An unprecedented food crisis in south sudan west sixty percent of the population is at risk of starvation. It may one day say the world the global seed vault home to nearly a million samples has its tenth anniversary. In sports files use of. A boy called clubs or a home game german football supporters may keep their feelings clear about much is being moved to mondays. To syria where it looks like the army has agreed to suspend as strikes and rebel held east and a daily five hour long truce Russias Defense Ministry says syrias military will now halt its bombardment so that the injured can leave the agreement comes forty eight hours after the u. N. Passed a resolution for a thirty day cease fire in the area but that was ignored and russia has now set the terms of this new deal will be live at the u. N. In a moment with reaction to that first though a look at the situation inside Eastern Ghouta zain hodder has this report. One of the front lines in eastern opposition fighters say they are rebelling attempts by pro Syrian Government forces to storm the besieged and. Rebel say they killed dozens of soldiers on the ground offensive began on sunday just hours after the u. N. Security Council Agreed to a cease fire throughout. Since then there has been no letup in the war the intensity of the airstrikes and the shelling appears to have dropped when compared to the relentless Bombing Campaign during the first week of the assault but civilians continue to die those who are able to find underground shelter avoid going outside more than five hundred people have already been killed children and women among them. The any god give me patience to face this tragedy my children are scattered here and there my son lost three kids such awful memories i know i am blind i lost my house six days ago i have nothing at all i have been here for six days there is no food and water we are living in told. Chlorine gas has also reportedly been used activists and medics a victim suffered breathing problems i dont know not only today we have more than thirty dead dozens of launching of chemical weapons they bombard us with chlorine sarin and other gases from iran and we dont know what they are. In common they dont care about un Council Decisions they still can use chemical weapons against us progovernment forces have been accused of using chemical weapons in the past especially when they want to clear an area to allow their forces to advance the Syrian Government and russia are using a loophole in the Un Security Council cease fire resolution to the military campaign. Which are held by what they call terrorists. There are rebel groups. And. They have sent representatives to russian sponsored talks. But there are also a few hundred. Fighters belonging to a Group Previously known as the. Front the opposition. Fighters are ready to leave but the progovernment alliance wants all rebel factions to surrender there are thousands of fighters in eastern huta and between three hundred to four hundred thousand civilians says the un. Be with us wheres the ceasefire the airstrikes havent stopped weve been going through this for the past week no food no water the kremlin says the people are being held hostage but the fighters and their families are also the people of this damascus suburb surrendering would probably mean forcible displacement to another rebel area and never returning home. From the u. N. In new york and james what does this russian intervention calling for a day. Mean the u. N. Security council call for the fighting to stop for a month. Well remember the u. N. Security council cool is more than just a cool on saturday they passed a resolution without delay for a ceasefire not just an Eastern Ghouta but across syria without delay to have humanitarian access into Eastern Ghouta and other parts of syria so i can tell you certainly there are some diplomats particularly those that were on the other side of the argument in recent days against russia as they were negotiating that resolution say this is just wrong of russia to come out with this call now for a limited five hour cease fire when the Security Council is already mandated that there should be a seize far around the clock in front the acting British Ambassador said russia was playing cynical games for their part the u. N. Has told us that in the last forty eight hours thats basically the timeline since the u. N. Resolution was passed that thirty more people by their figures have died in eastern guta they say that if theres any sort of society they already to get the aid in we stand ready as soon as the conditions are safe for Truck Drivers humanitarian workers to roll into these areas. We for that to be effective. The fighting needs to stop we need to ensure that there are no roadblocks whether physical or administrative. Whether or not. Five hours is enough or not enough its a difficult question to to answer five hours is better than no hours but we would like to see any sation forces be extended thirty days as the Security Council had said but we will effort to do whatever we can within the time that were able to work. And james we have seen the u. N. Today addressing another country engulfed in conflict yemen whats happening there. Well weve seen some pretty high drama in the last few minutes in the Security Council on yemen to rival u. N. Security Council Resolutions the mechanics of that gets pretty complicated ill explain it in just a moment but actually the take away from this is not about yemen its about iran russia for the first time in the Security Council has used its veto power to protect iran remember a Central Point of the trumpet ministration is that iran is involved in destabilizing the region well if theres going to be any action against iran russia has just shown it will use its veto there were two resolutions to renew the u. N. Xm mandate for its panel of experts and it sanctions in yemen one was a u. K. Drafted resolution which included language criticizing iran the other was a russian version that didnt have that language and didnt have that detail in eat well it came to a vote a