Argentina where people are trying to clean up one of the most polluted rivers in the world. First, exclusive pictures of almost total devastation of a suburb in damascus. There has been days of shelling by Government Forces in daraa. You can see of aftermath of that attack. Most of the area appears to be deserted. Fighting between the Al Qaeda Linked group. Islamic state and rebels is intensifying. Theres violence in aleppo and idlib. The rebels scoring a major win. Syrias armed opposition is continuing its offensive against al qaeda. They have pushed fighters from the Islamic State of iraq and lef aftenlt this is another base this, one in aleppo. We liberated our country and they came and destroyed it. Before withdrawing from the base, this is what the i. S. I. L. Fighters are leaving behind. Bodies of activists, relief workers were held in the Al Qaedalinked gaol. Some were released. I was attained for two months. Four men were killed in front of us. I can take you to your grifs. Five minutes before being executed, we were placed in a cage. Then the Free Syrian Army arrived and freed us before we could be executed. Even though the Islamic State in iraq and the levant may be on the defensive, it has been striking back. The fighters have been targetting opposition forces, using suicide bombers. In this leadership, in an audio recording, promised to fight back. The Syrian National coalition declared wore on i. S. I. L. So now all the members are legitimate target. We killed them wherever they are found. Fighting in the rebelheld north undoubtedly weekens the opposition. In the long term it will benefit from the battle. Al qaedas president in syria has been a reason for the international communitys reluctance to provide military support to the rebels, and the regime has been able to portray the fight as one in terrorism. The opposition denied that it turned its guns against al qaeda to apiece the west, saying it did so because the people of syria could no longer tolerate the abuses. There seemed to be unprecedented unity. The opposition inside and outside syria is as structured as ever as who would represent them and plan peace talks against the enemy they rose up against, the syrian regime. The fight against the group is not just in syria, but happening in iraq. The iraqi army released more video on the attack on the group. Many can be seen running just before an air strike on a building. Some leaders accused the Iraqi Government of using the fight against al qaeda as an opportunity to crackdown on them. The government and tribal leaders have struck a deal to drive out the fighters as imran khan reports. As the standoff between Al Qaedalinked group and progovernment sunni tribes continues. The humanitarian crisis is worse. Some fuel and food gets into the town, but its not enough. Theres nothing table in fallujah, Government Services are provided. No oil, gas, petrol. The terrible conditions are affecting the people of fallujah. Progovernment fighters called on them to leave and alert a fullscale attack on the city. Prime minister Nouri Almaliki spoke to the nation in a televised address, urging tribal leaders to take the initiative. Translation i call on them to take action. We are with them. The army is ready, but we want them to take the initiative to pull the rug from under the feet of evil people and to drive them outside the cities, where theyll be targeted by armed forces and chased away by the people of anbar and fallujah. I call on them to unite. An interim deal has been struck which saw Iraqi Army Forces withdraw from anbar province, and the local tribes with Police Forces move to take checkpoints, with fighters not wanting to surrender, a ground assault may be the only option left. New members of parliament have been sworn in in bangladesh. Political tensions remain high in the country after a violent election and opposition boycott. We have more from the capital dakar. The question most people ask is how the new government is going to function. It came under heavy criticism from the international community. Whether the government can take part in engagement with the international community, lets say, for example, can it send trade delegation, can business as usual take place. Except for india, most of the country critical. At least 23 people died in electionrelated violence, and the dynamics on the ground is far from stable. Opposition traits will continue to protest and will keep the movement up until there is a free, fair and inclusive election. The president of the Central African republic travelled to chad to meet leaders who want an end to violence in his country. The president is criticised for failing to prevent fighting between muslims and christians, which flared up in december. 2 million, half the population, left their homes in search of safety. More than 100,000 displaced people are gathered in a camp outside bangui, desperate for food. The same attempt was distributed, assisted by the catholic archbishop. The airport site is complicated. More than 100,000 and no clear management. The two times we tried to distribute aid was a failure. There was another for around 12,000, with mosquito nets, blankets and soap, but barely makes a dent. Around 1 million have been d displaced since seleka fighters seized fire. They are accused of looting, massacres and rape. Christian groups responded. Seleka leader was ininstalleds as president. Hes been unable to end violence and international patience is exhausted. On thursday Central African leaders will meet. Unicef and partners verified the killings of 16 children since communal violence in bangui. Thousands have been enlisted into the militias. We saw torture, attacks against children. They are recruited. 