this is reporting a lot of the risks are really, really we've seen this done an in depth coverage. i'll just say it was teens on the ground. when you, closer to the heart of the story. the opposition fighters in syria or within striking distance of homes, the gateway to the capital. while the government forces use control of the syrian uprising to get the pennsylvania, it's good to have you with us. this is elsa 0 light from the also coming up the is really forces storm northern causes,

fairly functioning, come all at one hospital, several patients or detained pressure from the streets and his own party leader or south korea's presidency. and so few old faces growing close to resign as voters and gun and prepared to head to the polls on saturday. but centuries, storing cost of living is one of their biggest concern. the . so we begin this news hour with fast moving developments in syria opposition fighters have made rapid gains in government held territories since launching and offensive 10 days ago. they have so far managed to take control of a level and hama, they're now on the outskirts of homes, the 3rd largest city in syria. if it falls, the fighters are threatening to push forward on the road south to the capitol, damascus. syrian president bashar assad has threatened to crush the advancing

fighters, and he accuses western powers of trying to redraw the map of the region. as a tens of thousands of people are fleeing homes as the fighters close in. but there have also been celebrations. people in the suburbs of homes scanned in the streets to welcome the opposition forces. at homes is known as the capital of the revolution against assad government began in 2011. it also has a significant population of government supporters, many of whom are from the alan wide sect that serious ruling family belongs to. while in the southern city of, there are a physician groups have a tax, government check points in the western country side. now in eastern syria government forces, or also withdrawing their troops this time from their resort report, say us back kurdish fighters have seized control of the city while government troops pull back to the capital, damascus a whistle. sir. doris is near the turkish city of cuba. close to the syrian border

or so. where do we stand right now on the rebel advance and how much pressure are they putting on homes at this hour? well no, they're pretty close to the city of homes and they are advancing from the northern side and trying now to get into the, into the city. but the, but the fuse fight is, are still taking at the oscars off of the city, just to dom if there is a way this is the information that is coming from the field. and also design documented by d. v deal is that you have, we have seen so far, but so the side to do that they are, they will position, forces are following is the same strategy that actually has reduced the fluid does . it has proved to be fruitful. when they took over the control of hama they have c is the city from 3 sides, north, east and west of side. and then eventually the government forces withdraw with the

city, leaving it to the opposition forces. now they are following the same strategy. they are trying to seize the city and the position forces are saying that, you know, it was perhaps through the night. they probably are going to manage to get seen in, in, in, in the city. and, but while they were doing that, of course, the goldman forces have bomb the bass. to stop this, we have seen that the russian, a plains and also the city and government clubs had been born being some of the bridges and trying to destroy and hom, the roads that are connecting the city or how much to homes to stop the admins of the position, but they have failed it because i've seen that through the videos that deal position forced out past that bridges and now they're very much close instead of homes. and it's not only a homes by the way, for the south of the top, but the mass goes in the province or that right. most of the government is controlled is beam chavez. the support of the is being challenged. they have seen

that the position of forces captured in several government armies. also the, because the government, the soldiers, and also seizing tags belonging to the, the, the city, an ottoman. and this not only that, that also store means the touch points of the government. and we have seen that they are, that are feed is finding things now taking place in the data as well. and the government forces are withdrawing from some forces. and as a result of this cal distribution, jordan has announced that now it is closing. it's both a gaze with syria or so how, or people responding our syrians responding in the areas that the opposition fighters have taken? still miss feelings here, serial. so those who are pro government, fedex, human to consider. and then so we have seen that seem seems from apple,

wendy or physician has taken over the said, you have, i level that's in many people leaving saline the city and going for the salt while those who are anti government and pul position. what celebrating and vows come into a position forces that same things have repeated. have you repeated in the city of homer when yesterday the position fighters to over the control of that? and now as they are advancing toward the city or homes, most of you have seen those through government. people are leaving the city and having to with the sold for mosley to the coastal cities of love. takia where is regarded as the, the, that strong gold of the, the government. but in both in the, for any. and how about we have seen extraordinary pictures of particularly prisoners being freed. yes, to the, just in the center of how much the same 3000 prisoners whole, some of them have been in please us, is that case. we're free to buy the position forces and you have seen celebrations

across the cities as well. so as i said, those who are approved a physician are celebrating and welcoming do for us to fight those. but those who are still loyal to the government, odd, extremely concerned, and they are leaving this exam for no union into homes. we have seen the pictures and the video isn't showing the empty streets. the joe, 2 of the people left the city already, the officers of the government minute to the public law officers also had over the that created the families. and that is making homes even further movement of both to the or position russell, the syrian authorities, the syrian government says it has set reinforcements to homes. is there fighting going on there or right now? are they sort of like staying in for positions? the opposition fighters versus the, the syrian army we have seen some

