she was one of the first of almost thirty critically ill people evacuated from eastern guta. for weeks international aid organizations have been calling on syrian president bashar al assad to allow hundreds of people in desperate need of medical attention to leave the besieged suburb. tuesday night saw the first of them get into ambulances and leave. where they are and there has been no medical supplies for months children are dying. so it is an absolutely shocking state so a small glimmer of hope there are now twenty nine desperately children who should start receiving medical attention very soon. syrian government forces have laid siege to the eastern part of greater for the last four years now. not far from the capital damascus it's one of the last rebel strongholds in the country activists accuse government forces of trying to starve out any resistance by blocking deliveries of food fuel and medicine the united nations says dozens of people have died in the suburb after waiting months for medical evacuation. turkey claims it used its clout to organize the latest evacuatio

have begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people from a besieged rebel held town in eastern guta evacuations were part of an agreement between the syrian government and rebels the u.n. has drawn up a list of some five hundred people to be evacuated from the damascus suburb it faces severe shortages of food fuel and medicine as winter sets in. for this little girl it's not just the end of a nightmare it's a chance to stay alive. she was one of the first of almost thirty critically ill people evacuated from eastern cooter. for weeks international aid organizations have been calling on syrian president bashar al assad to allow hundreds of people in desperate need of medical attention to leave the besieged suburb. tuesday night saw the first of them get into ambulances and leave. where they are and there has been no medical supplies for months children are dying tradition so it is an absolutely shocking state so a small glimmer of hope there are now twenty nine desperately children who should start receiving medical attention very see. syrian government forces have laid siege to the

aid workers have begun evacuating critical critically ill patients from eastern guta in syria's capital damascus but they discovered that a six month. baby girl who was among twenty nine people on the most urgent list of those sick died two weeks ago as a whole are reports from lebanon. it's a start but it's not enough only a handful of east critically ill are being allowed to leave to hospitals in damascus which is less than an hour's drive away twenty nine patients the majority of them women and children the syrian government is allowing them to be treated outside the besieged opposition stronghold after the armed group. agreed to release some government prisoners it's not clear if new deals will be reached it has been four years since east hooter was besieged by the syrian army the siege has tightened in recent months there are according to the united nations almost five hundred urgent medical cases. man has brain cancer she says her condition is only deteriorating the u.n. says more than a dozen people have already died while waiting to be evacuated for treatment i know there is no

international committee for the red cross and red crescent has begun medical evacuations from eastern guta the besieged tribal hill area in syria's capital damascus almost four hundred thousand people have been trapped there by government forces since two thousand and thirteen with widespread food shortages the enclave has been the target of hundreds of airstrikes and artillery attacks the united nations that earlier call for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave in all syrian state t.v. is reporting that a government shit has been shot down over hama province as a military plane was downed by rebels in the north of the area and the pilot was killed in the attack hama has been the target of heavy airstrikes by russian and syrian forces throughout the country's civil war turkey reportedly wants to use a military base in the rebel hope province and live in syria as an observation post the country has its troops deployed in some areas have been live this part as a deescalation zone but the region has recently come under heavy attack by president bashar al a

arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including over one hundred sixty children from eastern guta it's been under siege since twenty thirteen nine children have died in the past few weeks while waiting for permission from the government to be evacuated to hospitals just forty five minutes away. we have. convoys of aid work is being blocked from women and children wounded that need desperately this price inside the area of eastern good which is indeed just forty five minute drive from that must be city there is now malnutrition among the children it has gone from two percent to twelve percent a five fold increase in the last ten months. the u.n. security council failed last month to agree on investigating chemical attacks in syria the inquiry into the use expired after russia vetoed a u.s. sponsored resolution that would have extended its mandate and as a solid binge of a report from northern aleppo the inaction is causing fear among syrians the perpetrators will become bolder. when syrian children play in the street their games in opposition held areas are often disrupted by the s

because of evacuees a second group of critically ill patients from eastern guta a rebel held area and syria's capital damascus four people were taken from there on wednesday at least one person is refusing to leave arrest by the assad government the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of medical care to be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases have been given approval at least eighteen people have died . un says sixty eight yemeni civilians have been killed in just in just one day from two saudi led air strikes the coalition has intensified its air campaign against the positions following the death of former president ali abdullah saleh earlier this month the first air strike on choose day has a crowded market entire province killing fifty four civilians including eight children the second killed fourteen people from the same family in the red sea province of hard data. a teenage palestinian girl recently found slapping israeli soldiers in her village is about to pen israeli military court had to mean he was detained understand the nineteenth in a raid on her home and he

