Hello im with aljazeera live from doha also coming up. Flames from the sky activists say rockets are being used to spot fires across syrias eastern ghouta. A forgotten crisis five years into the conflict in Central African republic and hof the population now needs urgent humanitarian aid. And Andrew Thomas in the gun is a strong views outs will be explaining plans to turn those mountains and water its one of the worlds biggest rich doctorates. But first officials in northeastern nigeria have apologized for telling the parents of dozens of missing schoolgirls that their daughters have been rescued the announcement turned out to be false and to spot outrage the girls were taken from the school in the town of touchy thats in your base state and it happened on monday aljazeera zama dangerous was the First International journalist on the ground and sent this report from. Disappointment inductions i was after parents were told that daughters have been rescued the State Government apologized saying the information was not true for the relatives of more than one thousand students the wait has just begun. Some say its all over again. These sisters have not only escaped the kidnappers but theyre all the sister wasnt just lucky the incident leaves them devastated. And then im wondering as they came just after we broke our monday fast we heard gunshots there was chaos everywhere she tried to comfort us but it only got worse four of us sisters started running to give that she fell and i fell down but someone picked me up that was the last time i saw her she was taken. Neighbors poured into their home to offer support at the girls school we were refused access to film inside i would necessary some of the attackers dressed in military fatigues drove through the school gates but before they got in many of the girls alerted by the gunshots fired early on the scale of the problem at the front of the school and escaped but some girls say they saw some of their schoolmates being led into a waiting truck. So literally and his family thought they too were received fourteen year olds and up but she was one of the schoolgirls taken in to tell us a task will not allow others and hospital she fainted on hearing to her daughter was and found a grief is too much for her he said much was expected of the second Year High School student for now they continue to wait hoping to hear good and definitive news about the return of their child the residents of the tragedy would be as long as a twenty four incident where more than two hundred seventy goes like kidnapped from their school more than a third of them i had to be found one hundred briefs aljazeera duction. The United Nations is appealing for help for humanitarian efforts being made in Central African republic the agency says half the population requires urgent assistance fighting between various armed groups plunge the country into civil conflict in twenty thirteen Catherine Sawyer reports from the town of priya. Says she had a farm and have family didnt rely on anyone for their basic needs before march last year she lives in bria a town in North EasternCentral African republic that was considered relatively peaceful but then conflict between several armed groups started on all her neighbors had to flee so now they leave here in a calm for displaced people that is on one end of the town and right at the doorstep of the u. N. Peacekeepers. The gunfight started at night we hid everything of ours was destroyed i came here with nothing. More than seventy thousand people in brianne have been displaced in just over a year theres a religious element to the fighting but the rebels are also in conflict of a minerals cattle and trade routes and what they leave behind is a trail of death destruction and misery its really hard to imagine house dead people as they fled from this neighborhood both christians and muslims used to live here before the fighting intensified last year different blame each other for the destruction of the power also in the north is another area where there was no fighting until recently displaced people receive food aid at the town square around sixty thousand have fled from violence and moved into the town that already had forty thousand residents the fighting in Central African republic is spreading fast with many armed groups and forced un peacekeeping. As in the National Army are overwhelmed so are aid workers who are often unable to reach many of those in need one out of two people in the Central African republic are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection and due to the resurgence of violence and the fighting of armed groups particularly here in the north of the Central African republic in power that has led to a massive displacement of people the u. N. Is appealing for just over half a billion dollars this year money that will help people i could to suzanne who says she has nothing left to go back home to. Men came to my religion on sunday and well skip the next three my husband and her neighbor were killed i dont even know where my nephew ease their situation is desperate many of those who spoke to said they would rather be home fending for themselves all right now home is not an option catherine saw aljazeera said tall African Republic the United Nations envoy to syria has called on russia iran and turkey to urgently reinstate the socalled deescalation zones that were designed to stop violence the u. N. Security council is due to vote on a draft resolution which would demand a thirty day ceasefire in the rebel held on clay of the sin cooter at least four hundred sixteen