although i'm maryam namazie in london here are the top stories on al-jazeera syrian government troops are reported to have launched a ground assault on the edge of east and had to spy on russian ordered poison austerities footage from inside the damascus suburb appears to show renewed as strikes on the rebel held enclave russia and syria was supposed to stop their offensive between nine am and two pm local time to allow civilians to leave the syrian observatory for human rights says government shelling in limited clashes were reported on three fronts during the five hour falls and eleven people have been killed so far on wednesday but there are some four hundred thousand civilians trapped inside empty buses vans and ambulances waited at the wafa dean crossing point at duma to go in and evacuate people moscow damascus have accused rebels of shelling the corridor to prevent people from leaving rebels deny this though and say that people won't leave because they fear the government sources say no civilians left and no humanitarian aid why did the russian president vladimir putin insist t

oh i maryam namazie in london here the headlines on al-jazeera despite growing condemnation syrian government bombs continue to rain down on the rebel health district of eastern damascus nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday and many fear a major ground offensive is next al-jazeera other reports. there is no frontline in eastern huta. oh residential neighborhoods have become battlegrounds the syrian government under to allies are bombing the besieged rebel enclave into submission. look the suburb of damascus is under attack well her car was. going well we heard a plane overhead the myside landed people were torn into pieces i was with my nephew and we were both injured what i heard was the sound of an ambulance and i found myself here hundreds killed hundreds more injured the united nations says makeshift hospitals are being hit some are now out of service there is a humanitarian crisis and there is nowhere to hide. there is no safe place i tried to convince my parents to say in the first floor of our building thinking it would be safer but they told me there's no differen

i know i'm maryam namazie in london here is the top stories on al-jazeera russia's transport prosecutor has confirmed that old seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from one of moscow's busiest apples have died investigators at the scene say they are looking at all possible causes a spokesman from sars health allen says that when are concerns about the technical condition of the at craft itself or a challenge reports. the answer no they're liner with sixty five passengers and six crew on board came down four minutes after it took off in bad weather conditions wreckage was scattered across snowy fields near the village of water going over eighty kilometers southeast of moscow rescue teams were unable to reach the crash site by road and to the seam. i saw an explosion on the ground and i called emergency services they asked me many questions i told them there was a fire it was very visible in the short hole set a lot of airlines jets took off from moscow's domodedovo airport early sunday afternoon on its way to the city of or sc in the urals most

although i'm maryam namazie in london here's a quick look at the top stories on al-jazeera syria's government has attacked the u.s. led coalition for a rare as strike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime in a new effort to support terrorism a military source within the coalition said the strikes and arizona province killed about one hundred pro isat fighters who are attacking the syrian democratic forces . the pentagon has been giving a briefing on what happened there is patty call hang was there and has the latest. here at the pentagon they say what happened was that there's this kind of de confliction line were both russian backed syrian forces and u.s. backed fighters just agree not to cross well they say over the last week they saw forces starting to amass by that unofficial border and then they say they sent in heavy artillery tank fire and the americans say that is when their forces fought back using heavy artillery and also setting up aircraft unmanned unmanned aircraft to drop bombs now they won't say exactly who they are fighting or how many casualties they think they inflicte

hello i'm maryam namazie and london here's a quick roundup of the top stories on al-jazeera israel the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will continue to lead the country despite pleas recommending he be indicted for corruption and bribery it's alleged that netanyahu and his wife received illicit gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars from billionaire benefactors including a major hollywood producer larry force it is following this developing story joins us live now from west jerusalem and howie what more can you tell us about the police recommendations. well but even a hero as you say is saying as he has throughout the swirling scandal around him for the last year or so that he is innocent and that they will be proven to be nothing because there is nothing he's even talking about standing for the next election saying that this will not be swayed by what has happened this evening but they are dramatic developments this recommendation as suggested in case one thousand which surrounds those lavish gifts given by billionaires. the israeli born hollywood mogul and the aus

zero zero i'm maryam namazie in london area top stories on al-jazeera a federal jury in the u.s. has charged thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies as part of the investigation into alleged interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says the russian's am was to spread distrust of the political system and so discord in the united states he said the indictment did not allege that russian meddling altered the outcome of the po this indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always who they appear to be on the. indictment alleges that the russian conspirators want to promote discord in the united states and undermine public confidence in democracy we must not allow them to succeed the department of justice will continue to work a whopper to flee with other law enforcement intelligence agencies and with the congress to defend our nation against similar current and future efforts. south africa's new president cyril ramaphosa has been making his state of the nation address speaking in cape town o

