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Their warm welcome to the news hour the syrian army has been dropping leaflets over Eastern Ghouta the last rebel held near the capital damascus theyre telling residents to leave for their own safety and urging opposition fighters to hand themselves over the governments been bombing the area for a fifth straight day well since sunday these four hundred people have been killed many of them are children more than a thousand others have been wounded hospitals are being targeted in those attacks Doctors Without Borders says thirteen of the clinics it supports have been hit in the space of three days and some of them are now completely destroyed. But syrias ally russia says the pictures coming out of east india to our media sabur taishan some hopes are fading but the u. N. Security council managed to approve a thirty day ceasefire well have more from the u. N. In just a moment but first this report from osama bin jobby. Good look at what theyre look i think youre going. To subvert the smallest coffins of the heaviest busy to third theyre in there doesnt every day for a parent think good bye to little children is not easy. Almost every family has lost someone the number of dead is so high that printers are being dug for quick burials i was if people linger outside for too long the risk becoming victims of the next one. Living rooms in offices are now makeshift morgues. Those who survived the attacks medical facilities unmotivated. Doctors without borders sister Team Hospitals have been hit in three days. Since sunday the Syrian Government and its allies have stepped up their strikes in terms of the converging on the fence. Supposed to be bona for deescalation zones agreed upon by russia iran and turkey but the Syrian Government says its targeting what it calls dentists in an area known to four hundred thousand people and russia denies its involved in the relentless bombardment of civilians. The situation really leaves much to be decided well as you know the responsibility for the situation in east rests with those who support the terrorists tunnels like these have been crucial for rebels multiple attempts to storm the Eastern Front in the past year off numbers and their supplies have been cut off but the reza say they will not surrender without a fight. Or capabilities are weak but god willing we will deal with the regime will lose again face similar attacks and it didnt fall and now again we will survive this besieged city and say none of the words from people in power for have done much to protect them. Messages for help from eastern nonstop street after street bodies and parents have been trying to pull their children out of the rubble the United Nation calls it hell on earth for besieged people in east and abandoned by the outside world they might as well be living on another planet. Well medical workers in eastern guta say they havent been able to see their will sound nice for days as they work day and night in hospitals that have been moved underground and. Some of the most remarkable but now now now a barrel bomb has just pulled near where i am now we might receive our im at a clinic that is really simply fortified and of course it is underground because its impossible to stand outside fifteen minutes i havent seen my family for two days because i cant go outside and move around the wounded could arrive here at any time so i cant leave to check on my own family i expect casualties at any moment even among my family and friends in the. Irans Deputy Foreign minister has told aljazeera that tehran is working with the assad regime to try to calm the situation across the country this has been our policy from the beginning that there is no military solution. For for syria and we should all work for a political solution and its a pity that. You know conflicts have a sort of thing again in some parts of syria we are in close contact with the Sudan Government trying to see how we can help. How we can be escalate tension and of course how we can assist people who are suffering from this violation well the u. N. Security council has been discussing the situation in eastern gusa trying to agree to a thirty day cease fire algiers diplomatic initiatives base has been washing things for us at the u. N. As a james and the Security Council meetings been adjourned did they make any progress. There had been hopes at the beginning of the day that perhaps the Security Council could bring to a vote a resolution a draft resolution proposed by kuwait and sweden for a thirty day sees far as people in eastern guta continued to die sadly the Security Council has continued to argue that looks like at the moment no chance of that resolution being voted on on thursday were now being told maybe friday the problem is that russia has problems with the resolution it says that it believes that there is a psychosis by the media and some of what we are seeing on reporting are in fact fabrications and what is happening in eastern guta is not happening in the way that is being reported on aljazeera most of the other International Channels according to the russians and they say the current draft of the resolution according to the Russian Ambassador is unrealistic with us butchering to his rooms are good weve got and we are very curious and would like to know what guarantees will be provided to ensure compliance of the cease fire but unfortunately we are yet to receive an intelligible and clear response it appears that what is most important is that the details can be thought about later this cease fire carries great significance in principle not merely for the delivery of humanitarian assistance the challenge is how to achieve this. He claimed that there were other countries on the Security Council who were trying to manipulate the situation in eastern guta in order to take the reputation of his country this despite the fact that hed heard from the uns humanitarian chief marlowe kaku detailed the almost slaughter the death toll the bombardment of this currently being carried out on Eastern Ghouta mr local made it quite clear to Security Council members that as members of the United Nations level in the Security Council they have no blog ation to act your all is Member States aware that your obligations under International Humanitarian law or and just bands they are finding all big asians they are not favors to be traded in a game of death and destruction humanitarian access is not a nice and. It is a legal requirement counterterrorism Methods Panel supersede the obligation to respect and protect civilians they do not justify the killing of civilians and the destruction of entire cities and neighborhoods so the point being made there james about the legality of you know safe routes for aid but of course that cant happen without a ceasefire so what are the current options. Its the same deadlock weve had throughout this war and now for some seven years mr local because you heard was very clear about whats happening in eastern guta but the Syrian Government certainly are presenting a completely different story when i spoke to the syria Syrian Ambassador after the meeting he said that what mr local was talking about were fabrications he said that the pictures that weve seen on our screens were being staged by the Syrian Opposition now that of course seems dark but remember that the Syrian Government is backed militarily and diplomatically as it has been throughout the war by russia and russia right now has its key card as one of the five permanent members of the u. N. Security council it holds a veto that means that a cease fire that would be endorsed by u. N. Security Council Resolution cant be done unless russia votes