A little. More than four hundred People Killed in less than a week in the bombardment of syrias eastern. What we need is a sustained station positivity and we needed desperately. Parts of russia blocks efforts by the Un Security Council to call for a thirty day cease fire across the country. Mixed messages from the Nigerian Government about missing schoolgirls after mondays attack. And they strayed in lake that could become one of the worlds biggest batteries. Has been under siege by Syrian Government forces for five years but the last five days have been the worst so far for civilians in the rebel held enclave of. Near the capital damascus a relentless bombardment killed. Bringing the number of dead to more than four hundred well the one thousand people have been injured and leaflets over the area urging residents to opposition fighters to hide themselves. Meanwhile the council is struggling to pass a resolution on the ceasefire into the area thats facing opposition from russia which claims information from the ground and. Has been fabricated by the syrian opposition. Just a moment but first reports on. Just what theyre going to do. The smallest coffins of the heaviest besieged in their dozens every day for parents saying goodbye to little children is not easy almost every family has lost someone the number of dead is so high that trenches are being dug for quick burials. Fault if people linger outside for too long they risk becoming victims of the next bombing. Living rooms in offices are now makeshift morgues. For those who survived the attacks medically passivity are not available. Doctors without borders says thirteen hospitals have been hit in three days. Since sunday the Syrian Government and its allies have stepped up their strikes in terms of being converging on the field and. Supposed to be bought off or deescalation zones agreed upon by russia iran and turkey. Government says its targeting what it called terrorists in an area to four hundred thousand people and russia denies its involved in the relentless bombing of civilians. The situation really leaves much to be decide well as you know the responsibility for the situation in eastern huta rests with those who support the terrorists tunnels like these have been crucial for rebels stop multiple attempts to storm the Eastern Front in the past. The rough numbers and their supplies have been cut off but the rebels say they will not surrender without a fight. A lot of. Our capabilities are weak but god willing we will deal with this the regime will lose again we face similar attacks and it didnt fall and now again we will survive the. Besieged syrian say none of the words from people in power have done much to protect them messages for help from easton who have been nonstop street after street there are bodies and parents have been trying to pull their children out of the rubble the United Nation calls it hell on earth for besieged people in eastern water who feel abandoned by the outside world they might as well be living on another planet some of the job. The u. N. Humanitarian chief has been urging the Security Council to order a desperation to deliver food and medicine to Eastern Ghouta but russia has downplayed the situation. Reports from the u. N. As people in eastern guta continue to die in the Security Council they continue to argue more words of division and no sign of desperately needed action the regime wants to keep bombing and gassing these four hundred thousand people and the assad regime is counting on russia to make sure the Security Council is unable to stop their suffering and theres really no one use of your time is right to discuss frankly what is occurring around the mask a suburb the massive psychosis in global Media Outlets in coordination disseminating in recent days the same rumors this in no way do anything to help improve an understanding of the situation he said a false narrative was being presented to taint the reputation of his country this despite the fact hed heard the uns top humanitarian official detail exactly what was being inflicted on Eastern Ghouta. Airstrikes mortars rockets barrel bombs cluster munitions chemical weapons. Suicide bombs snipers double tap attacks on civilians in the essential infrastructure they did and invading hospitals and schools outside the un the Campaign Group highlighted the scale of the seven year long conflict and tried to shame the Security Council into action inside the building here in the corridor was there were frantic negotiations to try and bring a draft resolution calling for a thirty day cease fire to a vote oh much is about the only thing for. The scheme went into a medical building those eleven by the time they gathered in the Security Council chamber it was clear russia wanted amendments and wouldnt let the resolution pass in its current form over the past two years with Russian Military help the Syrian Government represented by ambassador Bashar Jaffrey has turned the tide of the war now using russian diplomatic gade the assad regime wants finally to win it whatever it takes including civilian casualties and outright lies it do you to not lie that you are killing civilians at least include not only when we are saying that many of these faking us are staged. By you. By your cousins. Well you know by the terrorists by the syrian moderate opposition there was a sense of exasperated and despair that we summed up by swedens ambassador i do think that we are tested today not just. Representing our countries but as human beings and that is a massive responsibility a test for now they have failed james. Of the United Nations. As the director of the center for middle east studies he says the International Community needs to take stronger measures against moscow over its involvement and syria i think what would send a clear message to russia. Would be if a major countries around the world particularly in the west were to say that as of tomorrow no Aeroflot Airline and in any