many women in india a reality too often reinforced by bollywood. but its leading star is throwing his weight behind the cause. somebody to barbarity and using his celebrity to advocate for gender equality. the snake charmers ahmed khan witness at this time on a. easton worked are elsewhere in syria are likely war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity. a warning from the un human rights chief to those responsible for the assault in syria's eastern cooter.

logical ramat you want to launch their life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes sixteen people killed a bikini a fast so after government attack military headquarters and the french embassy in the capital. also police in the u.s. state of michigan are searching for a student suspected of killing his parents at the university halls of residence. and the battle to protect a bird that's revered in japan but in danger after relentless hunting. welcome to the program the u.n. human rights chief says as trying to solve the besieged syrian enclave of eastern ghouta probably amounts to war crimes and those responsible should be prosecuted at least twenty three more civilians have been killed as government forces really took more ground for rebel fighters on friday

a somber binge of it reports now from neighboring turkey. makeshift clinics in eastern who to have been filling up the wounded most of the civilian casualties are women and children. waiting for the civilians to receive aid so we can preserve their lives we are waiting for reaction from the world. but that wait for the world to help stop the attacks and has gone on for years and since the government's latest offensive began last month morgues have run out of space for the dead. instead of receiving worshipers on friday this mosque god bombs people here say syrians iranians and russians are mocking the united nations and the security council since again one of a cease fire resolution on saturday there have been hundreds of attacks in eastern guta that it was already for this mosque was here to praise god there are no weapons or cannon here the regime bombed it ten minutes before the ceasefire so why use the world silent on these war crimes those allegations have echoed at the human

rights council the un human rights chief says the syrian regime and its allies are potentially carrying out crimes against humanity civilians are being pounded into submission or death the perpetrators of these crimes must know that they are being identified not dos years are being built up with a view to the prosecution and that they will be held accountable for what they have done syria must be referred to the international criminal court attempts to war justice and share these criminals are disgraced from day five of the five hour pause in fighting it was no different from previous days with more airstrikes and shelling close to seven hundred feet than have been killed in the relentless bombardment the choices for nearly four hundred thousand people are to starve surrender or die. in addition to the attacks on residential areas rebel

positions on the front lines are also under. heavy bombardment usual islam and failure fighters have been holding meetings with families to assure them they are not going to retreat we asked a doctor in eastern huta about the potential crimes against humanity remarks and he replied with a question has a road drawn another red line and said never again he asked because the assad government attacks on civilians have become more brazen strong words from the u.n. humanitarian chief but like other statements and resolutions they remain just that words with no action. in the turkey syria border the syrian government forces have released footage of leaflets being dropped to civilians in damascus in eastern cuter soldiers say the sheets give information about safe places humanitarian corridors and medical aid points other leaflets told civilians that if they do not cooperate with syrian rebels they'll be assured of safety food accommodation and free first aid well satellite images of parts of

eastern good to have been released by the un they show the destruction in the span of a week and a job all aboard your is from the u.n. operational satellite applications program in geneva he says the duma is the worst hit city. well these images shows us that there has been increases and heavy bombardment in using guta and in particular in duma that reanimate is based on a satellite image taken this morning to an image taken on the twenty third oath temporary so what we observe in the imagery is continued. to continue shelling and continued damage to infrastructure in doing this city case in duma it can be sometimes it's been to distinguish between residential areas and businesses etc but but we do observe damage to a large number of different types of buildings including what seems to be

residential areas so it's quite widespread damage that you observe including you know damage to infrastructure where our service roads areas etc we see certain areas where there's severe damage to a week ago and other areas where there's no damage that we can see in the satellite imagery to certain areas that also have let's say like what red damage but there are definitely areas that we see you know heavily affected. lots of became a fast so at least sixteen people are being killed by a coordinated attacks on the military headquarters of the french embassy in the capital wagadu who witnesses say the mast attackers used guns and explosives joining the assault nicholas hank possible. downtown ouagadougou on friday another attack at the heart of you know hostages capital coordinated and well

