A massive military parade one day before the Winter Olympics kicks off in the south. Tension on the streets of bangladesh one is to highlight as iya is jailed for five years for corruption. Aftershocks hamper rescue efforts in a building left tilting dangerously after taiwans earthquake. It was two hundred fifty meters long and weighed as much as sixteen african elephants meet a massive lump of fat or part of it made its way out of london sewers and into a major museum. And for a fourth consecutive day bombs have been raining down on rebel held areas of syria which were designated deescalation zones local media say government and russian as strikes have killed at least fifty seven people in eastern on the edge of damascus on thursday including children and a medic investigated their attacks there and in italy province since a russian jet was shot down on saturday and not killed more than two hundred people in just four days adding to the bloodshed the u. S. Led Coalition Says its killed at least one hundred pro fights is in a province who are attacking the Syrian Democratic forces syria has branded it a war crime momentum droom reports on the latest violence. By thursday the bombing raids in eastern huta had only intensified at least two dozen were carried out and activists say they see no end in sight to this horror from the sky. The night before fires in the town of modest in the month the target of dozens of air strikes. Thats despite it being in the Northeastern Province of idlib a rebel held area and one of syrias socalled deescalation zones whose borders were agreed to by russia turkey and the on bombing raids carried out by russian and Syrian Forces have only intensified since a russian warplane was shot down by rebels on saturday when another blazes put out rescue efforts begin anew what were seeing is an escalation because isis has largely been defeated the. Zones were marked out around syria deescalation while the United States and russia were interested in destroying isis now that isis has largely been destroyed these deescalation zones have become up for grabs you see turkey rushing in to wrap up rain in the north or the United States say its going to stay a long haul in syria it owns twenty eight percent of syrian territory and the Syrian Regime is trying to grab the remaining rebel parts of syria including. Which has been surrounded and bombarded last year. Eastern huta near syrias capital damascus is also still in the hands of rebels and like adlib is also under intense bombardment and dozens of men women and children have been killed in the last four days many residents believe progovernment forces are pushing for a decisive outcome to the war in syria. While the United Nations has called for a month long truce to evacuate the wounded that appeal hasnt made a difference even for those accustomed to the carnage of this seemingly endless conflict this most recent them argument has been terrifying. In russia tens of thousands of people have turned out for the funeral of the pilot who was shot down in syria on saturday roman flip off was flying over italy province when he had to bail out of his burning plane and the Russian DefenseMinistry Says he was surrounded by Al Qaeda Linked fighters when he landed and blew himself up with a hand grenade to avoid being captured when thirty thousand people attended the ceremony in burnish in southwest russia a Current Situation in syria is being discussed today United NationsSecurity Council meeting on diplomats get to james bays is following developments for us in new york so what james can the Security Council do yet again this issue of humanitarian access and the dire and deteriorating humanitarian situation in syria is on the Security Councils agenda this will be the third time in about three weeks theyve discussed it it was discussed by the emergency relief coordinator mark local twenty second of january and he said then there were steps the u. N. Needed to take and the Security Council could take to get that aid in the Security Council at that stage couldnt even agree on a statement because russia oppose the draft statement that was proposed by the two humanitarian leads on this the two countries that take the lead on this which is kuwait and the netherlands its left the Security Council in a bit of despair i have to say just listen to the words of the french ambassador. In here yeah we are now back to the darkest period of this conflict with the highest death toll among civilians over the last year. And as we speak the situation is deteriorating by the day in the lead and can go down in particular. The Syrian Regime keeps bombing and the featuring its own population. Ied labs is a new port in the making. Well what many countries around the Security Council table and the u. N. Want lauren is a ceasefire are in fact the u. N. Has said it would like a cease fire for more than a month to get the humanitarian access through theyll be discussing this behind closed doors but we expect russia to be opposed we would like to see a cease fire the end the war in syria but for the terrorists not sure there in the government with the use per user is part of that. That was the Russian Ambassador speaking to us there saying why he does not like the idea of a cease fire this will be discussed in Security Council consultations we think in the next hour or so james bays live at the u. N. Thank you very much. The day before the Winter Olympics as its Opening Ceremony in south