In Coalition Air strikes. Also the u. S. Congress is set to vote on a crucial budget bill theres another Government Shutdown deadline blue. Also violence in bangladesh after the former Prime Minister is given a jail term for corruption blocking her path to elections in december. And why a bass of love for fact made its way out of love the sewers added to a beijing museum. Welcome to the news are there is growing tension between major geo political players involved in the war in syria with the Assad Government accusing the United States of committing a war crime it follows u. S. Air strikes there as a province which the Coalition Says killed almost one hundred fighters loyal to the Syrian Government a de confliction blind in the area is supposed to provide direct contact between the u. S. And Russian Troops the u. S. Said the strikes were in response to what it called an unprovoked attack on the headquarters of its ally the s. D. F. Of all that opposes assad but russia which backs assad says the strikes are part of an effort by washington to control key economic assets in the region to hurt them from falling into the hands of the Syrian Government. Now the u. S. Backed s. D. F. Took hold of the strategically Important Oil fields north of the Euphrates River in september but they have previously been the eisel control forces loyal to the Syrian Government control not to the south from washington to get correspond to particle haid house will of the u. S. Strikes i said at a briefing with secretary of defense jim met us he was off camera but on the record and he called what happened in syria a quote for plex in situation and he said because for years the Euphrates River has been a kind of do not cross line that if the u. S. Or u. S. Backed forces or russian or russian backed forces were going to cross it they talk about it before and he said that didnt happen this time he said u. S. Forces were embedded along with the s. D. F. And they saw tanks and artillery start rolling in saying that one shell got within five hundred meters of the s. D. F. Headquarters he says that is when they picked up the phone they called their russian counterparts and he says he doesnt think that the group that moved in is actually controlled by russia he called this a Great Success story because in his words two great powers did not fight each other still the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations was less than pleased i asked him to remember that the. Syria illegally in fact. They were looking like the. They claim. They fight the International Terrorism but we see that it goes beyond that. To confront those who really fight the traditional terrorist with the ground with the syrians say is is giving secretary mabus didnt speculate on how many casualties were caused by the firing from u. S. Jets and heavy artillery positions but he did say that they took out two of the incoming tanks and the heavy artillery positions the u. S. Is calling this selfdefense and warning that that happens again the elect again. Well in syria for a fourth consecutive day bombs have been raining down on rebel held areas which were designated deescalation zones local media says the government and russian air strikes have killed at least fifty seven people in eastern guta on the edge of damascus on thursday including children and a medic theyve escalated their attacks there and in province since a russian jet was shot down on saturday killing more than two hundred people in just four days to have a job june reports of the latest violence. By thursday the bombing raids in eastern huta had only intensified at least two dozen were carried out and activists say they see no end in sight to this horror from the sky. I was injured because of a plane. The night before fires in the town of modest in the month the target of dozens of airstrikes. Thats despite it being in the Northeastern Province of idlib a rebel held area and one of syrias socalled deescalation zones whose borders were agreed to by russia and the on bombing raids carried out by russian and Syrian Forces have only intensified since a russian warplane was shot down by rebels on saturday when another blazes put out rescue efforts begin anew what were seeing is an escalation because isis has largely been defeated. The. Zones were marked out around syria. While the United States and russia were interested in destroying isis now that isis has largely been destroyed these deescalation zones have become up for grabs you see turkey rushing in to wrap up rain in the north United States say its been a long haul in syria it owns twenty eight percent. And the Syrian Regime is trying to grab the remaining rebel parts of syria including. Which has been surrounded and bombarded last year. Eastern huta near syrias capital damascus is also still in the hands of rebels and like it is also under intense bombardment dozens of men women and children have been killed in the last four days. Many residents believe progovernment forces are pushing for a decisive outcome to the war in syria while the United Nations has called for a month long truce to evacuate the wounded but that appeal hasnt made a difference even for those accustomed to the carnage of this seemingly endless conflict this most recent bombardment has been terrifying. Now the United NationsSecurity Council has been discussing humanitarian concerns in syria the french Ambassador Says the situation is only worsening despite the creation of socalled deescalation zones. We are now back to the darkest period of this conflict with the highest death toll among civilians over the last two years. And as we speak the situation is deteriorating by the day in and. In particular. The Syrian Regime keeps bumping and beseeching its own population. Is a new thought in the making. Made while russia has rejected a u. N. Proposal for what but pulls a drug fighting strikes we would like to see a cease fire the end the war in syria would put the terrorists im not sure theyre in the game and what the use per use is but a lot. No to the u. S. Where the senate and the house of representatives are both set to vote on a budget deal to avert a fast approaching Government Shutdown its facing a stiff resistance in both