for it russia is not happy with the current draft resolution the current draft resolution is not going to a vote for now negotiations will continue very tired exasperated somewhat in despair i think swedish ambassador is doing a lot of the diplomatic work remember kuwait and sweden drafted this resolution told us a short time ago he be trying again on friday it seems hes there live with all those details of the goings on at the u. N. To thank you well meanwhile kurdish y p g fighters say theyve lost control of parts of aleppo city to Syrian Government forces why putin says Government Troops have retaken kurdish held districts all the city assets fighters went to nearby a free interview a pal an assault by turkey y p gs fighting alongside government in a free and both see turkey as a common enemy. Nigerias military has backtracked from claims that it rescued dozens of schoolgirls kidnapped by boko haram already this week ninety one girls were reported missing after an attack on the village of she and youll be stayed on monday night initially nigerias military said it had managed to rescue the seventy six of those schoolgirls but its now issued an apology saying the Security Agency responsible for the information made a mistake the governor of youll be state is working with local Security Forces on the girls families to ensure the return david also is a counterterrorism security and organized crime analyst he says its hard to get credible information i was of nigeria. I think thats one of the biggest problems you know the information you know comes you know and you know nobody has been able to have you know very fight information as to you know how many goes on the scene you know if book romas indeed any of the goes and this is the biggest concern to that is different but you know the government the local government you know has the incentive was obvious students back home you know for a while with brick without actually having any investigation. Which of the students have been missing how many has been captured by if at all and you have to go house has been. Coming up on the news hour storing on order in Rio De Janeiro purcells military soups a prison after being put in charge of security in the city. Of capetown has managed to push back day zero the day the city is expected to run dry plus interest on march fourth this next we feel a great responsibility to our fans we are completely sure that these medals are clean sport the russian cars are found guilty of doping at the Winter Olympics takes apps. The us President Donald Trump has told the National Rifle association that America Needs to toughen up some rules around gun control said the legal age to buy guns needs to be raised to twenty one years of age from eighteen and made the suggestions of the School Safety meeting one week after a seventeen people were killed in that School Shooting in florida the president also said that movies are too violent and that mental institutions need to be real and white has said they dont want to ban an entire class of firearms as many students have them around. Were going to do strong background checks. Were going to work or getting the age up to twenty one instead of eighteen were getting rid of the bomb stocks and were going to be focusing very strongly on Mental Health so were going to be talking seriously about opening Mental Health institutions to get in some cases real. Well toms been accused of failing compassion for those affected by Mass Shootings after full so of his poorly concealed cue cards went viral online his notes from a listening session on wednesday appeared to include a reminder to himself to say i hear you to the friends and family of those killed in the florida high School Shooting. Well the response to those nodes has been fierce especially on the president s favorite social media platform twitter David Gardner a sports journalist for the Bleacher Report says a man has to be reminded to listen at a listening session that editor of the opinion and culture website the tilt suggested trump should have a note saying dont forget to show emotions like a real human animal sing a democrat in the house of representatives nancy pelosi were fairing to the no in trumps hands said and yet you and Republican Leaders do absolutely nothing in office and off well how did you castro is live for us in the washington d. C. Hi there heidi so again fierce criticism. Thats right julian trump was back on twitter this morning talking about and reinforcing his idea of Arming School teachers to prevent future School Shootings he said that about twenty percent of american School Teachers which once you do the math is about seven hundred thousand people should be allowed to carry concealed weapons if they have specialized or military training he went on in a second listening session held today with Law Enforcement officials said that having gun free zones in Americas Schools was akin to having come on in for ice cream signs for would be School Shooters he also on twitter today praised the n. R. A. The powerful gun lobbys leaders calling them Great American patriots this was even as the president of the n. R. A. Spoke publicly for the First Time Since the parklane School Shooting today saying that it was the media that was over covering these School Shootings that they loved School Shootings because of the ratings it provides and the president of the n. R. A. Said that taking away guns or or increasing gun control would be akin to taking away americans freedoms and how is he more generally whats the view on themselves has handled the aftermath of these shootings. Why as you mentioned on twitter there has been quite a shock to response a ridicule over the image of that cue card that was poorly hidden in trumps hands that said for him to remind himself to say im hearing you to show his empathy to the those who survived the horrific School Shooting in florida who met with him in the white house yesterday there has also been a public poll taken since the parthian shooting by the Washington Post a. B. C. That found that fifty one percent of americans said having armed teachers would not have prevented this type of massacre from happening rather seventy more than seventy percent of those respondents said better Mental Health may have made a difference and the majority fifty eight percent said tighter gun control laws may have prevented that tragedy julie cassar there live from washington d. C. Thank you. Well as you just heard there from heidi the c. E. O. Of the National Rifle association has been talking way in the pierre was speaking at the conservative Political Action conference an annual meeting of right wing activists he backed chums for opposing the teachers should be armed and attacked those calling for tighter gun controls they hate the n. R. A. They hate the Second Amendment they hate individual freedom. In the rush of calls for more government theyve also revealed the true selves the elites dont care not one whit about Americas School system and School Children if they truly care what they would do is they would protect them. Has more from the seat conference. Weve had from done a lot their main spokesperson of her from when and it was all red meat to this audience it was all about protecting the Second Amendment it was all about improving but growing change but getting states to do more as well stopping mentally ill people getting guns but the idea is of course that schools should be protected by teachers with guns and so the people ive been speaking to in the last hour or so very much in support of that idea on stage those mike pence the Vice President who is essentially giving this audience what they want to hear the fact that there have