A low im Maryam Namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a show of force at a time of a power unity north korea stages a massive military parade on the eve of south koreas lympics. We speak to the family of a palestinian man being sued by the israeli army for damage to the jeep that killed him. And an innovative approach to hong kongs housing crisis we look at the new solutions and much in the real estate market. Now syrias government has attacked the u. S. Led coalition for a rare as strike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a military source within the Coalition Said the strikes and arizona has killed about one hundred pro assad fight has who are attacking the Syrian Democratic forces. Well the u. S. Pentagon has given a briefing on what happened Patty Culhane was that here at the pentagon they say what happened was that theres this kind of de confliction line were both russian backed Syrian Forces and u. S. Backed figh
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
Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 8 30am in pyongyang, where over the last our north Korean Leader kim meade has praised south korea as very impressive kim jong un. Said its important to boost the warm climate of reconciliation and dialogue with the south according to state media. He said. He also certain efforts made by seoul to prioritise the north korean teams visit to the Winter Olympics was very impressive and this came after his sister, kim yo jong, and other top officials returned from a landmark visit to the south for the winter olympic games. The South African president jacob zuma has reportedlyjust been given 48 hours to resign. Top officials from the governing anc have been discussing the future of the president , who is under pressure over corruption allegations. And local media have reported a late night visit by the partys new head Cyril Ramaphosa to mr zumas house. Our africa editor fergal keane has been monitoring events. Theres a sense of high P
Its 9 00am in singapore 1 00am in london and 9 30 in the morning in pyongyang, where the north Korean Leader kimjong un has praised south korea as very impressive. According to state media kim jong un also expressed satisfaction and gratitude after his sister and other top regime officials returned from a landmark visit to the south for the winter olympic games. Lets get the very latest from our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell in seoul. This seems to be a very optimistic sign. For those who would want greater dialogue between if; 7 7 it isgeeteve da ~~ it isgeeteve da ou f it isgeeteve da ou et it is; eve da ou et kim sign. It is not everyday you get kim jong un praising the south. Normally he is talking about the puppets of us imperialists and a sort of thing. Instead we are hearing him say south korea is very impressive. This came in the form of report from north koreas state run media which said the north korean delegation returned from the south green Winter Olympics and reported ba
More than a hundred and thirty people were killed in forty eight hours as russian and syrian jets hit rebel areas in italy and east and good. For the first time in south africa the state of the nation address is perspire and as pressure grows on president zuma to resign. Three. And its lift off in florida for the worlds most powerful rocket it could be a turning point in space exploration. But lets start with that earthquake that has hit taiwan it was a magnitude six point four quake it hit the eastern part of the island we understand at least four people have died more than two hundred people are reported to have been injured and this is the scene live its in the port city of and thats where rescue crews say at least five people remain trapped inside this hotel this atoll which as you can see is at such a precarious angle that its only the brink of collapse but one hundred forty five people are unaccounted for lets have this report now from the silver. Working against the clock to sea