And iran welcome to aljazeera live from our headquarters in doha with me as a purana also ahead yemens how did a poll that receives its first aid supplies and the way to the easing of the saudi led blockade. And to the last and the protests continue pakistan is the government and only agree not to use force against demonstrators. And heading to myanmar and beyond that the fossils departs ron paul what could be one of his most delicate overseas trips yet focusing on the plight of the hendra. At least fifty people have been killed in just twenty four hours in government and russian air strikes and syria twenty three people were killed in a government to strike in the rebel held damascus suburb of east and gota air. Has been under government siege for four years and three hundred fifty thousand people there are in desperate need of aid meanwhile thirty seven people were killed in russian airstrikes on a gathering of displaced people and their province a Monitoring Group says fifteen children were among the victims some of n. G. O. S has just returned from syria to have just across the border in turkey. This write a cease fire agreement between iran turkey and russia the violence in syria does not seem to be coming to an end the airstrikes in the hooter district of damascus targeted three different residential areas according to activists on the ground the number of casualties is on the rise theyre saying that they are not able to provide help to all of the victims because they have very limited supplies inside. And a number of hospitals have also been targeted in the last few months they say that because of this siege and the Assad Government has not been allowing any medical aid or medical supplies to come in and theyre not able to treat patients as they would in a normal situation this is not the only place where the rights of taken place there also russian strikes which door in between the resort and this is an area where isis fighters have fled to but its not just isis fighters who have fled into these areas its also civilians according to activists on the ground most of the People Killed near the door have been civilians so its another day of violence that weve seen in syria activists and in college telling us from the ground that in the last ten days or so more than one hundred people have been killed in just this Eastern District which is besieged by Syrian Forces and they say they dont see the violence coming to an end any time soon and a tablet as a Syrian Affairs analyst and senior fellow at the Washington Institute for near east policy he says he isnt surprised about the resumption of airstrikes ahead of the next round of geneva talks oftentimes when. Go tool towards negotiations seemingly sealed agreements are not see old. Its also hard to predict the activities of the regime the interesting thing is the russian involvement as theyre one of the sponsors so we have to wait and see but its not a good sign and its a bit of deja vu. Process the russians and iranians and the regime are using military force to shape the diplomatic process and thats. You know a very good tactic in terms of getting results in many many hours theyre willing to escalate or able to do so and the problem for the United States and so i said theyre unwilling to escalate and thats the reason why russia and the regime are doing this and im afraid thats not want to other news now saudi arabia has begun to lift its blockade on yemen off to three weeks medical supplies are flowing and the first ship carrying food has been unloaded but when the yemen facing a famine u. N. Aid workers say much more is needed and quickly shop reports. The saudis have promised to lift the blockade of the yemen port of who died four days ago but it was only on sunday that the first desperately needed Food Supplies were unloaded. Another something that you know now the ship has reached the port of how they entered carrying flour and relief material swaying five thousand five hundred tons this is not enough for the many people needs but we hope this is a good sign to open the portal for data and lift the siege of many provinces. Unicef says a child dies every ten minutes from preventable diseases that would equate to more than five hundred children dead in those last four days alone. Five thousand tonnes of flowers unloaded on saturday but its just a trickle too little and far far too late for the most vulnerable today. It is fair to say that yemen is one of the worst places on earth to be a child more than eleven million yemeni children are to be in acute need of humanitarian assistance thats almost every single yemeni boy and girl unicef says the war in yemen is sadly a war on children close to five thousand children have been killed or seriously injured in the last two and a half years and it welcomes the opening of the airport at santa it allowed us to send in a first humanitarian convoy one point nine million doses of vaccines vaccines that are urgently needed to vaccinate six hundred thousand children across yemen since the Saudi Led Coalition began fighting the who tees in two thousand and fifteen the countrys basic infrastructure no longer exists. The blockade began on november sixth after hooty rebels fired a Ballistic Missile into saudi arabia the saudi military said the pl ok was imposed to stop weapons being smuggled into yemen but the un is warning that commercial imports of food and fuel must also resume the World Food Program says continuing to choke off those supplies could have a disastrous effect on fourteen Million People living in the remote regions of northern yemen completely unable to cope for