that is the same road i went to aleppo through and left aleppo through. right now it is blocked by the syrian regime and also assisted by the russians and the iranian paramilitary. if the united nations keeps this road open, so we can have patients evacuated to turkey, you now have all icu beds in aleppo full with patients. they are overwhelmed, so they need to evacuate patients. children right now waiting for turkey and taken to other places in syria. also the humanitarian aid into aleppo. what the russians have suggested a couple weeks ago is to have a human to turn corridor where families are allowed to go to western aleppo. it is controlled by the government. of course, no one trusts the russians or the government that is bombing their children and bombing the hospitals, and no one took the russians up on their offer. what they're asking for is humanitarian corridor with the oversight of the united nations. amy: i want to turn to another video by british aid worker tauqir sharif with the head nurse of the hospital in aleppo. >> it was a sunday and the

and aleppo is crumbling.thers describe what they see, no screaming or crying, a little boy shocked and robbed of his innocence in aleppo. and the suffering in syria is not confined to aleppo. the government has been accused of causing the deaths of nearly 18,000 people in their prisons between 2011 and last december. they say there have been more than 300 deaths on average, from torture, abuse and inhumane conditions. reporter: when the ventilation breaks down, inmates die from the heat and dehydration. those that survive, wake up among corpses of fellow prisoners. according to a recent report by amnesty international, this is one of the many cases of abuse in a prison on the edge of damascus. one man was imprisoned for his part in organizing peaceful protests in 2011. he says he was tortured from the first day he arrived. >> as soon as they opened the door, every garden grabbed a person -- guard grabbed a person and a started beating them. now specialists created a virtual prison based on reports from former

lyse: another airstrike on a home in east aleppo. russian or syrian warplanes attacked this rebel held area almost every day now. this time, a little boy is rescued from the rubble. emergency teams rush him to an ambulance. then for a moment he sits in silence, in shock, on his own. we are told his name is omran. when you are only five years old, it is hard to grasp what is has woken you up in the middle of the night. this film provided by activist witheppo striking a chord the world grown weary of syria's plight. aleppo, syria's second city, has been at war since he was born. now it is the focus of intense fighting. a cease-fire for to allow aid to reach millions trapped by violence. a u.n. envoy known for his ncve has had enough. >> not one single convoy has reached any of the humanitarian besieged areas. within hours, russia's offer 48-hour truce in aleppo. , >> for the americans, they, too, should be saying yes to a humanitarian pause for aleppo for 48 hours. then i think omran's image would help at least to stop the carnage for

plan for a weekly 48-hour cease-fire in aleppo. if the aid convoys travel to rebel and government health parts of the city. western diplomats have cautiously welcomed the announcement that raised questions about moscow's motives. they stress the u.n. must be in charge of a sustained operation. this comes as footage of a dazed five-year-old boy pulled from the rubble in eastern aleppo has turned attention to the children of the war-torn country. this is the five-year-old on his way to hospital on wednesday. he is the boy y who has come to symbolize the tragic plight of children in this war-torn country. >> where are the boys? they are gone. what has happened to my sons? dangerr: in syria, the often comes from the sky. save the children say 7.5 million syrian children are affected by conflict. >> across syria, children are being bombed in their homes, schools, and playgrounds. they are also being besieged. we heard today from the u.n. that no aid has entered areas for a month now. the situation is dire. reporter: thousands in aleppo

reporter: aleppo is a city in ruins. after 4 years of fighting, these anti-assad rebels are under intense pressure. but still, the greater might of the government and its allies cannot crush them. civilians are at graver risky than ever. electricity networks and water pumping stations are so damaged by bombardment, the u.n. says cease-fires, even short ones, are vital to allow in humanitarian supplies. >> the cuts are coming amid a heatwave, putting children of aleppo at great risk of waterborne diseases, and getting clean water running again cannot wait for the fighting to stop. reporter: the battle for aleppo is seen as critical to the eventual outcome of the wider or -- wider war for syria. aleppo is the country's largest city. you can see the appalling deadlock very clearly. rebels, some western-backed, still control substantial areas shown in orange. east of aleppo, they have been encircled by syrian government forces backed by russia and iran. an estimated quarter million people are trapped in the rebel-held easter

