this is detail the news live from berlin the syrian army makes further advances in eastern guta government soldiers reportedly surrounding the own claves largest town in duma as strikes around the last opposition stronghold in the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trapped. in the meantime life is increasingly desperate in duma as government forces tighten their grip there we have exclusive footage for you from inside the besieged syrian town. hello my name is christopher thanks for joining us for the last three weeks the syrian army has been conducting an offensive on eastern ghouta the last major rebel stronghold in the capital damascus the fighting has claimed the lives of almost a thousand people so far according to the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights now reports coming in that syrian forces have made significant advances in the area. we're going to show you a map of the area in green showing what was rebel held territory until recently syrian state media say the army has now taken the towns and miss robin as well as a major highway that leaves the largest to

border operation to push kurdish forces back from its border now these pictures appear to show free syrian army fighters parading through the center of a free thousands of civilians have been streaming out of the town since turkish forces and their syrian allies encircled it almost a week ago andrew symonds is our correspondent live for us in god's intent on the turkey syria border with the very latest i mean there seems to be movement on the military front as we've just mentioned in terms of freeing the city what more do we know what are we hearing about what's going on there. well there's a lot of movement in our free in fact the free syrian army they're not going to fishel with it yet but the free syrian army backed by the turkish forces all are actually in are free in the center of the estimates and they're never quite accurate but there they may be optimistic all that sixty to seventy percent of the main center of the city is now in the hands of the free syrian army along with a lot of turkish help what's happened corner logically was this word went out that there was some sort of big oper

and having come to the program for the last three weeks the syrian army has been conducting an offensive on eastern ghouta the last major rivals stronghold near the capital damascus the fighting has already claimed the lives of over a thousand people now syrian government forces say they have made significant advances in the area will get the latest mark correspondent but first this report syrian state television shows tanks driving past damaged buildings in the tide of mess rob. the syrian observatory for human rights say government forces have taken the time as they step up their assault on eastern ghouta. the enclave is the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus the syrian army is now claiming large gains it has reportedly isolated the key times of duma anti-rust moving into the areas around them and cutting off connecting rights in rebel held it live province protest is called on international powers to intervene we have today here to deliver a message to the world to deliver a message to the security council that the united nation is just to ask them to take all neces

independence from turkey for more than thirty years now turkish forces have been backing the free syrian army while forces loyal to the syrian government have supported the y.p. g. since late february early one says he won't hand a friend back to the syrian government wants turkish forces are in full control he's also vowed to push his forces east beach next where u.s. troops have been deployed. understatements as our correspondent in turkey syria border and declaring what amounts to a victory and we've been asking this question all morning is it really just too premature andree. it would seem that in terms of this city it is apparently all over more or less bara the follow up operations which are ongoing clearing areas all of. it providing the advise explosive devices out of course the other operations going on in other why p.g. held areas that turkey wants to take over we're hearing now that there are vases going on in various other locations within the occupied territory occupied by why p.g. so we're certainly not at the end of this operation no our freedom is a key area in terms of what's

this is news live from berlin the syrian army makes further advances in eastern guta government soldiers have reportedly surrounded the enclave the largest town duma as airstrikes pound the last opposition stronghold near the capital damascus and thousands of civilians remain trapped also on the program. can trade officials from the european union get the block out of upcoming american import tariffs on steel and aluminum or is the e.u. going to counter it with tariffs on u.s. products. and seven years after a nuclear disaster struck the japanese video fukushima some locals are using sport to lawn they're hoping the twenty twenty olympics will soon put their city on the map for something completely different baseball. and welcome to the program syrian government forces say they have made significant advances into eastern ghouta the army has spent the last three weeks conducting an offensive on the area which is the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus the fighting has already claimed the lives of over a thousand people we'll get the latest from our correspondent but firs

this is d w news live from her land the syrian army makes further advances in eastern guta government soldiers have reportedly surrounded the enclaves in the largest town duma as air strikes pound the last opposition stronghold near the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trapped. and life is increasingly desperate as government forces tighten their grip we have exclusive footage for you from inside the besieged syrian town. and welcome to the program syrian government forces say they have made significant advances into eastern ghouta the army has spent the last three weeks conducting an offensive on the area the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus the fighting has already claimed the lives of over a thousand people and some observers say chemical weapons have been used well get the latest more correspondent but first this report syrian state television shows government forces rolling into the center of misrata the syrian observatory for human rights says the syrian army has taken the time as it steps up its assault on eastern ghouta. the enclave is the la

