we're now at the edge of duma and eastern parts of the regime forces have launched many attacks here today this is one of the front lines. they were trying to advance towards duma and control the land and farms leading towards the vehicle department and harassed. their goal here is to separate harassed from east and there have also been various attacks from the east and the south the regime forces are trying to divide guta into smaller besieged enclaves. some sources within the opposition say iranian jets have also been taking part in the attacks there's also been artillery shelling. a controversial north korean general who attended the closing ceremony of the winter olympics in south korea has indicated his country is welling to open talks with the united states and ceremony he said just me system u.s. president donald trump still say if the dutch a game reports now from cole no. from protesters at the border and the stadium to uncomfortable questions asked by reporters oh no it was a controversial arrival at the closing ceremony of the winter olympics for the north korean delegatio

this is renewed aggression by the regime using touring gas against a place where people live in duma this is the third chemical attack in fifteen days . the u.s. has reacted concerned about the syrian government's chemical weapons program and capabilities its chemical weapons should have been destroyed after decommissioning deal brokered by russia five years ago that followed what the obama administration said was a red line chemical attack in the same rebel controlled area which killed at least one thousand three hundred people the trumpet ministration has taken a more active approach in reaction to an alleged chemical weapons attack in north eastern syria in april last year the u.s. fired fifty nine tomahawk missiles at a syrian airfield where they believe the attack originated and now the americans are hinting they suspect the syrian government still has chemical weapons. the un estimates eastern is home to around four hundred thousand syrians starving and malnourished getting aid to these people is fraught with challenges the u.n. special envoy to syria egeland says that there is

according to the local council in dumas this is the third chemical gas attack in the last month one of the thirteenth of january one of the twenty second and now the one on thursday it is calling on the international community and international organizations to do more and certainly is the last rebel held pocket control close of the capital damascus that was of course also the site of that two thousand and thirteen chemical attack that killed over a thousand people that made the united states talk about a red line but the red line that never was we saw the chemical weapons then under russian brokered deal leave syria but certainly now again the u.s. raising concern that shari'ah still has an active chemical weapons program at the same telling you have an uptick an increase in the attack on medical facilities across it live also in hammel on thursday a hospital that's built underground around eighteen meters has been hit with damage which is now at the moment not functioning and a statement from the medical association dealing with that saying that only advanced weapons were bunker bust

area of east and go to this video is said to show the aftermath of one of the strikes in the time of duma rescue workers taking a child trapped in the rubble to hospital so when government troops launched a new grand that era fences just hours after the u.n. security council adopted a resolution demanding a ceasefire al-jazeera correspondent mohammed al jazeera is in eastern on the edge of duma. the regime forces have launched many attacks here today this is one of the front lines. they were trying to advance towards duma and control the land and farms leading towards the vehicle department and harassed. their goal here is to separate harassed from east and there have also been various attacks from the east and the south the. regime forces are trying to divide goods into smaller besieged enclaves. some sources within the opposition say iranian jets have also been taking part in the attacks. controversial north korean general who attended the winter olympics in south korea has indicated his country is willing to open talks with the united states after the closing ceremony of the games gene

state department says that small michigan reports of the attack in duma which is the third suspected use of chemical weapons in a month it follows white has briefings that washington could use military force to deter the syrian government we are watching very carefully and the united states is an extremely concerned about yet another report of the use of chlorine gas by syria the syrian regime to terrorize innocent civilians in the east good of syria outside of damascus if confirmed the attack is the third reported instance in the past thirty days in east ghouta we take the allegations of chemical weapons use very seriously and are working with our partners on the ground to investigate the reports we will continue to seek accountability through all of ailill diplomatic mechanisms including the united nations security council and the organization for their prohibition of chemical weapons for the confirmed use of chemical weapons by any party we call in the. international community to hold the perpetrators of these attacks accountable and will speak with the united way's in condemnatio

