And i honor and tell you this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. Air strikes across syria killed more than fifty people including civilians in the last remaining rebel stronghold near damascus. Thousands more protesters take to the streets in pakistan the government and the military agree not to use force on them. After school i have no i dont know we have we saw just something that i can watch. Where in harare where the elation following last weeks ousting of president mugabe is beginning to dwindle. Im joined again. Boortz including. The formula one season wraps up with miss avies on top of the podium again well look back on how new management is helping the sport get in touch with its time. First to syria where at least fifty people have been killed in just twenty four hours in government and russian as strikes twenty three people were killed in a syrian airstrike in the damascus suburb of east and go to the area has been under government siege for four years and three hundred fifty thousand people are in desperate need of aid thirty seven people were killed in russian air strikes on a gathering of displaced people in darrows or province british based activists say fifteen children were among the victims or some of been debate has just returned from syria to just across the border in turkey. Despite a cease fire agreement between iran turkey and russia the violence in syria does not seem to be coming to an end the airstrikes in the hooter district of damascus targeted three different residential areas according to activists on the ground the number of casualties is on the rise theyre saying that they are not able to provide help to all of the victims because they have very limited supplies inside. And a number of hospitals have also been targeted in the last few months they say that because of this siege and the Assad Government has not been allowing any medical aid or medical supplies to come in and theyre not able to treat patients as they would in a normal situation this is not the only place where the rights of taken place there also russian strikes with a door in between their door and this is an area where isis fighters have fled to but its not just isis fighters whove fled into the areas its also civilians according to activists on the ground most of the People Killed here they would have been civilians so its another day of violence that weve seen in syria activists and in college telling us from the ground that in the last ten days or so more than one hundred people have been killed in just this eastern hooters district which is besieged by Syrian Forces and they say they dont see the violence coming to an end any time soon joining hand this year is it going to yield this fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations a specialist on syria thanks very much for coming in so lets talk about the timing of this could we recently had the summit between russia iran and turkey in that meeting between putin and assad and with the u. N. Talks to just start up is all the kind of activity were seeing on the ground in syria linked to that i believe its linked to the to that and its this these attacks also come month after the cease fire agreement signed by rebels and the government and the government apparently used the recent attack by someone other rebel groups in one of the towns in eastern. Guta as a pretext to target this area i think the main aim is to make rebels feel even weaker ahead of. Talks next week on twenty eight of normal so you mentioned there the areas suburb of damascus why is this area so significant it is a very i mean it doesnt occupy a large area on the map where the population is between three to four hundred thousand its a very significant rebel area right from the beginning and its very close to the capital city the rebels have been holding this area against the regime in the last seven years and a lot in the last four years they lived under siege and the situation in the area so there was still there the senior u. N. Official describe the situation as the region as the epicenter of suffering in syria and what are some of these other areas i mean theres been quite a bit of talk about the fact that i saw as managed to stage a few counter offensives into the areas where it was thought that they had taken control of them or what you make of them the ice all elements of all this the issue is actually the ice was much less strong in syria at the moment but it doesnt necessarily mean that the syrian army is and isnt a good shape to take on the isis despite the weakening of isis forces the syrian army has been suffering from war fatigue and the it has been very difficult for them to recapture areas from isis thats why theyre relying heavily on airstrikes and artillery is of different sorts which increases the number of casualties because they cant necessarily hold it against isis on the Ground Fighting for face to face what do you make about that that the russian element of the strikes which seems just so quite severe strikes what sort of cannot tell us about the way the russians are operating at the moment the i mean theyve been theyve used some strategic. Fighter jets like the long range fighter jets flew for over five hours from russia to bomb a small village and the. I dont and they are not necessarily sure about the military justification of using these kind of weapons but we know that the russian military. Officials say this is the easiest way to intensify the airstrikes in this region in syria because they dont have the capacities inside syria they also dont have the the. Armed drawn capabilities as a sophisticated as the u. S. Has so they rely heavily on these kind of weapons and we also know that isis has. Manpads like a surface to air missiles