i know i'm maryam namazie in london here's a quick look at the headlines on al-jazeera the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will continue to defend itself against any iranian attempt to establish itself inside syria is comes after an israeli fighter jet was downed by anti aircraft fire on an air raid in syria israelis say the raid was in response to the discovery of an iranian drone launched from syria flying in space imran khan has more the israeli army spokesman said it was wrong it was behind the launch of the drug but didn't say whether it was armed or not so the iranians have reacted they've said that they are going to stand with syria against any foolish loss by israel the russians have also reacted saying that israel needs to respect syria and the state to state sovereignty also what we're hearing is that the israelis want to send a strong message to the russians to get iran out of the region when all the developments a turkish military helicopter has been shot down in northern syria during an operation against kurdish fighters there is video is said to show t

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and no i maryam namazie in london area headlines on al-jazeera russia says the syrian army has agreed to suspend as strikes targeting a rebel held syria's capital moscow called for a day pause in fighting in eastern guta to allow aid in and civilians out this is off to a un resolution on a cease fire was ignored at least twenty six people were killed in the area on monday in a holder reports from beirut. one of the front lines in. opposition fighters say they are rebelling attempts by pro syrian government forces to storm the besieged and. rebel saying they killed dozens of soldiers the ground offensive began on sunday just hours after the un security council agreed to a cease fire throughout. since then there has been no letup in the war the intensity of the airstrikes and the shelling appears to have dropped when compared to the relentless bombing campaign during the first week of the assault but civilians continue to die those who are able to find underground shelter avoid going outside more than five hundred people have already been killed children and women among them. the any go

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hello i'm maryam namazie in london here is the top stories on al-jazeera russia's transport prosecutor has confirmed that old seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from one of moscow's busiest apples have died investigators at the scene say they are looking at all possible causes a spokesman from sars health allen says that when are concerns about the technical condition of the at craft itself or challenge reports.

i know i'm maryam namazie in london here the headlines on al-jazeera despite growing condemnation syrian government bombs continue to rain down on the rebel held district of eastern good sending it damascus nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday in.

i know i'm maryam namazie in london here's a quick look at the top stories on al-jazeera syria's governmenthas attacked the u.s. led coalition for a rare ass strike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime in a new effort to support terrorism a military source within.

although i maryam namazie in london his a round up of the top stories on al-jazeera syrian government forces and their russian allies are conducting a furious assault on eastern ghouta this fight a growing international outcry bombs rockets and shells have continued to rain down on the last rebel stronghold near damascus killing more than two hundred people since.

imo i maryam namazie in london area headlines on al-jazeera russia says the syrian army has agreed to suspend as strikes targeting a rebel held enclave near syria's capital moscow called for a day pause in fighting in eastern guta to allow aid in and civilians out.

i know i'm maryam namazie and london here's a quick roundup of the top stories on al-jazeera israeli israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will continue to lead the country despite pleas recommending he be indicted for corruption and bribery it's alleged that netanyahu and his wife received illicit gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars from.

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i know i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera coming up. a man convicted on the rape and murder of six year old st albans sorry whose killing triggered a nationwide protest is sentenced to death. the u.s. uses the munich security conference to call for international action over the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government. and calls grow for the head of the f.b.i. to resign over its failure to follow up on a tip off about the florida school shooter. so we begin with the war of words that's erupted between the u.s. and russia over the indictment of thirteen russian nationals for election meddling russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has dismissed the indictments as just blather saying there were no facts to back them up but u.s. national security adviser said the evidence of espionage and subversion was undeniable on friday special counsel robert muller charged thirteen russians with running the hugh. social media trolling campaign against democrat hillary clinton it's a. i have no response you can publish anything and we have see

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up an unprecedented food crisis in south sudan west sixty percent of the population is at risk of starvation. we hit the slopes in china where the push is own to get more people skiing at of the twenty twenty two olympics. and it may one day save the world the global seed vault home to nearly a million some poles has its tenth anniversary. russia says the syrian army has agreed to suspend as strikes targeting a rebel held enclave near syria's capital moscow called for a day pause in the fighting in eastern two allowed aid to get in and civilians to get out that's off to a un resolution on a cease fire was essentially ignored so a binge of a joins us now from up on the turkey syria border what further details do we have on the russian announcement and when might a truce actually come into force. well it is going to start tuesday morning from nine am until two in the afternoon local time in when the bombing is supposed to stop and this is the first time that we've actually seen some movement on the united nations secu

