we mourn the way flooding out of this. al-jazeera where every. fighting in syria forces a long awaited a convoy to retreat amid heavy casualties. i'm sam is a damn this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up high hopes for

a summit between north and south korea after the apparent success of talks in pyongyang calenders prime minister pushes back against the u.s. president's proposed steel tariffs and we look into the lives of people living in poverty in china what the government is doing about it. at least eighty people were reportedly killed in airstrikes in syria's rebel held eastern halter on monday it's the deadliest day since the u.n. adopted a cease fire resolution and russia ordered a daily pause in the fighting there also reports of a chlorine gas attack in how morea the syrian government is now in control of about a third of the besieged region after a rapid advance in recent days the fighting forced an aid convoy to retreat from eastern hall to the red cross says the aid workers are safe and most of the forty trucks have been unloaded for the world health organization estimates seventy

percent of medical supplies were blocked by the government monday's aid delivery was the first since mid february. there holder now joins us from beirut in neighboring lebanon so the high casualty toll in the east in the waterways the fighting leaving life there. well another deadly day in eastern huta like you mentioned at least eighty people killed three hundred injured the pro-government alliance pushing ahead with their bombing campaign airstrikes targeting multiple towns across the besieged enclave now like we mentioned this is the highest death toll in a single day since the u.n. adopted the cease fire resolution a cease fire that has not come into effect the people of eastern would have been demanding that this is fire is implemented the five hour daily pause in the fighting which was ordered by the russian government is not to ending the violence and it's not just the airstrikes the pro-government alliance taking ground this ground offensive continuing the rebels there their defenses in the east of the

enclave have been weakened the government pushing in controlling at least a third of the enclave and these airstrikes really targeting the edges of the enclave the new front lines to push the people in the rebels back so that the government forces can make their way and so this offensive you know going on continuing and more suffering for the people trapped inside what's happening with the aid convoy after we know it was forced to retreat. well yes the aid convoy left eastern this was the first time aid reached the people since this bombing campaign began approximately two weeks ago but they were not able to offload all the supplies we understand forty six trucks entered but ten of the trucks were not emptied because of the shelling u.n. officials saying the situation for the civilians inside is tragic it is a tragic situation and it's not just that the aid convoys had surgical equipment and trauma kits this was needed because so many people were injured it's not just

the rebels who are injured it's the people so this was offloaded before the trucks entered so it is a positive step according to the international committee of the red cross but it is not enough they are asking for regular access to this besieged and clave just give us an idea now. of where the government campaign has control of the. the geography there in eastern. well eastern hooter's approximately one hundred ten square kilometers what the government has taken is mainly the farmlands in the small towns in the eastern edge of the enclave they are trying to meet up their forces in the west they're trying to take areas like misrata. now these areas are in the center if they're able to push in then they'll meet up with their forces from the west and then they will cut. in half and once they do that the rebel supply lines will definitely be weakened and what they're also trying to do is surround the main town duma and isolate it they did this in aleppo it was a military tactic they divided the districts they were pushing in and that is when

the rebels said ok enough is enough we will surrender we will accept a deal and we will lay down our arms and leave all right then a hold of there from beirut. north korean state media reporting that leader kim jong un wants to advance relations in these military tensions with south korea kim jong un hosted a south korean envoy at the ruling workers' party headquarters in pyongyang high level south korean delegation traveled north for two days of talks focused on the versing a nuclear conflict. and has more from seoul. one of the biggest achievements of this mission will be seen as the agreement that has apparently been reached moving forward towards a summit involving president moon j.n. of south korea that was one of the main reasons for sending the delegation north the announcement that an agreement has apparently been reached came at a banquet hosted by kim jong un and his wife that in itself was seen as

a landmark the first time that kim has met officials from south korea we're still waiting to get more details on what a summit will look like but there is a lot at stake given the advancement of north korea on its missile and nuclear program and one j.n. of south korea says that all of this is a denuclearizing the north korean peninsula but critics have argued that north korea seems to be so close to gaining a long range nuclear missile that it is almost inconceivable that it would concede anything on the nuclear front the other reason for this mission to take place is to advance a possible dialogue between north korea and the united states so far on that front we have heard nothing china's government says it will try to lift another ten million people out of poverty this year most of the country's thirty million poor

