Increasingly under attack as a country experiences a historic wave of violence. Hello there. After almost four and a half years of fighting in syria, its the president s first real admission the government fors are struggling. In a speech to the nation Bashar Al Assad said his army is tired and lacks numbers. He said his forces may have to concede some territory to their enemies. A report. Reporter for the First Time Since the war began in syria, president Bashar Al Assad admits Government Forces have a problem. They have been 40sed to abandoned some areas. We do have new recruits every day. The military is carrying out its mission, but the syrian army is sometimes required to give up areas in order to hold on to into more important areas. We are in a fateful period and there are no compromise solutions. Assad tried to put a brave face. In order to win and succeed in anything everybody gets tired. It is quite normal that the state, the army get tired but the word defeat does not exist in our dictionary or in the language of the syrian armed forces. For four years, assad relied on the backing of iran and hezbollah in lebanon. It also enjoys the backing of russia and china. For the syrian army is under huge pressure. It once had around 300,000 members but according to some estimates, it has been roughly halved in size by deaths defections and the rise in draft dodging, attacks that assad publiacknowledged. We have everything we need but there is a lack of human resources. Isil fighters and opposition rebel groups have seized more territory in recent months. They took control of the proof incident of idlib in the north and pushed toward president assads stronghold on the coast. Various areas in damascus are battle grounds. Damascus is the center power and trying, he wants to control and also to protect the main highway. Very important to him. But overall he is looksing ground. He lost in the north and south so he is in trouble really. Possibly a nofly zone might bring him to the negotiation table in the future. More fighting reported in different parts of syria. Government helicopters dropped barrel bombs in northwestern syria, killing a number of people. Syria has turned into a proxy war for local, regional and International Powers which could prolong the war. The u. N. Says more than 230,000 people have been killed and millions more are displaced t al jazeera. N. A syrian activist and a member of the Opposition Syrian National Coalition is questioning the president s motives. Assads regime is suffering, lack of people lack of manpower and they are losing big land to syria. But i would like to insist he said that he would give up some regions in order to be able to gain some other regions but this is not a fact. The real fact is the regime knows that shroudly saying syrian is not only for syrians who hold the syrian id. Syria is all who are fighting for assadssing register email for who would keep him in power, controlling the whole country, even destroying the rest of the whole country. At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at hotel in the somali capital. Saying a suicide driver drove his car into the jazeera hotel, a hotel popular with government officials and diplomats. Nobody has so far claimed responsibilities for that attack. Barack obama has arrived in ethiopia. He is the first u. S. Leader to visit ethiopia. During his twoday stay, he will become the first to address the african union. Hours before arriving in ethiopia, he was wrapping up a tour of kenya, his fathers homeland. He called on kenyans to get tough on corruption tackle regionnan insecurity and empower the countrys women and girls. Here is catherine soi. President bar a. M. Intakz obama receives a rousing welcome. The u. S. President said kenya is a Success Story with a vibrant economy and good democracy but is well aware of the economic inequalities and endemic corruption . Across the country, one study shows corruption costs kenyans 250,000 jobs every year because every schilling thats paid as a bribe could be put into the pocket of somebody who is actually doing an honest days work. Thousands see this as a home coming and so they went all out to welcome him. The posters read welcome kenya. Most people have been here just to catch a glimpse of the president bar application obama. They have been following what he said . You dont need to leave your homeland to get a good education. This man where obamas father was born was hoping to catch the president s attention. Unemployment, his biggest concern. I graduate. I have a masters degree. I dont have a job in kenya. I cannot get a job in this country. President obama focused on al shabab empowering young people and trade. Matters that resonate with people here. His presence, alone, is enough. Has embraced issues and women. God bless you. Thank you. He left the arena on a high. Out here, though they didnt get close to him, they hope his visit will mean prosperity. Catherine soi, al jazeera, nairobi. Live now to speak to mohammed adow. What sort of welcome did sgamz get . President obama got a warm welcome here t government dignitaries but nothing near the euphoric sinceense we saw when he went to kenya because of the deep personal connection here of his father. He is expected to hold talks with government officials. Not only a very influential Regional Power but also one of the economies that is attracting a lot of Foreign Investment which the United States wants to cash in on. A key partner in the United States socalled war on terror. Ethiopia has forces in somalia where this week they are taking two key towns. From al shabaab militants. This is something the Prime Minister is going to give to president obama, some sort of Public Relations gift. President obama is expected to meet the mediators. Where he is expected to put pressure on them to sign an agreement. The signing of an agreement on monday. Joining me live mohammed thank you. Ceasefire due to come forth in yemen in a few hours time. Saudiled Coalition Airstrikes are continuing ahead of the five humanitarian pause in fighting. Strong in the north, including the capital sanaa while a large part is contested. Some viewers may find the images in the report disturbing. Planes are arriving