i'm a resident of the town of duma in eastern guta. i'm sitting at home and will show you my every day life and how we live under siege in the midst of war in eastern. hasan abdel aziz us home suffered heavy damage looking at the furnishings it's clear that he must have been wealthy shipping the neighborhood is in ruins. eastern ghouta was home to around one and a half million people that number has fallen to less than four hundred thousand. that's kind of good over there where the pump is there were apartment buildings with hundreds of families. and. the shelling has destroyed everything good so. the people here refuse to give up struggling every day just to survive they have to be creative for. each one of these hoses leads to an apartment. beside the residents try fifteen minutes of power so they can fill up their water tanks are during a lull in the fighting many people go into the streets children especially happy to be outdoors but that changes quickly. one just launched an air strike. at the greengrocer's hasan abdel aziz has li

fire and these operations are allowed to continue and based on who has control of territory in eastern guta it could be argued that the continuing operations are anti terror operations which according to the resolution are permitted to continue now turkey has also continued its operations in northern syria saying it considers the kurdish forces there to be terrorists and that the resolution does not apply to them now we have heard news that the first humanitarian relief is reaching people in eastern goods at this point the red cross and red crescent as well as a un relief is reaching people and this was done during the five our humanitarian pause in the fighting in eastern that's being implemented by both russia and the syrian government however at the same time we're hearing that the civilians in eastern guta are not being permitted to leave they're basically being blocked from leaving through the humanitarian corridor or they're being trapped in essentially the rebels are using them as human shields and essentially holding them hostage now there have been some reports that some civilians

one month but almost four hundred thousand people have been living under government siege in eastern guta for five years the delivery was interrupted by renewed fighting. in the past month russian backed regime forces have intensified airstrikes to clear the way for troops advancing on the ground. they've already taken over half of the enclaves territory of the syrian military gains have caused wide scale displacement more than a thousand people have been killed. 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 ghouta into several parts rebel forces are disputing that claim who should we believe. i think the monster everybody balled them a little bit i have to you know see that's the gene has made significant advances and in fact is in the center of the rebel held east and that they are in the south but the happen the challenge of this stretches the highways that link the north of the rebel held territory to the south a bit in that it is a developing situation. a bit of p

security council seems to be in full agreement that the lives of civilians in eastern guta should be protected however there are some pretty strong disagreements about how that should be carried out and how and who is responsible for the situation there and we've heard some rather extreme rhetoric in the fifteen member body that leaves the united nations thanks killam open of course but in bring is right up to date live from new york. ok with me now is. where we go you've got to put on a big screen for this interview middle east expert and director of the think tank good to speak to. what do you make of the u.s. envoy speech at the u.n. security council i think unexpected nobody thought that she was going to be delivering threats. well we think that this is because the united states is trying to change the nature of its engagement in syria towards becoming more offensive i think everybody and we've heard a lot of calls in the west most recently the british foreign minister saying there is no hope that we can give to the people of east in order that the west is going to come and do so

i have been focused on helping to create the conditions for the cessation of hostilities in eastern guta where as i said to the council two weeks ago people have been living in the hell on earth as my special envoy is said to the council a few days ago and i quote is then good is the most urgent situation because it is where we have the clearest potential to try to support the escalation in concrete ways and because we have been concretely approached and the full on the twenty sixth of february the russian federation ause the five hour daily humanitarian pause in eastern guta i will speak to this later in my remarks. on twenty seven february the president of the security council and i received a letter from the syrian national committee conveying another letter of the city armed opposition groups in eastern guta. of islam firelock mon and. they express their commitment and i quote to the full implementation of relevant security council resolutions a special resolution twenty four zero one and the quote and two expelling and i quote the armed groups of starry. front and al-qaeda and all o

council we heard from different countries addressing the council regarding the situation in eastern guta now we've also heard russia's president vladimir putin comment on the situation and point out that essentially this enclave in eastern guta is being used to attack civilians in damascus and that civilians in eastern go to are being used as human shields. and you know look unfortunately there are lots of extremist forces in the east and guta result is a range of terror organizations recognized by the un the shelling is continually coming from that area on some days the number of missile strikes and mortar shell attacks which is fifty to eighty they even reach the territory of the russian embassy should we tolerate this indefinitely of course not. there's been a large number of efforts to protect civilians in the area russia carries out a five hour humanitarian pause on a daily basis in the hopes of protecting civilians and allowing them to get out through the humanitarian corridor and furthermore the un security council has passed a resolution calling for a thirty day cease fire now a

