Mcdonald this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a controversial north korean general indicates at the closing of the Winter Olympics that his country is willing to talk to the u. S. She jingping upset to extend his presidency beyond twenty twenty three after the communist party in china opposes constitutional changes. Church leaders protesting against tax found shot the site where christ was said to have been buried it occupied East Jerusalem. A warm welcome to the pope at least twenty seven people have been killed in Syria Russian Air strikes in east and on sunday in the last hour theres been reports of attacks on two villages in the rebel held area of syria using polling gas and miss silas carrying napalm all of this has taken place despite a u. N. Security council adopting a resolution demanding a cease fire osama bin debate has a report from gezi in neighboring turkey. Hours into the u. N. Security councils thirty day ceasefire declaration bombs kept dropping on eastern. Medics reported dozens of deaths and injuries from more than one hundred airstrikes barrel bombs and artillery bombardments all of which was supposed to end continues in the rebel held area home to four hundred thousand syrians what experiences from b. B. s and. Dont give us high expectation its the. Whats. The. Possible we dont know we dont we dont know. And and then here this is a big number of population it wants to be a solution that free bring them one or two boys and one be the solution that we evacuated one thousand or two thousand of them to be sort of out of little as feared Government Forces try to enter eastern border from three sides attempting to seize as much land as possible before the cease fire is implemented. Reinforcements from the syrian armys fourth intended brigades have been circling east and the for days special forces and troops from the in the tigris talian are also on the front lines. Bulldozers and tanks are deployed to breach rebel defenses iran and syria maintain that the Security Council resolution allows the targeting of what they call terrorists who would despite facing large approved numbers and heavy firepower rebels and theyve held their front line so far killing and capturing some soldiers thank god. We welcome the Security Councils decision regarding a cease fire because of the burden on our families and he said this suffering must be lifted of the decision to stop the bloodshed caused by the regime in eastern guta as usual we didnt find any commitment by the Syrian Regime and its russian allies Eastern Ghouta northwest and go to southern wist and almost every front and go to has been stalled by the regime on sunday in order to achieve some advance but they havent succeeded. Many besieged people have been stranded in underground shelters for days and fear of worse to come. We cant eat because theres nothing to eat our sons have no work my son has five children and he doesnt know how to feed them we will die hungry without food weve been targeted in our homes have been destroyed we have done nothing to be treated and targeted like this but eastern has been intensely targeted for the past week the u. N. Called it hell on earth the pope calls the victims in syria martyrs that have been conversations between the leaders of france germany and russia to drive persuade the Assad Government to stop attacks and allow in humanitarian aid thats when the people will continue to face what they see is annihilation. In the turkey syria border. No controversial north korean general who attended the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in south korea has indicated his country is willing to open talks with the u. S. Well at the ceremony he said just meet us from u. S. President on toms daughter ivanka and tasha game reports now from cologne. From protesters at the border and the stadium too uncomfortable questions asked by reporters all over nothing it was a controversial arrival at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics for the north korean delegation. Some South Koreans are angry about the delegation leader general kimmitt young chore all is thought to be behind attacks against the south including the sinking of a warship in twenty ten that killed forty six sailors know. Whom day in president of korea is almost zero and simple they are doing little korea will. Go. Wrong to protest. No president and the north korean dictator this is the. South korean president moon j. In use the games to reboot intercooler ian relations the socalled peace olympics included a joint womens hockey team athlete celebrating korean nationalism by marching under a unified flag as well as a visit by kim yo jiang the sister of the north Korean Leader she arrived with an invite for moon to visit pyongyang. Its a two hour test it was a good olympics it was so concerned about it last year but he went so well many north koreans came in i wish this could lead to unification i thought it was interesting there was an order for us to host it i really enjoyed it. Even the choice of olympic venues was symbolic gang one province is divided between the north and south. If the tension continues yes tourists dont come so peace is very important to our economy north korea participated in the olympics and this has become a basis for establishing a base here and that means a lot to us. For the russians the games and did as they began marching without their flag two of their athletes were disqualified after testing positive for banned drugs four years on from the sochi doping scandal russians were only allowed to compete under an olympic