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. if you think that's now been are we the future leaders of america went out. to buy those of last week's school shooting in florida that calls for gun reform to the state capital. benjamin netanyahu increasingly vulnerable and that reports a longtime ally has turned state witness against him. i'm brazilian troops deployed across rio de janeiro to fight rising crime in the city. despite growing condemnation syrian government bombs continue to rain down on the rebel held district of eastern boots anea damascus nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday and all indications are that this is just the beginning the bombardment involves as strikes rockets shelling and barrel bombs a crude unguided device filled with explosives and sometimes shrapnel and oil according to medical sources eight hospitals were attacked on tuesday alone all the civilian buildings have also been attacked like bakeries targeted to cut off food sources and syria's government seems intent on a bigger op

hello i'm maryam namazie in london area top stories on al-jazeera the comma has been growing for jacob zuma to stand down as south africa's president for the past six hours his party the a.n.c. has been meeting to discuss his fate a special gathering is a final attempt to pressure zuma to resign a.n.c. president cyril ramaphosa ramped up the.

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up israel's prime minister vows to continue operations in syria a day after one of its fighter jets was downed. if you eat it but the root villages yes you bought. me on modernised burning hundreds of range of villages as the british foreign secretary visits rock island state. and another display of the many in seoul that south korea's president strikes a cautious note about his invitation to visit the north. russia's transport prosecutor has confirmed that all seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from one of moscow's busiest airports have died investigators at the scene say they are looking at all possible causes a spokesman from sars of adeline says there were no concerns about the technical condition of the aircraft itself. well the short haul plane took off from dumb and yet over airport on sunday it was just a few minutes into its journey to the city of or sq when it went missing from the radars now the plane is thought to have crashed near the village of our goo

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up a saudi owned news channel are o.b.o. which was accused of running fake quotes from the emir of qatar is to stop broadcasting in the u.k. and europe. police in the u.s. charge a nineteen year old former student with seventeen counts of premeditated murder after yet another school shooting. the theo p.s. prime minister submitted his resignation following months of anti-government protests. south africa has a new leader cyril ramaphosa has officially been sworn in as the country's new president the ceremony wrapped up in the last hour in cape town from a post succeeds jacob zuma who often months of pressure from within his own party finally resigned on wednesday governing a.n.c. party demanded he stepped aside over corruption allegations. oh president spoke in the parliament after he was elected as leader he pledged to work with the opposition for the good of the country will seek to work with all political parties. and will started off was started off with wanting to have a meeting with the leaders of all politi

i know i'm maryam namazie and london here's a look at the day's top stories we've been following the developments at the united nations where we are expecting a vote very shortly on a thirty day cease fire in syria.

hello i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up israel's prime minister vows to continue operations in syria a day off to one of its fighter jets was downed. iran marks thirty nine years since the islamic revolution president has sound rouhani calls for a year of unity. and another display of harmony in seoul south korea's president strikes a cautious note about his invitation to visit the north. but we begin with the latest on the story we've been following out of russia all seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed near moscow off to takeoff have died. the short haul plane took off from one of the russian capital's busiest airports on sunday it was just a few minutes into its johnny from. to the city of or squint it went missing from the right the plane is thought to have crashed near the village of our good nova which is near the capital moscow witnesses say they saw a burning aircraft fall from the sky b. to shop reports the antonov airliner with sixty five passengers and six crew onboard came down five minutes after takeoff in bad weather

know i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera and so coming up a saudi led coalition is accused of the highest number of child deaths in yemen and . french police send in reinforcements after a violent gun battle between rival groups of migrants and kalai. the father of three of the. victims tries to attack the former usa gymnastics doctor as he appears in court. the u.s. president has attacked the leadership of the f.b.i. accusing the agency of being biased against him while investigating his alleged links to russia donald trump tweeted the top leadership and investigators of the f.b.i. and the justice department of politicizing. the sacred investigation probe process in favor of democrats and against republicans something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago rank and file are great. when it comes as the white house is expected to authorize the release of a controversial memo alleging f.b.i. bias towards president trump the document was commissioned by republican devan una's who heads the house intelligence committee and was part of the trunk campa

