i'm sorry, nadim baba, i could see im, you couldn't, has disappeared from the shot. i don't know where he's gone, we'll get back to him. meanwhile, inside syria, rebels say they've made gains in an advance on key villages in idlib in the north-east. dozens of pro-government fighters were killed in those tights. gerald tan has the latest. >> reporter: in the rebel held vollage, the fight is on for two villages under government control. the army launched assaults, hoping to break the line of defense. rebels fired a bar age of mortar shells, unable to take over checkpoints. the national defense committee say the attacks were repelled. this is not the first time they had been targeted. people here are shia, and supporters of bashar al-assad. the government tried to negotiate, escaping areas in exchange for rebels trapped in the town. talks repeatedly broke down. there are new reports from idlib that rebels have shot dead dozens of government forces captured from an air base this month. elsewhere in syria. fighter jets launched air strikes on the divided city of aleppo. i

nadim baba reports. >> reporter: the protest was passionate on either side of an emotive issue. on friday the u.k. parliament debated legislation allowing doctors to prescribe a terminal doas to dose to a patient with n six months to live. argued that it would clear up a legal mess. >> those that have reached a voluntary clear settled decision to end their lives, can now be clear from loved ones that without exposing them to the law but they cannot have the assistance of professionals. they can have amateur assistance from nearest and dearest but they can't have professional help. >> leslie close is a firm believer in what she calls assisted dying. her brother don was once a keen marathon runner but was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease. he injected himself with drugs. >> he couldn't speak, but you could tell from the kind of grunting expressions he made that he needed something. but he didn't want to get to the point where he couldn't even do that, where he couldn't tell that you his nose itched or he needed to go to the lavatory. that certain timetable at somebody else's d

nadim baba reports. >> these pictures show the bloody scene after tear gas thrown by riot police. many were taken away by ambulance. the violence also injured journalists covering the protest. a crowd had gathered ahead of a parliamentary vote on giving special status to parts of donetsk and lufns region luhansn eastern ukraine. but the new bill introduced by petro poroshenko and his allies did pass on first reading. it was supposed to end the fighting between ukraine's army and russian backed separatists. since then there's inten been sc violence in the east. these scenes in the capital oar reminder of just how controversial it is. nadim baba, al jazeera. >> not even a week has passed since south sudan's president signed a peace deal and it might be falling poorl apart already. riek machar said the violence is starting in unity state. but the army says it's the reckless who are stoking the fires. either way the u.n. is warning both sides that they need to cooperate or face sanctions and embar goes. >> new slight images of syria shows i.s.i.l. has destroyed the bel temp in palm ra

nadim baba, al jazeera. >>> at least 15 people have reported to have died in a boko haram attack in niger. a offensive, drove boko haram from much of the territory held in northern nigeria. >>> brazil's president dilma rousseff is talking about how to salvage brazil's economy. the currency has plummeted against dollar, while investment confidence is as low as it's pen been in years. >> i'm in the economic heart of brazil but all 800 kilometers to the northwest to the capital brasilia, to see what president dilma rousseff will do next, will she impose the necessary measures to get brazil back on track? can she? the brazilian currency the reale is the lowest level against the dollar since it was introduced in 1994. investor confidence is at an all time low. >> the government needs to let investors know that there is a political environment of understanding and debate and all the measures they're discussing will in the end be approved. >> the president wants to make macive cuts to public spending closing ten of her 39 ministries but by doing that she risks alienating, those who elected her l

nadim baba has more details. >> reporter: not surprisingly syria topped the agenda when john kerry met his british counterpart phillip hammond. after the meeting kerry says they discussed ways to push for the end of a syrian conflict. russia seems to be doing more to defeating i.s.i.l, particularly through air strikes. at the same time he said he was concerned about the prospect of russia increasing its military support for president assad with russian fighter jets already in the country. and he might have made a small concession when he said that president assad didn't have to go on day 1 or month 1 but he still insist they'd assad did not form part of syria's political future. that's something that's always been a sticking point whether people have tried to get syria's allies around the negotiating table. for john kerry at least the ball is clearly in the other court. >> we're prepared to negotiate. is assad prepared to negotiate, really negotiate? is russia prepared to bring him to the table and actually find solution to this violence? those are the pregnant questions. and we've mad

nadim baba has bore. >> when the sri lankan army tweeted the ltte, known as the tamil tigers and 2009. it ended a war lasting 25 years. ever since there has been accusations. war crimes were committed both sides. they maintained they were fighting directorists. a term used for the tamil tigers. >> a united nations report found 40,000 were killed in the final offensive. the u.n. human rights council delivers the result. findings are of the most serious nature and called for a judicial process, backed by monitors. the president who tweeted roger pachl tore made steps towards reconciliation. >> by agreeing to cooperate, or not agreeing, because they are not responsible for what happened in the past. they'll open up, and we'll get the support of the world in dealing with in problem. >> rights groups say sri lanka failed by the military. against the tamil civilians. the foreign minister announced plans to launch app truth and reconciliation commission. >> this is having a structure, a compassionate council composted of religious victories. and a structure composted of commissioners. >> tam

