Fears of an environmental disaster off china as a burning tanker carrying around a Million Barrels of oil threatens to explode. The chump Administration Says more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador will have to leave the u. S. Next year. And the small but simple solution to troy is trying to tackle its big hopelessness problem. A very warm welcome to the program the Syrian Government forces have a steps up the pressure on to the last serious held by rebels both of which were declared deescalation zones last year syrian and russian planes and pounded targets in its lead province killing at least twenty four civilians the North Western province is home to read two point six Million People now that includes more than one point one million who moved there after fleeing fighting elsewhere in the country like a left. Opposition activists say assets forces will target the rebel held air base of the hoar which is on the edge of the province as well as the damascus aleppo world which cuts straight through while the Syrian Government is also intensifying attacks on the rebel held damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta theyve managed to take back their only military base in the area for rebel fighters is home to rhyme four hundred thousand people whove been on the governments siege for more than four years its now the scene of a humanitarian crisis with severe shortages of food and medicine well new footage shows the aftermath of some of the latest airstrikes over the madeira area in eastern according to the syrian observatory for human reports three people including one child were killed on monday duma an ottoman are also reports that have been targeted as well natasha game reports now on developments in the province. A sound all too familiar to many syrians as the war enters its eighth year the concern in the province is just how large the scale of the death and devastation could be. Syrians here remember what happened in two thousand and sixteen when Government Forces regained control of aleppo once syrias biggest city. Then the mole i was tempted you bashar we will look leave we will die in syria we are all civilians why do they do this then america then the arab league then the Security Council. It is the largest remaining rebel stronghold in syria during peace negotiations it was designated a deescalation zone or safe haven for civilians. Has been anything but since the government began its offensive in october to recapture the province civilians have been killed in increasing numbers one of the latest attacks was a car bomb explosion killing at least thirty people in the last week alone the turkish Human Rights Group i h h says more than one hundred thousand people have been forced from their homes. In this is. The story of this union. Know its not. Its basically regional agreement on the first one. The syrian observatory for human rights says in the last two weeks the government has regained control of sixty villages in it live including singe are. There but thats just becoming we have liberated singe or fully this is singe our school and these are grain silos senor has been liberated from the gangs of job out on the road. The Syrian Government is keen to make gains in Northern Syria the kurds control all but a small area of territory in the north and dream of it becoming their homeland theyre also hoping for a seat at the negotiating table during russian sponsored peace talks later this month the success of those talks is already in jeopardy more than forty rebel groups including previous attendees say they wont be going natasha going to aim aljazeera well the spokesman for the u. N. Secretary general says civilians are being forced to flee into areas already overcrowded with displaced families the un is deeply concerned for the safety and protection of tens of cells and of people in southern italy in rural hama in Northern Syria northeastern syria where ongoing hostilities have reportedly calls hundreds of deaths and injuries of civilians tens of thousands of civilians already in dire circumstances have been recorded is displaced since the first of december due to the fighting with the onset of winter save shelters among the biggest concerns as many families are fleeing into areas that are already at full capacity into communities with depleted resources well for displaced syrians the dangers of war extend far beyond bombs and bullets an increasing number of falling victim to preventable illnesses you know them homes province a lack of basic services and getting clean water is causing a rise in water Borne Disease some of the jiffy reports. This shop may look closed. But step in and youre in the makeshift home of the ali family. The plastic sheets are an attempt at protection from the cold weather and the blankets are supposed to divide the space into rooms for the many members of this extended family. I barley helps out in the kitchen which is outside the shop. His family was forced out of their home in the countryside of Homs Province in Northern Syria he lost one son and his brothers were arrested by prosser militias this is now home i mean. Every aspect of life is difficult and harsh there is no medicine if our child falls sick or cannot treat it we dont even have warm clothes. That story reverberates throughout syria six million displaced people the countryside in homs has been besieged for years and desperate Living Conditions have been deteriorating. In the town of theres no running water. Those who can afford it rely on water tankers but if im not. Here we bring the water from the well from the city seventy five to eighty percent of the water is not clean and drinking that brings water Borne Diseases. The number of hepatitis patients has increased to a hula now its four or five times higher last month nearly forty