news line from birdland the syrian army makes further advances in eastern guta government soldiers have reportedly surrounded the enclaves largest town dumont as air strikes pound the last opposition stronghold near the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trapped. and can trade officials from the european union get out of the upcoming american pm port tariffs on steel and aluminum or is the block going to counter with tariffs on u.s. products. and not because of us and welcome to the program syrian government forces say they have made significant advances into eastern ghouta the army has spent the last three weeks conducting an offensive on the area which is the last major rabble stronghold near the capital damascus the fighting has already claimed the lives of over a thousand people and some observers say chemical weapons have been used well get the latest mark correspondent but first this report. syrian state television shows government forces rolling into the center of misrata the syrian observatory for human rights says the syrian army has taken the time as it steps up it

this is news live from berlin the syrian army makes further advances in eastern kentucky government soldiers have reportedly surrounded the wrong place launches tell me too much as strikes around the last opposition stronghold near the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain shrugs. meanwhile life is increasingly desperate to new duma its government forces tightening their grip there we have exclusive footage for you from inside the besieged syrian town. and some tough action in germany goodness we know for you will bring up to speed with a cracking goal last night in the shall come months game and we look ahead to tonight's big clash between partly because new grosser mentions a grudge match that usually delivers plenty of go sit. alone welcome my name is christopher spring thanks for joining us reports are coming in that syrian regime forces are making significant advances into eastern ghouta that is the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus a monitoring group says syrian army soldiers have taken control of the main highway effectively dividing into three parts state

under considerable fighting the free syrian army is claiming to have killed seventy white b.g. fighters although there are no casualty figures from their side the fighting was going on right in the center of the city in the market area in particular along with some of the streets it was fairly intense but it is in the city center itself over now for now anyway. under when you told me a considerable fighting the question is posed really about the civilians what is happening to them what has happened to them and what could still happen to them if they're stuck in the conflict. that's very very good question and one we all want to ask certainly human rights organizations have been asking that question repeatedly and also the united nations want to know precisely what arrangements have been made some details have been given the turks have done their best they say to get civilians out and to the south that's where they're going mainly to the syrian regime controlled areas but there have been reports of the kurds actually using human shields forcing civilians to stay in place while t

free syrian army fighters entered the town earlier supported by turkish army airstrikes and artillery shelling now it comes almost three months after turkey launched its cross border operation to push back kurdish forces from its border let's join andrew symonds our correspondent in the turkey syria border we spoke to us earlier and drew and there seems to be movement on the military front it's a very fluid situation what more can you tell us. it's a very fluid situation it's also a very violent situation in terms of the free syrian army pushing overnight into saturday morning it started around one thirty perhaps a little earlier according to some reports we're hearing and the free syrian army with told initially it's unclear exactly where there were about before they pushed forward from the southeast they came in large numbers with turkish military backing them up all the way in the sky and also on the ground a lot of turkish warplanes involved in this a lot of surveillance now head of this operation taking place the free syrian army many years ago in this seven year old conflict did

have a porsche be considering an evacuation deal mariana holland has more for three weeks the syrian army's bombs have fallen on eastern good while its troops have moved in and to rebuild here a tree. that was sort of on the other for all but some of the syrian arab army continue their operations in eastern guta successfully day by day other areas in vast spaces of eastern ghouta are secured. and the last week rebel held territory shrank and split into what syrian state media saying the army had completely surrounded the town of duma now those same government forces have reported the way even further into opposition territory splintering the rebel held territory into three. the bombardment has been relentless and indiscriminate monitors and activists say more than eleven hundred people have died since the government offensive began the syrian civil defense accuses government forces of using chlorine gas phosphorous bombs and napalm u.s. defense secretary james mattis wants syria against using chemical weapons situation here in eastern good very very powerful and miserable. another rebel hel

area in green on this map shows what was rebel controlled territory until recently syrian state media saying the army has taken the towns of magic and mystery about as well as a major highway that would leave the largest town in the enclave duma surrounded by rebel forces are disputing those claims syrian state t.v. meanwhile showing tanks driving costs ruin buildings in misrata the syrian observatory human for. human rights says almost a thousand people have been killed in the ferocious three week assault on east into oh. ok let's talk now to correspondent vora who's monitoring developments for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon until the syrian army says its advances have divided eastern turn to several parts rebel forces are disputing that claim who should we believe i think we must really be bold them a little bit i have to you know see that's the regime has made significant advances and in fact is in the center of the rebel east and they are in the south but the happen each side of. this stretches the highways that link the north of the rebel they did actually to the south in need but it is a

