Blocks the efforts by the United NationsSecurity Council to call for a thirty day ceasefire across the country. Along so robin youre watching aljazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up on the Divided Island of cyprus why gas revenue is proving to be a further wedge between greek and Turkish Cypriots. Also the australian late they could become one of the Worlds Largest batteries. Company welcome to aljazeera its 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 eastern guta near the capital damascus road. Lentulus bombardment killed dozens more on thursday bringing the number of dead to more than four hundred more than a thousand people have been injured the military has dropped leaflets over the area urging residents to leave and calling on opposition fighters to hand themselves over meanwhile the un Security Council is struggling to pass a resolution on a ceasefire allowing aid into the area its facing opposition from russia which claims information from the ground in eastern guta has been fabricated by the Syrian Opposition james base love more on that in a moment but first a somber binge of it reports on eastern. It was some really good the smallest coffins the heaviest and besieged there are 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 was it People Living there outside for too long the risk becoming victims of the next bombing. Living rooms in offices are now makeshift morgues. For those who survived the attacks medical facilities are not available thanks 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 the converging on the fence. Supposed to be blown off or deescalation zones agreed upon by russia iran and turkey but the Syrian Government says its getting what it called an area home to four hundred thousand people and russia denies its involved in the relentless from bothering the civilians. The situation really leaves much to be decided 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 who have stopped multiple attempts to storm the Eastern Front in the past get off numbered and their supplies have been cut off but the rebels say they will not surrender without a fight each month. Or capabilities a week but god willing we will deal with this the regime will lose again will face similar attacks and it didnt fall and now again we will survive this. Besieged city and say none of the words from people in power have done much to protect them. Messages for help from easton who to 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 does he or. The u. N. Humanitarian chief has been urging the Security Council to order a desperately needed cease fire so food and medicine can get into Eastern Ghouta but russia has downplayed the situation diplomatic editor james paynes has more from the u. N. As people in Eastern Kentucky need 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. Including 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 of the light 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 know that you are killing civilians at least include not only medina we are saying that many of these fake in us are staged. By you. By your cousins. By your by the terrorist by the syrian moderate opposition there was a sense of exasperated and despair that was summed up by swedens ambassador i do think that we are tested today not just as ambassador representing our countries but as human beings and that is a massive responsibility a test for now they have failed james pays out zero of the United Nations. Now the u. S. President paul trump is not backing away from his controversial proposal to arm some teachers and has suggested they should be paid a bonus hes under intense public pressure to pass tougher gun laws following last weeks mass shooting at a Florida High School a White House Correspondent kimberly how could his well. Arming teachers in the classroom is a controversy a lie dia 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 truck 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 tribe 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 in 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 the 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 gun owners agree every 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 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 of accomplishment that in the past has proved difficult can really help get aljazeera washington now the florida sheriff where the shooting happened says the deputy who was on duty at the school waited outside for about four minutes without ever giving in to pity Scott Peterson has resigned after being suspended without pay and investigation is now into why 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. Went in addressed the killer killed the killer. Well staying in the u. S. More charges have been filed against former aides to the trump president ial Campaign Paul man the fort and gates by special Counsel Robert Mueller now the thirty two count indictment includes tax and Bank Fraud Charges in october a man of fortune gates were charged with conspiracy to launder money both have pleaded not guilty Robert Miller is investigating possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen election hydro castro has more from the american capital. It is important to point out that the name donald trump is not anywhere mention in these new charges that 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 where 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 and 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 Spokesman for paul beneful released a statement it is just some of what he says paul manifold is innocent of the allegations that are out in the new indictments and he has called for that that he will be acquitted of all charges. Still ahead here on out is there a punishment handed down for the charity oaks farm for the sex abuse scandal in haiti. And the art of war the exhibition in lebanon that is highlighting the plight of syrian children to stay with us here. Welcome back as we look at the weather in north america weve got this frontal system which has been very slow moving along that weve had some very very heavy and persistent rain warm air being trucked up on the Southern Side of the front but cold air digging in behind it so still some snow for northern parts of the u. S. And through into canada across the great lakes meanwhile this frontal system still giving some storms down a strong temperature wise but then we get a push of warm air coming up from the big rise in temperatures for dallas and their mother pushing northwards and new york coming in with double figures meanwhile out across the west weve got some snow to contend with there for Denver