Hello welcome to aljazeera live from. Dennis also coming up in the program. Rescue crews search for survivors after a powerful earthquake hits taiwan this is the scene live from quality and. For the first time in south africa the state of the nation address is postponed as pressure grows on president zuma to resign. All eyes on the Global Stock Markets after wall street rallies following a cuban moshes twenty four hours. Now its being described as the deadliest day in the rebel held Syrian Region of Eastern Ghouta in over a month at least seventy one people were killed in airstrikes on the damascus suburb which has been besieged by the government for for years now government and Russian Forces have increased their attacks there as well as on the rebel held parts of it. Province they are two of four socalled deescalation zones agreed by iran russia and turkey a total of one hundred thirty eight people have been killed in both these areas within the last two days activists say many of them were civilians and they include children some experts say the siege of which involves indiscriminate bombardment and deliberate starvation of the civilian population and these amount to war crimes theres also widespread belief that the Syrian Government has repeatedly used chemical weapons in its attacks Bernard Smith reports. This is supposed to be a deescalation zone part of the Russian Troops to the territory held by antigovernment forces the syrian. But if anything the bombing is escalating here in eastern guta. The uns head of the International Commission of inquiry on syria says the government siege of the area involves the International Crimes of indiscriminate bombing and deliberate starvation of the civilian population. There are reports that at least three hospitals have been hit with the help of the Russian Air Force on the rainy and back groups syrias president is pursuing the last major pockets of territory held by his opponents in western syria. The offensive intensified after fighters from one rebel group shot down a russian aircraft and killed its pilot on saturday. Now the syrian army says its deployed add offenses and anti aircraft missiles to its front lines in aleppo and it led to cover northern airspace i had there from the us four hundred or russian and they are controlled by the russian intelligence not the Syrian Regime so this is russia we need to understand there is an direct confrontation between the u. S. And russia that its dangerous because at the same time turkey is trying to force its presence in the area northwestern syria is where turkey is carrying out an operation to push Kurdish Forces out of afrin its using syrian airspace and has got russias agreement to do so but at the same time the Syrian Government has threatened to shoot down turkish jets turkey also wants to wipe e. G. Out of another northern syrian town damage but there are u. S. Forces there too much to be irritation of the turkish president begin your producer now that you can why are you there go ahead and leave who did you bring there the y. P. G e p k k you took them there and youre still telling us not to come too many we will come to could deliver the land to its true owners. As ever across syria its civilians who are caught in the middle the u. N. Wants fighting across the country to flee suspended for a month to allow the sick and wounded to get out and aid to get in. But the u. N. Is calling for an immediate holes in the fighting in syria. We are trying to reach those most in need first so when we are on able to reach those most in need for example in this situation those in beseeched areas who have seen no aid whatsoever for weeks and months in east ghouta and in for and can friar we. We call from the rooftops if you like we are talking about it leap over a rat we have about two Million People of concern. And called it the other day its like one huge refugee camp and that is essentially what it is there are hundreds or thousands of people who are internally internally displaced there on the run extremely vulnerable and they are being they come under attack and under compartment that is completely unacceptable but weve been speaking to nadine she heard he is from the Fletcher School of diplomacy at Tufts University and he says the Syrian Government no longer take seriously any warnings from the International Community. There has to be a full International Investigation on the war crimes of the regime regardless of what excuses they use to bomb hospitals and civilian population in and the use of chemical weapons i mean the use of chemical weapons is is now almost per emitted to the regime after the United States returned i mean. Did not respect the red line in two thousand and thirteen this is interpreted. As a green light for the regime and for russia and iran that they have a license to kill absolutely and with no destruction and that no and they are confident that nobody will do anything about it in time on a magnitude six point four earthquake has hit the east of the island killing at least two people more than two hundred or so far injured now this is the scene live from the port city of wiley and thats where firefighters say at least five people remain trapped inside a hotel thats on the brink of collapse and you can see it there at a very crazy angle indeed at least one hundred seventy people are unaccounted for our correspondent jeweled a silver has the latest. This was the scene port city of quali after the earthquake struck just ten minutes before midnight rescuers moved in groups and cranes to get those trapped in what was left of the hotel back to safety. Its believed the