And then. We. Welcome back all now thousands of gathering in kuala lumpur to discuss how to improve city life will than four billion people so hof of the worlds population current live in an area is the United Nations says that that will jump to six billion by two thousand and fifty about one hundred thousand cities a home to one billion people who live in slums and informal settlements that number is expected to triple by the year twenty the worlds poor in dire need of clean Water Energy Food and Health Services its whats making twenty thousand delegates at the World Urban Forum push for a global agreement on the Sustainable Development of cities in kuala lumpur starting by rejuvenating old neighborhoods as for its louis explains. The confluence of to reverse this is where quanah began more than one hundred and sixty years ago the name means muddy estuary in the middle a language but as the city expanded what used to be the administrative and commercial hub soon lost its importance to
Merkel is on the brink of sealing a Coalition Deal. Dangerous and delicate the rush to rescue survivors after an earthquake in taiwan needs a building on the brink of collapse. Paula ninety People Killed in just twenty four hours as russian and Syrian Government jets hit two rebel held areas plus. A cry for help more than eleven million children in yemen now needs humanitarian aid to survive. And the drive for a new era in Space Exploration a road trip launched by the worlds most powerful rockets. Germany is on the brink of ending months of political limbo chancellor Angela Merkels conservative party is reportedly set to form a Coalition Government with main rival they have been in marathon talks to end the uncertainty after septembers election poll bread and joins us now live from berlin so paul how close are they to a deal. And we just lost paul brennan they were due to finish on sunday laura can use all you got here we have we come back i read i will press on just in case i will pre
At the u. N. On a thirty day ceasefire. Haywards of ninety one missing nigerian schoolgirls wait for news as the military admits not of the rescue. President trump says America Needs to raise the legal age to buy guns from eighteen to twenty one but theres no talk of banning for eighteen to twenty one but theres no talk of banning automatic weapons. Venezuelas president proposes a mega election hours after the opposition says it will boycott aprils president ial poll. And on p. Just same as in double the top story in sports a twenty year old drone for the garden states rubens hockey team as they will attend school a little shoe shop to get. Their warm welcome to the news hour the syrian army has been dropping leaflets over Eastern Ghouta the last rebel held near the capital damascus theyre telling residents to leave for their own safety and urging opposition fighters to hand themselves over the governments been bombing the area for a fifth straight day well since sunday these four hund
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
A week in the bombardment of syrias eastern. Time we need it desperately but russia blocks those efforts by the Un Security Council to call for thirty days across the country. Plus mixed messages from government about missing schoolgirls after mondays attack. And the new campaign thats underway to make antarctic waters the largest protected area. Has been under siege by Syrian Government forces for five years but the last five days have been the worst so far officer in the rebel held east and near the capital damascus relentless bombardment killed dozens more bringing the number of dead to more than four hundred more than a thousand people have been injured the military has dropped leaflets over the area urging residents to leave and calling on opposition fighters to hand themselves. Meanwhile the Un Security Council is struggling to possible solution on a cease fire. Into the area its facing opposition from russia which claims information from the ground in east to good has been fabri