it was told i was lucky to good to get. really really good outside my brain and this story needs to be tuned asia's largest catholic country is witnessing a dramatic rise in teenage pregnancy al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring the mood winning documentaries. and live news on. syrian download fields of split to rebel territory and east and go into three while reports surface of a new that curation deal for the fighters. welcome

to al-jazeera lifeline headquarters in doha with me end of the problem also ahead. right when parties question the far east. congressional elections will be live and . china makes it official left in the limit on how long pink can remain in power plus. undergo reporting from. the fall through the web or through a well above the remotest warts and all the. syrian government forces appear to be making further and rockets into the rebel held territory of east and. they now control more than half of the opposition area and have splintered what's left and rebel hands into three separate pockets rebel groups are reportedly considering an evacuation deal with the government there on

a honda has. for three weeks the syrian army's bombs have fallen on eastern ghouta while its troops have moved in in to rebuild to retreat. from the syrian arab army continue their operations in eastern successfully day by day other areas in fast spaces of eastern are secured. the eastern go to lines just east of the capital damascus and is one of the last major syrian opposition strongholds and the last week rebel held territory shrank and split into syrian state media saying the army had completely surrounded the town of duma now those same government forces have reported the way even further into opposition territory splintering the rebel held territory into three. the bombardment has been relentless and indiscriminate along with a strikes and advances by ground forces barrel bombs are reportedly also being used

to pound eastern ghouta and with devastating effect monitors and activists say more than a. levin hundred people have died since the government offensive began the syrian civil defense accuses government forces of using chlorine gas phosphorous bombs and neighbors u.s. defense secretary james mattis wants syria against using chemical weapons situation in eastern good very very powerful and miserable oh. another rebel held area feeling the bite of syrian government advances is edlund the largest chunk of syrian territory currently held by the opposition this footage shows russian and syrian government jets striking a central bank in adlib city syrian government supporters sit it was the command center for the group in charge of it hiatt studied al shan an opposition tweet described it as the base of the syrian risk you teens. many areas in the province of being targeted al-jazeera arabic scurry spondon to adam abu same witness the

bombardment of the town have been nice. were being at the among their targets where these residential areas several people were killed others wounded civil defense units have been trying to get people out from underneath the rubble there have been global calls for cease fire in syria but syria and russia have paid little mind to the outcry it's a familiar government strategy an intense unrelenting bombardment designed to weaken and ultimately divide the rebel held region cutting off will supply lines and this strategy appears to be working but at an enormous human cost. al-jazeera. now kurdish fighters have called on civilians to volunteer to form a human shield around the syrian city of a free reign as turkish forces that involves al jazeera has heard reports that one of those and community groups have responded to the calls for turkish troops and

free syrian army fighters have surrounded a free and warm jail and to soon took a launch an offensive and often in january to clear the area of kurdish y p g fighters allan fisher has more from gaza near the turkish syrian border. enough rain we are hearing that the y.p. g. the kurdish militia are calling on civilians to help form a human shield to place themselves between the y. p.g. and the advancing free syrian army which of course are backed up by the turkish military no it's not just cards who have responded to this call and we hear that there are buses heading towards africa but also groups here in turkey clued in women's groups and socialist groups over how they will get across the border which is currently closed is another issue entirely in our friend city please see that there is no water no internet and up to three or four families or no shooting each ice because families that move from the early stages of this assault are no seeking shelter with friends and relatives seeking shelter essentially where they can the

leader of the council in a frame says the situation is dire and has called on the united nations not only to investigate but to intervene as they want to other news now to colombia where polemic area results in a congressional election suggest that right wing parties have performed strongly the groups are mostly critical of colombia's two thousand and sixteen peace deal but fuck rebels it's the first time the former where nobody was allowed to run for office a strong one by antifungal could put the integrity of the peace deal at risk but let's go live to our correspondent alison. is in bogota for us to talk us through the results so far. well elizabeth almost all of the votes have been counted at this point and the results show as you were saying a clear victory right wing parties that have been opposing the implementation of

a peace deal and returning force of former president alberto would anybody who has been the most staunch opposer of this agreement with fire rebels a. correlation of right wing parties might have fallen short of an absolute majority in congress but they're definitely going to be the strongest force they're also colombians were able to vote in one of two primary elections. on this day and the right wing primary gathered almost double the votes of those on the left the event do care the candidate of former president alberto levy clearly won that primary with almost four million votes which essentially turns him into the best candidate to become the next president of colombia this means that the coalition and tell you