short time ago at the Security Council they voted on the two resolutions one after the other the first one they voted on the u. K. Resolution with the iranian language in it and eleven countries were in favor of that but there were four others who were not they work start in china who abstained bolivia who voted against and russia who voted against which means that resolution did not pass because one of the five permanent members vetoed it so then they voted on the russian resolution without the iranian language and because none of the nations around the table wanted the sanctions in yemen which would be expired at midnight to run out that was passed unanimously but an important moment in the Security Council russia backing iran very very strongly and sending i think a signal to the white house thank you very much our diplomatic editor james bays at the united nations. South africas new president has appointed his deputy and new finance minister and carried out a wide ranging reshuffle of his cabinet so a rama post has replaced several ministers including shaking up the Planning Energy and public and to prise ministries a number of ministers have been linked to a growing scandal relating to the undue influence by private citizens of Public Officials malcolm webb is live for us now in johannesburg how significant a shakeup is this. But its not really the overhaul that many of our poser supporters and many South Africans who were hoping for a clear change in direction of cleaning of house would have really hoped for several ministers who were appointed in the previous cabinet appointed by the former president jacob zuma have been reappointed in new positions ministers who were different stages implicated in many of the numerous corruption scandals that afflicted the previous government one of the most controversial re appointments has been the lucy got by the finance minister hes been reappointed in another powerful position the ministry of home affairs and many South Africans believed in his former role as finance minister he was actually representing the interests of a family of indian businessmen called the group to have been implicated in a whole series of corruption scandals here but hes been replaced by and last name a whos seen as a safe pair of hands relatively speaking in the ministry of finance and other controversial reappointment has been back to be leader meaning she was the minister of social development and afflicted in the one named in several corruption scandals in the ministry shes been reported as the minister for women in the presidency but one appointment that will reassure those people who were hoping for a change of direction and for the anticorruption drive that cimarron opposed the promised in his state of the union speech the appointment of the former finance minister Pravin Gordhan hes now in charge of the ministry of Public Enterprise which was seen as a ministry that had. Been captured as they say here in south africa i would say mean its been stated lost control of it and fall into the hands of corrupt private interests but cooldowns seen as someone who can clean up any ministry he takes control of and so some optimism for there for what will happen in the ministry event rise but overall not really the overall and overhaul and cleaning of house that many South Africans would have been hoping for also then why did he choose to retain some of the controversial ministers when he came in on such a strong Anti Corruption ticket. Who is somewhat to some extent start with a rock and a hard place. The ruling partys national. At the last conference he didnt win with a very large majority so he has to now balance the interests of different factions within the a. N. C. On the one hand on the other hand trying to pick the best people for the jobs in the different ministries the National Executive committee of the a. N. C. Remains very powerful they delegated him to be the leader they can recall him at any time and in that committee are many loyalists to zoom or to different functions and so he has to try and keep them happy if you doesnt he wont keep his job so we understand in the last couple of hours theres been negotiations going on between the different factions trying to keep these different elements happy and thats why were not seeing as much change now as many people had hoped for or expected arwa thank you very much with the latest from johannesburg malcolm where we want to take you to south sudan now where u. N. Agencies say Food Insecurity has reached unprecedented levels more than sixty percent of the population is at risk of starvation by july displacement juicer ongoing violence and a weak economy is contributed to this crisis as morgan reports from the capital juba barely able to stand and to think. Thats what denge on told the doctors when she brought in her two year old son go in for a check up but she cannot hide her grief when asked why he was in bad condition. We have no food in the house i plant a bit of greens but thats not enough and we cant afford to buy food from the market every day sometimes we eat one meal sometimes we dont eat the doctors the getting is money and its not alone the u. N. Childrens organization unicef says more than one point three million children are at risk of being malnourished by july if not given assistance. Ok my son philip is one of them. I brought my child here because he hasnt gotten proper food for so long that the little food we do get he cant eat it and we cant afford regular meals africa stand this nation has been at war for more than four years and fighting between rival groups has claimed thousands of lives and displaced a quarter of the twelve million population its also resulted in what the u. N. Calls an unprecedented level of Food Insecurity as much as it is hard for those here in the capital juba to get food the situation is worse for millions of others around the country who have no access to markets and rely on aid to survive that total is rising the u. N. Says six point three million or fifty seven percent of the population is a trick of