3,000 to 6,000 children are with the different armed forces. They are exposed to the disease. They are out of school. Its a difficult place to be a child right now. France deployed a 1600strong force to the colony and hopeses the effort could be handed to the African Union force. It may be incapable of working unsupported. The u. N. Says this is a country on the edge. A neighbour in south sudan under the people have been marching for peace in the capital juba. They want an end to fighting. We are more from the capital. Civil Society Groups in south sudans capital march for peace as the government insists the city is under its control. There is fighting in upper unity and jonglei states. Fierce battles, and forces loyal to the vice president. Our children are being killed and sons drafted into the war. All our children. As a mother, im concerned. In 2011 south sudan gained independence from neighbouring sudan. Two years ago they were celebrating. Now they are tired, disappointed and angry. They didnt expect this to happen. More soldiers are being deployed. The capital is under the control of forces loyal to riek machar. This village is fighting those that are trying to come to juba. They are going to take bor. Fighting has been on and off. They still hold bor town. Riek machar said hell agree to a cease fire if Political Prisoners are released from detention and flown to ethiopia. President salva kiir suggested that it not happen. Riek machar rejected proposals. For those that want peace, it may not happen soon. Still to come on the program downgraded to junk. Qantas struggles to keep up in a competitive market. Hello, live in doha, and these are the it top stories days of intense shelling by forces in the suburb of damascus. It left it in ruins, these are exclusive pictures, most appears to be deserted. Now members of parliament have been sworn in in bangladesh. The Awami League Party won 232 of 300 seats. A Central African republic president travelled to chad to meet leaders who want to end the violence in his country. He has been criticised for failing to stop fighting between muslims and christians that flared up in december. Next week egypt will hold a referendum on a new constitution. Egyptians living abroad can vote early. They have until the end of this week. Its another working day for the egyptians in britain. Like compatriots around the world, they are preparing to vote on a new constitution. The man that runs this west London Community center says he hopes the result of the referendum is a resounding yes. This will give everyone in egypt the rights. Look at the articles, look at womens rights, childrens, religious peoples. This is half covered. In egypts 2012 referendum egyptian christians voted in large numbers. The bishops of the Coptic Church hopes it will be repeated. My concern is if people speak home im speaking to everybody. If people sit home they can only blame themselves for what might happen if their voice is lost. So whether people agree or disagree, they should make their choice known. Voting abroad lasts five days, a chance for millions of ex patry tots have their say. Fewer than 700,000 registered. Many in london vote yes. Yes for the country, to establish the country for the future. For the future for egypt, you know, and we hope, you know, that is the roadmap work out properly, and everything be okay. Plenty of egyptians turned up here to have their say on the constitution. Opinion is divided among egyptians outside the country as it is in egypt. Some expatriots are answering a call to boycott the election. The constitution was drafted by parties supporting the overthrow. Mohamed morsi. I recognise what is going on there from the government, which is backed by the military. For many egyptians, the vote is the start of bringing hope and stability to a troubled nation. Lets get more on this now from london, a journalist and middle east analyst. We saw in the report mixed opinions amongst overseas egyptians voting in the referendum. Is it likely to pass. I think it will pass. Not necessarily because of its merits, but i think people are very fed up of the turmoil that egypt is going through, wary that it will continue. Also there are people voting simply not to give a boost to the anticoup alliance. It will pass, but not margin is unknown for now, and turn out is key. If turn out is low, it will hinder the constitution. It hinters on the turn out. How different is the constitution to the previous one. There are many aspects of the constitution. There are things that have been approved and some stepped back. Its a mixed bag. It has been. Its been criticised by various factions and groups in egypt across the spectrum. Its been praised on certain levels by human rights. There are caveats and articles that have been included. Its a mixed bag. A lot is not different from the old constitution. Egyptians in egypt voting on january 14th, will this not be a flash point for Mohamed Morsi supporters. I think so, it remains to be seen how many of the supporters will vote against the constitution or abstain from it. It will be a lightening rod for protests. Again, the key here is turn out. Mohamed morsis constitution passed by a majority. People could legitimately argue that it backed the lij massy. The committee that drafted the constitution are worried because they need the turn out to say not only did it persist, but the turn out had the authority it needs. That could be a staging process and other activities to hinder the turn out or not vote at all. Thank you for joining us from london. Thank you. Well three al jazeera journalists have been detained in egypt without charge for 12 days. Mohamed fadel fahmy, together with Baher Mohamed and peter greste are likely to be interrogated later today. They are accused of spreading lies harmful to state security and joining a terrorist group. Al jazeera says they are fabricated. They are being held in prison outside cairo. Seen here in the last report was an awardwinning correspondent. Mohamed fadel fahmy is an experienced journalist, who worked for several International Companies and the red cross, and Baher Mohamed has been working with al jazeera as a producer for most of the last year. North korea has rejected a proposal by south korea to resume the reunion of families separated by the korean war. It claimharry faucet joins us f south korea. How many of a below is this to northsouth relations. It comes a few days after the president in south korea had made this offer in her new years press conference, saying that january the 31st, the Lunar New Year day was