well the situation in eastern guta is critical. gratian process is hopefully a small start and a glimmer of hope but our main concern is the four hundred thousand remaining children women and men who remain under siege but unfortunately this is not the only place all throughout these seven years of conflict all over the country by all parties to the conflict siege has been used this is really unacceptable the human suffering of civilians are used as a deliberate tool to achieve military and political objectives and it just has to stop what stage are you allowed to say what you have said you might say it meetings with the government to damascus because you have to play a very delicate diplomatic game do you not as do other humanitarian agencies where you are trying to negotiate the safe passage of those that need medical treatment the norwegian refugee council n r c we are not part of these evacuations it's mainly done by the syrian arab red crescent and international i.c.r.c. . we our presence in damascus and all of the countries.

aid workers have started evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta that's a rabbit hole on crave of syria's capital damascus last month the un called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave you only twenty nine cases have been given approval at least eighteen people have died awaiting. woman a result in liberia's presidential runoff are expected on thursday former football star george wayas says he is on track to be this excess are to the outgoing president ellen johnson sirleaf vice president joseph camp says it's still too close to call. the cranium government. have completed a swap of hundreds of prisoners in war torn eastern ukraine. the exchange took place near the city. which is mainly controlled by separatists. it's going to take a since the conflict began in two thousand and fourteen to me crying and prisoners had been speaking about their relief. i'm very happy that i'm going back to ukraine and i thank everyone for the work that's been done to be able to help me see my loved ones again. spent a year and a half in a cell one by

the red cross says twelve was critically ill patients have been evacuated from eastern guta a rebel held area near syria's capital damascus last month the u.n. call for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases have been given approval it's part of a deal between the government that's also led to the rebels releasing twenty six people. now the u.n. says sixty eight yemenis civilians were killed in just one day from two saudi led airstrikes the saudi led coalition has intensified their campaign against hutu positions following the death of the former president. earlier this month the first strike on tuesday had a crowded market in there's province killing fifty four civilians including eight children the second killed fourteen people from the same family in the red sea province of data a teenage palestinian girl recently film slapping israeli soldiers who were on her family property is set to appear in an israeli military court i had to me was protesting the u.s. declaration that recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital she was t

aid workers have begun evacuating critical patients from eastern guta in the syrian capital damascus sixteen people have died whilst waiting he sed and is one of the last remaining rebel strongholds it's been under a tight government seed since two. and the target of hundreds of air strikes and artillery attacks to cause severe food and medical shortages for about four hundred thousand syrians trapped there last month the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but it was only after long negotiations that twenty nine critical cases were approved for medical evacuation the syrian american medical association says four of those patients have now been taken to hospitals in damascus and those remaining are expected to be moved over the coming days. is monitoring developments for us out of the lebanese capital beirut how long until these remaining two dozen people are allowed to get out of that area. well the reports we are getting is remaining patients will be evacuated in the coming days like you mentioned who are have already reached da

people were killed and while two others died in her arrest they have also been attacks in eastern guta which has been under siege by the syrian army since two thousand that. you got a state has pulled out of a united nations pact designed to improve the handling of refugees and migrants worldwide it says the plan is it's inconsistent with u.s. policies. to the crisis in me among them and put it front as has defended his silence on the plight of ranger refugees saying that he spoke the truth in private the leader of the catholic church has faced international criticism for not directly addressing the crisis during his visit to me in my last week pope francis did not use the word range until he was in bangladesh where he met refugees who escaped the military crackdown i mean that is what i was interested in my message getting through so i saw that in my speech if i'd use that word the door would have slammed shot but i describe the situation the riots that no one should be excluded citizenship to allow me in my private meetings to go further i was very very satisfied with the discussions

a child being taken from the rubble are said to be from the damascus suburb of harassed in eastern guta at least thirteen people including five children are believed to have been killed in the bud bar but aid agencies say the siege by government forces in eastern guta has caused a humanitarian emergency. more than thirty rebel groups based in northern syria are joining forces under the single banner of the syrian national army the new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army which is supported by turkey. there is increased security in major cities across the world ahead of new year's eve celebrations parties in some public squares have been canceled in the turkish city of a stumble it's one year since a government stormed a popular nightclub during of years eve party killing thirty nine people. now the greek government is seeking to reverse a decision to grant asylum to one of eight turkish soldiers who fled to greece during last year's failed coup saturday's ruling by a greek asylum tribunals and get turkey which has repeatedly called for these soldiers ex

