And im jane dutton this is al jazeera live from doha was a coming up in the hot seat the head of the aid agency oxfam faces questioning by british politicians about a prostitution scandal in haiti. My colleagues are providing christus intervention at this time lying down to call for reform students protest against u. S. Gun laws plus. Im wayne hay with a rare look at the second day being constructed on the lower mekong river as laos pushes ahead with its goal of becoming the battery of Southeast Asia. More than seventy people have been killed in the syrian rebel held on five of eastern goes in some of the heaviest fighting there in years hundreds of others have been injured in the intense bombardment by russia and the Syrian Government that brings the death toll to more than one hundred eighty people since sunday local observers believe the attacks are the beginning of a major offensive on the area on the outskirts of the capital damascus the United Nations wants an end to the targeting of civilians it says the humanitarian situation is spiraling out of control according to the union of medical care and relief the bombing has destroyed five medical facilities nearly four hundred thousand people remain trapped in eastern goza which has been under siege since twenty eight a hotter as more from beirut. Has been one of the bloodiest twenty four hours in syria and in eastern go to more than one hundred People Killed civilian. Ns women children there were heavy airstrikes heavy artillery shelling a people are bracing for the worst more than three hundred people wounded in the end of the siege an area where there is a lack of medical supplies a lack of doctors to treat these people and people are bracing for the worst progovernment media is just talking about a decisive battle promising victory they have sent reinforcements to the edges of the eastern border the question is is this saber rattling or is this a way to pressure the rebels to lay down their arms this is what the government wants and its backers of course the Russian Foreign minister lavrov saying that the experiment we had in aleppo could be implemented in what hes talking about is a surrender by by the rebels so people feel that all these these drums of war really to pressure the rebels either to surrender or to turn the civilians against the rebels in order for them to surrender because a ground offensive will be costly the Government House tried to storm the hotel on numerous occasions in the past and theyve lost a lot of men so the situation increasingly dire people inside appealing for help Young Children uploading videos on social media asking the world why are you remaining silent syrian progovernment militia are reported to be heading to the northern a free in the region thats where the Turkish Military has been fighting Kurdish ForcesStephanie Decker reports. Syrian state television and now says that forces loyal to president Bashar Al Assad will be deployed to. Turkey launch an operation against Peoples Protection units or y p g who are in control of the province almost a month ago and the y. P. G a terrorist organization the United States considers the group its most effective ally in fighting. This new move by Damascus University in could mean its allied militia directly confront turkish troops turkeys foreign minister was defiant unicity cheated. If the regime is interested to clean. And there are no problems however if i come in to defend the y. P. The nothing and nobody can stop us this applies to efren as well as maam and to the east of the Euphrates River the developments when set behind the scenes negotiations the details of which are unclear if the kurds are going to accept the major conditions of the Syrian Regime will decide on that very heavy weapons. Artillery rocket launchers will they be exiting the city because the Syrian Regime is asking Syria Democratic forces to exit the city and to move to the east of the euphrates the kurdish why p. G. Holds the areas in yellow which include the region of the green areas land controlled by the Syrian Opposition supported by turkey and they are advancing on africa and under the Turkish Operation olive Branch President assads government controls the area to the south and the i. P. G. Is territory to the east of the euphrates is where the u. S. Has military bases and personnel on the ground syrias seven year war seems to have entered a new phase with the foreign powers who have long backed different sides trying to solidify their spheres of influence Stephanie Decker al jazeera. Defense analyst specializing in Turkish Foreign policy for the center for economic and Foreign Policy studies he says the Syrian Government is looking to regain control of kurdish dominated areas. Turkey and syria in one thousand back in one nine hundred ninety eight signed the other on the agreement which prohibits the Syrian Regime in all forms to support p. K. K. Or its lethal organizations. If the syrian militia if the Government Forces if the Bashar Assads forces fight alongside with y. P. G. It is a clear violation of nine hundred ninety eight of the agreement and this is truly a clear pursing a clear red line in. Missional defense understanding i think the Syrian Regimes intentions clear goal is to replace them at least curb any kind all kurdish autonomy intentions in the west of the u. Freighters away from the us covered right now oksana bosses are being questioned by british politicians about Sexual Misconduct in haiti in twenty eleven the charity is already apologized to the haitian