Weekend ineffective the verdict on the worlds response to the ethnic cleansing of mere miles range of people. Israeli police say though recommended Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges the Prime Minister says it will never happen. And the president s chief of staff it had full confidence and trust in his abilities and his performance. Another key trump aide is force out of the white house this one accused of abusing two exwives. Almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days alone in rebel held parts of syria after some of the most intense fighting and shelling in months thirty four people died oh when. A rebel on klav on the outskirts of damascus where four hundred thousand people are thought to be besieged by Government Forces since twenty four others died in a province which has been the target of recent Chemical Attacks a government offensive backed by russian air support has been underway there for weeks russian bombing in the areas being ramped up since a pilot was shot down and killed on saturday both. Supposed to be part of socalled the escalation zones where fighting in air strikes were to be scaled back the attacks take the death toll to at least one hundred eighty four after almost ninety people were killed on tuesday sixty were killed among these in the hold a report from beirut. Civil defense volunteers look for survivors but instead theyre pulling out the dead from the rubble of what was once homes Children Women men dozens of them have been killed in air strikes that are leveling residential buildings. This man just lost his son. God bless you he says clearly still in a state of shock. Its day three of an intensified military campaign. Multiple areas of the rebel held damascus suburb of eastern who are coming under fire people there are saying russian and Syrian Government aircraft have been carried out one strike after another. People here believe russia is taking revenge after his plane was shot down by the rebels and its pilot was killed it is intense bombardment at least eight hundred people are wounded some of them very seriously and they cant be treated here. There is a lack of medical supplies and doctors eastern huta has been besieged by proGovernment Forces for years it is both home and the traffic for some four hundred thousand people doctors have put up makeshift Health Centers but they too are being helped that sort of a center is now out of service it was hit by the planes it was the only Medical Center in this town and fifteen thousand people the United Nations is calling for the fighting throughout syria to stop for a month to allow aid deliveries and evacuations of the sick and wounded at least five hundred are in. The enclave just outside the capital has been heavily bombarded since mid december but the past few days have been the worst many believe proGovernment Forces are pushing for a decisive outcome. They want thirteen on our own me not fight them everywhere is ready now to fight two fronts and the north. Pole. The Northwestern Province of idlib which is also under the control of the opposition has been hit by dozens of strikes in recent days there are two residential neighborhoods and hospitals are being targeted prosperi and Government Forces have taken ground in the southern edges of it live in recent weeks recapturing the whole province will not be easy but many believe the immediate goals involve the securing the north to south highway and lifting the siege on to loyalist towns. In the procurement forces have been struggling to bring eastern huta under their control for years and now that russia appears to be holding in rebel areas syria is once again in the midst of a major escalation especially with no progress on the diplomatic side this will only bring more suffering. People. And the news just in its being reported that more than one hundred Syrian Government allied fighters have been killed its apparently being this is coming from the u. S. Led Coalition Official who says that it and its allies thought it an attack when. The headquarters of the s. D. F. Thats a u. S. Backed rebel force its headquarters were the subject of an attack. In syria so thats the very latest being reported by the News Agencies and look at more on that of course as soon as we can. The nine prodemocracy supporters in bangkok are reporting to police after they were charged by thailands military following a protest last month dozens of other demonstrators are also due to appear at the Police Station they had been calling for elections and for an end to military rule when hey has the latest from bangkok. This case stems from a small but symbolic protest that was staged in bangkok late last month by a group of protesters calling for the military government in thailand to return the country to democracy to hold an election in november this year something that seems increasingly increasingly unlikely the nine people who led that protest who organized the gathering in the heart of the capital city have now been charged with sedition so that carries a maximum jail term of seven years there were at least thirty other people who have been charged because they attended that protest now have been charged with illegal essentially which carries a jail term of up to six months and a fine this been a noticeable change in thailand so far this year with several small protests popping up in the capital city and in other parts of the country by people calling for the military government to return the country to democracy symbolic and noticeable because over the past four years since the military staged that coup they have been quite effective at stamping out any dissent so there are signs that perhaps people are becoming tired of the constant postponements to elections again the latest is that the government says an election will be held in november this year but already there are indications that they could be yet another delay and the election wont be held until two thousand and nineteen. Israeli media reporting that the police had to to recommend Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges the Prime Minister and his wife is suspected of receiving less illicit gifts from billionaire benefactors including a major hollywood producer is also a lead serving involved in a dale with a leading newspaper which would have weakened a rival daily in return for favorable coverage the Prime Minister denies the allegations and says hes confident the case will not be perceived as the one count sent a small firm west curious and his Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has long been defined of all of these accusations he said they are political in nature and hes used various different platforms to talk about how this is a political witch hunt against him now what hes normally done is take to his Facebook Page there is a Facebook Page has been very active of lets talking about the operations going on in the west bank but what hes done is say to the israeli public that what is going on with them is a witch hunt against him but more importantly that the attorney general will rule on the rule will rule on the state of the law itself is confident that he can beat anything thats thrown against it lets take a listen to what he had to say. Are you. So many of you ask what will happen so i want to reassure you theyll be nothing because i know the truth the state of israel is a state of law the law says that the one to determine whether there is evidence against the Prime Minister is the attorney general and he consults with the state attorney and the state prosecutor recently said in the knesset that about half of the polices recommendations and with nothing was going to happen next is likely the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu will find any kind of recommendation that the police make against him both publicly in the court of Public Opinion and if you get legal in any kind of legal case lets see what happens if the attorney general decides to take case against the Prime Minister north korean athletes have arrived in the south ahead of the Winter Olympics in q one chang leading the delegation is expected to be kim jong un sr