More than one hundred thirty people were killed in forty eight hours as russian and Syrian Government jets hit rebel areas in it live in the Eastern Ghouta. For the first time in south africa the state of the nation address is postponed as pressure grows on president zuma to resign plus three. I. Lift off in florida for the worlds most powerful rocket it could be a turning point in space exploration. Right lets start with that magnitude six point four earthquake that has hit eastern taiwan at least four people have died more than two hundred others have been injured now this is the scene live from the pulled city of quality and thats where firefighters say at least five people at. Trapped inside of this building which as you can see is at a dangerously precarious angle about one hundred forty five people overall remain unaccounted for report comes from the silver. Working against the clock to search for survivors. Rescuers are using cranes to get to those trapped in whats left of while ins Marshall Hotel when the earthquake struck just before midnight local time the ground floor katie dean leaving the entire building slanting on its site. You go. On to this is. There are two people left inside one is my older brother and another is colleagues the rescue is a trying to dig further down to look for my brother thats the situation for now. Taiwans president sign one arriving quali in on wednesday morning to say when they hear that and others in that their building still frames the prop up the collapsed building this will ensure rescue received when they get it and we are racing against time and now is the crucial time. I once fire Agency Reports that five more buildings including a hospital were also damaged as were several roads leading to the city. This earthquake followed another one over the weekend off the coast of quali and this earthquake today in the sequence for the last few days has been right in one of the hot spots on the northeast coast of taiwan so its not a surprise oh its in an area where half the sharks are inevitable you know the question is how many big aftershocks will there be in our usual odds are one in ten or one in twenty chance of a bigger earthquake so they need to be prepared at least for a few days for more action. The city lies along the pacific rim of fire known for regular seismic activity from alaska to Southeast Asia join the silver to zero. Kenny everett is a Senior Editor at time one news he says local authorities may have been caught unprepared following similar recent quakes in the area i think that a scar might have been down and. Many believe that the biggest quake was on sunday which is a lie one eight and so there was even end of the officials were saying that that was a major shock theres going to be some minor aftershocks that will gradually get way and so this was a surprise that suddenly it was a matter of even bigger quake much more damaging than the previous one was that. Well at this point as that happens thirty eight hundred thirty aftershocks on this alone or that we also add a layer on the. Place since sunday so its in any way as well that was possible is that it was diminishing the risk of private actually a breeze but the fact of the depth of that is what really made it i will we could all feel any minute i say route the island a lot and i think thats also what og lot of the damage. Was or it was much greater than what youd normally expect from of six one zero earthquake. Thats been described as the deadliest day in the rebel held Syrian Region in over a month at least seventy one people have been killed during airstrikes in the damascus suburbs which has been besieged by the government for four years Syrian Government and Russian Forces have increased their attacks there as well as on the rebel held parts of italy province they are two of the socalled deescalation zones ever four of them in total and they were agreed to by iran russia and turkey over all one hundred thirty eight people have been killed in both of these areas within the last forty eight hours and activists say many of them are civilians and that includes children some experts say the siege of which involves indiscriminate bombardment and deliberate starvation of the civilian population amounts to war crimes is also widespread belief that the Syrian Government has repeatedly used chemical weapons Bennett Smith reports. This is supposed to be a deescalation part of the russian truce to the territory held by armed forces to syria. But if anything the bombing is escalating here in eastern. The uns head of the International Commission of inquiry on syria says the government siege of the area involves the International Crimes of indiscriminate bombing and deliberate starvation of the civilian population. There are reports that at least three hospitals have been hit with the help of the Russian Air Force on the iranian backed groups syrias president is pursuing the last major pockets of territory held by his opponents in western syria. The offensive intensified after fighters from one rebel group shot down a russian aircraft on saturday. Now the syrian army says its deployed add offenses and anti aircraft missiles to its front lines in aleppo and to cover northern airspace i had there from the us four hundred a russian and they are controlled by the russian intelligence of the Syrian Regime so this is russia we need to understand there is an direct confrontation between the u. S. And russia its dangerous because at the same time turkey is trying to force its presence in the area northwestern syria is where turkey is carrying out an operation to push Kurdish Forces out of afrin its using syrian airspace and has got russias agreement to do so but at the same time the Syrian