from satellite technology to three d. printing and recycled waste to solar powered classrooms africa is transforming young innovators are propelling change building communities creating employment and solving problems their challenging systems and shaping you want it's about creative thinkers shaping their continent's future innovate africa at this time on al-jazeera. russian forces bombing east in a vault off a safe passage the fighters rebel say they are being pushed out. on sam is a down this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up high hopes of improved

relations a south korean delegates returned home after meeting the north korean leader in pyongyang. sri lanka declares a nationwide state of emergency following violence between muslims and buddhists. and a cold war style mystery as a former russian spy lies critically ill in a british hospital. russia's military has offered a guarantee of safe passage to syrian rebel fighters and their families if they leave eastern of all thought but rebels are accusing russia of a military escalation and imposing force displacement about seven hundred people have been killed in the rebel long since the syrian government intensified an offensive more than two weeks ago government as strikes killed at least eighty civilians on monday it's the deadliest day since the u.n. adopted a cease fire resolution over a week ago and russia began

a five hour daily cease fire pause was meant to allow people to leave but that hasn't happened it's also meant to ensure safe passage for a deliveries the world health organization it's saying about seventy percent of medical aid supplies have been blocked by the government russia's military says at least three people have been injured by rebel shelling on the mascot's and its suburbs in the past three days two says government held areas have been targeted from rebel controlled. three western media are ignoring the attacks they say moscow says the shelling taking place during the russian led poles is a war crime says rebels are using civilians as human shields and not allowing them to leave eastern. so to hold out has the latest from beirut in neighboring lebanon the russian military saying that there is no way for this bombing campaign to end and that is for the rebels to lay down their arms and surrender and leave eastern with their with their families the military saying that they are ready to provide transportation and security to those who want to leave clearly putting the

responsibility on the rebels for the fate of the civilians who are trapped in a war zone the russian military saying that. the suffering of the civilians will and they will be able to get aid a once you leave the rebels have not directly responded to this offer but they're saying that russia is only interested in the military escalation and displacing the people of eastern of what and they are calling for a general mobilization in the towns and cities across the enclave the pro-government alliance has been advancing on the ground they've taken territory from the rebels but mainly the farmlands and the small towns but the pro-government alliance is trying to do is flip the enclave and cut the rebel supply lines to put more pressure on the rebels to surrender the pro-government alliance is bent on recapturing eastern at whatever cost it has been a deadly operation over two weeks now the past twenty four hours extremely deadly

at least eighty people a cease fire was adopted by the u.n. security council but it's still not implemented and the demands on the voices from inside they are pleading for help especially because of the lack of supplies medical and aids what they it's that they need. trying because declared a ten day state of emergency stop the spread of violence between muslims and buddhists the military has been deployed to the city of candy and posed a curfew after muslim owned businesses and homes were attacked and riots began after a truck driver from the majority buddhist community died days after an altercation with four muslims. this has the latest from candy profits. a heavy blanket of security around the affected areas of beginner and candy in central sri lanka the authorities very keen to make sure that there's no room for any further flare ups any more confrontations the muslim community and the sing haley's now what has

started off as a fluke thickly small scale argument on an altercation about broadway's all right of way. has basically taken on a communal proportion it never started this way and this is what the government is urging people not to give in to sort of hate rhetoric or any of this hate crime and violence but ensure that they work together the government has pointed towards the violence this country has seen for almost thirty years reminding people that they can't afford to go back to that era now basically the muslim community burying one of its own a youth who was caught in a house that was burned down by an unruly mob last afternoon he couldn't get out on time and basically his funeral happening on tuesday afternoon now the single is community also sort of hurting after a truck driver forty one year old truck driver basically was assaulted to death

a few days ago which formed the sort of catalyst for this tension for this country hoping very much that they don't return to this kind of communal clash because the country simply cannot afford it. the kremlin has denied any involvement in the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy in britain. and a woman in her thirty's are in intensive care after exposure to an unknown substance counterterrorism police in the u.k. are helping the investigation sixty six year old script pollers been living in the u.k. for the past three years after being freed from a prison in a russian spy swap barker joins us now from solsbury so any update on how these two of the couple became ill. well firstly sammy there has been a key update on the identity of the thirty three year old woman with surrogates cripple we now believe it to be a u.s.