and one of the largest peacetime crossings of the korean border a group of two hundred eighty North Koreans travelled to the south on wednesday kim jong un says that kim jong il is expected to arrive empty on chinese soon but the real concern is over a north korean official listed in the u. N. Travel ban more now from a diplomatic editor james bays whos at the United Nations in new york. Theres been a great deal of attention on the fact that kim jong uns sister is leading north koreas delegation to the Winter Olympics but the u. N. Security council is actually more concerned about another name on the delegation list and thats choi who is a Senior North KoreanParty Official and chair of the National SportsGuidance Committee but the Security Council is concerned about him because he appears in one of their resolutions through june last year and he is under sanctions in that resolution for his role as the voice director of the propaganda and Agitation Department of north korea hes in charge of censorship in effect north koreas censor in chief in fact the Resolution Says he controls all media in the country and is used by the government to control the public members of the Security Council will now discuss this issue theyve been given twenty four hours if in twenty four hours any of them wishes to object then the sanctions will remain in place otherwise he will be given an exemption and allowed to travel to the Winter Olympics and pyongyang is expected to hold a military parade on thursday which would mark the seventieth anniversary of the establishment of its army we can now speak to andrei lang cough is professor of korean studies at Cookman University is joining us live from the south korean capital seoul first of all what do you make of this. Military parade which is being is essential to happen today thursday when actually ordinarily it would be held in april or message are they sending. Will. Change is the official Army Foundation day because it used to be believed there the north Korean Military forces were found in april beach was factually incorrect but it was a common assumption and no they decided to go back to that all day beach was sort of health for wharton and its probably done exactly to hit a good excuse for they needed the parade today because the parade is definitely issue no i was going to suggest that this is perhaps an attempt by pyongyang to balance out the soft power of their athletes taking part in the olympics alongside the south with hard power and a show of military might absolutely is the shore of defiance but its a short of mortars and velde measured defiance as a continuing their Charm Offensive as they have sent a delegation to there in big games it gives pretty much everybodys expectation and theyre the same time they have a military parade their message is simple the a nuclear and missile power and nor much of what we wrote that he made such a power in the face you will future and that he had a nuclear test. Would be dangerous but yet what do you make of the seniority then of the delegation if indeed this is true that kim jong un sister is to lead the delegation i mean thats quite significant isnt it. Well its probably sort of overstated to study yes for all practical purposes she is like you two deeds a delegation but formally she is not very high in the official hierarchy technically as the deliberation is heated by your nom as the chairman of their Rubber Stamp Parliament and who sort of sydney morning will kweisi head of the state he is a more Senior Member of the did a geisha but he has little if any power and this young lady is of course the most powerful member its a part of the i would see cham offensive because the warty. Of signals from washington on the border is that if the pool a bit harder and their records might deliver a military strike theyre afraid of that they would like to sort of reduce the level of tension so they decided to participate in there and he gave us a send a high level delegation a lot of good looking girls whom the whole view would become a kind of you know all will be the center of attention of their selves get in media just. Of thus reducing chances that americans well start shooting ok theyre behind behind the Charm Offensive as you call it is there any likelihood of there being. Any meetings of substance youve got the Vice President of the United States mike pence hell be there and as youve already outlined a fairly a fairly significant delegation some of whom could be given the power to have conversations with mike pence or at least a delegation. I can not all that but im generally speaking quite skeptical because right now americans believe that decision to send they did a geisha is a sign that their pressure policy sanctions and he at the possibility of a military strike that this policy ease walking or probably they are not very eager to Start Talking right now and if they do they dont need to do during the Olympic Games they have a lot of separate secret channels to came in here and they would expect that if North Koreans and americans really good to talk they will talk in some different place and some different time all right andrei lanka very interesting to talk to you thank you so as weve already mentioned mike pence the u. S. Vice president hes due to go to south korea for those games which start officially on friday but before he gets there hes actually been. A u. S. Forces base in japan where hes been speaking about the north korean crisis within less than thirty days los year the regime launched two missiles here over germanys territory and conducted in the same period of time another nuclear test north koreas continued throats have stirred the United States of america to act and we will continue to act with vigilance and resolve as our lodestar. Lots more to come here it out is there including one man is sentenced to death thirty others are jailed for the lynching of a student in pakistan we speak to the victims family. And d. N. A. Tests showed the surprising enough of a ten thousand year old european ancestor. Hello if you look down from space by satellite you see quite a lot of activity in iran in particular more streaks of cloud from is through the eastern med would actually all that you see here is just cloud high in the sky its not actually doing very much not dropping very much its indicating just motion up there and actually the weather is a little unusual bug thats twenty four degrees is pretty high for this time of the year turnarounds its about where it should be the case turned out to be snow a little bit further east and we still subzero manas ten but the event is quite warm as the cloud comes across the breezes still more or less from the sas for egypt to stay warm but its turning right to more of a northerly or northwest and that runs down through the gulf temps havent yet changed for the dust is now gathering and that will come more apparent if youre in bahrain kuwait. Than votes how we get to friday that breeze will be Strong Enough that even twenty five twenty six degrees itll feel maybe a little children will certainly be dust in the air thats true for the eastern side as well its settled in quite warm in mecca at such a four degrees throughout Southern Africa weve been waiting for writing cape time and it fell not much more to come most of the showers do develop in south africa but a long way to the east to cli joburg. I am doing this on the benefit of saddam people. So bad they see the importance of their our cars. Witness documentaries that open your eyes. At this time on aljazeera. Hi chance take a look at the top stories here almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days alone in rebel held parts of syria after an intense air and ground offensive by Government Forces backed by russia thirty four people died on wednesday and. Thats close to the capital damascus and four others died in. North korean athletes arrived in the south ahead of the Winter Olympics in pune chang kim jong un sr is expected to arrive on friday to leave the delegation israeli media say police will recommend that Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu will be indicted on corruption