to three d. printing and recycled waste to classrooms africa is transforming young innovators are propelling change building communities creating employment and . challenging systems and shaping. creative thinkers shaping their continent's future innovate africa at this time. struggling to brave doctor syrian government forces of chlorine gas attack. the un in syria warned some possible to. stop the fighting.

also coming up south korean protesters rallied against the north as pressure builds from washington and. talks. preventing an environmental disaster in west africa moves to stop china from drying up. suspected chlorine gas attack in syria has killed one child and left hospital patients struggling to bring witnesses reported smelling the gas after an explosion in eastern guta well despite a un security council resolution calling for a cease fire at least twenty three people were killed in the rebel held area on monday in addition five hundred in the past week reports from beirut.

one of the front lines in eastern opposition fighters say they are rebelling attempts by pro syrian government forces to storm the besieged and. dozens of soldiers the ground offensive began on sunday just hours after the u.n. security council agreed to a cease fire throughout. since then there has been no letup in the war the intensity of the airstrikes and the shelling appears to have dropped when compared to the relentless bombing campaign during the first week of the assault but civilians continue to die those who are able to find underground shelter avoid going outside more than five hundred people have already been killed children and women among them. the any god give me patience to face this tragedy my children are scattered here and there my son lost three kids such awful memories. i lost my house six days ago i have nothing at all i have been here

for six days there's no food and water living in tokyo. chlorine gas has also reportedly been used activists and medics a victim suffered breathing problems i know not only today we have more than thirty dozens of launching of chemical weapons they bombard us with chlorine sarin and other gases from iran and we don't know what they are. in common they don't care about un council decisions they still can use chemical weapons against us pro-government forces have been accused of using chemical weapons in the past especially when they want to clear an area to allow their forces to advance the syrian government and russia are using a loophole in the un security council cease fire resolution to the military campaign. by what they call terrorists. there are.

russian sponsored talks. but there are also a few hundred. fighters. the opposition. fighters are ready to leave but the pro-government alliance wants. to surrender there are thousands of fighters in eastern and between three hundred to four hundred thousand civilians says the u.n. . god be with us where's the ceasefire the airstrikes haven't stopped we've been going through this for the past week no water. but the. surrendering. placement to another. area and never returning home. information agency. reporting that president. pause.

between. time and the opening of humanitarian. he told us about the worsening situation. now. forty eight hours. after. you and agreement about that. there was a sixty airway it's. not. even safe for anyone to get. me but you. big terrorist and good people here. don't come out from the basement for a week they have to get some food for their families somewhere else. until now they cannot go out of their basements when you hear when you hearing about

people dead from. these people they have to go out to get some food for their. children although the food is to the right because of the things that saddam. was such that malik is the u.n. refugee agency is representative in syria and has been seeing firsthand how the fighting is affecting residents there. we're very close to it at least that we can actually produce litigation again here and sometimes. things are calm in a sense that this fighting is it going on. it means a lot of beer just weeks ago we went in and we saw ourselves. there is people are suffering from this meat. called clearly the traumatized cause they're looking for in your children that can really cause and we can deliver assistance we give you frustrated all need to get where we want to go in and

provide help and we're not able to go in because the planning continues yes this is a solution is there but he now wants all parties through this crisis to get together to stop fighting and all those who have been through some of these groups from inside from outside syria to encourage them to give. pause and jobs that we can go in simply remember we don't go in with a sport has enough don't grab it. with the understanding that we be protected and everything gaijin including inside us we don't want to go right out and in a green another place and we need to have this assurance is there because i mean deliver the u.n. secretary general has used his opening address to the human rights council to call for an immediate cease fire and eastern ghouta the high level discussions are being held in geneva over the next four weeks the war in syria took center stage on the first day. use them good cannot wait it's i