Colorado another area of snow coming into wars of Pacific Northwest to head down into central parts of america remains pretty quiet here has been that way for quite some time now few showers coming in off the Caribbean Sea into some coastal regions but otherwise looking fine and as for the caribbean islands weather conditions looking just about perfect temperatures into the high twentys briss winds and showers very few and far between heading into south america weve had heavy showers affecting parts of peru and into bolivia still showing up in the forecast further south only isolated showers into northern parts of chile should be fine in santiago across much of argentina sunshine is expected with highs of twenty seven and buenos aires. Struggling with the effects of Climate Change sierra leones dry season is on forgiving but compounded by corruption its a wet season month slides that are claiming my slides i dont remember even the wall when for a single day in one thousand one hundred people died in two minutes people in power investigates the effects of deforestation and illegal building and asks what the future holds if theres an old guard he failed to act the mountain will fall at this time on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera im still robin a reminder of our top stories the Syrian Military has dropped leaflets over eastern calling on residents to leave for their own safety heard opposition fighters to hand themselves over more than four hundred people have died in the rebel held on clay during five days of bob bartlett. Meanwhile theres still no agreement about the u. N. Ordering a cease fire to allow aid into the area its facing opposition from russia which is accusing the media of a Massive Decision from a campaign. More charges are being filed against former trump aide to the Trump Campaign by special counsel Robert Miller pulled manifolds rick gates face tax and Bank Fraud Charges in october they were charged with conspiracy to launder money both have pleaded not guilty. African refugees in israels whole lot Detention Center have gone on Hunger Strike theyre protesting against the imprisonment of seven eritreans who refused to leave the country now the men are the first to be jailed under a new deportations Bennett Smith has more from the Detention Center in israels southern leg of desert so israel has started to carry out its threat to jail what it calls illegal african infiltrators who refuse the offer of cash in 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 dhaka who walked from darfur in sudan to israel eight years ago but i go to the men who live there for the situation there was very difficult and used to see death every day and 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. Rest on to a Hotel Manager of the hotel owners they 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 there 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 israelis see as 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 been 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 ticket offer 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 when over there takes about two thousand so israel would have to embark on some sort of massive jail construction project. Brazils military has raided a prison in Rio De Janeiro after the senate signed a decree putting the army in charge of the citys security a riot broke out in the prison on sunday with prisoners complaining of overcrowding now the government hopes that giving the military control of rios policing will curb violence driven by drug gangs operating across the city. Also the United Nations childrens agency is warning the cycloid season good for the worse and poor Living Conditions for ring of refugees in bangladesh unicef says at least five hundred thousand children are at risk of disease in unsanitary and overcrowded camps more than seven hundred. Thousand. Have crossed the border from me in march fleeing a military crackdown in august. The British Charity oxfam has been suspended from operating in haiti for two months following the ongoing controversy over sexual abuse allegations the caribbean islands government has temporarily revoked the aid organizations permission to work in the country it follows revelations that staff sexually exploited victims of an earthquake in two thousand and ten. The Deputy Director of the uns childrens Agency Unicef has also resigned after complaints about inappropriate behavior in a previous job just to emphasize was the c. E. O. Of the u. K. Charity save the children until twenty sixteen while he was there three workers complained about Inappropriate Text Messages and comments about what young women were wearing unicef says it wasnt aware of the complaints when it appointed for size if now the lebanese capital beirut is hosting an exhibition highlighting the plight of syrian children it aims to raise awareness of the challenges and trauma suffered by millions of displaced children seventy deca went to take a look. This sculpture of a young boy and girl represents the childhood of millions of syrian children killed injured orphaned or displaced their young thoughts displayed here in beirut through art inspired by their poems. If you want to do anything with the aid agencies they dont call you by your name or your family name they call you by your number this is very upsetting i want to be called by my name ya wrote a poem called a wish this is the artists interpretation of her dreams that the best find this is my goal i have a way i want to finish my studies and become a lawyer so i can defend the rights of children all i dont want children to suffer like we have suffered. Haunting images paint a picture of trauma experiences that have abruptly ended a carefree childhood. I was very upset to leave my country and come here my house changed from a house to a tent instead of walls we have wood and instead of assuming we have a tent cover that is it the dreams of these children and their families are simple it is the dream of millions of other syrians it is an urgent and desperate plea they want the war to end and they want to go home Stephanie Decker al jazeera well across the water inside protests its accused turkey obstructing its offshore Gas Exploration in the east mediterranean Turkish Cypriots want a revenue sharing agreement to be finalized before any drilling off the Divided Island can start as anecdotal reports. Greek cypriots say its their sovereign right to explore for natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean but in this Divided Island sovereignty and borders have long been disputed turkeys decision to hold military exercises off the coast of cyprus prevented drilling