allows the syrian government to continue fighting against the terrorists and extremists in eastern guta she's arguing that this new resolution put forward by the united states would not allow for the fight against terrorist groups like al nasra to continue now at this point we're hearing from moscow that these terrorists in eastern guta are essentially using civilians as human shields they are holding the civilians in the area and actually staging executions now in his response to nikki haley the russian ambassador pointed out that essentially what was supposed to be a meeting about the plight of civilians in eastern guta seemed to have turned into a vehicle for some unprincipled attacks on the government of russia last time i promise to count how many times the u.s. envoy would mention brushwood during his statement i counted these twenty two russian to russia russia russia russia russia russia and prussian russian freshly can russian russian russian russians and russian russian the russian the russian russian russian russia and the russians is done for political purposes only and not

and you know look i'm fortunately there are lots of extremist forces in eastern guta result is a range of terror organizations recognized by the un the shelling is continually coming from that area on some days the number of missile strikes and mortar shell attacks which is fifty to eighty they even reached the territory of the russian embassy should we tolerate this indefinitely of course not. there's been a large number of efforts to protect civilians in the area russia carries out a five hour humanitarian pause on a daily basis in the hopes of protecting civilians and allowing them to get out through the humanitarian corridor furthermore the un security council has passed a resolution calling for a thirty day cease fire now a letter was sent to the u.n. security council by some of the opposition and rebel groups saying that they would honor this u.n. resolution however at this point always three hundred civilians have been prevented from leaving due to the the attacks they've experienced as they try to escape now the russian representative pointed out that these kind of humanitarian

and at this point fighting is going on and the syrian government says they are fighting in eastern guta because they are protecting the densely populated area of the syrian capital and that many civilians are there and they're being shelled by attacks based out of eastern they're trying to retake the city from the terrorists in the extremis this is the syrian ambassador to the united nations explaining what's going on. what you go home and i stress that our government will reserve the right to respond as the deems appropriate in quays those terrorist groups are targeting civilians in any part of syria. now at this point it's pretty clear in the resolution that the language of the resolution and the thirty day cease fire does not apply to fight against i still fighting against al qaeda al nasra and those groups clearly are operating in the rebel held enclave of eastern ghouta now furthermore we've also heard that turkey as they continue their operations against kurdish forces in northern syria that they are continuing to say that this is also a fight against terrorism and that justifies

also thousands of syrians fleeing besieged eastern guta as government forces close in the battle for the rebel held on one of the deadly in the country's seven year civil. with us tonight u.s. president donald trump says he will impose new sanctions on russia sanctions approved months ago in response to moscow's meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election the united states as also signed a joint declaration with france and germany in support of britain's standoff with russia the u.k. says that russia is responsible for the attempted murder of a former spy and his daughter on british soil. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia mae visited the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put the blame squarely on moscow. it is right that the u.k. government reacts in a robust way to what has happened here in seoul break that is exactly what we've don

allows the syrian government to continue fighting against the terrorists and extremists in eastern guta she's arguing that this new resolution put forward by the united states would not allow for the fight against terrorist groups like al nasra to continue now at this point we're hearing from moscow that these terrorists in eastern guta are essentially using civilians as human shields they are holding the civilians in the area not allowing food and water to get in and actually staging executions now in his response to nikki haley the russian ambassador pointed out that essentially what was supposed to be a meeting about the plight of civilians in eastern guta and helping the civilians to get out of harm's way seemed to have turned into a vehicle for some unprincipled attacks on the government of russia this was his response. last time i promise to count how many times the u.s. envoy would mention russia during his statement i counted it's twenty two russian to russia russia russia russia russia trash and russian russian freshly crush russian russian russians and russian russian the russ

countries in support of britain's standoff with moscow also coming up thousands of syrians of eastern guta as government forces close in the battle for the rebel held on clay it has been one of the deadliest in the country's and seven year civil. war. i'm going to go off it's good to have you with us in a surprise move u.s. president donald trump says he will impose new sanctions on russia in response to allegations that moscow meddled in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. presidential election the latest move targets five organizations and nineteen individuals the u.s. has also signed a joint declaration with france in germany in support of britain's standoff with russia over the attempted murder of a russian former spy in the u.k. mr trump was asked if he thought russia was responsible for that its act. was behind this mr president it looks like it i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions at a very sad situation it certainly looks like the russians would be i did something that should never ever happen and we're taking it very seriously as i think are many others. or