fellow i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up in a rash speech at the u.n. the palestinian president calls for an international summit to replace the u.s. sponsored peace process. u.s. president donald trump called for a ban on bomb stocks devices that turn illegal weapons into machine guns. and a final farewell to morgan chiang rai some ways late opposition leader is laid to rest in his hometown. has been no letup in the syrian government's assault on the east and despite a growing international outcry bombs rockets and shells of continued to rain down on the last rebel stronghold near damascus killing at least two hundred fifty people since late on sunday seven hospitals are reported to have been hit pushing four of them out of service opposition activists are calling it a massacre france says it's a violation of humanitarian law well east and been besieged by the government since two thousand and thirteen four hundred thousand people in the rebel held the being bombed by government forces and their russian allies. is only a few kilometers away from the g

a low i maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a man convicted of the rape and murder of six year old zainab i'm sorry who's killing triggered nationwide protests is sentenced to death. defense minister defends the implementation of a state of emergency which bans protests for six months. and calls grow for the head of the f.b.i. to resign over its failure to follow up on a tip off about a florida school shooter. so we begin with the war of words that's erupted between the u.s. and russia over the indictments of thirteen russian nationals for election meddling russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has dismissed the indictments as just blabber saying that we're no facts to back them up but u.s. president trumps national security adviser said the evidence of espionage and subversion was undeniable on friday special council charged thirteen russians with running a huge social media trolling campaign against democrat hillary clinton. it's a let's see i have no response you can publish anything and we have seen those indictments and i've also read the statement

i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera life from london also coming up kurdish forces say they've agreed a deal to allow the syrian army to enter freend to help with pellet offensive as growing scrutiny of the f.b.i. failings that led to the florida school shooting and the stars dressed in black here in london in support of a campaign against sexual harassment will have the latest from the battles. israel's prime minister delivered a theatrical flourish and a withering attack on iran at the end of a major security conference in munich brandishing parts of a drone benjamin netanyahu described as the biggest threat to middle east security iran's foreign minister for back accusing him of delusional thinking they have a choice reports from munich. he's ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu went straight into attack mode against iran as he took to the podium in munich issuing a direct threat to tehran israel will not allow iran. to put a noose of terror around order. we will act without hesitation to defend ourselves and we went back to finance are not just against iran's proxies that are a

i know i'm maryam namazie and and you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. unemployment has gone up in the quality is this is. south africa's new president admits the failures of the past and vows to work towards a better future in the states of the nation address. president trump promises to meet victims of wednesday's mass shooting in florida as he agrees to work with congress in a number of ways. and style without boundaries london fashion week ends with a focus on diversity and social issues. or we begin in the united states where a federal jury has charged thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies as part of the investigation into alleged interference in the presidential election the court says that action started as early as two thousand and fourteen so let's go straight to roslyn jordan who's following everything for us from washington what more have we learned about russia's role in the presidential election rolls. well put this indictment from a secret grand jury here in washington d.c. is alleging is that at some point around two thous

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up if europeans prime minister submit his resignation following months of antigovernment protests he says he wants to be part of the solution. police in the u.s. charge and nineteen year old former student with seventeen counts of premeditated murder after yet another school shooting. and we're in harare where hundreds of supporters of opposition opposition leader morgan chang paid tribute to the man they call their hero. our top story this hour south africa has a new leader cyril ramaphosa has officially been sworn in as the country's new president a ceremony wrapped up in the last hour in cape town from a post succeeds jacob zuma who of the months of pressure from within his own party finally resigned on wednesday a governing a.n.c. party demanded he step aside of corruption allegations the president spoke in parliament after he was elected as leader he pledged to work with the opposition for the good of the country. seeks to work with all political parties. started all free. well started off with wanting to have

a low i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up russia uses its veto to block a u.n. resolution that would have condemned iran's involvement in the war in yemen. and unprecedented food crisis in south sudan west sixty percent of the population is at risk of starvation. and it may one day save the world the global seed vault home to nearly a million song pulls as its tenth anniversary. the syrian army has agreed to suspend as strikes and rebel held eastern for a daily five hour long truce russia's defense ministry says syria's military will now halt its bombardment so the injured can leave this agreement comes forty eight hours off to the united nations pasta resolution for a thirty day cease fire in the area but that was ignored and russia has now set the terms of this new deal meanwhile on the ground in the east and twenty six people have been killed in the latest strikes zain hodder has our report. orders of private lives good. opposition fighters say they are repel an attempt by pro syrian government forces to storm the besieged enclave. dozens of soldiers t

