many of them have fled aleppo. go, so they take cover in olive groves and open fields. and, all the while, the government's offensive continues, the regime is far from done with idlib. quentin somerville, bbc news. we're just we'rejust going to we're just going to bring you some breaking news that has come us at bbc news. it has been reported by a number of newspapers that the comedian freddie starr has died at the age of 76. a number of reports in the papers this evening. you remember him as becoming quite a household name in the 1970s. reportedly found dead at his home in spain. we understand that a post on facebook and twitter pages claiming to belong to him read as "this is very‘s manager, just to confirm that freddie has passed away. rip to our greatest comedian of all time". starting his career in the 1960s as pa rt starting his career in the 1960s as part of the mid—90s group. really rose to national prominence in the 19705 rose to national prominence in the 1970s after appearing on opportunity not. early re

yes, cos that's aleppo, what used to be... yes, it's an old souq in aleppo. a passion for the remnants of the past. all the time the students ask, why this is stones here, why they built this castle here. they feel something in their heart actually, because when when you work in the heritage places, we need to rebuild our countries. but they are also taught how it could be restored and renewed. and also it must give them hope that there is a chance, because this is terrible but if they can do this, then they can rebuild what was lost? yes. i'm told two of the most promising students are khadija and aisha. they both fled from syria at the beginning of the war and were forced to reconstruct their lives here from scratch. in this impoverished area, localjordanians have been severely challenged by the crisis at their borders, and jordan's heritage sites also need repair, restoration and preservation. so locals have been welcomed too. reina and nourare mother and daughter. they grew up near mafraq and always work on the same stone together. with more refugees than

on the outskirts of aleppo the team of scientists charged with maintaining the seed bank were forced to abandon their work and flee the country. but they never gave up hope. when some of them resettled just over the border in lebanon's bekaa valley they began rebuilding their collection. i'm traveling to the i car to seed bank to meet one of these scientists dr ali she had the eye of a good to see it to what happened to the seed bank in aleppo syria it became possible to access to the gym by all 3 of the premises and told it with all the 15 because everybody.

many of them have fled aleppo.re else to go so they take cover in olive groves and open fields. and, all the while, the government's offensive continues, the regime is farfrom done with idlib. and quentin is with me. what does this offensive represent for president bashar al—assad and his campaign? he is unquestionably on its way to victory and standing on its way to victory and standing on the way of that victory is idlib province. we don't think this is the last great push, we think you will move incrementally taking towns and villages. it will not be his victory alone. it was brought to him by russian air force and iranian—backed troops. when we travelled through syria, the towns and villages looked the same, incredible destruction caused by the free syrian army, the regime, the islamic state. it is almost impossible to untangle it. full government control in syria and peace in syria still a long way away. many thanks. quentin somerville, our middle east correspondent. two years after the grenfell tower fire in

many of them have fled aleppo and ghouta.ields. meanwhile, the government's offensive continues. the regime is far from done with idlib. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: school daze — we'll tell you about the educational institution in croatia — where the pupils are teachers — i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterand. but the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and islam struggled for supremacy. now, the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in under four minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: last—ditch talks are underway as american

russia's approval to move into areas under the control of the kurdish y p g not just in northern aleppo but east of the euphrates as well russia for its part wants its allies to use the highways and lead to revive trade. moscow into massacres describe the assault as a fight against terrorism but it is causing immense suffering the united nations says three hundred thousand syrians who live in the area of hostilities large numbers have already made their way north towards the border with turkey how many more will be made homeless may depend on the outcome of the latest round of bargaining senate. beirut. now the pilot of the russian aeroflot plane that crash landed on sunday killing forty one people says lightning damaged its communication instruments. superjet one hundred aircraft burst into flames during the emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport a vigil is being held there for the victims of the crash of flight data recorders have been recovered u.s. secretary of state mike pompei as says the deployment of extra warships to the middle east is a response to actions by iran