instead, they seized the western and eastern parts of aleppo. for the next three years, both sides tried unsuccessfully to take contrtrol of the cicity. ththe fighter got progressively more rural. when russia policy air force began airstrikes in 2014, the balance shifted with government troops pushing the rebels out of the city, cutting off supply routes and circling the fighters in the city. since then, the forces have reduced the rebels hold to just a few areas in the east of the city. the free syrian army here has been fighting here along caliphate groups, including one formerly known as the al nusra front. the syrian army has the rebels surrounded with the revolutionary guard units. in the northwest of rebel held areas, kurdish militias controlling coalition of rebel fighters considered u.s. allies but are also cooperating with assad's troops. all of the groups in the conflict fight with every meanas available to them. assad's forces dropped erlbaum's on hospitals and schools. rebels have fired self-made rockets into the city under governmen

laura: the agony of aleppo. in other news, russia's president putin accused ukraine of resorting to terror by attempting to send special forces into crimea to sabotage central infrastructure. the russian security services one agent was killed trying to arrest them. ukraine at qs's mr. putin looking for justification to attack ukraine. russia annexed crimea in 2014. the southwestern united states being battered i severe weather as tropical storm javier comes from mexico. downtown phoenix was hit by a dust storm. it was described as a monster cloud 50 kilometers wide. thousands have been left without electricity and many flights were canceled. thailand announced a plan to make short-term foreign visitors do special some cards allowing authorities to track mobile phones even when the phones are off. the telecom regulator says the move is to prevent criminal activity and it denied that it would be an invasion of privacy. a scathing report accused police in the city of baltimore of routinely discriminating against bl

went to aleppo in 2012. and i thought to myself this is what hell is like. life can't get worse than this. the relentless artillery day in, day out. the lack of power. the planes that would start at a:00 mt in the morning buzzing overhead and you don't know where they are going to drop their pay load and you have this pit in your stomach just waiting to see where that bomb is going to fall. and then i went back to aleppo just a few months ago and i found indeed the situation had got worst. >> rose: we conclude this evening with a new film called "florence foster jenkins." it stars mer ill streep and hugh grant and simon helberg and is directed by stephen frears. >> when she said music is my life, i think that was partly true and partly she was animated by her love for bayfield and his support in letting her follow her dreams and try her best to express herself. i mean most lives are curtailed. she had plenty of money and plenty of support to make a fool of herself. >> rose: politics, syria and a new film whe

rebels trying to break the siege of aleppo. thousands of civilians is still trapped in the war-torn city. any are said to be too scared to use the government's safe corridor. bombed thestates islamic state targets in libya. they asked for assistance from washington to help. dirty water and chronic air pollution and russian athletes barred for doping. uncertainty reigns with just four days to go into the olympic games in rio. ♪ ♪ we start with the deadliest day yet for russian forces in syria. a russian helicopter was shot down in rebel held province with all five people on board killed. russia claims the helicopter had just returned from a mission delivering aid to civilians in aleppo. they joined the air campaign 10 months ago. is the fourth time they have lost any aircraft. russia is also claiming that rebels have failed to break the siege of aleppo. the task force has thwarted an offensive i some 5000 fighters led by the al qaeda linked force. it claims 800 militants were killed. a desperate situation for those trapped in al

the united nations investigates claims of a toxic gas attack in serious aleppo. -- syria's aleppo.ope's worst wildfires in years. firefighters are in control of a blaze outside the french city of

chlorine gas may have been dropped in aleppo. in addition, almost 2 million people are trapped there. just how grave is the situation in the city? >> you have well over one million in areas controlled by the government, and we think at least quarter of a million in the area controlled by the opposition, what the government calls the rebels. there have been two developments in the past weeks. a tremendous amount of shelling in the city and this has destroyed completely the electrical grid and the water supply. i would like to remind you, it is 95 degrees right now in aleppo. it is extremely hot and dry. also, there has been the process of siege that the government started, blocking completely access to the area controlled by the opposition. now the opposition is trying to block access to the government-controlled areas. laura: so it is horrific situation. what is the impact on those people of living day after day without running water, without electricity? >> without food now. the prices have gone extremely high because those peop