have announced they're mobilizing a human shield resistance around a frame as tuchis and three syrian army troops approached the town bus loads of people of believed to be on the way to a free. and saying syrian government on russian gas trucks have killed forty people on sas then injured dozens more in rebel held eastern groups are women and children are amongst the latest victims of the offensive to take the last remaining rebel stronghold that syria's capital. how the founder of france's far right national front has lost his last remaining position losses daughter marine le pen has been re-elected as lead up the move comes at a crucial time for le pen she had to broaden the party's appeal joe marie le pen was expelled into thought to that. fifteen of anti semitic remarks but he had kept the honorary position of president until now david chaytor has joins us now from the city of little in france so david why is the posse severed all ties now with the founder. well laura you join me at a time when a page is turning in french political history in about four hours' time the national front w

have already fled with their tails between their legs our special forces and members of the free syrian army a cleaning the remains of the troops i left behind in the center of affray al flags of trust and stability away even in sort of rags of terrorists. meanwhile the main rebel group in syria's southern eastern ghouta on klav says it's negotiating a possible ceasefire with the un at least twenty thousand people have fled the fighting in the last week the rebel group firelock al rahman says it's in discussions about getting aid to civilians and evacuating people with urgent medical needs the syrian government backed by russian air power has recaptured almost eighty percent of the rebel on klav since february the eighteenth. voting is underway in russia as one hundred ten million eligible voters choose their leader president vladimir putin is seeking a fourth term which would give him six more years in office to turn the whole reports from moscow the kremlin is hoping for a high turnout to boost the legitimacy of putin's expected victory. you know there's a presidential election going on be

the capital damascus the area on this map the color green is rebel controlled territory syrian state media say the army have taken the towns of mud. as well as a major highway that would leave the largest town in the enclave surrounded by the rebel forces are just spiriting those claims the syrian observatory for human rights says almost a thousand people have been killed in the ferocious three week assault on eastern kuta. ok let's talk now to correspondent who's monitoring developments for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon until the syrian army says its advances have divided eastern turn to several parts rebel forces are disputing that claim who should we believe i think the monster really believe all the religious nature that i have to you know see that's the region has made significant advances and in fact is in the center of the rebel east is a developing situation. a bit of a psychological warfare to me if the rebels concede that they have lost out then the ground forces might not support them as march at the same time the gene lines do always stay just achievements the situation is going to

says syrian army soldiers have taken control of the region's main highway effect. really dividing into several parts the area in green is known rebel controlled territory syrian state media say the army has taken the challenge. and. that means the largest town in the enclave has been surrounded the rebel forces on to speeching those claims this comes as syrian state t.v. showed a group of rebel fighters in their families evacuating on a government bus most of the population however remains trapped in the besieged city syrian state t.v. showed these images of a small group of al nusra front fighters and their families boarding a bus in eastern guta it's said to be taken to areas controlled by the government and it's promising them safe passage to rebel held live province even though the government views them as terrorists. despite the profound devastation and most opposition groups are rejecting the government's offer to evacuate. earlier and emergency aid convoy delivered desperately needed supplies to residents this should be enough to feed twelve thousand people f

this is d w news live from berlin the syrian army has been making further advances in eastern guta government soldiers reportedly surrounding the only place lodges in town duma that as an strikes continue to pound the last opposition stronghold near the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trapped we'll be going live to a correspondent for the legislature and meanwhile life is increasingly desperate in tomorrow as government forces tighten their grip we have exclusive images for you from inside the scene syrian town. and more winter sports excitement from joan chang is the winter paralympics get on the why the dazzling opening ceremony so well south and north korean athletes spoke of taking part in the parade the stage is now set for the biggest winter of paralympics ever sing. well come one is christopher spring a good to have you with us reports are coming in that syrian regime forces have made significant advances in eastern guta splitting into two that last major rebel stronghold now the capital damascus they advance comes after a much delayed a delivery to eastern ghouta syrian

