the world food program says it is helping 200000 displaced syrians but its operations have been interrupted in some areas because of the violence it is home to 3000000 people half of them already refugees from other parts of syria that if he is racing against the clock to support all people at the ready to eat food that doesn't have to be cooked. in the camps and wherever they are while we continue our regular operation and scaling it up to some $800000.00 people every month the demands on aid are expected to grow thousands of acres of farmland have been destroyed in recent weeks many blame the syrian government for deliberately targeting the fields as they have done in past offensives to punish those who live in rebel areas and force a surrender. the opposition has not surrendered rebels are holding ground hundreds of fighters on both sides have been killed along the front lines 8 weeks of intense

bombardment and the pro-government side has taken little territory. the united nations is warning the offensive is creating a humanitarian disaster that has been calling on turkey and russia guarantors of a cease fire to help revive the agreement but for now their proxies engage in battle to gain political leverage. beirut joining me now in the studio is i mean our words director of the middle east north africa bureau for the office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees good to have you with us. what you feel when you see reports like that which lay bare the suffering of the people in that part of syria and what is supposed to be a safe so. correct it's supposed to be a safe zone we have calling on all parties to observe international norm international humanitarian law 1st and foremost to give access to people to leave the fighting and reach safe area. to allow humanitarian agencies to access the area

so that they can deliver they can deliver food supplies medicine in those who are suffering also once we have over 25250 almost 300 people that perished we have many probably in the hundreds if not thousands that are injured and i think this situation is not really sustainable and the world the world is watching this and recall on the part is to really go back to previous posts are you saying you're calling on all parties to to conduct restraint or to show restraint in this or it's clear that no one is listening i mean this has been going on for 9 weeks now. and i guess the world. will have to face the consequences of this war of the casualties is obligated really to observe fire in some instances children women the weak the frail to find safety. in the surrounding areas or even far from from the from the coffins on its own leave the principle of humanitarian. aid in

principle that can hold in such the circumstances but this must be incredibly frustrating for someone as you are in the position that you were desperately wanting to help but but not really being able to get in there because of it it's just not safe absolutely absolutely and this is a language of war that we don't want the 2 parties to really nor and they should listen to the international communities of military and workers and give these people prefer despite what sort of help what we saw from from the report how things are for people living in that what sort of help to they specifically need right now i think they need a lot of things on the top of that is medical assistance they need food they need water they there was no need for the health of those who are wounded and those who are trapped under the rubble and also we have people who are frail who need medicine they need they need they need to really breeze they need to run to safety and we're just asking just that the boresight to really allow us the way with these

people go where miss they were allowed to leave that area which of course the government would argue is where the opposition isn't that their operation is targeting opposition and it's just unfortunate that there are a lot of people who are nothing to do with the war with the same time but where with these people go i mean if they go north they would be in turkey the congo southward into further into syria it's a convoluted situation i think some went up north to the toward the turkish border they may not be crossing but these that have been away from the fighting some went to other. districts and governors someone to hama homes. and so on other places so people basically as soon as they find a way and access a safe access away from the fighting they will take it and i'm just calling. to say you're not a politician. you must be incredibly frustrated with with those who do who just don't seem to be able to bring about an end to the people suffering very

frustrating situation and us why we keep we keep really calling on both parties observer international norms international military law and to also go back to the agreement that in place so that. you know a negotiated settlement can be found how much longer can the situation go on but every day counts every hour counts we saw people now under the rubble we saw both sides of the population and that both sides are really suffering i think it's going to go for long there is a limit but what a human being can kind of. the office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees were quite often a court order often interview people from u.n. organizations who are pleading poverty that they're pleading for help. other things that you need or the situation that you have what you need at the moment you're ready to go but you just can't you can't help these people because they're out of your reach they're out of our reach they're out of reach of many other organizations even local ones and therefore it's

a need all on our shoulder and also on the local our local administration administrations to take care of civilians doing such and such was it is in the international law it is under national law and people should be taken care of why do you think the politicians don't seem to be listening to a course in burma as we said 9 weeks is going on nothing is happening why why aren't politicians doing something about this and putting pressure on i mean not only the syrian government but but their backers in russia i think there is military security a strategic and other games that come into play here and unfortunately humanitarian issues that push down to the bottom of the agenda and that have to get change something have to give in regards to you so many thanks indeed for coming in to talk to us i mean i want who's the director of the middle east north africa bureau for the office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees. this is the

news from al jazeera still to come on the program running away from the so-called deal of the century palestinian activists speak out against the u.s. middle east peace plan. forced to flee their homes because of violence now tens of thousands of displaced people in central mali face a new crisis. and later in sport a dream comeback for a 3 time grand slam champion andy murray son i will be here with all of these places. if the o.p.'s prime minister says the army brigadier behind an attempted rebellion in the olden states of america has been killed general a salmon you see gay was the mastermind of saturday's attack that killed 5 people including the chief of staff all found as soon as harding reports now from his own . ethiopia's army chief of staff general sahara mckown and seen here in august of

