Reporter im here with the spo sports today tens of thousands of people who are starving to death in three syrian towns will have to wait at least another day before help reaches them. Aid agencies had hoped that trucks with food and medicine would arrive on sunday. Some people are so desperate that theyre eating leaves and grass. They are ready to deliver aid to three sillages in villages in syria. Were talking about a madaya which ask on the outskirts of damascus. That has been under siege by government and allied forces. Another area is idlib where people are under siege from rebel forces. The u. N. Has been helping to negotiate this deal from back in september. Thats when they had hoped to agree on a ceasefire with these two differing sides and then last week some fighters were released from the north of madaya and their families as well. It has taken until this stage, a complicated stage, to help people that are in need of aid. There are other people in syria who need assistance as
Attacks in paris. Tens of thousands are starving to death in three syrian downs. Town. Well have to wait a day for help. Aid agencies hoped to supplies. The civilian suffering is threatening peace talks. Aid agencies have supplies of food and medicine ready to leave the syrian capital damascus. And hope that the first trucks will arrive in maddaa. The supplies will be delivered some 250km away. Opposition groups surround those towns. There are areas that are not included in the deal. Around 176,000 people are said to be cut off. 9,000 are trapped and dalia and in the western down of zab u darny. And i. S. I. L. Fighters cut off 200,000 people in parts of the eastern city of deraa zor. Caroline malone has the latest. The u. N. Says its ready to deliver aid. We are talking about mad yia that has been under siege by government and allied force, and for the villages 150 comes to the north, where people have been under siege by the rebel forces. The u. N. Has been helping to negotiate the d
The heads of thousands forced from their homes by Boko Haram Campaign of violence in nigeria. And i have the sport, the host of the biggest football tournament in africa ask them to postpone it because of the Ebola Outbreak. Kurdish forces engaged in a desperate battle to defend kobane and isil sending in reenforcements and pouring more tanks and weapons on the border and Kurdish Forces managed to regain their Security Headquarters in the town but it again has been over run despite more Coalition Air strikes and representatives of the Kurdish Forces told al jazeera that isil continues to push further into kobane from the south and east where there is fierce fighting and we will take you there live a mile or two away from kobane and stef decker is on the turkish syria border and stef when we have spoken to you over the past few hours behind you we have heard the sounds of battle. Is that still going on . Reporter yes, in the last half hour or so we saw increased activicoun activity and
And more now from ferguson. This is the culmination of the first night of protests in ferguson and st. Louis by the willing of Michael Brown the black unarmed teenager in august by a police officer. Organizers are hoping thousands will gather in st. Louis on saturday. And will all end with an active mass civil disobedience for monday. Its not just about protests or politics, organizers have organized seminars and lectures trying to analyze why in the u. S. Young, black teenagers are being killed at a rate 20 times higher than their white peers as of sunda study on friday reveal. There are seminars on race, politics, class, gender, economics, in a bid to try to understand the concepts involved and mobilize the anger we saw on the streets in ferguson so august to aect lasting change. Well get a weather update next here on al jazerra. Then. Reporter in libya where these children are being taught that chile that is stolen this countrys access to the pacific ocean. Protestors are gathering.
Weeks or so. They got a boost. Upbeat report on jobs the trade deficit narrowed for more than expected in december and anticipation the central bank will move forcefully and soon to stimulate the regions economy. The Federal Reserves latest policy meeting confirmed Interest Rate wont move up soon or fast here. Put it all together and stocks broke a fivesession losing streak despite news of a terror attack in paris that left 12 dead. The dow surged 212 points. Nasdaq up 57. S p added 23. Oil prices closed higher for the first time in five sessions after u. S. Crude inventory showed a surprising drop last week even though gasoline stockpiles jumped to record high levels. U. S. Crude settled 72 cents higher, finished at 48. 65. Brent up a nickel at 51. 15 a barrel. The Consumer Prices fell two tenths of 1 and raising worry about the threat of a japanese style deflation. What could that mean for the European Central bank . Lee reports. Reporter the death of the financial crisis in 2009. Th