one of these scientists dr ali shahade the ira good to see it to what happened to the seed bank in aleppo syria it became possible to access to the gene bank all 3 got the premises and the public 2015 because every band accessed through the center by the armed group controlling the area. they stole the vehicles they stole the lot of equipments nothing left in the head call to exit the buildings and the duma. the war forced 5000000 refugees out of syria. right now it's not safe for a doctor so hard to continue his work at home how hard was it to leave that seed bank behind i spend more than. 27 years of my life working to the gym bag so it's a like someone who left behind the babies all long long history we dealt with them day by day we knew everything about the behavior of those plants in the field in the plastic houses even in the dream bangs time effort made by everybody. both syria and lebanon lie in the fertile crescent which is where farming began. it makes this part of the world an ideal place to work on safeguarding future food supplies this is the center of origins all we can call

that is aleppo. yes. baraa says the troops have triggered a passion for the remnants of the past.u d e nts of the past. all the time the students ask, why they built this castle here. make they feel something in their heart because when you work in heritage places, we need to rebuild our conscience. they are also taught how to restore and renew. it also must give them hope. because this is terrible but if they can do this, they can rebuild what was lost. i am told to of the most promising students both fled from syria at the beginning of the war and were forced to reconstruct their lives here from scratch. in this impoverished area, local jordanians have been severely challenged by the crisis at their borders, and jordan's heritage sites also need repair, restoration and preservation. so locals have been welcomed to. reina and moor a mother and daughter. they grew up near mafraq and always work on the same stone together. with more refugees than locals in mafraq, there have inevitably been tensions between the communities. but here, jordanians and syrians have bonded and become cl

provinces reaching the southern edges of province as well as rebel controlled villages west of aleppo city the product side wants to clear those areas from rebels in order to open trade arteries and protect. aleppo cities under its control but little progress has been made so far advancing on the ground is proving to be difficult the offensive however has depopulated villages and created a humanitarian crisis. the almost nonstop airstrikes by syrian and russian jets on opposition controlled villages intensified since the rebel advance at least $200.00 civilians have been killed in turkey and russian ties have so far survived their relationship extends beyond syria but that live is where they are bargaining and strengthening their nic. hand jennifer the beirut. libyan warlord however have their house rejected friendship ailsa put a halt to the fighting near the capital tripoli talks machine after and president emmanuel markhor in paris failed to reach an agreement on a ceasefire after his forces have been fighting troops loyal to libya's internationally recognized government in tripoli

on the outskirts of aleppo the team of scientists charged with maintaining the seed bank were forced to abandon their work and flee the country. but they never gave up hope. when some of them resettled just over the border in lebanon's bekaa valley they began rebuilding their collection. i'm traveling to the i car to seed bank to meet one of these scientists dr ali shahad the ira good to see it to what happened to the seed bank in aleppo syria it became possible to access to the gym by the pet mice and told the 2015 because of the ban to access to the sent by the armed group controlling the area. they stole the vehicles they stole the lot of equipments nothing left in the head call to exit the buildings and the june by. the war forced 5000000 refugees out of syria right now it's not safe for a doctor so how did to continue his work at home. how hard was it to leave that seed bank behind i spent more than. 27 years of my life working to the gym bag so it's a like someone who left behind the babies or a long long history we dealt with them day by day we knew everything about the behavi

many of them have fled aleppo and ghouta.here is nowhere else to got , y take cover in all of groves and open fields. all the while, the government offensive continues. the regime is far from done with idlib. laura: syria's agony continu, as quentin sommerville is reporting. the trump administration is meetinwith chinese officials in a last-ditch attempt to reach a trade deal. if no agreement is reached, the u.s. will impose new tariffs on $200 billi worth of chinese goods at one minute past midnight washington time. rlier, president trump accused chinese officials of going back on their word. pres. trump: we were getting close to a deal and they started to renegotia we can't have that. we can't have that. our country can taken $120 billion tariffs, paid mostly by china, not by us. ultimately it is paid for largely by china. laura: mr. trump also said he reomived a beautiful letter china's president.m for more, i'ined by the u.s. correspondent for our chinese service. do you think chifficials are going to be in the mood to ma

