That this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up brazils former president says he will run in this years election despite a court upholding a corruption conviction against him. Save the Children Charity suspends its operations in afghanistan following an attack that killed three of its staff plus. Im Andrew Symonds in the occupied west bank and ill be explaining why the palestinians are getting excited about the introduction of cheap all their smartphones its a ten year old knowledge of. Government has received a blow to the credibility of its handling of the raising the refugee crisis off the tip top us diplomat quits an International Advisory board meant aimed at resolving the turmoil in Rakhine StateBill Richardson who was once considered a close friend of and son suchi accused them in my leader of lacking moral leadership on the issue he branded the panel set up by c. Chia whitewash calling it a cheerleading operation for the government i was very happy and the stress right down from the reaction to my point this issue of reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly. Brought almost an explosion on her part. Saying there were issues relating to the official secrecy that this was not my charter as a member of the Advisory Board and the very Heated Exchange that we had i dont want to be part of a whitewash. And i felt its best that i resign immediately it comes as bangladeshs Prime Minister has seen a is to appeal to the United NationsGeneral Assembly for more help in dealing with the crisis. This comes as a man my military has been accused of using gang rape as part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign against their hanger Rights Groups say the attacks occurred during a recent crackdown in Rakhine State in which seven thousand people author ought to have been killed tall structure reports some quick to prolong refugee camp in bangladesh the sisters fifteen and seventeen years old say myanmar Army Soldiers tied them to trees and gang raped them the eldest says a sister lost consciousness as the second man began to prove the lies of. The army surrounded our house she says my sister and i were in the bathroom the soldiers burstein and drank this outside seven men raped me she says passers by found them unconscious and still tied to the trees them it was difficult to walk she says but they helped us it took us fifteen days to walk to the bangladesh border. Rights groups say that the myanmar army used gang rape as part of its Ethnic Cleansing Campaign that killed thousands of people and destroyed their homes in Rakhine State. They also say the Case Highlights massive floors in the International CriminalJustice System and there are questions being asked as to whether the interests of powerful countries like china could jeopardize myanmar ever fully being called to account gathering evidence in myanmar is almost impossible at the moment the myanmar government has banned the uns top human rights investigator from entering the country me and my has made a very big mistake in banning myself and also a Fact Finding Mission and other investigative teams to going in because this is exactly what the world needs to to see and hear from. First hand reports from persons like myself and others Rights Groups say the Un Security Council should refer me to the International Criminal court in the hague but the i. C. C. Only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the rome statute and we is not a signatory getting myanmar an i. C. C. Referral in the Un Security Council would likely fail because of chinas power of veto chinas interests in myanmar a growing these include Oil Pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were dragged away. They say their mother father and three siblings were inside is the soldiers look the front door behind them and set their home on fire chance transferred aljazeera to the refugee camp and with their. Accordant brazil has upheld a conviction against former president enough to silver for corruption and Money Laundering its a major setback for his plans to run again for the presidency but he insisted he will seek reelection in october that is of all reports on the Southern City of port. These people are standing by. Their convinced he will be brazils next president despite a courts ruling that makes it almost impossible for him to run. The risk distance will never die we lost the battle but not the war president twenty eighteen. Is an equivalent. In the country. Again on wednesday an Appeals Court upheld his conviction for corruption and Money Laundering even increase the sentence to twelve years and one month one of the judges said there is no doubt that the former president was involved in a corruption scheme. I looked at these questions one by one reaffirming specifically that the issue of culpability is the largest vector for the sentence and i considered culpability to be extremely high in this case. It happened in the city of port city where extreme security measures were taken to prevent clashes between supporters and those who backed the courts decision. In sao paolo brazils economic capital many celebrated. Thinks he shouldnt be investigated because hes god all his companions are behind bars and are incriminating him we want justice should be arrested he must be convicted. Hes now seventy two he was prisons first working class president and is credited with lifting millions out of poverty. The courts judgment complicate his chances of making it to this years president ial race but lula remains defiant. For me the School Ruling is an opportunity to travel through brazil and have a dialogue with the brazilian people now i can see that everything that theyre doing is to close the door to my candidacy as provocation is so shameful but now i want to be counted for the presidency of the republic brazilian law bans candidates who have been convicted from running for office there are two legal moves and make to avoid prison and to fight to be allowed to run in octobers election. But for many that will now be tougher than his supporters would like to what makes. The case how will. The terror is the director of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson center he says his chances of running for the presidency are looking bleak. It was a very bad day for lou. Everyone most everyone expected the ruling would go against him but not this strongly i mean it was a three to zero unanimous result from the three Appeals Court judges and theyre actually increased the jail sentence from nine years to twelve years and while its still possible that he you know may escape jail he has many potential you know opportunities to see injunctions and stays ahead of him but i think its going to be a hard road for to still be a candidate in october for the next president ial election as he said is his intention brazilian law does say that if you if you commit a crime youre not allowed to run for the presidency or other other Political Office and so you know it looks pretty bleak for him though after what happened today because even a two one result would have opened up. More avenues for appeal than this three zero result did well people still have very good memories of lewis presidency which of course was from two thousand and three to two thousand and ten those were boom years for brazils economy and they were years that also saw a massive growth in the middle class and reduction in poverty the equation in peoples minds the reason why lula is running first currently and virtually every poll for the october election is a lot of people sort of make this calculation in their minds and they say ok well look you know all of these politicians are corrupt but lou is the only one who ever did anything for me. Global charity save the children has suspended its operations in afghanistan after a deadly attack on its jalalabad