starvation by april and the u. N. Says one hundred fifty five thousand people are at risk of being classified as an catastrophic things of Food Insecurity by july it is serious and that is why we are seeing a less drastic measures to can by the humanitarian activist in this situation is likely to form but from last year. We have an increase of food into fuel and Food Insecurity forty forty percent so if you compare learned here with this year is zero to do better but the u. N. Says without an end to the conflict it will be hard to fight against the hunger as long as you have because it continuing people a lot feel secure in their own being and where they are and without that you dont have them actually producing food and actually contributing to the food needs of what our imperatives i should maintain lactase is to look at now the people who are in need and make sure we get the resources to provide them the assistance that any needs that keep increasing day by day with adults and children at risk of starving to death and there are millions people morgan aljazeera juba. It was the news hour live from london much more still to come for you israel advances controversial changes to the way land disputes in the occupied west bank a result. Youre right the free market curtain like. An emotional appeal is on sons to cheese fellow female nobel peace laureates visit bangladesh to meet rangar refugees and a city not known for its snow in a country not renowned for its interest in going to sport is getting ready to host the next olympics. Teachers have returned to work nearly two weeks after a mass shooting at a school in florida they were greeted by supporters outside laundries steinman Douglas High School in parkland seventeen people were killed when a gunman entered the school and opened fire a nineteen year old student form a student has been charged over this shooting. And President Trump has been meeting governors from around the u. S. With School Safety top of the agenda lets get more on this from our White House Correspondent kelly how it so what so much from that meeting kimberly. Well the president seems particularly invested in bringing together governors from around the United States to try and get some sort of legislation together or at least some sort of agreed upon restrictions for gun ownership potentially raising the age that one can purchase a firearm to the age of twenty one and of course he has already announced that he would like to see the end of the sale of socalled bump stocks which dont improve the accuracy of the gun but certainly improve the or enhance the fire power of a weapon but even though the president has certainly been scoring some points with the American Public in terms of his stance on some of these issues talking about how he was even willing to take on the National Rifle association within this meeting donald trump managed to stir up controversy again when he began to criticize the response of a Police Officer that was stationed at that school in florida when the shooting took place the president in the past has called him a coward but even went further this time when meeting with the governors to say in fact that. He was not. If. I got to watch some deputy sheriffs performing this week and they werent exactly. Medal of honor winners all right the way they performed was frankly disgusting they were listening to what was going on the one in particular he was then he was early then you had three others that probably a similar deal little bit later but a similar kind of a saying you know i really believe you dont know until youre tested but i think i really believe id run into even if i didnt have a weapon and i think most of the people in this room would have done that too because i know most of you but the way they performed was it was really a disgrace. We apologize for some of those technical problems were having with kimberly there at the white house but to be no ideas very much top of the agenda for curbing gun violence in the u. S. Following that shooting at a school in part planned florida now three female Nobel Peace Prize winners have called on unsung c h e to speak out about violence against muslims in manama warning she risks prosecution of a genocide the women of visiting rango refugee camps in bangladesh theyve told that fellow Nobel Laureate to wake up to the atrocities facing the Minority Group myanmar does not recognize their head and has blamed violence in iraq on state terrorists who are a mcguire is one of the peace prize winner is whos visited coxs bazaar. The genocidal ria chore martyr and the people and the world has to do something to stop what so that would have but also we want to tear the burmese government to the international seething to mix them up trying to both but i would like to go into burma to visit our sister laura to ask her sister laureate to go to the villages where the people and the mostly been flattened and destroyed the evidence of genocide is being well covered as we speak and i would like and thank you she youre pumping out to the villages of Little People im sure you are actually i know you there you are you have a right to live. For the right to be massacred and kill like. Now it looks like the entrance to an underground hideout in a James Bond Film but this fall bad global seed vault in norway could one day save the world it was built in the town of long it began Thirteen Hundred kilometers from the north pole ten years ago on monday its mission to safeguard seeds plants and plant material used for global food and agriculture since then more than seventy individual groups have deposited more than five thousand different species of plant as of monday the total number of seeds held in the vault has grown to more than one million that includes crops like the black ip a major protein source in africa and south asia and the norwegian government has pledged millions of dollars to future proof this facility joining us now via skype from is maria hogg executive director of the crop trust which helps fund the deposit of seeds in the vault from all over the world