Intelligence. Oh syria is experiencing its biggest exodus in 9 years of civil war nearly a 1000000 people most of them women and children have now fled province the countrys last rebel held stronghold progovernment forces have vowed to seize control of the region but turkey has warned of an imminent attack unless the regime ends its brutal assault aid agencies are overwhelmed with the u. N. Calling it a humanitarian catastrophe people are fleeing under horrendous conditions many are on foot or on the backs of trucks in below freezing temperatures in the rain and in the snow theyre moving into increasingly crowded areas they think will be safe. But a need live nowhere is safe. Almost 50000 sheltering under trees or in other open spaces im getting daily reports of babies and other Young Children dying in the cold imagine the grief of a parent who escaped a war zone with their child only to watch that child freeze to death mike hanna is live at the United Nations what more is the u. N. Saying about developments on the ground well its a crisis of the absolute magnitude u. N. Officials saying that this is the most severe humanitarian crisis of the 21st century hundreds of thousands of people internally displaced and what is happening is because of the ongoing conflict between different parties in particular turkey and the Syrian Forces the front lines continue to shift driving people who have already been displaced into increasing diminishing areas who are now caught between the opposing forces where they may be a battle looming between both turkish and Syrian Forces backed by russia so the situation intense but no signs whatsoever of any political solution all the members of the council have been saying in the course of the morning they can be no military solution there has to be a political one but absolutely no signs given the entrenched positions of how this can be achieved so what kind of response can there be from members of the Security Council. Well herein lies the problem since the very beginning of the Syrian Crisis since the conflict began these 2 Security Council has been deeply divided there are interests at stake personal interests at stake among the permanent 5 members which is led to the wielding of a veto on numerous occasions russia for example has used its veto 14 times to prevent any form of united Security Council action so its not clear where it goes from here russia would continue to use that veto given its position as outlined once again in the course of the Council Meeting today saying that the situation there is something that must be resolved by the Syrian People opposing it says any outside interference in the political process while at the same time maintaining its backing of the Syrian Government this argue that countries like the United Kingdom the United States germany is a root cause of this ongoing political crisis which in turn is leading to this humanitarian disaster but the biz issues are so entrenched very difficult to see how some kind of agreement can be reached in the Security Council where it has failed so many times in the past and clearly has failed once again on this day when i can i thank you very much indeed. Mentioned earlier turkeys president says hes ready to launch a military offensive against Syrian Government forces in. Bedouin says hes determined to turn the border area into a safe place at any cost reports from the turkish border. Turkish troops in have been asked to expand their military outposts their presence here is the result of an agreement between Turkey Russia and iran 2 years ago to establish safe zones but these turkish soldiers might soon get involved in the biggest military campaign of their deployment president up by. A military operation is imminent to fear. On the subject of id lip turkey has made all preparations to carry out its own operational plans as with every military operation on the subject ill say we could enter it lip suddenly one night. Undeterred by the turkish warning the syrian army stepping up its offensive government warplanes struck the town of to many in. The attacks have intensified over the last few days earlier this week president bush said in a rare that his troops wont hold their campaign until it live forced into their hands talks between russia and turkey to diffuse tension have stalled each side is accusing the other of failing to implement the terms of the escalation in sure the key agreement on it was to separate the Syrian Armed Opposition who cooperates with turkey from the terrorists a terrorist according to the agreements regarding adlib was not be involved in a cease fire regime russia considers heya to have an alliance of rebel groups in it live a terrorist organization and therefore excluded from the ceasefire agreement of 2018 turkey seems to want to see. Government troops to go back to the areas behind the Demilitarized Zone but for president said such zones are no longer relevant since his army has advanced further into it and taken over more territory if theres no agreement by the end of this month the chances the escalation in the fighting about turn into an outright war between syria and turkey will significantly increase. The time when turkeys border with syria. Libyas internationally recognized government has dashed hopes of quickly reviving ceasefire talks the u. N. Said it was still hopeful of resuming the negotiations which broke down after forces loyal to the warlord holly for have to show to the capital tripoli on tuesday but libyas Prime