republican and democratic camps Speaker Paul Ryan says he believes there will be enough votes to pass the bipartisan agreement which was struck in the senate now the bill is expected to pass there with relative ease but it faces a tougher test in the house where it must also be approved lets take a closer look at what all this means now the two year deal seeks to lift spending caps on both defense and domestic programs raising government investments by three hundred billion dollars its a high priority for republican defense hawks in congress the bill proposes to raise military budgets by one hundred sixty billion dollars theres also a big boost to domestic funding areas such as Health Care Education and Environmental Programs that satisfied betty democrats for now but not all of them are happy House Democrat leader nancy pelosi says it doesnt address immigration she wants to be the it legislation that protects young immigrants to the u. S. Illegally as children theres also opposition from republicans many conservative budget hawks have been agood by the significant spread big hike proposed a lot going on lets see if kristen saluki our correspondent could clarify this force washington d. C. Are we do wonder what are the chances of a deal tonight as the clock seems to be ticking away christine. Absolutely and lawmakers have been pushing to get this legislation to a vote today but as we started the show here the lase happening in the senate we had Senate Leadership calling for a vote on the floor and in order to bring this legislation to a vote they have to have all fifty senators agreed to do so but there is one senator who is holding out he wants to offer an amendment rand paul of kentucky a fiscal conservative is on the floor as we speak railing against the budget increases in this the cost in the spending in this legislation if he does not agree to take it to a vote they cant get it to a vote and thats the problem its not clear at this point if he is grandstanding and will concede in the end but he is making a passionate speech against bringing this to a vote as is he wants a vote on his amendment so right now what were seeing are procedural delays in the senate where it was thought that they had the votes locked up for this the house was initially what everyone was concerned about we did hear from house Speaker Paul Ryan earlier in the day that he was confident he could get the votes but even there there is no guarantee and again procedurally the way this will work is the senate has to vote first then it goes to the house then the president must sign off on it the president has indicated his support but at this stage paul ryan im sorry rand paul has been saying that hes willing to hold this up past the midnight deadline when the shutdown would go into effect in order to get his amendment voted on it because lets face it we called emphasize enough there was a real genuine concern amongst republicans and democrats mentioned in the introduction and as you have alluded to about the concern with this deal but for very different reasons. Absolutely and what were hearing from rand paul is the concern from the fiscal conservatives in the Republican Party who are worried about the price tag here three hundred billion dollar increase as rand paul was saying on the floor of the senate that is going to mean a trillion dollars in debt and he and many of these fiscal conservatives were elected in opposing these big spending increases rand paul wants budget caps put back on thats the amendment that hes pushing for so thats a real issue for the conservatives and then on the liberal democratic side theres a lot of pressure to include to some provisions for immigrants who came to this country as children against their own well some pathway to citizenship for them democrats on the liberal end of the aisle they are theres a lot of pressure on democrats in order to include that in the bill in their fear is that there will be no leverage once this bill is passed for democrats to move forward on immigration so thats the pressure on their side and theres been a lot of horse trading a lot of negotiating behind the scenes. All throughout the day and its not clear at this point how its going to play out a little just under five hours before the deadline at midnight your time kristen of course well keep an eye on it with you through that so they would thank you. Stops have plunged on wall street for the fifth time in six days and now trading ten percent below all time highs set on january the twenty six of those days dungeons fell by more than one thousand points now after large gains in the first week of twenty eight they started dropping a week ago after the u. S. Labor Department Said workers salaries rose at a faster rate in january while thats good for the call to be investors worried higher wages will eat away at corporate profits and prompt the Federal Reserve to raise Interest Rates faster gabriel is on to has more of this. Make no mistake about it this was a huge stocks plunge the big question is whats causing it now there are a whole host of reasons but most economists and traders are pointing to three key things number one concerns over rising deficit spending the federal budget thats being negotiated right now in washington is expected to add at least three hundred billion dollars in deficit spending over the next two years add that with one point five trillion in deficit spending for the new taxed overhaul plan that trump and the republicans pushed through late last year and youre seeing these huge amounts of money that is added to the deficit and that is really concerning wall street the second reason is inflationary concern and rising Interest Rates and the third being Political Uncertainty in washington with the trumpet ministrations continued fights public battles with the f. B. I. And the continuing russia investigation leaving the markets uncertain about the political future of the administration and how theyre going to navigate all of this markets dont like any uncertainty and they dont like Political Uncertainty either. Well plenty more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including a show of force but low key by usual standards north koreas military