of the videos that the, the syrian government forces are, some of them are being withdrawn from the city of homes. so the, the main challenge here for the position forces or the a strikes conducted by the russian 8 planes and the city and governments a cut off. so that is the main challenge for them. they have to protect themselves, i guess the a strikes. but when it comes to the bible ground on the fields, they have not face that much of the, the, the, the, the, the seems 5 things that they were expecting for. and the, the, the main play, the main, the fast lines of the government will into total flush them, which is roughly $25.00 to them if there's a way from the city of alma and to day they had being fired over there. but quickly, the government forces they have been thrown from that. so they are not able to hold the grounds, how they view the 8 crafts and the russian 80 planes. and some of the helicopters are making the are created next. absolutely. as who shot and for the,

for the position to add this good there and quicker that is the main challenge for them. but when you compare these and forces off the government and russia compared them to what the word in 2016, we have seen that it is of significantly reduced. so russians do not have enough ad wins is collapse to stop the position ad ones. and the, the, the, the aircraft and the how to cope this long into the city and all me so far as sort of the old one, outdated one. and then also not able really to stop that. adverbs are awesome. 0, the rest of all sort are reporting from the syria for key a border and keyless. thank you very much for so and torcous prisoner richard. the type bird one has commented on this rapid opposition fighting the advance. let's take a listen. be to the name is that which is that this much in syria continues without accidents or disasters through the key. it said that we made a call to a side,

we said come, let's determine the future of syria together. unfortunately, we did not receive a positive response to this. the bid in the long running syria and war involves multiple countries including the united states or key a, russia, iran, and israel. israel has bomb the syrian side of the a rita crossing that links the northern level non cooling it, a has belong weapons, smuggling root. it is not reported to be out of service. israel also attack these. you see a crossing which links the eastern living on both crossings are important access points to serious on this province or a government and opposition forces are fighting for control. as, as opposition fighters continue their advance diplomatic efforts in the region have intensified the foreign ministers of iraq. iran and syria are meeting in baghdad. head of the meeting, iraq's prime minister mohammed, she also, donnie said his country was pressing diplomatic efforts to contain the crisis in syria due to its queer impact on

a rocky security. the 3 foreign ministers just held a press conference in baghdad had skipped more on these developments with the hood of the one head or corresponding in baghdad. well, what came out of that meeting? well let's see uh for in minnesota met and they also met with the president of the state to the they would probably administer. it'll be like how much guys who do i need and also the much with the apartment to speak of. but it seems that city out it presented by its foreign minister here today is, is heavily reliant going iraq to mobilize regional and international efforts to, to face or confront this escalation in his country as he spoke today, the city and put administer. and he also expressed his wishes that iraq can play a major role in his tending, besides it at the city of virginia. but on the other hand, for your watch,

it looks at the city and crisis as a possible, a security threat to a rock, a transfer of tourism. because remember, iraq, somebody from this in the past paid haven't prize when the tourism, when the violence was transferred, it across the border into the lock button. now, according to the 40 minutes, so it'll be unlocked. and he mentioned that iraq is, is in, evolve in communicating with the regional and international paolo's, including get to the united alabama to in egypt. and also is going to cold for uh, the at a bleach to hold an emergency meeting, to discuss the city and a crisis. and also the for the minutes. it will be lock mentioned that the lock will call upon the regional powers to meet it by the dad to also a to discuss where he is and to mobilize before it's to the face to escalate

the situation in syria when it comes to iran. eli looks at it from a different perspective because according to the foot of mess, it will be on that bus out of the he just mentioned that this is a matter of tourism. a method of tourism dot to a matter is to the whole international community and the international community showed a, a face it should confronted until to put an end to that. it made it to oppression in syria. my mood, one of the key questions uh in. okay, well, who would sorry, i'm going to have to run. i'm going to go to our guest next. thank you very much. that sounds as here as mount would have to why head reporting from baghdad. let me go to florida. is that a professor of international relations at their own university? you're joining us from different via skype. thanks for your time. how is iran looking at all of this? and specifically, how much support is iran willing to give the charlotte side

a you know, you run, how does the one reason, i think the only one isn't that's uh it on the support tank. the city and government. and that is a city as it stands, those, the palestinian cos that if cindy are. ready acting like jordan or egypt or so then it'd be of an attempt to kind of side that i don't think you would that support that syria. you know, there is no ideological and then catch. eli is government is an assignment for public city and government is a national this, the government it's the fax policy, which is a, it has a national this out of the party. and the, as you know, you're on, has been supplied to that existence in love and on the, to syria. and that, that's why you see, these are, these are quite happy. the americans are quite happy to have missed that i then,

