hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. asaad and russia ramp up their offensive to capture a serious southwest's the u.n. says three quarters of a million lives are at risk. hello again i'm suit and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up after months of controversy scott pruitt resigns us head of the u.s. environmental protection agency. is now talking to the russian state comes forward and explains exactly what has gone on the u.k. urges russia to give details of the know which attack and form a spice script as police investigate how to walk people were poisoned by even the

agents and more people are challengers none still's in kenya following a dam collapse that killed forty seven. syrian forces have been pressing on with their offensive to capture a southwest syria launching hundreds of s. strikes on rebel held areas the u.n. says the lives of an estimated three quarters of a million civilians are in danger from the fighting around three hundred twenty thousand people have now been displaced since syria and russia began their offensive in daraa in connecticut province sixty thousand displaced people are counting the same job a border crossing south into jordan and thousands more along the western border with the israeli occupied golan heights jordan says it's managed to get syrian rebel negotiators back to the table with russian officials this soft attack talks

collapsed on wednesday prompting the syrians to restart their offensive in a hall that reports from beirut. rebels and province say they are ready to fight to the death but at the same time they say they are ready to return to the negotiating table several rounds of talks to end the fighting and restore government rule in the southern province peacefully failed jordanian mediation has yet again succeeded in bringing the warring sides together earlier the opposition said the terms demanded by the russian military negotiating on behalf of the syrian government are unacceptable and humiliating to the. people we didn't even begin the negotiations and the russians were not even ready to listen to our demands the russian side insisted on their own terms and left the meeting during that meeting we insisted on guarantees before we give up our weapons because how can we give up our weapons without an international guarantees. the relative lull in the fighting has been shattered the military offensive resumed in full force. civilians yet again the

victims activists say there were hundreds of airstrikes in the few hours following the breakdown of talks mistrials and barrel bombs battered what's left of opposition controlled territory. the rebel held areas have shrunk since the almost three week long russian backed syrian government offensive began government troops continue to take ground moving closer to the jordanian border with the capture of the town of sight it came at a cost dozens of soldiers were reportedly killed the opposition says it will continue to defend the remaining villages in the province under its control of. the revolutionaries managed to prevent assad's forces from advancing into toughest on salmon for the fifth consecutive day this will be the graveyard for the regime and the russians. that the revolution started here and is and will be here. there

is defiance but there is also a reality the opposition is surrounded. by its allies people are afraid of what happens. people are afraid of returning to their homes if the regime is president they're afraid of being forced to join the army in a risk to join the opposition rusher in the regime accuse them of terrorism there's a lot of fear the offensive has created a humanitarian crisis hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced the number is growing with the escalation in the fighting the opposition says it is afraid to hand over their heavy weapons without security guarantees from a third party they fear reprisals from syrian government troops if they enter their towns and villages those who don't want to live under president bashar assad's rule are demanding safe passage to rebel held areas in the north and opposition to go she does want the u.s. and involved in talks about the fate of southern syria all those requests were rejected. the intensity of the bombardment is being described as the heaviest since

the offensive began just like in previous military campaigns the pro-government camp is hoping to bomb the opposition into submission then what they're al-jazeera they would account schembri is regional media advisor in the middle east for the norwegian refugee council he says southern syria is a catastrophe in the making the last twenty four hours have been some of the most brutal and in these last couple of weeks the escalation started in southern syria we are now looking. over three hundred thirty thousand people on the move fleeing for their lives that is the anti-air population of iceland. just as much of the same population that is now right now leaving fleeing for their lives they are under attack and the last twenty four hours we've seen people who are on the displacement areas camps very very

bare minimum standards where they are trying to seek shelter they were under attack they have been women and children have been killed aid workers have been killed and the country to them and that is the absolute tragedy right now the bombs have started exploding again there is no access to those people who are caught in the fighting and that is a quick and very rapid and massive movement towards the jordanian border where the fighting is moving through and these people are so that there was nowhere left to go so that that is also where we renew our appeal to the jordanian government which has been extremely supportive and generous to the syrian refugees over the seven years now it is facing this this big moment of truth were there are tens of thousands of syrian refugees who have nowhere left to go and