parade on the eve of south koreas olympics this will be the end of protected areas and again. Also people go in activists finally to prevent one of europes most ancient forests from big turned into a ski resort plus. The Winter Olympics is about to begin and finally politics will give way to change. Three years ago palestinian that was crushed to death by an Israeli Military vehicle during violent clashes in the occupied west bank now the israeli army is attempting to sue the twenty one year olds family and his entire village for the damage caused to the military jeep they accuse him of throwing a fire bomb at the vehicle they want card reports. The israeli army killed a name in june two thousand and fifteen and now it wants twenty eight thousand dollars for damages to this jeep to crush the twenty one year old after his death ability family filed a lawsuit against the israeli state the case continues then in january this year the army build the family. This is a copy of the lawsuit given to us by the family lawyer. They reopened their so shameless that they are demanding compensation not because they want the money because they want to make it impossible for us palestinians its not about the money they want us to give in but we say we have the right you wont break because. In june two thousand and fifteen there was a raid by the army and they had a mullah that turned violent the israelis say a below three of five all of the jeep which then swerved into him for over three hours the family says the army wouldnt allow medics to treat of dilla as he lay beneath the jeep he eventually played to death the entire village turned out funeral. Lawyers say asking for compensation is part of a new israeli strategy to penalize palestinians for any kind of resistance in motion. Honestly were not used to seeing this sort of claim but if you take it in context where israel is going when it comes to killing fines and bills of votes in the knesset i think theyre heading to a level where anyone who utters the word occupation can be harassed arrested and possibly find that he might be considered to insult the state and its inhabitants aljazeera reached out to the Israeli Ministry of defense for comment it says it has submitted a statement of defense to the court stating that the event in which the plaintiffs was killed constitutes wartime activity as defined by the law and therefore the state is immune from. Secu should in this event in the light of the damage that was caused to the idea of jeep as a result of the molotov cocktail thrown by the plaintiffs the ministry has filed a countersuit. Remembered very fondly here anything as a martyr to the palestinian cause graffiti of his faith adorns the walls of the village and people here say theyll never forget about him. The family say they will continue to fight for justice for the law and theyve named their new born son after him they say they would rather face whatever consequences there may be than pay the israeli army any money imran khan how does it call for the maalik occupied west bank of the south asian arm a bundle of their shoes for private historically the zeer has been jailed for five years for embezzling around two hundred fifty thousand dollars in donations that for all for digitalised eldest son and four aides were given ten year sentences the seventy two year old has served as Prime Minister three times but they said to bar her from running in decembers National Elections zero also faces a thirty other charges including allegations of orchestrating Political Violence she added current Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina of rule the country alternatively says nine hundred ninety one she says the allegations are part of a plot to keep her and her family out of politics there are fears a zero jail sentence could trigger political instability. Protests have broken out in the capital with Police Firing tear gas at zero supporters her party has called the day should why demonstrations on friday to protest against the verdict our correspondent todd the children has been monitoring events from the capital. Former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman colonise the i was brought to this old central jail in a makeshift accommodation basically a Day Care Center this central jail no longer exists the central jail has been moved to on its got off the city she was brought to by a white s. U. V. It complicated by how dumb ass the cattle chil be kept until from their order now the Defense Council told me they will file for it and pill read the high court that depends on how soon they get the start if id write it in their hand that could take weeks are going few days the court dont open til sunday a lot of onlookers there and im curious people heavily cordoned off area and i would try to talk to a lot of people that didnt want to go on the camera because of heavy security presence and now we know a lot of people on that court told us the country faces a serious Political Uncertainty in the year of the election if the ruling party with a Smaller Party goes into election without the Main Opposition Party critics and told us that probably wont be accepted by a majority of the population and the country will go into a turmoil and on site in a day without the influence of election down the road the military parade has been held in creativity before the withdrawal of tax Opening Ceremony in the south the to keep. The couple killed his nation is ready to defend its sovereignty but with North Koreans about to compete in the games the show of military strength was full of the usual the tough shit reports of the city of want of the bait a live picture and hes. This was a patriotic celebration and. Display of north koreas military might for those. Army defenses and keeps us happy its our peoples army just like its name so this Army Founding day is a great day for all of us thursday was the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the north korean army the military parade in pyongyang comes after the world witnessed advances. As in the isolated countrys Weapons Program last year leader kim jong un praised what he called quote a world class military with the most powerful force despite punishing