aid workers have started evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta a rebel held on play for syria's capital damascus last month the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases have been given approval at least eighteen people have died while they were waiting for more than one hundred thirty migrants have been rescued from the mediterranean sea they were saved by a spanish rescue organization as they were trying to cross from libya to italy more than three thousand people have died in similar crossings this year preliminary results in liberia's presidential runoff are expected on thursday former football stars george weah says he's on track to be the successor to outgoing president ellen johnson sirleaf the vice president joseph buckeyes camp says it's still too close to call peru's culture minister has resigned following the pardoning of ex president alberto fujimori salvador does so a lot of was a fierce opponent of the decision for modi was sentenced to twenty five years for ordering massacres carrie

have begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people from a besieged rebel town held in eastern guta evacuations were agreed as part of a deal. between the syrian government and rebels government troops have besieged eastern good us for more than four years u.n. has drawn up a list of at least five hundred people including children with cancer who need to be evacuated from the south part of francesco is the president of the international federation of the red cross earlier he told us more about those being a back he waited as part of the state. run with him yeah a concert or consequences of all of the coffee in their ads and she is well. we're very gritty some of them are. very some wide i was released over twenty nine and i there were very very urgent we did the last thing that we could access to that was that you can go on over there but only for. food for seven thousand people which was not enough when you are are facing about four hundred thousand people stuck in the area but this is an encouraging sign that he's coming out for a very long discussion not only was she on that we m

has begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people from a besieged rebel held town in eastern guta evacuations near the syrian capital damascus were agreed as part of a prisoner swap deal between the syrian government and rebels government troops have besieged eastern ghouta for more than four years the u.n. has drawn up a list of at least five hundred people including children with cancer to be evacuated from the suburbs. all right while a joining us now from rome is francesco darko he is president of the international federation of the red cross a very good evening mr rocker this is a significant development set the scene for us how are the evacuations progressing . it's still ongoing i think a date is not a twenty four hours maybe for tomorrow. will be ended but we are very optimistic that this is the already beginning of a new battle of. our feeling let's open it see what's what will happen in the next days and weeks goes out twenty nine not. need a gun but not enough because as you mentioned there there are hundreds of people that are but he is going to be treated and nobody g

to have been killed in the bombardment aid agencies say this siege by government forces in eastern guta has caused a humanitarian emergency. more than thirty rebel groups based in northern syria are joining forces under the single banner of the syrian national army the new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army which is supported by turkey there's increased security in ages cities across the world ahead of new year's eve celebrations parties and some public squares have been canceled in the turkish city of istanbul it's one year since a gunman stormed a popular nightclub during a new year's eve party killing thirty nine people in kenya a head on crash between a bus and a lorry has killed at least thirty people other passengers who were trapped in the wreckage are critically injured in hospital a government spokesperson did the rift valley region says the bus was on the wrong side of the road as it sped down a hill investigators are at the scene. the greek government is seeking to reverse a decision to grant asylum to one of eight turkish soldiers who fled

aid workers who started evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta on clay the syria's capital damascus last month the u.n. call for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases have been given approval at least eighteen people died awaiting. government and a russian rebels have completed a large swath of war torn east careen. happened near the city of port lavaca which is mainly controlled by separatists exchanges reported to be the biggest since the conflict began in two thousand and fourteen. the outbreak of the sikh a virus two years ago caused a global health emergency many cases. in the north at northeastern brazil where the illness was linked to increase in babies born with a condition that severely limited their development now children are toddlers the extent of their health problems is becoming painfully clear but as john homan reports from herself eight parents are getting a little help from the government. two years after the zeke epidemic brazil in the world has moved on but not just and elisei still here. she's

international committee of the red cross and red crescent have begun medical evacuations from eastern guta the besieged rebel held area in syria's capital damascus almost four hundred thousand people have been trapped there by government forces since twenty thirteen the enclave has been the target of hundreds of airstrikes and artillery attacks the u.n. had earlier called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave. turkey reportedly wants to use a military base in the rebel held syrian province of an observation post the country already has its troops deployed in some areas of it as part of a deescalation agreement but the region has recently come under heavy attack by president bashar al assad's forces zina holder has that story from beirut. those who were killed in this airstrike were internally displaced syrians a woman and her two children their new home a tent has been destroyed whatever belongings they had now rubble they moved to tell it to convolute in the southern edges of the rebel controlled province of idlib and search for safety but in recent