area of eastern huta this video is said to show the aftermath of one of the strikes in the town of duma. rescue workers are taking a child found that trapped in the rubble to hospital. the syrian government troops launched a new ground then the air offensive on huta just hours after the u.n. security council adopted a resolution demanding a cease fire. well eastern who is the eastern suburbs of damascus from here rebel mortar fire can reach the center of the city so control of the area is a government priority to rebel groups hostile to each other control different sections of the enclave along with several smaller groups government forces have tried to enter by using their homes to the masses highway and also at. al-jazeera correspondent mohammed. is inside. the. russian and syrian government warplanes have been stop targeting the residential areas of eastern greeter we can hear they're flying over us to target the different districts and towns people stuck here are very scared the syrian regime forces have attacked eastern due to from several different fronts with the aim of advancing

against its people and a seeking new ways to deliver them it follows a suspected chlorine gas attack in duma near damascus on thursday which injured at least three people has more from the state department. the civil war in syria has not been at the top of the news agenda here in washington for at least several weeks but on thursday the trumpet ministration made known a couple of serious concerns about the conduct of the war on the part of the government of president bashar al assad first reporters were told in a briefing off camera that they do believe that the syrian government still has a chemical weapons arsenal and did not come clean about the extent of their chemical weapons holdings back during the obama administration when they gave up their weapons in order to not face any sort of u.s. military action for targeting people with chemical weapons during the syrian civil war then here at the state department new allegations about the use of a weapon that technically isn't a weapon but still has very dangerous effects when used against people we are watching very carefully and the united

well the local council in duma last night issued a statement condemning it saying that it was yet another chlorine gas attack the third as you mentioned earlier in this month one in the thirteenth one on the twenty second and one yesterday and it calls on the international community and international organizations to do something to protect civilians now sammy just to remind you this happened in eastern. also in the chemical gas attack of two thousand and thirteen which you know how the americans talk about the red line the red line that never was yes we then saw a russian brokered deal for syria to get rid of its chemical weapons and now we're hearing this raise its head all over again bottom line is allegations of chlorine gas being used again and again and i think when we keep talking about u.n. spoke sponsored talks the russian different track talks trying to find some sort of political solution to this folks on the ground tell a very different story all the players in this conflict will continue their military action until their interests have been satisfied and it certainly doesn't

says that it's extremely concerned about a suspected chlorine gas attack on thursday in duma near damascus the u.s. state department says that it could be the third chemical attack in thirty days notice here as roselyn jordan reports from washington. the civil war in syria has not been at the top of the news agenda here in washington for at least several weeks but on thursday the trumpet ministration made known a couple of serious concerns about the conduct of the war on the part of the government of president bashar al assad first reporters were told in a briefing off camera that they do believe that the syrian government still has a chemical weapons arsenal and did not come clean about the extent of their chemical weapons holdings back during the obama administration when they gave up their weapons in order to not face any sort of u.s. military action for targeting people with chemical weapons during the syrian civil war then here at the state department new allegations about the use of a weapon that technically isn't a weapon but still has very dangerous effects when used against people

yes shelling is still ongoing in eastern guta through many villages and towns and even the city of duma you can hear the intensive bombardment of several areas battles are also taking place the host of a hair and front says the regime forces are trying to advance and storm east and grew to russia yesterday announced a truce between nine am and two pm in addition to humanitarian corridors for civilians to leave the area but the civilians don't want to leave to areas controlled by the regime via these corridors or crossings because of the continued shelling the syrian regime forces only a few hundred meters from where i am civilians have been killed today and people stuck here scared administrative and medical authorities here say that there is no contact or coordination between them on one hand and the russian side all the syrian red crescent on the other hand the administrative and medical authorities say this is aimed at circumventing the security council's decision on the truce. well hospitals are. struggling to cope with the number of injured especially as their own staff are also ge