live in the countryside now many are being encouraged to move to the big cities in any city that is but beijing migrant workers no longer seem wanted adrian brown reports from the capital. you zong you is having a good afternoon he reckons ill have made around ten dollars by the end of it he collects discarded clothes plastic and scrap metal anything he can sell to recyclers. you shows me his home a room measuring just over five square metres in the rent one hundred dollars a month to economize the electric heater stays off which means it's as cold inside as out a dangerous mesh of exposed wiring loops around the room he washes outside where there's also a public toilet. my father had to share this but it was me last the sama my children also visited five of us have to live in this tiny room some of us have

to sit on the floor. magine five people squeeze in this room. he came to beijing almost ten years ago because there was no work in his home province of chandon his wife two daughters and a son all in other cities he see them just once a year. so i first daughter and my second daughter a both in college now the reason i'm working here is to save money for their education last the chinese new year i didn't go home because i didn't have enough money. he's not bitter about his life and accept it's his choice to live this way. poverty in china is defined as anyone living on around three hundred sixty u.s. dollars a year you makes twelve times that but in beijing costs are much higher than elsewhere

. his future though is now uncertain in recent weeks the homes of tens of thousands of migrant workers have been demolished on the grounds they violated safety codes for years china's rural poor have been encouraged to move into the big cities but here in beijing officials now want to cap the population of twenty three million and that's why so many migrant workers are being forced to leave neal on an illegal i don't have any pension or medical care when i have to look after myself or with no one really cares about you to be honest and never thought about my future china's economic transformation has for now passed him by down the road there's a new shopping mall and apartment complex aimed at beijing's permanent residence a world that you is unlikely to ever know

a dream brown al-jazeera beijing. and from urban poverty to rural poverty in the second of our two reports in our series adrian brown reports from shanshu province in northwest china where some farmers a surviving by borrowing into the clay hillsides that's wednesday from zero seven hundred g.m.t. right here on al-jazeera. canada's prime minister justin trudeau is called donald trump to express his concern about planned tariffs on steel an element imports trudeau told the us president the juices would get in the way of negotiations of a trade deal with canada and mexico and the latest nafta talks of wrapped up in mexico city john ahmann has more. even from three thousand kilometers away washington d.c. president trump managed to open the seventh round of nafta negotiations we are renegotiating nafta as i said i work and if we don't make a deal terminate nafta that would be i would imagine one of the points that we're

going to share it will be tariffs on steel for canada and for mexico. to do the announced plans to post tariffs on steel imports from around the world that kind of durham excludes felt that as the u.s. is part of the nafta free trade bloc they should be said to canada was especially displeased should restrictions be imposed on canadian steel and aluminum products canada will take appropriate response of measures to defend our trade interests and our workers they've been decimated president trump indicated he could be flexible if mix going canada capitulates another sticking points in the negotiations they include an increase a go to parts made in the us better mix could labor standards to make us work for small competitive and occlude said big nafta every five years common ground on those issues has been extremely hard to find us has indicated that the time is running out president trumps announcement is made already tough and slow moving the

go show even more difficult unless canada and mexico give the united states exactly what it wants the future seems uncertain for nafta john homan how does it or mexico city. still had an al-jazeera a cold war style mystery as a former russian spy lies critically ill in a british hospital. and he's been in office for one hundred days but it's a bob boy's new president making any progress. hello there for many of us there's a lot of rain over parts of europe but not quite as much snow as there have been there's still plenty of cloud showing up on the satellite picture all circulating around this area here giving most of us some heavy rain and fortunately it's not too cold at the moment so we're looking at

a maximum of around eleven in madrid matching the temperature we're expecting in paris so mild but wet there for the western parts then in the central belt we have more in the way of wintery weather and then if you extend further south for if in past the mediterranean with things of strong winds and heavy rain and all of that's pushing its way towards the east as it does so it will give us some snow it will turn increasingly wintry but it will also be chasing out that very very cold air that's up in the northeast so cold for now but it should get a bit milder over the next few days for the northern parts of africa largely fine and dry in the eastern parts of arm up but for the west there's more in the way of wet weather here's a robot is looking pretty soggy force on tuesday the heaviest most persistent of that rain is easing as we head into wednesday but still a good deal of cloud around and they could just be one or two more showers there is further towards the south for many of us here there's plenty of dry weather just a couple of showers perhaps around the coast of west africa the wetter weather there is further towards the east it looks like we'll see some heavy showers there in parts of uganda.