cases in kafr la were mostly children or teenagers. This little girl has been diagnosed with jaundice her father thinks its due to what they have been consuming. She has Liver Disease because of the water and also vegetables being grown with sewage. In this cluster of villages that have been multiple deaths attributed to bad water mohammed finds it difficult just to sit up these days just like my whole body hurts after the tests the doctor told me i have Liver Disease the reason is unhealthy vegetables crown using sewage and tankers transporting contaminated water. Nearly seven years of war in syria has decimated its once respectable health care system. And other basic amenities like water and electricity become scarse or more people are dying of preventable diseases some of the job aid their. Crew member has been recovered aboard the Iranian Oil Tanker that collided with a cargo ship and china sea there is one other is a still missing the tanker was carrying about a Million Barrels of oil and there are fears it could explode in long as the story concern is growing that the burning tanker could explode and cause an environmental disaster if the ship sinks around a Million Barrels of oil products could be dumped into the East China Sea so far the spills been contained by emergency teams the iranian tanker was sailing from iran to south korea when it collided with a cargo ship off the coast of shanghai late on saturday the twenty one crew of the hong kong registered c. Of crystal was soon rescued but most of the crew of the old tanker remain missing and according to iranian authorities only one body has been found chinas foreign money she says whos to blame for the collision remains unclear. We are currently still investigating the cause of the accident were also very grateful to other countries who actively participated in the search and rescue work of this maritime accident the tank i had one hundred thirty five thousand tons of Light Crude Oil on board based on tonnage the accident has the potential to be the worst environmental disaster since nine hundred ninety one when two hundred sixty thousand tons of oil leaked off the coast of angola imran khan which is a. At least two people have been killed after protests broke out across a downed over the rising price of bread one of the dead was a High School Student who was killed during protests in the city of jenin that places the rest in a prominent Opposition Leader confiscated newspapers in a bid to clamp down on the on west demonstrations began in the southeastern city of sanaa on saturday after bread prices double the price hike comes after government subsidies were cut in an attempt to improve the economy or bad weldon salah is a student protests and activists he says people are angry because they were never consulted over the budget cuts the government will discuss the issue of the budget it is a political bond most and i want to discuss it with the people and the raising the prices have just come suddenly in the night no one was expecting this huge amount of grace in the price of fuel of we dont bread of everything. People are talking about certain demands will just. Stop in this budget stopping this treatment of the government to the people with this weight come to the military budget cutting the National Security budget which is already taking more than seventy percent of the two thousand and eighty budget. Of all supporting the basics of the life of the people of all so if the government did. Do what people are looking for people who looked over through their g. P. Yes government has decided it will terminate the temporary protected status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador isnt allowed to live and work in the us its two thousand and one well salvador was hit by two major earthquakes sickle haiti is in washington d. C. For us hi there patty what else can you tell us. Well you know during the campaign President Donald Trump said that he was going to be tough on immigration this is what that looks like two hundred sixty two thousand five hundred people signed up for this program theyve lived in this country fifteen sixteen years they are for going to face deportation in eighteen months now the administration delaying it saying they want to give people time to figure out how to get out of this country in that time they can continue to work importantly Homeland Security couldnt tell us how many children are going to be impacted by this these are people whove been here for more than a decade they undoubtedly tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of them have children if they were born here than they are in fact american citizens Homeland Security not releasing that statistic its also going to have a huge impact on the economy of el salvador they believe that their economy is about twelve remittances from people here in the United States to el salvador makes up about twenty percent of their economy so basically democrat republican president s theyve all continued this even though the earthquake damage has been somewhat fixed the other president s have said well look its still incredibly violent one of the most dangerous place countries in the entire hemisphere it is economically depressed so they have made this exemption time after time its come down to President Trump and he says nope not going to do it anymore more than a quarter of a Million People are going to have to leave the country theyve known for more than a decade unless of Course Congress steps in to fix it and pass it also seems have been a day for discussing the next president might look like and talking about how to get young people to to vote. His name is tom styer he is a billionaire former wall street type who decided to give them away his money gives mostly to democratic causes hes given about one hundred