turkish and free syrian army forces are surrounded the town and a warning that they're on the verge of entering the kurdish forces say many civilians have volunteered to protect the region several bus lanes are thought to be heading for. this hour. on the turkish side of the border. what we're hearing from the y.p. to the kurdish militia is that there are many people who want to put themselves between them and the free syrian army and the turkish guns they see they've had so many volunteers that they can create a human shield no we can't confirm whether or not everyone is a volunteer but there are buses heading to that area even as we speak and you remember there was just last week that the white p.g. said they were pulling out seven hundred fighters from other parts of syria where they're taking on i saw and moving them to the front lines in a friend you know the assault on our front has moved at lightning pace just in the last few hours we've heard of four more towns and villages to the north and south of the city that been taken over by the free syrian army backed up by the turks kn

for three weeks the syrian army's bombs have fallen on eastern good while its troops have moved in easing into rebel territory i just thought it was sort of on the level of a bunch of the syrian arab army continue their operations in eastern guta successfully day by day other areas in vast spaces of eastern ghouta are secured. and the last week rebel held territory shrank and split into what syrian state media saying the army had completely surrounded the town of duma now those same government forces have reported they kept the way even further into opposition territory splintering the rebel held territory into three the bombardment has been ridiculous and indiscriminate monitors and activists say more than eleven hundred people have died since the government offensive began the syrian civil defense accuses government forces of using chlorine gas phosphorus bombs in one u.s. defense secretary james mattis wants syria against using chemical weapons situation in eastern good very very powerful and miserable. another rebel held area feeling the bite of syrian government advances is edlund th

there are a number of towns that are no under siege have been completely encircled by the free syrian army by the syrian government forces backed up by the russians but there are those who've managed to escape from some of those on close before the fuel encirclement was complete and they have managed to make it to camps nearby where they've been telling what it's been like in eastern guta over the past few days and we have a lot though. we were about two hundred people living in a cellar without light or electricity and very little food it was impossible to leave because of the events many people decided to leave and head to duma and only forty of us stayed behind in that cellar we decided not to leave until the syrian army entered the city so. we were afraid for our children's who would get them down into a tunnel that men would stay upstairs some woman couldn't take the pressure or lack of oxygen in the tunnel so they'd stay upstairs with the men but other women would go down that the children. and of course the conflict in syria and has many strands to it and there is right now a battle

northern syrian town of are free and quote at any moment the turkish military and its ally the free syrian army have surrounded a free enough to seizing control of the neighboring town of genderless turkey began its campaign to push the syrian kurdish y.p. g. away from its border in january france's president about the all macron has been holding talks with prime minister narendra modi on his first official visit to india the focus areas are trade security and fighting climate change and there co-hosting the first meeting of the international solar alliance for the initiative launched on the sidelines of the paris climate conference in twenty fifteen the national rifle association has filed a lawsuit challenging new gun control laws in the state of florida branding them unconstitutional america's largest gun lobby is angry that the governor signed a bill increasing the minimum age for buying firearms from eighteen to twenty one those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post next. facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a s

i'm here with the syrian army and i'm ready to help leaving eastern ghouta we have ambulances here with the words of the list of the here around the clock to provide first aid to people from the east and a medical labs also work twenty four hours have provided vehicles equipped with all modern facilities medical workers also ready. if there were some people who wanted to leave eastern goods but all of a sudden we only saw a gunman opening fire using mortars to intimidate civilians. is located just outside of the syrian capital. damascus has been occupied by various rebel and islamist groups for years and under siege since two thousand and thirteen and in the north of good as a refugee camp it is hoped fleeing civilians can be relocated to everett's to provide safe passage for those desperate to escape are being coordinated with the syrian red crescent buses and ambulances on standby as well hoping the militants will cease fire long enough for civilians to get out now people inside the insurgent held on klav are being notified about the location of the court or through leaflets text aler

for three weeks the syrian army's bombs have fallen on eastern ghouta while its troops have moved in in to rebuild to retreat. from the syrian arab army continue their operations in eastern successfully day by day other areas in fast spaces of eastern are secured. the eastern go to lines just east of the capital damascus and is one of the last major syrian opposition strongholds and the last week rebel held territory shrank and split into syrian state media saying the army had completely surrounded the town of duma now those same government forces have reported the way even further into opposition territory splintering the rebel held territory into three. the bombardment has been relentless and indiscriminate along with a strikes and advances by ground forces barrel bombs are reportedly also being used to pound eastern ghouta and with devastating effect monitors and activists say more than a. levin hundred people have died since the government offensive began the syrian civil defense accuses government forces of using chlorine gas phosphorous bombs and neighbors u.s. defense secretary