representatives in geneva but with the reports of that worsening humanitarian situation in eastern guta is hoping to get the sides to agree to allow u.n. aid convoys in former chancellor get had trodden says his social democrats should quickly agree on forming a government to chancellor angela merkel's conservatives exploratory talks will start on january seventh and the shuttle to last just six days now that's less than a week for the two sides to find enough common ground to form a so-called grand coalition many social democrats bitterly oppose taking that step . but in an exclusive interview with the w. and german public broadcaster troy says the social democrats need to take responsibility and help bring an end to the longest wait for a government in german post-war history is the first time that we've got a six party parliament two of those parties are not seen as potential coalition partners in fact they aren't capable of being in a coalition the left on the one hand and the only fifty on the other parents why it will become more difficult so i'm telling my party very frankly ther

in amman she's been talking to locals in eastern guta and she joins us from there thank you so how would you describe the humanitarian situation there. the humanitarian situation in eastern although is catastrophic the area has been under siege since twenty three thousand and now we're talking about close to half a million civilians innocent people who are triscuit starvation and dying because of the lack of medical supplies and refusal of medical evacuations and how much food and water is left there. there's not much the reports that we have been receiving from the ground is that there's barely any any food and that medical supplies are dwindling we're talking about children who are dying from medicines that are available ten kilometers away at the regular the mascot's pharmacy that they can't get to because of the siege sara the u.n. has put together an evacuation list of civilians but an evacuation hasn't happened yet why is that. so they want to cite administrative and security that is but there's also the fact that the syrian government has refused to evacuate these medical cases de

aid agencies have now evacuated twenty nine critically ill people from eastern guta a besieged rebel held area near syria's capital damascus they were allowed to leave as part of a deal with the syrian government rebels are releasing a number of prisoners and returned last month the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but only these twenty nine cases were given approval and least eighty others died while waiting. apple has issued an online apology to customers after weeks of anger over intentionally slowing down old i phones the tech giant says the slowdown is to preserve the life of degrading batteries apple's not offering a discount for replacement batteries those are the headlines here on the back with more in the al-jazeera news are in thirty minutes we continue with people who remain here. since joining the european union and romania has been engaged in an unprecedented judicial overhaul special prosecutors have joined with journalists activist and romanians growing civil society to uncover and prosecute corruption at the hig

rights says planes belonging to the government and russia struck crowded residential areas in eastern guta killing at least twenty seven people the un says about four hundred thousand civilians trapped in the rebel enclave of facing a complete catastrophe because the regime has blocked blocked a deliveries it has been besieged by army troops since twenty thirteen and international human rights group has accused the congolese government of recruiting more than two hundred exiled rebel fighters to help suppress protests human rights watch says security forces killed dozens of people during demonstrations against the president in december twenty sixth those protests were sparked by joseph computers refusal to step down at the end of his term. britain and the european union have failed to reach an agreement on brics it withdrawal terms of a summit of e.u. need as in ten days time among the main issues to be agreed to is that what they border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland won't like to some of us not just our next stop it's the coming war on china. after that. it will. i

the national committee for the red cross and red crescent has begun medical evacuations from eastern guta the besieged rebel held area of syria's capital damascus the united nations had earlier call for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave egypt is asking the world bank for its help to resolve a ten month and passed with ethiopia over its massive grand renaissance dam project on the river nile the project also involves sudan egypt fears the hydroelectric plan will reduce its share of the water if the o.p.'s says the dam is needed for its economic development those are the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after sports in the endless chase keep it or. doesn't want to by the way you into. the u.s. could have but that's the balls are born out of. the knowledge to find out the fall they're not the. best solicitousness dancers and let me add that of which most of the set says their last and david sort of supported. the double that of a cousin to punches a proton up the butt out of. a boat just all mom is that all of the. children it's obscenity bu