Million Dollars in two thousand and sixteen well thats not what made him a household name he has spent at least twenty Million Dollars of his own money over the last few months running commercials basically calling for President Trump to be impeached its if you turn on cable news youre going to see one of those ads well hes gotten people to sign the petition but he hasnt got the Republican Controlled Congress to move at all on that issue so now he came to washington and said republicans are going to get it done so im going to spend another thirty Million Dollars in just twenty four districts in the house of representatives to turn the tide to put democrats in charge to impeach the president heres what he had to say about twenty eighteen is going to be a straightforward debate between two radically different visions of america im going to spend it rallying americans behind our vision a just inclusive prosperous america my fight is not just in california my fight is removed is in removing donald trump from office and from power and that starts with taking the house back in twenty two he was asked are you going to run in two thousand and twenty he said im not having a focus on that they always say that but there is a lot of talk about the two thousand and twenty president ial election why well because Oprah Winfrey won a Lifetime Achievement award at the Golden Globes so obviously a lot of people across the globe know Oprah Winfrey she was a talk show celebrity who really started the genre she owns her own somewhat unsuccessful Television Network right now but she was given this Lifetime Achievement award and all of a sudden everybody in america is talking about the potential that Oprah Winfrey is going to run for president why you might be asking just because of a speech well listen to how she delivered it what she had to say. For too long women have not been heard or believed if they did to speak their truth to the power of those min but their time is up. Eighty so i want all the girls watching here now to know that a new day is. Who she is so unlike their perhaps her good friends barack and Michelle Obama certainly seem to be channeling that energy that they always brought to their speeches now i think its important to point out it is not even close to twenty twenty and we dont know who is going to run for office or President Donald Trump is even to seek a second term but i think it goes to show the broader point one that american women are many of them are incredibly angry and she would be channeling that anger that we saw throughout the Golden Globes and the democrats are desperately looking around to find out who could take on donald trump there isnt really a huge bench and so theres been a lot of talk about exactly which direction the theyre going to go and Oprah Winfrey said in past hedo terms president and so that makes me think i could probably be a good president to keep an eye on that oprah twenty twenty five people have now live from washington d. C. Patty thank you. Does come this half hour on a Charm Offensive french president eman mom back home begins a three day visit to china and africa under pressure from to that zone investors to do more with a car growing smartphone addiction amongst children. Welcome to International Weather forecast now weve been seeing some pretty unsettled weather around the western side of the mediterranean and indeed is still looking pretty changeable at the moment now weve got another area of low pressure pushing in across parts of the Iberian Peninsula weve had significant snowfall it still remains pretty cold temperatures of five in madrid on choose day house where temperatures are actually not too bad for this time of the year as we head through into wednesday temperatures recovering in madrid and the rain eventually dying away central as lot of cloud but temperatures not too bad in eastern areas maybe rather chilly temperatures there subzero in moscow throughout the day as we head into north africa theres a lot of cloud around and quite a strong southerly wind in fact the recent dust lifted up off the sahara and carried into parts of europe so some of that rain is going to contain quite a bit of dust but for north africa itself the most part dry and fine though we have got some showers just threatening the coast of morocco at times and that continues it head on through into wednesday algeria too could see some rain this Coastal Region now as we head into central parts of africa it looks pretty fine some showers with a bomb but otherwise across much of central and west africa is looking dry and fine sunshine in like right in ghana both days on them for southern parts of africa tropical cycle continues to move away from other. Zero explores prominent figures of the Twentieth Century and one of the reasons influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for civil war the american. Resistance it was over there with a press. Can continue to make rules if thats what you mean by. To free at this time on zero zero. Zero mind of the top stories here on aljazeera Government Forces in syria have ramped up their offensive on the rebel held areas of the province in eastern despite them being declared deescalation so there are fears in all time in the East China Sea after colliding with a cargo ship could explode one body has been recovered but thirty one crew members are still missing. And migrants Rights Groups have been protesting against the u. S. Government decision to end the temporary protective status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador. Iran is warning that it will weaken said whether to cooperate with the uns Nuclear Watchdog if the u. S. Doesnt stick to a deal that it signed with to iran and western powers back in twenty fifteen president dont trump has refused to source a five that deal which