government but the u. K. Government wants more answers some of that stuff accused of using prostitutes joining an aid mission in haiti after the earthquake but to be phillips joins us from london what have we heard so far barnaby. What weve seen is senior oxfam executives being grilled by parliaments International Development committee and it is an exercise in contrition one after the other theyve said how sorry they are how a shame they are about what happened in haiti how they let down of course the people of haiti they let down employees of oxfam across the world and they let down the wider aid sector Mark Goldring the chief executive has been doing most of the talking he was not at salman twenty eleven he joined in twenty thirteen and he says that he had been told that the investigation had been closed in twenty eleven and it had been dealt with in a satisfactory manner and so he saw no need to reopen it when he joined oxfam what he has said which i think is very interesting is that in the days since this scandal emerged in a british newspaper what fourteen days ago i think that has been a call out within oxfam by Senior Management for staff and former staff to come forward and bring any issues any episodes of abused without wanting to be too specific any concerns that they may have had and during that time we understand twenty six new reports have come out sixteen of which relate to Oxfam International programs although we havent heard which countries they pertain to that doesnt mean that theyre all immediate ongoing some of them date to long ago historical allegations of abuse but i suppose it does show how there was this great concern within oxfam and many people felt intimidated worried not able to bring their concerns up and then since the dam broke if you like over haiti all these new complaints have emerged any idea at this stage what of impact this will have on oxfam and its workings. Well this is a critical time for oxfam i mean we know in the immediate short term that it has agreed not to take or not to bid for any more u. K. Government money and that in itself is just about ten percent of its income so thats a serious hit i think what theyre ultimately concerned about is their reputation in the eyes of donors across the world the public across the world are people going to stop you know giving ten pounds at christmas to oxfam are they going to stop passing by oxfam shops on the high streets which you see across the United Kingdom for example but of course the repercussions go beyond oxfam and they go to trust within the wider a community and i dont think theres any complacency and other aid organizations at all in fact in an hours time it will be a man called kevin what kids the head of save the children another Huge International agency which started in the u. K. Who will be grilled by parliament about whats happening in save the children remember theres a political context to all of this there are many people in britain who feel that this country this government spends too much on aids and so they are seeing a degree of vindication in this scandal of this itll be interesting to find out what more comes out of this as well because its still ongoing thanks to that finally phillips. The Funeral Service for zimbabwes former Opposition Leader is due to begin in less than an hour morgan chang died from cancer last week president emerson when a god is among those expected to attend the burial lets go live to rome a tosser who is then im just wondering what the feeling is like there are people saying. All this where Morgan Tsvangirai grew up some people here are people who knew him really well they went to work they watched him grow up in me maybe here they see a wild man to they that they gladly. The holmes and they also happy that its been raining in this community thats a good sign whenever it rains it means that thats died now with bodies lets impeach the i. P. S. Just need a. Potties rulings on the p. F. Officials and also the king of the city to rile odinga will say here and he spoke very movingly about woman like you lie about what a great man he was how we met him in two thousand and eight and he was trying to revive Morgan Tsvangirai what to do back then when a lot of violence and they were spoke of enjoying a need to government without mugabe the former president and he said morgan trying to i really love his people want a good zimbabwe and that he hopes that hes now resting in peace the barrios. Hide behind me and as a human shield this has to be a good thing and who finally belatedly and where does this leave his car keys and i mean there is a lot of talk about the divisions within the party and questions of its future. I can tell you some supporters on very happy about this talk of infighting one man went up on the state the idea take the leadership what are you doing this is embarrassing moment trying to write created something good now you want to destroy it if you want especially congress to elect a new visa then how does one some in the leadership say they want the chance to intervene the on how to the Nelson Chamisa has been named acting president what is clear is that a lot of divisions in the opposition party. Could go to those initiatives and divided which could give a little money. To buy. The Richest Woman comes to the home with a clear head on aljazeera well tell you why the u. N. Is accusing the world of failing the most bomb. And this is the street coffee people out in force in a brazilian says. To protest against a military move. Weve got a good mobile flow