on the outskirts of aleppo the team of scientists charged with maintaining the seed bank were forced to abandon their work and flee the country. but they never gave up hope. when some of them resettled just over the border in lebanon's bekaa valley they began rebuilding their collection. i'm traveling to the i car to seed bank to meet one of these scientists dr ali shahad the ira good to see it to what happened to the seed bank in aleppo syria it became possible to access to the gym by all 3 got the premises and told but without the 15 because we've been to access through the center by the armed groups controlling the area. they stole the vehicles they stole the lot of equipments nothing left in the head call to exit the buildings and the duma. the war forced 5000000 refugees out of syria right now it's not safe for a doctor so how did to continue his work at home. how hard was it to leave that seed bank behind i spent more than. 27 years of my life working to the gym bag so it's a like you someone who left behind the babies all long long history we dealt with them day by day we knew

provinces reaching the southern edges of the province as well as rebel controlled villages west of aleppo city the pro-democracy side wants to clear those areas from rebels in order to open trade arteries and protect. aleppo cities under its control but little progress has been made so far advancing on the ground is proving to be difficult the offensive however has depopulated villages and created a humanitarian crisis. the almost nonstop airstrikes by syrian and russian jets on opposition controlled villages intensified since the rebel advance at least $200.00 civilians have been killed in turkey and russian ties have so far survived their relationship extends beyond syria but that loop is where they are bargaining and strengthening their negotiating hand. beirut.

many of them have fled aleppo.over in olive groves and open fields. and, all the while, the government's offensive continues, the regime is far from done with idlib. quentin somerville, bbc news. the us says it has seized a north korean cargo ship, accusing it of violating international sanctions. it's the first time the us has seized a north korean ship for breaching sanctions and comes amid worsening relations between the two nations. a meeting between kimjong—un and donald trump ended without agreement in february. north korea has carried out two weapons tests in the space of the past week. state media confirmed the latest had been carried out by kimjon—un, describing it as a "strike drill" on "the western front". but the pentagon disputed this — saying that the launches were of multiple ballistic missiles that flew into the ocean. earlier, i spoke to soo kim, who is a former cia analyst on north korea, and asked her on what basis can the us seize another nation's ship, when it's not even in us waters? well, thi

with more than 400000 students unable to sit for their exams areas in government controlled western aleppo northern hamma have also been affected by hostilities resulting in civilian casualties and injuries on 14 may rockets hit the densely populated narrow camp for palestine refugees in aleppo killing at least 9 civilians and wounding 11 humanitarian agencies are trying to help people caught up in the fighting but the response is already stretched prepositioned stocks of food have been given to 100000 people since the start of this month tents another shelter items for 25000 people are being distributed but as we've told you before a full military incursion would overwhelm all ability to respond we rapidly approaching that scenario mr president i am most of all concerned about the number of attacks damaging or destroying medical facilities i need not remind you that medical facilities are specially protected under international humanitarian law since 28 april. health actors have identified at least 18 facilities that have been damaged or destroyed by air strikes shelling or other fighting

and aleppo cities under its control but little progress has been made so far advancing on the ground is proving to be difficult the offensive however has depopulated villages and created a humanitarian crisis. the almost nonstop airstrikes by syrian and russian jets on opposition controlled villages intensified since the rebel advance at least $200.00 civilians have been killed in turkey and russian ties have so far survived their relationship extends beyond syria but that live is where they are bargaining and strengthening their negotiating had sent to. beirut still ahead on the program a buddhist monk jailed for inciting violence against sri lanka is pardoned and freed from prison. a trip to southern china by president xi sparked speculation that rare earth exports could be a new front in the trade war with the us. how low we're still got plenty of showers across parts of europe but temperatures warming up quite nicely for mitt.

8 of those killed were in western aleppo well as strikes targeted a popular market civil defense teams are still searching for victims in several towns that were hit by government strikes one of based 43 people have been killed in 2 days upon bartman by russian backed government forces in syria they're targeting the remaining rebel strongholds of hama and southern live the u.n. says that more than 300000 people have been displaced over the past month and a serious diplomatic editor james bay is reports now from the united nations where the u.n. special envoy to syria is calling for an immediate cease fire special envoy good morning are you concerned about the situation in the u.n. special envoy gary pedersen here in new york to brief the security council as the offensive in it live continues he met ambassadors here in the consultations room the place where close security council meetings are held afterwards mr pedersen who's trying to get peace talks going again in geneva said his meeting had been dominated by events in a loop there are 3000000 civilians. in a live prominence too many