thanks very much for taking the time to speak to us this is a significant injection of cash were talking about why does the vault need this investment now that is quite simply a big hurry we havent had if they dont were coming into the hole and we dont want caught. In the role and never in in any hundred the. The world has been promised they want to prove siebel and they will get the latest investment the norwegian government has decided to come up with why do we need this vault why is it important to have than preserve a diversity of crops. We need that there is a geo cross because this is the rule material that you use when you dream numerate these and its more important than ever basically due to Climate Change. The channel corporate production right now is that the Climate Changes and the labs are able to adopt but we need to help them we need to breed plants that ends that i have temperature that can stand higher so the energy in the soil that can find new pests and new diseases than a decade behind its original value or bit the taste for that sake but in order to do all of this we have to base ourselves on the diversity across. So. Just to be fair about this the crops are being stored inside this wall but have we needed to tap this supply in any way can you sort of illustrate the scenarios under which we would need to utilize whats inside. Yeah so so the smart article will see it well is back up for crop collections or g. M. Bad around the world though on a day to day basis its more important what happens in these grand thats then what happens in this large global civil. Case something goes wrong around the world and importantly we might have to go to slide and retrieve seats we have for example lost complete gene bats in iraq and in afghanistan in the philippines weve first lost a lot of material you to that tsunami and afterwards you have higher and we had no backups. And then we have lost material that we never can retrieve now we have also been working recently really been back in aleppo in syria. Actually for five six seven years we have backed up their material in bahrain and theyre doing that in the book couldnt operate anymore due to the war we should see them out of the insult and really establish that the impact hardly in america and partly eleven or so now and this these events and it seems again to foreigners and readers and scientists and this is the way this law like it will see the office next to operate if things go wrong around the world then we can still sleep well at night because we cant go to start live and retrieve the material and thank you very much for helping us to understand it a little bit better emory executives director of the crop trust. Germanys ruling Christian Democrat Party is overwhelmingly approved another Coalition Deal with the social democrats its Party Conference and lynn it means im going to muckle is a step closer to a fourth term as chancellor social democrats now have to approve the deal themselves results of that postal vote will be announced next monday germany has been in political limbo for five months since merkels party lost ground to the far right in the elections in September John mccain has been following events at cd at the c. D. U. Party conference in. I tried to talk to conferences voted in favor of the grand total deal i got the Party Leadership to go share it with the social democrats many weeks ago i surprising really given but only to speak to most of them anywhere at this conference its worth it about the duty of the Christian Democratic Union house to govern in germany given the fact that it won first place in the elections in september its a theme that Angela Merkel return to in her speech the other delegates in the room for us in that sense are deep seated she feels her party has. The c. D. U. C. S. U. Union once a functioning state a state thats capable of acting in a reliable state part of being reliable is that the state handles the money of its citizens reasonably solid finances are the basis for this that the c. D. U. C. S. U. Union will stick with its clear principle no new debt no tax increases the problem were going to have our story talk convincing her party their conference this was it sort of stuff was a position talk you think of the other side of this potential Coalition Government a social democrat think you have to be frank thanks to the sort of work through at the polls were told if you do everything there were three in the party vote coming next weekend from the social democrat thank you very much already tried to remove i want to have a huge issue i think people for young for younger people. Basically im going to have you both talk to a group of three members are sure to be rooting for her government basically trying to be frank with you but i thought it was pretty democratic to the point i have to read this far from destroyed right here and right now what really much more appropriate Going Forward will have to address the social realm. Stay with us only news outlets will still ahead a war of words over the war in yemen now the u. A. E. Is accused of trying to fragment country. Save lake chad experts gather in nigeria to find ways to stop one of africas most economically important lakes from drying up. Hello its snowing it has been stirring an awful lot in italy the snows tend to move in this general direction the cold tucking in behind and we think whats going to fall out over live with these two areas of low pressure just sucking up some moisture from the warmth the mediterranean and then throwing it out may be coming soon as it hits the ground from the Hungarian Plain to ukraine than to northern greece and the temperature difference across these areas quite mark plus to niagra minus eighteen book arrest well that call which is the thing is now feeding through the rest of Northern Europe producing snow in the British Isles probably as in northern france daytime highs are subzero night times even more so in the black or the blue background shows you the extent stretching down halfway through space but curiously the day after madrid is going to warm up with feeding more show up from the south so the next area of significance those quite like to be up in Northern Spain or Southern France anything out to me too is possible here at the same time its stirring in the British Isles thats now being picked up by the relative walk of the north sea every a proper bit of winter going on here throughout europe that some of its going to feed down as does the moment throughout the year in tunisia in the form of rather breezy and coolest showers but for the most part north africa is fine. 