in brazil to address a critical issue march on al-jazeera the only nation ever hit by an atomic bomb once again braces for the worst. when he explores life in japan under north korea's nuclear threat at this time on al-jazeera. the u.n. points to likely war crimes in syria and walls perpetrators they're being identified . hello again welcome to al-jazeera life. also coming out attacks in bikini

highlight the west african nation struggle against armed groups. i really want to study no education is useless i just want to go to school the immense challenge is children in northern nigeria have to overcome to go to school. and how beautiful and revered bird is making a comeback in japan. for the un human rights she says syrian government airstrikes on besieged rebel areas in eastern guta are probably constituent of war crimes and they must be prosecuted as a drug and say also condemned rebel groups for firing shells into the capital damascus more than a hundred people have been killed in the during during the past week despite the un

agreeing to last saturday then has the latest from beirut in neighboring lebanon. the syrian army dropping leaflets over. again trying to encourage civilians to leave the besieged enclave in those leaflets are maps showing what they're calling safe exits in those leaflets as well calls on the rebels to lay down their arms promising an amnesty but no civilians are leaving. there are no security guarantees is what we are told they are telling us that we're worried we cross into government controlled territory and what happens to us a lot of us are wanted by the government simply because we belong or we support the opposition a lot of the people inside are our media activists even civil defense volunteers are considered terrorists by the syrian government so civilians are not leaving what the government wants or the pro-government alliance wants is a surrender and this is you know the aim of this two week bombing campaign to bomb the area into submission so far the rebels and the people are remaining defiant but

this is not to say that suffering is not immense and the biggest question is how long can they enjoy the suffering life is very difficult inside almost six hundred people killed the lack of food the lack of medicine but the government keeping up the pressure on this enclave the united nations saying that there are indications that the government may give them permission to send in aid on sunday for at least one hundred eighty thousand people we have to remember that there are four hundred thousand people according to the u.n. inside so there are indications but no commitment as of yet but definitely if aid does get into on sunday it will help the people who are trapped inside at least sixteen people are now known to have been killed in friday's attack. which a further highlighting the country's struggle to contain the threat of groups the military headquarters and french embassy were hit at the same time in the capital while the duke suggesting a high level of coordination because. on

friday another attack at the heart of the kenya haas was kept in. 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 off dead 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 and how it repeatedly target work enough aso the country's capital is home to

a base for the french special forces deployed in the how 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 an 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 and secured 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 so is again in warning fearing what could come next the. families of those on board malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy have attended

a memorial to mark almost four years since the plane disappeared the boeing triple seven vanished in march twenty forty miles flying from kuala lumpur to beijing with two hundred thirty nine passengers and crew about an hour after takeoff the copilot made what could be the final radio contact with air traffic control in kuala lumpur then the plane veered well of course malaysian military radar plotted m h three seventy over the strait of malacca west of its last known location after the loss of radar satellite data showed the plane flew out over the southern indian ocean australia malaysia and china scoured a huge area thought to be the crash site but found nothing now a u.s. based seabed explorer is on the case at least three pieces of debris that are confirmed to be from the missing plane have now been discovered on beaches him or is just the french island of reunion and very close to tanzania florence louis is

in kuala lumpur where the memorial was held. family members of those who were on board m h three seventy have been paying moving tribute to their loved ones at this memorial event now and they've also been saying that it's very important for the search to continue this is one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries and it's only when once the plane is located can this mystery finally been solved and the search. that is currently being conducted by u.s. based private exploration known as ocean infinity has been contracted by the malaysian government on a new york your no fee basis but it has to locate the wreckage within ninety days and that deadline will come up soon so there's a sense of urgency in this not an especially considering how fast the search area is and the depth of the ocean but ocean infiniti said they are conducting their search not only based on new information that we and now this is

a satellite imagery but also because there is new technology that is now available to that. search conditions however will be more difficult in the coming weeks simply because it's going to be a winter in the southern hemisphere which means they will be freezing temperatures . heavy winds and strong waves which will make search conditions much more difficult. perilous speak now to david gleave who's navy ation safety investigator and research or at least for universities joining us live from london there's a ninety day window then for this new search to ely something a very optimistic. i'm optimistic of the search in the right area the original search was assuming that nobody was flying the airplane maybe they're searching a little bit to the west given the data that's come from the grocery surveys as well as the psychological serve given that somebody may have been flying the