on the outskirts of aleppo the team of scientists charged with maintaining the seed bank were forced to abandon their work and flee the country. but they never gave up hope. when some of them resettled just over the border in lebanon's bekaa valley they began rebuilding their collection. i'm traveling through the i car to seed bank to meet one of these scientists dr ali shahad the ira good to see it to what happened to the seed bank in aleppo syria it became possible to access to the gym by all 3 of the premises and public 2015 because of the ban to access to the sent by the armed group on tolling the area. they stole the vehicles they stole the lot of equipments nothing left in the head call to exit the buildings and the june by. the war forced 5000000 refugees out of syria right now it's not safe for a doctor so how did to continue his work at home. how hard was it to leave that seed bank behind i spent more than. 27 years of my life working to the gym bag so it's a like someone who left behind the babies or a long long history we dealt with them day by day we knew everything about

we spent about a week in aleppo and my story was to cover the souk, the people of the markets.someone's help. it is one of the largest labyrinths of someone's help. it is one of the largest la byrinths of commerce someone's help. it is one of the largest labyrinths of commerce one could imagine. a noisy, bustling place where you really had to watch where you'd step so you didn't bump into a donkey or a reporter carrying loads of goods from one place of another in the souk of aleppo was pretty much entirely destroyed in the conflict by the fighting and then by fire and bombardment as well. i have no idea what the destiny or effects of the war have been on the people in those pictures. i especially think about the young boys that i photographed. they are happily beaming in front of my lens, there is no hostility, just an openness to share who they are and so now here we are 15, 16 years later. i wonder, and so now here we are 15, 16 years later. iwonder, did and so now here we are 15, 16 years later. i wonder, did they flee, and so now here we are 15, 16 years later. iwonder, did

from tel rafah in northern aleppo turkey considers the y. peachey a terrorist organization. trying to find a trade of if russia will give them more. money but. which is on the table to russian turkey and i think also part of the trying to test the limits of each other to see how far we can go. but serious power brokers are unlikely to push far enough to break in alliance they both benefit from neither side wants a large scale assault on it but even a limited operation is enough to destroy the lives of many. beirut. the venezuelan opposition politician has sought refuge in argentina's embassy in caracas richard blanco who was one of several opposition figures stripped of their parliamentary immunity last week another was arrested on wednesday supporters of edgar zambrano who is vice president of the national assembly chased foley's cars outside party headquarters as he was detained he is the deputy to opposition leader why though we tried and failed to overthrow president nicolas maduro government last week. now as the political power struggle drags on children with long term

and aleppo. the roads pass through it lib mainly the towns of just the show who are so dark and modern norman to achieve that goal pro-government forces need to advance north into the planned buffer zone where the turkish military has observation posts was all this area turkey's armored just overlook so there's going to be a lot of. evil now in the future between turkey and russia if the church join us it's an us and russia if everybody will stay in this area the way they're there right now. works a lot more costs in france or behind you. this is how serious stakeholders have negotiated in the past years military pressure has and continues to be used fighting is escalating but at the same time turkish officials say they are in talks with russia concerning the deployment of their forces in syria turkey wants russia's approval to move into areas under the control of the kurdish y p g not just in northern aleppo but east of the euphrates as well russia for its part wants its allies to use the highwa

from tel rafah in northern aleppo turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist organization. trying to find a trade of if russia will give them more. money but again. which is on the table to russian turkey i think all supporters are trying to test the limits of each other to see how far we can go. but serious power brokers are unlikely to push far enough to break an alliance they both benefit from neither side wants a large scale assault on a blip but even a limited operation is enough to destroy the lives of many so. beirut. libya's un recognized government has suspended the operations of forty four and for its says violated trade laws they include the french oil company and the german tech giant siemens it comes a day after libyan prime minister fayyad visited paris of the sky of recent battle for tripoli with the french president. there are vague accusations the french government is helping the warlords. in his month long offensive to take the capital . yemen's a un recognized government has accused the united arab emirates of sending separatists fighters to a remote yeme