Minister says he is fed up with discussions and they missed 1st defend his people. Mr mike the International Community is still trying to appease the other side and this gave them the ok to continue what theyve been doing weve been cooperative in the past with cease fires and truces and spoken to several parties about wanting peace we dont want this war but were fed up with the International Community and our diplomatic editor james bays has more. The un has been talking all day to those representatives from the g. And a we believe got some salami the u. N. Envoy has been chatting to them has been meeting but also talking to their bosses Prime Ministers seraj and others in tripoli to try and keep them engaged in this process and remember that we have the u. N. Security Council Resolution at the end of last week we had a meeting in munich which had 13 Foreign Ministers representing all the Key Stakeholders in 2 in the International Community including the key supporters of the g. N. A. S. And of general hafta and all agreed there should be these talks taking place and despite that weve seen the same thing that happened back in april last year general have to going ahead with his military action and basically destroying the peace efforts everyone has said publicly theyre committed to the u. N. Process but clearly some of the countries supporting general haftar gave him the green light in april to march on tripoli and try and take the capital and since then general have to supporters have been sending in of memes to his forces planes have been coming in from the United Arab Emirates weapons of be coming over the border from egypt and theres been support from other countries as well. Or than 200 migrants trying to make the crossing into europe have been intercepted by the libyan coast guard they were found on a small rubber boat in the mediterranean and in need of rescue the office of the u. N. High commissioner for refugees says 1040 people were stopped by the coast guard and returned to libyan shores last month a sharp increase from december. Iraqs Prime Minister designate Mohamed Tawfik allow he has promised to investigate the killing of protesters if he wins a vote of confidence next week it comes as Security Forces used tear gas and slingshots against demonstrators near to here square in central baghdad and to government protesters are angry over corruption unemployment and Poor Services in iraq at least 500 people have been killed since the demonstrations began in october. 2 people with coronavirus in iran have died after authorities confirmed the 1st cases of infection iran is applied Safety Measures at airports to control a possible spread of the virus elsewhere in the middle east 9 cases have been confirmed in the United Arab Emirates and Egyptian HealthOfficials Say the only person who had the virus there is in recovery. In japan hundreds of passengers have been allowed to leave a cruise ship that was quarantined over a corona Virus Outbreak at around 3000 people remain on board the diamond princess a new infections are still being reported japan has been criticized over the corn 1000 arrangements as Health Workers around the world raced to contain the virus that killed more than 2000 people the vast majority in Mainland China but macbride reports from your karma. This was the day all of the passengers and crew on the diamond princess have been waiting for the start of disembarkation after 14 days of quarantine people who have tested negative for the coronavirus were allowed to leave yokohama support in a stream of vehicles through wednesday some sharing their experiences on social media continuing journeys that they had expected to complete weeks ago the spread of infection through the ship during the quarantine sickening hundreds more people has raise serious concerns here and internationally thats been made worse by an Infectious Disease expert taking to social media to describe his visit to belowdecks i never had a fear of getting infection myself for him or her size clever because i know how to protect myself bad inside Princess Diana and ever thought scared i was so scared of getting caught between 19 because there was no way to tell where the barassi no green zone not red zone everywhere could have virus and everybody was not careful about it there was no single professional infection under a person in the shape. The japanese government insists its happy with the way the quarantine has been handled. Its going. Since february 5 weve taken thora action to prevent infection such as asking passengers to stay in their rooms and reduce risk to the entire ship and conducted small tests of the earliest time for priority passengers such as those who are symptomatic and the elderly and if necessary taken them to medical facilities we are taking measures with utmost consideration for the health of passengers and crew members. Even so Health Officials in japan will continue to monitor its citizens who were on board but for many passengers even finally getting off the ship doesnt mean the end of their journey countries like the United States and australia are telling their citizens to wait another 2 weeks before returning home or face another stretching quarantine if they go back now the whole disembarkation process is expected to take several days with those infected being transferred to medical facilities on shore the occasional wail of ambulance sirens a reminder that this outbreak is making even more people seriously ill the bride aljazeera