occupancy rate was particularly high this time of the year its not a very densely populated area alone that is to the eastern coast of taiwan as the fisherman many fish in an agricultural day. County and most people there are focused most most with their live in tourism and fishing agriculture as this because of the year as we are the chinese new year. To learn new year so there are tourists there so the hotel is as one of their one of the building that many true is would choose to stay search teams from around the island are headed to qualify to help with rescue efforts. Silent fire Agency Reports that five more buildings including a hospital were also damaged as were several roads leading to the city this earthquake followed another one over the weekend off the coast of this earthquake today in the sequence for the last few days has been right in one of the hot spots on the northeast coast of taiwan so its not a surprise its an area where have to sharks are inevitable you know the question is how many big aftershocks will there be in our usual odds are one in ten or one in twenty chance of a big earthquake so they need to be prepared at least for a few days for more action the city lies along the pacific rim of fire known for regular seismic activity from alaska to Southeast Asia which won the silver aljazeera. To kenya now where lawyers for opposition member of parliament have told aljazeera that hes been deported to canada after being charged with treason he was arrested after taking part in a mock swearing in ceremony for the Opposition Leader raul beginner seen here on the left was standing next to raul odinga last week when he declared himself the peoples president thereby rejecting all who can yet as reelection begin to hold both canadian and kenyan passports well need a question a is an africa policy analyst he says kenyas political instability is causing concern through the region. Might be. A Silver Lining on this because events moving too quickly the government is reacting quickly on the other and mr a his support is pretty incensed still about what went on in the in the elections now. Deportee mr me guna. The Silver Lining may be that maybe it to are now things to to calm down because the trying to charge him in the courts the minute that he was i rested and brought to court today in kenya tuesday in kenya we know that street protests broke out in kisumu and other parts of western kenya which is the stronghold of nasa and mr odinga so i am hoping that this will actually lead off some steam i do know that westing capitals are very very worried and behind the scenes iyad trying to deescalate the situation. You know is divided and there are tensions between mr odinga. And the Government Support is but beyond kenya is cell there is the whole worry some issue of somalia which is rocked by a civil war terror war and then further north across the red sea you have you have. Yemen and therefore this is a very dangerous area west and western countries depend on kenya to help deal with that situation apart from kenyans own importance in its own right so what is happening in kenya has a lot of repercussions and people are worried so im saying that it seems to me people might even say ok we will go out along with some. Moves if we to bring stability and peace and to get the two sides talking to deescalate the situation. In an unprecedented move south Africas Parliament has prospered and president zuma state of the nation address which was june on thursday the president is under increasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations the ruling a. N. C. Has also postponed an emergency meeting of its Top Committee that was due to be held later today thats wednesday. We decided to approach the president of the ivory to propose that we postpone detroit city in order to create eight room for establishments and much more open to steve. Mills. Lots more to come here at ows are included colombias stored peace accords become a major topic during the visit of the u. S. Secretary of state plus. Three. Words liftoff in florida for the worlds most powerful rocket it could be a turning point for Space Exploration was. The a. Hello there weve got more rain and snow galloping its way across north america at the moment has that system here gradually working its way eastwards and behind it its cold for many of us in the northern parts of the south it is mild were looking at a top temperature in atlanta there seventeen degrees on wednesday and thats despite the rain and you see how heavy some of that what weather is going to be turns to snow eventually as you make your way up towards the northeastern part of the u. S. And eastern parts of canada the whole system most are fairly quickly its largely gone by the time we get to thursday lunchtime but its still dragging its feet towards the southeastern parts here mostly cloud rather than anything particularly heavy rain wise though it wasnt all western but another weather system working its way in here so lots of snow is expected for the southwestern parts of canada thats edging its way eastwards now for the central americas largely fine and settled for many of us here we do have a few showers here and there want to run the uk a temperature and theres a stretching down towards costa rica and i think well see a few more showers here as we head through thursday on thursday though were also going to see more wet weather beginning to gather over parts of mexico so particularly in the eastern parts as we head down towards south america the rains hey continue the heaviest at the moment around the eastern parts of brazil more still to come. Well