western city as long as russia is bombing hospitals and civilians in east into air flight on his fifty one percent state owned something along those lines would send a clear message to Vladimir Putin simply passing un resolutions that russia will either veto or gore has been tried in the past and so they think that will make any difference tomorrow in the coming days really Wishful Thinking u. S. President donald trump is not backing away from his controversial proposal to some teaches to suggest that they should be paid a bonus hes under intense pressure public pressure to pass tougher gun laws following last weeks mass shooting at a florida high school. And from the white house more. Arming teachers in the classroom is a controversy ally dhea being promoted by President Donald Trump prevent School Shootings if you harden the sights youre not going to have this problem because these guys who lack courage will never go into those schools he says he wants to encourage educators to become comfortable with a gun even offering bonuses for those with firearms skills i want my schools protected just like my banks are protected trump made the comments on thursday at another white house listening session following the shootings in parkland florida that left seventeen people dead most of them teenagers. Since the School Shooting fellow students have made their voices heard and brought pressure to bear on trump and other right of center politicians to tighten gun restrictions Arming Teachers is not what they have in mind thats their plan anyway mark barden lost his son in two thousand and twelve when the sandy hook School ShootingSchool Teachers have more than enough responsibilities right now then to have to have the awesome responsibility of lethal force to take a life on twitter trump attempted to clarify his position and floated other proposals such as background checks for those buying a gun raising the legal purchasing age to twenty one and again suggesting the end of the sale of socalled bump stocks that increase a weapons fire power not all but some of those ideas are at odds with the biggest Gun Rights Group in the United States with National Rifle association or n. R. A. Pushing back against any effort to limit gun ownership the elites dont care not one whit about Americas School system for them its not a safety issue its a political issue. They care more about control and more of them gun owners agree they were right to protect ourselves protect our children so if theyre properly trained why not be able to use that i think that it would send a message across the nation that we are taking it in this into our own hands were fighting back and we will be the first line of defense and while there is support for at least some of Donald Trumps proposals even the most basic limits on gun ownership will require congressional approval and accomplishment that in the past has proved difficult can really help get aljazeera Washington Well far to sheriff where the shooting happens as the deputy who was on duty at the school waited outside for around four minutes without ever going in there Scott Peterson has resigned after being suspended without pay and an investigation is under way what i saw was a deputy arrived at the west side of building twelve take up a position and he never went in when the. Yes he was there. When you address the killer killed the killer thats difficult to know exactly how many people in the us own guns because theres no nationwide database the law doesnt allow it what we do know is americans own more guns per person than residents of any other country there are more than three hundred million guns in the u. S. Enough for every man woman and child are the number of holes has fallen to around one in three that means an even larger number of guns is being concentrated in a shrinking number of homes Steven Rogers is a former member of the f. B. I. Joint Terrorism Task force he joins us live in new jersey via skype thanks very much for being with us whats the solution here. Well the solution is going to be a month and level solution to begin with it is very important that there is a line of defense to protect young people in our schools and many of us in Law Enforcement have advocated to put on security personnel and these would be trained Law Enforcement officers retired or military in the schools to protect students in the event anyone pretty kind of tricks go to schools but theres nothing you can just jump in there for a moment just point to the other solutions because on that particular point there was a trained god in the Florida School have facts of a does nothing well thats something that i know is breaking today theres going to be an investigation and want to have to find out why he didnt do dont think what he actually trained in Tactical Training we dont have the answer to that but i could tell you that there are thousands of School Schools across the country that have all Armed Security personnel and they havent been attacked ok and donald trump suggests that we need more of these people in the old schools as its terrence to stop people from going into the schools in the first place but again the school does have that said it didnt stop the student at all. Well youre a good theres a lot of questions regarding that student thirty nine times the Police Responded to it sounds the f. B. I. Had information about him students knew about him teachers knew about a lot of people knew about this individual and yet he slipped through the cracks in fact i understand that he was suspended or expelled from school was not allowed to go back in that school would have backpack these are all questions that need to be answered and the reason why do you need to be actually does that we have to make sure that this that this does not happen again in any School Across the country i youre you have for many f. B. I. What do you think of the organization missing the tip on nicholas cruz. Well i work at