office forty six people in the building were rescued a soldier and three Staff Members were killed in the siege several others were wounded eisel has claimed responsibility Jennifer Goss has more from the capital kabul i attack began with a car bomb at the door of the state of the Children Office in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan the gunman stormed the building for more than eight hours they battled Afghan Security forces while dozens of save the children staff were trapped inside the building was set on fire eventually Afghan Police and soldiers killed the attackers and rescued the staff afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places for children to be born following decades of war insecurity and poverty for twelve years save the children has worked with afghan communities to help kids arrive but the attack on the agencys office in jalalabad suggest its becoming increasingly difficult for staff to help afghans without becoming victims of the conflict themselves its quite possible to save the children that would leave afghanistan the onus is on the Afghan Government to provide security for the latest to to stick on aid worker security show that over the last fifteen years their jobs have become much more dangerous in two thousand and sixteen there were one hundred fifty eight attacks on aid organizations around the world in which one hundred to one aide workers were killed ninety eight wounded and eighty nine kidnapped thats almost triple the number of attacks in two thousand and three south sudan is the most dangerous country for aid workers followed by afghanistan and syria the u. N. Humanitarian coordinator calls afghanistan one of the most challenging and dangerous environments for humanitarians in two thousand and seventeen seventeen aid workers were killed and thirty two injured Doctors Without Borders withdrew from the northern afghan city of could use in two thousand and fifteen after the medical charities hospital was mistakenly destroyed by a u. S. Airstrike and last year the International Red cross which is. Operated in afghanistan for more than thirty years closed to clinics and limited his operations nationwide after seven Staff Members were killed and others abducted now were in a very explosive situation i think where we note the Community Says communities can no longer guarantee also fifty an hour access and thats now where its becoming extremely difficult to know. Who we can rely on and thats thats the challenge today more so than in the last thirty years afghanistan is dependent on aid organizations have gunmen were to drive them out the Afghan Government cant support the social Services Programs on which millions of afghans depend save the children says it helps one point four million children in afghanistan and its committed to its work here the organization would like to restart its programs but it can only do so when its short staffed can work safely jennifer glass al jazeera kabul. Still ahead on. The truth i just find your death warrant. Under the seventy five years in jail for the u. S. Gymnastics doctor who sexually abused girls and a woman in his cab. Im james bays where President Trump is expected in the coming hours will he be accepted by the global elite to gather here. From the waves of the south. To the contours of the east. Were going to a winter storm is churning through the eastern med turkey and therefore the levant its not quite as cold or as windy as the one that came through the end of last week but is there with the same i guess your forecast picture them about ten degrees and aleppo a bit better in beirut the breeze picks up and the cloud be full of rain the snow is over the high ground of turkey. Mainly as you can see and ahead of it we juice once again quite a strong wind which means it lifts in baghdad but lift the dust in the sand as well the real cold air is still up here in El Monte Manas sixteen that is the daytime High Temperature now as us to storm revolves youve got about i think thirty six to forty eight hours worth of rubbish weather in the levant through Northern Syria to turkey and beyond but the snows stays over the Higher Ground joiners attempts have very very much is just is going to feel fairly rubbish eventually that snow will come down soon all in iran the tension by god backs off a bit as the wind changes direction in the immediate future not what should be felt the science of that youve got the juiced southerlies awards in riyadh at twenty seven but twenty five in doha then that wind eases a little bit no immediate change temperatures for us suggest office comes through it will get colder. The weather sponsored by qatar airways. The scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there people that then are choosing between buying medication and eating they say is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone whos an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on aljazeera. Are they watching us them out of our top stories this hour a veteran u. S. Diplomat has quit an International Advisory panel tackling the rank of crisis calling it a whitewash Bill Richardson. If the group as it was making its first trip to minimize Rakhine State comes as myanmars military faces new accusations of using gang rape as part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign against the ruling. The Brazilian Court has upheld the conviction against former president louis enough eluded a silver for corruption and Money Laundering but speaking to supporters he insisted he will seek reelection in october. The Global Charity save the children has suspended its operations in afghanistan after a deadly attack on its jalalabad office a soldier and three Staff Members were killed in the siege. Turkish media are questioning the us version of a telephone conversation between the turkish president and President Trump the pair spoke on the phone about syria but turkey denies that the us commander in chief raised his concerns of escalating violence in Northern Syria turkey is launching their own ground operation in the city of the why presence there the turkish government considers the y. P g a terrorist group however the u. S. Sees the kurdish fighters as allies helping in its fight against eisel on wednesday trump warned turkey to curtail its military operation in Northern Syria or risk conflict with u. S. Forces syrians who survived a deadly snowstorm along the countrys mountainous border are calling on the lebanese government to open its doors to refugees last week seventeen people froze to death while illegally crossing into lebanon along a well known people smuggling route santa has more from the bekaa valley. But survived but she watched her father in law and sister in law freeze to death Syrian Refugees were caught in a fear snowstorm as people smugglers tracked them across mountains to reach seventy people died including children said they asked the smugglers for help but instead they abandoned. We asked the smuggler to help us go back he wanted money he kept threatening us with guns we had no choice but to comply my father in law was old and needed to go back and my children needed and i had to go back the smuggling route is an eight hour journey through difficult terrain and on that particular day weather conditions were very bad the rescue and search effort lasted for days and is from the city of rekha she went back to syria because she couldnt afford to treat her sick child in Lebanons Bekaa valley her one month old girl died in syria and had to return to her family in lebanon syrians like her cant use government run border crossings if they dont want to lose their status with the United Nations its not just that. The lebanese authorities to open the border. Money to those who want to cross illegally. And that costs hundreds of. Hundred dollars we go to the government. Lebanon