last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in behind dot one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. one much. as in manhattan the people of ethiopia have

proved that it's possible to remove dictators with unified and democratic struggles in past years the people of ethiopia have with a unified voice showed that they will not accept governments that have the attitude of dictatorship. he said a high ranking military official general awesome a new sygate was behind the attacks and that he had used what he called mercenaries it might tend to spark. himself because. it so happens that the guy who is accused of leaving the cool. he was in prison when he came to power for school he was he tried at them to the queen. and he was in prison so pardon him security in the region trust him maybe in his in his loyalty there was an assassination

attempt against the prime minister himself exactly a year ago 2 months after he came to power a grenade was thrown into a crowd of 10 in large rally for abby more than 100 people were hurt ethiopians had braced for a government crackdown which had been the norm during previous governments but it never came i think the government in the. remarkable. about it was an assassination attempt against the prime minister. and you know significant. going to be here. has brought in sweeping reforms during his 1st year in power he ended a 20 year border dispute with neighboring eritrea released thousands of political prisoners opened up the media and gave half of his cabinet post to women in recent weeks he's been mediating the crisis in neighboring sudan but some have are. he may

be moving too fast. in these an attempt to hold back the forms of. bring may be back some of the the old guard the government has shut down internet all across the country in the wake of the attack no facebook no twitter people are mainly relying on state television for information here in the city and there's an obvious entry and military presence and road in and around the city are closed and the government and the people are trying to make sense of what happened. was you had prime minister has brought in widespread political reform since taking office last year but despite his successes at home and abroad he's struggled to end tension in ethiopia some of the problems can be traced back to ethnic federalism which is in in the constitution the horror region where sunday's attempted coup happened is one of 9 self-governing regions that are more than 80 different ethnic groups in ethiopia the larger ones

a battle for influence they include the robo gray and somali communities and recent violence displaced nearly 3000000 people since abyei came to power hundreds have been killed in the southern city of. and so though which would not dismiss an analyst with the africa country risk i.h.s. market he believes that the military will have more political influence in the country following this latest attempt to take oh oh. one of the key concerns that we're now going to out following on from this attempt in ethiopia is really concerns about the internal cohesion and coherence of the ethiopian military itself which is storch lee in recent years has been known for its strong command from the from the top strong centralized command however the fact that we've seen these 2 probably coordinated sessions nations in this coup attempt indicates a general seagate was likely drawing on parallel informal chains of command within the military that are coming at the expense of the formal chain of command and this

isn't just a worry for this kind of violence or this kind of attempt but it also raises fear that as we move towards elections as we move around looking forward at the national census which is upcoming in ethiopia that we're going to see different elements of the national and the regional security forces being drawn into the increasing political competition it's only been about a year that we've seen the ethiopian political space growing up and it's looking increasingly likely that we're going to see elements of the military being drawn in any political role rather than their previous role of being more a political more strongly controlled by the central government people are gathering across palestine to speak out against washington so-called deal of the century a series of protests in gaza in the occupied west bank will coincide with this week's summit in bahrain that's where the senior white house adviser jared question is expected to reveal details of the economic possible plan israel's prime minister says that he will give it fair consideration but palestinian leaders boy causing

the meeting in serious need to abraham has been to one of the protests in the occupied west bank here's a report from ramallah. well as many as have always there is action to them and i'm a summit that this expected to be held tomorrow they say that the road to solving the palestinian israeli conflict is not through economic means and they said that palestine is not for sale. in a recent poll 80 percent of palestinians say that they don't believe the u.s. plan will lead them to statehood or that the u.s. is serious about its efforts to be in president mahmoud abbas said that while the economy is important and foreign aid is important the most important story here is political the palestinian authority has stopped engaging with the u.s. ever since the us administration has moved its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem announcing jerusalem as israel's capital and gaza hamas has also rejected the deal and palestinians there have organized a marathon against it saying that the man i'm at work shall be a success. one of many protests. actions

have in the west bank that are expected to last. for the 1st time in 25 years the mayor of turkey's largest city will not be from the governing party the opposition want to repeat election setback for president russia time. the opposition narrowly won the 1st election and march before the act party forced a rerun claiming fraud with nearly all accounts voted. from the opposition c.h.p. has won 54 percent while the act party has been. is at 45 percent. reports now from istanbul. changes hands for the 1st time since 1994 the main opposition c.s.p. candidate. has been elected mayor of the city in a controversial run that's has polarized the nation the 49 year old was relatively

