guta and sent us this update. now on the how the. russian and syrian government warplanes have been stopped targeting the residential areas of eastern greta we can hear they're flying over us to target the different districts and towns people stuck here are very scared the syrian regime forces have attacked eastern due to from several different fronts with the aim of advancing its control of parts of the area the opposition says fighting is ongoing in mold and twenty syrian regime forces have been killed while another group of them has been captured and the fighting is happening even after the u.n.

security council's decision to demand a cease fire that would have led and assistance to reach the people of all based in . a north korean general attending the closing of the winter olympics in south korea has suggested his country is willing to hold talks with the united states at the ceremony he sat just meters from the u.s. president donald trump's daughter ivanka sasha going to him has more now from. some protesters at the border and the stadium too uncomfortable questions asked by reporters. it was a controversial arrival at the closing ceremony of the winter olympics for the north korean delegation. some south koreans are angry about the delegation leader general kim is thought to be behind attacks against the south including the sinking of a warship in twenty ten that killed forty six sailors. prisoner

of korea is almost zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero north korea hero. thrown in for the just. no prisoners and. this is. south korean president moon j. in use the games to reboot intercooler ian relations the so-called peace olympics included a joint women's hockey team athlete celebrating korean nationalism by marching under a unified flag as well as a visit by kim yo jiang the sister of the north korean leader she arrived with an invite for moon to visit yang it's a two hour test it was a good olympics as it were so concerned about it last year but it went so well many north koreans came in i wish this could lead to unification. it was interesting he was an honor for us to host it i really enjoyed it. even the choice of olympic

venues was symbolic gang one province is divided between the north and south. if the tension continues and tourists don't come so peace is very important to our economy north korea participated in the olympics and this has become a basis for establishing a base here and that means a lot to us. for the russians the games and did as they began marching without their flag two of their athletes were disqualified after testing positive for banned drugs for years on from the sochi doping scandal russians were only allowed to compete under an olympic flag as all athletes return home the question here is what happens after the olympics. the u.s. announced its toughest package of sanctions against north korea on friday with the hope it will pressure the country to denuclearize whether that will work when other

sanctions have failed remains to be seen and there's no word yet on when president moon might travel to the north if he does he'll become the first south korean president to meet kim jong un since he became leader seven years ago natasha going to zero south korea. north korea's general chawla is due to meet serve korea's intelligence chief in the capital shortly rob mcbride has more on that from seoul with senior north korean official kim young charlie and his delegation in south korea for the next two days there is increasing speculation about what talks will be held about what further progress might be made to build on the apparent goodwill that's been built up over these lympics it's expected there will be further talks with the unification ministry of south korea about future dialogue and also about the possibility of a visit by president moon jail in of south korea to north korea which would be

a big development in korean relations. office has talked about the optimism that has been built up about the progress that's been made and the dialogue is the only way to achieve long term peace and also to achieve ultimately the denuclearization of north korea the north koreans though have given no indication they're willing to make any concessions on their missile or nuclear programs and indeed any talk of such things has been skirted around conveniently around these olympics but if talks are to proceed then the subject has to be addressed and in the background of course is a very concerned united states worried about north korea possibly beguiling the south koreans with this so-called charm offensive and concern that south korea might be willing to make concessions for america north korea has not changed it is

the same country despite all of the smiles then the united states is still determined that south korea should be part of a united front in dealing with what it sees as still a potentially very dangerous adversary. the chinese president xi jinping could stay in power indefinitely on the plans by the communist party to abolish term limits the ruling party wants to change the constitution to remove the current restrictions under which leaders can only serve two terms the communist party elected president xi years its head for another five years last october difficult hollande has more now from hong kong that was much speculation he would be angling to stay beyond the next five years back in october when he was addressing the time his people's congress he laid out a vision of thirty years and a very ambitious vision of china's development but socially infrastructure vice and financially now this has still has to go through

a parliament but it's inconceivable that this will be blocked in any way as parliament this tactic politicians that are loyal to the ruling establishment paying well now if this goes ahead be china's most powerful modern day leader as he's also the leader of the military he will become a cult of personality many fear much like mao tse-tung was during his thirty tenure thirty year tenure which ended in one thousand nine hundred seventy six now there's also concern that under his rule china will see many of their human rights or many of their rights squeezed even more under his tenure so far we have seen china turn into more of a surveillance state descend very quickly crushed it's also of great concern to the people of hong kong as unders easing things rule we've seen the biggest closed to hong kong's democracy movement people here are now concerned about how he will or whether he will continue to treat hong kong as a special in ministry to