korea and Major Military parades is taking place in north korea into kim jong un told the crowds in the capital pyongyang that his nation is ready to fight to defend its sovereignty but with North Koreans ready to compete in the olympics the miter event was more low key than usual and her name reports now from the city of young no one of the main impact daniels. This was a patriotic celebration at home and a display of north koreas military might for those a broad. Army defends us and keeps us happy its our peoples army just like its name so this Army Founding day is a great day for all of us thursday was the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the north korean army the military parade in pyongyang comes after the world witnessed advances in the isolated countries Weapons Program last year leader kim jong un praised what he called quote a world class military with the most powerful force despite punishing saying i would say that its a show of defiance but its a soul. Defines. Government wants to emphasize the. Need to remain side. No matter what their fears army parade wasnt broadcast live on state t. V. And no new high profile weapons were displayed the toned down approach was likely a response to a criticism of the show of military force on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the young training olympic. North koreans participating in an unprecedented way at these games South Koreans are hoping the only suspense and drama will be during competition. I feel very proud that a global event like the olympics is taking place in south korea kim jong un sr is expected to attend the Opening Ceremony in which north and south korean athletes plan to march under a unified flag shell be the first member of the ruling kim family to step foot on south korean soil since the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. From government leaders to people on the street there is optimism that that the young chang games will help rebuild the ties between the two koreas its already being called the peace olympics natasha game aljazeera. South korea. One of everybody going on is happy with north koreas conciliatory moves for the Winter Olympics protests are being taking place outside a venue where north korean orchestra was performing demonstrators set off fireworks and clashed with police they say north korea is using the games as a propaganda tool and its recent which has a not genuine but there were a relatively small group and the orchestra performance attracted a big crowd of South Koreans. Former Prime Minister khaled as iya has been jailed for five years from visiting around two hundred fifty thousand dollars in donations meant for an orphanage trust eldest son for aids were given ten year sentences seventy two year old has served as Prime Minister three times but a sentence could now bar her from running in decembers National Elections zia also faces some thirty other charges including allegations of orchestration Political Violence she in the current Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina rule the country or to alternately since nine hundred ninety one she says the allegations are part of a plot to keep her and her family out of politics or fizzy is jail sentence could trigger political instability. The. Protests have already broken out in dhaka and with Police Firing tear gas at sears supporters the party has called for nationwide demonstrations on friday to protest against the verdict time bitch andriy has been monitoring events in dhaka. From a Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman khaled as the i was brought to this old central jail in a makeshift accommodation basically a Daycare Center this central jail no longer exists here the central jail has been moved to its god of the city she was brought to by a white s. U. V. Accompanied by her dumb ass the cattle chill be kept until from their order now the defense counsel told me they will file for an appeal with the high court that depends on how soon they get the starting five verdict in their hand that could take weeks or even few days the call dont open till sunday a lot of onlookers the and curious people heavily cordoned off area now we tried to talk to a lot of people didnt want to go on the camera because of heavy security presence and now we know a lot of people out there like or told us the country faces a serious Political Uncertainty in the year of the election if the ruling party with a Smaller Party goes into election without the Main Opposition Party critics an expert told us that probably wont be accepted by a majority of the population and the country will go into a turmoil and uncertainty without a inclusive election down the road. Still to come on the Program Israel starts putting a wall along its border with lebanon and risks deeper divisions with its neighbors. One design is pipe dream help people grab the biggest slice of real estate. You. Hello theres been a bit of a warming trend in this part of the world from kazakhstan westward through the caspian to the levant lot of cloud around using well that looks quite wintry but its not really much of a cloud brings nothing the warmth that came out of Eastern Africa is coming down through rock to go twenty three in baghdad twenty two in beirut yes it might be white skies not blue and that warms is coming down increasing breeze thats where the gulf tehrans warmed up to nine and those subzero is about five degrees warmer than the day before