in aden after four months of fighting the airport is under the control of progovernment fighters. Its after taking this strappedegic Southern City from rebels that the Saudiled Coalition announced a 5 day pause in its campaign at the request of the president hadi to allow in humanitarian aid. Saudi arabia warns it will respond to any attacks. The goal of the new trust. Much needed humanitarian aid. It is another opportunity for the houthis the houthis say the saudiled government is out of touch with the realities on the ground t Coalition Strikes hit several houthi petitions in taiz province but Officials Say a residential area was hit, including a shelter for internally displaced people. Dozens were killed. Houthi activists up load they had individual which appears to show bodies of women and children. Al jazeera cannot independently verify the pictures. Very little aid has made it through and the humanitarian situation has become worse. Roads have been damaged or are being held by fighters. In western parties, Yemeni Military and prohouthi tribes say they have held off advances and their fortifying positions. Our goal is to help them in full and help those displaced to go back to homes. We want to build a modern civil state for us and for our children. Back in aden, the debtstruction from months of fighting is everywhere. Journalists are trying to document the damage aid agencies have welcomed the brief pause calling for a lasting ceasefire to reach those who desperately need aid. The situation is dire. We are talking about more than 20 Million People in need of urgent humanitarian assistance cross cutting across all sectors, healthcare, water, food shelter and all of the rest. So we desperately need a resolution to this conflict. Whichever site prevails it will be left with a yemen thats tattered and exhausted. Osama binjabi. A proceed how faruthi activists accuses them of not honest. They want to use the ceasefire to position their troops on loyalist aidem. They will use the ceasefire to bring more troops in the name of humanitarian aid for aden. At the end of ramada there was a ceasefire that had been working for two months. They had refused that and they used it for Start Operation aden. Must be involved. They must watch and bring aid. They should be one would the ceasefire. Not only one side with aggression. The one that started the war. Inside they dont want the ceasefire to end in the ad vantage of the saudi troops. Parties in yemen welcome any ceasefire. Is it i will to come on the program, more airstrikes in turningey against kurdish rebels as two soldiers die in a roadside bombing. I am rob mcbride in the rice paddies in hong kong with the townies being farmers for a day. Were here to fully get into the nuances of everything thats going on not just in this country but around the world. Getting the news from the people who are affected. People need to demand reform. Ali velshi on target weeknights 10 30p et welcome back. A reminder the top stories on al jazeera. Bashar alassad says the country is struggling to retain. He said his troops were tired lacking manpower after almost 4 and a half years of conflict. U. S. President barack obama has arrived in ethiopia the next stage of his africa visit. He will be first u. S. Leader to address the african union. A 5day pause in the Saudiled Coalition bombing due to come into effect in a few hours. The Coalition Said it would cause for aid to remove houthi leaders. Turkish government is asking for an emergency meeting 2000 died in a roadside bombing. The turkish government is blaming kurdish fighters for the bombing. The soldiers were attacked following air raids in northern syria. Attacks against the kurdish pkk group in iraq have also been launched. Meanwhile,tie launched more air airstrikes airstrikes. The latest airstrikes in the mountains of worth earn iraq. Activists say they have hit fighters from the Islamic State of iraq in the laugh ant. Close to the turkish border. The turkey within turkey files this update. The people in southern towns are afraid of possible retaliation now that turkey has declared war on isil as well as the kurdistan workers party, the pkk. The town behind me is the syrian town isilcontrolled territory. As you can see, its a porous border. The turkish army has 70 reinforcements but that is doing little to ease peoples concerns. The area is important territory to many players. First of all isil. Isil has lost control of all border crossings. This is the last stretch of territory it controls. To my right, the kurds are in control. Syrian kurds. They control territory all the way up to the iraqi border. To my left, its the Syrian Opposition groups. And for turkey turkey has two main objectives. Yes. It wants to degrade and defeat isil but it also want to contain syrias kurds and it doesnt want isil to threaten Syrian Opposition groups which it supports. So, the airstrikes the turkish airstrikes syria are concentrating in the region behind me. We have heard turkish officials talk about a safe zone emerging after this military. Will be in the area behind me. So this is why this stretch of territory is very strategic. Now, its not only a war against isil. Turkey has declared war on the pkk. It is causing tensions with its own kurdish community, its actions are causing tensions after they rounded up hundreds of suspected pkk sympathizers in the country. Now, we are hearing the u. S. Saying that turkey does have the right to respond to the pkk but urging restraint. Maybe the most important statement made by the u. S. Is that the turkish airstrikes are in no way connected to the increased cooperation between turkey and the United States. The u. S. Wants to make clear that the coalition is not going after the pkk they have proven to be reliable partners in syria and iraq. The u. S. Is in a difficult position. Turkey now with ward. People are afraid of retaliation retaliation. Palestinians and israel groups have formed outside the most sensitive holy sites. Praying at the western wall on the holy day, a day of morning and repent ence. And by jews as a temple where two temples once stood. They say palestinians made made make shift barricades to attack and dismantle. Police used stun grenades to