Government has threatened to shoot down turkish jets turkey also wants to wipe e. G. Out of another northern syrian town damage but there are u. S. Forces there too much to be irritation of the turkish president. We can you produce all that you can why are you using it go ahead and leave who did you bring the y. P. G p k k you took them there and youre still telling us not to come to. Come to members to deliver the land to its true owners. As ever across syria its civilians who are caught in the middle the un wants fighting across the country to be suspended for a month to allow the sick and wounded to get out and aid to get in. Aljazeera south Africas Parliament has postponed president zuma state of the nation address which was due on thursday this is an unprecedented move the president is under increasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations the ruling and seize also perspective and an emergency meeting of its executive committee that was due to be held later on wednesday the cancellation of that meeting came after the new Party Leaders here around the poser held talks with president zuma which were described as fruitful and constructive we decided to approach the president of the having to propose that we postpone the joint sitting in our down to three eight. Four establishing a much more open to see. Here in kenya a leading member of the opposition has been deported to canada after being charged with treason he was arrested for taking part in a mock swearing in ceremony for the Opposition Leader raul. Mcguinness seen here on the left was next to. Last week when he declared himself the peoples president thereby rejecting who kenyatta is reelection me a quitter is an africa policy analyst he says kenyas political instability is causing concern through the region. I am hoping that this who are generally nettlesome steam i do know that westing capitals are very very worried and behind the scenes the address to deescalate this situation. You know is divided and there tahsin is that between mr odinga. And the Government Support is but beyond kenya is so there is the whole world in some issue also madiao which is rocked by a civil war terror war and then further north across the red sea you have you have. Yemen and therefore this is a very dangerous area western and western countries depend on kenya to help deal with that situation apart from kenyans own importance in its own right the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has held talks with the colombian president juan manuel fantails in the colombian capital bogota missa tennysons said the u. S. Shares responsibility to help combat colombias drug trade adding that it would continue to support its efforts President Trump had previously threatened to withdraw u. S. Assistance in the war against drugs unless colombia dramatically cut came production. We did discuss our concerns about the the surgeon Coca Cultivation and cocaine production in colombia but the president also gave me a very good report of the steps that are being taken the progress is being made and he just spoke to much of that and we are quite encouraged by what we hear and we will continue to work with colombia to support these efforts where we can be of assistance as well this is a shared challenge for both of our nations as well for more now from our correspondent in bogota alessandro. This was the second to last stop before the u. S. Secretary of state in what has been a quite challenging latin american trip again Drug Trafficking and the escalating crisis in venezuela were front and center in the meeting the hell do with the colombian president juan manuel list santos there were big expectations here to hear what tillerson have to say about colombias efforts to try and reduce the amount of cocacola to be in the country especially after the u. S. President donald trump essentially tretton to cut aid to and specified countries that werent according to him not doing enough for to fight Drug Trafficking to listen said he was encouraged from what he heard from president santos and that he was expecting to see some real figures that showed that reduction in this where everybody seems to worry about the crises whats missing here. What to do to move forward its clear that theres no united front in that sense tillerson wasnt really able to move much forward in that direction which also prompted the venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro to essentially describe to listen trip as a failure finally on wednesday the u. S. Secretary the secretary of state will travel to jamaica which also has been increasingly turning in a major Drug Trafficking hub. Still to come here and aljazeera. In lies on the Global Stock Markets after wall streets rollercoaster ride. The World Urban Forum gets underway well look at how the host city is trying to rejuvenating its neighbors. Hello there the weather is quite quiet for many of us across the middle east at the moment we do have a fair amount of cloud showing up on the satellite picture but generally speaking its not too thick and its not giving us too much in the way of heavy rain instead well stay with the settled weather as we head through the next few days no woman are today are much from a temperature minus ten middle little bit milder forth in cobol towards the west it is also milder force in beirut or temperature overing at around twenty or twenty one degrees at the moment now but for the south its feeling quite fresh in doha during the evening and overnight but during the day the temperatures are fairly decent getting to around twenty five maybe even twenty six degrees as we head into thursday further south also fun enjoy for many of us here with the lawless in the temperature up to around