if you just showed him he's very happy and that you don't sees a mistake, especially, but by, by the turkish government and being in the same bed with these are these americans is that's a good idea. for turkey, at this organization, that is on the surface of what you see on the screen is listed by the united nations as a terrace organization. and sooner or later, we have seen in the past and i find a sign in other places. these type of organizations generally don't have any limitations in terms of how they practice. there isn't as so i think it be a singular piece of the mistakes that these countries made. and i find the sun and the it's going to be the responsive. what to do, whatever comes next. if iran wants president charlotte side to stay in power,

iran may have to provide significant military support. it has done so in the past. is it going to do that again? for the alternative? is iran willing to let us add full you know, that this is a city and to 7 more that is the city and government. and there's been a lot of the powers including iran. and that is true true. but at the end of the day, this is a sylvia said, what was that you have on one side? is there any is that maybe can this functions government the ukrainians have think uh and what you see on your screens. uh and then on the other side you have the palestinians that uh, i'm not getting much attention even though manages either you for the last hour or so you have been coveting syria app. absolutely. that was one of the last outlets

that kind of sit down cause was being colors. and this is the last for the palestinians. this is the last for the living ease and the eat on is a member of this business. that's fine. so if at the city and government falls, you're going to see the replacement to be a government that's not going to be supportive of the sending of costs. and that is going to be a concern for you. but this is nothing that you don't. yeah. and so what about this is that if, if, if the syrian government once you're going to get involved and if you don't, yeah. and that's what it is, realize that, that is going to be helpful for this. that's fine. i think they would do what they did last time, but if the 2nd government is not willing to resist and if they don't, then government realizes that this is not going to be found for uh for this that's fine to you know, i may decide to not get involved the same that you don't go to in golf aspect. so

it does as you saw your last 5 minutes. so basically said the same thing that 1st, so be careful about supporting tennis of renovations. and secondly, because the 4 bits of doing what the americans and is there is want to be done in this part of the world. we see the genocide there as a need to focus on that. no one is on a thank you very much for joining us. and i note that you're saying iran may not pop up militarily the government of charlotte this time around as it has done in the past. you're a professor of international relations at their own university. thanks for joining us. thank you. are still ahead on ours is 05 years after being gutted by fire. the old lady of terrace for peers, for a grand reopening the

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sunshine for much of the weekend into the new week. monday, seen temperature dip down slightly. it will get a little bit cooler. it's also looking cooler across the north of east asia. we've got a wintry bloss blowing its way out of china across the korean peninsula, with wintery features coming into the very south. and that'll be more heavy snow touching into the north of japan, with temperatures coming down on sunday. the i'm the like of odds in the south of india to find out how tiny bass in this keep growth and extensive mining operations to a scan. corona virus has left across the world with devastating effects, and it's widely believed to be connected to the legal wildlife place. here in vietnam, we visit a rescue center for some of the world's most threatened animals and joined the call for an end to the global walk like shape or drive. on l 20.

the, [000:00:00;00] the, you're watching else 0 reminder of our headline, this, our serial position slater's, and now on the outskirts of homes, the 3rd largest city, is there, rapid offensive continues. they have advanced around 40 kilometers since taking the city of hama on thursday, which lies on the road to damascus. meanwhile, in the southern city of their opposition, groups of attacks, government check points in the western countryside and in the eastern city of their resort, kurdish forces are reported to have taken control. as government forces withdrawn,

the turning to northern gauze. and now where the is really military has stormed the come out of one hospital under cover of heavy artillery and machine guns. as the forces have been bombing, the barely functioning hospital. an ambulance was also targeted outside the facility. several patients within, between the medical director has described the situation in and around the hospital as catastrophic is really a tax on doctors and their patients to become relentless. and dozens of people have been injured on thursdays, really, drones shot and killed at least 7 palestinians inside the hospital. northern gaza has been under military siege for more than 60 days. now. the medical team from indonesia was forced to evacuate. the come all at one hospital,

they had recently arrived to the facility to provide assistance with just from uh, from from a lot of hospital. uh there is uh, 2 welding uh for us to is a weird from uh, from atlanta. supposed to be though an day healey. mending. uh the hospital now and there is a lot of, uh, medical stuff vision up there. oh uh, how long we will from uh, i'm up one until. uh, so the seller has been street and the islands already pick up us the houses here as honeywell, who does, and there are both of us and the central part of the gaza strip. honey, let's talk a little bit more about what's going on in colored one. what's the latest you can tell us about what's happening there now more disturbing reports or of from the vicinity of cause one hospital then now despite that, the challenges that have the presence of those really monetary the armored vehicles . the time since the quad copier is very visible presence,