f. B. I. Headquarters i did work for the f. B. I. What i call Law Enforcement officer for thirty eight years but i would say this the f. B. I. Did drop the ball i mean when you see a red flag on a Youtube Video where a guy actually says he wants to become a professional School Shooter now you couple that with all the information were finding out that the f. B. I. Had that local Law Enforcement have they dropped the ball it is as simple as that theres no way around it i am in favor of tighter gun controls one on one figure of this reasonable gun regulations let me give you an example we have a Second Amendment in this country people its not a privilege its a right to bear arms now saying that we should have an expanded Mental Health checks i dont believe anyone who has a Mental Health problem should have a gun to their homes i also believe that eighteen year old is too young you need to be somewhat mature before you get a weapon in your hands and then there is a lot of questions about the number of rounds that you could put in a gun i understand that this guy had a ar fifteen zero zero zero zero a lot of poets in the magazine i noticed legislation so its going to be introduced to decrease those magazine rounds and thats something we might be in favor of at least i would be in favor because i tell you what were finding out is that this guy had to reload and maybe it was during that period of time he could have been taken out so these bills might be put to congress and donald trump is in favor of those proposals that youve mentioned but is it going to get through congress is any change going to happen in congress. Well you just dont want to know the ultimate question i have no confidence as Many Americans do know companies to congress to get any especially this but im hoping because of the movement of the students and the action and the cheers that we have seen over the past week the congress will take action im confident they will on this this one ok lets watch and hope Steven Rogers thanks very much for joining us there from new jersey thank you for having me now more charges have been filed against former aides to the trump president ial Campaign Paul metaphors and rick gates by special counsel Robert Muller confessed to count indictment includes a tax and Bank Fraud Charges in october metaphors and gates were charged with conspiracy to launder money both have paid not guilty well is investigating possible collusion between the trunk campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen election castro has more from washington d. C. It is important to point out that the name donald trump is not anywhere mention in these new charges are filed these thirty two counts account for Money Laundering of about thirty Million Dollars as well as filing false income tax statements they predate the time that these two men accused of these crimes rick gates and paul mann afford had joined on to the Trump Campaign however the significant part is the timing of filing these charges were kates have been reportedly been ingo in negotiations with investigators to possibly flip and cooperate with the investigation for c ably its in exchange for a lighter sentence to give investigators more information that could help them bring down bigger fish the fact that these charges were filed against him is an indication that perhaps those negotiations have stalled in this is a chance for investigators to show just how much information they have stacked up against these two men Bigger Picture here though is as the Investigation Continues into russias meddling in the twenty six thousand u. S. Elections and perhaps the role that Trumps Campaign had in this that investigators are closing in theyre finding more details that they are showing on paper here and certainly casts even a darker shadow on the administration. A spokesman for paul metaphor released this statement in his defense has some of what he says paul not afford is innocent of the allegations in the nearly filed indictments and he is confident that he will be acquitted of all charges. The iranian Deputy Foreign minister told aljazeera that could withdraw from the last twenty fifty nuclear deal if theres no economic benefit from it something that could happen if the u. S. Pulls out i think oh position is very key. Really main in the deal as long as we can benefit from it. If the u. S. Can be a benefit from the deal its a big question for the time ie were not convinced that the voice i need on can benefit from that the its very much depends on the other participants to the c. P. A. Or e. A. And. As ive said. For the time being i dont think. That they can deliver the deal without the us this is important but people still ahead here on news including. Refugees stage a Hunger Strike hit israeli Detention Center to protest a deportation order plus. Sending cheerleaders to john chiang was a sign of desperation not National Pride. Us about the Nikki Haley Says it was politics not on a north korean cheerleaders. Lympics. And the russian carla found guilty of doping at the Winter Olympics he speaks out. With. Brazils military has raided a prison in where the senate signed a decree putting the army in charge of security iraq broke out in the prison on sunday with prisoners complaining of overcrowding the government hopes that giving the military control of various policing will curb violence driven by drug gangs operating across the city. Has the latest from Rio De Janeiro. Here on the streets of Rio De Janeiro everything seems normal like any other day but below the surface there is real apprehension in a worry in this city about whats to come in the last couple days weve seen Army Soldiers patrolling highways maybe even lead to operations inside a local shanty town or bell as theyre called here and they were called to help restore order at a local prison during a riot its all part of the militarization of rio it was ordered by president me shell tamar to combat a huge crime and violence