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Resolution that would have expressed concern over sanction violations by iran during the conflict in yemen the Security Council instead adopted a russian russia proposed resolution that did not mention iran. And south africas new president has appointed his new deputy and new finance minister as part of a wide ranging Cabinet Reshuffle several run opposed by several ministers including those in charge of Planning Energy and public and to prize. Well more now on our top story the situation in eastern we spoke to. Syrian filmmaker living inside the rubble and clave he says people have given up hope. That there are. Now all are destroyed. I think through right now because of the intense shelling in the past week. People listen to that all searching about a hundred thousand people where. How they can be back when tempers the wind chill and. People dont. Dance in the west is an option for them. The u. N. Secretary general has used his opening address at the Un Human Rights Council to call for an immediate cease fire in east and go to war in syria took center stage on the first day of high level discussions which are being held over the next four weeks theyve achieved to has more from geneva the u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrorise used his opening address to demand the immediate implementation of the cease fire in syria as the news came in of continued government attacks against the rebel held suburb of damascus is them good cannot wait its high time to stop these health on her death and that remind all parties of their absolute obligation an International Humanitarian and human rights law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure at all times and similarly efforts to come backs terrorism do not supersede these obligations like the outgoing human rights high commissioner for the u. N. As i had herad al hussein said he wished to be blunt about where the blame for what he called the slaughter houses really lay the responsibility for the continuation of so much pain lies with the five permanent members of the u. N. Security council. So long as the veto is used by them to block any unity of action when it is needed the most when it could reduce the extreme suffering of innocent people then it is the permanent members who must answer before the victims reforms to the system already being backed by two out of the five permanent members by france and the United Kingdom the high commissioner said it is time for the love of mercy for russia china and the United States to join them and stop the punishes use of the veto as the world celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights the high commissioner said it was the worst offenders disregard and contempt for human rights which will be the eventual undoing of us all david chase to aljazeera geneva. Saudi arabia says three of its soldiers have died in fighting with who see rebels on its border with yemen a saudi led as strike has also killed seven yemeni soldiers in a friendly fire incident on that base this is a Yemeni Government minister has accused the u. A. E. Of trying to fragment the country by creating we gentle and tribal armies in the south gate and reports. On the lookout for al qaeda these fighters belong to the United Arab Emirates ship one elite forces they began patrolling the streets of the al mccann district in eastern yemen all monday as part of Operation Decisive storm an initiative by the Saudi Led Coalition which includes the u. A. E. To clear areas considered to be al qaeda strongholds at this Media Briefing a minister belonging to the internationally recognized government led by president abbott rebbie months or hardy agreed the reach of al qaeda is spreading he also criticized the u. A. E. Accusing it of trying to fragment yemen by creating what he called separate regional and tribal armies. The situation is very bad in old liberated areas particularly those in the south where there are tribal armies established and supported by the United Arab Emirates there are also provincial armies and there are gangs even al qaida is spreading there in large parts of the governor it has never been as present as it is right now. Yemen has suffered almost three years of civil war the Saudi Led Coalition is fighting iranian backed the rebels who control large parts of the country the Yemeni Government now based in the southern port city of aden relies on the coalitions app power which is why criticisms of the u. A. E. By ministers has surprised. Theres no question that the u. A. E. Has a significant presence on the ground in yemen theyre part of the saudi of a coalition and probably the second most important partner after the saudis that being said i think generally speaking they continue to enjoy a significant amount of Popular Support and if you look at what the u. A. E. Has been able to achieve in fighting terrorist groups like al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula with some of the groups that want to speak has thought about has been speaking about these groups have actually played a major role in pushing al qaeda out of key areas since the war began at least ten thousand yemenis have been killed the economy crippled and millions face famine and disease the u. N. Says nearly old twenty five Million People need some form of humanitarian assistance with close to half the population in acute need of support as the fighting is about to end to its fourth year if you have much hope of improvement anytime soon. So moving now