nadim baba last the report. >> after the meeting, kerry said they discussed ways for pushing for a political solution, this moment where russia appears to be more committed to doing more against i.s.i.l, a reference that kerry believes is a common aim, the west defeating i.s.i.l. particularly through air strikes. at the same time, he said he was concerned russia increasing its aid for assad with russian jets already in the country. he might have made a small concession when he said that president assad didn't have to go on day one or month one but he still insisted that assad not form part of syria's political future. that's something that has been a sticking point when people tried to get syria's allies around the bargaining table. for john kerry now the ball is clearly in the other court. >> we're prepared to negotiate. is assad prepared to negotiate really negotiate, is russia prepared to bring him to the table and actually find the solution to this violence? those are the pregnant questions and we've made it very clear, we've been open, we've made it very clear that we're not being doctr

nadim baba is there. what will they be talking about? >> it was no secret ahead of the meeting that john kerry and philip hammond would concentrate on syria, the news coming on friday that american and russian officials have been talking on the phone about coordinating effort to syria. friday, john kerry told a domestic news channel that it was crucial that the efforts in syria do not conflict with what russia is doing or plans to do toward the fight against i.s.i.l. in syria. john kerry says we share the same concern that i.s.i.l. should be destroyed, talking about the u.s. and russia, at the same time u.s. officials are worried about reports that russia is ramping up aid to bashar al-assad, sending in fighter jets and expanding a military base. john kerry and philip hammond will talk about how they go to russia. a quick solution, ensuring that there's no conflict between u.s. or western forces. taking party in the air strikes, or russian efforts there. they are talking about the refugee crisis. john kerry called it a humanitarian catas

nadim baba has the details. >> john kerry met his british counterpart phillip hammond the foreign secretary here in london and after the meeting kerry said they discussed ways to push for a political solution. russia appears to be more committed to doing more against i.s.i.l, a reference to what kerry believes is a common aim of both the west and russia, particularly for air strikes. he was concerned about the prospect of russia increasing its military support for president assad with russian fighter jets already in the country. and he might have made a small concession when he said that president assad didn't have to go on day one or month one but he still insisted that assad did not form part of syria's political future. that's something that's always been a sticking point be when people tried to get syria's allies around a negotiating table for the syrian opposition, for john kerry the ball is clearly in the other part's. >> is russia prepared to bring him to the table and actually find solution to this violence? those are pregnant questions and we've made it very clear we've been open,

al jazeera's nadim baba reports from london. >> reporter: as the volkswagen emissions scandal reverberatescross europe, a shock announcement in berlin. >> we have been informed that in europe, 1.6 and 2 litre engines are affected by the manipulations. we'll continue to work closely with volkswagen about which vehicles are affected. >> volkswagen is facing huge lawsuits in america and europe, where diesel vehicles are more popular. vw admitted 11 million cars contains software that gets around emissions controls. it's not clear how many are in europe or how many other manufacturers cheated. britain, france and germany are starting their own investigations. >> we need the full pact of whether and how many vehicles are fitted with defeat devices, bound by the law. >> the problem is that tests are done in laboratory conditions. they have been testing fob nitrogen oxide, putting cars through road tests. results raised suspicions. >> we tested for fuel economy and found a gap between the manufacturers figures and what we saw this real world continues. it has grown to 24%. we have seen the same i

nadim baba reports. >> they've traveled a long way and don't know where they'll end up but now these men women and children are being registered into a temporary camp in croatia. but europe's blame game over how to handle the flow of refugees showed no sign of ending. >> this must be topped on turkey's border. greece is not following any rules, they are sending people through macedonia and serbia. these people are here less than 24 hours and that was our aim. >> reporter: over the border in serbia the prime minister was showing a senior european union official around a reception center. croatia's accused serbia of failing to police the crossing, an entry point into the eu but it has eased its week long blockade after serbia urged it to do so. >> we must find solutions to help these people in an adequate and human way and this is why i'm here. >> at hungary's border with croatia they are being met by the military. budapest's treatment of the refugees was recently compared by the austrian prime minister as naziistic. >> there is no corridor because austria hasn't agreed it. austria doe

. >> nadim baba has more. >> the popular sent in the is that it's past, what happened was to restores peace to the country, and therefore the sennel gallees would not be in favour of the community sitting in judgment. the second problem would be the legal implication s of this, and how the international judges fit in. whether this would require a constitutional change. unfortunately, the previous government, the government that fought the war at the end stage that won the war, and was there until january, did little to assuage the sentiments of the people and international community in regard to looking back at the past. coming out with the truth, and dealing with what had to be dealt with >>> canada long had a reputation for taking in refugees from around the world. recently it's come under fire for not accepting syrians fleeing the wall. that's an issue in the ongoing campaign. we have this report from toronto. >> reporter: more than the heart-wremping images of this young boy's death, news that his uncle was refused permission for asylum in toronto. this man and his sisters were am