do most surrounded syrian government forces divide the rebels holding out in eastern guta. and turkish forces a closing in on africa and in northern syria it could say they'll form a human shield. hello i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up polls close in colombia's election but a government mishap is so distrust. that lead to full life teaching strengthens his position off to china's people's congress abolishes term limits for the president. and the national gallery party leader marine le pen proposes a new united front says far right party. two key offensives that could define the future of syria are reaching a critical stage in the south of the country syrian state media says government forces have surrounded the town of duma it's part of their attempt to overrun eastern guta a damascus suburb that still in rebel hands pro-government forces have managed to cut the rebel held area into to establish a chordal to assist the offensive the government has been told she repeated as strikes rebels accuse them of using barrel bombs phosphorus napal

syria multiple casualties a confirmed of the terrorist show civilians trying to escape from eastern guta through a humanitarian corridor according to the russian defense ministry journalists were also caught up in the shelling. buke a home secretary confirms a former russian spy and his daughter worked poisoned with a nerve agent while politicians and the media took up the crime than its possible role rules out speculation if we are to be rigorous in this investigation we must avoid specter. nation and allowed the police to carry out that investigation. and racially motivated hostility and crime against native germans are on the rise in birth live according to the city's interior minister. or as a. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey this is r.t. international. we start this hour with breaking news because multiple casualties have been confirmed after terrorists shoulder a large group of civilians who were trying to flee the besieged enclave of eastern guta that's according to russia's defense ministry it says nearly three hundred families were in the convoy both russian and

thirteen armed militants leave the syrian rebel enclave of eastern guta as part of the peace efforts cording to the russian army. donald trump slaps tariffs on steel and aluminum imports raising fears of a global trade war as other world powers vowed to retaliate last. gunshots fired as border police conduct a raid on a west bank university arresting a pro palestinian activist. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. a group of ananda militants have left the besieged enclave of eastern gusa in syria through humanitarian corridors this comes after talks brokered by moscow this video shows the militants leaving the area through the exit route they're being escorted out of the area by syrian soldiers artie's daniel hawkins as well. sudden development today given the deadlock over the past weeks and months in the region two pieces of news coming out of the first group of thirteen on armed militants and their families leaving the area through one of those russian military syrian government organized checkpoints those safety co

flee besieged cities at opposite ends of the country at least twenty four civilians die in eastern guta. amman tell you this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. we will consider our next steps in the coming days before that continues from the british russia a nerve agent attack now u.k. police warned russian exiles about their security. the deputy chief of the f.b.i. hits back at president trump after being fired just days before he was set to retire. a million miles leader gets more than she bargained for at a summit in australia the threat of prosecution. but only twenty four civilians have been killed by syrian government forces in eastern guta on saturday bringing the death toll over the past two days to almost one hundred thousands of civilians are fleeing besieged cities at opposite ends of syria as two major battles intensify in eastern go to near the capital damascus thousands of people have left areas held by rebels since early morning meanwhile in the north city of afraid and thousands are evacuating territory held by kurdish y p g fighters as turkish forces and the

mr egeland thank you very much for taking this time what is the situation on the ground in eastern guta at the moment as you know it. this situation is horrific on the ground there is no no other word for it listen this is a besieged area it's totally military and so and the hasn't been any possibility to get in with humanitarian relief now for months only one tiny convoy came in february that's the only thing we've gotten in since november of last year so my new tradition has gone through the roof at the time when hospitals saw being bombed. civilian housing is being bombed and it's happening in the next door to the city these are suburbs to damascus of course there is also in or fairness we have to describe there also going rockets out of this eastern gudrun neighborhoods that is hitting. city it's a terrible situation so the consideration continues as it was before the u.n. called for this thirty day cease fire and then russia backed out ball but also called their own daily five hour truce what do you make of this. the that the situation is only getting worse by the hour and the day

get here in doha but the news out from al-jazeera our top stories this hour syrian rebels in eastern guta are surrendering in a southern part of the on klav thousands of fellow called rough month rebels and civilians are being taken to live it leaves duma as the last rebels hold a rebel stronghold outside the capital damascus. french media reporting that a second person has been taken into custody in connection with friday's shooting in southern france four people were killed including a policeman and a gunman hijacked a car and shot at offices for taking hostages in the town of. the democratic republic of congo's refusing to go to its own donor conference in switzerland next month which aims to raise nearly two billion dollars the country's prime minister says the un's overreacting about the humanitarian needs. anger is mounting in the u.s. city of sacramento over the police shooting of an unarmed black man twenty two year old stuff on clock was shot at least twenty times when officers cornered him in his