cripple his daughter who wasn't resident here the u.k. is believed to have been visiting from moscow she reportedly hasn't been in contact with her family for a couple of days no update though on the status of their health they're still we believe in a critical condition being treated in intensive care in a hospital nearby it's not clear whether that's the hospital they were first taken to the soulsby district hospital we were there a little bit earlier on and there seemed to be no police presence a tour which suggests that they may have been moved to another specialist unit what is key for the police is to make sure that there is no risk of any contamination to members of the public we just received some new information that two british police officers were also admitted to hospital with minor symptoms after attending of the incident here in salzburg and here is where it all happened you can see that it's cordoned off with police tape and the bench where the two were found is still in

a forensic tent hidden from view a passer by said he spotted them in a semi paralyzed condition foaming at the mouth vomiting and of course alerted the authorities the daughter yes cripple was taken by ambulance to hospital and surrogates cripple was taken up by road we have date or we're expecting now an update of course from the authorities on the state of their health which is we believe remains critical. as a lot of stake in for british russian relations if this does turn out to be a case of poisoning right is going to a lot of suspicions about whether this is a repeat of what happened in two thousand and six. of course if you mention poisoning if you mention the former russian spy of course inevitably power levels are going to be drawn between what may or may not have happened here in the

death of alexander litvinenko in two thousand and six he was a former russian intelligence officer who was given asylum here in the u.k. he said that he had been pursued by agents working for the kremlin he was poisoned after drinking tea that was laced with a radioactive substance polonium and died in agony twenty three days later on his deathbed he pointed the finger directly at president vladimir putin an extensive investigation of followed his death with scotland yard the main police force based in the capital london saying that they believe two key individuals were responsible for his death one of them andrei look a boy also a former ancient turned businessman is now a member of the russian duma or a member of parliament immune from prosecution of course that led to a huge diplomatic spat moscow have already come out with

a statement saying they are willing to answer any questions clearly annoyed that the finger is being immediately pointed out but of course it should it turn out to be another situation power leveling what happened to alexander litvinenko who knows what diplomatic fallout could erupt. right need back of outside the hospital and sounds very. let's bring you some breaking news coming into us here in al-jazeera an hour now north and south korea have agreed to install a hotline between the two leaders to deescalate military tensions and have close coordination they've also agreed to hold summit talks in late april we're told that follows a high level meeting between the south korean delegation and north korea's leader kim jong un in pyongyang brian joins us now live from seoul with the latest so let's start with this. meeting in april how significant a breakthrough is this. that's one of the main intentions of this delegation

the went north was to seek a summit to further into korean dialogue and now we are getting details of that that seems to be the main takeaway this agreement the delegation returned a couple of hours ago to seoul we knew that there had been some agreement the details are now emerging and we have the headlines about south korea certainly believes this is a major breakthrough in dealing with the north korean crisis let me give you some of the headlines that we are getting from it first of all yes there will be a summit they say at the end of april impoundment john this is the piece village separating the d.m.z. between north and south korea a summit meeting that happens very rarely in north south korean politics the last one was in two seven between moon jay in the president of south korea and kim jong un there will also ahead of that be set up a hotline these hotlines have at different times been established between north and south to try to deal with any crises before they escalate out of control that will

now be reestablished most importantly the question of denuclearization this is we know is one of the key sticking points it is why moon has entered into this dialogue he has been criticized for doing so for not getting guarantees that north korea is committed to denuclearizing to giving up at least part of its nuclear arsenal while they have issued this statement that north korea has apparently agreed that if it faces no threat if its security as a regime if it's fifth future is secured then it does not see why it should hold any nuclear weapons now that is open to all sorts of interpretation we don't know the fine print of this the fine detail whether that is as nuff of a guarantee that it is prepared to give up nuclear weapons with that is something that people will be looking into in the coming minutes an hours the other thing that they have committed to apparently is. while this whole process of dialogue

continues while the summit takes place there will be no more testing of nuclear warheads or testing of bilis stick missiles the other big sticking point the other object of this whole delegation was to try to get the north korea talking with the united states apparently north korea has agreed that it should be entering into talks with the united states as a matter of urgency or i think you've wrapped it all up for us there so it's think of bright. still ahead on al-jazeera trapped in a church the people seeking safety in one of the most dangerous towns in central african republic have an exclusive report from banga soup and china encourages the paul to move to the cities but not paging.

file i we've got some quotes where the making its way into japan now it has some rather heavy rain to some pieces of snow that's all pulling out of the way clear skies coming back in behind our area of low pressure now easing out into the open waters of the northwest pacific and now the system will make its way across the yellow sea that will nudge over towards the korean peninsula rather more cloud here then as we go on through wednesday not saved after japan they tell you seven degrees celsius we'll see similar values as we go on through thursday perhaps a little more cloud notice for the korean peninsula the fos out of japan it will turn increasingly wet with the snow that just across northern most pass into the far east of russia meanwhile some rather wet weather to into central areas of china some heavy downpours in the mix here just eleven celsius the shanghai just a few days ago we were getting up into the mid to upper twenty's that really is something on the change just ten degrees on thursday with

a northerly wind coming in and that northerly wind picking the temperatures back in hong kong to just nineteen celsius so positronic will see some bits of rain little bit of wet weather also making its way to northern areas of vietnam out across the philippines over the next day or two showers continue into malaysia heavy downpours into indonesia and tell you much wetter for a good part of java. too often on the streets of india. are victims but a new force is that plain. female police officers are combative sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society is a challenge and so is life behind the badge for india. at this time.