planned the targets the army headquarters the french embassy and its cultural center witnesses say some of the attackers came by taxi others in a pickup the started shooting set fire to the truck and continued to fire you know we did hear that there was so much gunfire damage everywhere two policemen went nearby the army headquarters there was a car with around four to six people and they opened fire there was an explosion we saw a lot of shots fired and a lot of smoke and then people started running. eight soldiers were killed several others wounded in sent to hospital after an hour long gun battle eight attackers were killed by the armed forces the army continued to comb the area looking for more attackers that may be on the loose. fighter groups in this house repeatedly target burkina faso the country's capital is home to a base for the french special forces deployed in this hell to fight rebel groups clashes and frequent attacks have led to tens of thousands of people fleeing the

area. fighters regularly attack police outposts in the north of the country last year and al qaeda affiliated group attacked a turkish restaurant in walker dugu killing one thousand people in two thousand and sixteen thirty people died in an other attack on a hotel in a restaurant in the city but this is the most brazen attack so far. these three locations are some of the most safest in security in this country many people here say if they're able to attack these places then no one is safe with the death toll likely to rise repeated faso is again in warning fearing what could come next dickless hauke al jazeera out walker do. well staying in west africa suspected baccarat vives have killed at least three aid workers and eight security staff in northern nigeria a u.n. spokeswoman says the attack happened late on thursday night in the remote town of

grande in borno state a female this is also reported missing feared abducted the town is home to a military base and a camp for more than fifty thousand internally displaced people. place in the u.s. are searching for a student suspected of shooting his parents dead at central michigan university he's accused of killing them when they came to pick him up police say the suspect is can considered armed and dangerous for possible police say nineteen year old james eric davis entered the dorm and shot his parents officer james eric sr and david janine killing them both a chilling voice message was sent to students and staff warning them not to leave the mount pleasant campus this is an important notice from central michigan university so we've listened carefully regarding this morning's himself and the amusing campus the suspect is still at large at this time please shelter in place where you are if you are located on the emmys campus this video was posted from

inside a cafeteria where stuff were taking shelter at an america first policies of benton detroit the u.s. vice president spoke about the shooting and promising to strengthen gun reform our hearts go out to the farm and everyone in the mount pleasant community that's been impacted and especially to the local state and federal agencies who are working together as we speak. on the apprehension and the investigation the night before the shooting davis was picked up by police steam your police department did have contact with the involved in the virtual last evening at some point in the evening he was transported to mclaren hospital due to what officers believe may be drug related type incident an overdose or a bad reaction to the drugs at that point he was released to the hospital staff more than one hundred policeman an hour looking for davis while the university

community begins a tragic start to spring break. for al-jazeera. well still ahead here on al-jazeera and neither of us can have exactly what we want. but i am confident that we can reach agreement british prime minister treason made sets out her vision but big divisions remain with the european union over the ukase of departure terms. does europe shivers in subzero snow storms across the atlantic fierce winds back to the east coast of the us those stories on the other side of the break to stay with us. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. have the weather squatting down again nicer to run the

last of the cloud can be seen by the things you afghanistan there's clearly a good armor comes out from the arabian peninsula and up into pakistan some of that will bring rain for you into pakistan but beyond that is quite coronet not true for turkey to be rain or snow to anchor is relatively warm of his high ground to the east maybe snow falling out of it but a present to beirut and a leper but temps around about twenty markets much warmer in iraq twenty seven in baghdad and look at bucky we got ten degrees on saturday the breeze coming up from the south up to seventeen that's a good size so this is a bit of a warming trend here it's up to eighty now bhatti and thirty in tashkent where has winter gone well as bit further north to be honest so this is all quiet and it's even warming up in the arabian peninsula the temperature in doha goes from twenty six in the forecast for saturday to about twenty eight as in the again this is above where it should be for this time of the year those drops us to see where the big rains are madagascar is a focus of

a developing circulation particularly for the capital as it happens over the mainland of africa well look north and lusaka in particular is not far away for pretty big showers. the weather sponsored by cateye peace. more than forty thousand africans are facing deportation from israel in the world more than ninety percent of your trying to get accepted as if it just feels that way in israel and you're going on with your point one percent of the effort is to have those in danger of being thrown out of the country in which they sought refuge talked out jazeera at this time.