thought i to stop these health on hope and that remind all parties of that absolutely geisha and i mean through nationally many third you know human rights law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure at all times. and similarly efforts to come back to terrorism do not supersede these obligations but during the human rights council meeting in geneva the un secretary general also addressed the plight of me and miles range of muslims and turn your protest once full humanitarian access to rakhine state. are one of the most this could mean a to the against what you asians in the world and that has even was even before the crisis of the past. the private of nationality they have been subjected to extreme brutality by military forces and others and cast out of their omes and country in a clear example of ethnic cleansing there and that a siege is

a group simply for who they are three nobel peace prize winners have called on their fellow laureate unsung suchi to speak out about violence against range of muslims warning she risks prosecution for genocide and writs are visiting rangers in camps in bangladesh they told them in my leader to wake up to the atrocities facing the refugees being modest not recognize the range as an ethnic group and as blame violence in rakhine and subsequent military crackdowns on those they call terrorists. right mcguire's one of the laureates visiting cox's bazaar she says the international community needs to hold them in my government to account. we've heard the most horrific stories that we all actually don't find it hard to believe that one human person could do it on another person especially in women and children but this is a case of genocide of the very hands of people one story was

a woman if only twenty three soldiers commend her home they killed her husband front of her they took her with their child to live and the burmese soldiers through the trials of six months and to release the child was drawings they took her back they put her down in the grinder for army soldiers held her down in another burmese soldier we paid is really ripped or they took her eyes and they sit her and failed thinking she was that someone saved her and brought her here to stay for the night this is only one this is actually here's a war here this is the case happening just so many people that it must have some kind of burmese government authority because you could not get so many people to react and their homes destroyed and their bar their villages burnt so we really believe that the burmese government no one of this happening that their soldiers

are behaving as if they don't have to be a kind to both the and the one and the tragedy is they're doing this a long time and the the international community has never held him accountable they have to hold him accountable to stop the a yemeni government ministers accusing the united arab emirates of trying to fragment the country by creating regional and tribal armies in the south solid algebra one is warning that al qaida is exploiting the internal conflict the accusation follows the launch of an offensive led by elite you a forces targeting al qaida link groups in yemen inches tayyaba for. on the lookout for al qaeda fighters belong to the united arab emirates elite forces they began patrolling the streets of the district in eastern yemen on monday as part of operation decisive sort that initiative by the saudi led coalition which includes the u.a.e. to clear areas considered to be al qaeda strongholds at this media briefing a minister belonging to the internationally recognized government led by president

. agree the armed groups reach was spreading but also criticized the u.a.e. accusing it of trying to fragment yemen by creating what he described as separate regional and tribal armies. the situation is very bad in all liberated areas particularly those in the south where there are tribal ami's established and supported by the united arab emirates there are also provincial ami's and there are gangs it is spreading there in large parts of the governor it has never been as present as it is right now. yemen has suffered almost three years of civil war the saudi led coalition is fighting iranian backed rebels who control large parts of the country the yemeni government now based in the southern port city of aden relies on the coalition's air power which is why criticisms of the u.a.e. by ministers have surprised. there's no question that the u.a.e.

has a significant presence on the ground in yemen they're part of the saudi that coalition and probably the second most important partner after the saudis that being said i think generally speaking they continue to enjoy a significant amount of popular support and if you look at what the u.a.e. has been able to achieve fighting terrorist groups like in the arabian peninsula with some of the groups that has talked about has been speaking about these groups have actually played a major role in pushing out of key areas. since the war began at least ten thousand yemenis have been killed the economy crippled and millions face famine and disease the u.n. says nearly all twenty five million people need some form of humanitarian assistance with close to half of the population and acute need of support as the fighting is about to enter its fourth year if you have much hope of improvement any time soon. al-jazeera time for

a short break here now just when we come back the u.k.'s opposition leader changes course as he outlines his present policies plus. reviving an industry crippled by civil war the first tunnel film made in four decades hits the screen in the state. welcome back as we look at weather across central and southern parts of china and taiwan gerri looking fine through much of choosing quite a strong southerly flow but we have got this area of rain and that is likely to stand toward shanghai as we head through wednesday indeed sweeping further towards the southeast servant of the foods you will see some heavy rain to staying dry there in hong kong and staying fine across much of indochina twenty seven in her