saying sions i would say that its a show of defiance but its a soul. Difference. And government wants to emphasize the. Need to remain side in the future no matter what their fears army parade wasnt broadcast live on state t. V. And no new high profile weapons were displayed the toned down approach was likely earth wants to a criticism of the show of military force on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the young training olympic. North koreans participating in an unprecedented way at these games South Koreans are hoping the only suspense and drama will be during competition. I feel very proud that a global event like the olympics is taking place in south korea kim jong un sr is expected to attend the Opening Ceremony in which north and south korean athletes plan to march under a unified flag should be the first member of the ruling kim family to step foot on south korean soil since the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. From government leaders to people on the street there is optimism that the beyond chuang games will help rebuild the ties between the two koreas its already being called the peace olympics natasha. Come now south korea. Well not everybody inquired yog is happy with north koreas conciliatory moves for the Winter Olympics protests broke out outside a venue where a north korean orchestra was performing demonstrators say the games are a propaganda tool for p. R. Gag but they are or they were a relatively small group of the orchestra performers attracted a large crowd of South Koreans. To europe now a protesters in the bulgarian capital saffir have rallied against a plan that could destroy some of europes most important forests the Bulgarian Government which currently holds the presidency of the European Union is supporting a scheme to turn the period National Park it was a ski resort activists say those behind the development or offshore Companies Involved in tax avoidance lowered slee reports. European skiers enjoying the winter sunshine in the results of may or may not know they will unesco World Heritage sites the beautiful ancient forest here supposedly protected by bulgarian and International Environmental laws. The plans to expand the skiing area by cutting down far more of the forests has been enthusiastic lee backed by the government is economically lucrative but condemned by environmentalists is the rate of nature some of the trees are a thousand years old the bears and the wolves could lose their habitats if we allow this to happen in theory National Park then the skiing projects can start in all our National Parks we only have three plus in our nature park so we will open the pandora box and this will be the end of protected areas in the area. Its as much about how controversial it is that protests against the scheme of being held in cities all over europe and beyond its also claimed to be passed a much wider rotten story about the rule of law in the European Union. The row over the legal and environmental implications of destroying the forests here and the apparent complicity of the bowl garin government elites have served to focus attention on this place in a way that the rich and the powerful in bulgaria really dont like at all because it appears that bans go is actually a giant Money Laundering operation dressed up as a ski resorts. Thats according to people like nick he points a benz goes empty hotels in the partment blocks as evidence of tax avoidance thats the one behind it is absolutely empty that one is empty because the hotelier turned whistleblower whos watched Anonymous Companies build hotel blocks here apparently knowing theyll remain an occupied the central allegation is this a trick to inflate prices artificially and wash the money through the pristine resort its a truth the whole of bulgaria seems to know about but is only coming to lights because of the ral and the future of the forest the Biggest Hotels are owned by that offshore company. The gondolas old by the offshore company they they lock down you know their conditions of work and they dont budge at all because for them they have the monopoly they dont care who even owns the resort is a mystery it was registered in the tax haven of cyprus under the name of an unemployed local man he is on paper the owner of so Many Companies hes one of the biggest Foreign Investors in bulgaria. The government claims to know who the real owners are but hes refused to say apparently it isnt in the Public Interest to reveal he wants to chop down the forests or why and the more that goes. Its the last thing we care about whats important is the belgariad business and tourism to be successful every company that wants to develop o. Gehry interest in follows the law and we would support it but on the question of who owns it i cant give an exact answer. The people who run pan sco already stand accused of environmental neglect despite receiving millions from the European Union for sewage disposal human waste is allowed to run straight into the streams coming down from the mountain what they plan to do with the mountain itself if theyre allowed to cut the forest down is anyones guess gloriously al jazeera dansko in bulgaria. Well still ahead here on aljazeera fighting for a return to democracy in thailand what activists say the situation is called from bad to worse plus. Im Daniel Schorr im there in the far north of argentina where ten thousand people have been evacuated because the flooding roads are impassable communities cut off this is as far as we can get. I did sport a long awaited wait for the cyclist on the to pine tor that story coming up with tatiana to stay with us. Hello weve got more wintry weather coming into parts of the u. S. This latest band of clouds now in the process of clearing away slightly khwaja weather coming in behind to just see this area here which will bring some when she weather that just around the midwest are seeing some snow pushing across pennsylvania upstate new york to new york struggling to get to two degrees celsius that will continue to make its way east was a link. Back into the rockies server to the west coast is five ads right celsius in seattle not see bad here l. A. Gets up to around twenty five degrees far to try