wave sweeping over the city troops have been on the streets in rio before but they were just here is back up to the local police force now thats changed the military has been ordered by the president to completely take over all security aspects in the state police are still on the streets patrolling but they are subordinate to the military and the top of Public Security official is now an army general this is the First Time Since the military dictatorship in brazil in did in one thousand nine hundred eight that the military has taken over like this while everyone in this city agrees that crime is now out of control people disagree if the military is the solution to fix it there are already three thousand troops here in rio when the decree was signed those troops now have a much different role than they had before they are now doing police work its unclear if the federal government plans to send more soldiers here but whats already been decided is that the militarization of rio will last at least until the end of the year. Angry parents of dozens of missing Nigerian School girls have accused the authorities of lying to them they say governor has apologized after saying some of the girls have been rescued when they are actually still missing. Fighters drove into. A state on monday ninety one students from the school there have been since been reported missing as a parent is one of the largest since boko haram abducted more than two hundred seventy schoolgirls in the town of joe buck and twenty eight fourteen. Since thursday were here were looking for our child we didnt see them and actually they did not inform us where our children are early yesterday soldiers brought about seventy two girls and now we are waiting for them and to see whether they are among those risk youd david also as a counterterrorism security an organized crime analyst he says theres a lack of credible information coming out of nigeria i think thats one of the biggest problems you know the information you know comes you know and you know nobody has been able to you know or verified information as to you know how many goes on the scene you know if bookworm is indeed captured in the of the goes and this is the biggest concern to that is different but you know the government local government you know has the incentive most of the students back home you know for a while with brick without actually having any investigation. Which of the students have been missing how many has been captured by if at all any of the goes has been top of my book. African refugees in israels hot Detention Center have gone on a Hunger Strike protesting the imprisonment of seven eritreans has refused to leave the country where. The men are the first to be jailed under a new deportation scheme many of the thirty seven thousand african refugees in israel have been given three months to take up a cash offer to leave for rwanda or face indefinite jail time smith has more from the Detention Center in israels southern negev desert so israel has started to carry out its threat to jail what it calls illegal african infiltrators who refuse the offer of cash and a one way ticket to a third african country and seven eritreans been taken from the Detention Center behind me to the jail just on the other side of the road and that is the fate that awaits thirty seven thousand other african migrants if they refuse this offer of cash and one way ticket home many of the people we spoke to here mainly from eritrea and sudan say they will not take this offer and they are now on Hunger Strike until israel reverses its policy. Theyre the hardest jobs to fill in israels Restaurant Industry and theyre often done by people like taleb dhaka who walked from darfur in sudan to israel eight years ago i got him involved in that for the situation there was very difficult and used to see death every day i saw the death of my father with my own eyes you cant go back from here i would like theres no way back no return but talib is in israel illegally now he faces deportation his boss says those refugees who work for him have a strong work ethic making them worth the extra taxes he has to pay for hiring normally israeli staff i mean its not something that you can say well restaurant. Manager of the hotel owners they simply dont want to pay for workers and thats why they are willing to or hire the migrant starts thats a false but thats thats a false assumption because youre paying more and once we leave you will be left with no walkers and no one to not want to do those jobs thirty seven thousand africans are being offered three and a half thousand dollars on a one way ticket to an unspecified country in africa many live here in the working class suburbs of Southern Television pressure on the right wing government from local israelis and its nationalist base encourage the deportations. But its prompting a backlash in a country other israeli c. Was founded as a refuge for jews fleeing persecution a group of Holocaust Survivors has written to Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu asking him not to deport the migrants the Antidefamation League in the u. S. Says israel should reconsider its plans citing Jewish Values and refugee heritage netanyahu says that israel does accept refugees and the people facing deportation are those who are illegal economic migrants eleven asylum requests have been accepted by the government out of about fifteen thousand that have been submitted in the e. U. By comparison around sixty percent of applications are approved at the very least we need to be as open as other countries which we havent to be and i think for a lot of people as you said this speaks very deeply to their personal and Family History it does for me as well but i think beyond that this is this is a human rights issue that we all have to fight against and make sure it doesnt happen but still opinion polls suggest seventy percent of israels Jewish Population agrees with the Deportation