On the clock this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up under is Opposition Leader silva donuts maintains a steady lead of the president when and as his vote counting continues. Indonesias mount eigen volcano continues to spew ash forcing the closure of one of its busiest apples for a second day. How the impending trial of a tough gold trader is testing u. S. Turkey relations. So i think government gas strikes have killed nineteen people in syrias rebel held enclave of the capital damascus it is a second such attack in forty eight hours and on sunday twenty three people were killed by shelling and strikes including a number of children its tax have comet a key moment in the conflict a new round of un backed talks is scheduled to begin on choose day aimed at ending the six and a half year wall Opposition Groups and government representatives jute to meet in geneva about u. N. Officials have been unable to confirm that the government delegation is planning to travel diplomatic at its base has this report. Peace talks in geneva was supposed to stop this bloodshed. But as weve seen many times before the timetable of failed diplomacy is actually creasing the agony of the people of syria. Parts of aleppo province. And the outskirts of damascus bombarded the Assad Government has been intensifying its onslaught in the days and hours before talks to to start. Assad didnt leave a single corner that hasnt been destroyed if you want to fight it dont target civilians instead take on the armed groups at the front lines god willing theyll teach you a lesson briefing the u. N. Security council in new york the man whos supposed to lead the talks on tuesday stefan de mistura condemned the violence he noted that the Syrian Government had perspire own its travel to geneva but he said they needed to attend naturally we hope and indeed expect that the government will be on its way shortly but to get in i dont break that into a commitment to break them putting when they met in filching that meeting part of intense diplomacy in recent weeks the russians who turned things around on the battlefield for assad are supposed to bring the Syrian Government to the geneva table and the saudis created a new Opposition Group ng to go to the talks out are Key Players Like former leader riyadh his job in a figures closer to moscow some of which were previously even derived it as a sad stooges. A number of western diplomats have told me theyre concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear its becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition j space aljazeera geneva one is over and you have a has been speaking to people in three areas of syria to us about their expectations from the geneva talks. When there are no place in the sky and there is less fear of forces invading you there is hope all around you in this particular town in Northern Syria this is drabness and people are trying to come back and review their lives but when it comes to talks in geneva theyre not very hopeful they say this is the revolution that they began and it has been taken away from them and the world really doesnt care. Im in syria and they call me a refugee what can we want from the talks. As long as assad remains geneva doesnt mean anything. They show solidarity with syrians but in reality theyre all complicit and involved in the destruction of syria we just hope the siege can end. Our hope is not russia nor iran. And. We hope this round could be a new beginning because of the major changes before the geneva meeting we see the meeting in geneva whether its the eighth or the tenth or the twenty fifth round of talks theyre all the same there is a lot at stake at these talks Opposition Leaders have been telling us that theyre fearful that if the United Nations fails yet again to come to a solution to provide a long lasting peaceful terms that all sides can agree upon they will be forced to go to word sochi and then russian solution when they feel that russia will undermine the role of the United Nations as it tries to bring its own version of the solution for said. Power and many people here will tell you that this is something that they do not want. A left wing Television Host is on track to win honduras his president ial election in the hopes of the current leader. Five points ahead of the incumbent president the one Orlando Hernandez with more than seventy percent of votes counted and sanchez has ripple. Supporters of several missed didnt wait for final results. Popular t. V. Personality knew this sixty four year old must run the took the lead in a much contested general election. We want something new from wonderous and new is called salvador nostra. The electoral tribunal says it will wait until all the ballots reach the capital and are counted and that could take a few more days. Demonstrators outside the electoral tribunal say they would defend the vote. Were celebrating our votes cant be stolen. Is the winner of this election and theyre celebrating before theres a final results. From a precedent joined celebrations it was a comeback for him the party he found it may return to power says he already feels vindicated eight years after he was ousted in a military lit. It means the start of a new era it means the closing of a cycle that began with the coup and with the tragedy that that has represented for us in political and social and Economic Trends and it means the hope to rebuild honduras that is