neuer in vietnam for south asia weather conditions not too bad for most areas but a cloud moving up across pakistan some cloud bringing the risk of showers for sure lanka but between those areas looking fine plenty of sunshine and thirty as a high in delhi let's move the forecast on you see more in the way of cloud across northern parts of india and pakistan but it should remain dry and fine but for colombo more particular on the east coast of sri lanka i think the risk of risk of the odd shower here in the arabian peninsula we're likely to see some rain moving down from the north about time we found virtually nothing this winter but a cloudy a picture through tuesday for dough how with the chance of some showers fine for twenty six but really the gulf states generally still more cloud i think as we head through wednesday the risk of sherif spreading props to abu dhabi and here are expected to see a top temperature of twenty six degrees celsius. facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in

a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on and talk to al-jazeera at this time and. i really felt liberated as a journalist was. getting to the truth as an eyewitness that's what this. welcome back a quick reminder of our top stories this out of give us some breaking news first the russian news agency reporting that president vladimir putin has ordered a humanitarian pause in eastern between nine am and two pm local time and the

opening of humanitarian corridors of rebel held on played in syria has been intensely bombarded by the government for more than a week opposition medics say they are treating people after another suspected thorin gas attack. three nobel peace prize winners have called on their fellow noria unsung cinci to speak out against violence against range of muslims that warning me in mass media she risks prosecution for genocide. visiting ranger refugee camps in bangladesh. and yemen's transport ministers accusing the united arab emirates of trying to fragment the country by creating regional and tribal armies. one is warning that al qaeda is exploiting the internal conflict to spread its influence. now the french president i'm on your mark ross has told his turkish counterpart that a u.n. cease fire across syria must also apply to the northern a free region turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish y p g an african

last month and correct considers the white b.g. a terrorist group and a monday deployed further special forces turkey earlier welcome the un resolution but said it would not affect its campaign in a free. south korea's pushing for both the u.s. and north korea to compromise so that direct talks and go ahead soon but the white house remains resolute that any meeting must lead to pyongyang ending its nuclear program a north korean general visiting south korea has repeatedly expressed his country's readiness for discussions with the u.s. kim myong charles presence has been met by protests and so many blame the general for the deaths of dozens of south korean sailors and twenty ten. the u.n. says the number of people in south sudan who don't know where their next meal is coming from has risen to an alarming level a new report says sixty percent of the population now totally depend on handouts and half of them are on the brink of starvation people morgan reports from juba

barely able to stand and to think that's what john told the doctors when she brought in her two year old son got in for a checkup but she cannot hide her grief when asked why he was in bad condition. we have no food in the house i planned to visit greens but that's not enough and you can't afford to buy food from the marketing every day sometimes we eat one meal sometimes we don't eat. doctors say getting his money and is not alone the u.n. children's organization unicef says more than one point three million children are at risk of being malnourished by july if not given assistance ok my son philip is one of them. i brought my child here because he hasn't gotten proper food for so long that the little food we don't get he can't eat it and we can't afford regular meals africa stand this nation has been its war for more than four years infighting between rival groups has claimed thousands of lives and displaced a quarter of the twelve million population it's also resulted in what the u.n.

calls an unprecedented level of food insecurity as much as it is hard for those here in the capital juba to get food and the situation is worse for millions of others around the country who have no access to markets and rely on aid to survive that total is rising the u.n. says six point three million or fifty seven percent of the population is a trick of starvation by april and the u.n. says one hundred fifty five thousand people are at risk of being classified as an catastrophic things of food insecurity by july it is serious and that is why we are seeing a less drastic measures to can by the humanitarian actors in this situation is likely to fall from last year we have an increase of food into fuel food insecurity forty forty percent so if you compare last year with this year is zero to do better . but the u.n. says without an end to the conflict it will be hard to fight against the hunger as