airplane they're likely to flown it off to the west so from what you're saying it's almost as a they are reinterpreting old information rather than having discovered new information. well i think the main thing is that the original modeling for the original search path walls say nobody is flying the airplane that's where it would run out of fuel and storms the water this new search pattern says well we're not going to search in the same area again we'll look a little bit further away with some new modeling data and possibly the assumption that somebody was flying the airplane at the time that it impacted the water but i still have some understand search area is still a vast area that we're talking about though isn't it we're talking about the indian nation further away from the australian coast seem yes the psychological model would say that a pilot or anybody flying the airplane would probably want to be further wife while

straight if they were trying to crush the airplane so it couldn't be found easily and yes we have a last known position within roughly one hundred fifty to two hundred kilometers about last known position from the satellite the airplane should be there so why now there were many theories of cool secular ating as to why m h three seventy went down do you believe that it was it was downed deliberately. it's indicating that way that somebody may well have taken the airplane and downed it deliberately certainly the original lot of people have a lot of confidence in the that it would be an incredible series of failures on the airplane to behave in the way that it did we can't explain it but until we recover the wreckage we can't prove it to everybody's legal satisfaction and what about all the bits of wreckage that have been discovered to date and look sort of information if they yield to the fate of m h three seventy. most of the parts that have been come through so far haven't told us very much there was one part

from the wing. to be to prove that the aircraft wasn't stalled over the water at very low speed but the damage is consistent with it having been flown into the water i wouldn't have expected that part to have much damage anyway so all we know is that it has definitely come from the airplane that we're looking for all right david gleave thank you very much now the european commission president has threatened to impose juices on some of america's best known products including harley davidson bourbon and levi's jeans it's in response to u.s. plans to put a twenty five percent tariff on steel imports a growing list of seal producing countries are considering retaliatory action italian politicians are finished campaigning ahead of sunday's general election the ruling center left democratic party made a last push for votes in florence as polls put its leader material renzi in second

place the former prime minister silvio berlusconi is center right party is expected to be part of a potential coalition with no party expected to be able to govern on its own but the poll suggests the n.t. establishment five star movement could gain the largest single party vote in the u.s. envoys on a three day visit to bangladesh to assess the range of crisis lisa curtis who is in charge of south asia at the white house's national security council arrives during a tough diplomatic situation or fresh accusations of memoirs army bullying and intimidating range of refugees close to the border with bangladesh the un estimates around seven hundred thousand ranger have been forced to cross over from miramar into cox's bazaar in bangladesh since last august but lisa curtis says the u.s. will continue to do what it can with other countries to help the ranger. bank with

the desk government has opened its arms to the head of people and we are just deeply grateful for that humanitarian response that they have provided and we will continue to work closely with the language government. to move it from taxes and had to meet the basic needs of this very vulnerable population that they will only go back if they voluntarily want to do so and only when those conditions are for do so but i wanted to visit see firsthand i wanted to make sure that the really good people know little that they have a voice and you know that the world is watching and then we're a party that wants to see their safety their protection and to add once to work to resolve this. humanitarian catastrophe. so to come here at al-jazeera why this controversial symbol of south africa's apartheid era is

still causing a few wrong. hello and welcome back i think with take a look at weather conditions across asia this time and in northeastern parts of asia weather conditions are deteriorating as a result of this frontal system which is developing across northeastern parts of china and into the far east of russia quite a temperature contrast either side of this frontal system to she'll say so they were looking at forecast through sunday we've got snow across northern parts of japan but further south we've got really warm air and you see that warm air extends all the way toward shanghai twenty five degrees now because we're at this contrast in temperatures we've got an active frontal system here which is going to be giving some heavy rain across southern parts of japan being sealants northern side where

the cold air is going to be outbreaks of snow beijing actually not too bad a monday high as of nine degrees now as you come further towards the south not just shanghai which is going to see very high temperatures but food issues about thirty degrees celsius and her knowing vietnam in my sort of thirty six degrees celsius so move the forecast through the next twenty four hours that rain moves more towards the southeast civil see some rain in fuzhou in shanghai and probably some showers affecting taiwan too into southeastern parts of asia for much of the philippines is looking good it should be fine in manila high as a thirty four bordeaux is not going to fare too badly just a chance of one or two showers affect in jakarta. true confessions. but not for a cynical example of communist propaganda and to put it in the paper. i want to do it. in twenty ten al-jazeera access to north korea to investigate the

alleged use of biological warfare by the us during the korean war. revisits dirty little secret this time on al jazeera. take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the un human rights strikes on the rebel held syrian on claim. probably amount to war crimes and those responsible should be prosecuted is also condemned rebel groups for firing shells into the capital damascus. the prime minister. will visit the army headquarters which