unknown. but has managed to win the backing of crucial allies such as the kurdish people's democratic party the s.d.p. stand. i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once the legal process is completed after receiving the mandate and assuming the office i would like to visit and as soon as possible to present a road map and opinions and listen to his views. lose when is a major setback for ben ali yielded and former prime minister and a party's candidate for the mayoral election. loss is widely interpreted here as an indication of our party's waning influence. according to the results as of now my competitors in the race i congratulate him and wish him good

luck. almost 30 the 1st. defeated his why of all by a narrow margin the party contested the outcome claiming that some of the results weren't ratified by election officials the higher election board ordered a reelection undeterred by the decision it. held multiple rallies reminding his supporters though their victory was stolen by our party. democracy has won just as has won people care about democracy i congratulate the future president of the country. we increase our gains by having more votes from the party supporters which means they're also disgruntled. the new mayor faces the delicate task of running the country's biggest wealthiest and most populous city but his supporters already see him as the right person to run against president. in the 2023

presidential election although this is a local election it's all to come is likely to shape the future of a party which faces a deepening crisis loyalists and people across the country all agree with ruling party has failed to fix our economy in tatters. it's the board that's got the latest now from al-jazeera. is some elections have always been more than menacing the elections and tricky because it is the most populous city it is mainly the most influential city. in both economy and politics when you look at the election results the new mayor eckermann molo who ran for the opposition. had 14000 extra votes compared to the ruling party candidate only you'll remember on march 31st and he has increased his votes up to nearly 800000 in yesterday's votes this shows us that even the ruling party supporters who have

voted for a party on march 31st voted for it come in molo the opposition on june 23 elections also the nationalist party which is the ally of our party in the presidential system have also voted for. the new mayor and on celebrated the new mayor after the election results were announced but since then we haven't heard from him because he also has a lot on his plate regarding the country's economic problems foreign policy problems but to morrow is tuesday and it is the day for political party group meetings party will have a meeting which is going to be chaired by president are gone and then they will have a central executive committee meeting and following the group meeting and president are gone is expected to elaborate on the election results and do some self critics

which made them take a big blow in june 23 election an update now on those late running monsoon rains across india just as here with i'd like to say is good news there has leapt forward for the barbie the only bit of good news for example it's officially passed through bursts about 2 or 3 days ago and the amount of rainfall in the last 3 days $52.00 millimeters which doesn't seem much the natural fact that's not far off or chennai does expect it's not so wet months that china is supposed to be wet elsewhere as a southwest after all now see if you can spot where you think the monsoon front is in the last 3 days. pretty difficult isn't it but there are official ways of working and that line there was a bit of a clue the heaviest read the last 24 hours has been around a piano for dash 148 millimeters in the last 19 hours but the forward edge what you really want to see is what's happening once it's gone through go is a good example so what month ingo normally they've had $339.00 millimeters so far

however when nearly the end of june as i go is normally western or monsoon june and it should be seeing nearly $870.00 millimeters so it is way short that the monsoon should be this far monsoon to be breaking right up nearly into a quarter british as it is and in fact it has almost caught up with itself not entirely but almost but as i said that's the front line that's the 1st breaking is under seoul's afterwards his 1st to get a decent amount of rain it has what time the high temperatures mistily but the rain itself i think he's going to be a disappointment. many thanks to monsoons late so we were well past the midway point here on the news still to come on the program the czech republic sees its largest protests since the fall of communism as thousands call for the prime minister to step down. and how the philippines is trying to win the battle against plastic pollution. block by recycled block. and in sport the surfing world has a new women's world number one son i will be here with the details

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ethiopia's prime minister says the army brigadier behind an attempted rebellion in that all the sate of has been killed by security forces 5 people were killed during the attacks saturday. thousands of people displaced by the fighting in central mali a struggling to feed themselves the conflict between herders and farmers belongings rival ethnic groups as led to the deaths of hundreds of people al-jazeera is malcolm web reports now from ali's 2 region. they 1st called malaria then became constipated. her mother merriam says they only have rice left to eat in their village and so eyes wait plummeted. i wonder how we all mean i went to a pharmacy that the medicine didn't work so i try traditional medicine but we still thin so i came to the hospital and we're still here there are always some severely

malnourished children in hospital wards like this one in central mali worsening drought and extreme poverty play their part but the un says escalating violence in the region has made it worse. nearly 50000 people have fled their villages after a series of attacks by militia connected to the don't go on and 3 lani ethnic groups the landscapes dry at the best of times now many gone they were mostly farmers far from their crops and many forlornly herders animals have been stolen or killed banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river. played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these boats bring produce from farming areas and it's traded here at the port in the town and not to these sacks of ground up rice husks will be sold and fed to cattle the interdependence between the herders and the farmers as lasted for centuries as well

