Ports of the prison city of Rio De Janeiro. Cruel beyond belief thats how the u. N. Human rights chief is describing a major Syrian Governments offensive Michelle Bashar says schools and hospitals are being targeted in the last rebel held areas shes calling for the immediate creation of humanitarian corridors to a low civilians to escape the violence. Reports from the turkey syria border. But is one of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced syrians she fled her village of a bull market in the east of where it was taken over by Government Forces the building is unfinished and the family has little for the cannot afford to buy a stove to heat. The place. We ask it and we pray someone will defend us please help us they kill our children they target cars schools we cannot send our children to schools anymore they are bombing the area nonstop its insane as Government Forces close in football has already packed the truck outside hes ready if the situation gets worse. I have seen hopel
Declared winner of afghanistans president ial election 5 months after the vote took place. The u. N. Says the Syrian Government is hitting hospitals schools and camps for displaced people with air strikes in northwest syria as it keeps up its offensive to capture the last rebel stronghold close 2900000 civilians have fled conflict zones in and western aleppo since the beginning of december overwhelming aid agencies 80 percent of them are women and children forced into increasingly smaller safe areas the Un Human Rights Office says its recorded 299 civilian deaths since january the 1st around 93 percent of them caused by an Syrian Government and its allies in that time the un says 12 medical facilities and 19 schools have been directly hit or damaged by syrian and russian airstrikes with 2 hospitals hit on monday. The sheer quantity of attacks on these hospitals medical facilities schools. Would suggest to you cant all be accidental. And at a minimum even if they were accidental it show
Business with the u. S. Government agencies. Starting with breaking news out of libya this hour with the internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva on the same day warlord Khalifa Haftar forces attacked a port in tripoli the government of national called say the attacks on civilians showed after is not serious about working towards a resolution at least 3 people were killed in wednesdays attacks tripolis port so important its a gateway for food fuel and all sorts of imports for the country and libyas National Oil Company announces there will be major disruption to schools hospitals and power stations half his forces say the target of the shelling was an arms ship believed to be the 1st such attack in this offensive the city has been under attack by half his forces since april and now all fuel vessels have been ordered to leave for safer waters as we said the attacks came on the go between the sides had been on the way in geneva the tripoli governm
Business with government agents. However in libyas internationally recognized government pulled out of cease fire talks after tripolis port was targeted by forces loyal to the warlords. At least 3 civilians were killed in the assault diplomatic editor james bays has just sent this report the porch in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the same time the talks were resuming in geneva and immediately put the fate of the peace efforts in jeopardy. Its now 10 months since general haftar appended the International Communitys peace plans by ordering an offensive to try and seize tripoli the operation launched defiantly just hours after he met u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrorist who was visiting libya at the time in the months since the death toll has mounted as weapons have continued to pour into the country despite the latest attacks when he spoke to reporters the secretary generals envoy was determined to push the
Restrictions on doing business with the government. Developing news this wednesday has come out of libya where the internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva after warlord Khalifa Haftar forces attacked the port in the capital tripoli at least 3 people were killed in the assault on the port which is a major entry point for supplies food fuel all of these things coming into libya and there are warnings of major disruptions to schools hospitals and power stations his forces say the target of the shelling specifically was and he has repeatedly launched these assaults on tripoli going back to april the tripoli based government insists the u. N. Mediated talks cannot continue until the worlds takes a quote clear stand on what it calls after violations lets start with this report james bays our diplomatic editor is at the talks in geneva. The port in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the