in many students say they are too frightened to go back to the school in the northeast of the country where on demand seized one hundred ten girls in a raid last week on monday the government admitted for the first time the goals were kidnapped classes have resumed at a school in village after the attack suspected to have been carried out by the book group. Israeli forces have arrested nineteen palestinians in the occupied west bank half of the arrest took place in the village northeast of ramallah they included a palestinian teenager who was shot in the head with a rubber coated steel bullets last december Israeli Security forces say they arrested two to an increase in violence in the area. In other developments Israeli Government ministers have advanced a bill that would allow land disputes in the occupied west bank to be settled by a District Court rather than being considered by the high court the proposed change in the law follows several High Court Rulings against settlers alisons view the proposed changes part of a wider process of gradual an exception which imposes israeli jurisdiction over occupied land sorry for set reports. Israeli students hit the books in the University Library by the looks of it it could be anywhere in israel but its not this is a Real University in one of the largest illegal settlements in the occupied west Bank Settlement universities have until now been governed by a specific body earlier this month israeli m. P. s passed a law bringing the universities under the auspices of israels National Higher educational forty for palestinians its another step in normalizing news really presence in the occupied territory part of a longer term program of an accession the universitys chancellor sees it differently two states solution is go going to work we are in two thirds of corp we seem to be reading this you will see hoops both jews and palestinians in is. One of the elements the kid suppose the longer range peace solution the university measure is one of several seen as expanding domestic israeli law into occupied land on sunday israeli ministers advanced a bill which would allow land disputes to be settled in district rather than high court the high court has a recent record of ruling in favor of palestinian claimants over settlers another bill which would impose full israeli law in the settlements essentially an exciting them to israel proper has for now been put on ice by israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is really gotten into the stage of trying to find legitimizing processes such as emblem applying israeli law to two colonial settlements in the west bank which is by two for two illegal by all International Law forms is illegal jerusalem is at the heart of another stalled piece of legislation which would bring illegal settlements ring the city under the jurisdiction of the municipal government for now the israeli Prime Minister is holding off on advancing that bill as well reportedly citing u. S. Pressure ahead of the unveiling of the trump peace plan but the sheer number of proposals that could be or are heading for a vote at the Israeli Parliament the knesset has palestinians worried that the land that they want for their future state is being an expert in eggs or a bully piece by piece are a force at aljazeera westerners. Leaders from five Central African countries are holding save lake chad talks to resolve the crisis surrounding the shrinking weapons the un has warned that malnutrition and surrounding villages is at a critical level chicha they were ceding lake a problem caused by factors like Climate Change and of the use of its resources and abdelhamid reports. There was a time when the city of beausoleil on an island surrounded by the waters of lake chad but over the past few decades life has dramatically changed. It was an island in the middle of the lake now we are ten kilometers away since one thousand nine hundred sixty six the lakes water has been receding it continues to dry up in the one nine hundred seventy s. Every year more and more the lake is getting further away from us both so used to be thriving people lived on fishing farming and herding it was considered the warehouse of the deferred region where the borders of coming room child nigeria niger meet now its a desolate city where people barely survive lake chad has shrunk by eighty percent over the past twenty five years and continues to recede. Owns a red pepper farm known here as manga gold is very popular in both niger and nigeria business used to be good. The chad lake is the backbone of the economy in this region people were selfsufficient and now were facing dire problems and we need help if the lake dries up people will die out of hunger the area has been sealed for two years as a result of the war against boko haram. With the absence of rainfall in a drought prone region west african countries are looking for options to save the lake including transferring water from other sources but that needs funding and security both unavailable at the moment the rise in poverty has led to an increase in the popularity of boko haram in many places our group has become the only employer feeding on a widespread feeling of hopelessness especially among young people. Many of the flora and fauna species are now extinct people have lost their livelihoods and are now desperate this enables some of the terrorist groups to attract the lakes residents to join their ranks and secure a source of income now the lack of security is hindering all efforts to save the lake who work here many fronts but we need time. But time is running out. The humanitarian crisis around the lake is among the most severe in the world about ten point seven Million People are in urgent need of assistance or else will soon face famine people who have stayed here from generation to generation now left to wonder for how much longer will they be able to live on the land of their ancestors. Investigative journalist and his girlfriend have been shot dead in slovakia and an attack Police Believe was linked to his reporting which focused on tax evasion