syrian state media says the army has now completely surrounded the town of duma in eastern guta that means the rebel held area is cut into amid intense as strikes pro-government forces broke through rebel lines to establish a corridor through the enclave state t.v. has been broadcasting inside the town of mid-air where the army units joined up and activists say over a thousand people have been killed since the government ramped up its offensive to take back the area over three weeks ago when the rebels last stronghold near the capital damascus the orange stripes here show how much of it they held on february eighteenth when the government stepped up its offensive three weeks of heavy bombardment later and that has dramatically shrunk and the surrounding of duma by syrian government forces threatens to exacerbate an already dying humanitarian situation meanwhile further north in syria kurds are reported to be mobilizing to form a human shield around the town of affray and as turkish forces advance turkish troops and free syrian army fighters have surrounded affray in a warning that th

the syrian army so this is how i see. moscow's calling on the militants in eastern getting to get out the syrian givens obviously putting pressure on them will they actually give in do you think. well in the end i believe that they either are given or they will be defeated in the battle based on the course of the battle so far so. but the united states doesn't want this to happen because. the balance of power will. drastically to the favor of the syrian army and to the syrian. government and its allies and at the moment the united states is attempting to shuffle the whole situation. before entering into any. talk with. the allies of the sitting government may lead the russians and that's why they are not ready for a political agreement for what they want to be stabilized the regime they want to read the balance of power between to their favor to the favor of america's allies before entering into any political talk so that's why i believe the situation will. get worse in syria and the next few months. now your time jamal ki

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despite words of encouragement in the arab media yes a cell hani knows the syrian army's recapture of the scooter is only a question of time he hopes his family and the rest of the civilian population will survive the fighting and that no massacres will ensue. to him the struggle for a free and democratic syria is all but dead now the only victory is survival. yemen two has been torn apart by a civil war now entering its fourth year but despite the destruction and suffering some still perceive the chance to play football. a friendly match in the backyard of the national museum in the yemeni city of aden the professional players from. taking on an amateur third division side this dusty patch of land is all a long established club has left the stadium has been partly destroyed and is now in a restricted military area and occupied by soldiers. the league in yemen stopped operating when the war broke out. the only chance professional players get to play football is in friendly's like this. guys are not as fit as they used to be because we don't train regularly and because they have no com

fighters the very soon thousands of civilians are leaving the city after turkish troops and free syrian army fighters encircled the city turkey launched a military assault and january to clear syrian kurdish forces that control the region get more from alan fischer who's live from gaza on the turkey syria border so allan fels all this supply supposed to play out turkey saying that we are going to basically take over part of another country. well clearly the serbians would normally be very upset by this they would quote international law they were united nations resolutions but clearly at the moment the syrian government has more important issues to deal with as it continues to call the own cleaver and continues to complete its military operation they are supported by the russians so for the turks to see this i'm sure that the syrians are angry that they will raise some sort of diplomatic concern but there's not a great deal they can do about it at the moment this whole operation has been ongoing since january twentieth it's called operation all of brian certainly the move towards a free the

moment they had all waited for certainly the turkish senior military had been waiting for the free syrian army acting as a front line full so to speak but this is a turkish army operation controlled not necessarily backed by them and what happened was this in the early hours of sunday morning the free syrian army advance from the west on the east on to the city and by dawn they had reached it i didn't reach i didn't have much resistance from y.p. g. forces but they pushed for what they claim there was seventy fatalities amongst the why p. g. forces they haven't mentioned their casualty rates other than to say of the ten civilians were injured and four f.s.a. were injured after the event because all of the improvised explosive devices he. left behind but the turkish forces covered from the air all tell recover as well they were very forceful in taking this city and this is what the president had to say. the law says other than most of the terrorist have already fled with their tails between their legs our special forces and members of the free syrian army and cleaning the remains of the traps i