yokohama japan still to come around to hear reports that u. S. Attorney general william by is preparing to step down the next President Donald Trump stops tweeting. And evangelical christianity gains ground in brazil but as have other religions so now facing hate crimes. Still no letup in the unsettled weather spilling across northern parts of europe the next one this band of cloud and right in the process of pushing across the British Isles i will see more weather as you go on through the next 24 hours or so as you can see that system which will continue to drive this way for the race was crossing through thursday western side of england 3 wells and eventually by the end of the day much of that rain will be sinking across the southeast. They will continue to poly way and across the Higher Ground of scotland just around the grampians pushing ever towards the highlands high ground all the way also seeing some of that wintry weather some snow tumbling in here if it is well west of weather there across the low countries in which the weather down towards the southeast some rather disturbed showers stove weather just pushing its way across greece into turkey and some of that right pushing up through both garia some snow were possible to towards rumania when she whether its just sliding across the potent towards ukraine as we go on through friday and by friday yeah it comes here we go again more wet windy weather tumbling in across the British Isles meanwhile across northern parts of africa it is generally fine and dry well see temperatures in that with a high of 20 degrees. An estimated 100000 lives cruelly ended over a century and. A distant past not to the descendants of the sultan. A tale of colonialism and racial supremacy on raffles and the quest for justice and recognition of the sacrifices of tribal people remember. Scholars of my people i witnessed documentary. You. Are going to run to the top stories on our 0 the u. N. Is one of catastrophic human suffering in syria with it in a province under continued government bombardment meanwhile turkish president richard tire about a one says hes ready to launch a military offensive against Syrian Forces. Libyas internationally recognized government has dashed hopes of quickly reviving un cease fire talks negotiations were suspended after 3 people were killed in an attack on a port in tripoli. And hundreds of passengers have been allowed to leave a cruise ship in japan after weeks trapped in quarantine new Coronavirus Infections are still being reported around 3000 people remain on board. The u. S. Justice department has refuted reports the attorney general william barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trumps tweets in an interview last week also it was time trump stopped tweeting about department of justice criminal cases since then the president s tweets and comments particularly those about the child and sentencing of forward visor roger stone of only intensified. Article he joins me now from washington patty was this a serious threat from bar. Well were going to find out in the next couple of days because if you think about this roger stone a very close confidant of the president hes going to be sentenced in about 24 hours time so the but is the president going to be able to not tweet well he hasnt shown the ability to do that in his attire presidency but this is pretty classic washington if bill barr wanted to say hes under intense pressure within the Justice Department and from outside the Justice Department there was a letter with the 2000 former d. O. J. And department of justice employees that said that he needed to step down there were members of congress has talked about started impeachment proceedings he does have republican backing but he took the unusual step of coming out and criticizing the president s tweet habits on television what was more unusual as we saw the president didnt fire back at him really he kept tweeting but the president facing any criticism his normal m. O. Is to really lash out at that person he didnt do that but he didnt stop either so now we see this selective leak to the Washington Post saying that barr might step away that could be a trigger for President Trump he has said repeatedly that he thinks that this attorney generals job is to protect him personally and politically not this is certainly to be the top Law Enforcement officer for the country because President Trump actually said hes the top Law Enforcement per officer in the country which hes not by habit or tradition. But he has said that he needs somebody to protect him in that world bar has gone a long way to do that so why is that enough to give the president from tweeting well well probably find out pretty soon and how damaging is all this for the perception of the Justice System and what people kind of Peoples Trust in it. Well that is the big question is is this going to last outside of the trump of ministration for however long that lasts because this is for the very 1st time we have a president of the United States who almost on a daily basis goes out and rails on twitter and in speeches a buggins the f. B. I. Against the Justice System especially about people who are close to him we see the president pardoning people very high profile people have been charged with corruption and more than that we see a u. S. President directly interfering with Justice Department cases that we dont know if the Justice Department says william baria thought to reduce the sentencing recommendation for roger