as. Good rick remender. Tax returns to activism with a new mission i seldom ever get my job why build software for. Educated dissidents within the technological. Leaps to get certain limitations in their field from a capitalist part of the record. At this time on al jazeera. To take a look at the top stories here at aljazeera syrias rebel held region of Eastern Ghouta has endured its deadliest day in more than a month russian and Syrian Government air raids killed at least seventy one people on tuesday an estimated one hundred thirty eight people have now been killed in both Eastern Ghouta and in italy a province over the last forty eight hours. A magnitude six point four earthquake has hit eastern taiwan killing at least two people more than two hundred others are injured this is the scene live as you can see rescue workers there at the hotel where they say that at least five people remain trapped in the hotel which as you can see appears to be on the brink of of collapse one hundred seventy people are unaccounted for. Lawyers for the kenyan opposition members. Have told elgins there that hes been deported to canada after being charged with treason you see him here on the left he was arrested after taking part in a mosque. Swearing in ceremony for the Opposition Leader riley he holds for his canadian and kenyan passports. So the International Community faces an even more difficult challenging containing eisel the when the group was at its peak that the assessment of a new report from the Un Security Council which says the fight against eisel is entering a new phase according to the report eisel has changed its focus on conquering and Holding Territory instead is prioritizing individual and small cells i saw now wants to carry out attacks and in some cases are willing to work with alqaeda to would achieve their objectives the report warns countries need to improve intelligence sharing and cooperation to deal with the renewed threat it also says the threat from eisel linked groups is quickly spreading across libya west and east and south africa and central asia well richard is director of the just security twenty twenty program at the Stimson Center and he says humanitarian groups also have a role to play in combating eisel. As has shown over several decades other extremist groups prior to the arrival of the Islamic State all you need is a good sense of Organization Funding but a set of ideas ideas that will rally a militant group of terrorist fighters then you can bring about great damage and spread tambour terror not just within regions such as the middle east that have been the brunt of most of these attacks but in nearby regions and central in southwest asia the report highlights one to four thousand isis fighters exist in afghanistan today they are threatening countries such as russia they are threatening the whole of europe which has a problem of foreign returned fighters from these theatres such as syria and iraq today they have cited in the report that there are identity and travel documents that have been illegally stolen its going to be very difficult to differentiate refugees from militants associated with the Islamic State this problem will be around for some time to come its important though that its not treated as strictly a law and order Intelligence Response type of question but one that involves Development Humanitarian organizations this is where organizations such as the un can help take an integrated approach to addressing the causes of extremist violence and this is forum in this is a real risk of i suffices returning to europe on the boats that are used by migrants to cross the mediterranean and jay leno i was speaking at a conference he is hosting in rome to discuss migration security representatives from several african countries where there is well as from the e. U. And the United Nations jonah how was there to. So fourteen nations at least forty nations in gauge here at the Italian Foreign ministry in rome in what is an ongoing conversation between the countries in africa that actors countries of origin and transit for the many many thousands of people trying to make their way to europe and the socalled host countries in europe that receive them which of course italy is a prime one the conference heard that the numbers had been decreasing quite encouraging really over the two thousand and sixteen seventeen period in large part or they havent said it here because of italian methods of dealing with the libyan coast guard encouraging them to turn people back but in fact turning them back to camps that have been described by aid groups and activists as prison camps and Detention Centers where Smuggling Networks are rife and exploitation right as well that will have to be dealt with here in terms of protecting the human rights of those involved in this migration and as well as that as outlined by the Italian Foreign minister defeating the socalled Business Model of smugglers but he said finance terrorism and looking out for the return of fighters i still fighters coming back to their countries of origin in europe using these routes its all about human rights its all about protecting and saving lives its all about bringing together many many countries in a common cause common and difficult cause with multiple competing interests and more than one hundred migrants have escaped from detention in libya the group who were mostly from somalia say they were being held by people smugglers close to the town of tassie a bill thats in the desert they say they were beaten and given food once every twenty four. 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