A planned Space Rocket Launch in a country seen as a stable democracy why some zambians are worried about their freedom lets begin the newshour with syria, and russia is insisting that it will not stop its bombing campaign. Its supporting a major government offensive in aleppo, blamed for undermining talks in geneva, to end the fill war. Activists say at least 45 civilians were killed on tuesday, forcing the heaviest bombardment in the area since the war began five years ago. Emergency workers are searching for survivors, and amid the disruption, this child was trapped in rubble for hours, prooupd killed. Presumed killed. Rescue workers found him in time. Lets have a look at the map. The advance began on sunday, and its taken a string of villages, including these. The regime is trying to link up with territory it controls. And the aim is to cut off rebels inside aleppo city, the largest city in syria. Well be live in geneva with the diplomatic editor james bays and zeina khodr on the t
And latin america countries meet to tackle the zika virus outbreak. We begin this news hour with news from occupied East Jerusalem, three palestinians have been shot and killed by Israeli Police there. Israeli police say the palestinians had opened fire at the damascus gate. Two officers have been critically injured and transferred to hospital we understand. This is the first time that three palestinians have been killed in the same place since the up surge of violence that began in october. Live to our correspondent who is live for us. Any more detail about what happened earlier . Reporter well, foley, a very serious and violent incident just outside the main gates leading into the old city. Three palestinians men, all of them in their 20s, all from the occupied west bank, have been shot dead. Now according to Israeli Police, they carried out an attack in which two Israeli Police women were very seriously injured. They have since been taken to hospital where they remain in critical co
Beating. Plus insides the ivory trade. Chinese gangs accused of an international smuggling, with help from park rangers from tanzania. Three is hell i sole juniors have become the latest victims of the tensions surrounding one of the moist contested religious sights a palestinian driver ran in to the soldiers wounding all of them, one seriously. The Israeli Military says a search on underway to find the driver who fled the scene. The attack happened along the road between had he been ron and bethlehem. That road has now been closed. And there have been demonstrations by israelis after another car ran pedestrians at a tram stop in jerusalem earlier on wednesday leaving several people injured there. The palestinian suspect in that attack was shot dead bringing protesters on the streets of occupied east jerusalem. They demonstrated against what they see as increasing israeli aggression. Meanwhile there, have been daily scuffles between Israeli Security forces and palestinians a round the
In argentina, huge tracts of forest are being cleared. Kurdish Peshmerga Forces have joined the battle to free kobane. Theyre been firing rockets off the back of pickup trucks. Peshmerga forces started crossing the border friday. Theyre helping the syrian kurds as well as other opposition fighters who are already there. Aljazeera has this report from the turkeysyria border. We are a few kilometers away from kobane where the sound of sporadic fighting and shelling has persisted throughout saturday. Behind me is one of the entrances to the town from turkey where the iraq kurdish Peshmerga Forces crossed over late friday and early saturday, bringing with them muchneeded reinforcements for the Syrian Kurdish fighters who have been combating isil. The Peshmerga Forces when they entered the station themselves mainly in the western part of the city, they brought with them semi pickup trucks carrying anti aircraft guns and rocket launchers, bazookas and the like. These were weaponries that the
Giving yemens former president an ultimatum. One is dead and 14 wounded after a palestinian man drove his car into a group of people in jerusalem. It afte happened after a protest in East Jerusalem tense over the holy site has been heightened by israeli officials about the future status of the mosque there. After a day of tensions, a night of protests. Thithis is the palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Protesters took to the streets after what they see is increasing israel aggression, lighting fires and setting off fireworks. The protests follow what the Israeli Police are calling a hitandrun terror attack. Investigators say a palestinian man drove his car into a crowd of people waiting at a train platform in west jerusalem injuring several, some critically. A Security Camera captured the moment officers shot the man did. I has been identified who is widely reported to have connections with hamas. Police say they shot him because he was trying to attack bystanders with