and our weather across the Korean Peninsula at the moment kind of right making their way through and some snow off the coasts a clear skies there into japan for a time we are going to see that making its way through as we go on through wednesday will be the foul weather cloud nine celsius there for tokyo temps just getting up to around two or three degrees across the Korean Peninsula these will add up as we go on into thursday so six celsius in seoul by this day any success is their fault ok but it should be last the try little bit of a wet weather some wintry weather will move through the sea of japan but nothing too much to speak of and we have the rain clouds gathering across central and southern parts of china at present some wet weather over towards the southwestern corner and this will become rather more expansive as we go on through thursday so some really big downpours certainly a possibility hong kong should stay lousy dry if a little on the gray side temperatures no higher than around seventeen degrees celsius plenty of showers meanwhile across the central parts of Southeast Asia malaysia certainly things a big downpours but only icing some very heavy rain to see is that the showers stretching their way right the way across the matsuura but the possibilities are also seeing some very very wet weather as we go on through thursday and that wet weather sneaking down to good pop i think in the shia. A unique poor trait of a small gulf nation living under siege what made this to friends was their targets and their pain to be forced to leave would just be our fault and their games led us to live it has given us the desire to carry on with our lives and be creative maybe ill turn down the normal barber business. Has become more united. Beyond the blockade at this time on aljazeera. Are going to be taking you through the top stories more than seventy people have been killed in the syrian rebel held on klav of eastern goods in some of the heaviest fighting there in years that brings the death toll to more than one hundred eighty people since sunday in an intense bombardment by russia and the Syrian Government. British politicians are questioning oxfam bosses about Sexual Misconduct in haiti and twenty eleven some of the charities stuff is accused of using prostitutes during an aid mission prostitution is illegal its already apologized to the haitian government the u. K. Wants more answers. The funeral for zimbabwes former Opposition Leader morgan chang is due to begin shortly president emerson man of god was among those expected to attend. The white house says u. S. President donald trump is open to supporting better background checks on people buying guns the move follows last weeks School Shooting in florida which seventeen people were killed trample meat survivors on wednesday been speaking to leaders in congress about a bipartisan bill to improve checks on people purchasing weapons students staged a protest outside the white house on monday alone fishes mall. It started as a social media conversation on friday afternoon and became a mass protest in front of the white house dozens of students from around the Washington Area backed by the families gathered to mark this spate of School Shootings in america and demanded argent action to stop them i dont see this as a republican or democrat issue its more life or death really shootings happen every day and weapons dont belong on the streets they dont belong in schools they belong in war the current hot topic. We read out the names of the victims of School Shootings in america since one thousand nine hundred ninety s. They listened and you were caught up in their own thoughts processing their own emotions that we not shootings in america in the past there have been protests in the past but this type of people think something is different but this time change can be achieved but then came the mass die and students live on the ground sending a message that the politicians in action was no longer an option its about the fact that kids are dying American Kids are dying and that theyre sitting in classrooms in the crowed a School Psychologist who trained at the school in parklane florida where the mass shooting took place struggling to contain her emotions and her anger microwaves are providing crisis intervention at this time in over fifteen twenty years that theyve been practicing theyve never seen such heartache. Typically we train to fight intervention support for death of a teacher or a student and the stories that theyre hearing its like a war zone the flag above the white house still flies at half staff in memory of the florida victims the young people here know that many of them are too young to vote but they insist their voices will be heard and they will not be ignored and fisher argues either washington the world is failing newborn babies thats according to unicef a new report found infants born in the worlds poorest countries have the lowest chance of survival into type experience. This is one of the busiest maternity wards in the pakistani capital islamabad several babies are born here every day but the odds of survival for infants across pakistan is some of the worst in the world according to un skilled and Charity Unicef one hundred twenty two die within the first month of life the situation globally isnt much better every year more than two and a half million babies died before turning one month old one million of them take their first and last breaths on the day they are born another two point six million are stillborn Centra