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watching out just reminded our of our top stories at least eighty civilians have been killed by syrian government gas strikes in the rebel held in the water it's the deadliest day since the u.n. adopted a cease fire resolution and russia ordered a pause in the fighting just over a week ago the fighting force in a convoy to retreat north korean state media are reporting that leader kim jong un wants to advance ties with south korea kim hosted a south korean envoy interim yang on monday in the highest level talks between the rivals in years the negotiations are focused on averting a nuclear conflict. the seventh round of talks on the north american free trade agreements have ended in mexico city with little progress being made and voice from the u.s. canada and mexico discussed the u.s. president's proposed tariffs on steel and imports. former russian spies critically ill in hospital in england sixty six year old surrogate scrip hour and a woman in their thirty's are in intensive care after being exposed to an unknown

substance they were found on conscious on a bench at a shopping center in the city of solsbury script has been living in the u.k. since two thousand and ten when he was freed from a russian jail in a spy swap deal. this has not been declared as a counter terrorism incident and we would urge people not to speculate however i must emphasize that we retain an open mind and we continue to review this position . we have access to a wide range of specialist resources and services that are helping us to understand what we are or aren't dealing with at this time the focus at this moment in trying to establish what has caused these people to become critically ill and we are working with partners to prioritize this diagnosis and ensure that they receive the most appropriate and timely treatment in the locker joins us now from outside solsbury hospital so authorities giving any details at this point what they think

happened to the couple. hi sorry no new update overnight this is the hospital solsbury district hospital where the man and woman were brought for treatment said to be suffering from exposure to so far all named contaminant i've just gone all the way inside this hospital right up to the intensive care unit itself where they were said to have been receiving treatment at least on monday evening absolutely no sign of police whatsoever it could well mean that they've moved be moved somewhere else let's remember of course that soulsby is a major military area there are special facilities all over this part of the united kingdom but we are expecting a press conference a little bit later on we know the identity of the former russian intelligence colonel but we don't know the identity of the thirty three year old woman that he was with a passer by noticed the two of them on a bench outside shopping precinct in the center of the city the woman was

described as being slumped over on herself the man was said to be and a delirious state. the police are saying that there is no risk of any further contamination they're satisfied that this hospital is now safe although men in biohazard suits were here on monday evening and a portion of the city center was cordoned off also with specialists offices comb the scene for evidence but we do know the least one restaurant in the town has closed its doors as a precaution it says but clearly more information will be known to us in the coming hours. this case could have major implications for u.k. russia ties could be looking back at what happened in two thousand and six with another case. that's right the case of alexander litvinenko inevitably when you mention

a russian spy when you mention contamination or poisoning of any kind that link is inevitably going to be made is it too soon well the police are saying that they're most certainly keeping an open mind about the situation they're asking the media and the public not to speculate on what has happened here but when it comes to the case of alexander litvinenko of course people are going to be answering asking questions he of course was poisoned after exposure to polonium tietê and after sipping a drink of tea contaminated with the radioactive material that sparked a major international sponsor the huge investigation the specialist police of some scotland yard in london believes after a long investigation that two key figures were linked to the death of alexander litvinenko at least one of them android look a voice now a member of parliament to russia and i mean to prosecution and has resisted calls by the british authorities to come over to the u.k.