the bodies of twenty seven year old and his partner were discovered in their home Prime Minister has condemned what he calls an unprecedented attack on freedom of the press and democracy and its often a Million Dollar reward. U. K. Opposition party has announced a major policy shift on brics that labor leader Jeremy Corbyn says he now backs the u. K. Saying in a permanent Customs Union with the e. U. Believing it necessary to protect trade and avoid a hard border with ireland pro european m. P. s have welcomed labours move but the government has criticised it as a cynical attempt to frustrate bracks it and the barber reports. In a sense a dedicated to cutting edge design speech meant to give labors briggss strategy a sharper outline germy coogan supporters say theres now a clear difference between the government and opposition on this crucial issue so labor would seek to negotiate a deal you comprehensive you carry the Customs Union to ensure there are no tariffs with europe and to help avoid any me whatsoever for a hard border in northern arent. But were also clear that the option of a new u. K. Customs union with the you would need to ensure that the u. K. Has a say in future trade deals a new customs arrangement would depend on britain being able to negotiate agreement for new trade deals in our National Interests the existing Customs Union means britain enjoys tariff free trade with the twenty seven other European Union members up to now Jeremy Corbyn has simply promised to push for the exact same benefits believing anything more would infuriate the sizeable number of labor voters who backed breaks it its no coincidence that Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech in a strongly believe voting area all along labor has said it must respect the views of its backing supporters but now there has been a shift a significant one many people say and one that could change the future of britains downing street is again rejected any Customs Union saying the u. K. Must be free to strike its own trade deals but the confederation of british industry welcomed corbins shift saying it would put jobs and Living Standards first at this Coventry Engineering firm they make parts mainly for commercial vehicles and a fifth of their business is with other e. U. Countries eighteen people work here and the bosses any sudden break with the e. U. Would be very damaging something can be done to hold on to those size so give ourselves a chance to fight for the. If thats what house to happen then so be it but beginning a new trade deals with other countries can take years and years so upping the could be a lot of years of hurt before any in them for the normal on friday Prime Minister to resume a will give her a break sit speech but she could face a rebellion in parliament from some in her party who want to retain closer links with the new the fact that she doesnt have an overall majority means this move by labor could be significant when parliament votes of bricks it in the coming months the barber aljazeera. So i have for you on the news from spring left wayne. Is getting ready to kick off a new chapter in his life ill have that story and much more sports. From. Business updates brought to you by Qatar Airways going places to get the. Business updates brought to you by Qatar Airways going places together. Thank you so much from. The clubs hung game against german football supporters unhappy with games being moved to monday nights. Football league. On days for the first time last monday on track frankfurt supporters disrupted the start of their game by throwing tennis balls onto the pitch for party hacks is a journalist for one football he joins us live from the german capital berlin pretty great stuff you on with monday night football is something we see across most of europe so why is it such a divisive issue in germany there were german football fans is certainly a very traditional bunch and theyre not scared about showing and he disdain for anything that mark challenge that monday night football they believe is certainly something that strikes to the heart of that tradition they see it much more as a commercial decision rather than one for the fans you can sort of see their point i mean fans from berg are going to find it hard to travel on monday not all the way from where they are to dortmund so we can see now with the scenes of dormant or not and the scenes at frankfurt that its its not a popular decision. Clubs in germany are supports or own didnt theory at least so how did they come to a Great Service here its an interesting one because this is a decision that was a joint one between the d. S. P. And the dear fellow who of course represent the clubs who of course is tentatively fan owned so the clubs themselves have actually supported some of these protests. Dortmund said that he understands the you know the upset that this is cause for fans and he has urged this to be reviewed at the end of the season he thinks that the couple of million that the club make on top of this for this monday not deal is certainly not worth the angst for the fans and i was going to pick up on that party will the process have an impact do we think well see more monday night football next season. I think if a guy like thats good is rising as a point of conjecture is something that should be reviewed at the end of the season that i think it might you know this is nothing that than any fan of football or any fan of football wants in germany and i think in the end that im not actually speak for something when it comes to a decision at the end of the season. I want to ask you about the burning issue in football across the world you same bolts announcing on switzer that he will sign for a professional football say on choose day is that she said in the past that brushes dorman may give him a trial what can you tell us about it all yeah its been said for a war that would join dorman in trying around this time of year which is why i think they have been linked is the most obvious logical destination that being said a lot of the talk about you sign both