people have now been killed in government strikes there this week alone and now activists say forces loyal to president assad have started firing rockets which cause fires or some avenge of aid has the latest on turkeys border with syria. It is still not clear whether the recommendations provided by the russian government to the United Nations have been taken into account as the Un Security Council goes into your vote on friday to try and find a solution to halt the violence in the Eastern Suburbs for at least a period of thirty days according to nikki haley the u. S. Envoy in the United Nations she said that it is preposterous for russia to say that killing civilians has to do anything with countering terrorism the situation on the ground has been continuing to get worse weve been hearing reports from activists in the armory or district of recent saying that for the first time they have seen incendiary bombs being used these are bombs which cause fire late into thursday night and turned the night into friday morning they have been saying that the situation has been worsening there fast running out of shelters people are being killed on the street and while this sleep in their basements or in their apartments the situation is tough for parents u. S. President donald trump is reiterating his controversial proposal to arm teachers to prevent School Shootings he suggested that they should be paid a bonus President Trump is under pressure to pass tougher gun laws after last weeks mass shooting at a Florida School a what house correspondent kimberly how counterparts. 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 the 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 zero 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 moreover 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 and accomplishment that in the past has proved difficult can really help get aljazeera Washington Well as president tom calls the teachers to be armed its been revealed that the Police Officer who was actually on judy at the Florida School did not go inside during the shooting hes now being investigated and has resigned from his job 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 north korea is sending one of its highest ranking generals to the closing ceremony of the pure Winter Olympics former intelligence chief kim young child is believed to have plotted several attacks own south korea meanwhile President Trumps daughter ivanka will lead the u. S. Delegation at the ceremony on sunday but south korea says the two sides will not hold a formal meeting at the event. That indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has met the canadian Prime Minister just intruder in new delhi mr trudeau arrived in the country six days ago but only met mr brady on friday on wednesday canadian diplomats withdrew an invitation to a former member of a banned sikh group to attend an official dinner with the Prime Minister some in india have accused members of mr trudeaus cabinet of supporting sikh separatism in india. Still to come here at aljazeera the European Union doubles its funding for efforts to fight downgrades in africas sun region. Find down try to chinas government is taking control of a major insurance. Say the weather turning some say less cold for the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics we have got winds pushing in from all of a westerly direction as we go on through the next few days so with around five degrees celsius temperatures in primetime will just about creep above freezing cold enough across an old a passage pants still some snow coming into northern sections of honshu tokyo to get up to around fifty degrees but it cools off as we go on into sunday eight degrees celsius that the tokyo but the temperatures picking up in cells of the temperatures also picking up in pyongyang at that time with the possibility of a slight dusting of snow but nothing much to speak of meanwhile into central and southern parts of china could well see a little more rain just pushing its way in here cloud pushing in from a southerly direction will have temperatures in hong kong to around twenty three degrees touch woman to go on through sunday and hopefully a touch bright as well more sunshine coming for the southwest will see a little more clout and rain it does stay just here in staying rather disturbed as we move this but for the heat of the days as across much of Southeast Asia so more lively showers coming back into the philippines said the across eastern parts of the country and the west of where the setting is essential i was on sunday and staying wet in the shia. A unique poor trait of a small gulf nation living under siege but maybe this. Was they targeted. Their pain to be forced to leave would just be all and then again it has given us the desire to lives and be creative maybe ill turn down is just normal part of business. Has become more united. Beyond the blockade at this time on aljazeera. By traverse take a look at the top stories here it out there the Nigerian Governments officials have apologized to the parents of dozens of missing schoolgirls are saying their daughters have been rescued the girls a still missing after being taken from their school in the town of that state on monday by her own feiss of believed to have abducted them. The u. N. Envoy to syria has called on russia iran and turkey to urgently reinstates deescalation zones that were designed to stop violence the u. N. Security council is also due to vote on a draft resolution demanding a three day cease fire in the rebel held on klav of eastern guta at