the herders buy food from the farmers and in the dry season the farmers pay the herders to take their livestock out onto the plains for grazing but that interdependence is now strained. hundreds of been killed in the last 3 months as militia connected to both groups have burned homes and massacred villages. many of those who fled to the safety of nearby towns are hungry. instead of handing out food un's world food programme is keeping credit on cards for people to buy from local traders they have the right to trolls on their free for this is up for the forgotten 30 or from their village this is for the dignity of choosing what they want to get 2nd to most. that the throw does and those what it was the economy look at it. like most here try to matter jacket terry had to leave everything behind when her village was attacked. on that me as

a new well we really need is peace the crisis needs to be handled and brought to an end we are only what any campaigning. for to matter will be raising her children alone in a camp she says her husband was killed in front of her. the attacks keep happening every week the peace she longs for seems a long way off. malcolm webb al-jazeera the region mali. the united nations human rights chief has called on sudan's military rulers to stop its crackdown on protesters and shall brush away since the army must allow human rights monitors to access the country. urge sudan to grant access to my office to put an end to the repression of the people's human rights and to immediately end that internet shutdown if so then his people are entitled to express that opinion and like people everywhere they have a right to live in a free them and

a beast enjoying the rule of law and the conditions that fareed to be meaty saddam's military has dismissed a plan for a transitional government put forward by ethiopia's leader it says the proposal already backed by the opposition doesn't correspond with the african union and it should says serious regular mohamad reports. it was seen as a possible breakthrough but how it was after saddam's opposition accepted an ethiopian plan to bring stability to the country with the proposal of the transitional government said by the military and protest leaders the military gentle voice it's reservations i would have had. we have received 2 separate proposals to study from ethiopia and another one from the african union but what we've agreed with you and a few is one combine proposal to be presented to us and to narrow gaps between points of view analysts believe this plays into a tactical move by saddam's military to stall the decision i would characterize

this as classic sudanese delay tactics and we've seen this before from the previous regime trying to play mediators off against each other trying to buy time trying to have these sort of circular conversations that ultimately end up going nowhere. details of the a.u. plan were not immediately known but the ethiopian plan proposes the formation of a 15 member council with 7 civilian representatives 7 military members and one impartial person approved by both sides in previous talks both parties agreed on a 3 year transition period and the formation of a 300 member parliament with 2 thirds of the lawmakers coming from the protest movement but the major sticking point was who will lead the main decision making body the sovereign council and so the talks collapsed. and the brutal military crackdown on sudanese activists outside headquarters resulted in dozens killed there's been an internet and media blackout since then. weeks later if european

mediation began with the prime minister ahmed visiting the country and meeting with both the military and the opposition but he's now distracted with his own domestic issues following a failed rebellion attempt at home. protest leaders say they're still cautiously optimistic about the theo paean plan but in the meantime the protests continue. chants can still be heard on the streets at night calling for justice and a transfer of power to civilian rule for him mohammed al jazeera. hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in the czech republic calling on the prime minister to step down they accuse ford involving subsidies he was elected on anti corruption platform of zeros worry chalons reports. say 250000 people came to this demonstration whether or not that's accurate the demonstration was certainly large and it shows anger at the prime minister in some

sections of czech society isn't dissipating. because of for prime minister because of how. because we are ashamed by having. just. agree with. yassin. publish a billionaire businessman turned politician is facing a criminal prosecution for allegedly using e.u. subsidy money to build real estate a decade ago the e.u. suspects there are conflicts of interest with his businesses he denies any wrongdoing but appointing a new justice minister shortly after police recommended a prosecution is what triggered the protests for now he's refusing to step down the problem is that in parliament. really isn't any majority.

so it's really kind of moot point whether these demonstrations can be and be successful some comments it's not even saying that actually the demonstration. the support for. this is just that or plans no confidence vote in parliament next week is likely to fail but the street protests against him which began as a small student movement are getting bigger and bigger. chilled. in born to i still faces for the stray and citizenship of being returned home the children were rescued by aid agencies in syria and taken to iraq it's a study as 1st organized repatriation of its citizens from the conflict hundreds of foreign fighters and children are being held in camps across syria after the defeat of eisel last march the opportunity now is for these young children who are coming back to australia and i can't be held responsible for the crimes of their parents i

mean the fact that you would take a child and put them in a conflict zone like this is despicable and i for the disgusting but the children. can't be held responsible for that and where we have kissed carefully considered their cases then we have taken action to syphon the repechage them and will consider any other such cases particularly the security issues demonstrators in hong kong of staged a sit in at the city's tax offices to keep up pressure on the government over a controversial extradition bill andrew thomas reports. this is a good example of the protesters new tactics disrupting the lives of government workers is the business of government while not disrupting the lives of ordinary people in the city this building is a holocaust revenue tower essentially it's a tax office and there are only about $150.00 protesters who block the entrance but the.