long as you have the conflict continuing people will not feel secure in their own being and where they are and without that you don't have them actually producing food and actually contributing to the food needs of south sudan what our imperatives are as you maintain lactase is to look at now the people who are in need and make sure we get the resources to provide them the assistance that in the . needs that keep increasing day by day with adults and children at risk of starving to death in their millions more going on to their juba or let's go back to that breaking news story that the russian news agency the r.i.'s reporting that president vladimir putin has ordered a humanitarian pause in eastern guta between nine am and two pm local time that's between nine am and two pm local time the opening of humanitarian corridors let's go to some of engine vaid who is now. in the turkey syria border a summer so what more can you tell us about this this pause. but we've

heard from the russian state agency that the president of russia vladimir putin has ordered this. humanitarian pause between these hours but what's really important to note here is that this humanitarian pause does not allow aid to come in it will be for people to neve so we're seeing a repeat of what we've seen in syria where a large population was displaced to other parts. being told to leave but from what we understand the majority of the people in the four hundred thousand people. are civilians and sources we've been speaking to in the last couple of days have been telling us that there isn't a plan to host four hundred thousand people anywhere else in syria it doesn't work in the south near the border with jordan obviously there will be. people to go into the government controlled side in damascus the city which they're just into and then further north which is also a hot flash point of a war continues so it is the first time that we've heard some sort of

implementation ideas about this united nations security council deal which calls for a cease fire with immediate effect without delay for thirty days inside syria but the expectation that we had from people on the ground was that food will be allowed to come in medical aid will be allowed to come in but it seems to be the opposite where between these. two pm people will be allowed to leave still waiting to hear back from sources on the ground about what reaction people have but from what we have gathered in the last couple of days people will not be happy with this decision yeah i know some i mean we've seen these sorts of short humanitarian pauses on the battlefield in places like eastern. five hours is not to make that much of a difference anyway as it. but like i said this is the first time or the first step that we're hearing towards the implementation of the cease fire deal so far the statements that we've been hearing from the syrian government

and their allies have been that the security council resolution does not even apply because they are fighting what they call terrorists here so there is some movement but obviously this is something that people do not want to do they have seen what has been happening to people in in other places like aleppo where people have been displaced and they have had to be displaced again for instance people who were living in italy when the fighting began an adlib a couple of months ago then they had to be displaced again in their thousands and their desperate conditions that they have to live with and endure once they leave their homes at least where they are they have some sort of an idea of where things are rare things will be and how to live their life because they have been living it is worth remembering under siege since two thousand and thirteen. thank you now african leaders are gathering in the nigerian capital to address the urgent needs of about seventeen million people who depend on lake chad the u.n. has warned that food insecurity and malnutrition have reached critical levels as

the lake the four countries rely on continues to shrink. reports. there was a time when the city of both on an island surrounded by the waters of lake chad but over the past few decades life has dramatically changed. it was an island in the middle of the lake now we are ten kilometers away since one thousand nine hundred sixty six the lakes water has been receding it continues to join up in the one nine hundred seventy s. every year more and more the lake is getting further away from us. both so used to be thriving people lived on fishing farming and herding it was considered the warehouse of the defense region where the borders of coming room child nigeria and niger meet. now it's a desolate city where people barely survive lake chad has shrunk by eighty percent over the past twenty five years and continues to recede. owns

a red pepper farm known here as manga gold is very popular in both niger and nigeria business used to be good. because the chad lake is the backbone of the economy in this region people were self-sufficient and now we're facing dire problems and we need help if the lake dries up people will die out of hunger the area has been sealed for two years as a result of the war against boko haram. with the absence of rainfall in a drought prone region west african countries are looking for options to save the lake including transferring water from other sources but that needs funding and security both unavailable at the moment the rise in poverty has led to an increase in the popularity of boko haram in many places the armed group has become the only employer feeding on a widespread feeling of hopelessness specially among young people.