Program those who dont take up the cash and take it off the face jail says he prefers that than being sent back to africa. Certainly from the eritrean and sudanese migrants that weve spoken to none of them want to go to a third african country and that presents an enormous challenge the israeli authorities because if they carry out their threat then they have to find jail space for thirty seven thousand african migrants that went over there takes about two thousand so israel would have to embark on some sort of massive jail construction project. And Andrew Thomas in watertown is a outs ill be explaining plant those mountains and that water into one of the worlds biggest rich people factories. Also punishment handed down from. The sex scandal and. All those details. By the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. Hello again across much of southern and Central China the weather conditions are looking somewhat better during the course of the last of the rain which be in effect in this Area Temperatures better average for the time of year so fairly bright into vietnam weve got some heavy showers here particularly one just nineteen degrees celsius and as we head into saturday its more of a southerly flow expected but then you start to see some rain developing across the central parts of china up towards the Yangtze River valley elsewhere across into china looking too bad for. Me a man with highs of thirty four expected in young gone into southeastern parts of asia for the philippines weather conditions to be looking good at the moment staying that way through the course of friday so heavy showers likely if the borneo kuching seen some fairly big downpours but it should improve as we head through into saturday. And if you shout out through the mill a but as you head up through into thailand that only is a particular market i think for much of come bodie and southern parts of vietnam at least the weather should be dry and fine into south asia is a fine picture for most here just an outside chance of a shower affecting more eastern parts of sri lanka but the area of cloud and rain moving into northern parts of pakistan a lot of snowfall expected for the north. Were looking at highs of thirty one. The weather sponsored by cattle and race. The way we communicate is what defines us as it always has been. As innovation in technology continues to shape our lives. Pioneering content creation and distribution utilizing Cloud Technology and artificial intelligence. The future has never seemed closer than it does today. And what lies beyond the horizon. Take us to our fronted books the future of media leaders summit. Limitless possibilities. Once held in one of australias toughest Detention Centers now a world renowned surgeon one of many is follows dr moon. As returns to his hometown baghdad to give deputies the hope of walking again at this time on aljazeera. The Syrian Military has dropped leaflets over. For their own safety and. More than four hundred people have died in the rebel held five day. Aid into the area its facing opposition from russia which is accusing the media of a massive campaign. Campaign by special counsel robert. Gates face. Charges in october they were charged with conspiracy to launder money. Not guilty. Global leaders including. Human rights thats the warning from nationals latest report it accuses the leaders of rolling out regressive policies such as a controversial travel ban on muslims also highlights atrocities including military crackdown on the right. More from washington d. C. A bleak assessment on the state of human rights in twenty seventeen they will not look back and draw any lessons from this they will look back and they will see that they will all of the drafting of some of the dockers chapters in modern history the forward of the four hundred page report takes aim at specific countries first and foremost me and mar accusing the government of committing crimes against humanity which forced almost seven hundred thousand Rohingya Muslims to flee it singles out saudi arabias blockade for creating a humanitarian catastrophe in yemen all of the countries fighting eisel in iraq and syria for not protecting civilians and south sudan for crimes which forced thousands of people to flee from their donald j. Trump is called it comes out the United States calling President Donald Trumps plan to ban entry from citizens of several muslim majority countries a transparently hateful move and it blames european leaders for creating the conditions for what he calls shocking abuses of refugees in libya it names countries it says are consistently violating human rights such as turkey china russia then israel and egypt and iran it also pointed the finger at six african countries for stifling public protests this is the very first time that Amnesty International has chosen to unveil their annual report here in the United States and they chose the Capitol Building they say in large part because they believe what they call his nationalistic and sometimes even hateful rhetoric and policies of President Donald Trump are spreading across the globe anything that the u. S. Does has a massive in a Multiplier Effect across the world but they want em bored and by the fact that you know trampling on human rights abandon me human values is something which is acceptable today we asked the white house for a response but didnt hear back as for Amnesty International it says its not all bad out there it sees the rise of hate being met with the rise of a resistance from the u. S. One. To poland. The destroyer tour around. Which embassy says gives it some hope the just maybe twenty eighteen wont be quite as bleak in so many places probably calling out zero washington the number of deaths from listeria in south africa has more than doubled since last month the government says one hundred seventy two people have now died since the outbreak began just over a year ago the disease is usually passed on through food