what was it like easton guta death lurks at every corner. of the struggle for survival here is ceaseless. sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was brokered at the end of last month i don't want to know your children have been the worst affected. by this cameraman stops to rescue a severely injured in front of the image to graphic to show. you are better than you when children's fund says the situation is desperate. the first two months of these here have been especially bloody for chipman we have received reports of over one thousand should one who were killed and seriously injured in the horse yeah on the scenes the year began. monday brought some reprieve aid trucks reached the embattled town for the first time since the offensive began . despite the excitement the world food program once it's far from enough. is up to four hundred thousand people trapped on the inside these people are living under siege and by that we mean there are serious shortages of m

and listed here around the clock to provide first aid to people from eastern guta a medical labs also work twenty four hours have provided vehicles to quit with all modern facilities medical workers also ready. if there were some people who wanted to leave eastern good but all of a sudden we only saw a gunman opening fire using mortars to intimidate civilians check it out where he is to remind ourselves it's just outside the syrian capital damascus it's been occupied by various rebel ism is groups for a long time now it's been under siege since twenty thirty in here to the north coming up. here is a refugee camp it's fleeing civilians can go the feedin camp efforts to provide safe passage for those desperate to try to get some safety have been coordinated with the syrian red crescent buses and ambulances are on standby people inside the insurgent held on clay the being notified of the location of this corridor or via leaflets text alerts and speak of messages to first aid points have also been set up near its exit in an attempt to try to help those in most urgent need of medical assis

eastern guta was seized by rebels in late twenty twelve. twenty thirteen it's but under siege as the syrian army tries to recapture the area you can see just on the map behind me the assad government has now succeeded in driving the militants into three separate to small pockets they were gain control of a lot of the region and despite the advances though many civilians there are still living in dire conditions. from the red cross told us more about their plight and what exactly aid workers are doing now to alleviate the crisis. there was a night and one point thursday we ended to get there with this you know that the president and the u.n. bringing food for twenty six thousand people in the main town of our prison mr malvo was with that convoy and he spoke to the people there he found exhaustion and the spirit of thirty years would actually start starving after a few sentences people hiding in basements forth you know of the fighting three families whom would skate years with lies people hungry but what we need is indeed to be able to go b

the russian reconsolidation center for syria just two children have managed to leave syria's eastern guta in the past five days now that is since humanitarian corridors initiated by moscow were set up to a large civilians art of the besieged areas of the city militants have also imposed a curfew during humanitarian pauses and all efforts to help people trapped there have proven fruitless. militants are not allowing civilians to leave they're opening fire on anyone trying to use the humanitarian routes set up by russia the un security council earlier adopted a resolution establishing a thirty day nationwide ceasefire with five hour daily show humanitarian pauses the situation on the ground is complex as the syrian army carries are they military operation against the terrorists in control of the area we spoke to people outside who are waiting to provide help to the civil unions. 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 around the clock to provide aid to people from the east and a medical labs also work t

that more than two hundred people have been evacuated from the rebel held town of harasta in eastern guta a deal allowing them passage to government territory was announced after weeks of compartment a rights group says that the government's offensive on guta has killed more than fifteen hundred civilians. here in germany a court has sentenced an afghan man to life in prison for the sexual assault of murder of a woman in freiburg it's a case that has raised concerns about immigration not least because the man was convicted of attempted murder in greece before arriving here judges though have sent a powerful message that germany won't be lenient with new arrivals. it's the most severe penalty a german court can impose a life sentence and preventive detention afterwards for the perpetrator the core group the afghan migrant plant the crime try to cover it up and accepted the likelihood of the victim's death her parents' lawyer said he was satisfied with the verdict. as to determining the severity of the crime it was important to hear this it must be said that this is a murder case in which t

the syrian government advances in eastern guta as people there find new ways to deal with a food shortage. south korea says it will send a special delegation to the north for the first time in eleven years. abuse of power sexual harassment that has really led the conversation in the industry throughout the oscar campaign season the dark side of hollywood threatens to overshadow the movie world's biggest night of the year. the polls of indian italy but it could be some time before the country's leadership is decided no single party appears to be on track to gain the required forty percent to form a government let's take a closer look now at the main players the democratic party of the p.d.s. led by former prime minister material renzi it's pretty europe and pro immigrant part has failed to engage younger voters luigi demaio is the prime ministerial pick of the five star movement that's an anti-establishment anti corruption party wish looks set to secure a high vote led by matt taylor salvini the lega party is euro skeptic in its anti immigrant and the former prime minister silvio berluscon