for further questioning alexander litvinenko died in agony twenty three days after first claiming that he'd been poisoned and all these debts paid pointed the finger firmly at the kremlin and a lot of my posts in. chinese boxes outside the hospital insults three the u.s. secretary of state he's set to begin his first official trip to africa on tuesday rex tillerson will head to chad djibouti ethiopia kenya and nigeria a five day tour goes to meet russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov who's coincidentally on a similar trip the only challenge is more from moscow. where they'll be plenty of this in the coming days russia's foreign minister shaking hands in africa the message he wants to convey is that russia has returned to the confidence. sergey lavrov africa tour takes him to five countries in five days angola on monday then it's off to namibia for tuesday wednesday it's mozambique

neighboring zimbabwe on thursday finally on friday he's due to head north to ethiopia in the horn of africa is russia's interest in africa has been building for a while president vladimir putin and prime minister dmitry medvedev have visited in recent years the diplomatic push carries faint echoes of former times when the u.s.s.r. contested western influence by supporting marxist guerrillas fighting against colonial rulers such as in mozambique but when the soviet union dissolved so too did russia's influence far from home lavrov africa tour coincides with a similar visit by u.s. state secretary rex tillerson they'll overlap in ethiopia and russia's foreign ministry has suggested a meeting where. you have guinea current was a soviet and russian ambassador in africa he thinks the confidence is increasingly interesting for many global powers. then when you know this is

a very important period in the history of africa and international relations african influence in world politics and economics is growing in the past fifteen years african g.d.p. has doubled without africa none of the global issues of our century can be solved russia's trade with africa is growing it was fourteen point five billion dollars in two thousand and sixteen but that's dwarfed by the e.u. use africa trade which amounts to thirty three billion dollars that's beaten by the u.s.a.'s with forty nine billion dollars in trade but the country this develops the highest spending relationship with africa is china on one hundred forty nine billion dollars russia no longer has the ideology with which to woo developing countries like it could with soviet socialism moscow is trying to make up for lost time with africa it's hoping that trades defense natural resources and energy can win back some of the partners they lost when it soviet superpower status collapsed

. al-jazeera moscow. evidence has emerged suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates tried to convince the u.s. president to sack rex tillerson leaked e-mails obtained by the b.b.c. found elliot rodger the a major fundraiser one scintilla sent out for not supporting the u.a.e. back blockade against kata president jordan has more. u.s. citizens have the constitutional right to lobby the government but they have to will be the law when they do so on behalf of another country. news report say the special counsel for the russian investigation robert muller has expanded his work to include those who may be lobbying on behalf of the united arab emirates the new york times says muller has already interviewed this man businessman george nader about his ties to the iraqi government and his meetings with. white house officials

the news reports also say nader knows another u.s. businessman elliott brody brody too has u.a.e. ties according to the b.b.c. broidery reportedly lobbied to president donald trump in october to support the blockade against qatar to hold secret talks with the crown prince and to fire secretary of state rex tillerson because he opposed the blockade to be clear there is no indication moller is investigating broidery. alice find interesting is the extent of the influence the emirates hold inside washington it seems to have invested so much good is now this over confidence that they can have their way into the us administration and to the extent that. they were trying to get to the head of some because of his position toward the gulf crisis at the same time what

is a lot of. it's an act of. national role being part of the game in washington but it's rather you have two agents any of its. and yours may that whole or trying to establish a diabetic can link between tromp and mohammed have been. there's also the question of whether the president's initial support for the blockade was in any way influenced by his son in law jarrett cushion or news reports say a few weeks before the blockade began a family business tried and failed to get a businessman from a car to reinvest or all of this comes as it becomes clear muller is investigating the communications of everyone close to the president and wants trump's communications to on monday one of those former aides repeatedly turned up on american television to say he would not. imply it out so we will take it what they

want i think it would be funny if they arrested thank you very much we nunberg runs the risk of being jailed if he doesn't cooperate a fact that can't be ignored as the moeller investigation grows beyond the russia question and into other countries as well. al-jazeera washington well sam a shot is the middle east studies program called an answer at the university of oklahoma he says the leak is an indication of further disarray within the trumpet ministration. and not only is muhammad and someone going to washington but also another trump central player jared questionnaire the son in law has recently had his security clearance downgraded and of course it's thought that he has also because he is so close with mohamed bin someone and also have good relations with the u.a.e. been another person who has been whispering anti qatar things in president trump's