disperse the crowd. Central american nation of el salvador has seen a terrifying verge in silence 2,965 people were killed. Others murdered in the same period. There were 677 killings in june alone. An avenue of 24 every single day. Adam rainy has part 1 on the Gang Violence causing so much death and suffering. A common site in el salvador a police funeral. Three three officers have been killed this year. Some on the job. Those targeted off duty some of the victims in a gave of killings unseen. June saw nearly 700 murders in a nation of six million. The vast majority blamed on criminal gangs. The governments response. More guns more police more patrols. For so long police were the hunters in this violent ganginfested country. Now, they are the prey. This female officer buried a close relative on the force. She was 27, the first police woman ever to be killed in the nations history. She walks the beat caring now for two families on her one salary. In an exclusive interview, a gang leader wouldnt admit gangs are responsible for the massive spike in killings or that members have been ordered to target police. Police say there are no death squads but in a change of policy, the Vice President this year said officers should feel free to shoot gang members when threatened. Both gangs and police say they are under attack stlfb far fewer kill killings, the gangs saying they have the power to control the violence a new truce could be as hard to contain as the one in 2012. No negotiating and no end in sight to the killings. Live adam just thinking about the magnitude of this problem, how on earth do the authorities go about even beginning to deal with the situation, adam . The police now are just trying to throw more people at the problem. They refuse to negotiate with these gangs. They say they need more main power, more fire power, boots on the street. Thats what this gang leadser told us isnt going to work. They say these abuses accusing the government of massacres of summary execution, something the government totally rejects now this is a gang leader who admitted to being a criminal not having to play by the rules that the government has to play by what they say they are offering is an olive branch but the government is rejecting that peace officer though at the same time, we are seeing killings in the month of july probably going to come in at about half the rate of june which, of course is a major drop but keep in mind that is half of 677 instead of one person being killed every hour, someone is being killed every two hours in a country of six medical people that would be the equivalent. The city the size of madrid. That would be a big, bill deal internationally but el salvador has been seen as a violent country over the past 30 years, a bloody civil war from 1980 to 1992. But now this level of violence is approaching those very levels of a war and people here are very frightened. We are at a plaza where taxi drivers are lined up. They are afraid to go on certain roots. They have to pay for protection for criminal gangs. We hear they cant walk around this city at night. The government instead of coming up with new strategies is digging in and maintaining this hard stanchion they are not going to neck on or about ate with anyone. At a. M. Thank you. The president of columbia has ordered a halt against farq rebels. The farq leadership announced a sites fire last week after two sides agreed to return to the negotiating table. Talks to inland the 50year civil war have been going on since 20s 12 but broke down earlier this year as fighting resumed resumed. The bol i haveian government and striking mineers failed to reach an agreement. Talks in the capitol, la paz. The miners say the president hasnt kept his promise to create more jobs. 20 of bolivian miners arent making money because mineral prices have fallen. They have called for the release of colleagues arrested in protest violence. A residential neighborhood. A massive explosion as the plane came down shortly after take off hong kong isnt usually associated with Rice Production but rural areas of the territory were once thriving acculture industry. As rob mcbride records, one manifold him to bring some of hong kongs haireritage to the modern generation. Leaving behind the highrises of hong kong these volunteers are bound for one of the forgotten corners. Today work in a rice patty. Issued with gear and given a quick listen in how to then straight to work. Over seeing the harvest, this villager last saw rice cultivation as a boy. Both of them. The village schools long since closed zhang was part of the ex bus in the 1970s and 80s now, he is moved back and trying to reverse the fortunate of his village. I was the first after 30, 40 years. Now, everybody Everyone Wants to make it liveable. In his restored home showing the extent of the rice. The could hold the key to the villages future itf this Pilot Project succeeds. Wick provide it at the same time very good kids dont know where their food come from. They think it all come from supermarket. More territories are being cleared and will soon be under cultivation. Did villages like this one could be found throughout the more remote parts of hong kong with a few elderly residents remaining sometimes abandoned all together. Its hoped that Lessons Learned here could help breathe new life back in to them. For the volunteers, this trip has been a defendant lesson in a by gone way of life. Fastastic. To know where the rice come from the hong kong people more to the countryside. Sperntsz and memories to save us aret the ends of a weary day. Rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. You can find out much more on our website. See our top story there about syrias assad admitting that his army needs more manpower. Plenty of analysis there. Take a look at aljazeera. Com. This is the land of rising seas, where the impact of Climate Change has moved far beyond the possible and is the present. Whats going to happen to my grandmother . She cant even walk. She crawls. Who is going to carry her up and out when the waves come . As seawaters rise people wonder how long can we stay . Do we flee and become some of the worlds first Climate Change refugees . A number that scientists activist