shield around the town of a friend to protect it from an expected turkish encouraging turkish free syrian armyforces have surrounded the town warning that their entries imminent they've been fighting to drive out the kurdish y p g from the area. meanwhile a state media says that the army the syrian army is now completely surrounded the town of duma in eastern that leaves the main areas still held by the rebels come in to meet intense as strikes pro-government forces broke through rebel lines to establish a corridor through the enclave. china's national people's congress has voted to abolish term limits for the president and vice president the change the constitution paves the way for judging paying to remain in office beyond twenty twenty three. and now moving to france where the far right need a marine le pen has proposed changing the name of a posse from the national front to the national gathering to make over is designed to revive the nationalist party after le pen lost the french presidential election to emmanuel macron last year a strange father. who co-founded the party in one nine hund

kurdish fighters very soon thousands of civilians are leaving the city after turkish troops and free syrian army fighters encircled the city turkey launched the military assault in january to clear syrian kurdish forces that control the region get more now from alan fischer who's live from gaza on the turkey syria border what type of pushback might turkey expect from from this destruct liberation. well this is certainly a step away from previous turkish positions they've always said that they recognize the syria as syrian sovereign territory they insisted that this was just a security operation the intention was to push the country militia the y. p.g. east of the year free t. as well away from their border now is perhaps the syrian government have got other things on their mind at the moment particularly the attack on eastern ghouta along with the russians and so they're not paying full attention to what's going on and are three at the moment but we already know the european parliament will be considering a draft resolution which says that the turks should pull out of a friend and that was befor

the syrian army has now reportedly surrounded the main town of douma. ets are pounding the besieged enclave. but hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped inside. the united nations calls these air strikes "collective punishment". syria and its backer, russia, are not listening. the syrian army is advancing. close to the capital. this commander seems confident of victory. the terrorists, as he calls them, are on the run. but civilians are caught. they have nowhere to run. but international organisations say it's nowhere near enough. appears to be entering the final stage. but the end could be bloodier than what has come before. martin patience, bbc news, lebanon. abolishing 2—term limits for the country's president. and possibly rule indefinitely. which was brought in by deng xiaoping in 1982. stay with us on bbc news. violent, people living nearby are warned to wear hard hats. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these g

kurdish fighters very soon thousands of civilians are leaving the city after turkish troops and free syrian army fighters encircled the city turkey launched a military assault in january to clear syrian kurdish forces that control the region russia's foreign ministry has called the u.k. prime minister to resume is allegations that moscow was behind the nerve agent attack in england completely insane a spokeswoman said moscow was working on retaliate three measures for the u.k.'s expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats missy's made today went to souls brew the location of the incident meeting the local authorities involved in the investigation. or boris johnson the foreign secretary has been giving a round of interviews this morning he said that the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats had gone far beyond what vladimir putin would have bargained for and that the capacity of the russian state to spy here in the u.k. had been if this aerated that is severely weakened i quote for decades to come he said that there was something in the russian denials of its responsibility that was mild an

them to come to the city hall entirely to be there to put themselves between the turkish and free syrian army guns and the why p.t. itself the reports circulating in the turkish media including some video which can't be verified that the white b.g. is actually stopping people from leaving. through and we of course can't confirm that but it shows that there is a propaganda battle being fought as well with conflicting claims on both sides as well as a military offensive which apparently is is very strong in the last few hours done enough rent or i don't fish a life or a stair in gaziantep now back to our top story the breaking news story out of gaza the attack on the convoy of the palestinian prime minister rami hundred eleven go back to imran khan has been following this for us from ramallah so iran has anyone claimed responsibility for this attack at this point. no one's claimed responsibility but the palestinian presidential spokesman in the president's office of issued a statement blaming hamas for the attack they've said this is an attack on palestinian unity now hamas haven't reacted as o

free in continues we thought there may be some pause after some big cities were taken by the free syrian army along with the back by the turkish military but it appears that the sweep on to afrin is ongoing six tones and villages to the north and to the south of the city have been taken over by the free syrian army aided by the turks just in the last few hours now one doctor in the city says he's concerned that there could be a massacre if this continues and one of the leading a council people in our friends has said please to the u.n. please come and speak to the people here please try and do what you can to stop what she says is an assault by the turkish state certainly we nor that the why p.g. have moved a number of troops away from fighting i saw elsewhere in syria to shore up defenses around afrin a but many people tell me that they're going to be vastly outnumbered and certainly gunned because the turks are involved in this operation so they can carry out air strikes as we've seen there in the last few hours now this operation is all part of operation all of branch which the tocs launch