the fighting is approaching them they are trapped they are cornered and we can protect them. u.s. president donald trump has accepted the resignation of his plate environment chief scott truex has faced allegations of ethics violations for concerning his spending habits and alleged misuse of office. conservationists by rolling back laws designed to protect the environment john hendren. scott pruitt was the environmental regulator industry always want it it's the e.p.a.'s objective my objective is the minister of the e.p.a. to come in and make sure that people's health is protected the former oklahoma attorney general went from being one of the agency's most aggressive opponents suing it fourteen times to running it through filed two lawsuits challenging the

e.p.a. mercury in air toxics standards you filed a lawsuit challenging the e.p.a.'s two hundred two thousand and fifteen national ambient air quality standards for ozone never since president richard nixon created the agency in one thousand seven hundred as corporate america had a stronger or more controversial ally in it scott produce done an amazing job. a very short period of time and most people of couple. pruitt has declared war on regulation dismantling dozens of obama era protections on clean air chemicals in cars i think the focus in the past has been on making manufacturers in detroit making manufacturers in various parts of the country make cars that people are going to buy these gold global warming hopes infuriating progressives in congress if that's the kind of. e.p.a. administrator you will be. you're not going to get my vote he's drawn the fire of

environmentalists scott pruitt saying taxpayers and president trump and dangerous to your family's health his alleged ethical. elapses pricey first class flights hiring a small army of security agents and running a cut rate condo from the wife of a lobbyist have drawn the barbs of late night comics got through it being the head of the e.p.a. is the same as new york's food inspector being a rat with a clipboard he's there to take a good piece of land to get the most money out of it is about time the environment got a pen and we got one now he used aides to try to get his wife a job in chick fil a franchise he was recently confronted by this mother holding her son in a video that went viral i would urge him to resign but he has the support of the deregulator in chief then he got what white house watchers call the kiss of death a statement of lukewarm support from the president scott poets are you support i hope he's going to prove it leaves a legacy of unraveled regulations an unprecedented support among the regulated and

joins us live from washington john for those of us not inside the beltway this was a shock resignation was been the reaction in d.c. . well there been two reactions to one from democrats has been a sort of gleeful i told you sos and from republicans we've had almost complete silence with one major exception and that is president trump himself he was on air force one and he spoke to reporters at length about this and he went on to say scott pruitt did in an outstanding job at the we've gotten a good we've gotten rid of record breaking regulations and he went on to say obviously the controversies with scott but within the agency we were extremely happy he was asked if there was a final straw that led him to push pruitt out and he said no final straw scott is a terrific guy and he came to me and said i have such great confidence in this administration i don't want to be

a distraction and he was he said it was pruitt's choice in the end it was very much up to him trump said he said it's been in the works for a couple of days now that's a great contrast that voice of support from what you heard from democrats give you just a little sampling there elizabeth warren a democratic senator said the american people deserve a new e.p.a. chief who is focused on protecting our environment instead of someone who is intent on doing the bidding of big oil donors while wasting taxpayer dollars she's going to be disappointed there because pruitt's deputy who will take over is very very much a deregulator bernie sanders went on to say it's got proof it was the worst e.p.a. administrator in the history of the agency not only has he acted time and time again in an unethical manner but he's taken the agency in exactly the wrong direction nancy pelosi went on to say one down with the resignation of scott pruitt dozens more to go into we've drain the swamp of the trumpet ministrations toxic culture and corruption she went on to call for kristen nielsen the homeland

security secretary to resign as well so you've had a lot of response from from democrats who are very happy they've been calling for this for a very long time perhaps the funniest one comes from a california congressman named ted lew who says. why did scott pruitt resign a free press whistleblowers an unnamed sources plus public outrage but he went on to say also everyone knows that the ritz carlton moisturizing lotion is overrated and not worth the cost scott pruitt using taxpayer funds to get that lotion was likely the last straw that's probably not true but it was the funniest response i saw on twitter many thanks to get your reaction then john hendren there with that breaking news out of d.c. . and the u.s. government is using d.n.a. testing on migrant children separated from their families and the mexican border to help reunite them i'll just say it was spoke to a brazilian asylum seeker who hasn't seen her son since he was taken away at the mexican border under president chum's zero tolerance policy. for.