many of the flora and fauna species are now extinct people have lost their livelihoods and are now desperate this enables some of the terrorist groups to attract the lakes residents to join their ranks and secure a source of income now the lack of security is hindering all efforts to save the lake working on many fronts but we need time. but time is running out aid organizations say the humanitarian crisis around the lake is among the most severe in the world about ten point seven million people are in urgent need of assistance or else will soon face famine people who have stayed here from generation to generation now left to wonder for how much longer will they be able to live on the land of their ancestors. producers of the first film to be made of sri lanka more than forty years hope at the start of a homemade revival but reports from colombo.

with an original script a team comprising amateurs then professionals and a dream to take on a multi-million dollar industry. called molly kings is the first full length tamil film to be made locally in more than four decades i had made a conscious decision not to you know not to get any indian technicians or anyone in this movie just to prove a point. i only went for sound mixing in and apart from that everything else has been done here and that's not been done before either in the film ratnam plays a cash strapped london expectorate who travels here to attend the wedding to save money the family stays with relatives who have problems of their own the ensuing attempts to solve those problems produce hilarious results. the film which the director describes as a dark comedy is refreshing lee candid about some aspects of sri lanka's tamil

community got inspired by the style supreme court court where he says life is a tragedy in close up but a comedy in long shot and i thought that was apt for me personally and also the life of my community so i thought do a comedy and laugh with the film premiere was a highlight of excitement as the community celebrated the achievement initial reaction as many streamed out of the screening was positive i enjoyed it very much and i hope that then the bright future for me would you treat argo this is all more mean by all people far less some great movie because of the lack of industry professionals the director had to use more than eighty percent of crew from well established and prolific single movie makers in sri lanka for years tamil film goers in sri lanka have watched south indian firms adored its actors sung its songs and adopted its fashions breaking into an industry dominated for so long by south

indian cinema is no easy task but the team behind kamali kings seem determined to take on that challenge one of the main challenges is to create a unique style for sure one can time the cinema we are here to establish oh and i did you. in terms of your job you have done but in cinema we haven't played takes a long time to get to construct. kings will be different things to different people but the director says it's a first step to finding an identity for sri lankan tamils cinema one that he hopes inspires others to contribute to its revival been a philanderer as al jazeera colombo. our time for a quick check of the top stories here in al-jazeera. russia's state news agency is reporting that president vladimir putin has ordered

a humanitarian pause in fighting in syria's eastern ghouta between nine am and two pm local time and the opening of humanitarian corridors there the rebel held areas been intensely bombarded by the government for more than a week opposition medics say a child has died in a dozen more being treated after another suspected chlorine gas attack witnesses reported smelling the gas after an explosion some of them today it is following developments from. turkey's border with syria. but we've heard from the russian state agency that the president of russia vladimir putin has ordered this. humanitarian pause between these hours but what's really important to note here is that this humanitarian pause does not allow aid to come in it will be for people to leave so we're seeing a repeat of what we've seen elsewhere in syria where a large population was displaced to other parts are being told to leave but from what we understand the majority of the people in the four hundred thousand people.

are civilians the u.n. secretary general has used his opening address of the human rights council to call for an immediate ceasefire in eastern guta twenty three people have died there in fighting on monday and at least five hundred were killed last week the high level discussions are being held in geneva over the next four weeks. three nobel peace prize winners have called on their fellow laureate aung san suu kyi to speak out about violence against a range of muslims there warning mean miles leader she risks prosecution for genocide visiting ranger refugee camps in bangladesh. and south korea is pushing for both the u.s. and north korea to compromise so the talks can go ahead a north korean general visiting south korea has repeatedly expressed his country's readiness to meet the united states in the young child's presence has been met by protests and sold many in the general for the deaths of dozens of south korean sailors and twenty ten but those were the headlines the news continues here on

al-jazeera also talked about is there a statute that's watching. al-jazeera says it's swear every. band jules international airport january two thousand seventy stepping out of the black limousine is going to be a slow time president john. as he walks down the torah.