flag as all athletes return home the question here is what happens after the olympics. The u. S. Announced its toughest package of sanctions against north korea on friday with the hope it will pressure the country to denuclearize whether that will work when other sanctions have failed remains to be seen and theres no word yet on when president moon might travel to the north if he does hell become the first south korean president to meet kim jong un since he became leader seven years ago natasha going to aljazeera south korea awful on this day and an estimate joins us from washington hi there diane ed whats been the u. S. Response then to the offer of these talks from the north korean. Well julie the white house released a statement a few hours ago saying that it remains steadfast in its commitment to see north korea completely denuclearized it so that it remains to be seen whether this overture about these talks is a step in that direction and the state department essentially said the same thing and i think part of the skepticism is that in calling for these talks north korea hasnt said if its going to put any preconditions on them and again to the call for these talks come just a couple of days after the United States impose these tougher sanctions on north korea something that north korea is calling an act of war so theres some speculation here in the u. S. Particularly in washington that these sanctions may be having a bite having an effect on north korea and maybe its making an overture about these talks to get some Economic Relief do you think its fair to say theres been diplomatic progress between the two and the us during these in the banks i think its hard to say certainly the optics are there we saw Vice President trump or Vice President pence attend the opening ceremonies and talk about potential talks with do nuclearization attached to it at the closing ceremonies we saw the president s daughter of sitting just a few steps away from delegates from both north and south korea so the optics are there but again weve seen this president take a hard stance on friday calling for these tougher sanctions and saying if these sanctions dont work that he would look at face to whatever that might be but at least there is talk of talks something that we really havent seen before and has to put there from washington d. C. Dan thank you. President xi jinping could be reelected as chinas the day in twenty twenty three under a proposal the ruling party has put forward the communist party wants to change the constitution to in this term limits for chinese leaders the Vice President would also be allowed to serve for longer than the current two term limit well the party elected president xi jinping as its head for another five years last told them difficult pollen is in hong kong with more on what it could mean for the president and the Chinese People there was much speculation he would be angling to stay beyond the next five years back in october when he was addressing the Chinese Peoples congress he laid out a vision of thirty years in a very ambitious vision of chinas development both socially infrastructure advice and financially now this has to has to go through a parliament but its inconceivable that this will be blocked in any way as parliament distractive politicians that are loyal to the ruling establishment ping well now if this goes ahead be chinas most powerful modern day leader as he is also the leader of the military he will become a cult of personality many fear much like mao tsetung was during his thirty tenure thirty year tenure which ended in one nine hundred seventy six now theres also concern that under his rule china will see many of their human rights or many of their rights squeezed even more under his tenure so far we have seen china turn into more of a surveillance state dissent very quickly crushed its also of great concern to the people of hong kong as unders easing things rule weve seen the biggest close to hong kongs Democracy Movement people here are now concerned about how he will or whether he will continue to treat hong kong as a special in ministry to a region separate from the rest of china. Still to come here on aljazeera former italian Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi addresses a rally as his Party Gathers momentum ahead of next weekends elections plus. The city weights are soaring across mexico could a controversial trade deal be to play. With. The. Hello there were seeing a lot of heavy snow over parts of europe at the moment just take a look at these pictures from italy where the snow is very very deep and its all thanks to a weather system thats been circulating around in the mediterranean sucked up a lot of moisture and now its working its way northward and hitting the cold air thats in place over many other parts of europe where it hits that cold air thats where we see all the snow and theres plenty more still to come so for many of us here there will be plenty more heavy snow on monday and then that will gradually edge its way eastwards as we head through into choose day for the rest of us across europe its cold and its staying cold so a maximum of minus nine in warsaw minus four in many places here wont get above freezing for a good few days now further west on maximum in paris will only be around minus two if we had across the other side of the mediterranean for many of us here what weather has now passed and its moved away towards the north but theres more rain working its way in across parts of morocco thats edging its way towards for about there wet for us on monday but then