aid workers have started evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta rebel held on claims of syria's capital damascus last month the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases but approved at least eighteen people have died while waiting. liberia's election commission is expected to announce official preliminary results in the presidential runoff on thursday presidential hopeful george weah says he's on track for victory the former football star is up against current vice president joseph buckeye hammad out of reports from the capital monrovia. liberia and sweet for the outcome of tuesday's runoff election many place what they call a peaceful. vote counting is underway and the process of telling results strictly informal them five thousand polling stations across like beauty. there were. very small number of incidents to report where the incident occurred and i should mention and they have been dealt with on his part in most of these cases if not all the contest pits fifty one year old former football s

we begin in syria where aid workers have begun evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta in the capital damascus eighteen people have died while waiting east and goes as one of syria's last remaining rebel strongholds it's been under a government siege since twenty thirteen it has been the target of hundreds of airstrikes and artillery attacks that's caused severe food medical shortages for around four hundred thousand people who are trapped that last month the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but. it was only after long negotiations that twenty nine critical cases were approved for medical evacuation the first four of those cases have now been taken to hospitals in damascus let's take you live now to beirut and a honda is monitoring developments across in syria so they have four people have been removed what happens to the other twenty five that have been cleared for evacuation. well what we understand is that the remaining twenty five will be evacuated in the coming days but like you mentioned the united nations has

london coming up the first critically ill patients are evacuated from the damascus suburb of eastern guta as part of a government deal ukraine's government and pro russian rebels complete a major prisoner exchange three years after the beginning of the conflict in eastern ukraine hundreds of new shelters are set up in the philippines for finals and displaced by fighting and flooding. our you are in very interesting and new and could this be just what the doctor ordered explore the increasing use of artificial intelligence in front line health care. downtown the most with all the sporting cubing. liverpool have agreed to sign dutch international version of that and from southampton setting a new record transfer fee for a descendant of one hundred million dollars. to syria where a workers have evacuated eighteen critically ill patients from eastern guta in the capital damascus is to say he's one of the last remaining rebel strongholds it's been under a tight government siege since twenty thirteen and the targets of hundreds of astronauts and artillery attacks that's caused severe food and m

people were killed in oben while two others died in her system and have also been attacks in eastern guta which has been under siege by the syrian army since two thousand and thirteen about four hundred thousand civilians are believed to be trying that. u.s. secretary of state defense i should say jim mattis has met egypt's president of the fattah el-sisi and the defense minister said in car it comes a week after more than three hundred people were killed in an attack on a mosque in northern sinai mattis is on a five day trip to reaffirm u.s. commitment to the middle east he's now in jordan and will next visit pakistan and kuwait. at least seventeen people have been killed in northeastern nigeria and up to two female suicide bombers attacked a market more than fifty people were wounded in the town of beauty in borno state one of the women is said to have detonated explosives at a food distribution center run by a group no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. the united states has pulled out of a united nations pact is designed to improve the handling of refugees and migrants it

arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children from eastern guta it's been under siege since twenty thirteen nine children of diet over the past few weeks while waiting for permission from the government to be moved to hospitals just forty five minutes away the saudi led coalition says that it's intercepted another ballistic missile fired by the rebels in yemen it was reportedly shot down near the southwestern saudi city of commerce bush aides earlier who said that they'd hit a military target it's the second missile fired from yemen in less than a month the first was destroyed near riyadh's international airport on the verbal forth the coalition's been fighting the hooty is in yemen since twenty fifteen russia has accused the u.s. of doing everything it can to provoke north korea on wednesday the u.s. warned pyongyang that it will be utterly destroyed if war breaks out earlier this week north korea tested its latest international ballistic intercontinental i'm sorry ballistic missile moscow says that cutting diplomatic and trade ties is not the an

arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children from eastern guta it's been under siege since twenty thirteen. sat in that coalition says it's intercepted another ballistic missile fired by who the rebels in yemen it was reportedly shot down near the saudi city of calmness macheda earlier who he said they'd hit a military target is the second missile fired from yemen in less than a month one was destroyed near riyadh's airport on the fourth of november zimbabwe's new president. has named his new team the cabinet includes politicians loyal to the ruling party and members of the military who ousted former leader robert mugabe no opposition figures have been included in the government but one god was sworn in a week ago and russia has accused the u.s. of doing everything it can to provoke north korea on wednesday the u.s. warn people young it would be destroyed if war breaks out after its latest missile test russia says cutting it magic and trade ties is not the answer well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off the fault lin