welcome back to their arms a whole rob a reminder of our top stories the un human rights chief says strikes on the besieged syrian enclave of eastern cuter probably amount to war crimes of those responsible should be prosecuted at least twenty three more civilians have been killed as government forces we took ground from rebel fighters on friday. also security minister now says at least sixteen people have been killed and eighty others injured in the capital what to do good eight months those killed during the coordinated attacks on the french embassy and the military headquarters. police in the u.s. are searching for a student suspected of shooting his parents dead at central michigan university nineteen year old james eric davis is accused of killing them when they came to pick about police say davis is considered armed and dangerous. now the european

commission's president has threatened to impose duties on some of america's most well known products including harley davidson bourbon alcohol and levi jeans it's in response to u.s. plans to put a twenty five percent tariff on steel imports a growing list of steel producing countries are also considering retaliatory steps . meanwhile president trump has repeatedly accused chinese firms of copyright theft the issue is at the heart of the current trade friction between china and the united states but chinese firms are fighting back in american courts and winning adrian brown reports. just over a decade ago this electrical components firm in eastern china faced an uncertain future it was being sued in a u.s. court over intellectual property rights the chinese company for the action

eventually able to prove that the plugs and other devices manufactured here were not copies the case lasted seven years chen whooshing the company's president told me he'd do it again if he had to. try american companies are using intellectual property rights as a tool to beat competitors from other countries the final go is to rule out. the american market and the overtaxing is on the way shane money is lost us lawsuit in two thousand and ten by then he'd spent more than twenty million dollars in legal fees today he's become something of a celebrity in china's corporate world dispensing advice to other executives involved in similar legal battles or is it too good and pretty sure that this set a clear message and in lightened many chinese enterprises to deal with it with

their american competitors as china shifts the focus of its economy from heavy industry to innovation it's now clear that many of its companies are paying greater attention to intellectual property it is now something that is important to down the hallway. all of these technology companies they're now fighting back they're fighting with apple or fighting with whoever it is that they believe is infringing on them so they're learning the rules of the gay. same as it was taught to them by the west and they're engaged in the process part of that process involves registered trademarks they can show how innovative a country is twenty years ago china had none today it has more than one point three million including ones for the electrical devices made in plant. and with chinese companies started to grasp the importance of intellectual property they're also prepared to defend those rights in

a foreign called adrian brown al-jazeera in eastern china. britain's prime minister has laid out more details on what kind of trading relationship the united kingdom will have with the european union also withdraws from the bloc theresa may has been under pressure to spell out exactly how she'll avoid a hard border in ireland while also satisfy the demands of competing factions in our own political party these barco reports now from london. a rallying cry for breaks it from the british prime minister to resign may it's her fourth major speech on britain's departure from the e.u. in which she set out the government's vision on future trade ties with europe this is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want. but i am confident that we can reach agreement we both want good access to each other's markets we want competition between us to be fair and open and we want reliable transparent means

of verifying we are meeting our commitments and resolving disputes may suggested the u.k. would mirror some rules and break away from others to ensure a continuation of frictionless trade with the e.u. she suggested setting up a system to mutually recognise each other's goods and services but is all this complexity really worth it journalist the answer is no we won't think again on bret's it the british people voted for brics it and i think it is incumbent on their politicians to deliver on the decision that we are asked them to take the british prime minister has been accused of very good on workable proposals by the european union and of being paralyzed by divisions within her own political party she's hoping that this key speech which store some credibility in her ability to deliver. but before negotiations can move forward outstanding issues need resolving including what's going to happen here on the border between northern ireland

a part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland and e.u. member to reason may said the border will remain open promising a combination of new technology and trust to keep goods and people moving without a hard border. text counting their legal commitments on wednesday the ease chief negotiator michel barnier said northern ireland should remain part of the customs territory with the e.u. after brics it. to reason maces any e.u. attempt to effectively an extra region will never happen she now has to provide more detail on how her high tech plan will work prime the u.k. and e.u. also can't agree on what's going to happen immediately after breaks it during the two year transition period the e.u. wants its courts to have the final say in any disputes of even nationals arriving joining that time to have the same rights as those arriving before brick set to resume a switch to the planned. these and other issues need to be resolved before the e.u.