she is so scared she would only speak to us by telephone she came to us with her nine year old son seeking asylum clean her native brazil in an interview said husband who threatened to kill her when she crossed the border into america her nightmare began border guards pried her son away from her grasp listen closely to what she says only regret their non three started crying they're not holding onto mine from work or they got to me in the rubble crying in the worst that can what happened in one cell was full of mothers the other packed with children both cells with a thick glass wall faced each other their majority don't think you're going to win screaming and crying on the ground pretty wanting to get to the front where their parents are crime but they're only. human now we're there we're going we're going

to party we're going but there weren't any you're going to bring very. ninety nine zero years. after two days her nightmare became even worse. there were many. and then i haven't found one in there walking with my son taking in way that was five weeks ago it was the last time she saw her son after more than three weeks in detention she was finally released but her son was not she is now living with relatives in the u.s. and lawyers working on her behalf have filed a lawsuit against the federal government to force immigration officials to reunite her with her son but so far that hasn't happened the same immigration officials say that asylum seekers that are detained are treated well but that wasn't her experience in new orleans for cricket really bad because there was no one right here that crazy or not there we prayed for campaign. we are going to see our

people there were no room for a few people or anything like that there were. never over. because we were packing their thing she's been able to phone her son only a couple times the last time she was allowed three minutes for. one minute he was crying. when he. gets here gabriel is on to. new york still to come on the program from his prime minister calls for calm after a second night of violence in the city over. an environmentalist sworn in time's running out to save australia's great barrier reef.

welcome back if you're living in tasmania going to see some pretty unsettled weather over the next few days series of weather fronts pushing through the southern ocean so wet weather here elsewhere is not particular want just thirteen there in out late cities not faring too badly at twenty four but we're going to see some colder air taking in there as we head through into saturday which is seventeen degrees out across western australia where the conditions not looking too bad it should be largely dry for perth highs there just shy of the twenty degree mark across into new zealand we've got an active frontal system working its way the western side of the south island so there's going to be some very heavy rain here crisis drawing for much the day on friday but i think as we head into the start of the weekend then the rain will turn up here to sort of the whole the south on is looking very wet the north on in just about hang on to dry weather for much of the day oakland should be dry with highs of fourteen moving up into northeastern asia

we've also got some very heavy rain here for central and southern parts of japan and i include tokyo in that a very wet day here and in soccer for the north sapporo should be staying in the dry weather and as we head through into saturday you ceased for much of a cardo is fine but further south honshu in the southern islands more heavy rain is likely i'm afraid it's the piece of flooding on the cards. seen but rarely heard india's two million street children live the desperate existence when he meets the child reporters from the slumdog press we're giving a voice to india's invisible children on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are.

welcome back a reminder of the top story say on al-jazeera syrian and russian forces have ramped up their offensive to capture southwest syria launching hundreds of ass strikes on rebel held areas the u.n. says the lives of an estimated three quarters of a million civilians are in danger from the falling saying u.s. president donald chung's scandal plagued environment chief has resigned scope through it faced allegations of ethics violations and misuse of public money. britain's home secretary has called on russia to explain itself after a man and woman handled an item contaminated with

a nerve agent novacek in southern england the couple fell ill close to salzburg where a former russian spy and his daughter were targeted with the same substance the british government blamed that attack all russia into shell reports. the couple remain in a critical condition at seoul's breeze district hospital but police and counterterrorism office is investigating the second poisoning say it's unlikely they were deliberately targeted but were caught up in the fallout from the previous attack the couple dawn sturgis and charlie rally both in their forty's collapse in a house of a mystery twelve kilometers from seoul's break officials at porton down who had it done to fire the nerve agent as novacek say it's designed to be highly persistent five sites are now cordoned off as they trace the couple's movements before they succumb to the poison a park pharmacy house and church are still being searched for any trace of the