least four hundred people have been killed in government as strikes there since sunday. North korea is sending one of its highest ranking generals to the closing ceremony of the pure child Winter Olympics former intelligence chief kim young charl is believed to have plotted several attacks on south korea President Trumps daughter ivanka will lead the u. S. Delegation. Now the e. U. Has decided to double its funding for an African Military alliances aimed at combating armed groups across the saheli in region of africa leaders of five countries are in brussels for a fund raising summit they want to raise more money for the joint military force that works alongside french and u. N. Troops the socalled g. Five held group is made up of soldiers from mauritania mali became the first. And chad natasha battle reports thin 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 us 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 literature. Is that this force be operational the International Community whose serious decisions in libya have had disastrous consequences for the security of our countries must show greater solidarity with the silent. The joint military force known as to 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 spreading 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 in this sensual 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 or if the g five force can gather the necessary money to carry out its mandate it will 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 right lets go live now to natasha whos in brussels at that conference and so the e. U. Has promised to double the amount that it gives to the g. Five leaders for this antiterrorism push in the region as that satisfied the g five leaders. Well theyre still meeting now to discuss exactly what the final amount will be how much money has been raised theres no doubt the extra money the extra funding from the e. U. Is a welcome boost for this force because it hasnt yet reached its five hundred Million Dollar target thats the amount of money the g five sile leaders say that they need to make this force fully operational while at the moment the money that it has has been spent on setting up a headquarters in mali a command center and some troops have been able to carry out to operations alongside French Forces but the message from here is the situation is extremely urgent violence is spreading and more needs to be done and responsibility needs to be taken by the International Community for this and by all sides in fact we heard from the African Union commission chief a bit earlier saying that no International Force in fact can replace the responsibility of African Leaders in the future so theres a real sense of urgency theres a real a knowledge that more money is needed for this force but other solutions are also needed not just military but of course more development more Economic Investment and increasingly it seems as though the european leaders are more aware of this strategy if you like of helping to stabilize this particular part of the african continent for several reasons not just because of the spreading of the spread of violence on the continent but obviously the ways it affects europe the european continent itself. Well the e. U. Foreign policy chief frederica green was very open about talking about that earlier she said that to you we are hope been seeing in europe she said more and more people coming from west africa coming from this oil region who theyre fleeing conflict they are fleeing violence and poverty and they are arriving on european shores and european leaders have been adamant that they want to try and stop about flow they want to stop more people coming and arriving in europe and perhaps by stabilizing the region while this is one way of doing so so that is why theyre investing more money not just in development but also in military Solutions Like this force all right thank you very much Natasha Butler live in brussels now bankrupt japan base car parts apply attacker has agreed to a six hundred fifty Million Dollar u. S. Penalty to settle claims it concealed a defect in its airbags but the forty four u. S. States involved in the investigation agreed not to collect payment instead theyre allowing consumers to recover as much money as possible the defective airbags inflated with too much force causing at least twenty two deaths. Chinas government to seize temporary control of one of the Largest Insurance Company is the founder and chairman of the group is facing charges of fraud and embezzlement the takeover is seen as an effort to protect chinas economy from financial risk to the parlor has more from hong kong. Well most analysts are applauding the move saying the company was at risk giving its high profile buying sprees amounting to billions of dollars and by and funded by we heard just over a decade ago was a provincial car insure it turned a chance to wealth investments in insurance a few years ago selling Financial Products to chinese consumers using that money its ramped up to its profile by buying extravagant assets around the world like the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in new york now if the company crumbled it would have meant that the thousands of ordinary people would park their cash would have lost their money and many of them there and her savings well chinas Insurance Regulatory Agency said the action is needed to avoid a collapse of the firm following suspected illegal Activity Bank had set the tone for many chinese conglomerates which have snapped up major assets around the world at exorbitant