themselves peter shop al jazeera. Saudi arabias crown prince has told a forty one Nation Alliance of muslim nations that terrorists cant be allowed to tarnish the name of a slum muhammadans home on the speaking of the first meeting of the Islamic Military Counterterrorism Alliance and they out. There is no doubt todays meeting is of great significance simply for the reason that over the past year terrorism has been wreaking havoc in our respective countries in the absence of concerted coordination between our countries this is becoming history with the establishment of this coalition will the forty islamic countries have dealt held effets in combating terrorism with it militarily financially or in terms of political and intelligence cooperation when the Saudi Crown Prince also offered his condolences to egypt with three hundred and five paper killed on friday off to find his target at a mosque in northern sinai mass graves had been made for some a victims which included twenty seven children ages president. Has promised the use of brutal force against those responsible well theres been a vigil in gaza for the victims of the attack malcolm webb was there. Hundreds of people have gathered here that morning those killed in the attack in the agency friday of the gunman opened fire at a mosque in the town of an hour east killing more than two hundred had already said about one hundred kilometers from here many palestinians live in that hard to read it so some people here knew some of those who were killed this morning events organized by some of gazas political factions but it has some political significance this is a message of sort of going to the muslims would be born after the musket of which ive been. Meeting with was it was a board or what it is its a buddhist and. Its you know. On the date it is brokering reconciliation sold to us why this is a Major PoliticalParty Sponsor and as well as well the other palestinian factions this is meant to lead to a handover of power here on friday from hamas to the Palestinian Authority the administrator of gaza and the monitors of these developments. For. You to go right to the right these are reasons why i was going to belittle facts and want solidarity with egypt at the moment but many people in gaza. Been several repeated that failed attempts at reconciliation of the what was a way to see what will happen in the coming days if this reconciliation will actually produce something. To pakistan now with thousands of workers of a Political Party a calling for more demonstrations as anti blasphemy protests continue to escalate pakistans government and the military have agreed not to use force to disperse the protesters the decision came after Prime MinisterShahid Khan Abbassi held emergency talks with the army chief the demonstrators have been on the streets since the eighth of november when a mandatory of electoral laws was changed a line in the proclaiming muhammad to be the last prophet of islam has changed something the protesters say amounts to blasphemy the change was swiftly with a draw or a protest as a demand of the law minister and other cabinet ministers resign while the demonstrators have been blocking a key highway connecting the capital islamabad with the city of an hour pending. Come aha that is among the people stranded on the roads and he reports from khaled care hot on the highway between lahore and islamic law. After a botched dam by the Security Forces there disperse the crowds that are holding a major intersection in rawalpindi fairly late on saturday the Pakistani Military chief. To come back to islamabad for a crisis meeting with the countrys Prime Minister kaukauna bochy here guys the Prime Minister that force was not an option that the people love the military and therefore the military could not be used against the people that it could only be the last option earlier the government had. The military to come in aid of the civilian administration something that allowed by the pakistani constitution or the Pakistani Military chief saying that the military was not very good deploy across the country that this was a crisis that had to be written daughters politically into dialogue the Prime Minister the interior minister and the chief minister of the pun job all eg reading with the military chief this is the First Time Since the crisis began i did a ray of hope now it is important to see what kind of reaction comes from those protesters who have been laying siege to the entire country. Quite francis has left run for a sixth a visit to myanmar and they expected to address the hinge of refugee crisis during the trip more than six hundred thousand two hundred have fled violence. Over the past three months the palace has previously condemned me almost treatment of their hunger but as scott highly reports from yank on he faces unique challenges on the strip. Roman Catholic Leader pope francis has been an advocate for refugees and the oppressed around the world on monday he embarks on a trip to the region facing one of the biggest a force exodus in the world this year. Previously he called the muslim or hindu good and peaceful people tortured and killed simply because of their faith during his visit the main focus will be on their plight but many will also be focused on whether the pope actually calls them. Something the Catholic Leadership in myanmar has advised him against there are six hundred fifty thousand catholics in myanmar thats less than two percent of the countrys population which is overwhelmingly buddhist. A member of unsung suchi is ruling Party Explains why they dont want the pope to use the word or