Eastern gouda which has been under siege since two thousand and six two thousand and thirteen that is local observers believe the attacks are a prelude to a major offensive and a host of reports from beirut and neighboring lebanon. Rockets missiles air strikes activists fear the renewed bombardment of the besieged opposition area of eastern could be the beginning of a large scale military operation. It seems russian broke at the gauche ations to bring about a gravel surrender they have so far failed ending a week of relative calm yet again civilians where the victims since the end of december a stepped up military campaign killed more than four hundred people at least one hundred of them were children the fear now is that the numbers will only rise if a wide scale attack begins. The Syrian Government and its allies are sending military reinforcements to the edges of the rebel enclave just outside the capital damascus program of the media are promising victory and what they say will be
In violence since president trops decision to recognize press m. S. s heels capital. Has more from less stress on. Israels carried out what it calls a large scale attack on hamas targets within gaza this is in response to what happened earlier on saturday when there was an explosion seems an explosive device left at the border fence two Israeli Soldiers seriously wounded two more moderately wounded in that explosion so israel responding with targeted strikes it said on six separate hamas targets within gaza choosing at them from the. Tunnel which they said was being dug towards israeli territory two military compounds within those six targets in total there was also a rocket fired out of gaza which struck a civilian home it israel no injuries reported from there but there were injuries reported by the Gazan Health Ministry shortly thereafter a report from tank fire incoming east iraq right down in the south of the gaza strip the israeli media reporting that all kinds of students were t
Im Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up a saudi owned news channel are o. B. O. Which was accused of running fake quotes from the emir of qatar is to stop broadcasting in the u. K. And europe. Police in the u. S. Charge a nineteen year old former student with seventeen counts of premeditated murder after yet another School Shooting. The theo p. S. Prime minister submitted his resignation following months of antigovernment protests. South africa has a new leader Cyril Ramaphosa has officially been sworn in as the countrys new president the ceremony wrapped up in the last hour in cape town from a post succeeds jacob zuma who often months of pressure from within his own party finally resigned on wednesday governing a. N. C. Party demanded he stepped aside over corruption allegations. Oh president spoke in the parliament after he was elected as leader he pledged to work with the opposition for the good of the country will seek to work with all Political Parties.
Sleet and freezing rain of the season this morning and follows days of weather misery around the country that left more than two dozen people dead in several states and welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. The southeast is dealing with rain and in texas the people there cleaning up from deadly tornados and causing chaos for air travelers and we have more. Reporter drivers are hearing warnings of a dangerous commute in several parts of the country from illinois to massachusetts where the first snow of the season is falling this morning. First storm of the year with a lot of accidents and hopefully they will be minor. Reporter anything but minor across much of the u. S. Already this week, high winds and icy roads created dangerous conditions in wisconsin. In missouri deadly flood water swept through homes, washed away rvs and shut down major highways and new mexico declared a state of emergency after heavy snow left behind snow drifts measured by the foot, one couple was t
Welcome to your world this morning. 2015 is ending with more worries in missouri where rivers keep rising. Major flooding across the reason is responsible for at least 21 deaths, 14 of them in missouri. It has caused widespread evacuations. Water has topped at least 9 levies in the worst flooding this country has seen in more than 20 years. How series has the situation got and where you are this morning . Serious reporter Mother Nature wins again. Look here west of st louis, it is a close to a record of 20 feet above flood stage. Interstate 44 west of the city is also shut down. We have just driven over this road a couple of nights ago. It is now topped. Take a look at this. This is interstate 5 from over night. The Missouri Department of transportation has been putting down sand bags which they hoped would prevent flooding, but it failed. The water has now over topped the interstate there. The top news here is that even when this river reaches its crest, it will take about 24 hours fo