but the broader issue is that they want to both russians and the regime is trying to. Decrease the level of public support for both isis and the rebels ahead of the u. N. Geneva meetings and the problem with geneva talks is that on the one on one side you have the Assad Government which holds most of the territory in syria and on the other hand you have rebel groups which. Hold very little territory and the Syrian Democracy forces which control the u. S. Backed syrian the Market Forces which control one fourth of syria is not on the table so thats horses in the negotiations is problematic for this reason it is thank you very much and interferences thank you. Our ship carrying more than five thousand tons of flour has docked in the yemeni port of her day to the first since a Saudi Led Coalition eased started to ease a sea and air blockade unicef says its flown a delivery of aid into yemen sending one point nine million doses of vaccines into the country unicef says a child dies every ten minutes in yemen from preventable diseases. Only when child Agency Regional director get capillarity says yemen is teetering on the edge of famine today it is fair to say that yemen is one of the worst places on earth to be a child more than eleven million. Yemeni children are today in acute need of humanitarian assistance thats almost every single yemeni boy and girl. Pakistans Prime Minister and the military have agreed not to use force to Disperse Protesters in the capital islamabad the demonstrators angry about the wording of a parliamentary bill on saturday six people were killed as police tried to break up the crowds thousands of people have blocked roads in other cities in a show solidarity marion one hundred port i am. Recalled to shut down pakistani issued by cleric and Political Party leader who stands in opposition to the government for three weeks protesters have choked the streets of islamabad and when there was violence on saturday as police tried to disperse them they spread along highways to one of the major cities including a whore and cut out she might have. This movement is not political it is the duty of every muslim to protect the owner of his land the protesters maintain this is not political but this is an issue that could undermine pakistans government. It began when pakistans norman is desired hammered introduced a bill before parliament that made no reference to the Prophet Muhammad protest is linked it to the highly contentious issue of blasphemy and while the amendment was withdrawn blamed on a clerical error and hammett apologized the little known group behind the protests argued it remained an affront tells them they want the minister gone. And after the violence on saturday they want the entire cabinet to resign whatever it is. People arent coming out of their houses because theyre scared its a strange situation in the backyard of the narcanon this is the fault of the clerics their extremist attitudes they simply dont care about people and the business is being destroyed by the clerics doing this in the name of islam theyre absolutely wrong and people are in pain protest organizers have still managed to spread the call for demonstrators did dig. Encouraged by the Police Failure to get them off the streets carden Hussein Rizvi the cleric who leads the teddy Pakistan Party has called on his followers to bring the entire country to a halt the government has responded by calling in the army many of bracing for what they might mean medium the hand out to zero. Or take a closer look now at whats led to these protests that being driven by the terry killer bike to Pakistan Movement its led by outspoken cleric Hussain Rizvi has been using facebook to purchase supporters to demonstrate the group stems from the a l. V. Sect of islam a follower winters cadre was executed in twenty sixteen after he assassinated liberal punjab governor salmond to syria over his stance on the countrys best from the laws that seems to have inspired the groups more hardline stance the protests have been simmering for nearly three weeks ever since a government minister introduced a bill to change the wording of an electoral law that made no reference to the prophet mohammed about hyder is at a protest in the heart on the highway between a whore and on about. Today highway fifty don have gone through a grinding halt because the protesters are now broking intersections all along their route which travels from north to. People are stuck on the highway these are some of the fortunate people who may have some fertility on the road but there are family. Elderly that take stock in the long queue the protests will not allow them to move any farther because of the anger that they are expecting after the government grant after those protected and. Instead of their flogging them have now turned out in large numbers and theyre saying that they will continue to rotate for many more days to come that of course really mean huge problems for people like the war already suffering they say they need help and they need some guidance as to what to do as much more to come here now as their news hour including new poll continues on a slow path to democracy with millions expected to turn out for provincial polls. Love across the separation we meet the palestinian couple forced to live in limbo because of his rainy bureaucracy. And a century of play on the ice so look back at how the National Hockey league has changed thats coming up with jones sports. As in my way newspaper is reporting that Robert Mugabe was granted full immunity and a payment of ten Million Dollars in that same to step down as president he Zimbabwe Independent also says hes been promised he can keep all his properties and that hell be paid his salary for the rest of his