stone before the president s tweet but this is doesnt happen u. S. President s do not interfere in the Justice Department investigations so is this going to last beyond this ministration well have to wait and find out as we go ahead thank you very much indeed. Julian assange his lawyer has told the court President Trump offered to pardon the wiki leaks founder if he cooperated over leaked Democratic Party emails at a Pretrial Hearing for his possible extradition the court heard a witness statement that would suggest President Trump was willing to make the offer if said russia had nothing to do with wiki leaks publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016 but white house has denied the account calling it a complete fabrication and a total lie a source facing extradition to the u. S. On counts of espionage and conspiring to hack a government computer. As the number of evangelical christians grows in the brasilia city of Rio De Janeiro other religious communities including afro brazilians say theyre facing increased prejudice authorities have set up an anti hate crime group to try to tackle a problem i do here is joe holan reports. This is a new on the ceremony in Rio De Janeiro is just one of brazils african influence religions but its followers and those of condone blay another african based faith have been struggling against harassment as evangelical christianity gains ground in the country. They can run from discrimination from family members to abuse in the street where they were close to their religion to worse made his affairs in 20177 temples in the block right behind our place were attacked but these attacks have been happening for a long time across the country just in Rio De Janeiro there were 200 complaints of religious discrimination in 2019 more than double that the year before and 176 temples of african based religions shut the doors things were bad enough that a Police Department was set up in the city to investigate those attacks along with other hate crimes chief joe but stephen a joke told us the worst case is a link to a bizarre phenomenon evangelical drug traffickers from the pure 3rd cmon gang who feel theyre on a mission from god when was even a pastor some of them bosses down south and say i do not want. African religions be cracked here anymore cause they belong to the evil and they started are there in cream enough other cream those should get inside of those samples and tell people to. Stop their reach rolls stop wearing clothes us and everything men off the times they call themselves. The cream in the. Soldiers of jesus. Thats something they choose for themselves and im sure that really really just people want to accept that stephen a jew emphasizes the off the work from his department attacks have gone down. The religious leaders say federal government which relies on evangelical support is not doing enough to protect them theres a sense that there is a serious blow to me tolerance and violence going on. And that so many courage more to the many like you see how the it is a racial element to by the time angel name. This is basically a way of breaking black peoples legs these temples are places of empowerment welcoming care as black people become stronger these institutions will face more attacks. The fights on to preserve beliefs that for some brazilians are as much part of their identity as son. John home and. Through the generic. The British Government has unveiled plans to limit access to the u. K. Job market for immigrants when the brics a transition period ends in 10 months the government says it will move to a points based immigration system but critics say it will be bad for the economy or a challenge reports. Post breaks it the u. K. Government insists the country will be open for business but under a new immigration rules outlined on wednesday many kinds of people have been able to live and work here for decades are having the door closed on that we all know longer going to have a route for low skilled workers to come to the u. K. This will now be a single global system that does not discriminate as to whether or not you come from the you or from outside of the so how will this new system work well it will be points based no cap on the number of people eligible and no longer will e. U. Citizens get preferential treatment. There are 3 things that incoming workers will need a job offer from an approved employer job must be at the right skill level and speak english as a must. But workers with all of these will still need Something Else to make up the points maybe theyve completed all their School Qualifications maybe theyre over 33000. 00 or above the going rate for their fields or maybe theres a shortage of workers in their occupation. But theres an issue with shutting out all the highly skilled and many Business Leaders appointing it out so low skilled or low paid jobs are essential for the economy and the u. K. Doesnt have enough of its own citizens willing to do them shut out the immigrants whove been feeding them for decades and youve got a problem if we have a turning off of any access to that lower paid end of the job market care workers laborers on construction sites hospitality workers waitresses. Kitchen workers Food Processors we will potentially see some business is unable to expand and. Barry says the slack could be taken up by the 8400000 british adults who arent working drill into the data though and most students sick carers or retired perhaps only a 1000000 brits are available for these