the town of sorry head that follows another suspect a chlorine attack by president assad's forces on duma and rebel held eastern wouldn't confirm this it be the third report of foreign attack in fifteen days. u.s. forces have begun withdrawing their troops from iraq on iraqi government spokesman says the move began after declaring victory over i saw last year u.s. troops have assisted in the battle since two thousand and fourteen. are all factions in south africa's ruling party are demonstrating outside their party's headquarters and. yohannes berg comes ahead of an urgent and c. meeting to discuss the future of president jacob zuma after overnight talks fail to secure his departure and the pressure to reside censor on the person replaced him as leader of the party minimal or joins us live from johannesburg so for me to tell us more about this this swell to to push jacob zuma out that really never seems to go away. it doesn't seem to go away but nor does it seem to be any result from this push to have a jacob zuma out of the discussions around jacob zuma the opposition to jacob zuma has a

montag craft it follows another suspected chlorine attack by president assad's forces on duma in rebel held eastern ghouta that was the third reported chlorine gas attack there in fifteen days. international aid agencies are warning hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians are risk of being forced to return to their homes despite the ongoing violence the warning comes in a new joint report by six leading humanitarian groups it says neighboring countries as well as european and u.s. governments are putting pressure on refugees to go back the syrian government is taking back control of more territory the report says it's giving the impression that many areas are stable enough to return but for every syrian who went home last year three more become displaced u.n. predicts another one point five million will be displaced in twenty fifteen. and at least eleven people have been killed in russian and syrian government asterix and it leaves southern countryside this was a scene at a hospital in the city of my heart and a month after it was hit during a raid babies undergoing treatment were r

hours but before and after there has been fighting which has been ongoing and nonstop people from duma have been reporting a number of air strikes and other parts of the eastern who have been reporting shelling as well as rocket strikes in the media area which is on the eastern outskirts where the government forces have been trying to make gains we've been hearing reports that they have captured at least one factory or one cement factory closer to the front line in cheerful near and they are saying pro-government media is saying that they are closer to breaching the defense line of. rebel fighters who are operating in eastern guta on the humanitarian front the situation remains really grim and desperate one activist just told me that the price of bread is about one hundred times what it is a few kilometers away in eastern damascus people have been waiting on humanitarian aid as well as medical supplies which are fast running out and a list of eighty five people has been given by the aid workers in eastern ruther to the united nations to try and evacuate these people who need. medical e

been killed since sunday eastern ghouta is a group of suburbs on the outskirts of the syrian capital duma is the main town of the enclave and it's completely surrounded by pro assad forces they say they're only bombing rebel fighters the sea just thought to have trapped as many as four hundred thousand civilians and back in two thousand and thirteen the government allegedly attacked with chemical weapons. in the bombed out caucus of eastern goods these are the lucky ones terrified shaking but still walking. first responders usher them to safety as an air raid siren underlines the arjan seen as the escape yet. the government's four year long aerial siege of the rebel held in place has intensified in recent days. with hundreds killed and injured and to national observers say it marks a new epoch of violence. we are witnessing some of the worst fighting of the entire conflict and the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure including medical facilities double joy as received reports of attacks on five hospitals in eastern go into and is working to verify these reports of the casualt

ruling out military action to deter president hassels forces after a third suspected chlorine attack in duma in fifteen days dozens of pakistani refugees are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya they were among more than ninety people on a boat which capsized off the city of. pakistan's foreign ministry says it's confirmed the deaths of eleven of its citizens international organization for migration says three people survived. the french government is sending more riot police to the northern port of cali after a violent gun battle between rival groups of refugees five people were hospitalized as i would trains and afghans fought for more than two hours over food handouts the government says it will now take control of food distribution from aid groups protests have to meet been taking place in kenya after the government arrested a second lawyer involved in choose days mock inauguration of opposition leader raul or a dingo protesters for fortress police in the capital nairobi where lawyers may going to be good or was taken from his home in a dorm raid those are your top stories stay