life but the ruling party disputes that mugabe got a special deal which has more from harare. Officials in say that Robert Mugabe got the usual standard normal retirement package given to any former head of state were told that he wants to stay in zimbabwe he plans to do that but he is able to leave the country and go to singapore for his usual regular medical check ups hes indicated he wants to do some farming in the country and weve heard his wife grace is still planning to build the Robert Mugabe university all eyes are now on the new president emerson when i got here and the cabinet he is going to form some indications say that it could be as early as monday when the cabinet is announced people are wondering will it be inclusive will you work with Opposition Party leaders we also work with other Political Parties which could indicate that he is maybe genuine about being a unifying leader but some zimbabweans fear that if we see more of the old guard in cabinet it could indicate nothing really has changed on the ground and they fear is that if that is the case in things one transform quickly in terms of the economy the main thing now for most of us who are struggling economically and financially is the economy who is the finance minister going to be they hope that individual is someone who can work with the International Community bring investment into the country create jobs and lisa tate the struggling economy. Mention there reviving zimbabwes crippled economy will be a key issue for a new president anderson and im gonna go on employment is as high as ninety percent of Business Owners are hoping for better times but many are still pessimistic anderson. Sunday and the time for contemplation of the zimbabwes momentous events the church of christ has twenty eight congregations in harare and theyre all here. And roof in the front row a University Chaplain by his side a law student who studies have been broken up because his family became destitute. Behind them a couple who may be wearing their sunday best but theyre reliant on a Small Business that barely balances its books theyre only just getting by. Its the sort of service that always has religious intensity but after the dramatic events of the last two weeks this one has an added dimension out would relief in would anxiety that all of ones faith but theres a broad crosssection of people here all of them sharing the hardships of so many years most of them all unemployed some selfemployed. Tries to run the Business Exchange rates and the hyperinflation make family life painful at times im a business man but i cant afford to feed my family. Because. The situation isnt where people in the civil case may be even the Business Community is just want to see the change is not new that was. Here. Ive been using i see you as the Vice President any. Time soon we guess after twenty five. Is pessimistic about his future its the age of twenty five i should have been doing Something Better with my life but like now im still. After school. So something. I can celebrate a. Different mood than the elation of last week namely representative of many people they have hope but not trust Andrew Simmons aljazeera harari saudi arabias crown prince has warned a forty one Nation Alliance of muslim nations they cannot allow terrorists to tarnish the name of Islam Mohamed bin simon was speaking at the first meeting of the Islamic Military Counterterrorism Alliance in riyadh. There is no doubt todays meeting is of great significance simply for the reason that over the past few years terrorism has been wreaking havoc in our respective countries in the absence of concerted coordination between our countries this is become history with the establishment of this coalition more than forty islamic countries have dubbed held efforts in combating terrorism with militarily financially or in terms of political and intelligence cooperation and the crown prince also offered his condolences to egypt where three hundred five people were killed on friday after fighters targeted a mosque in northern sinai mass graves have been made for some of the victims which included twenty seven children egypts president. Has promised the use of brutal force against those responsible. And a sword has also taken place in palestine for the victims of the attack welcome when as more from gaza city. Hundreds of people have gathered here in gaza that killed. In the agency friday government open fire at a mosque in the town of and already killing more than two hundred had already said about one hundred kilometers from here many palestinians live in the halls of egypt so some people here knew some of those who were killed this morning events organized by some of gazas political factions but it has some political significance. This is a message of sort of going to the muslims would be born after the bus which had been. Meeting with a board or. The but its a buddhist and. It was you know. On days it is brokering reconciliation told to. Make Political Parties and hamas as well as well the other palestinian factions this is meant to lead to a high number of power here on friday from hamas to the Palestinian Authority the administrator of gaza and the monitors of these developments for Security Officials in utah writes in gaza. Is a reason i promise not to belittle facts and i want to show solidarity with egypt at the moment but many people in gaza are now they have rather been several repeated that failed attempts at reconciliation before they wait to see what will happen in the coming days and if this reconciliation will actually produce something kind of your home israels continued occupation of the west bank has curbed freedom of movement for many palestinians and split families in some areas at least Twelve Thous