jobs even if they wanted them rory chalons aljazeera london. The e. U. Has unveiled a strategy for regulating Artificial Intelligence as it looks to forge a different approach to market leaders the u. S. And china from Smart Devices to facial recognition ai is the technology of the future and the e. U. Is aid to play a central role in defining codes of conduct to safeguard peoples rights iraq reports from brussels. On a tour of the future European Commission chief ursula von delay in bringing. The use at a technological crossroads he wants to protect the rights and privacy of millions of citizens but it also wants to compete with china and the u. S. Where access to peoples valuable data is more relaxed Artificial Intelligence is about big data data data and again data and we all know that the more data we have the smarter our algorithms this is why we want to give our businesses but also our researchers and the Public Services better access to data and the data can be used to create some sort of personally identifiable information about you use personal data so that it can encompass a wide range of Different Things from very personal of history personal character things around your health your genome but also to things when combined might also give information about you in the way that you live access to peoples data is vital for Machine Learning thats a branch of Artificial Intelligence where machines talk to each other without any Human Interaction or the European Commission want to do is increase access to peoples data without compromising their rights they want to create a safe data ecosystem but that requires rules and regulations. 80 percent of all of the information this digitally stored on people in europe is held outside the e. U. In huge Storage Facilities such as this one in iceland or using base technology but in the near future much data on people their habits preferences and how they interact will be stored on smart interrelated devices from Household Appliances to medical equipment and factory machines that will be used to shape supply chains new technologies and public transport but some high risk data such as medical records or police files requires tighter controls there are also concerns about the potential abuse of facial Recognition Technology chinas mass surveillance of its citizens including the use of facial recognition is well known the e. U. Stepped away from a 5 year ban on the use of the technology in public areas leaving it up to Member States to decide the Commission Also wants to protect Small Companies from the dominance of tech giants of monopolies allowing for fair competition and for data storage to be environmentally sustainable they are Ambitious Goals that come at a price 21000000000. 00 a year over the next decade that level of investment is vital say the e. U. To ensure trust in Technology Meet barca aljazeera brussels. A man of the top stories here it is here syria is experiencing its biggest exodus 9 years of civil war nearly a 1000000 people most of them women and children have now fled province the countrys last rebel stronghold the un has warned of catastrophic human suffering. People are fleeing under horrendous conditions many are on foot or on the backs of trucks in below freezing temperatures in the rain and in the snow. Theyre moving into increasingly crowded areas they think will be safer but a need live nowhere is safe almost 50000 sheltering under trees or in other open spaces im getting daily reports of babies and other Young Children dying in the cold libyas internationally recognized government has dashed hopes of quickly reviving un cease fire talks the negotiations were suspended after 3 people were killed in an attack on a port in tripoli libyas Prime Minister says he is fed up with discussions and that he must 1st defend his people. Of mr might the International Community is still trying to appease the other side and this gave them the ok to continue what theyve been doing weve been cooperative in the past with cease fires and truces and ive spoken to several parties about wanting peace we dont want this war but were fed up with the International Community more than 200 migrants trying to get to europe have been intercepted by the libyan coast guard they were found on a small rubber boat in the mediterranean the u. N. Says theres been a shopping crease in migrants fleeing libya from december. To people with coronavirus in iran have died after authorities confirmed the 1st cases of the infection iran has applied Safety Measures that its airports to control a possible spread of the virus 9 cases have also been confirmed in the United Arab Emirates. And hundreds of passengers have been allowed to leave a cruise ship in japan after weeks trapped in quarantine new Coronavirus Infections are still being reported around 3000 people remain on board so that im stupid stay with us on the stream is next looking at the prospects for peace in darfur thanks watching after. Im josh rushing filling in for femi ok and you are in the story after 17 years of war what are the prospects for peace in darfur well look at the ongoing sudanese peace talks you can join this conversation live in our youtube chat. For us all but disappeared from International Headlines but for the past 17 years the conflict in western sudan has waged on since the overthrow of sudans former president Omar Al Bashir 2019 the Transitional Council that now governs khartoum has been eager to make peace with rebel groups across the country