say there's a huge operation humanitarian operation underway three car doors of aid have gone into guta as well and they say the u.n. the u.n. representatives on the ground in the studio have praised the russian and syrian effort in relieving the situation there providing food and at the aid. of aliens in need they also say that armed groups in east goot as well as limits to express their desire to leave to leave the scooter for. other locations once their sponsors give the green light. you can see now the latest pictures from one of the escape routes crowds of people using a car or to reach government controlled areas over forty four thousand people have managed so far to flee from guta is the biggest single exodus since fighting escalated last month the first to make it to safety worse shoulder in women and the injured according to the russian m.o.t.d. they were given basic supplies when they reached the government controlled side of the corridor we spoke to some of those refugees there they described life under militant rule. was. that the militants were living with us next to how th

and russia brokered a deal making it deescalation zone last year fighting in eastern guta meanwhile is also continuing despite the international community's call for a cease fire al-jazeera is kristen salumi has more analysts from the united nations cities bleeding inside and two weeks after agreeing to a cease fire the security council learned their words were having little effect for civilians on the ground in syria in the eastern loan according to the u.n. more than one thousand have died in recent weeks amid continued shelling the united states said it was prepared to offer a second resolution calling for an immediate end to all military action in eastern guta and damascus city basser nikki haley backed her words with a threat we support the united nations political process that seeks to end the war in syria. but we also warn any nation that is determined to impose its will through chemical attacks and end human suffering most especially the outlaw syrian regime the united states remains prepared to act if we must in the last year as haley reminded everyone the u.s. bombed an airfi

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

and at this point fighting is going on and the syrian government says they are fighting in eastern guta because they are protecting the densely populated area of the syrian capital and that many civilians are there and they're being shelled by attacks based out of eastern ghouta they're trying to retake the city from the terrorists in the extremist what you can go home and i stress that our government will reserve the right to respond as the deems appropriate in quays those terrorist groups are targeting civilians in any part of syria with even one single. one of the at the in washington it's pretty clear in the resolution that the language of the resolution and the thirty day cease fire does not apply to fight against i still fighting against al qaeda al nasra and those groups clearly are operating in the rebel held enclave of eastern ghouta now furthermore we've also heard that turkey as they continue their operations against kurdish forces in northern syria that they are continuing to say that this is also a fight against terrorism and that justifies their operations but we have also

the strategy seems to be to cut eastern guta in half. negotiations between the rebel groups and the russians have been going on for quite some time. it is not clear if the objective is a ceasefire or are they effective surrender of the rebels. the biggest rebel group says it is regrouping after a retreat. the fighting is still going on, for the regime the prize is the end of the last major rebel enclave around damascus. for the rebels, these are desperate moments. jeremy bowen, bbc news, damascus. work is continuing to clear snow from the roads after days of disruption as the thaw continues after this week's storms. there are still some problems on the railways — danjohnson is at carlisle railway station for us this evening. dan. station for us this evening. not exactly the polar express. station for us this evening. the train to carlisle but has not moved for three days. they have been trying to free it from a snow drift blocking the line from newcastle. from a snow drift blocking a farmer helped rescue the passengers. they were very

humanitarian convoy did finally get into the eastern guta enclave the aid supplies have been delayed by heavy fighting is government forces were battling terrorists and according to the latest u.n. estimates the fighting in the region has resulted in more than one hundred deaths in just two days the u.n. also called on all parties in the conflict to put an end to the violence we spoke to the red cross representative about the situation there on the ground. the need of people remain massive the needs are. two four three four etc you have medical needs you have need for access to good source of food you need also access to clean water you have all sorts of needs inside the water to twenty seven thousand five hundred people which the trucks on monday and today were able to provide humanitarian aid to or just a little percentage of what who of the people who need the military aid inside the spike the danger that we were facing we were able to finish it quickly and rapidly and able to go back however the danger was still present and that shouldn't be a recurrence if we are able to reach a

are still holding on to two separate pockets of territory including duma the largest town in eastern guta those leaving her us to fleeing north to live province where syrian and russian air strikes have killed dozens of people in the last two days so i heard a report. defeat and displacement that is what these buses have come to symbolize up to one thousand five hundred fighters from the rebel faction and at least six thousand of their family members are leaving their homes in hard they have agreed to lay down their arms and go to the opposition controlled province of idlib in syria's north west the russian guaranteed evacuation deal is being seen as amounting to a surrender the first to leave was anyone needing medical assistance harass them like the rest of the rebel enclaves of the eastern has been relentlessly bombarded for more than a month the suffering of the people is immense some civilians also left media activists even civil defense volunteers syrians who are considered to be terrorists by the government had no other choice the deal also involves a prisoner exchange and is repor