same is true of tashkent so cold has temporarily disappeared my stay that way for a while as well the cloud by produce a little bit in the caucasus and on the high ground just to the north of terran otherwise sink surprisingly warm for february and thats true despite that increasing breeze i talked about the should be a dusty what i think going down through kuwait and he sed in saudi but he wont drop the temperatures surprisingly you might think now we see a bit of rain develop recently and theres more to come for places where you might want it and im thinking particularly of cape town the streak of cloud on its way in there might produce another twenty or thirty millimeters not a lot but every bit helps biggish as a likely to be further east in south africa. Arts. I read in one of the top stories when i was there in syria russian and Syrian Government forces are continuing their assault on two regions held by rebels as strikes and shelling of killed more than two hundred people in italy and Eastern Ghouta in just four days. North korea has held a massive military parade a day before the neighborhood ceremony of the Winter Olympics leader kim jong un told the crowd his nation would fight to defend its sovereignty. And thousands of protesters flooded the streets of bangladeshs capital as a Court Sentenced former Prime Minister. To five years in prison for corruption. Scores of aftershocks are hampering rescue efforts in taiwan as the search continues for survivors of tuesdays earthquake dozens still missing after magnitude six point four tremor killed ten people and injured hundreds in the port city of. Bryant has more. This rescue team from tight chong in central taiwan is preparing to go into the building for the first time. Chung and his men are used to dealing with earthquakes but this building is in a particularly perilous position. As you can see its very slanted so we have to take precautions and special gear to ensure our safety other emergency crews from across the island have also joined this operation and local media are camped around the building anxiously following progress along with many others you know these are put to our knowledge we are struggling against aftershocks and bad weather but we will continue to search but we wont give up. Aftershocks have become less frequent but they still occur and alarm sounds each time and eyes turn instinctively towards the teetering structure. That is that inside the tight chong team stop after shock one of them shouts. And deep within the structure all they can do is wait for the transmitter and more steel reinforcement have been brought in to prop up the building it means when the alarm sounds the crews can wait inside until the tremor passes before continuing their work but they know the time for anything five years is running out. A tight young team emerge finding no signs of life and admit the job makes them sometimes fear for their own lives. Is the ambassador saw when the aftershock happens i still get nervous theres nothing you can do but get into a safe corner and pray. If survivors are still to be found alive theyre likely to be in more inaccessible parts of this block harder for the rescuers to get to more dangerous for them to work in rob mcbride aljazeera wiley and taiwan. More than three hundred child soldiers in south sudan have been freed by the United Nations of those released by armed groups in the region eighty seven ago the u. N. Says its the first time so many young women have been involved in a release Integration Program and to help seven hundred child soldiers return to normal life so today we celebrate the first phase of what will be covered by this release of children from groups that south sudan has free for may years but its just the first thing and unfortunately in other parts of the country child recruitment i can tell you. The International Criminal court has begun preliminary investigations into a case against the president of the philippines are eager to test his accused of crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the deaths of thousands of filipinos during his controversial war on drugs about four thousand people have been killed in the brutal crackdown well the activists say that true death toll is more than three times that number jamil and in a gun has more from manila. Well two complaints were filed last year the first one was submitted by a witness his name is ed garment tobacco who claims he once worked for did their day when he was mayor of dubbo city in the southern philippines for decades he says the turret it was responsible in setting up and running the notorious double death squads which run after a death drug syndicates and drug users in the area then now a supplementary complaint was submitted by members of the opposition senator on phone youre pretty honest and congressman Gary Alexander asked the i. C. C. To look into the existing socalled war on drugs by the third day which he set up when he was sworn into office in two thousand and sixteen and now handled by the Philippine National police now activists say that at least thirteen thousand filipinos have already been killed since that was launched in two thousand and sixteen now the i. C. C. Is looking at whether there is enough evidence to chide this case to try the third there and whether the case falls under its jurisdiction now earlier the Government Spokesperson says that the president welcomes the preliminary examination and that he wants to