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up israel's prime minister vows to continue operations in syria a day off the one of its fighter jets was downed on its way back from a mission that. the scandal surrounding leading british charity oxfam deepens with revelations staffan these prostitutes in chad as well as haiti. and iran marks thirty nine years since the islamic revolution president has rouhani calls for a year of unity. we begin this hour with the latest on a breaking news story we're following out of russia all seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed in moscow after takeoff have died the short haul plane took off from one of the russian capital's busiest airports on sunday it was just a few minutes into its journey from yet over to the city of or school when it went missing from right does. the plane is the author of crash near the village of our good nova which is near the capital moscow where he says that as they saw a burning aircraft fall from the sky b. to shot now reports the antonov one for eight with seventy one pe

a low i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. with the. use of the. a n c r six jacob zuma to step down as south africa's president but he's staying on and now. the world is watching and waiting for burma to act. the u.s. envoy to the united nations says me on mars blocking a u.n. investigation into the situation in iraq kind state on the war against i still may be over but iraq's prime minister says the battle for reconstruction has only just begun. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is saying that he will continue to lead the country despite the police recommending that he be indicted for corruption and bribery now it's alleged that netanyahu and his wife received illicit gifts worth tens of billions of dollars from billionaire benefactors including a major hollywood producer that is following this developing story and joins us now live from west jerusalem we see a very defiant reaction from prime minister benjamin netanyahu he is adamant that the recommendations the police recommendations against him will end with nothing he says. that's

hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera coming up geria says it's deploying more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram in northern nigeria. protests across italy as tensions rise in the run up to next weekend's election immigration is a key issue. out of the people fight for economic justice in america fifty years since it was ignited by a civil rights icon. the syrian government's onslaught on the last rebel held area near the capital damascus has entered its seventh day five hundred people have been killed and there's been no letup in the bombing of east and. for the third day running a u.n. ambassador as a gathering at the security council to vote on a resolution on syria so we're going to have more from the u.n. in just a moment first though a binge of aid reports on what's happening inside east and. to. not responding to cries for help. but nowhere is safe clean and of the other one on the floor here a few moments of panic were children who disappeared in the debris there's a group. of children with their father. that was

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up south africa's parliament passes a motion to take private land without giving any compensation. causes outrage telling a young girl she would be on it if she were martyred for turkey. south korean prosecutors demand thirty years in prison for former president bargain hay. and a german court give cities the green light to ban diesel cars to help reduce air pollution. the russian president's call for a five hour ceasefire for the besieged syrian neighborhood of east and has failed to stop the bombing a pause was designed to allow civilians to leave the rebel held suburb of damascus the u.n. says a thousand sick or wounded people need to be evacuated but after a brief lull which allowed people to venture out residents say government planes resume strikes so hard to reports from beirut. some emerged from underground shelters to buy food and water others returned home to collect whatever is left of their belongings the relative calm gave the people of eastern some respect a five hour pause in the assault by the pro

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up rebuilding iraq donors aim to raise billions of dollars to help its people we start their shattered lives egypt has been a very important member of the defeat our coalition. the u.s. secretary of state pages to help egypt to defeat i sell also. in london where the charity the new scrutiny from the government after allegations of sexual exploitation by stuff in haiti. are going to the program our top story pressure has been mounting for jacob zuma to stand down as south africa's president for the past seven hours his party the a.n.c. has been meeting to discuss his fate for more gathering which is being dubbed as hash tag zax it on social media is a final attempt to pressure zuma into resigning and see president cyril ramaphosa ramped up the pressure on sunday saying the issue is causing disunity and discord he's facing a number of allegations of corruption but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year for me to milan has more from john is bug. the agency's national executive committee the top dec

a low i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. an olive branch for the taliban the afghan president offers to recognize them as a legitimate political party. as students return to the florida school where a gunman killed seventeen two weeks ago a major u.s. retailers stop selling assault style rifles. and campaign is celebrate as a supermarket in amsterdam opens the world's first plastic free i'll. welcome to the program our top story syrian government troops are reported to have launched a ground assault on the edge of east and despite a russian ordered pause in hostilities footage from inside the damascus suburb appears to show renewed as strikes on the rebel held enclave russia and syria was supposed to stop their offensive between nine am and two pm local time to allow civilians to leave the syrian. tree for human rights says government shelling and limited clashes were reported on three fronts during the five hour pause and eleven people have been killed so far on wednesday there were some four hundred thousand civilians trap