the united nations investigates claims of a toxic gas attack in serious aleppo. -- syria's aleppo. europe's worst wildfires in years. firefighters are in control of a blaze outside the french city of marseille. in portugal, hundreds of fires are still burning out of control. ♪ host: the german government has unveiled new measures to type -- to fight terrorism. interior thomas de maiziere says he wants to strip german nationalists of their citizenship if they are found guilty of fighting for extremist groups abroad. alexander o'connor has more. new measures to fight terrorism in germany. the interior minister unveiled a proposal to boost security. among them, thomas de maiziere has proposed creating several more security jobs, places for refugees to report terror activities in the run languages, and stripping terrorists of their german nationality. >> germans who participate in fighting abroad for a terror militia and have another citizenship should lose their german nationality. reporter: the interior minister enablingy are already foreign nationals to be stripped of their citizens

and just goods in general into that besieged part of aleppo. >> ian, the situation inside aleppo, we'venes we're seeing now. what more can you tell us about what it's like for people that are there and humanitarian corridors for people to escape? >> the situation grows worse by the day. we did hear they are trying to obscure the sky so air strikes can't be done. there was one day of reprieve. but yesterday talking to sources in the city say those air strikes have been ramped up, especially near the front lines. the situation for the general public, the 200,000 to 300,000 people there, it is really a humanitarian disaster. you go to the market. there's no food on the shelves. no fruit, no vegetables, no food products. doctors describe a lack of medicine and medical supplies. one doctor telling us they're reusing syringes, sterilizing them and using them over and over again because they've run out. then you look at the fuel. ambulances are on their last tanks. you have generators that are running the hospitals that are running out of diesel fuel. once that runs out, that will just sxoucom

anchor: in nearby aleppo, the fighting is only getting worse.ebels have been trying to take back the only route into districts they control, a route now held by syrian troops. they have launched a counter offensive on a number of fronts around the city. there are 300,000 civilians trapped in the eastern part of aleppo, the largest besieged area in all of syria. hith sudan, a country being with a massive humanitarian crisis. 60,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in the past three weeks. most of those refugees are women and children fleeing the violence and heading into neighboring uganda. that number has more than doubled in the past 10 days. john keeps close watch over her infant son. the pair, just two out of tens of thousands of civilians displaced by recent fighting in south sudan. >> there was nothing there. everything had been stolen. we did not have any alternative. we have nothing. refugees arriving in centers like this one are women and children. many of them suffering from illness and malnutrition. >> it is very difficult

there are no winners in aleppo.t, whenever you have a situation mark each side thinks they have just enough of an advantage or just enough momentum going that they can win , a decisive military victory, then you take away all incentive essentially to bring both sides to the negotiating table. i don't believe that there can be any meaningful peace talks in syria while president bush are al assad -- president bashar -assad is in syria. i am basing this on conversations i have had with every single person either living in rebel held syria or who is supportive from outside of the country. the amount of blood that has been spilled, the amount of people who have been killed, the relentless bombardment the , barrel bombs, the targeting of schools and hospitals, people do not feel they can move beyond that and ever accept bashar al-ssad to continue as their president. now, who on earth is in a position to make him or force him to stand down as president? certainly not america. possibly the russians, possibly the iranians, b

russian television shows humanitarian aid arriving in aleppo.his is the russian military announces plans to halt fighting in the city for three hours daily for further aid delivery. the u.n. says that's not nearly enough. >> the road is so destroyed, it is mined, there are so many dangers. the logistics are so norman's that we -- enormous that we do need time, each week, and we need 48 hours. but we are sitting down now to come up with a plan. reporter: despite the pledges, the destruction continues. there are reports that syrian forces used chlorine gas and barrel bomb atcks this week. the syrian military denies the allegations as the u.n. investigates. an image posted by an activist on social media shows people in a hospital following an attack. the second hit seems like chemicals, and there was a smell of gas. children were screaming, and there were tears in our eyes. i was suffocating, and some women have breathing problems. the smell was like gas. worse than gas. reporter: doctors believe the situation could get even worse, and they are des