the perfect time to reinstate Family Reunion that was supposed to happen towards the end of last year and didnt because the north korean side pulled out before it was scheduled to happen. The reunions have been stalled and reunite people who were separated by the fighting. Many of these people are old. Half of them or more in their 80s and ordinarily. Theres time pressure. The North Koreans leaving the door ajar, saying there could be talks in a good season. At the moment they say theres not enough time to prepare for january 31st, the weather is cold, and saying this is a period leading to the annual south korean exercises saying can separated families have reunions in peace, amid gunfire. An humanitarian issues cannot belinked. They are waiting for a response. What other ways do the sides have to build a dialogue. Well, they have been working level talks in the last few weeks over the issue of the kay song industrial complex. That was closed down in the worst of the intentions around this time last year, february, march, april last year, so there is still contact on that front. And in the north Korean Leaders own new year statement, kim jong un talked about trying to improve northsouth ties. There was similar wording in this statement. Similar things were said in the new year last year. It saw some of the worst interpretations between north and south korea for many years. While the situation remains as it is, there are these some working level talks, the real issues about north koreas north Korea Program is about humanitarian issues and the like. Harry fawcett, live in seoul. A former u. S. Basketball star Dennis Rodman apologised for comments made about the american citizen. Dennis rodman has been causing controversy with his fourth visit to pyongyang in less than a year. Rod reynolds where weres happy birthday ser nayeding a dictator. Dennis rodman crowned happy birthday to north Korean Leader kim jong un in the pyongyang arena. Before leading american players in an exhibition game. Its the latest chapter in an odd relationship between one of the worlds most oppressive rulers. I love the guy. He is my friend. Its Dennis Rodmans fourth trip. He calls it basketball diplomacy. Everyone in the world will see that. Take a deep breath and absorb this. I can look at certain things. It wept well for everyone involved. Rodman has been criticised by the u. S. For his pandering to kim. Who had his own uncle. North korea is a police state with thousands of political prison exercise an active nubbing leer weapon program. In 2012 north korea arrested u. S. Citizen kenneth bae, a tour group leader and kornaled him with plotting a coup. Kenneth bae was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour. The u. S. Government says kenneth bae is incident and north korea never showed evidence against him. In a Television Interview Dennis Rodman suggested kenneth bae may be guilty of a crime, then cursed at the reporter interviewing him. Kenneth baes sister said the family is appalled by Dennis Rodmans comments. This is not a game, you know, Dennis Rodman can play the back of a game, media game all he wants with his own life. This is about a mans life that is on the line. I hope that he realises that. This is serious stakes. He has a family back home, a father of three children. Weve been waiting for him for 14 months. I hope he remembers that. One u. S. Congressman says Dennis Rodman entertaining kim with his favourite sport is like taking adobviously hitler out for lump. Australia Airline Qantas had its Credit Rating downgraded by moodys. Given junk status. It says its facing competition and high costs. An International Body claims the river in argentina is one of 10 most polluted sites. Those working to clean the waters reacted angrily saying the findings are based on out of date information. Its not a massive expanse of water, running 64km from the edge of the capital to the atlantic. Theres no doubt that the river is polluted. Tonnes of this debris is pulled from the waters every week, and decades of dumping Chemical Waste left it dead. Theres no oxygen in the water. Few remember the last fish caught here. Translation there was an accumulation of waste in here because of People Living along the river threw in their rubbish. Old cars, and more. There was more than 60 sunken boats in this part of the river. The new york based institute said it is one of the 10 most polluted site. Others in clued clern poll and the niger delta. Some are working to clean it up. It is a metaphor. It was chosen by the humble social groups. Argentine and immigrants to make a start. Thats a story that will be repeated here. It runs through the heart. It is an i connick tourist attraction. Home to a famous club. Decades of duxing waste cannot beresolved overnight. Cleaning up the waters is a slow methodical and smelly process. Argentine politician has had a long history of making and breaking promises. A 2008 Supreme Court ruling ordered fraxous local authorities to work together. Theres a National Political policy, a plan to work towards, and we are working towards it slowly, with problems, but we are getting there. In the past three years we see huge advances. Residents living in reach of it are involved like never before. Social groups involved in consultation, cleaning and planning for the future. Our dream is to have a river that is healthy and clean. A productive river that generates income for the Community Like it did in the last century. The river is some way from welcoming back its first fish or entertaining bathers, but the dream of restoring it to Something Like its former glory is very much alive. And a reminder that you can keep up to date with all the news on the website. There assist. Aljazeera. Com. New data paints a stronger picture of the u. S. Jobs market. 11 million americans are unemployed. Ill ask a respected economist if this recovery has the right stuff. Also, what healthcare. Gov could have been. How a Health Exchange was built for success and the tech behind the 3d printer that you can hold in your fingers like a pen. Im ali velshi, and this is
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