but it will cool off as we go on into sas day no warmer than about nineteen celsius in l. A. At this stage not much warmer than the sort of weather well see in atlanta or actually with a cloud of rain coming into that southeastern corner just around the middle of the states of heavy rain just around the carolinas further north we have got a significant snow there still in place for new england pushing up into that east side of canada but really is going to be the very heavy rain that we have of course eastern texas too easy on the mississippi that will be the problem as we go on through the next few days and that links back to some rather wet weather that were seeing just around the mexico not quite as wet as we go on through the next few days will be a few showers around the western caribbean elsewhere a slightly fine and sunny. Well good skin yes im scared but who else is will lose their nerve and fight for what is right on the shores of padded ice progress for some can create a living hell for others challenging his government and big business one man risks of life to save the community he cherishes it is not to be that someone that can lose them. Is what. The opposition a witness documentary at this time on al jazeera. Where every. Welcome back to the aljazeera news hour im so ho rob the remind of our top stories syria is accusing the u. S. Of committing a war crime by bombing fighters loyal to president bashar assad in there is still province the u. S. Says the airstrikes were in response to what it calls an unprovoked attack on the headquarters of its ally the s. D. M. Also the u. S. Senate and the house of representatives are both set to vote on of budget deal to avert a fast approaching Government Shutdown as you can see the debate continues its facing stiff resistance to both republican and democratic. Also violent protests on the streets of bangladesh after the former Prime Minister is jailed for corruption zia was charged with embezzling around two hundred fifty thousand dollars a day should spent it all for the whole footage trust. Now thailands military government has charged nearly three dozen activists over a prodemocracy demonstrators to bangkok last month the is under growing pressure at home by the board to step down would hold elections when he reports from bangkok. The latest protest is trying to stand up to thailands military government have captured the nations attention have also provoked the anger of the generals as they push for a return to democracy thirty protesters received orders to report to police to hit charges of Unlawful Assembly nine of them with charged with sedition for organizing a protest in bangkok last month it confirms that what we have been doing. The right cause and the problem is in front of us in the paper that even the peaceful gathering. Can make you come to this kind of problem and thats not right the protest in the capital was called to try to force the military government to stick to its socalled political roadmap and hold an election in november the generals have reneged on promised elections several times since a coup in two thousand and fourteen and there are indications of yet another delay so far this year there have been several small protests in bangkok in other parts of thailand a sign that people are becoming increasingly frustrated with the military government charging some protesters with sedition shows that the government is still in no mood to allow dissent or political opposition something its been very effective at stamping out since the coup the government said last year it would make human rights and National Priority but activists say theres no sign of that in fact the situation is getting worse this are not representing me calm it may not all going to up hold on. To a return to democracy to respect human rights. Undeterred the protesters are organizing what they hope will be a larger rally on saturday wayne hay al jazeera bangkok now the International Criminal court has begun preliminary investigations into the violent crackdown on drugs launched by the president of the philippines rodrigo to turkeys government to suspected of crimes against humanity for its alleged role in the deaths of thousands of filipinos potentially says he welcomes the investigation as it gives him a chance to clear his name about four thousand people have been killed in whats been dubbed a war on drugs although activists say the true death toll is more than three times that number. Where some of such killings have reportedly occurred in the context of clashes between and within gangs it is alleged that many of the reported incidents involved extrajudicial killings in the course of police and drug operations well to be allowed to go get her small for badilla. Well two complaints were filed last year the first one was submitted by a witness his name is ed garment tobacco who claims he once worked for did their day when he was mayor of dubbo city in the southern philippines for decades he says deterrent it was responsible in setting up and running the notorious double death squads which run after a death drug syndicates and drug users in the area then now a supplementary complaint was submitted by members of the opposition senator on phone you three yanis and congressman Gary Alexander asked the i. C. C. To look into the existing socalled war on drugs by the third day which he set up when he was sworn into office in two thousand and sixteen and now handled by the Philippine National police now activists say that at least thirteen thousand filipinos have already been killed since that was launched in two thousand and sixteen now the i. C. C. Is looking at whether there is enough evidence to chide this case the tried to start there and whether the case falls under its jurisdiction no earlier the Government Spokesperson says that the president welcomes the preliminary examination and that he wants to appear at the i. C. C. To personally insult the process sic user but over the past few months the terror has already threatened to withdraw from the i. C. C. Thats not going to be easy because the country he has government already has an existing investigation under the i. C. C. And that it will take more than a year after