from proceeding the rig couldnt reach its intended site. Using means the not being called for me with International Law is trying to hijack you know where you know the. Area over the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey sees it differently it says its interests and the rights of Turkish Cypriots are being violated and corrupt says Turkish Cypriots should have a say in the Decision Making process and an equal share of the revenue its a sentiment shared by the breakaway turkish republic of Northern Cyprus it believes the resources around the island belong to it to. The Greek Cypriots kicked us out in one nine hundred sixty three and oak by the republic now they are trying to steal what is ours we want a lot of this the potential for Natural Resources further complicates efforts to resolve what is known as the cyprus problem last year the two sides came closer than ever to a deal but talks collapsed the cypriot government says negotiations cant resume until what it called the turkish blockade and the fact that these actions are cupping now is preventing us from resuming the negotiation because you cannot you know. When you have these kind of threats. Experts say the amount of gas in the mediterranean basin is not a game changer it has a lot to do with turkeys role as an energy hub there needs to be a main export route and if this is going to be turkey of course this is strategically very important the international communitys reaction has so far been to discourage escalation with the United Nations urging a return to the negotiating table the potential for Natural Resources has brought back attention to the cyprus problem the hope is it will bring the sides closer together but the fear is it will complicate efforts to find a permanent solution. Greek cypriots Turkish Cypriot turkey they all agree that the islands Natural Resources belongs to all cypriots apart from that there is little agreement the untapped resources have become a bargaining chip to further political gains in a decades old problem that occurred there on the Divided Island of cyprus. News just coming out of australia now where the deputy Prime MinisterBarnaby Joyce has said that hell resign as leader of the National Party now it comes after weeks of pressure over an extramarital affair with his former media secretary his party is the junior partner in Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbulls center right Coalition Government joyce is keeping his seat in parliament protecting turnbulls a fragile one seat majority while staying in the country and Australian Company is turning a lake into one of the Worlds Largest batteries the move could boost investment in Renewable Power generation and reduce australias over dependence on coal under thomas reports now from tel bingo it all straight is that we mountains the plan is to turn this reservoir into a giant rich battery the hills would be its casing the water itself 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. And then when were pumping it just we reverse the turbines and power back up the hill there is one big problem more electricity will be needed to pump the water up there will be created when that water falls back down. Roughly seventy percent so some people say a little bit more some people say a little bit less so essentially you are losing energy pump hydro schemes make money because water is pumped up when energy from other sources is plentiful and cheap water is released only when prices are high when the electricity grid needs new power fast the best thing about my dr pao is how quickly we take into action about ten seconds ago i requested that the top of the existing. Power we are. Electricity markets are finely balanced producers try to make exactly the right amount of power at any one moment to satisfy that moments demand hydropower is unusually responsive unlike salwa that only works when the sun shone and unlike when that awning works when the wind blowing or drought is there ready to not matter what on earth i dont know but as well as being unreliable when solar or wind farms make too much power its often wasted because its hard to store lithium ion batteries are changing that but the snowy pump time. Scheme would store almost three thousand times the power of whats currently the worlds biggest lithium battery were orders of magnitude cheaper than battery so even if the Battery Price comes down dramatically over the next decade on the next decade after that. Ive got a message to go in terms of cost the hope is that pumped hydro schemes will encourage investment in other renewables as Energy Created by the sun or wind when it is needed wont be wasted but converted into upstream water energy and Stuart Andrew thomas aljazeera tell bingo in the Snowy Mountains of australia. Your geology is there arms the whole rom and these are all top stories a Syrian Military has dropped leaflets over eastern calling on residents to leave for their own safety and opposition fighters to hand themselves over more than four hundred people have died in the rebel held on during five days of bombardment meanwhile theres still no agreement at the un on ordering a cease fire to allow aid into the area its facing opposition from russia with the u. S. Accusing moscow of blocking any meaningful action. U. S. President donald trump has told americas largest gun lobby the National Rifle association that the u. S. Needs to toughen up some rules around gun control hes also said the legal age to buy guns needs to be raised from eighteen to twenty one the florida sheriff where the shooting happened says that the deputy who was on duty at the school waited outside for about four minutes without ever going in deputy Scott Peterson has resigned after being suspended without pay 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 euros. Yes he was. When i addressed the killer killed the killer now more charges will be filed against former trump president ial Campaign Aides paul manifolds and rick gates by special Counsel Robert Mueller the thirty two count indictment includes tax and bank fraud in october manifold and gates were charged with conspiracy to load the money that with the News Headlines to stay with us ahead of the september twenty Fourth NationalElection Survey showed germans satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily estonias biggest tech Success Story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on ounces era. You know just twenty seventeen a devastating landslide in sierra leone killed over a thousand people a terrible blow to a country that still bears the scars of the civil war and the approaching six initially three grains brought on by two