prices and this is one of the biggest concerns for the Chinese Government the growth of debt in Chinese Companies is one of the Biggest Challenges for president xi jinping so this move is seen as preempting what could lead to a Lehman Brothers tile type of financial crisis but there are concerns about where the line should be drawn when it comes to regulation and those who call this chinese style capitalism where the government is still the guardian of the markets while its unclear whether this will set a precedent what is clear is that Many Companies in china which have been going on International Buying sprees amassing debt will start taking notes and be more cautious after weeks of pressure Australias DeputyPrime MinisterValenti Joyce is stepping down but hell remain in parliament to keep the Coalition Governments one seat majority the conservative leader campaigned on family values but hes come under fire since it was revealed he had an extramarital affair with his press secretary he faces a separate Sexual Harassment complaint which he has referred to police. Id like to say that its absolutely important its incredibly important to be a Circuit Breaker not just for the parliament but more importantly that to be a Circuit Breaker of the day he would be a Circuit Breaker for my unborn child if your Circuit Breaker for my daughters and to be a Circuit Breaker of the net its gotta stop is has got to stop and its not fair on them. An Australian Company is turning a lake into one of the worlds biggest sources of energy the system of lakes turbines and tunnels will move water around in a way that guarantees electricity is always on top supporters of the scheme are hopeful it will reduce the countrys dependence on coal Andrew Thomas reports now from tel bingo in australias Snowy 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 a through the power station. And then when were pumping it just we reverse the turbines and pumping 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 its 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 ziff. Of our reality. Electricity markets are finally 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 solid that only works when the sun shone and unlike when that awning works when the wind blowing by drought is there ready to go and im not a what on that 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. Scheme would store almost three thousand times the power of whats currently the worlds biggest lithium battery where orders of magnitude cheaper than batteries so even if the Battery Price comes down dramatically over the next decade on the next decade after that. Ive got a message for him to go in terms of cost the hope is that palm pilot dry 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 stored Andrew Thomas aljazeera helping go in the Snowy Mountains of australia. The lebanese capital beirut is host to an exhibition which highlights the plight of syrian children it aims to share the challenges and the trauma suffered by millions of displaced children Stephanie Decker reports 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 consideration 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 and the for best song this is my goal i have a wish 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 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 aljazeera. Tarvaris a take a look at the top stories here about jazeera Nigerian Government officials have apologized to parents of dozens of missing schoolgirls for saying their daughters have been rescued the girls are still missing after being taken from this school in the town of that tree in the obey state on monday by her armed fighters have believed to have abducted them the United Nations envoy for syria has called on russia iran and turkey to urgently reinstate deescalation which are designed to stop violence the u. N. Security council is set to vote on a draft resolution demanding a thirty day ceasefire in the rebel held on klav of eastern guta at least four hundred sixteen people have been killed in government airstrikes this week alone and now activists say forces loyal to president assad of a gun firing rockets to cause fires. The e. U. Is doubling its funding for an African Military alliance aimed at combating armed groups across the south held region leaders of five african countries are in brussels for a Security Fund raising summit they need to raise more money for a joint military force that works alongside french and u. N. Troops the socalled g. Five sawhill group is made up of soldiers from mauritania mali but kenya faster. And chad north korea is sending one of its highest ranking generals to the closing ceremony of the pure china Winter Olympics former intelligence chief kim young child is believed to have plotted several attacks on south korea President Trumps daughter ivanka will lead the u. S. Delegation. Indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has met the canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau in new delhi mr trudeau arrived in the country six days ago but only met mr modi on friday on wednesday canadian diplomats withdrew an invitation to a former member of a band seek group to attend an official dinner. In india have accused members of trudeaus cabinet of supporting sikh separatism in india inside stories next. Amnesty international slams what it calls trump lead politics of fate for eating away at human rights around the world as things deteriorate protest movements have been created to fight back but will activism turn the tide on certain policies this is inside story