the un secretary general has received the withdrawal letter before the withdrawal actually takes effect so at this point the government has no choice but to participate with the International Criminal court in its examination. Ukraines president has dismissed his chief Economic Advisor for an aljazeera investigation showed he received millions of dollars that were raised fraudulently varies a lot skin the owner ukraines largest media group u m h before selling it in twenty thirteen there is Investigative Unit uncovered documents that showed over a hundred Million Dollars in payments for the group was raised as a loan on a company linked to president petro poroshenko. The us has condemned that as well as decision to hold the president ial election of the twenty second of april say theres no guarantee itll be free or fair the vote is a blow to the opposition which was calling for the election to be held in june it wanted time to choose a candidate to run against president declared opposition members are now considering whether to field anyone a gates the president as two of its top leaders revealed barred from running now it comes against the backdrop of an economic crisis which is left a bit over deeply a popular estimates from the opposition led National Assembly put venezuelas idea of inflation rate at ball the four thousand percent over the past year thats the highest in the world unemployment is thought to have soared but that is way low has not reported official figures since april twenty sixth seed where the rate was seven point three percent with more than a billion people out of work last words the government raise the bit above wage by forty percent Public Employees now are just over seven dollars above the black Market Exchange rate but billions of people are still unable to afford three deals a day or basic medicines staple foods are also in short supply every fall to earth is the Vice President of the council of the barrackers he says the election else mood is a setback for the opposition. Well i think its a huge problem they were involved in negotiations in the Dominican Republic to try to find guarantees that the election itself would be free and fair and in fact without those guarantees the opposition has no real comfort that they can actually contest the election in the fairway and so they face a dilemma the government has clearly positions this that the ruling party and the president Nicolas Maduro will win and the opposition can either contest a flawed election or they can boycott thats not a very appetizing choice and the government has been very effective in dividing the opposition by jailing some of its leaders and by negotiating with some but by but not with others and so i think this is going to have a unifying effect for the opposition its very clear that the United States and other countries in latin america and elsewhere in the region are clearly supportive of a decision not to contest the elections as well this is clearly a set up by the government to try to predetermine result and i think everybody recognizes that for what it is and its not going to be a democratic election in any sense will staying at the reach of colombia has it time to bow to restrictions to help control the huge to bits of that its way to this crossing into the country each day of the two thousand additional soldiers will be stationed among the shanty boat a boat a concert which is often his way to the edge of the country temporarily to purchase food and medicine will that will be issued colombias president wanted some tall says the restrictions will help the jewel those crossing on doing so in a safe at legal about it. Well the full thousand tons of rubbish clogging the streets of the colombian Capital Budget saw trash collectors have gone on strike after they fail to obtain a new public called trucked on assad to a small. For a week now more than half of colombias capital has been inundated by un collected garbage left to rot on street corners and parks the crisis started when more than three thousand employees of a Public Service called i was the answer to strike the mayor and we continue to be clear the only environmental emergency allowing private sanitation workers to help with the collection the residents say the situation keeps getting and fear health consequences. Its a disaster such neglect and disregard for the community the smell is unbearable people are getting see the garbage tax like everybody else so what is the may doing the workers of the building or afraid to lose their job due to changes in the way garbage contracts were awarded in past days they clashed with the police and damaged a number of garbage trucks on tuesday residents of one of the worst affected neighborhoods garbage and blocked main roads with rubbish bags the mayor is playing his predecessor to change the rubbish Collection System and was temporarily suspended for allegedly nice man if you get. But it will be difficult for the mayor to avoid the responsibility hes now being investigated by control tory he even as hes promising to end the crisis in the next three days something the people of definitely are hoping for. More than ten thousand people have fled their homes in argentinas northern psalter province after a river burst its banks causing major flooding salter is home to several of argentinas remaining indigenous communities one of the reports from Santa Victoria in argentina that fall off. When the waters rise they do so rapidly and theyre ruthless theres just time to save whats essential a place of it that i saved but then i couldnt get back seven kilometers from there i havent heard anything from my sister more than one hundred members of the Indigenous Community left everything behind when they fled Santa Victoria evacuated to this school in the nearby town about what i said being fed they want to go home or. We were ready to go back but were scared the water is filtered through losing our things would be very we spent our lives there our children grew up there carlos is one of the few who risk staying behind you know not the little particle in iowa and theres nothing to eat today its been two days since we last eight carlos is waiting for his neighbors to return which