and airstrikes hit six hospitali around aleppo.s gathered babies from their incubators, the strike narrowly missing their ward. rami kalazi is no stranger to airstrikes like these. >> i was sleeping here, my colleague was here, and the attack happened. we came out alive, i don't know how. >> reporter: kalazi was one of aleppo's last remaining doctors. we caught up with him in turkeyc he said he believes these hospitals were targeted. >> they are the artery of life in the city. can you imagine a life in city without hospitals? who will treat your kids, who will make the surgeries for the injured people? so they are targeting these hospitals because they know ifal these hospitals were completely destroyed, life will be completely destroyed. >> reporter: eastern aleppo hada already suffered a massive blow in april when al qud's hospital, supported by doctors without borders, and the city's main pediatric hospital, was destroyed by two consecutivede airstrikes. >> it was a very hard night, every one or two hours we had an airstrike and

isis has been thrown out of aleppo. two other islamist groups have taken control of rebel controlled area in the city. isis does not have a big stronghold in aleppo anymore. in fact, isis has suffered a series of losses. the turks just pushed isis away from the turkish border. they have been taking losses in iraq. they have been losing several other key leaders. so i think we're seeing with this loss still somewhat unclear what happened, very unclear i would say, and the ter torls that they have been suffering, isis is having a very bad summer. that said, there are numerous threats out there that isis is planning attacks internationally. i've heard about threats against turkey. i've heard that they want to take revenge, that they want to replant their flag after having such a poor performance over the last several months on the battlefield. >> all right. richard engel, reporting from istanbul for us. thank you so much. well, of course, continue to monitor new developments, any new information we get about the circumstan

just horrifying what is happening in aleppo. many thanks. 10:40 in the morning. >>> women of the indigenous community in canada frequently fall victim to sex trafficking. what police are doing to tackle the problem. that is coming up in a special "cnn freedom project" report. >>> the rio games are in the books. and tokyo has the olympic flag for 2020. a look at the plans so far. that's ahead. stay with us. >>> all this week, the "cnn freedom project" explores the problem of sex trafficking in canada's indigenous communities. canadian native women frequently become victims of the trade. and a local government is adopting new tactics to help fight the problem. our paula newton has more from winnipeg. >> there's this guy talking to her. >> about 3:00, 4:00 in the morning, i'll see them out here. >> a lot of the people here struggle with many different things. >> you'll see older men sitting in cars idling. >> nobody wants to be out here doing what they have to do. >> come here. how are you doing? >> good. >> words of comfort and support. they e

and joint military action against militants in aleppo. of people have stopped maybe paying attention to syria, but then they see something like this. they pay attention and they want to know what could be happening with this development. what can you tell us about that? >> well, the negotiations between russia and the coalition led by the united states, they are ongoing or being led by our state department and our department of defense. i don't -- we do not have an arrangement with them yet. we are conducting our operations against isil and we remain focused on isil. we have seen russians and syrian regime be focused on rebels and on doing things other than just fighting isil. so we are -- there is no deal yet. we are continuing to conduct our operations against isis. >> they say -- the russians are saying that they're targeting isis, but you don't believe that because of where they're targeting. >> that's correct. we think target some areas where we know there are concentrations of isis fighters, then they target areas where we don't see

groups launched a major assault to try and break the ongoing siege in aleppo. it is the first big drive to regain ground after the syrian army moved in last week tightening the siege. the taliban says it is behind the truck bomb attack on a hotel mostly used by foreigners. the explosion was heard across the city. casualties do seem to be limited. between donald trump and the family of a fallen u.s. muslim soldier continues. the soldier's father calls the presidential nominee a black soul. in syria, rebel fighters fight.st a new residents and some are fighting back. our regional correspondent told us more. >> what we are seeing today is a combined attempt by two powerful islamist rebel groups. toy are trying together break the siege of eastern aleppo by the government for several weeks and bring in urgently needed food and medical aid. there had been an execution the syrian government was on the verge of a be campaign to try and retake east aleppo. what we appear to be seeing this morning is an attempt by rebel brigades to stop that from happening, to stop the c

the omar bin abdul aziz hospital that was truck in aleppo last limited. "children can't overcome these serious injuries," this doctor says, "because their bodies are too weak." and within this, parents in aleppo are faesed with the impossible task of making children, who have only ever known war, feel safe. at least the mother and father survived the air strike, and he got away with minor cuts and bruises, but his 10-year-old he died of his injuries last night. the children of rebel-held aleppo not only have to survive air strikes. food is scarce, and there's been no access to running water for nearly a month now. and, reena, the united nations is trying to negotiate a 48-hour truce so that relief workers can bring in desperately needed supplies. >> ninan: did bra, thank you. still ahead, an update on the these feet played shortstop in high school, learned the horn from my dad and played gigs from new york to miami. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. nerve damage from diabetes causes d

