Security council to call for a thirty day ceasefire across the country. For example rob and this is there a line from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes. Our movies stars our politicians there are all more protected than our children at school all the head of the largest gun lobby in the u. S. Breaks his silence about the Deadly Florida School Shooting. Also pressure mounts on Donald Trumps former aides paul manifolds gates as they face dozens more charges of bank and tax fraud. And Australias Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce steps down after weeks of pressure over an extramarital affair. Welcome to aljazeera good to have your company its been under siege by Syrian Government forces for five years but the last five days have been the worst so far for civilians in the rebel held klav of Eastern Ghouta near the capital damascus relentless bombardment killed dozens more on thursday bringing the number of dead to more than four hundred more than a thousan
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
Industry. Good. Morning. Prizes and the politics at this years grammys in new york as female musicians confront Sexual Harassment in the Recording Industry on the awards front the night belonged to bruno mars he took home six grammys. Plus a plane among the plastic the children of the worlds garbage dumped on their doorstep is just one reason why china has banned the import of any more waste. And handball gets new european champions at the final in zagreb spain see of sweden to lift their first ever title in the competition. Im serious almost got to thank you for joining us at least eleven soldiers have been killed in afghanistan after. Gunmen attacked a military academy in the capital kabul reports say there was a gun battle between insurgents and soldiers at the base after one of the attackers blew himself up some fifteen soldiers were wounded Authorities Say the jihadists did not manage to enter the military academy the socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attac
There live from doha. Also coming out. Of International Pressure mounts on syria to end the bombing of Eastern Ghouta. In nigeria boca her romm strikes again abducting dozens of school girls will have the latest. Thats how Free Movement across countries in west africa is laying the Foundation First strong economy. But first on the C International says twenty seventeen was one of the darkest years for human rights in recent history the groups new wide ranging report highlights atrocities like mia miles military crackdown on the ranger as well as a rise in hate speech in the United States as it culhane has more from washington. A bleak assessment on the state of human rights in twenty seventeen they will not look back and draw any lessons from this they will look back and they will see that they were. All of the drafting of some of the dockers chapters in modern history the forward of the four hundred page report takes aim at specific countries first and foremost me and mar accusing the
Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. This is the first mandatory evacuation that weve had on the Northern Edge of the fire along highway 20. New evacuations in that massive fire burning in lake county. Two dozen homes have now been destroyed. And thousands are in danger. Good evening, everyone. Im katie marzullo. The biggest fire burning in california right now is the rocky fire in lake county. And it continues to grow tonight. It has now burned more than 27,000 acres. It is still just five percent contained. 24 homes have been destroyed. Along with 26 outbuildings. Another 6,000 buildings are threatened at this hour. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow is live in clear lake with the latest. Reporter the top priority for firefighters overnight will be to make sure that this fire does not jump highway 20 or highway 16. Firefighters tell me they are treating those two highways, the enter section of them, like a box, and they want to keep the fire inside. The rocky fir