other headlines this hour in syria hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped in eastern guta even though the rubble of lives meant to be a desert deescalation zone government forces a bombarded the area in the last three weeks despite an international agreement halting military activity in the region on sunday at least thirty people were killed and dozens injured in as strikes that targeted several towns. person in the e.u. a failed to reach an agreement on brics it was droll times out of a summit of e.u. leaders in ten days time european commission president has been meeting the u.k. prime minister in brussels with a reason why admitting differences remain on a number of issues crucially the status of northern ireland. with all of our top stories much more news coming up and twenty five minutes time we'll have a full bulletin for you that's after inside story which starts now. it's been fifty years. made history how far have we come. and. help shape the future this is inside story. thank. you and. with hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura carlisle this week marks

contract we use the different contrie is the norm that you know all that this situation is really guta. we stopped down nuclear waste in the nature of the reservoir us and the teacher river and we improve the air and improve the situation but like a person who a lawyer of people who still sofie i can constipate that it's not rove for example if you go to their fishel site of my yoke you can see the official report that my dad stopped to dump nuclear waste in the end of sixteen years but why they did not publish the judgment of chalabi court that the former director of my yuck. accused the in continue nation of teacher eve or into falzon sicced it's a prosecutor who made the expertize and who can state that in two thousand five hundred sixty tones of nuclear waste inside the teacher river and the water in teacher river was the real you clear waste and the population continued to leave their they don't want to publish that information and i think when they receive the documents to. have a capacity to make this international contract they wire and there is no outside international jurisdi

it's from eastern guta a rebel held on clay of syria's capital damascus last month the u.n. call for five thousand people in need of urgent medical care be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases have been given approval and at least eighteen people have died while waiting. in liberia's presidential runoff are expected on thursday former football star george says he's on track to be the successor to outgoing president ellen johnson sirleaf but his opponent president joseph says it's still too close to call the ukrainian government and pro russian rebels have completed a large scale prisoner swap in the war torn east of ukraine it's a place where the city you are live which is mainly controlled by separatists exchange is said to be the biggest since the conflict began in two thousand and fourteen. i'm very happy that i'm going back to ukraine and i thank everyone for the work that's been done to be able to help me see my loved ones again. spent a year and a half in a cell one by one and a half meters without anything no deliveries nothing they treated us as if we were dog

status of northern ireland in syria hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped in eastern guta even though the rebel and play of is meant to be a deescalation zone government forces have been barred in the area in the last three weeks despite an international agreement halting military activity in the region on sunday at least thirty people were killed and dozens injured and asked trucks that targeted several towns there's headlines today as if you can hear inside story is up next after that i saw. ok i. live here and today we've been you. by popular demand from our online community we explore alleged slavery in libya and stories about exploitation and abuse of refugees and migrants. sit this secret wish. subst. libya is a gateway for many africans hoping to escape at home but the thousands they dangle traveling through a nation in political turmoil can be just as perilous and there. has once again put the refugee cry. in the spotlight the u.n. backed government in tripoli has condemned the trafficking of migrants and both the e.u. and african union say they help evacuate peopl

are national committee for the red cross and red crescent has begun medical evacuations from eastern guta the besieged troubled hill area of syria's capital damascus the united nations had earlier called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave meanwhile syrian state t.v. is reporting that a government check and house been shot down over hama province that says the military plane was down by rebels and the north of the area and the pilot was killed in that attack has been the target of heavy airstrikes by russian and syrian forces throughout the country's civil war officials in yemen are blaming a saudi led coalition for an air strike on a crowded market at least twenty five people have been killed including self-will children in this attack on the western province of thais. a former senior official with bruce national football federation has been cleared a conspiracy by a court in the united states and walburga was charged with taking bribes in exchange for the award of marketing and media rights to international soccer matches or walked free just day

but 2-month-old karim has become the voice of suffering in eastern guta near syria's capital damascus. since 201 the 400,000 people have lived under siege and bombing. today was among the worst. residents reported some 20 regime air strikes with more than 100 bombs. the sort of attacks that maimed baby karim and also killed his mother. >> there is no, no medicine for him now, no treatment for him. he want to evacuate from eastern ghouta. >> reporter: this month a syrian photographer turned karim's plight into a movement. actors and politicians covered an eye begging the world to open theirs. it may have helped. after two months of negotiations, 29 critically ill patients, mostly children, have been evacuated to damascus. baby karim was not among them, nor are the nearly 500 seriously sick and injured civilians in desperate need of care. but theted t the wounded aren't its own casualties. >> cancer, kidney failure, there are some children suffering from malnutrition. >> reporter: two weeks ago a 6-month-old died before she could be evacuated. with isis all but defeated and syrian presi