provinces reaching the southern edges of province as well as rebel controlled villages west of aleppo city the pro-democracy side wants to clear those areas from rebels in order to open trade arteries and protect. aleppo cities under its control but progress has been made so far advancing on the ground is proving to be difficult the offensive however has depopulated villages and created a humanitarian crisis. the almost nonstop airstrikes by syrian and russian jets opposition controlled villages intensified since the rebel advance at least $200.00 civilians have been killed in turkey and russian ties have so far survived their relationship extends beyond syria but it is where they are bargaining and strengthening their negotiating hand. doctors engineers and marched towards a city in military headquarters in khartoum where they demanded a transition to civilian government. the ruling military council says it will hand power to a democratically elected government as soon as possible but the opposition alliance says the military is insisting on directing the transition and having a majo

provinces reaching the southern edges of province as well as rebel controlled villages west of aleppo city the pro-democracy side wants to clear those areas from rebels in order to open trade arteries and protect. aleppo cities under its control but little progress has been made so far advancing on the ground is proving to be difficult the offensive however has depopulated villages and created a humanitarian crisis. the almost nonstop airstrikes by syrian and russian jets on opposition controlled villages intensified since the rebel advance at least $200.00 civilians have been killed in turkey and russian ties have so far survived their relationship extends beyond syria but that live is where they are bargaining and strengthening their negotiating hand. beirut. yemen city rebels say they've carried out a 3rd to draw an attack on an airport and military base in the saudi city of nurture on who's the media say they've been targeting hangars containing warplanes since wednesday the saudi led coalition say they insist set's is an explosive laden drone and accused iran of supporting the he

from tel rafah in northern aleppo turkey considers the y. peachey a terrorist organization. trying to find. if russia will give them more. but again. which is on the table to rush into. and i think also part of the trying to test the limits of each other to see how far they can go. but serious power brokers are unlikely to push far enough to break an alliance they both benefit from neither side wants a large scale assault on it lip but even a limited operation is enough to destroy the lives of many. beirut. a sixth round of talks between the u.s. and taliban aimed at ending the war in afghanistan has concluded in qatar negotiators say some progress was made on a draft agreement for when foreign troops mites withdraw the u.s. has been pushing the taliban to agree to a cease fire and talk with the afghan government south korea's military says north korea has fired two missiles on the launch happened include song in the north province south korea says the missiles were directed towards the east rob mcbride has more from seoul. south korean defense officials confirming that two

aleppo cities under its control but little progress has been made so far advancing on the ground is proving to be difficult the offensive however has depopulated villages and created a humanitarian crisis. the almost nonstop are strikes by syrian and russian jets on opposition controlled villages intensified since the rebel advance at least $200.00 civilians have been killed turkey russian ties have so far survived their relationship extends beyond syria but this is where they are bargaining and strengthening their negotiating hand so out of. beirut. the dutch social democratic party is the big winner of the european elections in the netherlands according to exit polls europeans are voting over the next 3 days to elect 751 e.u. parliamentarians the outcome in the netherlands will reassure established parties fearing a surge among the far right and the polls have closed in the u.k. for those european parliament elections a campaign group says hundreds of e.u. citizens trying to vote were turned away because of administrative mistakes. a buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against musl

russia's approval to move into areas under the control of the kurdish y p g not just in northern aleppo but east of the euphrates as well russia for its part wants its allies to use the highways and lead to revive trade. moscow into baskets describe the assault as a fight against terrorism but it is causing immense suffering the united nations says three hundred thousand syrians who live in the area of hostilities large numbers have already made their way north towards the border with turkey how many more will be made homeless may depend on the outcome of the latest round of bargaining senator there beirut. top court has upheld the death sentences for two activists and jail terms for dozens of others in a final ruling the men were convicted of belonging to a terrorist cell with links to iran's revolutionary guards and lebanon's hezbollah are behind launched a crackdown after the street protests in two thousand below. which were demanding an elected prime minister sudan's military council says it will unveil plans for the country's transitional period on wednesday that announcement was e

to discuss the deployment of forces in syria what turkey wants is to be able to move into northern aleppo too to remove the syrian kurdish y p g a from that area what russia wants is to be able to push further north to take over the highways that run through adlib so these major stakeholders these power brokers in syria both have different interests but they do work together and we understand. some sort of negotiations are taking place concerning this whole file so major stakeholders this is the immediate objective russia wants those highways so that the government can benefit from the revival of trade turkey wants the clear northern aleppo from the presence of the kurdish a y p g of course they have other interests like russia's approval to operate east of the greatest but then there's another actor involved in that is the united states so conflicting interests but behind the scenes negotiations is what we understand thank you for that zena hunter my forest in. libya's u.n. recognized government is accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting the war oh sorry for have taught in is offensiv