you're watching i'll just do a time to recap our headlines now north and south korea have agreed to hold into korean summit at the end of april follows a meeting between a south korean delegation and north korea's leader kim jong un in pyongyang the south special envoy says the north has shown willingness to denuclearize. frank has declared a ten day state of emergency to stop the spread of violence between muslims and buddhists trees being deployed to the city of candy and a curfew has been imposed after this attack muslims own homes and businesses russia's military has offered a guarantee of safe passage the syrian rebel fighters and their families if they

leave least of all to the rebels are accusing russia of a military escalation and imposing force displacement at least eighteen people were killed on monday. by the console is an activist who lives inside eastern altay joins us now via skype from there good to have you with us tell us first of all what life is like for you right now. apologies obviously we're having a bit of trouble there getting through understandably so to a place like eastern alter where we here is under bombardment we'll try and speak to a little bit i mean central african republic a nine month long ordeal for hundreds of muslims shows no sign of ending they're trapped inside a catholic church compound after the town of benghazi was overrun by a christian group last may its catherine sawyer reports the muslims risk being killed if they leave the protection of un peacekeepers. friday prayers

for muslims in a compound of the largest catholic church in bangor around fifteen hundred people have been trapped here since last may when fighters from christian stormed into the town leaving their compound can be fatal. the last they do shows is where his brother was abducted then killed two weeks ago as he looked for firewood. these gunmen are always fighting that waiting for us it is an issue inside the compound one bullet went through a tent where i was with my children. the world food program supplies a comp every ten days u.n. peacekeepers guide them either aid agencies help but getting medical supplies is a major problem. is just over a year old she's sick but it's too dangerous to take her to the hospital in town even the roads are not possible because they are controlled by the armed groups

therefore we as humanitarians have to fly the assistance from benghazi to this location and sometimes the transportation cost is very expensive than the food or the we have to provide these people they were forced to flee their neighborhood after which is just about two kilometers away their homes and the mosque they first took refuge and destroyed the area is now an operational base for the mainly christian group which now calls itself the fonts and is a vigilante group that was formed in twenty thirteen to fight against the mostly muslim seleka group with coming here at a time when a lot of tension fighters from their group in control of congress were quite nervous afterward that another rival group is planning an attack. this is one of the most dangerous towns in central african republic people are always on edge they

say the other group which is just outside town wants to come in to rescue the muslims taking refuge in the charts compound. guns they don't comprehend the church because they see that the church is the one who is keeping the most muslim people so they are also against as you see and also the muslim people also they don't understand us because for them. i don't know. the godfather of the people want guns so the church is in the middle. the u.n. is leading efforts to return the displaced to their homes it's a delicate process that involves talks with the communities and gunmen people in this camp are a prehensile have but hopeful that maybe they may have their lives back some catching sight al-jazeera banga soup central african republic. china's leaders are trying to further reduce poverty levels by encouraging millions more people in rural areas to move to cities but not to beijing where migrant workers are being

forced to leave others who remain in the capital struggling to cope with the high cost of living is our china correspondent adrian brown. you zone 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 measure of exposed wiring loops around the room he washes outside where there's also a public toilet. poor there was my father had to share this bear with me last asama my children also visited all five of us have to live in this tiny room some of us

have to sleep on the floor can you imagine 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 are all in other cities he sees 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 kneel on the wheel i don't have any pension or medical care when i have to look after myself or with no one really cares about you or me 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 adrian brown al-jazeera beijing.