summit on march the twenty second without any progress trade remains off the table negotiations he park at al-jazeera london. politicians have wrapped up campaigning ahead of this weekend's a parliamentary election the ruling democratic party has made a last push for votes in florence as polls put its leader matteo renzi firmly in second place now the anti establishment five star movement looks certain to gain the largest single party vote many analysts predict former prime minister silvio berlusconi's party is likely to be part of a potential coalition with no party willing enough to govern on its own. now thousands of protesters in slovakia as outrage grows over the murder of a german journalist investigative reporter yannick chack who was found shot to death next to his fiance in the home in bratislava on sunday he was writing an article on suspected links between the italian mafia and the prime minister when he

was murdered charlotte dallas reports. it was a silent march through bratislava the sound of boots on the frozen ground doing the talking. protesters rallied in a dozen slovakian cities demanding justice for the murders of investigative journalist. and his fiance. the twenty seven year olds would use omarion may they were killed in their home last week obviously as the reasons why we are here to support slovak journalists some stand up for freedom of speech we want the journalists to work freely. to see i could been investigating suspected corruption between the italian mafia and people close to prime minister robert fico. jaan coup ziac expose the activities of people connected to the italian mafia and their business in slovakia especially when it comes to the drawdown of e.u. funds various government contracts suspicions of tax fraud blackmailing and violent

crimes the full hour from the murders has ripple through the government the chief stated visor and security ball stood down temporarily the culture minister resigned the opposition is calling for the in terry a minister and police chief to follow the. graph from an objective point of view the ministry of culture has the closest relation to the media now i can't see myself staying in the post anymore. the. prime minister fico who once called journalists to see mt slovak prostitutes had offered one million euros to anybody who provides information on the murders his critics call it a hole or just. jail is in danger in europe. that's a danger for see we are to declare a state of emergency things you know proceed you have. who siac is the first

journalist to be murdered and. sick it recently in europe to be killed after reporting on corruption blogger definitely quranic died in a car bombing in october she left her home on the island of malta thirty nine journalists were murdered and twenty seventy. slovakia's police conducted raids in arrested seven people on thursday the homes were linked to the people who ziad was investigating. slovakian say they will stay in the streets his colleagues will stay on the story until it's revealed who was behind them that it's charlotte ballasts al jazeera of europe is in the grip of a deep freeze these so-called beast from the east blast a siberian air for widespread snow and freezing conditions at the start of the week now the united kingdom and ireland are being battered by a storm. it's false dublin airport of clothes and twenty four thousand homes and businesses across ireland are without power in britain the army has been called in

to help rescue hundreds of drivers stark in the snow. in ukraine people have been urged to reduce gas usage after russia's gazprom continued to withhold supplies to ukraine schools have been shut because of the shortage the latest escalation of the long running dispute comes out of the russian gas monopoly lost an international arbitration hearing has been ordered to pay back two point five billion dollars to crane and snows of most of italy including venice making a ride in one of the city's famous gondolas less than pleasant some schools were closed and there have been disruptions to train services. and a powerful storm hammering the northeastern united states as flooded streets grounded flights and halted trains from maine to virginia the one point seven million properties are without power and at least one person has been killed kristen salumi has more. an unwelcome intrusion at the official washington

residence of vice president mike pence when high winds sent a tree crashing through a perimeter fence. the federal government closed offices in the u.s. capitol as what's known as a nor'easter hit with gusts of up to nearly one hundred kilometers an hour it made its way north up the atlantic coast of the country it didn't stop some tourists from visiting the white house but did halt other travelers in their tracks thousands of flights canceled or even if i was a four fifty dizzee airline called me told me to change i changed to the now forty miss did they put me on at twelve o'clock noon to the gate and then it will caucus council and then they have the minute two fourteen and then they say that it was canceled i got a lot more new york and boston airports were particularly hard hit you can't do any thing so why cry or else you know be miserable i would never fly if i