joining us from duma which is of course inside east thank you so much for your time in explaining what the situation is like there thank you. now i saw is claiming responsibility for twin suicide bombings that killed at least six people in the yemen's southern city of aden the explosions targeted a military camp used by counterterrorism forces as well as the residence of aidan's former governor hospital officials say three of the dead are soldiers and sri are civilians at least forty three others are being treated for their injuries nigeria's president is the blowing extra soldiers to search for more than one hundred girls kidnapped from their school in the town of mohamedou bihari has called monday's abduction by boko haram a national disaster parents of the missing girls plan to join the bring back our girls campaign which was launched after book of harm kidnapped more than two hundred and seventy schoolgirls from the town of chibok in two thousand and fourteen many of them are still missing after an interest says more now from the capital of. the more you start off shock and anger a

lives in duma inside eastern he says the assault on the area has continued despite the poor. there was a fighting deadline. we hear that. buildings this firing we expect to. maybe. about even that there is mortals in. that. it matters. how we trust this regime that is shelling gas and a bomb being gassed for the for the last five years. between night and the. shelling me that night. truce and. humanitarian cross for the eastern goods and the morning we. are. we. want the united nations. supervise this truth not the regime. saudi arabia's king solomon has replaced top military commanders the defense minister shake up comes nearly three years after saudi led forces went to war in neighboring yemen where russia has vetoed a u.n. resolution criticizing iran for sending to prevent weapons from reaching iranian back to the rebels isn't just. saudi arabia's military might on display. saudi generals have been leading a coalition of forces attacking the peace in yemen for nearly three years running back rebels who pose the internationally recognized government of president of the rudd

rescue group has been posting pictures of the alleged careen gas attack on twitter under the hashtag duma suffocating russian and jordan that's the latest from washington d.c. . this is a war in syria has not been at the top of the news agenda here in washington for at least several weeks but on thursday the trumpet ministration made known a couple of serious concerns about the conduct of the war on the part of the government of president bashar al assad first reporters were told in a briefing off camera that they do believe that the syrian government still has a chemical weapons arsenal and did not come clean about the extent of their chemical weapons holdings back during the obama administration when they gave up their weapons in order to not face any sort of u.s. military action for targeting people with chemical weapons during the syrian civil war then here at the state department new allegations about the use of a weapon that technically isn't a weapon but still has very dangerous effects when used against people we are watching very carefully and the united states is an extremely co

is a group of suburbs on the outskirts of the capital damascus duma is the main town in the enclave which is completely surrounded by pro assad forces the siege which has lasted. more than four years is thought to trap up to four hundred thousand residents the u.n. says it's deeply alarmed by the escalating bata. in the caucus of eastern gets these are the lucky ones terrified shaken but still walking . first responders usher them to safety as an air raid siren underlines the arjun singh as he escaped yet. the government's four year long aerial siege of the rebel held in place has intensified in recent days. with hundreds killed and injured and to national observers say it marks a new epoch of violence. we are witnessing some of the worst fighting of the entire conflict and the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure including medical facilities. wors received reports of attacks on five hospitals in eastern go into and is working to verify these reports of the casualties. the syrian opposition leader begged for an international response saying the atrocities amounted to a war cr

ruling out military action to deter president assad's forces after thirty specter of korean attack in duma in fifteen days dozens of pakistani refugees are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya they were among more than ninety on a boat which capsized off the city of pakistan's foreign ministry says it's confirmed the deaths of eleven of its citizens international organization migration says three people survived. and the french government is sending more riot police to the port of kalai after a violent gun battle between rival refugees five people were hospitalized as are trains and afghans fought for more than two hours over food handouts the government says it will now take control of food distribution from a groups. to say that is there more news at the top of the next hour twenty five minutes. at seven in the morning on the river that forms the border between guatemala and mexico these men and women come from salvador honduras nicaragua they're crossing the river into mexico illegally but have another destination in mind the united states every year more than a million people