then the presence of these aquatic captors are monitoring the area and shooting at any moving object, whether within the area or inside the facility. now out of this moment, the entire facility, it has been completely evacuated by these really military, when deep at nearly are hours to days starting. at nearly hours after dawn, when the reading military ordered the director of the hospital and sharply to evacuate everyone from the hospital to get through a check point, leaving there at that particular check point. 70 people were detained and were taken to unknown areas for enter. it gives you we're looking at the same pattern that took place at when would past incidents that hospital like us to buy and they need and hospital i as they are the not the medical complex in hon unit, similar exact tightens of a top of these hospital to bring them down by completely shutting them all the services inside them. now the tragedy of all of this is the fact many of them do so

many of the patients are in critical condition. they needed to be connected to some medical devices inside the hospital is connected to the i v, the day of the cube. they are now without these medical support system and a trend stuff of deteriorating their health conditions. they are a tragedy and very disturbing and foxes, the many bodies that are thrown in the street from the vicinity of the hospital as the early hours of this morning when these really military upfold, the hospitality and its storm met a many people who were trying who were caught by surprise by the the sudden presence of these really monetary in the area were killed in the streets around the vicinity of the mothers, one hospice of the ambulance that we've seen in the for this earlier today. we're actually dispatched by the health ministry direct and when i went to the hospital trying to exactly features an injury. and as they were driving away from the gate, they were shut out by these times and by the wide captors injuring and coming more

of the already injured and patients from the hospital as of now the night time colds. and it's very difficult as there is a mass common occasion of blackouts come out of one house to the northern part of district. it's only during the day that we were able to get information about what's going on solely by the way. it's only the tip of the iceberg. there's many of the testimonies of many of the people who made it to the central area describe to us whatever we know so far. but it's just a tiny bit of the who were picked conditions that they have been going through for the past 60 days forwarding from inside the gaza strip. thank you very much, honey. the south korea's opposition party is leading a motion on saturday. that could result in an impeachment, votes of president you and so your protests have continued in the capital so late into friday night demanding that he resign or be impeached after he imposed martial law. earlier in the week,

president june claimed and the state forces were planning and rebellion. he was forced to withdraw his order after just 6 hours earlier, empties protested inside south korea's parliament buildings the head of the governing party and on who is supporting you in suspension. he says, quote, it is necessary to stop president human from exercising his powers as president, promptly the photos and gun at will choose a new president's when the country goes to the polls on saturday. not cool for those 2 terms and office will expire in january. is vice president is among 12 people hoping to replace him at a time that the country is going through its toughest economic period. and recent history addresses in the capital, okra, after a frustrating day, part time texted drive up for saying you have to lie and his wife discussed the rising cost of living. and the impact is having one of the family. these days he says the only thing that pre occupies their mind is for when you wake up in the morning,

you're pretty yeah. is that you get what you will think the trees game. it is no more easy for us. we used to cool morning, afternoon and evening this time around with and cook in the evening or rising cost of living as full as beginnings onto the streets of several locations to demand government action. as a local economy struggles waiting down on the economy. a huge debt allegations of waste management at a week and local currency. things are desperate. i mean, cool, cool farmers unhappy because they're cool. marketing system basically has collapsed . you talk to people, young people. unemployment is a big issue for environmental this. however, it is the fee for all mining activities, activities, accuse officials. so failing to take action that's reversed on the bottom and poisoned sauce and knocked off and set in voters. the gunner's economy is passing

through its tougher spirit in recent history with high inflation and a rising cost of living. but i'm going to say, despite having for presidential candidate gun is likely to vote the same 2 political parties that have run the affairs of this country. surface recounted democracy in 19 while some voters are willing to to end up folding stations again. others on enthusiastic your, for me as a to the i'm looking for to see that things will go down like taxes and all that sort of thing. i feel like, yeah or the see if you vote for them like you and benefits for me to beckett's huizenga residents drive of the same. he says people from for background like cuba, 10 no chance of lending a drop in today's gun. c redwood, a seems to need to need to. i've been trying try and trying to get employed. i need indication. so i should be a teacher by not in the classroom. and, but it's not easy to get to the jump,

something you need to know somebody before you do. and from where i'm coming from. i know nobody is condition metos of the lives of millions of other games for us. and he says he will vote anyway. and with that, he drives his, bought a car on the city, looking to for his next meal. how much increase i'll just see that i, france's iconic conductor damn cathedral will officially reopen on saturday. the gothic master piece was gutted by 5 or 5 years ago since then. hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on restoring the power as landmark built in the 12th century. here's a life shot right now. the passion butler reports by painting replicas of moss to pieces, felicia lum, practising so skill as an hour to restore it. in his studio outside of paris, she works on a variety of projects bought for the past 5 years. she's being part of what she calls and experience of a lifetime recreating and reviving some of not for dom cathedrals,