nerve agent police urging people who also visited these areas to wash their clothes and take precautions britain's counter terror chief warned that there still remains a low level risk to the general public but through it all the people of soulsby remain surprisingly upbeat i don't think it's put fear into anybody that it's always very still buzzing as you can see is a shame that it's happened who is it will is it does anybody really know it's just unfortunate soulsby just picking itself up again and now it looks as though we're back to square one the british government has always held russia responsible for the attack on the script and the interior secretary has asked them to come forward and explain what exactly happened the eyes of the world are currently in russia not least because of the world cup it is now time that the russian state comes forward and explains exactly what has gone on there is speculation here that those

responsible for the march attack may have dumped chemicals on their way through a mystery to be they quickest route to the most a way to shop al-jazeera in salzburg. the owner of a canyon down which collapsed in making forty seven people as been challenging manslaughter along with another director several other people have been challenged in absentia thing so returned to the west family to talk to the survivors of the sollie disaster. buried his wife and child close to where their home once stewed it was swept away after dam collapsed during hearings in may many people here remain traumatized they say compensation given by the owner is not enough and they were duped into signing forms they weren't allowed to read so. one hundred fifty thousand i was given fifty nine hundred dollars for each unit was a small price to our lives but. a little boy could have grown up to be worth more than what we were just told or the money was an apology the sunlight tragedy in

this village happened just when many were preparing to sleep more than two hundred families leave here some decided to bury their loved ones on the sport where their homes were to serve as a reminder of what happened the government has said that the dam was built illegally and hadn't been inspected for years the director of public prosecutions has ordered the arrest of nine people including the owner of so lidar and government office some will be charged with manslaughter people here are saying they're happy about that they want to see a quick and fair trial they also want to get a better compensation package. the owner of the dam perry months super tell money and a government official with their water resource management of florida pleaded not guilty to manslaughter as well as charges of negligence and failure to file an environment assessment report. joseph will be closely watching the court

proceedings al-jazeera visited him back in may he had just lost all four of his children this is what now remains of their home and belongings music doable know every time it rains i him my children screams my wife has never recovered i can never bring myself to come back and live here. this is still very much a village in mourning they want a proper policy from the dam adequate compensation and justice for the dead catherine soy al jazeera so lie in kenya's rift valley at least forty nine people are missing after a tourist boat overturned off the coast of southern thailand the government governor of cricket says the search has been suspended because of strong winds and rough scenes he says forty eight people have been rescued the boat was carrying chinese tourists as well as a thai crew. at least nineteen people have been killed in

a series of firework explosions near mexico city aid agency the red cross says the victims include firefighters police and paramedics who were attending one blast when a second explosion happened nearby at least thirty one others were injured while for warehouses or destroyed. there's a new political force in mexico not just president elect lopez obrador but the four year old moran a party that he was built around himself and now holds the majority with his allies in the congress and senate but as one parent says another has fallen john heilemann has no. gonzalez ekes out a living is a paltry enough to call time and again she's given her vote to the country's ruling party the prix in the hope that it finally repair her community's roads and come good on the subsidies it promised her family with these cards but after years of letdowns she's had enough from there people who just trained they never followed

through like many myths can see she's turned her back on the party that's been at the center of power for much of the last hundred years this election the pretty bummed losing over three quarters of its congressional seats and the presidency the pain was felt worst enough to acapulco it's the priest stronghold several leaders including her president hundred vehicles hail from here and the party of never lost it until now the preens reputation for corruption and the disconnect with the electorate has pushed it out here maybe we stopped as a party from empathizing in listening to the public and now it's up to us to fix that. it's not just the pre mexicans are sick of a political class lou tory is for graft and unable to reduce rampant crime and poverty in last sunday's vote that led to a sea change as the dust settles from these elections it's become clear that is one