a peace deal coalition has a clear shot for the presidency and as you were saying that. essentially means that it will be very difficult to implement the many reforms that the peace that were agreed upon in the peace agreement that's what we're looking at at this point they're interesting on his hands or so obviously the peace deal a very important issue still for colombians what are some of the other issues in this election and how will this all play out the results from this election leading up to the presidential one what does it mean for that. well if you ask most colombe and then this is true across the political spectrum everybody here talks about corruption wanting to wanting to change the way politics are done in colombia specially in the most remote region in rural areas there is

a system of patronage that controls that a lot of the votes but then if you look at the people that have been elected again today you'll see that many of those candidates that have relationship with the criminal groups are released effectively thieves or arriving again in congress so even if corruption is one of the main issues for colombians for some reason many of them continue voting for the same candidates or their rather relatives and family members there's no doubt though that overall these congressional elections set the stage for the next presidential election on may twenty seventh and peace will be central again but also this issue of corruption also the fact that you can only has been slowing down in the last. couple of of years this year in

particular and also there is a lot of anger among the colombian electorate and we've seen today a lot of the established established parties haven't done very well the question here is also if the left will be able to create a larger correlation to confront the right wing parties that have proven to be very strong all right i found it thank you very much for that that is on the sound around p.l.t. joining us live from bogota thank you. now to china where the one communist party has paved the way for to remain an office and definitely it's voted to abolish to the limits for the president and vice president adrian brown has more from beijing . an army of chinese legislators came to the great hall of the people knowing what was expected of them a display of uniform loyalty to the man who could now be china's leader for life for the constitution is in accordance with our country's reality and the wishes of

all the people. this is a big event a very memorable moment in our political life. and historic and controversial moment as well the almost three thousand delegates had been told the amendments were needed because the challenges china faces require a strong leader and a united party. in china's version of legislative government new laws and constitutional changes are always passed unanimously. and so it proved to be the case again on sunday when delegates approved twenty one constitutional revisions including the scrapping of term limits for the president and vice president for there was perhaps token opposition to votes against and three abstentions congress officials insist this process transparent thank.

the chinese people have had no say in this historic moment critics accuse president . of building a personality cult indoctrinating the masses with his political philosophy just as chairman mao once did it was done shopping the other towering figure in recent chinese history who'd insisted on two term limits for the president he wanted to avoid a repeat of the cultish devotion that had surrounded mao but analysts say one party rule is once more turning into one man rule the fact of the matter his. seeming has hijacked the entire communist party in the country. so we are back to just one person doing the talking one person making the decisions for the entire party. we are back to the period of the so-called one wars echo chamber. the president's influence is now felt in many aspects of life here she jumping

thought is now required reading for all party members study groups of spread to businesses and universities. parliament also voted to expand the president's campaign against corruption joining a five year purge more than one and a half million party officials have been punished analysts say the campaign is a guys for getting rid of potential rivals for now at least she would appear to have no. adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. still ahead. of a. conservative president sebastian pinera is back in office and ten months off to a crushing elections last fall says national father gamble son and change depending on the fact that possible.

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good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are all top stories could have called on civilians to volunteer to form a human shield around the syrian city of a free in as turkish forces at vons the turkish troops have surrounded a fitting and warned them and to soon to be launched an offensive in a fleet in january to clear the area of kurdish y p g forces. rightwing political parties have performed strongly in colombia's congressional election the group's a critical of the two thousand and sixteen peace deal with fox rebels the vote was the first time members of the formal beveled were to take part in elections and

china's one communist party has paved the way for xi jinping to remain an office and definitely it's closer to abolish tournaments for the president and vice president leaders were restricted to a maximum of two five year terms. while she's been playing is now the most powerful chinese leader since dong who will to power all of a communist china from its foundation and nine hundred forty nine until his death and my nine hundred seventy six dang child paying emerged as his six. yes in the years that followed and was recognized as leader despite and never formally holding the top job it was during the day era that restrictions were imposed on future presidents jiang zemin took over in one thousand nine hundred three and was limited by the constitution to a maximum of two five year terms hu jintao also abided by those rules serving ten years from two thousand and three to two thousand and thirteen but now the national people's congress has removed that restriction paving the way for xi jinping to

potentially hold office beyond the end of his term in two thousand and twenty three now grandma webb is a research fellow at the institute for defense and strategic studies at nanyang technological university and he says the decision makes she more vulnerable in the long term. the chinese communist party today is a lot more different than it was in the past you have a lot more competent personalities within the chinese communist party all you have to do is look into the seven member standing political which is the core leadership of the party and you find the likes of you got young and one on one tuning and others who are extremely savvy people so you think of course since you came to power and when you the team was able to consolidate that over time by reading our rivals and getting people who are support him to be on his side having said what i just did i'm not an apologist or supporting the outcome that is that we've seen

