forces laid siege to eastern aleppo in july and civilians, many of them children, lost their lives tose bombardment cluster munitions, incendiary weapons and crudely weaponize fluorine canisters on civilian inhabited areas. >> the report comes as the u.n. is hosting peace talks in geneva between the regime and the opposition. rebelsin colombia, farc will start laying down their arms on wednesday. members of the left-wing insurgency have been gathered at supervised disarmament points as part of the terms of the controversial peace deal signed last year. reporter: crossing the country to lay down their arms. farc rebels in colombia have announced they will officially start disarming, with a process expected to end by june. farc members have been debt -- gathering across the country for the past few weeks. ,ith 7000 them already in place they are now due to take inventory and destroy their weapons under you and supervision. >> the beginning of the disarmament process demonstrates our firm commitment to peace. as the weapons held by farc over towill be passed the custody of the united nat

there's no life now in the eastern of aleppo. after the repeal the guns away and after the civilians had fled to other parts to live. no electricity, no clean water until now. not all, most of the soldiers are not rebels in the beginning of the revolution. they were civilians like us. and they had to raise their weapons against the government because the government started one uprising against the government. so they were not soldiers from the revolution. and they deal with the civilians like their brothers. most cases, of course. they are afraid of our lives. they let us evacuate before hem. they don't -- ok. we don't involve by targeting us or killing us. mr. rubio: you may have alluded to this earlier. i didn't see it in the written testimony. i see two of you are concerned about being identified for your own safety. who are you fearful of? dr. abdulkhalek: we are fearing the government. from the government. because if they discovered our identity or they may send someone to get rid of us. or they can capture our relatives in

one of three hospitals supported in eastern aleppo. -- this was a small hospital.we were often overrun by a large number of patients and wounded arriving at our facility. we did our best to save as many lives as we could. but we were forced to make very difficult decisions. with the overwhelming number of wounded civilians and limited resources that we had available to us, we had to face the unimaginable task of deciding who to say and who to lead to die. can you imagine having to make this decision? my colleagues all over the city and i taste this every single day. we asked for help from the internet community many times. we communicated with you and agencies we risk our safety and that of our families by appearing on international media. we did everything we could yet help never arrived. they have no means to enforce the mandates and hold the perpetrators accountable for these kinds. i was one of three doctors from aleppo assigned to negotiate a plan for medical evacuation and the world health organization. this negotiation, with the cooperation of many parties i

and we have been getting more on this from a syrian journalist who lives in eastern -- lived in eastern aleppo looking at the allegations that the u.s. airstrike did hit that mosque. reporter: if you look at the place and the location and the airstrikes, there is only one airstrike in this area specifically in the center. the mosque actually consists of a really big yard and it is a structure on two sides, so the airstrike was clearly inside the mosque itself. it is a 24 mosque -- 2-floor mosque, their first floor is a mosque for people and the second floor is an intellectual center. so it was clearly hit, there is no collateral damage around the mosque or this specific town. if you look at some photos that show the nearby buildings, there is only two buildings and around all of the mosque is only a space, a really empty space. only two buildings nearby and no collateral damage for those buildings, so it was really clear that it was the mosque that was hit. christopher: turning now to indonesia where groups have returned 17 critically endangered orangutans to their natural forest habitat. they

>> i can tell you that in the eastern part of aleppo now, the u.n. maps decide that about a fourth of the buildings are destroyed completely. and the other buildings are damaged. there's no life now in the eastern of aleppo, and after the civilians fled to other parts. no electricity, no clean water until now. not all, but most of the soldiers are not rebels in the beginning of the revolution. they were civilians like us. and they had to raise their weapons against the government, because the government started killing everyone uprising against the government. so they were not soldiers from the beginning of the revolution. they deal with the civilians, like their brothers. most cases, of course. they are afraid of our lives. they let us evacuate before them. and they don't -- okay. they don't involve by targeting us or killing us off. >> you may have alluded to this earlier, i didn't see it in the written testimony. i see two of you are concerned about being identified for your own safety. >> yes. >> who are you fearful of? >> we are fearing of the go

they also concluded the eventual evacuation of eastern aleppo amounted to forced displacement. more thing we must emphasise — the investigators found no evidence russia carried out any war crimes despite its support for the government. alex forsyth has more from beirut. this report is highly critical of the contact of those involved in the battle for aleppo. war crimes committed by all parties. it singles out one incident which the un report saysis out one incident which the un report says is particularly shocking. the attack on humanitarian aid convoy last september. trucks carrying much—needed aid supplies into aleppo had the permission of the syrian government, and they knew where they we re government, and they knew where they were travelling when they came under attack on the road, as they were making their way into aleppo. they we re making their way into aleppo. they were dropping aid, they were under machine—gun fire from aircraft. a number of the trucks were destroyed, 14 number of the trucks were destroyed, 1a people killed. as a result humanitarian aid into aleppo wa