they will when this you know you rode into town is repaired. The water is a subsiding these defenses and constant vigilance saved Santa Victoria this time but life here for the mostly indigenous communities is precarious theyre returning home but wondering when the floods will come again these two were not so lucky their community. Flooded and is now reachable but they were rescued by the provincial Civil Defense force blocking police the army and the red cross. Out of the many. Its not about preventing emergencies any more emergencies come by themselves theres no way of stopping them well weve got to do is reduce the risk determine what. The risk is and be there. Its a plan that works for preparing for disaster is one way to deal with ever more frequent flooding in forest fires song of other ideas. The river is a fisherman and we live now shes give you the signal telling his children think of your future so well meet and decide whether to move away from here for the future of our children and grandchildren this is a hard. Eking out a living keeping the Community Together isnt secure unpredictable the floods have made that challenge a whole lot more difficult. Northern argentina. Well its a slope short of modern city life part of a massive lump of fat that was clocking up a london sewer has gone on display in one of the u. K. s capitals museums the curators are hoping it will give residents second thoughts about what they flushed down the toilet the barker would have a look. Historians often say that you can judge a civilization not from what it builds before it gets rid of which is why the museum of london has a brand new exhibit on display an extremely strange brace yourself. Latin name cumulus some of called it the beast of white chapel after it was found blocking up an east london sewer to us though its a far burg and this is just the tip of it in its entirety it was two hundred fifty meters long the length of two football pitches and weighed one hundred thirty tons sixteen african elephants. So whats it made of well as you can probably imagine a vast amount of fat to that sprinkling of human excrement and then all the citys indigestible things like some of your child wet wipes cotton buds things that can easily be broken up on the ground and it smells apparently like rotting meat of the dirtiest toilet you can imagine its also highly toxic so this Case Scenario if you handle that theyve been correctly its down through Something Like bowel disease we thought about whether the supply clits or freeze it put in freetown but instead what we decided is to air dry and that has we to use some of the richest sea. But its not all over for the big east of white chapel although most of it has been carefully destroyed some of it was so rich in fact that it was also rich in energy its been transferred into bio fuel to power londons number twenty four bus like all good stories this is a cautionary one because thames water that looks after the drains. Ends more than a million and a half dollars every month to keep it strains blocked and most of that budget is gone on shifting this mother of all blockages so if theres a lesson to learn from all of this is be careful what you pour down the drain be careful what you flush because it could really appear to haunt you in the park at aljazeera london. For those of you wanting to upgrade to a cooler car this new russian vehicle is officially the worlds coolest of that its ice cold a group of friends in siberia have built a vehicle with the bodywork carved entirely from blocks of ice it is drivable but the five tons of bodywork severely limits performance and the second home value will presumably drop significantly in the summer. Super bowl tried. In school. Welcome back thousands of people in kuala lumpur at the world forum to discuss how to make big city lots more fordable in hong kong residents are struggling to buy a slice of one of the most expensive real estate markets in the world where they are forced to live in legally partitioned. Reports. In the summer and in the winter and i spots thats how this mother describes the room she shares with her teenage daughters the sixteen square meter shack is perched on top of a twenty two story building. Tonys through the ceiling while it rings one of the windows cracked during the typhoon and we could only cover it what tape and paper. She moved into this illegal structure ten years ago after her husband died they live under the constant threat of eviction and now the landlord wants to raise the rent from the current five hundred dollars a month we dont have any rent control recitation or any potential for that tendency so thats why for the poor people its very human Rights Advocacy groups say more than a quarter of a Million People in Hong Kong Live in illegal structures or squalid conditions and every year that number rises by twenty percent. Private housing prices have gone up four hundred thirty percent since two thousand and thirteen while the average Household Income has only increased forty five percent in the past decade which means fewer people can afford property in the city and with the average wage for Public Housing at around five years there has been a call for a more innovative approach to the crisis this is one suggestion the zero point two passing is made from readily available concrete pipes its creators say they can be stacked up and squeezed into vacant spaces in. Urban areas to provide starter homes another idea being discussed is container homes shipping containers are already used as offices or shops in some areas but these architects say there is another solution one that addresses the fact that only seven percent of the citys land is used for residential purposes industrial uses is changing on home you dont need so many factory buildings a big stock of them and if you convert that to residential thats going to bring on stream a lot of floor area for residential very quickly experts say the problem is not a lack of space but government policy unlike other cities here the government owns all the land and leases a limited amount to developers and so if property prices drop so does the governments revenue which means theres little incentive to bring down the sky