political power of the free has full and another has risen moreno a four year old party founded by president elect and his model opens over toward it with its allies now has a majority in both the congress and the senate of those majority should help lift this lopez obrador to implement the wholesale change he's promised tackling corruption and spending more on the most vulnerable but there are worries that controlling congress could mean a lack of checks and balances in the fledgling party built around an individualized populist leader at cause new marilyn act says moreno won't fall into the same trap as the pre acting is by some of them. here will be a source of zone of three beers or principles don't rob don't lie don't. like many voters that doesn't know yet if she believes it but after years of politicians failing her she's willing to give anything new a chance john home and. francis prime minister has called for

calm after a second night of violence in the western city of note dozens of cars shops and a library were torched following the fatal shooting of a twenty two year old driver during a routine stop by police they officer has been taken into custody for questioning the trash. dump and person trying to cause buildings through to the riot police while dozens of firefighters battled blazes the second night of violence unarmed was sparked by the killing of a twenty two year old man by police on tuesday france's prime minister condemned the unrest and said an investigation has started to see the cases in the hands of the justice system and it will do its work thoughtfully and with full transparency because everyone wants to know exactly what happened and i will make sure this is the case. the man killed was driving in this neighborhood when police stopped his car for a check police said he gave a fake identity than

a properly reversed as if leaving prompting another officer to open fire would fit the fact that this individual has been judge jackson's june two thousand and seventeen off and their arrest warrant issued by the credit court for organized robbery was a group of criminals that maybe this would explain the logic behind the driver's attempt to flee. the. people here say tensions often run high between police and young people but the fatal shooting has shocked many. for a so-called routine traffic stop because it can happen to anyone to be pulled over and asked for his papers in the car it should be simple maybe a search or something but i don't think there's a need for weapons the victim was from a paris suburb where nearly two hundred people have marched in protest against what they call police violence the concern for french authorities now is whether the arrest in norm's will spread to the capital and to other cities it's actually butler al jazeera. australia's climate council says time's running out to save the

great barrier reef and global warming is the main culprits its latest report says carol bleaching could happen every two years by twenty thirty four year to rising sea temperatures the council says bleaching will continuously set back recovery of the coral that makes up the reef global warming has led to more frequent and longer heat waves in the world's oceans ecologists have noticed a drop in the diversity of fish species they say damage to their grief may be irreversible or not in rice from the climate council's very worried about the really. when we look back in one nine hundred eighty s. we turned coral bleaching it create twenty years because of a change in climate an intensification of climate change warming at sea surface temperatures we're seeing that return every six years now so with the great barrier reef. future unless we urgently in deep rooted use

a greenhouse gas pollution levels we could actually see it turn up leaching every two years that's effectively going to sign. reefs at large. the top stories now on al jazeera jordan says it's convinced syrian rebel negotiators to resume talks with russian officials in southern province syrian government forces stepped up their offensive after talks collapsed on wednesday they launched hundreds of their strikes on rebel held areas the u.n. says the lives of an estimated three quarters of a million civilians are in danger from the fighting us president donald trump says he's accepted the resignation of his scandal plagued environment chief scott pruitt had been embroiled in allegations of ethics violations for months concerning his

spending habits and alleged misuse of office he also infuriated conservationists by rolling back laws designed to protect the environment britain's home secretary has demanded answers from russia after a man and the woman were exposed to the nerve agent novacek in southern england they fell ill after handling a contaminated only to missiles free or a former russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned with the same substance which british government blamed on russia. i know that many of you who question whether this incident is linked to the one that is clearly the main line of inquiry we have already seen multiple explanations from state sponsored russian media regarding this latest incident we can anticipate further disinflation from the kremlin as we saw following the souls reattack the eyes of the world are currently in russia not least because of the world cup it is now time that the

russian state comes forward and explains exactly what has gone on heavy rain in thailand could force rescuers to speed up efforts to retrieve troll boys and their coach from a flooded cave where there's expected next week as well as bringing them food rescuers have been teaching the group to swim and done leave and the owner and general manager of a dam in kenya that collapsed killing forty seven people have been challenging manslaughter seven other people have been charged in absentia that's it from me those are your top stories but stay with us on al-jazeera one i want is coming up next. it's. coming from this sunroof. this thing is a problem in the us if there. is the name under which i recorded a record as a regular music is really going to trip for

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