but the source of this outbreak a salon known has more from johannesburg in the last year more than nine hundred cases of listeria have been reported in south africa most of those cases have been here in johannesburg listeria is a serious back to the infection which is spread when people eats contaminated foods the most common foods to be contaminated on pasteurized milk cheese vegetables and processed foods many of those foods can be found in markets just like this one a listeria infection include symptoms like diarrhea and can even lead to meningitis or premature labor in pregnant women the center for Communicable Diseases is trying to figure out where this disease originated fortys have closed poultry abbotts well where the bug was detected listeria is a treatable disease but the concern is that there isnt enough Public Awareness and thats contributed to the largest outbreak south africas ever seen. The United Nations childrens agency is warning cyclon season could aggravate poor Living Conditions for a head injury refugees in bangladesh unicef says at least five hundred thousand children are at risk of disease in unsanitary and overcrowded camps although seven hundred ranger crossed seven hundred thousand range of cross from the from in ma following a military crackdown in august. Yes im bastards the United Nations says north korea is a limb pick cheerleaders are a sign of desperation the group of two hundred thirty women was sent by kim jong un as part of a delegation aimed at using the Winter Olympics to improve diplomatic ties and communication with the self tension has been building on the Korean Peninsula after a number of Ballistic Missile tests by the north and he told the university of chicagos institute of politics three major sanctions passed by the un last year having a real impact on stopping the countrys Revenue Streams the regime has less and less money to spend on its Ballistic Missile tests and less capacity to threaten other countries with those tests it is in this fact more than anything else that prompted the kim regime to reach out to south korea and do Public Relations damage control at the olympics their sources of revenue are drying up sending cheerleaders to john chaney was a sign of desperation not National Pride cattle says its helping israel avoid another war with gaza by sending aid money to impoverished palestinians in the territory say its being distributed in cooperation with israel and with the approval of the us says it is evidence that castro is distancing himself from her must have made aid to gaza the focus of its diplomatic contacts with the Trump Administration we dont want a mix war the war month we want to stop this or the moment we want to. And we dont know but for how long the work which we are. Keeping. The war. People. Person in president Mahmoud Abbas checked himself into a u. S. Hospital but was later released Officials Say it was a routine check and he has been discharged eighty two year old address the u. N. Security council in new york on tuesday. Baiters from africa hellery tonight trying to raise money to pay for an International Military force formed last year to come back growing violence from groups meeting politicians in brussels and getting a lot of help from france that about reports in december the french president held a fundraising conference for the g five sile force back then a promise of one hundred Million Dollars by saudi arabia added money already pledged by the e. U. France and the u. S. But just over half of the five hundred Million Dollars targeted was raised. The funding shortfall prompted the president of one of the socalled g. Five nations to call for more support earlier this month. It is urgent that this force be operational the International Community whose serious decisions in libya have disastrous consequences for the security of our countries must show greater solidarity with the silo. The joint military force known as t. Five was launched last year by the leaders of new share picking a fast so charred mali and mauritania backed by france its five thousand troops will work alongside un peacekeepers in mali and french soldiers already deployed in syal its mission is to stop cross border attacks from armed groups including boko haram and affiliates of al qaida and eisel as well as crack down on weapons and people trafficking instability in libya is worsening the crisis. We have to fix the causes with a spread in violence the big reason is a full look at afi and this is responsibility of the International Community g five style and European Union leaders meeting in brussels on friday hope to raise enough money to enable the force to be fully operational within weeks more money for joint force is essential but some analysts say can only be successful if its allowed to fully cooperate with the national and International Forces already deployed and his operations must go hand in hand with more developments in the region and it must win Peoples Trust that its vital that the rights of the people are respected there must be proper training you cant have troops for example who dont even speak a local language it wont work if the g five force can gather the necessary money to carry out its mandate itll be an urgent we needed and important step in cooperation in a region where so many people have been killed in violence or forced to flee their homes Natasha Butler al jazeera brussels. Pres well as president has called for america election encouraging early voting not just for the next president but for callouses and Congressional Elections as well but opposition parties are planning a boycott that would almost certainly threaten the loss of the National Assembly the only branch of government they control the honda has more. Nicolas maduro appeared before an adoring crowd venezuelas beleaguered president looking energized and confident hed already brought forward to the president ial vote now he called for a major election proposing