syria have begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people for besieged rebel held town in eastern guta evacuations were greatest part of a deal between the syrian government and rebels government troops have besieged eastern ghouta for more than four years. the u.n. has drawn up a list of at least five hundred people including children with cancer who need to be evacuated from the suburbs. joining us now from gaza on tap in turkey is mohammad could too he's from the syrian american medical society which supports hospitals in mostly opposition areas mr gotobed thanks for being with us are the evacuations proceeding smoothly. thank you so actually this is a long and chronic issue of the evacuation from. syria because and you see dear there are many of the concept of this is which is not available already and especially in d.c. to do some water this is was a few months ago or so we are losing the scoop of medical centers is that we are providing so we have now over six hundred people who need medical evacuation from this is a list of those twenty nine people who are considered the very ac

international committee for the red cross and red crescent has begun medical evacuations from eastern guta the besieged rebel held area of syria's capital damascus the united nations had earlier call for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave the government of the philippines is setting up more than six hundred temporary shelters for people displaced by the conflict in murari the army retake the city from separatist fighters in october after a five month siege conditions had been made even worse by tropical storm temperate ages asking the world bank for its help to resolve a ten month impasse with ethiopia over its massive grand renaissance dam project on the river nile the project also involves sudan egypt fears the hydroelectric plant will reduce its share of the water if the o.p.'s says the dam is needed for its economic development and those are your headlines here on al-jazeera to keep it here the stream is next and more news. as another year draws to an end we'll take you around the world to find out what's expected in twenty eight team. joins us fo

other headlines this hour in syria hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped in eastern guta even though the rubble of lives meant to be a disease deescalation zone government forces a bombarded the area in the last three weeks despite an international agreement halting military activity in the region on sunday at least thirty people were killed and dozens injured in as strikes that targeted several towns. person in the e.u. a failed to reach an agreement on brics it was droll times out of a summit of e.u. leaders in ten days time european commission president has been meeting the u.k. prime minister in brussels with a reason why admitting differences remain on a number of issues crucially the status of northern ireland you know upset with all of our top stories much more news coming up in twenty five minutes time we'll have a full bulletin for you that's off the inside story which starts now. with. with. with. it's been fifty years since the world's first successful human heart transplant made history how far have we come since that medical milestone and beating heart techno

status of northern ireland in syria hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped in eastern guta even though the rebel and play of is meant to be a deescalation zone government forces have bombarded the area in the last three weeks despite an international agreement halting military activity in the region on sunday at least thirty people were killed and dozens injured and asked trucks that targeted several towns there's a headlines today as if you can hear inside story is up next after that i saute. ok and you're in the stream we're live on out there and today we bring you our.

aid workers have started evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta. play with syria's capital damascus at least eighteen people have died because of delays in allowing them to receive treatment is soon grow to is one of the last remaining rebel strongholds it's been under a tight to government sees since twenty thirteen when the target of hundreds of airstrikes and artillery attacks that's caused severe food and medical shortages for about four hundred thousand syrians trapped there last month the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but it was only after a long negotiations that twenty nine critical cases were approved for medical evacuation al-jazeera is in accord or has the latest and let me give you a warning you might find some of the following images disturbing. it's a start but it's not enough only a handful of east scooters critically ill are being allowed to leave to hospitals in damascus which is less than an hour's drive away twenty nine patients the majority of them women and children a

there have been also been attacked in eastern guta which has been under siege by the syrian army since two thousand and thirteen. but the syrian government says there can be no progress in talks to end the fighting if the opposition keeps demanding that president assad step down its delegation has returned to damascus and says it hasn't decided whether to go back to geneva when talks resume on tuesday our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from. the syrian delegation leaving the talks in geneva it's not clear if they'll return their chief negotiator expressing irritation at comments by the opposition side who are still stressing assad must go the language he was. irresponsible politically speaking his position is perhaps surprising his russian allies since their intervention in the war in twenty fifteen have turned things around for assad on the battlefield. and in recent months president putin has also been in the driving seat diplomatically reaching understanding's with two countries that had led the campaign against assad turkey and saudi arabia it held an important meeting la