drilling is an independent china analyst joins us live from hong kong good to have you with us so is the strategy working of trying to get people. out of rural areas equals out of poverty. yes well i mean this is one of the three main priorities in the. three sessions the first priority is to reduce financial risks the second is the reduction of poverty and the third one is to address the environment but poverty reduction is of course . a top of the agenda but even look at the past five years during presidencies first over one hundred over ten million people have been lifted out of poverty but still that's. a sizeable proportion remains and they are increasingly large number frock to the biggest cities but the problem with the biggest cities is that they are already overcrowded in this tremendous pressure on health education

sanitation and so on and so the idea is that. these peasants the so-called people without. household registration should be encouraged to move to the second tier cities where they are big and find better jobs. and more space for them and of course with the national direction of liberalizing the household registration system more and more of them will be able to gain access to health care education and also the another tenant of the and the poverty program is to enable them to have. a right to use their. village land to mortgage them not to come up with the money to buy maybe a flat in the cities. in the cities even in the second says cities that's where the

jobs are and another thing is that a great deal of the transport infrastructure has be improved with more expressways or you've been village rose. together with high speed rail that would encourage the flow of the. all of this passenger migrating to the cities to seek a better future if they're not if it ends up there in a situation where they can be more economically productive not only going to face hardship but it's not going to endanger china's economic plans well the problem with china's economy one of the big bottleneck is an aging population that the ancient demographics as the country gets older the supply of labor is getting less and less so there are pros and cons to produce that as the supply of labor gets gas and there is demand for them the wages would increase but

band of course the negative thing is that there may not be. enough labor to go around but of course that the chinese economy is also upgrading no longer is the demand at the quick this demand for unskilled labor so there needs to be more training retraining to have presence to upgrade their skills and that's was part of the program's included in the lead to. congress all right we'll leave it there for now thanks so much underline. now sunday's general election in italy has caused political deadlock the euro skeptic league party did best among a group of right wing parties the strongest single party was another populist movement though the anti establishment five star that in baba reports from rome. just five years after they first got into parliaments the five star movement the anti politicians party and the clear individual winners in italy's general election

after a campaign that saw them vowed to fight corruption their vote share was more than ten points ahead of any other single party. a political force that represents an entire nation we can't say it is the same for the others which instead a more geographically based this is very important because representing the entire nation protects us unavoidably towards governing the country towards governing italy. but to form a government they'd have to betray their promise not to go into a coalition. formally the northern league led by matteo salvini also appended the established order with its hardline anti immigrant euro skeptic policies it would be the biggest player in a right wing coalition led by former premier silvio berlusconi but that group still falls short of being able to form a majority. salvini though insists the result is proof that italians fed up with the status quo digital cable. i read in brussels that some people are worried they

are wrong european people with the italian vote have taken a step forward towards liberation encloses in cages which are bringing hunger job uncertainty and insecurity. one of the clearest outcomes after five years in power the center left democratic party's popularity has slumped and on monday matteo renzi stepped down as party leader. but they are still the second biggest party in the absence of any other solution they might stay on in government until another voting system and elections are organized we had the referendum. to change an institutional system and these are. so now we will see for example what the five of them would want to do on these things because in the past they were against it but now we. weed out the numbers meanwhile silvio berlusconi who had looked like be kingmaker in an extraordinary

political comeback seems a diminished figure it's clear that many italians sent a message in this election that they were unhappy with the state of politics here what's not clear is he's going to be in power in the short term and italy has a history of governments that don't last long the next one may be no difference nadine barber al jazeera wrote you can get much more if you head over to our web site al-jazeera dot com there you can see our lead story the situation in sri lanka . and let's take you through some of those stories now north and south korea have agreed to hold an into korean summit at the end of april the first in eleven years it follows a meeting between a south korean delegation and north korea's leader kim jong un in pyongyang the

south special envoy says the north is willing to give up nuclear weapons if it feels its security is not threatened pramod grind has more from seoul. well they have issued this statement that north korea has apparently agreed that if it faces no threat if its security as a regime if its future is secured then it does not see why it should hold any nuclear weapons now that is open to all sorts of interpretation we don't know the fine print of this the fine detail whether that is as of a guarantee that it is prepared to give up nuclear weapons with that is something that people will be looking into in the coming minutes and hours russia's military has offered a guarantee of safe passage to syrian rebel fighters and their families if they leave eastern all the rebels are accusing russia of a military escalation and imposing force displacement at least eighty people were

killed on monday it was the deadliest day since the u.n. adopted a cease fire resolution and russia ordered a daily pause in fighting sri lanka has declared a ten day state of emergency to stop the spread of violence between muslims and buddhists the military has been deployed to the city of candy and a curfew has been imposed after muslim owned homes and businesses were damaged in riots the unrest began after a truck driver from the majority buddhist community died after fighting with four muslims. the kremlin there is denied any involvement in the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy in britain. and his daughter are intensive care after exposure to an unknown substance counterterrorism police in the u.k. are helping the investigation sixty six year old script polish been living in the u.k. for the past three years after being freed from prison in a russian spy swap aid agencies say tens of thousands of people have been displaced by ethnic violence in the democratic republic of congo at least seventy nine people

were killed in recent days it's inside story now. will she rule for life china's parliament is set to change the constitution so she's in pain 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.