overshadows a heated debate between republican presidential hopefuls. why more and more women and children are being killed in afghanistan. hope for a return to peace as voting begins in the car to elect a new leader. find out which films and actors are looking to score big this year in the baftas first, turkey has shelled parts of northern syria for a second day. now, these are the latest pictures from outside the town of meneg. that s where rebels have been pushed out from a former military air base. ar car awants the fighters to withdraw from areas that are close to turkey s border - ankara. the u.s. has urged turkey to stop the military strikes around the city of azaz. saudi arabia military personnel and it s have arrived at the turkish air base. the base is used by the u.s. led coalition in the fight against i.s.i.l. translation: the latest deployments when it comes to the land forces or increasing our air campaign emphasize that saudi arabia is continuing to work wi
needed to change in order for relations to improve. the other important thing that was raised was the possibility of saudi getting involved still further in the syrian conflict because, of course, saudi jets have now massed in the air base and the saudi authorities have indicated their willingness to take part in any kind of ground operation, but there the foreign minister said that when the coalition led by the united states would make a decision with regard to ground operations, then saudi arabia would be willing to take part. he said that was a decision yet to be made. that s the basic lines coming out of that news conference between the saudi foreign minister and the swiss foreign minister. minister. and turkey has been shelling syria for a second day. these are the latest pictures we have from outside the town where kurdish fighters pushed out rebels from a former military air base, ankara wants fighters from the armed group to withdraw from areas near the border with
leader. we begin in northern syria where turkey shelled kurdish fighters. ankara wants y.p.g. to withdraw from near its border. the u.s. and kurdish allies refusing to give up their gains. the syrian government offensive in the northern country side of aleppo enters its third week. pressure continues on the opposition forces on the ground. heavy russian airstrikes throughout the day targeting the last remaining stronghold of rebel force forces, the pressure continues, the syrian government trying to achieve two objectives in aleppo, one is to encircle the rebel controlled east of the city. they are close to that. they are just a few kilometers away from laying siege to the neighborhoods inside that city and trying to reach the border towards turkey, so heavy airstrikes, the opposition facing pressure not just from the skies. it is facing many enemies on the ground. you have the syrian government, as well as their allies, fighters from the lebanese movement hezbollah as we
as people in central african republic both elect a new leader. we begin in northern syria. ankara wants fighters from the y.p.g. armed group to withdraw from near syria s border with turkey. the u.s. backed y.p.g. and kurdish allies refuse to give up their gains. the pressure continues, the syrian government trying to achieve two objectives in aleppo, one is to encircle the rebel-controlled east of the city. they are just a few kilometers away from lying siege to the neighborhoods inside that city and trying to reach the border towards turkey. heavy airstrikes, the opposition facing pressure not just from the skies. it is facing many enemies on the ground. you have the syrian government, as well as their allies, fighters from the lebanese movement hezbollah as well as from iran and iraq. you have the syrian government, as well as their allies, fighters from the lebanese movement hezbollah as well as from iran and iraq and now the y.p.g., the kurdish armed group and its allies
in response to north korea s rocket launch. we meet the afghan who is turning war relics into works of art. the chances of acis peace is remote as many died in bombings. five medical facilities and two schools were targeted in northern syria s aleppo and idlib provinces. the u.n. has called the attacks blatant violation of international laws. france and turkey say the strikes constitute war crimes and syria s president said implementing a truce would be difficult. bashar al-assad said any efforts to end the violence should be about creating stability in syria. translation: i will hear about a ceasefire within a week. who is capable to bring this all together in a week? no-one. who will make them aaccountable. we re speaking about foundations on the conditions that all these terms are met. the cessation of operations may be did with security the iraqi defense minister has been holding talks with u.s. ambassador with baghdad to retake mosul from i.s.i.l. the army is deployi
korea s rocket launch. hope francis denounces the exclusion of mexicans indigenous people from society. fighting has intensified in syria days after world powers agreed to a cessation of hostilities. dozens of people have died on air strikes in hospitals. at least 50 civilians including children, were killed. five medical facilities and two schools were targeted in northern syria s aleppo and idlib provinces. the u.n. has called the attacks of blatant violation of international law. france and turkey has said strikes constitute war crimes. implementing a truce would be difficult. bashar al-assad says any efforts to end the violence should be about creating stability in syria. translation: the question of a ceasefire in a week, who is capable to bring together all these conditions in a week. no-one. who will speak to the terrorist if the terrorism organization refuses to ceasefire. who will make them accountable? the cessation of operations must be done with the aim of impro
rocket launch. meet the artist who is turning the relics of war into works of art. fighting has intensified in syria days after world powers called for acisation a cessation of hostilities. at least 50 civilians including children died during the bombs. the u.n. has called the attacks blatant violation of international law while france and turkey have said the strikes constitute war crimes. meanwhile, the syrian president said implementing a truce would prove difficult. bashar al-assad said any efforts to episode the violence should be about creating stability in syria. translation: the ceasefire within a week, who is capable of bringing together these conditions within a week? no-one. who will speak to the terrorist organization if they refuse to adhere to the ceasefire. who will make them accountable. the cessation should be improved going to our correspondent in surgeon turkey on the syrian border. we have president bashar al-assad there doubting whether any cessation
sweeden where a series of attacks country wide have left these people more vulnerable than ever before. turning afghan relics into works of art. but first the syrian president bashar al-assad questioned how any kind of truce can be achieved in his war-torn country as hopes are continuing to fade and they wanted a cessation of hostilities to begin by this week but the situation on the ground is as bad as ever. on monday at least 50 civilians were killed by air strikes which hit five medical facilities and two schools in the northern provinces of aleppo and idlib, france and turkey have described those attacks as war crimes while the u.n. says they were a blatant violation of international law and it s not clear who carried out the bombings. on the broader question of a pause in fighting bashar al-assad said it will be difficult. translator: hear about the request of a ceasefire in a week but who is capable of bringing together these conditions in a week, no one. who will
attacks nationwide has left these minors more vulnerable than ever. and in afghanistan the artist turning relics of war into works of art. we ll start with the latest diplomatic efforts to find some sort of pause in syria s violence. aid deliveries were among the issues discussed when the u.n. special envoy met syria s foreign minister in damascus earlier. he is there trying to salvage the plan for a temporary truce. it is supposed to happen this week. we are being particularly talking about the issue about humanitarian unhinders access to all besieged areas, not only by the government but also by the opposition and by isil. reporter: elsewhere in syria, though, the situation is worsening, at least 50 sillians including children were killed in bombings on monday. five medical facilities and two skills were targeted. russia is denying its air force is to blame. more now with zana hoda, our correspondent near the turkey syrian border. can you tell us more about what h
continues to flow. let me under score the syrian regime has a fundamental humanitarian and global responsibility, and so do other parts of the conflict. facility, humanitarian access, is desperately needed now, or at any time that they are in need. this is a fundamental responsibility. and to use understood as an instrument or weapon of war is a war crime. and we put the regime on notice today that we will watch closely for the proper and full compliance, this international objective that has been codified within the international security council, to the vote. that vote says all parties must see the text against civilians. this will not happen. they argued the reason access has been denied, and indiscriminate bombing continued is because bashar al-assad and his allies believe that by the will of the international community in pursuing this policy. they can win the war. let me make it clear. i have been involved in the discussions around this war for 3.5 years now. i have tau