state legislative and municipal elections be brought forward by nearly two years to coincide with the president ial poll a move that could concentrate power in his government yes then the amount of whether this where we have a complete picture legitimate governors legitimate mayors a new legislative National Assembly legitimate councillors genuine regional legislators and the president legitimized by the people it is a wonderful idea. Just hours earlier and after days of deliberations been as well as opposition Democratic Unity coalition had stood united saying it would boycott the early president ial race you know we want to compete we want to participate in the elections its the government that isnt letting us because theyre scared of losing but the approach is very simple follow the law and the Democratic Unity movement is willing to participate contesting it was never going to be easy to do it as main opposition rivals have either been driven a brute jailed or bad from running against him the Opposition Coalition and some of its main parties had been banned from running under their party names and despite matildas low Approval Ratings his party is still popular getting a large share of the vote in last years regional elections. Venezuela has been mired in an issue. Anomic and political crisis its all debian into corner me is in tatters and there has been widespread anger of the mcdougals handling of soaring inflation and recession all of that has been made much worse by crippling sanctions. The impact has been staggering according to a new study conducted by three universities venezuelans lost an average of eleven kilograms in body weight last year almost nine thousand the same to live in poverty a jump from forty eight percent in two thousand and fourteen and about a quarter of the population was eighteen two or fewer meals a day. More than one hundred people were killed last year in weekly demonstrations against due to its government but thats largely quieted down. With the opposition out of aprils president ial race is almost guaranteed to be reelected now the opposition must consider how to respond to mcdougals proposal for a major election if they boycott that they risk losing the National Assembly which is the only branch of government does not control. Aljazeera. British Charity Oxfam has been suspended from operating in haiti for two bunks following the ongoing controversy over sexual abuse allegations caribbean islands government has temporarily revoked the aid organizations permission to work in the country it follows revelations that staff sexually exploited victims of the earthquake and twenty. Six. Suspended oxfam because the organization has committed serious administrative errors some sexual crime was committed inside oxfam facilities with direct involvement by their country director. We decided to temporarily take away oxfams permit to operate as an ngo in haiti were not ruling out expelling them after our investigation is over. Teachers in the u. S. State of West Virginia have gone on strike closing Public Schools and canceling classes for more than two hundred fifty thousand students. Educators call the two days stoppage to demand better pay and Health Insurance at the gala soon after the governor approved a pay rise that fell short of expectations teachers salaries in the state a well below the national average. Spanish police say an officer has died after clashes between police and football fans before Europa League match in bilbao spanish media is reporting the officer died in hospital after suffering a heart attack during the riots the trouble erupted ahead of the match between athletic bilbao and spotless co. A man who blew himself up outside the United States embassy in montenegros capital has been identified as a former Soldier Police say the forty three year old killed himself after throwing an explosive device no one else was hurt in the attack in porto rico bankrupt japanese based Automotive Parts supplier to carter has agreed to a six hundred fifty Million Dollars u. S. Penalty to settle claims that concealed a deadly airbag safety defect but the forty four u. S. States involved in the probe agreed not to collect the penalty and instead allow victimize consumers to get as much for covering money as possible to face the airbags and face it with too much force causing at least twenty two deaths Court Approval of the sale of the bankrupt companies other businesses is expected. At a story in companies turning a lake into one of the biggest batteries of the world the move could boost investment in Renewable Power generation and reduces over dependence on coal under thomas reports from tel bingo. The plan is to turn this reservoir into a giant. Battery the hills would be its casing the water so the battery stored power. This standard hydroelectric scheme in australia Snowy Mountains already catches snow melt in rainwater and uses it to spin turbines to make electricity the new socalled pump hydro scheme is different it would take the water thats already passed through the system and pump it back up from a Lower Reservoir so its original one no need for a new right full it would really use the same water to generate power many times over when were generating the water will flow from ten tanger through the power station. 