the community, i am an ophthalmologist and a one of three hospitals in the society supported eastern aleppo. this was constructed to protect the patient and staff from airstrikes. they are arriving at our facility. we did our best to save as many as we could but we were forced to make very difficult decisio decisions. there is the limited resources that we are available to us and we had to face the unimaginable task of deciding who to save and who could leave tonight. can you imagine making these decisions if it were over the city we asked for help from the international community many times and communicated with you and agencies and risk our safety in the back of our families by appearing on international media and we did everything we could. athe mandates hold perpetrators accountable. they have a plan for medical evacuation. we are moving with many parties including russia. however, as they begin to take more territory that the cooperation appeared and the evacuation of here in the estate tax on the facilities and markets. last year we were trying to care for victims and the hospital was

the united nations panel says the evacuation of eastern aleppo in december after months of siege and aerial bombardment i russian and syrian forces, the commission issued a report today looking at violations of all parties in the final chapter four aleppo. with syrian warplanes come it targeted a humanitarian aid convoy. a federal judge in california agreed to release the widow of a people at killed 49 or -- and orlando fight club. it is not a flight risk or a danger to public safety. a new report predicts the superrich will keep heading to london, voting to leave the european union. $13 million or more living in london, rising 30% in the next decade. the report says -- new york city for thethe top spot altra risk. 127al news in over countries. --global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. ♪ scarlet: live, i'm scarlet fu. joe: i am joe weisenthal. scarlet: u.s. stocks are adding to record highs despite a lack of details from president trump's speech last night. joe: the question is what did you miss? scarlet: the dow more

panel says the evacuation of eastern aleppo in december after months of siege and aerial bombardmentn and syrian forces was a war crime. reportmission issued a looking at questions by all parties in the final chapter of the battle for aleppo. it singled out particularly egregious attacks and with syrian warplanes targeting humanitarian aid convoys. global news 20 for hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. vonnie: we are ripping higher and higher. the dow has had it 320 point us ahead of the session and we are well past the 21,000 mark. -- the nasdaq is up 1.3%. let's get some details from abigail doolittle. abigail: a powerful rally for u.s. stocks. behind it, the best sector is the banks, all big banks are trading higher. goldman sachs and jpmorgan are both hitting record highs. this is a continuation of the trump trade and the re-inflation trade. course asy, this of yields have also traded higher with investors expecting those rising rates will help banks with their lending activities. a clearly big rally. as for one

aleppo. investigators interviewed almost 300 witnesses, examined satellite images and collected forensic evidence. they have concluded the syrian air force dropped chemical weapons on the rebel—held easternhe report also says the evacuation of east aleppo amounted to forced displacement. rebel groups are accused of crimes including shelling western aleppo, withholding aid, and using civilians as human shields. the un says it has no evidence linking russia to specific war crimes involving illegal chemical weapons, despite it being closely involved with bombing campaigns. another key finding concerns this fatal attack on an aid convoy last september. after reviewing evidence, including witness testimony and satellite images, investigators have concluded the syrian government was responsible. 14 people died. here is the chair of the un investigation team, paulo pinheiro. what happened in aleppo shows how much the warring parties, all the warring parties, disregard international law, and how little they fear accountability. we hope that our report not only documents the events in aleppo but also that it helps to ensure that those responsible for this renewed situation one day are brought to

they concluded the syrian air force dropped weapons on the eastern part of a aleppo.nted to forced displacement. rebel groups are accused of crimes including shelling western aleppo, withholding aid and using civilians as human shields. they say there is no evidence linking russia to crimes involving chemical weapons despite being closely involved with bombing campaigns. another key finding concerns of this fatal attack on an aid convoy last september. after reviewing evidence including witness evidence and satellite images, it has been concluded the syrian government was responsible. what happened in aleppo shows how much the warring parties disregarded international law and our little they fear a counter the tip. we hope oui’ they fear a counter the tip. we hope our report not only documents the events in aleppo but also that it helps to show that those responsible for this situation one day are brought tojustice. palmyra has been entered by the syrian army. pro—government forces on the outskirts of the city two days ago are shown in these images. it is understood t