and aleppo cities under its control but little progress has been made so far advancing on the ground is proving to be difficult the offensive however has depopulated villages and created a humanitarian crisis. the almost nonstop airstrikes by syrian and russian jets on opposition controlled villages intensified since the rebel advance at least $200.00 civilians have been killed turkey and russian ties have so far survived their relationship extends beyond syria but this is where they are bargaining and strengthening their negotiating hand set of. beirut still ahead for you on this news hour from london a trip to southern china by president xi sparked speculation that rare earth exports could be a new front in the trade war with the united states officials from 3 u.s. airlines say 737 max jets will need up to 150 hours of work before they can fly again and the india captain revealed the team to beat out the cricket world cup. the u.s. justice department has announced 18 new criminal charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange so let's get more on this from my teacher castro in w

from tel rifat in northern aleppo turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist organization. trying to find a trade of if russia will give them more. money but again. which is on the table to russian to. i think also part of the trying to test the limits of each other to see how far they can go. but serious power brokers are unlikely to push far enough to break in alliance they both benefit from neither side wants a large scale assault on adlib but even a limited operation is enough to destroy the lives of many. beirut. the international court of justice is hearing cantles case against the united arab emirates for violating human rights but also the u.a.e. targeted citizens and expel them after an economic blockade was imposed in twenty seventeen. has been hearing more from the hearing in the hague. it is the final day of a three day public hearing brought at the request of the united arab emirates they are all skiing for provisional measures this basically means an injunction saying that qatar is stopping it from implementing the provisions made by this court last year and t

still above average and some of these locations now as you can see aleppo we're talking about 30 degrees there even the southern coast of turkey is seeing into the low thirty's over the next few days not a lot in terms of rain we did have wildfires in israel those have been controlled but aleppo is 34 degrees as those temperatures rise baghdad we do expect to see a time to them of about 41 well here across the gulf looking quite nice here in doha temperatures are about seasonal for this time of year about $38.00 degrees we expect to see but we do expect to see some more rain across parts of yemen so for sana some showers pushing through there and as we go towards monday a little bit of break but up towards and scott a nice day for you with a temperature of 35 degrees and then very quickly here across parts of southern africa we are seeing some clouds across parts of cape town for durban johannesburg you are going to be into the low twenty's over the next few days but by the time we get towards monday we do expect to see more rain across parts of madagascar some of the showers could be qu

provinces reaching the southern edges of province as well as rebel controlled villages west of aleppo city the problem ask a side wants to clear those areas from rebels in order to open trade arteries and protect. aleppo cities under its control but though progress has been made so far advancing on the ground is proving to be difficult the offensive however has depopulated villages and created a humanitarian crisis. the almost nonstop airstrikes by syrian and russian jets are opposition controlled villages intensified since the rebel advance at least $200.00 civilians have been killed in turkey and russian ties have so far survived their relationship extends beyond syria but it is where they are bargaining and strengthening their negotiating hand. beirut. during the news you know where security in the capital is still toit's off to election results spots full of protests 6 people were killed in rockets and 200 injured on tuesday protesters are angry that the president jerk a widow was declared the winner of last month's election they say there was widespread cheating the election comm

from tel rafah in northern aleppo turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist organization. trying to find a trade of if russia will give them more. money but. which is on the table to russian turkey on it lou i think also part of the trying to test the limits of each other to see how far we can go. but serious power brokers are unlikely to push far enough to break in alliance they both benefit from neither side wants a large scale assault on but even a limited operation is enough to destroy the lives of many so. beirut. coming up in the second half of the news our results are still coming in from south africa's election will hear from our of course in the main counting center and in sport can now that joe be the master of madrid for the third time will have the details. hello flooding might become quite an issue this spring certainly in the midwest is pretty wet on the ground this is oklahoma though and you do expect that in oklahoma sara lee expect storm damage but certain amount of rain already solved and right is the picture at the moment is halfway between oklahoma city