clearing as we head through tuesday say choose day quite a blustery winds about nineteen degrees will be our maximum instead on tuesday the wetter weather will be over parts of our geria and into tunisia. With. Environment doesnt know any boundaries what goes up into the environment goes around the world. Pesticides are pushed on drums that its a very modern way to do plumbing and weve made poisons the measure of progress the domestic. Circle of poison this time on al jazeera. Our mind at the top stories here on the syrian Government Forces of launched a new ground today were offensive against rebel held eastern despite the un Security Council calling for a cease fire. As the Winter Olympics and then get the envoy from north korea has said his country is ready to hold talks with the u. S. About its Nuclear Program. Chinas communist party has proposed scrapping term limits for the president which would let cheating stay in office beyond twenty twenty three. A Church Leaders in occupied East Jerusalem of close the holiest site in christianity in response to what they call discrimination by the Israeli Government managers of the church of the holy supposed third believed to be the crucifixion and resurrection site of jesus christ are angry at proposed tax plans harry foster has more. The chance to experience sunday mass at the place where they believe christ rose from the dead draws pilgrims from around the world to the church of the holy sepulcher but this sunday the Greek Orthodox armenian and catholic churches which jointly run the site announced its abrupt closure protesting against measures which they say would constrain their rights over Church Property is that in mind. Offer a simulation which were. Hearing. In europe. This is the back to. Back against christians in their holy land. Levi only most basic. And some of the right the Church Leaders say they face a twin attack first in the shape of a demand by jerusalem City Government what it says is more than one hundred eighty Million Dollars in back taxes and secondly from proposed legislation which would seize retroactively for the state church land sold to private companies or sundays in the square outside the church of the holy sepulcher always thronged with tourists and christian pilgrims many of whom are travelled a long way to see this most important holy site its always an atmosphere of emotion today the chief atmosphere though is one of disappointment the belief that jesus christ died and if you was buried here would have liked just to go there and have the east point if you will you know that would we be able to understand it better you know i dont know if the sides of the parties involved but you know it certainly is going to get the public attention to do this and hopefully it drives a quicker conclusion the christian patriarchates over large areas of often prime real estate in and around jerusalem much of it at least to the state palestinians have criticized the Greek Orthodox patriarch the selling property inside the old city the jewish settler groups and others jerusalems municipal leaders say only properties being used for religious activities should be tax exempt not those rented commercially theyve already frozen about nine Million Dollars in assets of the Greek Orthodox church were talking about other places that the church own factors hotel and they have been exempt wrongly from paying city taxes for years and years and years and the mare at the moment is trying to correct a wrong that was done that affects us from residents every single day and ministerial discussion on the bill to allow seizure of already sold church land has been postponed to next week the author of the proposed law says its designed to protect the rights of those living on the land from often anonymous offshore entities Church Leaders say their long established rights are being trampled in what they call an attempt to weaken the christian presence in jerusalem are a force that aljazeera occupied East Jerusalem. The former called leader of the Syrian KurdishDemocratic Union party the p y d has been arrested in prague reportedly at the request of turkey Sally Muslimah was added to turkeys most wanted terrorist list earlier this month encore considers the p y d in its song going to the y. P. G. To be terrorist groups with ties to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party will Turkish Forces began a campaign against the y p g in syrias northern a free region last month three days of air strikes have pounded a rebel held port in western yemen displacing thousands of people who were already in need of aid and many whose he finds his have reportedly been killed by the Saudi Led Coalition attacks on hard data in test has the story. One of the saudi led air strikes spared little here but data is the strategically important port city in western yemen saudi warplanes have repeatedly targeted surrounding neighborhood since thursday reportedly killing dozens of who the fighters and civilians before the start of the civil war nearly three years ago today the port handled around seventy percent of yemens imports including critically needed food and humanitarian supplies since then its become one of the most complex front lines controlled by who the rebels it is either being bombed or blockaded by the Saudi Coalition but in recent months the Us Government which backs the saudi Led Bombing Campaign against the iranian backed who these has sent cranes to the data to replace those destroyed in airstrikes all part of efforts to increase the amount of aid into yemen but help is only trickling in while