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up the syrian army's hold on eastern ghouta grows as a rebel group reaches a deal with russia to evacuate civilians. at least fifty killed after a bangladeshi airliner crashes at the poles katmandu airport. we report from the pristine continent of antarctica on the threat tourism is is to its wildlife. we begin here in london where the british prime minister has told parliament that it was highly likely that last go was behind the poisoning of a russian double agent sergei script ball and his daughter junia have been in hospital in a critical condition since march fourth when they were found unconscious outside a shopping center in the southern english cathedral city of souls bree tourism a told lawmakers that either the russian state was directly responsible for the poisoning or had allowed a nerve agent to get into the hands of others russia has denied any involvement in the attack it is now clear that mr script and his daughter were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent of the type developed by russia thi

forces have taken over the northern syrian city of ass and they are in control there now the free syrian army in the turkish military entered before dawn from the reports we receiving they did not encounter any kind of resistance from the commission's fighters fighters who have been holed up there and carrying out an intensive battle for the past two months or so from eight thirty this morning sunday local time the turkish military is in control of the city of afrin now we've also heard from the turkish defense minister who has tweeted calling his army a hero and saying that it will guarantee peace and security for both turkey and the region the turkish president has also confirmed his army's military successes in a televised address he said that all measures would be taken to protect the civilians of afrin what we are hearing though from reports on the ground is when the free syrian army and the turkish military entered afrin there they would meet with. these improvised explosive devices which they had to deal with first now one of those dates back to january the twentieth when the turkish g

observatory for human rights says assad's forces have night taken this rebel time as the syrian army proclaims major gains opponents and aid groups have accused the regime of using chemical weapons. they used they used. force for and they're now. i mean in just a sea days there were more than one hundred fifteen people killed most of them children the government strongly rejects the allegation that. we are absolutely denied the existence of any chemical weapons including chlorine gas. the united nations has condemned the intensity of the government assault. in the last three weeks the shelling and astrid's have been almost constant monitors say the bombardment has not killed more than a thousand people. millions of people in somalia. precedented drought due to poor rains for four consecutive seasons repeated failed harvests have led to widespread malnutrition with farming families abandoning their homes in search of food and. the heat sets in early in the morning and dolo in southwest somalia women line up for assistance they've been here for about a year back then the drought was at

the syrian army has now reportedly surrounded the main town of douma. are pounding the besieged enclave. of thousands of civilians are trapped inside. the united nations calls these air strikes "collective punishment". syria and its backer, russia, are not listening. the syrian army is advancing. to the capital. this commander seems confident of victory. the terrorists, as he calls them, are on the run. but civilians are caught. they have nowhere to run. but international organisations say it's nowhere near enough. the final stage. but the end could be bloodier than what has come before. martin patience, bbc news, lebanon. making the news. were disqualified from its legislative council. third veto bloc in the legislature. four of the six vacant seats are being contested. movement that will win many victories. what he called the "globalised elite" and the mainstream media. he also spoke of a growing wave of populism across europe. this is bbc news. in the profession. murder of a former russian spy and his daughter. his daughter. the skripals are still in

they reached a friend at sunrise columns of free syrian army fighters turkish special forces have been active on the ground ahead of them kurdish why p.g. fighters have withdrawn in large numbers there was limited resistance on what the rebel fighters backed and directed by turkey with ground forces and their strikes prepared to declare a victory here. but when i met you know probably after we entered our free move liberated all the center buildings we will declare a victory statement on the terror we are telling the civilians to come back to our friends it's safe now. within hours celebrations in the city sent. by the syrians and the turks. believe this is a gift from the turkish armed forces to the turkish people and our glorious martyrs

hour live from doha i'm martine dennis coming up in the next sixty minutes in a major advance the syrian army cuts off two important towns in eastern guta and its effort to retake the rebel held territory. it's been three years of war disease and death in yemen we meet those who've escaped to cross the red sea to djibouti. and u.s. president donald trump tweets confirmation a deal is in the making with north korea after a mixed messages from the white house. on the clock reporting from an expedition in antarctica on the effort to turn the vast and remote weddle sea into the largest protected area on earth. so we start in syria where government forces have reportedly surrounded the two largest towns in eastern guta of the seizing more territory from the rebels on saturday government shelling and air strikes killed more than fifty people in the rebel on klav within the last twenty four hours the governor. it says it's now in full control of misrata that's in the east and there are reports that it's advance into areas between the two main towns of duma and harassed and that effectively cut some