you know i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up clears and then picks or continues with an invitation to the south korean leader to visit pyongyang. a warm welcome for india's prime minister on the historic visit to the palestinian territories. and brazil and colombia tight border controls with venezuela why economic crisis has led hundreds of thousands. or we begin with one of the biggest confrontations between israel and iran in years involving the shooting down of an israeli f. sixteen fighter jet the jet crashed after coming under fire during a mission inside syria but landed in israeli territory it all started when israel says it supported a drone flying in its aspace and then intercepted it israel says the drone originated from syria and it launched major air raids in syrian territory in response to this targeting syrian and iranian bases syria then responds with a. fire which brought down the f. sixteen jets israel launched a second wave of strikes imraan khan has more from west jerusalem. to me early hours of saturday morning syria's war escalat

hello i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up an olive branch for the taliban the afghan president offers to recognize them as a legitimate political party as students return to the florida school where a gunman killed seventeen people two weeks ago a major u.s. retailers stop selling assault style rifles and the arctic weather disrupts transport across europe and forces some people to find new ways to guess about. syrian government troops reported to have launched a ground assault on the edge of eastern despite a russian ordered pause in hostilities russia and syria was supposed to stop their offensive between nine am and two pm local time to allow for civilians to leave but no one has left and no aide has been able to get in some opened of aid has this report from. digging more graves is how some spend the five hour pause in the daily bombardment of eastern guta with many deaths every day the local council arranges for mass burials on the syrian government side of the buffer been crossing buses and ambulances waited for civilians to cross but people deny a cl

i know i maryam namazie you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up a show of force at a time of apparent unity north korea stages a massive military parade on the eve of south korea's and picks. we speak to the family of a palestinian man being sued by the israeli army for damage to the jeep that killed him. i'm done in the far north of argentina where ten thousand people have been evacuated because the flooding roads are impassable communities cut off this is as far as we can get. a top story syria's government has attacked the u.s. led coalition for a rare as strike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a military source within the coalitions at the strikes and there is zero province killed about one hundred pro assad fight has who are attacking the syrian democratic forces as a briefing a short while ago a spokesman for the pentagon defended the coalition's actions. our forces have the inherent right to self defense. we are not looking for conflict with the regime any action that takes away from our ongoing operations to d

i know i'm maryam namazie in london has a roundup of the top stories on al-jazeera syrian government forces and their russian allies are conducting a furious assault on east and go to this fight a growing international outcry all those rockets and shells have continued to rain down on the last rebel stronghold near damascus killing more than two hundred people since sunday position activists are calling it a massacre saying hold the reports from beirut. panic in the streets. here but you. fear in people's faces. neighborhoods flattened the airstrikes are almost continuous. towns across eastern who are coming under intense fire was. injured survivors emerge in shock children traumatized. the room was full of some four hundred thousand people are trapped in this besieged syrian opposition enclave nowhere is safe. the sound of fighter jets in the skies frightens the population. and mohamed and her son the same say they can only hope the walls in their home will save them if a shell or an airstrike hit nearby i didn't we have no choice but to stay in our harm's despite be in strikes and

a low i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a show of force at a time of a power unity north korea stages a massive military parade on the eve of south korea's lympics. we speak to the family of a palestinian man being sued by the israeli army for damage to the jeep that killed him. and an innovative approach to hong kong's housing crisis we look at the new solutions and much in the real estate market. now syria's government has attacked the u.s. led coalition for a rare as strike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a military source within the coalition said the strikes and arizona has killed about one hundred pro assad fight has who are attacking the syrian democratic forces. well the u.s. pentagon has given a briefing on what happened patty culhane was that here at the pentagon they say what happened was that there's this kind of de confliction line were both russian backed syrian forces and u.s. backed fighters just agree not to cross while they say over the last week they saw forces starting to amass by

hello i'm maryam namazie in london area top stories on al-jazeera a federal jury in the u.s. has charged thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies as part of the investigation into alleged interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says the russians a was to spread distrust of the political.

no-i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up nigeria deploys more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram. protests across italy as tensions rise in the run up to next weekend's election immigration is a key issue. and power to the people the fight for economic justice in america fifty years since it was ignited by a civil rights icon. the u.n. security council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a thirty day truce in syria to allow an aide it follows days of negotiations at the u.n. over the wording of the document five hundred people have been killed in seven days of syrian government attacks on rebel held east and thousands of people are trapped in underground shelters which are providing little protection against the syrian and russian rockets and. every minute the council waited on russia the human suffering group getting to a vote became a moral responsibility for everyone but not for russia not for syria not for iran i have to ask why. at least nineteen health facilities have been bombed from sunday nin