it straddles major highways running south from aleppo to the capital and west to the port city.f war, , theyrs are determined to take the province and crushed the rebellion, breaking a cease-fire brokered by russia. momoscow has p provided aiair st while advising against a full-scale attack. is afraid of a major influx of syrian refugees. >> our country does not have the resources or power to take in another 3 million people. we must do what we can too prevent migration from t this ea. the u.n. has warned of a major humanitarian disaster. >> protesters are locked in a country'sith the rulers. the opposition movement is return to aa nationwide civil disobedience campaign. >> civil disobedience is the word they are talking about on the street. the plan is to move the protest beyond this site. strike could be ruled out as early as monday. junior police officers have gone on strike. those working in the post offices, the train service. thatey question is, will alienate sudanese who have not participated? i asked a couple of protesters and a couple did acknowledge it may backfire, gi

russia's approval to move into areas under the control of the kurdish y p g not just in northern aleppo but east of the euphrates as well russia for its part wants its allies to use the highways and lead to revive trade. moscow into baskets describe the assault as a fight against terrorism but it is causing immense suffering the united nations says three hundred thousand syrians who live in the area of hostilities large numbers have already made their way north towards the border with turkey how many more will be made homeless may depend on the outcome of the latest round of bargaining senate. beirut the international criminal court has ruled not to refer to jordan to the un security council for failing to arrest the former sudanese president omar al bashir two years ago is wanted by the i.c.c. for crimes committed in darfur by militias aligned to his government the court says jordan should have arrested basheer upon his request when he visited a month in march twenty seventh she was there to attend an arab league summit. fifteen.

the largest country in sub-saharan africa the swallow crosses hoff the country from lubumbashi to aleppo it's the only link between remote villages and the outside world. the swallow has. been around for more than 50 years like a local bus it stops of virtually every station passengers clamber for remaining seats people cram into whatever space they can find. nearly 2000 people all together 3 times the officially permitted capacity for those who want to able to find a place or who can't afford a ticket there's always the roof. travelers have to remain alert a lapse in attention could be fatal. the danger comes not just from above. even at the moderate speed of 30 kilometers an hour a tree branch can cut like a machete. al-jazeera world goes on an incredible journey to 1st hand accounts and the extraordinary archive footage to the cities of palestine as they were before $948.00 and the impact the creation of israel had to. witness the vibrant commercial and cultural ties that bind up close and the heritage that many of today's costumes have never. lost cities of palestine on al-jazeera. c

making things pretty hot for some of us here and korea there getting to around 30 degrees and force in aleppo we're getting to $56.00 even in baghdad it's going to be a hot one with the top temperature getting to around $41.00 for the east we'll see a few showers around and it looks like those will be intensified particularly around kabul there as we head through thursday so if you roll the live the outbreaks of rain here and there's do stretch all the way out towards the as well before the towards the south and here in doha it looks like it's going to be a hot one on wednesday the winds a feeding down from the northwest and so that's ensuring it's a very dry as of the temperatures can get that little bit high up by the time we get to 1st day though the winds will swing round to dragging in some will and so the temperatures won't get quite so high 38 degrees will be our maximum but it will feel very sticky as the humidity is the important point at the moment the further towards the south of this plenty of drawing weather across the southern parts of africa but in the northwest of our map that

things pretty hot for some of us here and korea they're getting to around 30 degrees and force in aleppo we're getting to $36.00 even in baghdad it's going to be a hot one with the top temperature getting to around $41.00 for the east we'll see a few showers around and it looks like those will be intensified particularly around kabul there as we head through thursday so if you roll the live the outbreaks of rain here and they stews stretch all the way up towards the as well before the towards the south and here in doha it looks like it's going to be a hot one on wednesday the winds a feeding down from the northwest and so that's ensuring it's a very dry as of the temperatures can get that little bit high up by the time we get to 1st day though the winds will swing round to dragging in civil war and so the temperatures won't get quite so high 38 degrees will be our maximum but it will feel very sticky as the humidity is the important point at the moment the further towards the south of this plenty of drawing weather across the southern parts of africa but in the northwest of our map that'

provinces to the southern edges of it live and further west of the aleppo countryside nowhere is safe out there. people are living in fear children were playing in the street when they were mortar there is no rebel position or headquarters here. you can see the civil defense workers are trying to move to a woman under the rubble. hospitals are being destroyed and humanitarian services have been suspended the united nations has denounced sig world powers for doing nothing to stop the attacks it is warning of a catastrophe.