came under attack on friday at least sixteen people were killed. the families of those who were on board malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy have attended a memorial to mark almost four years since the plane disappeared. the russian president vladimir putin has denied u.s. allegations that he's breaking cold war era treaties the accusation was made after president putin unveiled what he's described as new and invincible nuclear weapons speaking to n.b.c. mr putin said it was actually america that started an arms race. an arms race began at exactly the time in moment when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty some analysts are suggesting you've tested it and it's failed and that's why you showed animations are you talking about i.c.b.m. yes the one that you claim renders defense systems useless. as

a matter of fact every single weapon system discussed today easily surpasses in avoids an anti-missile defense system but you've tested it with the test was excellent some of them still have to be fine tuned in work done others are already available to the troops and already are battle ready. police have detained at least fifty people in the ukrainian capital kiev whilst dismantling a protest camp supporters of deported opposition figure mikheil saakashvili established the camp last october there demanding the resignation of president poroshenko and then anti corruption court police say they found grenades and smoke in the raid six protesters and four police officers were injured successfully the former leader of georgia and one time governor of ukraine's odessa region was a first an ally of president poroshenko only to turn against him he's now banned from entering ukraine for three years. the former head of the vatican bank has been

indicted on embezzlement charges the vatican believes and a local lawyer and his lawyer are responsible for losses of more than sixty million dollars a third person died during the investigation the charges relate to real estate assets sold by the bank between the years two thousand and one and two thousand and eight the trial for the pair who deny any wrongdoing is due to start on march fifteenth. the abduction of one hundred ten schoolgirls in northern nigeria last month has again highlighted the extreme challenges millions of children face in getting a basic education on top of the threat of violence is decades of corruption in nigeria's education sector and of course resistance from parents reports from soccer. and the dusty streets into a classroom i desire is finally get your education. like ten thousand other girls should have a chance to pursue our dream of becoming a doctor thanks to

a government funding scheme for parents a grandmother says the fact there are no ideas as a school has also used their waters so hoping exposes girls like her to a lot of dangers like rape getting knocked down by vehicles she safe and better off here in school. where the united nations children's fund launched a twitter cash assistance program imprinted fourteen and roman for girls in schools and supporters stage rose from twelve to fourteen percent. the state government wants to encourage as many goes as it can providing parents with forty one dollars every year to keep their daughters in the classroom they feel comfortable and only willing to release them to go to school so we do with that work if it is for the peculiar benefit that you're getting from the proceeds of hawking by this girl's release them to us let them with the class every month we'll give you this much but

critics say corrupt local education administrator is the implementation of the first program and fear the new one will also feel that this isn't people who are brilliant on the system so we'll never succeed. you have to get a read of this people and underdo poorly is. education. at fourteen the sabr muhammad hawke spices of the streets but still hopes one day our parents will allow her to get an education. i don't know why they don't want me to go to school i really want to study no education is useless i just want to go to school. for parents the priority is to save enough money from hawking before she is married. it's estimated ten million children of school age are still roaming the streets of nigeria all the basic education is free because of official

corruption has had a devastating effect on public schools parents who can afford to take their kids at fancy private school. but only a few can especially here in a region with one of the highest rates of poverty in nigeria comedy grease al-jazeera supporter attempts are being made to stop south africa's old flood from being displayed without good reason the melson mandela foundation has asked the court to ban it saying it represents hate and racial discrimination on web reports from johannesburg. the symbol of the apartheid era government africa's old flag is controversial to many deeply offensive here members of the white supremacist a.w.b. party held at the funeral of their leader in twenty ten the nelson mandela foundation has asked a court to ban the church's just plays of it the flag is synonymous with

a part of it and to have it displayed is really it's a celebration of the apartheid crime against humanity and humiliation of its victims it's an ambiguously. expression that denies the human dignity of those who suffered under apartheid and particularly black people. from flag was designed the end of apartheid the rainbow nation. the twenty ten world cup it was graced the old one there were to be saying that not everyone agrees the old ones should be banned after a forum is an organization that represents afrikaners who are among south africa's white minority its deputy c.e.o. told us the organizations against anyone flying the flag should not be banned if someone stands somewhere wearing the old south african flag that's not it it's offensive it's not hate speech if that person waved the flag and says let's go unheard black people then it had speech. the petition to ban the flag will be