if i got all upset about all of the struggles and troubles from new york. we're going to specifically coastal flood watches and warnings were put in place by the national weather service from north carolina to southern maine including new york's eastern suburbs times square got soaked with rain while an upstate new york it was snow and lots of it causing power outages and making travel treacherous. back in the capital of bald eagle ever the national symbol hunkered down in its nest to ride out the storm kristen salumi al-jazeera. well for one to another you know the japanese prefecture of a kind o. is the largest wetlands in the country it provides a rich habitat for thousands of species of animals and plants and during the winter flocks of japan's famous red to crowned cranes find sanctuary that was widespread that became the birds became

a target for hunters and their numbers did diminish assume is a conservationist helping to protect them has his story in his own words. imo somehow the other chief ranger of to do itto tonto sanctuary. the red crowned cranes are the largest birds in japan just one hundred forty centimeters tall the wingspan is two point four metres wide there are such dramatic birds and they're a symbol of long life and happiness the i know japan's indigenous people name them sudden come on the god of the wetlands they believe that animals are sacred. from around the middle of february the birds begin to perform the courtship dance young birds seek partners and couples raising children dance in unison they raise their head high out to one another flap their wings run around and make many gestures it's mesmerizing they can never get enough of. these birds used to thrive across

the hokkaido region and migrated to the mainland. but by the early one nine hundred overhunting in destruction of their habitat from rampant land development caused a decline in their population at one point they were believed to have been extinct . the cranes still here today are believed to originate from a handful that survived in the wetlands where spring water kept the river from freezing. local farmers first spotted them plucking corn in their fields and gave their own food to save the wintering cranes that's how the feeding began and their numbers gradually began to recover yes it's a moving history we followed up on their effort and continued to provide a stable feeding ground when our institution was founded thirty years ago there were about four hundred cranes now there are eighteen hundred. i'm so relieved when they come back to us in winter it's good to know they were well and raise their

children safely it feels like reuniting with family feeding is crucial for wintering cranes and we need to keep it. but they're wild birds and they shouldn't get too used to us that's why i do my job carefully even if i want to show them how much i care i remind myself to keep a distance. their numbers continue to grow but there are downsides to think about the birds can die coming too close to humans they can also cause agricultural damage beyond sanctuary we have to lessen these incidents and their dependence on us and let them thrive in the wild. you're watching algis their arms the whole romany's roll top news stories the u.n. human rights chief says a strike zone lead to save syrian anglais the eastern ghouta probably about to war

crimes and those responsible should be prosecuted at least twenty three more civilians are being killed as government forces re took ground from rebel fighters on friday. beginning security minister now says at least sixteen people have been killed and eighty others injured in the capital organ dugu eight gunmen were among those killed during the coordinated attacks on the french embassy and military headquarters. did you know we did hear that there were a lot of shots fired and damage everywhere to police by the army headquarters at least four people were inside a car they fired there was an explosion we saw a lot of shots fired and a lot of smoke and then people started running the european commission's president has threatened to impose duties on some of america's most well known products including harley davidson bourbon and levi jeans it's in response to u.s. plans to put a twenty five percent tariff on steel imports and britain's prime minister treason

mayors warn that access to the e.u. single market will be reduced once the u.k. withdraws from the bloc through the may laid out more details on the trading relationship after bret's it during a speech in london's italian politicians are wrapped up campaigning ahead of this weekend's parliamentary elections the ruling center the democratic party has made last push for votes in florence as polls put its leader matteo renzi firmly in second place the anti establishment five star movement looks to gain the largest single party vote and europe is in the grip of a deep freeze a so-called bees from the east a blast of siberian air brought widespread snow freezing conditions at the start of the week now the u.k. and ireland are being battered by storm. in ukraine some people have been urged to reduce going to see usage after russia's gas prom continue to withhold supplies to ukraine schools have been shut because of the shortage the latest escalation of the long running dispute comes after the

russian gas monopoly lost an international arbitration hearing those were the headlines here on al-jazeera i'll be back with more in half an hour talk to al-jazeera is next. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. you would live in the world will be oblivious to. it for many years people have been fleeing eritrea. a steady stream.