democratic. Hours after polls closed top candidates claimed a victory and candidate recently from the liberal party conceded say necessarily had won the election the president cannot london and this remains waiting for the rural vote from remote areas of us. Hoping they could still give him a chance to win. For now the Alliance Claims a victory that many here say is irreversible. Again a centrist i just see that they will see on around us the french president a man with corn has arrived and became a fast on the first stop of a four day africa visit he says he wants to transform frances relations with africa it will give a major speech on tuesday to kick start the process but hes not the first french president to make such promise with russia but reports now from wagadu. The french president arrived in turkey no fasteners capital what to do go late on monday night he was warmly greeted by president. Emmanuel michael says hes come to africa to start a new chapter in french african relations one built on equality rather than former colonial ties you really want to merge or two so i wanted to make the first stop on my africa trip its also a symbol to mark a new era of relations not just with your country mr president but with the whole continent. Back or has condemned frances colonial past he says he wants to end sixty years of french influence over its former colonies where self interest was the guiding principle. Former president Jacques Chirac embodied the neo colonial approach that became known as far south lake Nicholas Sarkozy had little time for africa in a controversial speech in dhaka he said africans had failed to enter the history books. Were going to see it was under Francois Hollande that the syal region became a new frontier in what he called frances fight against terror that. The french have no desire to remain here in mali because it must be the malayans themselves and africans who ensure the security the independence of the sovereignty of mali thats how i understand relations between france and africa. When it comes to Africa Michael has had some false starts he was criticised for saying africa was being held back by women having too many children and for a plan to place french Immigration Processing Centers in some african country. Like every new president. Into the old french African Networks of faith is that in the end most president s end up keeping the status quo and they criticized for that. Four day trip to west africa with a speech to students. He says its Young Africans to carry. On this frances youngest president he may just be the one to convince them that he means what he says its all just. A new release of internal documents another evidence obtained by Amnesty International points to Petroleum Companies shells complicity in here if it crimes committed by the Nigerian Military in the one nine hundred ninety s. The Rights Groups report says shelling the Nigerian Government operated his Business Partners having regular meetings to discuss protection of interests at the time protests by the ogoni people of southeastern nigeria were taking place in response to years of oil spills which devastated their environment documents show that on the twenty ninth of october one thousand nine hundred shell requested Security Protection to subdue peaceful protests over the next two days Police Attacked a village with guns and grenades killing at least eighty people and turning and burning almost six hundred houses well the Spokes Person for shell in nigeria has provided a statement to aljazeera saying that they have always denied in the strongest possible terms the allegations made in this tragic case i was internationals allegations are false and without merit and shell did not could collude with the authorities to suppress Community Unrest and in no way encourage will advocated any acts of violence in nigeria. All right still ahead here on aljazeera. We have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago they call or pocahontas u. S. President donald trump mocks a democratic senator at an event honoring native american. One of the worlds most eligible bachelors is officially off the market britains prince harry and t. V. Actor Meghan Markle. Welcome back to look at the weather across the levant and western parts of asia see this circulation of low pressure giving some rain in places the snow Higher Elevations but otherwise much this region is looking dry and fine across much of the stand plenty of sunshine and temperatures not too bad for this time of the year to run at fourteen by tad sunshine highs of twenty now there is an area of low pressure pushing on the eastern side of the mediterranean and thats going to be some rain into these areas into coastal parts of syria and also lebanon and some snow eventually cross the Higher Ground of eastern parts of turkey heading down into arabian potential we have got the threat of some rain here from a front which is going to go across parts of saudi arabia so riyadh for instance could see a threat of a shower in the course of chews day thing here in doha it should be dry and fine maybe a bit of cloud run but thats about it pleasant and abu dhabi with highs of twenty nine through into wednesday jerry fine conditions across much of the region there with thirty four degrees as a high in mecca heading down into southern portions of africa the weather here sort across Southern Arizona looking dry and fine sunshine down ten