Our solar system also be taking a look at the signs of life. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us we begin with this breaking news a court in pakistan has handed a death sentence to the countrys former president Pervez Musharraf who was found guilty of high treason for suspending the constitution in 2007. Ruled pakistan with a heavy hand from 1909 to 2008 after leading a bloodless military coup against the civilian government to avoid a challenge to his rule he says bend of the constitution purged to sherry hes currently in self exile in dubai and was tried in absentia. Lets get the latest now live from shams from asia good morning to assure me all i do we have any more details and was this at all expected well it was not really expected because the pakistani codes have not ended any kind of sentence to the former military dictators so it came as a surprise and also the prime stricklands a government wanted the trial case to be to be delayed read receipts a highly significant
Democratic forces coalition that weve seen again this is an explosion which happened in the town sent a few people were injured nothing major was targeted but again it goes to show how precarious the situation is even in the areas which are under the control of Syrian Forces right now we are also hearing that there have been clashes outside of this proposed peace own cease fire zone. And russell and south of these 2 towns there have been fighting according to the Syrian Democratic forces these are these have been attacks that are launched bias turkey backed forces into these villages which has resulted in the fleeing of civilians as well from these areas again this is only coming from the Syrian Democratic forces we havent had any confirmation from the Turkish Military on that yet on the diplomatic front weve weve heard again in the last 12 hours or so you if you want to recap the Syrian Democratic forces general muslim speaking to both leaders of russia and the United States praising
People killed since monday most of them civilians as syrian and russian planes pound rebel held areas of. Armed. Rebel Training Camp was. Ready to go into the front line in the battle for our. Dangerous but delicate work the rush to rescue survivors after taiwan earthquake buildings teaching towards collapse. One man sentenced to death for thirty others jailed for lynching a student in pakistan well speak to the victims family about their quest for justice. All of the days just two days ahead of the Winter Olympics forty thousand russian athletes still await a decision either whether they can complete. The death toll has been climbing by the hour in syria since monday asked by president assads forces and his alibi russia have killed at least one hundred eighty two people in Eastern Province many of them were civilians and the majority died in eastern on the edge of damascus both areas are supposed to be deescalation zones but syria and russia have ramped up the air attacks since the ru
Are but those killed since monday. Also for starvation abductions and looting Amnesty International blames me a mass military for ethnic cleansing of regular muslims. And israeli media is reporting that police will recommend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges. Plus we travel to one of bulgarias most polluted towns and look at why the government there still loves coal. Welcome to the news hour almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days in rebel held parts of syria after some of the most intense air strikes fighting and shelling in months thirty four people died on wednesday in eastern guta a rebel enclave on the outskirts of the capital damascus where four hundred thousand people are estimated to be besieged by Government Forces since twenty thirteen four others died in province which has been the target of recent Chemical Attacks a government offensive backed by russian air support has been underway there for weeks now russian bom
Northern taylor this is al jazeera live from london also coming up dangerous but delicate work the rush to rescue survivors after taiwan earthquake buildings teaching towards collapse. One man sentenced to death and thirty others jailed for lynching a student in pakistan we speak to the victims family about their quest for justice. And living under a cloud we meet the people in one bulgarian town who say theyre being poisoned by pollution. Or the death toll has been climbing by the hour in syria since monday asked by president assads forces and his allies russia have killed at least one hundred eighty two people in eastern guta and province any of them were civilians and the majority died in eastern goto on the edge of damascus both areas are supposed to be deescalation zones but syria and russia have ramped up their air attacks since a russian plane was shot down on saturday and i had a report from beirut in neighboring lebanon. Civil defense volunteers look for survivors but instead