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And it just the markets are finally balanced produces try to make exactly the right amount of power at any one moment to satisfy that moments demand hydropower is unusually responsive im like that and i wear it when the sun shone and im like when that awning works when the wind blowing by drought is there ready to not matter what on earth i dont know but as well as being unreliable when solo wind farms make too much power its often wasted because its hard to store lithium ion batteries are changing that but the snowy pump. Almost three thousand. Of whats currently in the world. Is that. The renewable. Or wind when it is needed wont be. The it. Up time after all is force on his base. Thank you very much the United States have won womens ice hockey gold off to one of the most dramatic contests seen at this years Winter Olympics in pyung chang they beat canada in a shootout to end a twenty yo drill skinnys home and reports. The United States had won the first womens hockey gold medal in nagano in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight but had been a long white since theyd seen canada win four consecutive winter olympic gold medals and locked it to two after all of the time it all came down to a penalty shoot out west finally the americans prevailed. Two decades of frustration artha and a moment to celebrate the fans im a. Main thing over time shoot out and a sudden gas shoot out doesnt get any better than that was worth every penny. Of the days in the United States. Ship friend had to settle for a silver in the womens alpine combined event behind switzerlands michelle gessen. Lindsey vonn failed to finish the slalom leg of the rice that was almost certainly her last at an Olympic Games star mens joy muscle hotshot and henrik christofferson also both failed to finish the slalom thirty five year old on time youre a celebrating a surprise victory instead swedens first man slalom gold since nine hundred eighty thanks ive been quite. Overwhelmed says crossed the finish line but when i got to go this simple amazing feeling. Womens began snowboarding made its a limpid debut and saving her best score for her final jump so austrias at augusta clinch the gold medal was a di jarius womens bobsled team may have finished last but the fact they became the first african team to comparison the event to the Winter Olympics was an achievement alone biggest thing that this will do for younger women in nigeria young girls in nigeria is to actually have them step more outside the box there are for years for africas next generation of winter olympians to turn the inspiration into action elites homan aljazeera. With just three days of competition remaining norway and germany on neck and neck at the top of the middles table they have thirteen gold medals each canada all sitting in third position followed by the United States and the netherlands. Now the International Olympic committee is still considering allowing russian athletes to march under their own flag at the closing ceremony thats despite a russian curlers being stripped of a bronze medal do you two doping alexander. Tested positive for mel dony him while competing in the mixed doubles alongside hes wife the court of arbitration for sport confirmed his disqualification from the games he had been competing as an alum pick athlete from russia after the country was banned by the i. O. C. From sending an official Team Following a state sponsored doping scandal he and his partner insist he did not take the drug and were not spiked. This was not done by accident says were not five year old children and do not put everything on our mouths we watch our bottles. We feel a great responsibility to our fans to everyone who supported us to our relatives to our coaches to our delegation first of all because we are completely sure that these medals are clean you know we came here for them have been preparing for a long time so went through a lot and it is very insulting when they are taken away so easily thirty two teams were vying for the last sixteen spots in the Europa League at the start of thursday but he tell you need is not a one of those that have been eliminated on the way goals by rb leipzig big name teams like arsenal brasier daughter and latino and Atletico Madrid are also through to the next round but nice were knocked out by Lokomotiv Moscow while there was violence in bilbao before their game with Spartak Moscow athletic went through on aggregate. Fiefs president giani in fenty no has hosted african football delegates in tanzania as part of a tour hes been conducting on the continent it comes as morocco bids to host the twenty twenty six world cup its expected to receive the backing from africas fifty four member countries in june vote football writer gary l. Smith says in fun tinas visit is not accidental the mark is good luck is being is looking good i mean the other thing that people have been asking is if gianni wall and doors they were can be he wouldnt do that because of i mean obviously or the corruption allegations that are popping with. Qatar and so on im sure for but i think that they were going to get is getting a lot of traction they see they have all the bits from africa they are all the bits from all the islamic in arabic countries and of course and were going to ramping up his its rhetoric against immigration and all that i think were going to get a lot of sympathy votes from around the world the twenty eighteen formula one season ribs into action in about one months time with the australian grand prix and the sadies were showing off their twenty eighteen car on thursday Lewis Hamilton and mercedes will be looking to defend their respective drivers and constructors championship titles they have won four titles in a row while heaven as won three of the last for one more title for hamilton will see him equal arjen time great one Manuel Fangio has five titles. Have to reach try and figure out where you can find the determination in the drive. And yeah. I would say in the last couple days and i saw something about being up there potentially with franjo so that is quite exciting prospect and thats all the sport for me will have another update for you again later. And thats also it for me on the news out. Of. The scene for us where theyre online what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that there are choosing between buying medication eating basis is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone whos an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on aljazeera. 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