yemenis suffer what the United Nations described as the worlds worst humanitarian crisis at this camp for the internally displaced on the outskirts of who data few have received any kind of help. And i have four kids and i dont know what to do to feed them i have nothing and can do nothing we dont have furniture we dont have beds would not have blankets we have nothing the u. N. Says nearly all of yemens twenty five Million People need some form of humanitarian assistance with close to half of the population in acute need of support. The numbers of displaced people are increasing day by day here and who dated there are more than twenty one thousand displaced we urge the government and politicians and aid organizations to do more to help displaced people who are living in misery and their numbers are increasing and the aid doesnt reach them quickly enough there is a severe shortage of food and the prices of goods here are very high since the war began more than ten thousand people have been killed and yemens economy crippled with the fighting showing a little sign of slowing. That in turn crisis is only getting worse if you started. An Egyptian Court has frozen the assets of a prominent opposition figure accused of having contact with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood former president ial candidate abdel moneim of dill full two was arrested ten days ago it on al jazeera earlier this month is a staunch critic of president Abdel Fattah Elsisi who called for a boycott of next months president ial election nigerias government says one hundred and ten girls remain unaccounted for after an attack by the armed Group Boko Haram in the countrys northeast government overran a school in the town of last monday ideas information minister says Additional Police and Security Officers have been deployed to schools their forces also been called in to help search for the girls now as the philippines marks thirty two years since the overthrow of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos there have been protests against the current president were to go deter see all those demonstrating see his policies are in danger in the democracy that was one back in one thousand nine hundred eighty six and reports. Thirty two years filipinos have come together to celebrate a watershed moment in their history when a revolution forced president Ferdinand Marcos from power. In recent years that unity has been tainted by partisan politics between political dynasties and concerns of the current leader rodriguez deter take his tuna style joke of the marcus era its important to stand up now especially since last year we saw that this administration blatantly disregarded our history that they buried the dictate our marcos and now we are there yet but hes from the current regime for the current government after twenty years in power marcos was toppled in an army back to revolt after he was accused of cheating in the president ial election when filipinos flooded at a main road in manila demanding an end to corruption and human rights abuses thousands were killed for voicing opposition to his rule two territories were on drugs reminds many of the darker time because thousands more filipinos have been killed. Despite that and opposition from these protesters and others such as the Roman Catholic church deterred say remains popular able to withstand whatever criticism he gets from Rights Groups the media and his political opponents and several new show on the we are celebrating decades more than three decades after being used to define what we are a nation which is a Democratic Society are republican government where there is a rule or law that the man the problem with that status after thats all we all went home. Do turtoni wish the protesters well calling the anniversary a time for unity in the name of democracy but unlike his predecessors he wasnt there to deliver his message or hear how polarized his policies have made these filipinos feel and are chappelle. Several thousand people have rallied in central moscow in honor of the slain Opposition LeaderBoris Nemtsov demonstrations are being held all over the country ahead of the third anniversary of his death himself was a vocal critic of president Vladimir Putin and was shot on a moscow bridge overlooking the kremlin and twenty fifty. Former italian Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi has addressed around one thousand supporters at a rally in milan ahead of next weekends elections hes hoping his party can win enough to form a right Wing Coalition government and even though hes banned from Holding Public office berlusconi will play a pivotal role in the makeup of the next government song a day before. This is not an operation of elections past but the return of the great survivor of italian politics despite the scandals the humiliating political defeats and a conviction for tax fraud anyone who gambled on never seeing Silvio Berlusconi again might feel shortchanged but not the process faithful in a fixture in milan to hear his message do you see that yesterday i read a quote from former u. S. President reagan which says they told me that politics is historically the second activity of man and i thought it was very very close to the first activity with therefore need to be respectable in politics. For his supporters it was the one and only chance to see him campaigning and. Even if its for what hes already done for us he has my support then you know i couldnt do it hes a miracle of maturity he has so much energy it comes from his desire to see her risk on three maybe. You know im