presented to the equality court which is in here opponents will also be able to make their case and if the nelson mandela foundation succeeds in the flag is banned anyone who flies it thereafter could face a penalty it's unlikely to ever amount to more than a fine this couple were both born after the end of apartheid the whole. twenty to one hundred ninety six. i mean i. never even heard of it but after we explained i think if it's off in some people and should be i mean after all if it is an up or did flake so yeah i think if it opens his legs and other people in our country it's a free country you see everyone it's will come here so i think you can still have it is the cause. where you come from. it is rare for the flag to be shown in public nelson mandela foundation and once and for all malcolm webb

al-jazeera johannesburg south africa a growing number of u.s. companies are taking their own steps towards tougher gun control as the politicians stall the world's largest asset management company is one of them black rock wants to create new investor funds that exclude foreign manufacturers as well as retailers mike hanna reports from new york. the biggest fear of the second amendment many of you are there being vague promises of executive action from the president and much discussion among lawmakers on both sides of the aisle but as yet there are no concrete signs of any substantive tightening of the u.s. is notoriously lax gun control legislation some corporations are not waiting for congress to take action. several major businesses wal-mart dick's sporting goods kroger and the latest l b have announced they are unilaterally raising the minimum

age for gun sales and will no longer sell guns to customers younger than twenty one federal law states that no one under twenty one may buy a handgun but confusingly any eighteen year old or above can buy a semiautomatic rifle with no background checks or training it's time the sens say some c.e.o.'s when we looked at those kids and we saw what with the grief that they were going through and how these kids organized to really have their voices heard we talked amongst ourselves and said if these kids can be brave enough to do this then we should be brave enough to make us make a stand ourself these are difficult decisions for business but nevertheless eventually the personal conscience the moral conscience kicks in and it has to be balanced with all of the stakeholders in the shareholder interests as well and social media reaction to the dick's decision is mixed some calling the company anti

american others welcoming the move and calling it courageous delta airlines is among the companies that has ended discount deals with the powerful national rifle association the n.r.a. but that comes at a financial cost republican lawmakers in georgia have killed a tax break for the company and its jet fuel costs for telly a sion that will cost delta billions of dollars the n.r.a. itself as lashed out at what it calls a shameful display of political and civic cowardice despite the national horror at recurring school shootings u.s. society remains as polarized on gun control issues as never before the constitutional right to bear arms being bigger asli asserted even as children continue to be killed mike hanna al jazeera new york. the wetlands of hokkaido provide a rich habitat for thousands of species of animals and plants among them a japan's famous red crowned cranes they find sultry that during the winter their

numbers and now slowly recovering off the ova hunting and destruction of their habitat pushed them to the brink of extinction also imo herradura is a conservationist helping to protect them his his story. imo somehow the other chief ranger of to do ito tonto sanctuary. the red crown 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 named them sided uncomely the god of the wetlands they believe the 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 brow 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 thousand nine hundred over hunting and 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 to 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 he can also cause agricultural damage beyond sanctuary we have to lessen these incidents and they're dependent on us. and let them thrive in the one.

with al jazeera and these are the top stories the un human rights chief says syrian government seized rebel areas in eastern guta probably constitute war crimes and must be prosecuted as a drug al hussein also condemned rebel groups for firing shells into the capital damascus more than a hundred people have been killed in to join in the past week despite the un agreeing to a cease fire last saturday became a fast is prime minister is due to visit the army headquarters which came under attack on friday at least sixteen people were killed and eighty others were injured in the capital wagadu the french embassy was targeted as well the families of those who are on board malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy have attended a memorial to mark nearly four years since the plane disappeared the malaysian government and a us based company have launched a new search for the wreckage in january which is expected to end in june m h three

seventy disappeared on march eighth twenty fourteen when it was flying from kuala lumpur to beijing the two hundred thirty nine people on board. a u.s. envoy is on or three day visit to bangladesh to assess the crisis lisa curtis who works on the white house national security council has arrived at a particularly tense moment there were fresh accusations of myanmar's army's bullying and intimidating range of refugees near its border with bangladesh the un estimates that around seven hundred thousand ranger have been forced to cross over from me amar into bangladeshis cox's bazaar since august last year the former head of the vatican bank has been indicted on embezzling charges the vatican believes angelo coloe r. and his lawyer are responsible for losses of more than sixteen million dollars a third person died during the investigation the charges relate to real estate assets sold by the bank between two thousand and one and two thousand and eight the

trial for the pair who deny any wrongdoing is due to start on march the fifteenth inside story is next. donald trump says trade was a good and the us president could be about to start one he's to impose hefty tabs on steel and alimony and imports a move that could harm the world economy china and even washington's allies are threatening retaliation so how close are we to an all out trade conflict this is inside story.

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