the lifting of sanctions in return for iran scaling back its Nuclear Program has more from tehran. Leaders in iran are again gearing up to defend the nuclear deal finally signed in two thousand and fifteen after years of delays on monday president Hassan Rouhani had this reminder donald trump has failed every time the white house has tried to confront iran. And the Foreign Ministry warned washington not to do anything it might regret. We have to wait for their decision as for ron stance weve made all the necessary predictions about any scenario and all options for different situations are on the table depending on what the United States decides to do. At a security conference in tehran attended by foreign dignitaries and regional allies irans defense minister told us that the u. S. Is orchestrating artificial conflicts in the middle east to create perpetual war and maybe. We understand well why do us especially the us are pursuing even a focus on this is a total american story that says for the progress of americas economy staging wars is inevitable so from their perspective its necessary to produce permanent war intention to sell weapons. Irans foreign minister zarif is scheduled to meet his European Union counterpart later this week in brussels the e. U. Has been a vocal supporter of the nuclear deal and talks are expected to focus on how to save it from collapse in the face of u. S. Threats there is Broad International support for all sides to remain committed to keeping iran from restarting its Nuclear Enrichment program but the fact that it would only take a few days to do so will no doubt be on the minds of irans enemies as well as its allies same bus route the. French president a man will not come has to move europe sponsorship of china into the twenty First Century and his first state visit to the worlds most populous country my comment chinese president xi jinping in beijing have to soften the step and in some capitals of she gone now he wants china and. To Work Together to share the benefits of increased training fighting ways to meet the challenge of global warming. It is its up to europe in asia to france and china to define and come up with the rules of a game where we could all win or lose i have come here to tell china that i am determined to move the euro China Partnership into the twenty First Century so that it fits in this new framework that we need to define together europe will embrace this new strategy because it is now aware of its role and its place in this century it will get involved on all of the main topics yes my friends what i have also come here to say is that europe is back where they take out is the director of the China National association of International Studies he says relations between trams and china become even more important since the u. K. Voted in the. Traditionally china has attached a lot of importance not only to u. K. But also to france and germany in europe and china french relations have always been very important falls in terms of trade economic relations but also in terms of political relations the two countries share actually of many similar views of International Relations both france and china are probing the Member States of the Security Council of the United Nations and the two countries have been called to duty to lead positions are many Important International issues for years and i hope with the brics it happening as we speak china french relations will remain very strong arm and will take on new tire measures Going Forward because france and germany for example remain the two most important e. U. Member states as far as china is concerned well guarantees are investigating the killing of a prominent businessman in broad daylight peter he still was shot outside his companys office in an upmarket district of the capital sophia the forty nine year old and one of the countrys biggest daily businesses he also had ties to bulgarias Ruling Center right party heavy rain and melting snow or forced the closure of one of europes most important shipping routes the rhine river in western germany has risen to Dangerous Levels between the cities of cologne and duesseldorf and on and its expected to peak one chewstick ryan is a key shipping route for call for oil and minerals. Apples under new pressure this time from its investors two major shareholders who control two billion dollars worth of its shares of sent a letter to the company urging it to address concerns over smartphone addiction in Young Children the letter says quote paying special attention to the health and development of the next generation is both Good Business and the right thing to do and heres why they cite a study which says sixty seven percent of teachers surveyed if i. In the number of students distracted by digital the digital devices in classrooms is growing seventy five percent of them say students ability to focus on studies cystic creased and the letter also references that u. S. Teenagers spend five hours or more a day on smartphones a seventy one percent more likely to have a risk factor for suicide and ninety percent of teachers surveyed say the number of students with emotional challenges has also with more earlier we spoke to technology rated linley who believes the focus might soon move from apple on to the big social Media Software company weve seen over the last year the social media is actually having a massive impact on the whole of society particularly in the political context where we find out that the advertising that drives social media lets remember that social media are free because of the advertising that is put on them and thats advertising having a big impact on society in all ways so i think the concentration ultimately will be on the social media applications and again thats what children like doing i mean they really