being dormant has come from the same boat himself and the club did confirm that he would stop by for a training run at some point over the next couple of months when they spoke in october but nothing since then not a club that would be one to do publicly star if you will but they do have their links with us so again there is that there is that logical conclusion but i would be very surprised if dortmund do so in the same boat although he is of course a free agent so would come from nothing we shall find soon enough party hagues rights are for want football joining us there from from berlin thanks so much party well the man in charge of european football says video assistant referees wont be used in next seasons Champions League for president alexander saffron says hes yet to be fully convinced by the use of technology in helping referees make key decisions. We will not use the excuse of you to lose the. Boat. Not to gaze. History making a limpin estella that sky is back home in the Czech Republic thousands of fans greeting lets get in prague after she became the first athlete to win gold in both Alpine Skiing and snowboarding the twenty two year old on the snowballed parallel giant slalom as well as the super g. Skiing title in pyong chang. Next shot at olympic gold will come in beijing in four years time its a city not known for its snow in a country not renowned for its interest in Winter Sports adrian brown reports from charlie in northeast china china is a nation of production lines and heres another novice skiers children mostly going through their paces on slopes partially covered in artificial snow. The ski run is in the chong lead to street where some of the events in two thousand and twenty two will take place to begin is include funk show high whose father brought her here from their home eight hours drive away. I really like the king i know joy the fast beat when i go dallas slope its so exciting and so much fun that fun will cost her father almost eight hundred dollars for two days including accommodation but its worth it he says. It can be expensive if you want you really good at it but for some short term fun its affordable these skiers wont be in chinas next squad for two thousand and twenty two but they are helping raise the profile of Winter Sports where a lympics success for the chinese remains elusive. Not so long ago skiing was regarded as a decadent unaffordable western pastime but among chinas growing middle class the sport is becoming more popular encouraged to take to the slopes by the countrys president president xi jinping has set a lofty goal for three hundred million more people to take up Winter Sports according to government figures the number of enthusiastic in two thousand and sixteen was less than eleven million. To help make skiing more accessible to the masses hundreds more resorts are being built the approach of the winter games is helping transform areas like chung lee when host spends half his day working down a nearby mine the rest managing a ski rental shop hes had more than ten thousand customers since the season began four months ago. The government now considers Winter Sports important industry investors also see opportunities ski resorts in this area now generate more tax revenue than the gold mines. Just under half the venues the two thousand and twenty two are in the capital they include several used in the two thousand and eight summit games that have been repurposed for winter events and unlike two thousand and eight chinese a limb pick officials may feel they have less to prove now than they did then adrian brown aljazeera in chiang li ne china. On those a new start but some familiar problems for former a former World Champion phenomenal on sort of the spaniard losing a whale from his mclaren car on day one of preseason testing in barcelona also steam of starting a new Engine Partnership with a runner after three boys for years with honda the suits on total when it finished fifteenth in the drivers standings last year his team finished ninth alone so i was eventually able to get his coat back on the truck after this setback ok lets get back samarium in london ali thank you very much andy when our large areas of europe are being hit by freezing Winter Weather strong winds are bringing cold at west from siberia first major capital city in its path is moscow which is suffering its lowest temperatures of the year and thats with the start of spring just three weeks away its now dropped to minus twenty degrees celsius in the russian capital the italian capital rome is seeing its first snowfall in sixty is adding to some rare and picturesque sites like the coliseum and the trevi fountain colored in snow whilst at the vatican groups of priests pelted each other with snowballs peaches. Also been taking advantage of the freezing weather that to have fun right on their doorsteps the snowmen ski club has been testing out the steep narrow streets of the capital pristina. As if the knees are but i will be back with a full blown us and in just a couple of minutes see a bit. Still navigating dangerous rapids from the. Scares to the fishermen and dicing with. My family to meet the men who go to the extreme just to make. You have to be a strong swimmer otherwise the surf and risking it all vietnam at this time on aljazeera. Was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her familys apartment and the government moved them to. Around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp so. The government raised our hopes and then abandoned us politicians have promised that they wont allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand and five but the cost and complexity of hundreds of People Living in camps is a major task that many people here think the government failed. Too often on the streets of india. Are victims but a new force is at play a. Female Police Officer are combating sexual assault. And so is life behind the badge. At this time. Strikes claim more lives in eastern guta but russia says the syrian army has now agreed to suspend the bombardment to allow aid to get in