a region separate from the rest of china. those motown still to come for you in algeria including these stories mexico's the b. city rates has tripled in the last twenty years one of the more songs of blaming the united states. and will travel to johannesburg local markets where it's a fine line between traditional kulas and protecting being taken shouldn't. i know that there's still a lot of unsettled weather over many parts of the middle east at the moment as one system is moving away another one is edging its way over parts of iran and then gradually into afghanistan as well that system's giving us a fair amount of rain some of it's heavy and over some of the mountains we're seeing that turn to snow behind it there's a little bit of

a break but not much of one then the next system is coming through that's working through parts of iraq and it's staying more or less where it is as we head through choose they say more heavy rain still to come here a bit further towards the south and we're seeing some of that unsettled weather here as well so we've seen some wet weather already in doha that's clearing away towards the east here it is making its way into pakistan there for monday and then as we head into chews day the next systems with this his that cloud them building during the day will see a few outbreaks of rain and some of them could turn out to be roll the heavy if we had down towards the southern parts of africa there's also a lot of wet weather here in fact for some of us we've seen a little rather intense area of wet weather across the central belt and that's given to some very in hong strain and there is likely to be a bit of flooding i expect over the next day or say so that what weather stretches all the way down into parts of mozambique and into madagascar the heavy downpours here but towards the south is dry and fine and dry in cape town.

once held in one of australia's toughest detention centers now a world renowned surgeon when he's follows dr moon. as returns to his hometown baghdad to give up beauties the hope of walking again at this time on al-jazeera i mean this is different not just whether someone telling for someone's favorite doesn't really mean true i think it's how you approach an influential enough that it is a certain way of doing it to qantas. story in fly out. welcome back you're with al-jazeera live from doha reminded of your headlines the health

authorities in rebel held eastern kentucky are reporting symptoms of gas poisoning among casualties of syrian government airstrikes in which at least twenty seven people have died the continuing bombardment comes despite a u.n. security council resolution demanding a cease fire in syria. the north korean general is set to meet south korea's intelligence chief in the capital seoul he's been in town for the closing ceremony of the winter olympics general kim myong also suggested his country is willing to hold talks with the united states however the white house says dialogue with the north must end with its denuclearization. and the chinese president xi jinping could be able to stay in power indefinitely on the plans by the communist party to abolish term limits for chinese leaders the ruling party wants to change the constitution to remove the current restrictions on which leaders can only serve for two terms. church leaders in occupied east jerusalem or close the holiest site in

christianity in response to what they call discrimination by the israeli government managers of the church of the holy sepulcher believed to be the site of the crucifixion and the resurrection of jesus christ are angry at proposed new tax plans are in force it has more. the chance to experience sunday mass at the place where they believe christ rose from the dead draws pilgrims from around the world to the church of the holy sepulcher but this sunday the greek orthodox armenian and catholic churches which jointly run the site announced its abrupt closure protesting against measures which they say would constrain their rights over church property is that in mind the. office which we're in now. in europe. this is the back the. back against christians in the holy land. levi only. and serve the right the

church leaders say they face a twin attack first in the shape of a demand by jerusalem city government what it says is more than one hundred eighty million dollars in back taxes and secondly from proposed legislation which would seize retroactively for the state church land sold to private companies for sundays in the square outside the church of the holy sepulcher always thronged with tourists and christian pilgrims many of whom are travelled a long way to see this most important holy site it's always an atmosphere of emotion today the chief atmosphere though is one of disappointment the belief that jesus christ died and if he was buried here we would have liked just to go there and have the instrument point is you know that would we be able to understand it better you know i don't know if the sides of the parties involved but you know it certainly is going to get the public attention to do this and hopefully it drives a quicker conclusion the christian patriarchates only large areas of often prime