here so you may have only just had open heart surgery last year but it seems not better schooling is back and in. Political stage he is being seen as a safe pair of hands but is barred from Political Office because of his tax fraud conviction but in the event of election victory he would have the power to nominate a substitute while the veteran politician has a colorful past in comparison to todays politicians ranging from the populist to the neo fascist scorning is relatively less controversial figure he remains Pro European Union a reassuring quality for brussels. Despite the fact that one of his political allies is the anti immigrant and two e. U. Leg up party for so italia is seen as a force to keep the far right in check this could be better to scorn his final comeback his political career has been declared dead several times before but so far that hasnt stopped him hanging on to power so aljazeera. Rates of obesity have soared in mexico over the last twenty five years with diabetes now killing more people than any other disease some experts argue that the roots of the problem is nothing thats the Free Trade Agreement that donald trump threatening to pull out from mexico city David Marceau explains. Like many mexicans these days beyond a what does for stop on her way to work is here a Convenience Store workers are sweet and yogurt cookies and a jello cup make for a breakfast on the go its a trend the thirty year old teacher says is impacting her health and that of her colleagues and students. There are more children who are overweight who have diabetes and hypertension i see too many students who many families with were nutrition we dont know how to eat properly. Mexicans are hocked on junk food and the impact has been devastating over the past twenty five years obesity rates have tripled and diabetes is now the leading cause of death in the country eating habits in mexico began to change in the one nine hundred eighty s. Because of an increase in Foreign Investment but this transformation really took off ten years later with the signing of nafta the north american Free Trade Agreement. Health experts say mexico became a dumping ground for cheap low nutrient highly processed foods from the United States causing diets here to mirror those of their northern neighbors those that use all the most of all the damage we see in our society is caused by the consumption of High Fructose Corn Syrup process sugary drinks and its all connected with the industrialized nation and. The money route explains the causes of the beastly. Mother. Has witnessed this change firsthand she says persuading her family to eat traditional food like tortillas is an uphill battle in leadbelly that these days most young women dont want it for the ease of buying into Fried Chicken instead of making rice and beans instead of making lemonade they buy another soft drink the changes have been bad without Government Intervention mexicos Health Crisis is expected to get worse advocates say future trade agreements should take health into account protecting the very people theyre supposed to help david mercer aljazeera mexico city. Well you can find out much more about our stories at al jazeera dot com. I dont mind not all the top stories see one ill just see it at least twenty seven people have been killed in syrian and russian airstrikes in the rebel held area of east and go to this video is said to show the aftermath of one of the strikes in the time of duma rescue workers taking a child trapped in the rubble to hospital so when Government Troops launched a new grand that era fences just hours after the u. N. Security Council Adopted a resolution demanding a ceasefire aljazeera correspondent Mohammed Al Jazeera is in eastern on the edge of duma. The Regime Forces have launched many attacks here today this is one of the front lines. They were trying to advance towards duma and control the land and farms leading towards the Vehicle Department and harassed. Their goal here is to separate harassed from east and there have also been various attacks from the east and the south the. Regime forces are trying to divide goods into smaller besieged enclaves. Some sources within the opposition say iranian jets have also been taking part in the attacks. Controversial north korean general who attended the Winter Olympics in south korea has indicated his country is willing to open talks with the United States after the closing ceremony of the games general kim yong which was set just meters away from the daughter of the u. S. President he told south korea that his country is willing to open talks with the u. S. About its Nuclear Program and wants to improve relations but his presence in south korea will spark protests u. S. Says it wont back down sanctions against pyongyang. President xi jinping could be reelected as chinas lead to twenty twenty three under proposals all the ruling party has put forward the communist party wants to change the constitution to remove term limits for chinese leaders the party elected president xi jinping as its head for another five years last october christian leaders in East Jerusalem have ordered the closure of the church of the holy sapulpa where christians believe jesus was crucified and buried they say its simple test that new israeli tax and land policies which theyre calling an unprecedented attack christians in the holy land those are hard top stories talk to aljazeera is next well see you later. Ben jules International Airport january two thousand and seventeen stepping out of the black limousine is longtime president. As he walks down the tarmac