the fighting in syria's second city of aleppo is now turning into an all-out battle for control.his as the u.n. has called the situation there catastrophic particularly for children. and the senate in brazil votes to send the country's suspended president to trial. she is accused of fixing the national budget to try and help her re-election campaign from two years ago. time for today's business news with kate moody. you're starting with news of a strike on the euro star train service on the british side. >> a little bit unusual for us who are used to strikes, of course. this is britain's r.m.t. union announced a seven-day strike this month. and the british bank holiday weekend of august 27-29. the union says that they're protesting duty rosters and unsocial hours for 80 train managers over work life balance. they accuse euro star of not honoring an 2008 about working conditions. now the rail workers from that union are also on strike in other parts of the u.k. the country's transport minister saying passengers are pawing the price. >> i'm disappointed that the unions action over

there are no winners in aleppo. the moment, when you have a situation they have just enough enough momentum that they can win a decisive military victory, you take away all incentive essentially to bring both sides to the negotiating table. i don't believe that there can be any meaningful these talks in ssad ishile president a in syria. i am basing this on conversations i have had with every single person either living in rebel held syria or who is supportive from outside of the country. that hast of blood been spilled, the amount of people killed, the bombardment, the barrel bombs, the targeting of schools and hospitals, people do not feel they can move beyond accept assad toxcep continue as their president. who is in a position to force or push him? certainly not america. possibly the russians, they iranians. what incentive do they have? charlie: that is what the diplomats who wrote the letter. they need more leverage on the ground in order to bring the other side to the table. .larissa: exactly to to be clear, th

abu al barra, who is in aleppo tonight. injury is a lot. >> reporter: he did not want to show his face. "we have to choose who lives and who dies," he said. "and this is something we have to live with every day." the doctors have accused the world, including the u.s., of failing to protect them. and he told us 95% of the casualties are civilians. "we do not need tears," the doctors say, "we need action." intensifying, the situation is now becoming dire for all of the two million people living in both government and rebel-held aleppo. they are in danger of running out of food, fuel, and water. the russians unilaterally declared a three-hour ceasefire, which proved futile today as neither the syrian government nor the opposition rebel coalition ever endorsed it. and now, scott, even if all the warring parties agree to a nations warns it needs 48 hours to give desperately-needed supplies to the war-weary people of aleppo. >> pelley: debora patta covering the five-year civil war for us. debora, thank you. for more than a year n

aleppo once was syria's largest city. it is now under siege. syrian government forces backed by russia and iran are in a relentless battle with rebels, mostly islamic militants. but civilians are caught in the middle. debora patta is inside syria. >> reporter: under constant bombing, life is hard enough for the 300,000 people will living in rebel-held aleppo. news just got worse with reports of another alleged chlorine attack overnight. its victims included men, women, and young children. [gunfire] and for the few remaining doctors there, the relentless fighting and lack of supplies means they're faced with terrible choices. the 15 doctors who wrote to president obama say there was an attack on a medical facility every 17 hours, 42 last month alone. we spoke via skype to pediatrician dr. abu al barra, who is in aleppo tonight. >> the bombing is a lot and injury is also. >> reporter: he did not want to show his face. "we have to choose who lives and who dies," he said. "and this is something we have to live with every day." the doctors have accu

body that was set up in aleppo.nformed us that ali daqneesh, the 10-year-old brother died as a result of the injuries sustained in the air strikes. for the past ten days officials say that 10-year-old ali was in critical condition and she received care but he did succumb to his wounds. the mother of the boys is still in critical condition, still receiving medical care and the family remains in aleppo. they're refusing to speak to the media as one would expect at a time like this. the family is extremely impacted by what they have been through. if you talk to the activists and the aid workers, they tell you that this family's pain and suffering is really a reflection of the situation on the ground. this is the suffering, the pain of so many families who are gone through this in syria and aleppo specifically where we've seen the rise in violence over recent weeks. if you look at the figure, really staggering figure, it's 4500 children have been killed in aleppo province alone since the start of that uprising in 2011 a