yesterday i think on balance this is not a very positive step for china we're living in a very complex time a very complicated global economy and it shouldn't be left to just one person any government no matter how small or large to cause side all over the matters of military economics and society and sort of it's all the risks for teaching being have grown tremendously he's put himself in this position where he's he's at the helm but really all of it falls on his shoulders and terms of the successful feel as the country has room for fear six trillion little know if you makes any missteps that have repercussions are going to be dire of a country of sights i think is going to lead to instability in china rather than also the. chilean alwaye conservative billionaire sebastian pinera has been sworn in as the president for the second time if not to revive an economy that slump on the outgoing center left lady michelle bachan a eyelash in america at a tennessee a new man has more from santiago. to the out one to socialist and in

again came a billionaire she was former conservative president sebastian pinera is having a second crack at the helm and his first challenge is to again generate economic growth while learning from his past mistakes the big perception of the first time around was that. ministration war only for wealthy this time around for everyone. otherwise peña is almost sure to face the same discontent and street protests that marred his first presidency. a small group of supporters waited to bid farewell to outgoing president michelle bachelet as she arrived at the senate to hand over her sash. i'm emotional because a great woman who represented all of us is leaving she did so much for women another thing that hasn't gone on the noticed is that was. the very last remnant president in latin america that lives both north and south america as an only

region in the world without a woman in the presidency. been it as an organization allowed visiting regional leaders to exchange views ahead of the upcoming summit of the americas despite mounting tensions over immigration and trade president donald trump says he'll attend but mexico's president may not. we haven't confirmed up to supply in principle i'm going but i'll discuss it with president pinera over lunch. but addressing chileans from the presidential palace balcony it was clear painted as priorities are aimed at keeping his most ambitious campaign promise. me. one day listen carefully our children and grandchildren will judge us for the way we handled the new transition we face the transition to a developed country without poverty but without a legislative majority in an increasingly demanding society. will have his work cut

out for him you see in human santiago. well the trumpet ministration says there will be no added conditions for talks with north korea. kim jong il on the set to meet with him for the next two months the first ever talks between the two nations leaders north korea has already promised not to resume nuclear testing during the talks and the cia director my pump aoe says that's a first for pyongyang this first meeting i think is between the president is the leader of north korea the two people who are the decision makers who will ultimately decide what arrangements are acceptable but make no mistake about it while these negotiations are going on there will be no concessions made the activity of this administration to disrupt the north korean economy to put pressure on north korea to galvanize the world in a way that you have countries from the middle east to europe and asia placing

sanctions on the north korean regime and those will continue and wolf see how the talks and then go she asians prosy. and to solve korean officials who met kim jong il last week i said to the leaders of china and japan one of the officials who have made it to china she's been playing in the coming hours while the other japanese promised a on tuesday update the latest on the progress of the nuclear talks. will be taken as a former south korean diplomat and he says the u.s. needs to be better prepared for toll. the white house national security council they have added rocco who has the professional you know with long experience in this because they're having this guy so in north korea before but other than her i mean there are other competent professionals but state department is a problem they don't have a method or who south korea here or those so they have several layers of senior and working level is still not yet a point is so you know this is

a diplomatic game we're talking about therefore no matter how hard trump and the national security council at the white house are leaving the game still at the state department there's a lot of work to do and they don't have the people so that they'll have more really quickly but in the meantime because of the lack of manpower at the state department probably will continue with the white house the national security council leaving the game for quite some time. to france now where the main far right party the national front is being rebranded and a bit to provide that image party lead him of independence as it should now be called the national gathering david chase has more from leo. i read the panda wrapped up the risk branding of a party with a classic speech touching all the point she knows will get the cheers from her crown tough on the european union and tough most of all on the effects of immigration. leave us your leg it is legal and illegal immigration are no

longer tenable. last year on this the french people's money must go back to the french people first. we no longer have the means to welcome to house to careful or to feed the whole world. but the high point came at the end when she announced her suggestion to rename the party it was here in existence absolute you know it must signal an absolute demand to unite the country in the defense of its identity its prosperity and its security and freedom i therefore propose that the national front become the national gathering all of. the viendo by some little not sure not. so the national front is dead but not quite varied yet the members will have a chance to vote on the name change in the next few weeks for what is also the most

important thing for me was to keep the war national in a thing that the world gathering is coherent now the idea is no longer to be a france but to get a people together to. demonstrators took to the streets of lille to show what they called their contempt for the rebranding of the national front they said it was just another attempt to disguise fascism but back in paris a warning from an expert who knows the party at first and an opposition councillor it one of the hotlines but let's not forget the national front got the highest score in its history last year the fact she made a fool of herself at the debate doesn't mean the party is finished but. the party's found a pen has now been stripped of his position as on ri president of the national front but he can't be written out of history he's just published a for. first volume of his autobiography and it's turned into a bestseller he said j.g.