twenty seven degrees now for the southern parts of africa theres far more wet weather here and recently its been very very heavy particular parts of zimbabwe now this area of rain is still with us as we head through wednesday and into thursday and you can tell from the very dark colors that were expecting some more very heavy downpours from it as well particularly around parts of madagascar in the south though of madagascar does look like it should be largely dry just a few showers along that east coast elsewhere largely fine and dry for many of us across the south africa just in the east there around joburg they could be the or shower. Now listen. To the countries it flows through this normal single. Claim it would be a little piece of the gold given the resources. But with this comes a destabilizing rivalry the country suspicious of each others intentions the battle for control of the middle constituents following suit consultation was not up to me to come to because of some unknown fear struck a little bit of this time on aljazeera. A reminder of the main story is here it is there a magnitude six point four earthquake as it east in taiwan at least four people were killed and more than two hundred others were injured and this is the scene live in the port city of quali and where several people remain trapped inside buildings including in this to tell which is as you can see perilously close to collapse over all about one hundred seventy people remain unaccounted for. Syrias rebel held region of Eastern Ghouta has enjoyed its deadliest day in more than a month russian and Syrian Government air raids have killed at least seventy one people there on tuesday an estimated one hundred thirty eight people have now been killed in eastern guta and in the province in the last forty eight hours. The kenyan opposition politician. Has been deported to canada after being charged with treason you can see him here on the left of your picture he was arrested after taking part in. That mock swearing in ceremony for the Opposition Leader raul or. The International Community faces an even more difficult challenge in containing eisel then when the group was at its peak thats the assessment of a new report from the Un Security Council which says the fight against eisel is entering a new phase according to the report eisel has changed its focus to conquering and from conquering and Holding Territory and instead is now prioritizing individual and small cells eisel now wants to carry out attacks and in some cases theyre willing to work with al qaeda to achieve that the report warns countries need to improve intelligence sharing and cooperation to deal with the renewed threat it also says the threat from eisel linked groups is quickly spreading across libya western east africa as well essential asia. Well this is foreign minister says theres a real risk in our vital fight as rebels returning to europe on the boats used by migrants to cross the mediterranean Angelina Alfonzo was speaking at a conference hes hosting in rome to discuss migration and security correspondent joe know how it was there. So fourteen nations at least forty nations in gauge here at the Italian Foreign ministry in rome in what is an ongoing conversation between the countries in africa that actors countries of origin and transit for the many many thousands of people trying to make their way to europe and the socalled host countries in europe that receive them which of course italy is a prime one the conference heard that the numbers had been decreasing quite encouraging really over the two thousand and sixteen seventeen period in large part of they havent said it here because of italian methods of dealing with the libyan coast guard encouraging them to turn people back but in fact turning them back to camps that have been described by aid groups and activists as prison camps and Detention Centers where Smuggling Networks are rife and exploitation rifles well that will have to be dealt with here in terms of protecting the human rights of those involved in this migration and as well as that as outlined by the Italian Foreign minister defeating the socalled Business Model of smugglers but he said finance terrorism and looking out for the return of fighters i still fighters coming back to their countries of origin in europe using these routes its all about human rights its all about protecting and saving lives its all about bringing together many many countries in a common cause common and difficult cause with multiple competing interests. Palestinian has been shot and killed by a private Security Guard in the occupied west bank the palestinian stabbed an injured an israeli settler on wednesday morning the settler was stabbed in the hand and treated at the scene. Israeli Security Forces have also killed a palestinian man who was wanted over the death of a secular twenty one year old ahmed not was shot dead he was accused of killing a rabbi. In an illegal israeli outpost last month imran khan has more from the occupied west bank the Israeli Army Says this is all materials body theyve been looking for him since general you know if he was accused of killing a settler rabbi from an illegal settlement outpost in nablus in the early hours of Tuesday Morning around seventy jeeps and two bulldozers and this village. And focus their attention on this about building. At exactly four thirty am i heard an explosion and we heard an exchange of gunfire and it quieted down for about five minutes and then they started shouting surrender but there was more shooting and then they brought in a robot that searched the room for about two hours. The killing has taken on a heightening significance because the settler was a religious leader after the killing of