in syria, fierce fighting city of aleppo.vernight monday, russian and government airstrikes pounded the city where rebels have been trying to break the siege. 250,000 civilians are trapped in aleppo and are reportedly too scared to use the government's so-called humanitarian corridor's. russia has rejected u.s. criticism of its actions in syria. secretary of state john kerry urged russia to regain -- action there. elsewhere in syria, u.s. back thees are battling to oust islamic state group in an area that has been fiercely defended. thousands of secret documents revealing vital information about the group strategy were now beinge and are analyzed by u.s. intelligence. the operation to retake the city near aleppo started months ago. progress in starring the city was foiled by i.s. militants posting snipers around town and using civilians as human shields. hub and is a strategic a vital road for the transit of foreign jihadists and provisions from the turkish border. >> now we are on the front line. -- theamic state group cultu

h aleppo's children are in crisis. 75,000 living in a war zone, no running water, no schools. playing war. like 11-year-old mohammed, his father ali says his son has nightmares got air strikes. i hold him and kiss him and tell him it's okay, ali said, on saturday, the bombs fell on his home u mohammed was inside with his sister and little brother. four children gone in one night. i want our voices, not just my voice, but all of our voices to reach the entire world, ali says w >> much more of these powerful stories on our new nbc news digital feature, "aleppo: children of war" on our website. >>> one of the growing scams. we tracked down one of the companies behind the rip off and >>> we're back now with an nbc news investigation into one of the fastest growing scams that thousands of people fall victim to every year. your computer is suddenly frozen and then a popup message appears warning you've been hacked and gives you a number to call. promises to fix it. >> reporter: it happened when diane hays was online one morning, warning messages and alert tones began blairing from h

pressure announces a cease-fire around the city of aleppo, to ring in humanitarian aid. it is being slammed as being far from enough. wildfires are racing through the south of france including through marseille. >> germans are reeling from attacks in recent weeks. there is a series of new measures to keep the country safe. let's bring in nick spicer from berlin. >> the government would be making it much easier to expell troublemaking foreigners, people who have applied for asylum and not been rejected. the german government could strip citizenship, men who go to terroristke part in organizations. the interior mr. abandoned the idea to make it easier for doctors to approach the authorities if they thought a patient was going to commit an act of violence. they would try to engage in a dialogue. a real issue about the doctor-patient privilege. there were the new measures to stop radicalization, including with new refugees. there would be new work in the school to do with people who have been tempted towards radicalization. and the hiring of more civil servants in the police

but in aleppo there is no childhood. omran had only minor head injuries and his brother, two sisters, and parents all survived the strike. many oer children have been killed and maimed. as the syrian regime and the its backers in russia try to claw back control of the city. this little boy was pulled om e rubble two days ago, alive. "god is gat" shouted his aleppo is godrsaken.h is this video appears to show a boy who's just lost his brother in an airstrike. "take me instead of him," he cries. another child robbed of his innocence. the united states is trying to avoid being drawn deeper into this conflict. inhe meantime,he regime is bombing its own people with near impunity. they've even targeted hospitals. this security camera video shows a strike on omar bin abdul aziz hospital in aleppo last month. last week, 15 syrian docto still working in rebel-held aleppo wrote a letter to esident obama telling him out four newborn babies who death after a blast cut the oxygen supply to their incubators. those doctors also demande

what else can you tell us about this horrible situation in aleppo?lways tell people is i first went to aleppo in the summer of 2012 and i thought this is hell on earth. this situation cannot get any worse and every time i go back to syria it does get worse and on this most recent trip there were entire areas that looked like the moon. there was nothing but gray rubble, destruction all around. many, many people displaced from their homes. people dying every single day, hospitals, bakeries, fruit markets being targeted by relentless bombardment and here we are a couple of months later and the situation has gotten worse because the rebel-held part of the city has been under siege by the regime for nearly a month and the doctors who wrote that letter they don't have life support machines, they don't have ct scanners. they don't have oxygen for babies. they don't have good water to use, even. they don't have diesel that powers the generators that keeps those hospitals running. so you're looking at a humanitarian crisis here, and it doesn't seem that the w