high prices. Aljazeera hong kong. We. Were. Up but its full of us olympic sports news his tatyana. Thank you very much the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics might not take place for another few hours but some action in some sports began on thursday one of the highlights of the first day was the debut of mixed doubles curling as an olympic sport and included a match up between the United States and the olympic athlete from russia team featuring a married couple. The u. S. Winning not one nine three. A jumping action also got underway on the day qualifying for the mens normal hill event address poland out of germany got the best score with one hundred thirty three point five points qualifying in second place was polands kamil stock seen hair. And inferred. Was david baccy. Meanwhile the fate of forty seven russian athletes who want to compete in pyongyang will be decided on the morning of the Opening Ceremony haring continued on thursday at the court of arbitration for sport the group were barred by the International Olympic committee after accusations of doping. Olympic bosses will be happy to see the games finally begin ofter a troubled build up lee wellings reports now from young child. Finally politics gives way to sport the twenty third Winter Olympics in pyongyang has been used as a pawn in relations between north and south korea between russia and the olympic bosses to now one hundred two gold medals will be decided across fifteen sports on snow and ice and for South Koreans pride can turn to excitement. Here so its likely to leave here because its a for olympic gold are you worried about because i love worries because our passion is so hard so we can overcome any weather. Forecast is for record breaking cold weather sometimes love with a minus twenty celsius with bitter winds and while you expect that in a Winter Olympics its causing problems for competitors skiers have complained about the effect on their equipment but american superstar lindsey vonn will be happy to combat the cold of the missing the last games through injury. Fellow american mccain the shiffrin is the new talent shes up against the nigeria womens bobsled trio was created a lot of interest and in the spirit of the famous film Cool Runnings yes there is a Jamaican Team too like the nigerians they are they its turned winter sportswomen and theres the man from tonga pits offer to for the Opening Ceremony star of rio twenty six thing when he competed in taekwondo hell be Cross Country skiing here but most remarkable is the unified korea womens hockey to announce just one month ago as part of a story in the attention south koreas medal chances lessened by all we could say but this matters more than sport the host nation does have high hopes of medals in speedskating particularly and hope success is always an important ingredient in a successful olympics as long as its done fairly russia face the consequences of a systematic doping regime when it hosted in sochi four years ago controversially when the snow finally settles here theyll be not far short of two hundred socalled olympic athletes from russia and them no fanfare but every chance of medals for them this is the first of three consecutive Olympic Games in this part of the world in two years time theres a summer games in tokyo and then in four years time a Winter Olympics in beijing but this next fortnight is chungs time after time failure the guy previously and its to be hoped that the sport is as fresh and clean as the landscape. Long chang in south korea if you go to our website you can find a dedicated section on the piano chang lympics had to add is there a dot com for slash twenty eighteen. An investigation by the International Cricket council into allegations of match fixing during the ashes has found no evidence of corruption in december a british newspaper claimed the bookmakers in india had offered to fix parts of the third test between australia and england in perth but after a two month investigation i. C. C. Confirmed there was no sign any matches players or officials had been involved australia won the match on the way to regaining the ashes and. There was a long awaited return to the top of the podium for Mark Cavendish on thursday as he wants to age three of cyclings de bite all the precious right to be stage two when ellie have of yani in a sprint finish its cavendish his first victory since taking a stage of the abu dhabi top twelve months ago off to which illness and injury hampered his season he moves up to second in the Overall Standings behind fifty on. The parties continuing for the Philadelphia Eagles following the super bowl success over the new England Patriots last sunday fans flocked to the streets of philadelphia on thursday to be part of the eagles victory parade schools government offices and even the city zoo was shut down for the celebration the eight kilometer route finished with a rally on the steps of the art museum made famous by the rocky films. I dont think words can really describe what is going on here today. Ive never seen so many people in one spot so gritty in unity one thing to be a boy the food at least you pour these guys really great things ive ever done in my life is it harder for us to bring your. Family did it were super bowl champs. Later. Thanks to the other well you have been watching the aljazeera news with me. All the other side of the break with another full half hour of need so dont go well seen a few moments. From the final version. And monday. On. U. S. And British Companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped Natural Resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. What makes this moment this era were living for so unique this is really an attack on truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion isnt what free speech is supposed to be about the context is hugely important we have a right to publish if you choose to be offensive or provoke to talk about it as people do stretching the stage for a serious debate. Up front at this time on aljazeera. That. Our forces have the inherent right to selfdefense. The us denies accusations of war crimes after a rare strike on pro assad forces killing almost one hundred fighters