twenty two johannesburg twenty one but once you get further north into parts of mozambique and through into zimbabwe and zambia some heavy showers are likely here could be quite wet in usaca highs of twenty five. Indulge your five senses. Is on the ground in Southern Africa identifying the crucially important stories. That were going to watch aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour Syrian Government jets have hit a rebel held enclave of damascus killing one thousand people comes as a new round of un backed talks and serious well to begin in geneva on. The results of giving honduras his Opposition Leader a clear lead in the president ial election more than seventy percent of the votes counted salvador nasrallah is a five points ahead of the incumbent president on Orlando Hernandez both candidates have. French president a memo might call this russian became the first stop of a four day africa visit called regional terrors aimed at boosting the french african cooperation on education Digital Economy and the environment trip is michaels third to Subsaharan Africa since taking office. Thirteen people have been killed and thirty injured in a Service Attack southeast of the iraqi capital baghdad it happened near a market in the no one area imran khan has more now from baghdad. Sources telling us that all after the explosions. Improvised explosive device to no. Amber of gunmen least full they say fired from the rooftops of buildings adjacent to the market and thats where we saw a lot of those thats taking place now we are hearing that i still have claimed responsibility for this attack now this will shock a number of people in baghdad i guess is going through a relative period of calm the last major Suicide Attack like this that we saw a bombing that we saw was actually in may now that happiness you very small incidents outside of baghdad in the south but nothing in the south of baghdad story but nothing the scale of their star as i say i still have claimed responsibility for this its likely that theyre striking back because theyve suffered defeats in mosul in iraq and syria and also in the north in Anbar Province already in iraq zimbabwes new president emerson man who is expected to form his cabinet this week all eyes are on whether hill break with the past to name a broad based government or select old guard figures from Robert Mugabes era very much us reports now from harare. Nearly two weeks since the minute she take up at Zimbabwe Security forces say the situation is getting back to normal the police who havent been seen on the streets of karachi for days. But now that means doing joint patrols with soldiers to try and maintain law and order Law Enforcement agents or did you think the reports of looting and illegal occupation of other Peoples Properties but to cannot be found in houses just yet here. It is criminal in the spirit of man. And it will be made by people of the law the announcement comes days after a muslim and i got with the new president urged citizens not to take matters into their own hands by punishing allies of the former president Robert Mugabe there are reports that Robert Mugabe and his wife grace have been given immunity from prosecution the police wont say how many of mugabes allies have been arrested so the most high profile is a nation the former finance minister hes accused of corruption going back at least ten years. Some say selective punishment could be a sign not much is going to change under the new administration we might have had one person removed but. Remains in place so for me the more things change the more they remain the same and you know if im against you and i think you are challenging me. You become fair game human rights abuses the high court recently ruled the military takeover which eventually saw Robert Mugabe resign was lawful zimbabweans who were tired of having macabre as their leader for thirty seven years have welcomed the courts decision. But others worry allowing the army to legitimize taking up with the functions of the state sets a dangerous precedent. And. Remains closed for a second. Continues to spew smoke and ash up to three thousand meters into the sky authorities have also expanded their Evacuation Order from the immediate area surrounding the volcano. As it. It could lead to a major eruption at any moment thats what indonesian officials are saying about the volcano on the island of Bali Mount Agung has been rumbling and spewing ash into the atmosphere since the weekend on monday a Mass Evacuation was ordered and the danger zone was expanded the possibility of a large eruption is very high some indications show they will indeed be an eruption since yesterday the eruption that happened has been accompanied by the sound of explosions and vibrations that can be heard and felt within a distance of twelve kilometer as. Indonesian Officials Say they will continue to search all the villages in the area and force residents to evacuate if need be. So until now based on incoming reports that eruptions and trim is continuous and the lava is filling the crater the lava will flow down the slopes after the crater is full. Balis International Airport was closed hundreds of flights were canceled and tens of thousands of travelers were stranded after tests indicated ash had reached its airspace. Everything you can get by making. Bali is the top Tourist Destination in indonesia and plays host to millions of visitors each year the v