hinge or. We do not accept the temporary hinges they are bengalis muslims from bangladesh say we would like to request that he use the official term if the tape uses the ten you have to assume that its an insult to. One bishop from a remote pocket of catholics in chin state is hopeful the visit will go smoothly. There might be some differences of opinion between the pope and the me on my government but since hes been invited to this country im sure they will be understanding a growing list of nations and International Bodies are calling the military crackdown on the right ethnic cleansing something myanmar rejects. Visiting both sides of the crisis the pope will meet military and civilian leaders here in myanmar who also hold a large mass and young dawn the nations largest city. Then later in the week hell travel to bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of refugees are sheltering with plans to meet a group over him and the countrys leadership catholics from across myanmar traveling here to yangon to see their cope some trips taking days by road and by rail and some sleeping outside just so they can be here. Im ok with the fact that hes coming for everyone in the country not only for christians. Our country is not stable there are many conflicts the pope will bring peace here we need development i hope hes going to help bring development. High hopes for the popes first visit to myanmar. In which he will need to not only bring the message of peace from a religious leader but channel the abilities of an artful diplomat scott harder aljazeera younger. Still ahead on the bones to have their say naipauls path to democracy as millions turn out for provincial polls. And were told is in bomb lands praying for a stronger economy and a Brighter Future at the end of a week of upheaval. From the waves of the south. To the contours of the east. Welcome back as we look at the weather across southern eastern china and taiwan so looking pretty good at the moment plenty of sunshine here fine in hong kong fine in fukushima shanghai seen sunshine and seventy two about across much of indochina although for central parts of vietnam we still a shower continues to head on through into tuesday but for the noise weather conditions are looking good fine across much of plenty sunshine here young on highs of thirty three so heading down into southeastern parts of asia still some showers particularly ceasar the philippines but generally looking for a bit better compared to the last couple of days its been very wet very wet across circulation of low pressure just towards the south another circulation close to sumatra so really all the way here and through them they pinch those begins to look pretty white once you get up into bangkok a more northern parts of taiwan across combo and southern parts of vietnam the weather conditions are looking generally dry now into south asia pretty wet across sri lanka at the moment and likely to stay that way wanted to showers also impacts upon china but north of that area it looks all dry and fine and certainly across more now. Parts of india should be plenty of sunshine temperatures not looking to about a twenty five and storm a springboard pakistan with highs of thirty kharaj. The weather sponsored by qatar airways. A hundred and sixty years ago a musician started a band in an arty should treat in cairo with their brass band was so popular it gave birth to an entire musical genre. A century and a half later the sound still resonates with many egyptians today house about the peoples music at this time on aljazeera. Good to have you with us on al jazeera these are our top stories at least fifty people have been killed in just twenty four hours in government and russian air strikes and syria twenty three people were killed in a government airstrike in the rebel held damascus suburb of east and while more than thirty were killed in a russian attack on a gathering of displaced people and that as all province the blockade of yemen has been partially lifted off for three weeks medical supplies are being flown and in the first ship carrying food has been on loaded millions of yemenis on the verge of starvation off to years of war and tight restrictions on imports including aid pakistans government says its deployed the military to Disperse Protesters me in the capital islamabad six people have died in clashes between police and demonstrators since saturday protesters want the moment is to resign after a change in an election although the cygnus blasphemous. Voting in a president ial election thats widely expected to keep the current leader and power for a controversial second term won orlando and now and is leeds the center right National Party has been praised for reducing the high murder rate and raising Economic Growth but critics say hes tightening his grip on the us through a compliant Supreme Court that overturned a constitutional ban on term limits money on the sanchez has more from tegucigalpa. Well theres been a break in the tradition of extending the voting hours in many other elections during a lot of this time in the crossroads bugles applied to finish the election at four oclock p. M. Local time and this is called some stir among the Political Parties the opposition Political Parties have complained saying that this was against. Their will to topple is one of the polling stations with the polls likely injured or one person detained now we will we will have in the next few hours some preliminary results however in a few hours from now the electro strike you know will out. Approach result the First Official results of sixty percent of the vote