love social media up so i think this is really about that but shrewdly its using apple as a kind of proxy to do with this apple actually isnt in the business of getting people addicted to using these services as much as possible they just want people to buy that phone now there are only limited things that apple itself can do for example it can limit the amount of time that children spend on the devices or it can limit access to particular services ultimately i think its going to be Companies Like facebook and google and twitter and all the others that will have to get involved to provide a much finer get grained control so that parents can stipulate i know something ridiculous like you can only send three hundred messages a day because if you do that kind of thing then children will begin to realize ok im as a limit what im doing so i get the full benefit of it. Facebooks agreed to deal with the huge Music Publishing company sony a. T. V. To let their music be used on social media in exchange for payment to some way to the polls or do facebook made with universal last month deals mean facebook have to take down costs from uses these copyrighted music helping it to compete better with you choose at just over four years ago detroit became the biggest city in American History to file for bankruptcy today its undergoing a renee songs but thousands are still homeless detroit and a few other cities are experimenting with a surprisingly simple solution on hendren explain. Detroit is a city of many ironies the streets of the motor city are largely empty what was once the fourth largest city in the u. S. Could fit boston San Francisco and manhattan into its footprint but no longer makes the top twenty in population and since more than half of its two million residents fled after the one nine hundred fifty s. It is a city of both thousands of abandoned homes and an epic level of homelessness but a faith based charity here has a small solution to one of detroits biggest problems tiny houses a reverend fittingly named faith has written the book on them if you have some could leave your children the way my parents left to me the skys the limit i mean you really could become middle class thats the happily ever after that long right now in august detroits Cass Foundation built the first seven homes from bungalows to Frank Lloyd Wright style to tutors that low income buyers can pay off at a rate of two hundred fifty to four hundred dollars a month in just seven years for keith who spent twelve years in prison home means a fresh start and. Twenty more tiny homes like his are going up here this year across the u. S. Homelessness is concentrated in areas like detroit but now theres a movement with cities from San Francisco to new York Building tiny homes like these to give a little piece of the American Dream to many who have stopped dreaming since motown came roaring out of bankruptcy downtown glitters and rents are high but here and across the u. S. Homeownership is at a fifty year low detroit doesnt have. A housing shortage problem. So far diminutive. Play only a small role in solving a colossal problem. There. But for those now living in close quarters all the room its a big deal john hendren aljazeera detroit well you can find much more about the stories were following at aljazeera else call. The mind at the main stories here on aljazeera Government Forces in syria stepping up their offensive against opposition fighters and lead the largest remaining offices stronghold in the country they live is supposed to be a deescalation zone set up last year with the backing of russia iran and turkey the civilians the onslaught is causing misery and freezing winter conditions the u. N. Is deeply concerned for the safety and protection of tens of cells and of people in southern italy in rural hama in Northern Syria northeastern syria where ongoing hostilities are reportedly calls hundreds of deaths and injuries of civilians tens of thousands of civilians already in dire circumstances have been recorded is displaced since the first of december due to the fighting with the onset of winter save shelters among the biggest concerns as many families are fleeing into areas that are already at full capacity into communities with depleted resources at these two people have been killed after protests broke out across a dam over the rising price of bread one of the dead was a High School Student who was killed during protests in the city of did maina piece of a rest in a prominent Opposition Leader and confiscated newspapers in a bid to clamp down on the on mass demonstrators carrying about a Million Barrels of oil products. Wagons Rights Groups have been protesting against the u. S. Government decision to end the temporary protected status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador theyve been allowed to live and work in the u. S. Since two thousand and one right now salvador was hit by two major earthquakes french president Manuel Mccall has vowed to move europe sponsorship of china into the twenty First Century in his first state visit there a call made chinese president xi jinping in beijing after starting his trip in the ancient capital of we are now he wants to china of the youth to Work Together to share the benefits of increased trade and find ways to meet the challenge of global warming. You are up to date for the moment those are current headlines here on aljazeera up next though its the stream well see in about half an hour by. Hi im femi oke a walk cause antigovernment sentiment to flare up in a wrong one week after protesters call for an angel to high prices and some cases the removal of irans clerical elite hundreds rallied this weekend in support of the nations leadership so what do these demonstrations tell us about whats happening in the country thats today on the stream