making things pretty hot for some of us here and korea there getting to around 30 degrees and force in aleppo we're getting to $36.00 even in baghdad it's going to be a hot one with the top temperature getting to around $41.00 for the east we'll see a few showers around and it looks like those will be intensified particularly around kabul there as we head through thursday so if you roll the lively outbreaks of rain here and those do stretch all the way up towards monte as well before the towards the south and here in doha it looks like it's going to be a hot one on wednesday the winds are feeding down from the northwest and so that's ensuring it's a very dry as of the temperatures can get that little bit high up by the time we get to 1st day though the winds will swing round to dragging in some more moisture and so the temperatures won't get quite so high 38 degrees will be our maximum but it will feel very sticky as the humidity is the important point at the moment the further towards the south of there's plenty of drawing weather across the southern parts of africa but in the northwest of o

commercial routes present to routes that go through the area through the province for example who connect aleppo a major city inside syria to the coast for example it's the m four the m five highways that lead through its lips so the regime is very much interested in controlling these areas so this is maybe some part of the deal you know between russia and turkey now going on you know turkey being able to regain some control of kurdish areas. is the city close to a free in a free and has been taken over by turkey last year took it really wants to get this last point and russia could say go ahead mr i don't want you take it and we will take inside it live whatever we consider crucial to the regime's power they will thank you so much for explaining that. thank you. phil take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world pro-government forces in libya after forces you have clashed with forces supporting the rebel general. on the southern edges of the capital tripoli but these pictures were posted on the facebook page of have to ourselves libyan national army and he's been try

in conflict, as syrian government forces attack the provinces of idlib, northern hama and western aleppo

affordable at least $27.00 civilians were killed in tuesday's attacks areas in the provinces of hama and aleppo were also targeted or seeing civilians to flee towards turkey. the owners warning that a lot of offensive an ad lib will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe for its 3000000 residents and it will matic editor james de supports from the united nations. yes another meeting on the 5th time it's been raised in the security council since the offensive by the syrian government and russia started yet again division among council members means there was strong words but no prospect of action for a top humanitarian official made this appeal conta this council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs are dropped in civilian areas ambassadors from the us and europe talked of war crimes and the need for accountability attacks directed against protected medical facilities are prohibited by international law and are in defiance of many security council reso

this is ebrahim, from aleppo in syria.two years, helping him to ove rco m e accordion for two years, helping him to overcome the trauma of losing close family relatives during the war. hello, sorry to interrupts. this sounds fantastic, ebrahim, beautiful, amazing. wow. do you want to carry on playing the accordion when you return home? do you think coming here and learning about the beauty of music, does that give you more hope? for the future? well, thank you for bringing us the music. it's beautiful. it certainly makes us very happy. ebrahim, thank you. music has been used by humankind right across the centuries. the ancient chinese advocated art that appear to,000 500 yea rs before advocated art that appear to,000 500 years before the turks invented it. in this region hospital often use music as a balm for their patients, to heal trauma, weather it was physical or mental. what is really interesting is now science is catching up with the lived historical experience, so cutting edge research tells us that listening to mus

come down a few degrees but it is still above average in some of these locations now you can see aleppo we're talking about 30 degrees there even the southern coast of turkey is seeing into the low thirty's over the next few days not a lot in terms of rain we did have wildfires in israel those have been controlled but aleppo 34 degrees as those temperatures rise baghdad we do expect to see a time to them of about 41 well here across the gulf well looking quite nice here in doha terms as about seasonal for this time of year about $38.00 degrees we expect to see but we do expect to see some more rain across parts of yemen so for santa some showers pushing through there and as we go towards monday a little bit of break but up towards miss got a nice day for you with a temperature of 35 degrees and then very quickly here across parts of southern africa we are seeing some clouds across parts of cape town for durban johannesburg you are going to be into the low twenty's over the next few days but by the time we get towards monday we do expect to see more rain across parts of madagascar some o