real estate in and around jerusalem much of it at least to the state palestinians have criticized the greek orthodox patriarch the selling property inside the old city the jewish settler groups and others jerusalem's municipal leaders say only properties being used for religious activities should be tax exempt not those rented commercially they've already frozen about nine million dollars in assets of the greek orthodox church and we're talking about other places that the church own fact has hotels and they have been exempt wrongly from paying city taxes for years and years and years and the mare at the moment is trying to correct a wrong that was done that affects us from evidence every single day and ministerial discussion on the bill to allow seizure of already sold church land has been postponed to next week the author of the. law says it's designed to protect the rights of those living on the land from often anonymous offshore entities church leaders say their long established rights are being trampled in what they

call an attempt to weaken the christian presence in jerusalem ari force it out his era occupied east jerusalem. to europe where the former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has addressed his father talia party at iranian malana ahead of next weekend's elections he's hoping it can win enough votes to form a right wing coalition government has more. this is not an operation of elections past but the return of the great survivor of italian politics despite the scandals the humiliating political defeats and a conviction for tax fraud anyone who gambled on never seeing silvio berlusconi again might feel shortchanged but not the process faithful in a theater in milan to hear his message. yesterday i read a quote from former u.s. president reagan which says they told me that politics is historically the second activity of man and i thought it was very very close to the first activity with

therefore need to be respectable in politics. for his supporters it was the one and only chance to see him campaigning and. even if it's for what he's already done for us he has my support then you know because of that he's a miracle of the tour he has so much energy it comes from his desire to see her risk on three to maybe eighty one years old she may have only just had open heart surgery last year but it seems no better story is back and it's in a horrible volatile political stage he is being seen as a safe pair of hands but he is barred from political office because of his tax fraud conviction but in the event of election victory he would have the power to nominate a substitute while the veteran politician has a colorful past in comparison to today's politicians ranging from the populist to the neo fascist scorning is relatively a less controversial figure he remains pro european union

a reassuring quality for brussels. despite the fact that one of his political allies is the anti immigrant anti e.u. leg up party for so italia is seen as a force to keep the far right in check this could be better to school in his final comeback his political career has been declared dead several times before but so far that hasn't stopped him hanging on to power so al-jazeera. now economists have praised the benefits of the north american free trade agreement but critics in mexico say it's come at a cost and it's to blame for an obesity epidemic david has more from mexico city. like many mexicans these days beyond what does for stop on her way to work is here a convenience store workers are sweet and yogurt cookies and a jell-o. cup make for a breakfast on the go it's a trend the thirty year old teacher says is impacting her health and that of her

colleagues and students. there are more children who are overweight who have diabetes and hypertension i see too many students too many families with poor nutrition we don't know how to eat properly. mexicans are hocked on junk food and the impact has been devastating over the past twenty five years obesity rates have tripled and diabetes is now the leading cause of death in the country eating habits in mexico began to change in the one nine hundred eighty s. because of an increase in foreign investment but this transformation really took off ten years later with the signing of nafta the north american free trade agreement. health experts say mexico became a dumping ground for cheap low nutrient highly processed foods from the united states causing diets here to mirror those of their northern neighbors those that use all the most of all the damage we see in our society is caused by the

consumption of high fructose corn syrup it's sugary drinks and it's all connected to the industry. the money route explains the causes of the beastly. yannis mother. has witnessed this change firsthand she says persuading her family to eat traditional food like tortillas is an uphill battle in leadbelly that these days most young women. i don't like it for the ease of buying kentucky fried chicken instead of making rice and beans instead of making lemonade they buy another soft drink the changes have been bad without government intervention mexico's health crisis is expected to get worse advocates say future trade agreements should take health into account protecting the very people they're supposed to help david mercer al-jazeera mexico city. the body of bollywood actress

superstar sridevi is due back in india today from the fifty four year old who starred in more than a hundred films died suddenly of a heart attack at a family wedding on saturday large numbers of fans gathered outside her home the police had to put up barricades around nearby roads because the crowds were so big on the home looks back at the actress she was revered in india. she stepped into bollywood at a time when the industry was largely a male. tree davies performance in this eighties blockbuster mr india turned heads and redefined the place of female actresses and bollywood for eva. film critics described her as a show of stephen a mr india became a cult classic and suddenly three davies was filling sentiments the we.

