Im Adrian Finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up on the run a spike in Violence Forces thousands of people to flee the democratic republic of congo. Brazils former president says he will run in this years election despite a course of holding a corruption conviction against him plus. Im Andrew Symonds in the occupied west bank and ill be explaining why palestinians are getting excited about the introduction of three g. All their smartphones its a ten year Old Technology. Government has been dealt a big blow to the credibility of its handling of the hinge a refugee crisis a former u. S. Diplomat has quits an International Advisory board aimed at resolving the turmoil in Rakhine StateBill Richardson who was once considered a close friend of sense suchi accuse the me and leader of lacking moral leadership on the issue he branded the panel set up by suit a whitewash calling it a cheerleading operation for the government it was very unhappy and distressed right down through she reaction to my plea that this issue of the reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly and that brought almost an explosion on her part. Saying there were issues relating to the official secrecies act 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 as best that i resign immediately places bangladeshs Prime Minister shake a scene is to appeal to the United NationsGeneral Assembly for more help in dealing with the crisis meanwhile man mas military has been accused of using gang rape as part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign against the range of Rights Groups say that the attacks occurred during a recent crackdown in Rakhine State in which is many a seven thousand people are thought to have been killed strafford reports now from apollo refugee camp in bangladesh. The system has fifteen and seventeen years old say myanmar Army Soldiers tied them to trees and gang raped them the eldest says assistant lost consciousness was the second man began to prove to lie so. The army surrounded our house she says my sister and i were in the bathroom the soldiers burst in and drank this outside seven men raped me she says passes by found them unconscious and still tied to the trees. 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 that myanmars 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 myanmar 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 the way they say their mother father and three siblings were inside as the soldiers look at the front door behind them and set their home on fire chance transferred aljazeera to follow refugee camp and with their fish. People fleeing the eastern democratic republic of congo are reporting a surge in killings rapes and abductions by armed groups the u. N. Says the violence has pushed more than ten thousand people into neighboring uganda since the beginning of december welcome web reports now from the refugee transit camp in uganda. All of the people here have arrived in the last few days fleeing their villages in the east of the democratic republic of congo they say because of a spike in violence kidnappings killings and rapes by armed groups and now theyre queuing up here to register so they can be relocated from this transit camp to long term refugee settlements further inside uganda we went up to the border met some of the new arrivals unaccompanied on their journey here lets take a look at that story now rebecca says many of her neighbors have been killed or raped in recent weeks the groups keep attacking her village in the democratic republic of congo thats why shes walked here to neighboring uganda with her family they met by ugandan soldiers near the border. When you go to pick your crops or go to the forest or fire you if youre a man they kill you and if youre a woman theyll rape you thats why we came here. Along with other new arrivals rebecca continues her journey in a u. N. Truck the u. N. Says more than ten thousand people it arrived here in the last month fleeing a spike in the violence and. Everyone we spoke to says they dont know which armed groups are attacking them why they say the fighters carry guns wear uniforms and speak languages from the congo and neighboring rwanda since its not safe at home this refugee transit camp the better option. Tired and covered with the new arrivals first have to line up here and get their feet grade if in fact and and everyone is made to come over here and wash their hands as well after the journey must be tiresome to made to go through this but they cant manage just say its necessary then everyone has to queue up here for a medical check in that sense at the end. Rebeccas baby twins kelvin and carole they are identified as severely malnourished. She says she hasnt been able to harvest her crops for weeks and so hasnt produced enough breast milk u. N. Officials say these kinds of problems a typical among those arriving at the transit camp before they can be assisted and taken to long term refugee settlements most of the reason hes always wind of it because when a doctor them to walk for a Long Distance we also had cases where women are they and the names of bin thanks to all the others or they have this cold here especially at night blankets will help keep the backers family warm until they can build a new home her husband in a small can still never go back up and weve heard that here is peaceful were still on the way though were optimistic that everything will be better and not like congo. A new life starts with spending the night on the floor of this shelter. Is safer here but it will be weeks before things get any easier. Aljazeera. Transit camp uganda. Of course in brazil was upheld a conviction against former president. For corruption of Money Laundering its a major setback for his plans to run again for the presidency but he insists he will contest octobers election. Reports now from the southern port city of. These people are standing by. Theyre convinced he will be presumed 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 one thousand nine. Hundred. Ninety eight. 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. Is 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. It isnt. 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 you like 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 made. The. Lady. This is the scene right now just outside milan in northern italy where two people are reported to have died and around one hundred ten people injured ten of the are reported to be in a Critical Condition after a train a commuter train in the morning rush hour left the tracks just outside the land so what this a developing story as we speak live pictures from the scene just outside the land where two people have died in a Train Derailment a commuter Train Derailment just outside of the northern italian city more details on this as and where we have it obviously. Well get a weather update next here and then. In africa. The plan to open up African Skies and make air travel much easier on the continent plus. Where President Trump is expected in the coming hours will set the globe to gather here. From the neon lights of asia. To the city that never sleeps. How i am afraid to have yet more right in the forecast for paris has seen some very very heavy rainfall heavier costs some areas the Northern Front seeing their wettest january in over one hundred years and you can see how the same is overflowing impalas very heavy rain will cause problems as we go on through the next few days the water levels remain high we have this next weather system just sinking its way further south was across much of northern france and in or ties in with this weather front here which is a slow moving feature we are going to see if our amounts of rain through the remainder of the you can see how it runs right through paris right into the by a biscay it was slowly make its way away through the remainder of thursday going on enter friday pulling away but still a chance of some showers coming back in behind hopefully as we go into the weekend things will start to dry out gradually so wetter weather and some snow making its way towards the alps as we go on into friday some heavy rain there across southern parts of france which will southeastern corner of europe into the eastern side of the med still some very heavy rain in place here and that is still affecting the levant for the time being so special about its out weather just around that eastern side of the med but for much of north africa is dry. The weather sponsored by qatar raise. The scene for us whether online what is a very nice time 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 set there are people that are choosing between buying medication and eating base is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone whos an activist whos close to the story joined the global conversation at this time on aljazeera. But i get the top stories this hour on aljazeera former u. S. Diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an International Advisory panel tackling the hinge of prices calling it a whitewash at least seven hundred thousand ranger have fled we have a region for bangladesh since the start of a military crackdown in the us. People fleeing eastern democratic republic of congo are reporting a surge in killings rapes the production is by armed groups the u. N. Says the violence has pushed all the ten thousand people into neighboring uganda since the beginning of december. The Global Charity save the children has suspended its operations in afghanistan after an attack on its jalalabad office a soldier and three Staff Members were killed several others were wounded i saw has claimed responsibility jennifer glass reports from kabul. The 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 and the onus is on the Afghan Government to provide security for the latest it is takes on aid workers 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 organization. Around the world in which one hundred one aid 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 humanitarian 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 close 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 know the Community Says communities can no longer guarantee all safety on our axis 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 if 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. Turkish officials are disputing the white houses version of a phone call about its offensive against kurdish y p g of fighters in Northern Syria the white house says that President Donald Trump urged his turkish counterpart to curtail ankaras campaign of afrin which is now its sixth day but turkey says the trump did not face concerns of escalating violence turkish officials also said the trouble should turkey that the u. S. Would no longer supply. Syrian kurdish fighters with us meanwhile President Trump is taking his nationalist agenda to the global stage at davos trump arrives there later on thursday diplomatic editor james bays has more now on what we can expect from him this is high in the swiss alps this is the ultimate annual gathering of the global elite captains of Industry Business commas and finance have their talk fest every year here in davos see you might think the u. S. Is first a businessman president in decades would fit right in that these are powerful pe