been killed since sunday eastern ghouta is a group of suburbs on the outskirts of the syrian capital duma as the main town of the enclave and it is completely surrounded by pro assad forces they say the only bombing rebel fighters the siege is thought to have trapped as many as four hundred thousand civilians back in two thousand and thirteen the government allegedly attacked guta with chemical weapons we have this report and we want to warn you that some of you may find these scenes disturbing. for a war that's been raging for nearly seven years the images a new less shocking and no less harrowing. this boy's parents fate is unknown and most will become of his. in towns already reduced to shells and a hospital still standing is completely overwhelmed. since sunday the syrian government reportedly aided by russian forces has stepped up its bombardment of this rebel long place with little regard for those who inhabit it. so. i say. ok. and still the fighter jets keep coming if what happened in homs in aleppo is anything to go by they were installed until there's no one left those who survi

says that it's extremely concerned about a suspected chlorine attack on the duma on thursday if confirmed it would be the third chemical attack a month five migrants are in a hospital in northern france with gunshot wounds from a mass brawl in cali police were called in as afghan an eritrean refugees forth the two hours on the outskirts of the city the tasha butler has more from cali. well there is no doubt continue to be something of a pressure cooker refugees continue to arrive all the time in this northern french poor they mostly want to go to the u.k. of course and cross the english channel but security is very horrific it's becoming more and more difficult to do that and they get stuck here and most of them then very grim conditions they are sleeping outside it is very cold food and clothing all those sorts of things well they have to rely on the kindness of strangers and it was interesting before because we heard the french interior minister saying that the charities in fact in the activities are working with the refugees what they got the best some responsibility for the violence t

then there is the duma or the supreme soviet in the beginning. well, the supreme soviet is all communist browns and reds. well, then you have the election of december 1993. so now the parliament is democratically elected, but it's, again, communists, browns and reds. then in 1995, the parliament is again democratically elected. but it's treated -- any yeltsin opponent is treated like a monster, you know? if they oppose yeltsin's program, they are a monster and a communist and about to take the country back to stalinism, which is certainly not a really democratic way to treat your parliament. two times which were very, very painful for the russian liberals, i remember them myself as a shock, two times yeltsin used massive force. first of all, against the parliament. no matter who was in the parliament. that was the first time blood was spilled massively in moscow since 1917, okay? in 1991, there were three people who were killed. the united states, in fact, congratulate yeltsin on his skillful handling of the crisis with the parliament, and it's p

they include the former finance minister pravin gordhan who's the new public enterprises minister dumas ex-wife was also appointed so roma poses problems what he calls a new dawn to fight corruption. as the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after rebel geeks the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job and was satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily the start news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera digital technology is the promise of intimacy and these meant and even longer not. in the ability to keep billions of calculations in our pockets it seems interest coverage and need i mention. in which everything in our lives can be increased and tracked and intended for money. that is convenience profit and surveillance the only use these powers. now the new generation the bookie easiness skills to challenge the tech giants. and enable a different technological

in duma and on the outskirts of these are areas where fighters have been placed it is estimated there could be a number as many of ten thousand rebel fighters inside eastern which is home to four hundred thousand people but the majority of the people who live here are civilians and that has been the case and that has been the plea by aid agencies including the united nations and the international red cross to allow in humanitarian aid today we heard from the russian foreign minister saying that the deal that they have struck with the syrian government the poles that was ordered by the russian president means that there will be aid that will go in and evacuations will happen but the first event came and went and nothing has moved there was the blame game that we saw earlier during the day that rebels were targeting this humanitarian corridor and rebels continued to report airstrikes and shelling on the ground but the people continue to suffer it is very cold people have been living without electricity and they're spending the night another night in down basements . all right thanks ver