having said that the official results will not be either on sunday oh perhaps not even on monday because they have to wait im still the ballots come from the rural areas very remote you know we have here is no build up on the house to bring them all the way here to the capitol for the final count. Now cuba has held its first elections one year after the death of fidel castro the new National Assembly is expected to choose a successor to eighty six year old raul castro who says hell step down and february after seven to five year terms on latin america editor lucien newman explains what it means for the communist country off the six decades of cost for all. This is cuban style democracy from seven a. M. People voted in the only election in which ordinary citizens have direct participation. This enthusiastically explains that unlike in other countries Municipal Council candidates are not allowed to campaign. Their biographies and qualities are posted everywhere so you can read about them and make your choice. The choice begins in town halls where each neighborhood proposes someone to represent them cubans are electing twelve and a half thousand delegates out of more than twenty seven thousand candidates but not a single one of them belongs to the opposition even though this year for the first time an unprecedented number of dissidents attempted to run but without success. A longtime opponent says its impossible not. Dont have to be a member of the communist party to run but if the party doesnt approve it you cant be a candidate in this system nothing is as it seems its a system designed to perpetuate a one Party Socialist state or as they say here the revolution. And it will be put to the test in february when in directly elected National Assembly chooses the successor to president raul castro marking the end of the sixty year castro era. Well known musician says opposes the election process. No system is perfect but in other countries you have the right to vote for a political project and next time say no this doesnt work i want to bid on another project or modify it in cuba you cant. Three years ago was temporarily blacklisted after this performance but hes saying that he wanted to choose his president by direct vote. Its widely presume that this man first Vice President. With a place for all gastro but as Congress Says points out its not up to him. I have no way of knowing since we dont choose or decide thats why people feel that those at the top decide for you. A decision that is supposed to begin here at the municipal level where those who disagree can only protest by casting a black vote we see in human ill just see how that. Today paul our voters are taking part in elections that mark the final stage of a Peace Process that started eleven years ago their aim is to turn the country into federal democratic republic so when a stressed or reports from a long district. The Early Morning call is no deterrent for these people in the district they have come to exercise their right to vote district and National Officials have been working for days to ensure the election happens. The new constitution is being implemented and as a local elections have already taken place this is the first phase of election for national and instead as im leaving this election is important because it is about implementing the constitution the first phase of this election is happening in the hills and mountains where climate and terrain can be challenging the second phase will take place on december seventh in more moderate planets there are nearly six thousand registered voters here and competition is fierce every vote counts and representatives from all sides are keeping a tight watch. There are candidates representing both the Left Alliance of nepals communist Party Unified marxist leninist and the former maoist and the Democratic Alliance of the Nepali Congress and the right of center parties one candidate will represent this district in the National Assembly and two in the state assembly. But with people like groom who runs a hotel here this election is more about Development Done tours. I really hope that we get a good representative tourism is important for us and we need good roads for people and tourists years we also need schools and hospitals. District is on attracting route and has recently been linked by roads but the journey is precarious polls close at five in the evening local time but by Late Afternoon most people have already cost of a while in milan district Officials Say that more than the expected number of people have cast their ballots nationally the turnout has we know making it difficult to predict the outcome of this election which will turn into a federal republic. Out of the euro when one district in nepal to zimbabwe in our newspaper is reporting that Robert Mugabe was granted full immunity and a payment of ten Million Dollars to convince him to step down as president theres a boy independent also says the former president s been promised he can keep all his properties and that hell be paid his salary for the rest of his life but the ruling party disputes mcgarvey got a special deal how do we toss the reports from her body. Officials in say that Robert Mugabe got the usual standard normal retirement package given to any former head of state were told that he wants to stay in zimbabwe he plans to do that but he is able to leave the country and go to singapore for his usual regular medical check ups hes indicated he wants to do some farming in the country and weve heard his wife grace mugabe is still planning to build the Robert Mugabe university all eyes are now