ear and i don't fortunately again you know this blockade now and the actions of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. has lasted about nine months and president from all over recently has made some more conciliatory gestures does not seem willing at the moment to put pressure on all of the parties particularly saudi arabia in the u.a.e. to find some reconciliation or resolution whereas someone sitting here in the united states watching this administration on a daily basis is incredibly chaotic even in you know nonbeliever bill amount of disarray seeming to be unusable chairs of individuals occupying positions and then of course either forced out were chased out of office because of scandal so this is you know to put it kind of mildly a very unusual american administration and i would say an incompetent one with regards to middle east and many other matters it's about boys president emerson has

been in office now for one hundred days ever since he took over from the mugabe last year has been trying to attract foreign investment to revive the economy with us are reports now from hadi that mixed feelings about and about his progress so far. charles moore longer was laid off years ago he used to work for cisco steel which was once one of africa's largest still factories. charles is now a part time handyman in his neighborhood he says not being able to properly provide for his family is humiliating. to supply for his family. from two thousand. today the steel factory where charles worked is now an industrial graveyard it used to employ more than five thousand workers and produced a one million tons of steel annually now zimbabwe imports four hundred million

dollars worth of steel every year the president is under pressure to deliver his administration insist it is making progress repairing relations with western powers and international financial institutions what was been solved by this government is the promise of change that although they have been part of the old regime seem to be committed to some form of change and some traction and also to be fresh out of the eighty three promises were simply action around thirty three issues but opposition politicians say not much has changed in the one hundred days as when i got took over from robert mugabe so you missed that opportunity by failing to affirm a government that was consistent with a spirit of the people really does been now it's business as usual the public is very skeptical reviving to rapid infrastructure needs foreign direct investment the u.s. has extended targeted sanctions for another year say not much has changed or took over the sanctions were imposed nearly twenty years ago for alleged human rights

abuses economists warn this could scare away potential investors industry experts say the real economic recovery could take at least three years right now people can access money from banks and the unemployed. rate is one of the highest in the world after years of neglect some roads are getting a facelift some people say that's a small positive sign but political analysts say the road to real economic recovery will be long and bumpy. and let's take you through the headlines here now to syria least eighty civilians have been killed by syrian government airstrikes in the rebel held on klav of eastern monday was the deadliest day since the cease fire resolution russia ordered a pause in the fighting just over a week ago the fighting forced an aid convoy to retreat so holder has more from

beirut. of course the people in. want to see that cease fire implemented this is what they have been demanding but it is clear that the pro-government alliance is pushing ahead with this military campaign it wants to put even more pressure on the rebels as well as the people to surrender on the ground the pro-government forces they have been making advances according to the syrian observatory for human rights the pro-government allowance now alliance now controls approximately one third of this enclave north korean state media says kim goldman wants to advance ties with south korea the leader hosted a south korean envoy in chiang yang on monday in the highest level talks between the rivals in years the negotiations focused on averting a nuclear conflict the seventh round of talks on the north american free trade agreement have ended in mexico city with little progress being

made and voice from the u.s. canada and mexico discussed president donald trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports canadian prime minister just from trudeau told trump duties will get in the way of back to negotiations. a former russian spy is critically ill in hospital in england sixty six year old ghostscript pollen a woman in a thirties or in intensive care after being exposed to an unknown substance found unconscious on a bench at the shopping center in the city of souls very scrupulous been living in the u.k. since two thousand and ten when he was freed from a russian jail in a spy swap deal evidence has emerged suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates tried to convince the u.s. president to sack a secretary of state that leaked e-mails obtained by the b.b.c. found trump fundraiser brody wanted rex tillerson out for not supporting the u.a.e.

backed blockade against carter its inside story now stay with us. and the difference is. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. will she will for life china's parliament is set to change the constitution so she jinping can be president as long as he wants the reason protecting the authority of the communist party but will that convince anyone in china or anywhere else this is inside story.