now on i'll be awful to start with but the idea that we're now at the age of duma in eastern. libya regime forces have launched many attacks here today this is one of the front lines they were trying to advance towards duma and control the land and farms leading towards the vehicle department and harassed. their goal here is to separate harassed from east and there have also been various attacks from the east and the south the. regime forces are trying to divide guta into smaller besieged enclaves. some sources within the opposition say iranian jets have also been taking part in the attacks there's also been artillery shelling as well syria state news agency is reporting that twenty nine civilians have been killed u.s. coalition air strikes on two villages near dare i saw dozens of us a said to have been injured the syrian democratic forces backed by the u.s. of fighting to push eisel from the region. a controversial north korean general who attended the closing ceremony of the winter olympics inside korea has indicated his country is willing to open talks with the united stat

south african president jacob duma seems a close -- a step closer to resigning.t's after the national crisis delayed on a meeting to force him from office. duma had -- zuma had been scheduled to do a speech tomorrow but has canceled that. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you very much, sophie. raw materials are set to perform well. >> industrial matters are up on average 50% per annum. we did 30% last year. in this type of environment, this is where they were intended to perform well. guy: let's focus in on oil. statoil's profit beating expectations as it took advantage of crude's recovery than many of its bigger rivals. the gain rose to $1.3 billion compared to the loss of 400 million a year earlier. the ceo.e now is let's talk about price. you have taken advantage of arise we have seen in the price of crude. is the current price sustainable? there's a lot of uncertainty in the markets. there is strong demand and i am not doubting that will continue. on the supply side, we will see more supply from the u.s.. there's a lot of targets that have been sanctioned that w

confesses that up in breast cancer i'm additionally busy in this call because one by one the beloved the duma the spec the h. for these that can be fifty years or and the late seventy seventy five how it's possible this is the lay of twenty five years. there were other cases to. start yet under steam found a total of fifteen sets of identical twins with very different breast cancer histories they took d.n.a. samples from the twins for further investigation. tweens i was pretty men the nature has done for us and it took us created this not to roebourne clones from the starting point both between us they share the same sequence so there are no differences that can be associated with genetic changes so everything has to be added later this can be added in pregnancy birth order lifetime so it's a wonderful tool to study how the middle men with our genetic material. the researchers suspected that environmental and lifestyle factors had an impact on gene regulation the aim now was to looking for strangers. for each twin they completed a d.n.a. profile looking for specific biochemical changes in the

chlorine attack in duma in fifteen days. now it's been a turbulent week on the world financial markets in the united states the dow jones index has closed down two point six percent its biggest drop since september twenty fifth it ends a week long slide for the dow gabriel alexander is monitoring events for us all more straight and now joins us live from the biggest drops in september twenty fifteen what's going on behind these falls. yeah there's really two things going on but i got to tell you that this drop in the stock market today is even worse than june two thousand and sixteen you remember what happened then that was breck's it so this market to a correction if you want to call it that has really hit the stock exchange even worse than it did during breck's it in june of two thousand and thirteen two thousand and sixteen now what's really causing this two things number one is inflation concerns by economists the economy's doing very well in the united states they just announced new job numbers of two hundred thousand j

action to deter president assad's forces after a third suspected chlorine attack in fifteen days on duma in eastern guta stephanie decker has movement taqiyya now in southern turkey near the border with syria. or eastern water is one of the so-called deescalation zones but it doesn't feel like it on the ground this is the last rebel held area close to the capital damascus the siege by government forces for years now allegations of another chlorine gas attack doctors say patients showed symptoms in lloyd with inhalation of the gas. this is renewed aggression by the regime using chlorine gas against a place where people live and do months this is the third chemical attack in fifteen days. the u.s. has reacted concerned about the syrian government's chemical weapons program and capabilities its chemical weapons should have been destroyed after decommissioning deal brokered by russia five years ago that followed what the obama administration said was a red line chemical attack in the same rebel controlled area which killed at least one thousand three hundred people the trumpet ministration h