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 deemed crossing buses and ambulances waited for civilians to cross but people deny a claim by the russian president that some civilians crossed over on the second day of the pause in fighting. we have managed to get out quite a big group of those who wanted to leave but the second group could not leave because the militants just did not give them an opportunity to do so people in eastern called the five hour daily pause in hostilities a joke they ask how can anyone expect them to want to cross to the same people who bomb them for the other nineteen hours of the day not much has changed for the nearly four hundred thousand in besieged east and many have been stranded in basements like this one. this woman says her family has survived on pieces of radish for the last three days. there is human flesh everywhere says this man who also tells how he has been disabled by his injuries

is reported to be negotiating a possible humanitarian ceasefire with the main rebel group in eastern guta saudi arabia's crown prince has hit out at iran accusing it of wanting to expand its power in the middle east mama been summoned compare supreme leader ayatollah ali home in a to hit list he made the comments during his first u.s. t.v. interview ahead of a trip to washington later this week republican senators are warning us president donald trump not to fire special counsel robert muller they say he must be allowed to investigate alleged russian meddling in the twenty six thousand presidential election in a series of tweets over the weekend accuse the f.b.i. leadership of lies corruption and leaking information and thousands of protesters have rallied again in brazil to denounce the killing of a politician who was an outspoken critic of police evidence of violence demonstrators gathered at the slum in rio de janeiro where city councilor mariella franco grew up she was shot dead along with her drive on wednesday in what investigators are treating as a targeted assassination. you're up

in control of seventy percent of the region for weeks syrian government forces have been bombarding guta more than a thousand people have been killed many of them children helen fisher reports. we had a choice stay and face more bombardment or leave to an uncertain future they choose to leave it started with hundreds it grew to thousands grabbing what they could carry what they could stuff into vehicles and a mind of a home they may never see again my own i know there's no water no medicine that could be provided to our children that even failed the situation is miserable. we're so happy because we're safe right now in the hands of the army we were living in a jail not in the gates are we not. have. a mass exit bizarre procession on the seventh anniversary of the start of the syrian civil war was leaving came from how maria a city that's been under attack for three solid weeks and the area once controlled by anti assad forces are completely surrounded by their enemies. something like this had been expected since the syrian government forces backed by the russians effectively cut guta in

rebel group has denied reports it's agreed to evacuate the last opposition held enclave in eastern guta both russia and the syrian government said they had reached a deal with jaish al islam to leave the town of duma but representatives of the group said the reports were false on wednesday the syrian government issued a three day ultimatum to get out or face an all out offensive mohammed has the latest on this from beirut. another example of just how complicated things remain on the ground in syria the russian military has stated that it reached a deal with a rebel group jaish an islam and the judicial islam had announced its intention to evacuate. which the rebel group is still holding and that they would seize control of that area but a short while after that she issued islam in fact denied those reports saying any reports stating that their group had in fact reached a deal with either the syrian government syrian pro-government forces or the russian government were patently false we spoke with the spokesperson for. buy it up he said this our position is still clear and steadfast the

syrian rebels deny russian claims they've agreed to evacuate the last opposition held enclave in eastern guta russia's foreign ministry summons western ambassadors to tell them how many diplomats it's expelling. under unhindered in the u.s. state of indiana where they're trying to do something about the dwindling number of young farmers. welcome to the program our top story at least fifteen people have been killed more than a thousand have been injured in violence between the israeli army and palestinian protesters in gaza the fighting took place during demonstrations tomorrow landay which commemorates the killing of six palestinians protesting against a land grab by. israel in one nine hundred seventy six are the abdel-hamid reports from northern israel. the it was supposed to be a peaceful day but as our protested march towards the border fence. israeli soldiers opened fire was sharpshooters were deployed but palestinians frustrated by the endless siege they live under undeterred. israeli commanders say they issued warnings against approaching the border fence. we will never shoot one bulle