Hello and welcome to the aljazeera news hour live from our headquarters and. Im coming up in the next sixty minutes. Eastern ghouta ahead of talks to end the war. On the. Maintains of. The president a mandate as as a vote counting continues. How the impending trial of a turkish trader. Turkey relations. And tens of thousands of people evacuated and hundreds of Flights Canceled as. We begin in syria where Government Air strikes have killed nineteen people in a rebel held on clay of the capital damascus it is the second such attack in forty eight hours in eastern guta on sunday twenty three people were killed by shelling and airstrikes including several children while the attacks have come at a key moment in the conflict a new round of un backed talks began on tuesday aimed at ending the six and a half year war Opposition Groups and government representatives are due to meet in geneva but u. N. Officials have been unable to confirm that the government delegation is planning to travel a d
Biggest party and that is not. Also coming out aid groups accuse russia and syria of targeting civilians in airstrikes on rebel held enclaves that says another round of syria peace talks gets underway in kazakhstan. And alternative trivia lympics after being banned from the winter games for systematic doping russia says it will stage its own sports extravaganza. Also former chancellor gerhard trigger in an exclusive interview germanys most recent social democrat chancellor urges his party to form a grand coalition with Angela Merkels conservatives and put an end to the long wait for a new German Government. And Frances Community and former first lady has made a career out of surprising people shes now turning fifty and is back on the road with a new album. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us spains Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said he is open to dialogue after yesterdays Regional Elections in catalonia separatist parties won a slim majority but it remains unclear who
With those extraordinary explosions in the chinese for city of tianjin. Hinese port city of tianjin among the injured are 12 firefighters. Two blasts happened in warehouse storing chemical goods, causing nearby buildings to collapse. Lets talk to paul james in beijing. You are headin ing to evening there. I assume that will make it harder for those carrying out search and rescue operations. As the evening this ends and the sun goes down, the rescue operations become the suning descends and the goes down, the rescue operations become more difficult. That said, we believe those in the warehouse at the time of the explosion have been accounted for. The initial death toll of 44 appears to be standing pat. Chinese authorities have not been offering additional numbers at this juncture. The difference being that the is not government, a, normally accustomed to getting out a lot of information in large disasters like this and, unfortunately, b, a lot of the people who were admitted to hospital
For more peacekeepers on the ground but the uns legacy there is tainted by scandal. All of them telling we dont know this is sound you see were live from london also coming up strengthening ties the french president holds egypts leader Abdel Fattah Elsisi in paris human Rights Groups though are not impressed. Sending a message washington announces its withdrawing military aid for me and maher over its treatment of range of muslims plus. A mentor thomas with tourists in the rural chinese village where to evade changing take spent his formative years old explaining why this place matches two president s house of his policies congress. His grip on power. If theyre warm welcome to the program in the last hour the u. N. Secretary general has touched on in Central African republic its his first visit there since he took office in january until no good terrorists this is this it is to draw attention to violence there which he says is often ignored by the worlds media in august the uns aid chi
Now its time for World Business report. To stay or to leave . Yep, the big boss of one of the Worlds Largest banks, Goldman Sachs, tells the bbc about his preparations for a world after brexit thats coming up in an exclusive interview. And are you ready for round two . Its a biggie for europe, with one of them being knocked out. Yep, its the last day of campaigning before france elects their next president. So were going to look at how each ones plans to run the eurozones 2nd biggest economy. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. If you dont like waving hands and high energy, i suggest you switch the channel right now. The rest of you who are staying with us, thank you. The Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs has warned that london will stall because of the risks from the brexit process. Lloyd blankfein told the bbc that the company was developing Contingency Plans to move some of its 6,500 employees out of the capital depending on the outcome of the negotiations. Mr blan