this is renewed aggression by the regime using chlorine gas against a place where people live and duma this is the third chemical attack in fifteen days. the u.s. has reacted concerned about the syrian government's chemical weapons program and capabilities its chemical weapons should have been destroyed after decommissioning deal brokered by russia five years ago that followed what the obama administration said was a red line chemical attack in the same rebel controlled area which killed at least one thousand three hundred people the trumpet ministration has taken a more active approach in reaction to an alleged chemical weapons attack in north eastern syria in april last year the u.s. fired fifty nine tomahawk missiles at a syrian airfield where they believe the attack originated and now the americans are hinting they suspect the syrian government still has chemical weapons. the un estimates eastern is home to around four hundred thousand syrians starving and malnourished getting aid to these people is fraught with challenges the u.n. special envoy to syria egeland says that there is

continuing to use these types of weapons bombs suspected of containing careen were reportedly dropped in duma in eastern town photos say and this was followed by another attack later in the town of said i can be neatly province activists video appears to show people being treated for suffocation and if our smell was reported the syrian government denies it was behind these attacks joshua landis donald trump last year when there was another chemical weapons attack in syria launch as strikes there was a targeted strike in response to two that as strike at the to the chemical weapons attack use at the time and many have seen as a key test of trump's leadership on the world stage do you think we could see the u.s. take a similar action now that there are new reports of chemical attacks use against civilians it's possible the u.s. the u.s. seems to have made a small distinction between nerve gas which was used in the conscious rule and where the united states responded very big risks that had been prescribed in the original deal with syria in two thousand and thirteen the chlorine which is not qui

ruling out military action to deter president assad's forces after a third suspected korean attack in duma in fifteen days dozens of pakistani refugees a feared to have drowned off the coast of libya they were among more than ninety people on a boat which capsized off the city of the wara pakistan's foreign ministry says it's confirm the deaths of eleven of its citizens the international organization for migration says three people survived they were all trying to cross the mediterranean to italy you're up to date with all of our top stories do join me for the news hour in twenty five minutes time off to inside story which starts now. they say knowledge is power but education funding is declining worldwide and no way is that more apparent then in sub-saharan africa and the region strained by poverty security issues and child marriages can international organizations come together to close the chapter on the literacy this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm jane dothan ending poverty often begins with a solid foundation for education but teaching the future leaders of tomorrow

says that it's extremely concerned about a suspected chlorine gas attack on duma on thursday the former president of the maldives mohamed nasheed is planning to run of elections later this year that's after of course cost convictions against him and several colleagues earlier police force with opposition supporters who demanded the immediate release of political prisoners dozens of pakistani migrants of fear drowned off the coast of libya while the ninety were on a boat which capsized in the city of they were trying to cross the mediterranean to italy five migrants are in a hospital in northern france with gunshot wounds after a mass brawl in cali police were called in as afghan and eritrean refugees fought for two hours on the outskirts of the city. calls here that is great for you a little over twenty five but it's right after today's edition of the stream from washington next. on counting the cost some of the biggest names in tech out with record earnings but they're also under scrutiny by regulators in what's being told at the sec clash a look at business relations between the u.k.

on duma fifteen the twenty second on the first of ability there was also another in the south and south and on the thirteenth of january i would do it on the twenty second of january on the fourth of february that's literally yesterday this is the dog that you have documented but again this is. a continuation of the lock of spawn's from the international community but it beat the system up the violations of the seat in the gene not using. weapons of mass destruction on you know chemical weapons or when they signed off and this could i mean what this mr i don't want to talk about the international committee on evidence does not this is a. set up we're going to talk about the international community in just a moment i think in the future of course but first i want you to respond to do you know who was being targeted by these by this attack. this is not the man to lead to really as many people as possible although they there is and sometimes and massive casualties of the never guys as it was but the fact that he had the ceded to dream is using is basically to skid residence and civilians n