can. say to. you. comic genius true the crowd pleasing in a way it was his skill and beauty as a dancer that truly kept advisor audiences. who was not only was she started out as a child actress in southern india but i'm a big black eyes. and went on to appear in more than a hundred films to. make you feel like many actresses of her generation she went by one name tree davey but unlike how the leading woman she quickly overtook him my old costars to become the box office draw and it paved the way for today's bollywood stars to seamlessly make the move from bollywood to hollywood's themselves. you want to. be getting. the family says she suffered

a heart attack on saturday while attending a wedding in dubai her instagram account received tens of thousands of messages and bollywood fans in india and abroad took to social media to express their condolences among them bollywood actress priyanka chopra and didn't do as prime minister narendra modi many in india was shocked at his sudden death there are space for her servant ship but never the ritchie rose i think at that particular dying for females to come to that level was a little difficult was the first news flash on my form that. everybody at my home was very sad. she stopped acting after him marriage to film producer bernie cup poor but made a successful comeback in two thousand and twelve with the hit movie english vinglish. this is. the one.

but many will feel true division i was too short. conservationists in south africa are expressing a law over the use of endangered species for traditional medicines dead animals used by healers are being openly sold in local markets despite strict rules prohibiting that tanya page from johannesburg. these traders are suspicious of strangers but not so afraid that they'll stop what they're doing any day of the week they were threatened and endangered species on display that's gross we showed our video to conservationists here. and we did and that looks like i wish that was the trade in in leopard's is supposed to be highly regulated the convention on the international trade in endangered species have lifted near the top of their list trade in big cat parts is permitted but only in exceptional

circumstances it's because it's a cultural issue that they want. the traders sell to healers who use it for muti or traditional medicine which plays an important role in many african cultures and is widely practiced conservationists have been warning for years about the illegal trade in animal pots yet at two of johannesburg's big muti markets we found evidence of threatened species at both and there are several other markets like that around the country the government says it's trying to strike a balance between education and enforcement the challenge is what we saw. in the department itself we have plus minus. i would say fifty inspectors. to so many. in total we have for the country we have two thousand eight hundred and something inspect us traditional healers communicate with and sisters to diagnose

and treat patients many africans use it in conjunction with western medicine. for an example and if you hit it in order for me to hear that hated of quarter kids. the nose over to me it's very powerful in the money and it has a very very. traditional healers say it and says does demand a certain animal endangered or not they must obey but in helping their patients some species are being hurt for now it seems that in a country with so many challenges stopping the illegal trade is not a priority for the south african government tanya page al-jazeera johannesburg. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories the health authorities in rebel held eastern ghouta are reporting symptoms of gas poisoning among casualties of syrian

government airstrikes in which least twenty seven people have died the continuing bombardment comes despite a u.n. security council resolution demanding a cease fire in syria al-jazeera correspondent mohammed. is in eastern guta and sent this update. now on the how the. russian and syrian government warplanes have been stopped targeting the residential areas of eastern greeter we can hear they're flying over us to target the different districts and towns people stuck here are very scared the syrian regime forces have attacked eastern due to from several different fronts with the aim of advancing its control of parts of the area the opposition says fighting is ongoing in more than twenty syrian regime forces have been killed while another group of them has been captured in the fighting is happening even after the un security council's decision to demand a cease fire that would have led aid and assistance to reach the people of east. and north korean general is set to meet south korea's intelligence chief in the

capital seoul he's been in town for the closing ceremony of the winter olympics general kim yong also suggested his country is willing to hold talks with the united states however the white house says dialogue with the north must stand with its denuclearization. the chinese president xi jinping could be able to stay in power indefinitely on the plans by the communist party to abolish term limits for chinese leaders the ruling party wants to change the constitution to allow teachers to see beyond two terms church leaders in occupied east jerusalem closed the holiest site in christianity in response to what they call discrimination by the israeli government they're angry at proposed taxes affecting the church of the holy sepals believed to be the site of the crucifixion and resurrection of jesus christ the body of bollywood superstar st davy is due back in india today from dubai the fifty four year old who starred in more than one hundred movies died suddenly

because of a heart attack at a family wedding on saturday. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera want to one east i will see you very soon. in two thousand and eight raggy omar traveled across the united states discovering what it was like to be both a patriotic american and a devout muslim can you be muslim and american your heart to be american first i really didn't have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim the deal led to the united states congress but ten years on what has changed rewind islam in america at this time on al jazeera. decades of war have left thousands of iraqi amputees desperate to mend their broken bodies. now the chance to use cutting edge robotic persistence

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