le name was committing political suicide david cheater al-jazeera. now finally this bulletin antarctica is the largest unspoiled was the us on earth famous for its wild life but it is facing multiple threats from climate change to drastic rise and tourism a correspondent that clark is on a growing peace expedition ship the third third part of our antarctic series he looks at the creatures calling the continent on. life of the islands fringing the antarctic peninsula is abundant a place of seemingly endless variety the whole region is richly biodiverse a living example of how things are pretty much free from the influence of man. a place to breed feet and grow. its pristine oceans full of marine species including more than a dozen types of whales but getting to see the astonishing wildlife here is by no

means straightforward. the weather makes everything a challenge bit of a threat on today it's gusting forty to forty five knots very very very good progress in the night we're now back in the antarctic that hoping to get right back which is where there's an argentine research station three want to visit that is also a colony of about one hundred thousand. and then by radio the argentine base says the winds have become impossibly strong and it now has enough away things to me. mission is aborted and we have to wait another twenty four hours before making landfall on penguin island near the reasonably accessible tip of the antarctic peninsula a colony of chinstrap penguins territory with a large group of seals one making the most of the comfortable feathers of the molten juveniles of course the environment where these magnificent animals as wild

life is living is incredibly fragile incredibly delicate there's all sorts of threats that they're up against from climate change to cruel fishing and then of course there's this tourism and the tourists come here the audience close to king george in their masses. some are prepared to pay top dollar to have the and all to experience there are some pressures that come from tourism so in the background we have a two hundred person tours ship take the number of tourists coming down here say the beginning of the two thousands was somewhere around four five thousand a year we're now over thirty thousand people a year. two days later we arrive at hang-up point on the southern edge of livingstone island here another colony of chinstrap penguins healthy and in good shape they overlook a group of gentoo penguins there's the distinctive beak of the southern giant but showing its young. or elephant seals all different species side by side on

a grand scale but across the continent the pressure is building it's crazy pace of change and at the moment colonies like this one seem to be doing ok but all it takes is one bad year and we saw in the east antarctic last year a penguin colony collapse due to chicks born. and and some of the pace of change so quick we don't want to add additional threats things like fishing which is gradually expanding and is still in pretty good shape but it's apparent this unique landscape needs to be very carefully managed as multiple threats interludes on the horizon. al-jazeera antarctica. and i ghana has a problem and the headlines on. syrian government forces have made further and

roads into the rebel held territory east and they have a portion control more than half of the opposition area and splintered what's left in rebel hands into three separate pockets rebel groups reportedly considering an evacuation of the government. why had lives in duma and eastern go to. and he says the situation is dire. i don't see any. resume i see the russian airplanes and militias of iranian. known. army coming to is doing. yesterday there was really and. i don't know anything about them. unfortunately the situation here in eastern good very very awful

and miserable. well also in syria kurdish fighters have called on civilians to volunteer to form a human shield around the city of plain as turkish forces advance al-jazeera has heard reports that women's and community groups have responded to the calls turkish troops and free syrian army fighters have surrounded a free and warned they'll enter soon colombia's right wing political parties have performed strongly in congressional elections the groups are mostly critical of the two thousand and sixteen peace deal would fuck rebels the elections marked the debut of fark as a political party. china's ruling communist party has paved the way for xi jinping to remain in office and definitely it's wanted to abolish term limits for the president and vice president leaders were restricted to a maximum of two five year terms. the trumpet ministrations says there will be no added conditions for talks with north korea donald trump and kim jong on a set to meet within the next two months and the first ever talks between the two

nations leaders as the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with us technology is coming up next. history is so often told through the eyes of leaders but in amritsar india just thirty kilometers from the border with pakistan this old building is being transformed into a new museum malika. is the driving force behind partition museum it's really shocking because if you think about the fact that within a few years of nine eleven happening nine eleven museum was there and there are now numerous museums that's not beautiful a museum so countries around the world have walked to memorialize these events that have shaped them in is not about the political events that led up to partition it's about the impact on each person who went through it it's really important that we highlight the stories of humanity hopefully one outcome on this would be that we

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