on the new president. And the cabinet he is going to form some indications say that it could be as early as monday when the cabinet is announced people are wondering will it be inclusive will you work with Opposition Party leaders we also work with other Political Parties which could indicate that he is maybe genuine about being a unifying leader but some zimbabweans fear that if we see more of the old guard in cabinet it could indicate nothing really has changed on the ground and they fear is that if that is the case in things one transform quickly in terms of the economy the main thing. You are struggling economically and financially is the economy who is the finance minister going to be they hope that individual is someone who can work with the International Community bring investment into the country create jobs and lisa tate the struggling economy. Is crippled economy wont be a key issue for new president. Unemployment is as high as ninety percent of Business Owners are hoping for better times but some still pessimistic andersons reports from her body. Sunday and the time for contemplation to zimbabwes momentous events the church of christ has twenty eight congregations in harare and theyre all here. And roof in the front row a University Chaplain by his side a law student who studies have been broken up because his family became destitute. Behind them a couple who may be wearing their sunday best but theyre reliant on a Small Business that barely balances its books theyre only just getting by. Its the sort of service that always has religious intensity but after the dramatic events of the last two weeks this one has an added dimension out would relief in would anxiety there all of one faith but theres a broad crosssection of people here all of them sharing the hardships of so many years most of them all unemployed some selfemployed. Tries to run the Business Exchange rates in the hyperinflation make family life painful at times im a businessman but i cant afford to feed my family. Because. The situation isnt where people are going to save the changes maybe even the Business Community just want to see that change is not new that we see. Here is not. The only thing ive been using like he was the Vice President and he still is in place and hes on time so we guess after twenty five years. It. Is pessimistic about his future its the age of twenty five i should have been doing Something Better with my life but like now im still stuck it to school after school i have no hope i dont know we saw just something. I can celebrate. And so different mood than the elation of last week lloyd and emily are representative of many people they have hope but not trust Andrew Simmons aljazeera. Indonesian authorities have issued their highest alert as geological experts warn a volcano may erupt mount on golden body has been pouring third cash and steam into the sky since tuesday People Living within ten kilometers of the volcano have been ordered to leave balis main airport has now been closed because of the volcanic activity the volcano last drop to nine hundred sixty three killing more than a thousand people and destroying several villages. Again ominous of a problem and with the headlines on aljazeera at least fifty people have been killed in just twenty four hours of government and russian air strikes in syria twenty three people were killed in a government airstrike in the rebel held damascus suburb of east and while more than thirty were killed in a russian attack on a gathering of displaced people and their province and other news the saudi led blockade of yemen has been partially lifted after three weeks medical supplies have been flown and in the first ship carrying food has been unloaded millions of yemenis are on the verge of starvation after years of war and tight restrictions on imports including aid pakistans government says has deployed the military to Disperse Protesters near the capital islamabad six people have died in clashes between police and demonstrators since saturday protesters want the more minister to resign after a change in an election that was seen as blasphemous under and of voting in a president ial election thats widely expected to keep the current leader and power for a controversial second term. And as leads the center right to National Party hes been praised for reducing the murder rate and raising Economic Growth but critics say hes tightening his grip on the country through a compliant Supreme Court that overturned a. Constitutional ban on one term limits saudi arabias crown prince has told a forty one Nation Alliance of muslim nations that terrorists cant be allowed to tarnish the name of as lamb Muhammad Binns how mom was speaking at the first meeting of the Islamic Military Counterterrorism Alliance and riyadh. There is no doubt todays meeting is of great significance simply for the reason that over the past year terrorism has been wreaking havoc in our respective countries in the absence of concerted coordination between our countries this is becoming history with the establishment of this coalition more than forty islamic countries have dovetailed efforts in combating terrorism with it militarily financially or in terms of political and intelligence cooperation and those are the headlines on inside story is coming up next and a reminder you can always keep up to date with all the news on our website aljazeera dot com. A number of International Brands have pulled us from you tube its in response to when you can best again found the video sharing site running ads next to inappropriate videos of children so how should we Police Online content