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hello there i'm julie macdonald in london the top stories here on u.s.warplanes have pounded the last rebel on klav near syria's capital for a fifth straight day it's one of the fiercest air assaults in seventy years of civil war and the u.n. says a thirty day truce is necessary to prevent a massacre in east and that's.

hello there i'm julie macdonald here in london the top stories on al-jazeera turkey says its troops will fight forces loyal to the syrian president if they enter the northern enclave are free to defend kurdish fighters syria's state news agency says syrian forces would enter our freedom within hours to join what it called the resistance to turkish agr.

down julie macdonald this is the news hour live from london coming up russia's president orders a humanitarian corridor in the east and for a u.n. cease fire has failed to stop a tux.

hello there i'm julie macdonald in london the top stories on al-jazeera the winter olympics have officially opened inside korean city of chang with a spectacular fireworks display now. in freezing temperatures so attend the event one that is hoped will help bring about them automatic diplomatic for.

the end of the winter olympics and that is it for this and news hour stay with us though julie macdonald is going to be here in just a few minutes with more of the things that's been watched by. facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place a so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter is activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time. the nature news as it breaks they is a sense of her new toast with the president enjoys why is it he'll with details coverage they are dodging distractions that appear to be hurting president trump's ability to manage the mideast peace crisis from around the world over one hundred thirty one thousand people are registered in a south korean database for separated families. the story of one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the u.s. . study after study has demonstrated that israeli perspectives dominate american media coverage what part of this case you get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing th

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down julie macdonald this is the news hour live from london coming up. as president orders a humanitarian corridor in the east and also for a u.n. cease fire has failed to stop attacks. warnings famine could return to south sudan where more than half the population is dependent on food and sauce. you know right the pre-market feel like. an emotional appeal as long songs to cheese a fellow female nobel peace laureates visit to meet with him refugees also. got i really believe i'd run in there even if i didn't have a weapon. present trouble criticizes the first deputies on the scene of the florida school shooting calling them a disgrace. in s'pore a new star but some familiar problems for former f former world champion from along side the spaniard hitting trouble on day one of pre-season testing in balsa long. it's a warm welcome to the news hour russia's president vladimir putin has ordered a daily cease fire in east and in syria and a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to leave his defense minister says the ceasefire will run from nine am until two

hello there i'm julie macdonald this is the news hour live from london coming up. four hundred people killed in five days of bombing in eastern but no will prevent at the u.n. on a thirty day ceasefire. hayward's of ninety one missing nigerian schoolgirls wait for news as the military admits not of the rescue. president trump says america needs to raise the legal age to buy guns from eighteen to twenty one but there's no talk of banning for eighteen to twenty one but there's no talk of banning automatic weapons. venezuela's president proposes a mega election hours after the opposition says it will boycott april's presidential poll. and on p. just same as in double the top story in sports a twenty year old drone for the garden state's ruben's hockey team as they will attend school a little shoe shop to get. their warm welcome to the news hour the syrian army has been dropping leaflets over eastern ghouta the last rebel held near the capital damascus they're telling residents to leave for their own safety and urging opposition fighters to hand themselves over the gov

to come on the grid but we've got some international news headlines coming from julia macdonald in london hi julie. how they're come out thank you now south korea is pushing for both the u.s. and north korea to offer concessions so that a dialogue on peace can go ahead but there were protests in seoul on monday over the presence of a north korean general who's in the country for talks kim young child has repeatedly expressed his country's read in s. for discussions with the united states for up mcbride has more from the protests a. continuing protests in seoul that the presence of general kim young child on south korean soil a man that many people here blame for the attack in twenty ten that sank a south korean warship with the loss of nearly fifty lives the north koreans have denied they were never involved but people here believe it's an evidence that the north korea can never be trusted under the current leadership but it's true to say the goal of the people here share the same kind of optimism of many people in south korea after the build up of goodwill over these olympic games the talks thoug