A new ground an air offensive on the last remaining rebel held areas near damascus thats the spite a u. N. Security Council Resolution calling for a cease fire has already been bombarded for the past week and the number of dead is rising well have the latest. From the Winter Olympics in south korea the closing ceremony after two weeks of slip sliding competition russian athletes involved in a new doping scandal were banned from marching with their National Flag and the north korean delegation signaled it is ready for talks with the u. S. We have the latest from. Aid agencies are warning of charge the. Trafficking in refugee camps on the Bangladeshi Border of those camps home to almost seven hundred thousand. Who have fled sectarian violence in the. Six months since the latest exodus started will revisit some of those who fled. Brutal crackdown i mean the hundreds demands are stepped up for the president to step down in the democratic republic of congo we have all the developments coming out of south asia next dust out the show using the hash tag eight innings grades. Here with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube Facebook Live on aljazeera dot com good to have you with us on this sunday now we begin in syria where diplomatic efforts to end the suffering of people trapped in eastern hooter appear to have failed yet again just hours after a cease fire deal was agreed at the United NationsSyrian Government troops launched a new ground an air offensive the rebel held areas been under heavy bombardment for the past week with at least five hundred twenty People Killed now the u. N. Saying it is some of the heaviest fighting of the seven year civil war activists call it a massacre the thirty day truce is supposed to allow a deliveries and medical evacuations germany and france are urging the russian president to pressure its ally syria into stopping the fighting. The homages going to have nothing at the welcome the Security Councils decision regarding a ceasefire because of the burden on our families and he said this suffering must be lifted the decision to stop the bloodshed caused by the regime in eastern guta as usual we didnt find any commitment by the Syrian Regime in its russian allies Eastern Ghouta northwestern guta southern with some almost every front in ghouta has been stalled by the regime on sunday in order to achieve some advance but they havent succeeded. Lets get a better idea now of the area were talking about here eastern huta covers the Eastern Suburbs of damascus rebel mortar fire can reach the center of the capital so victory there is a Big Government priority to rebel groups hostile to each other control different sections of the enclave along with several smaller groups Government Forces of try to enter by using the homesteader massacres highway and also. To get more now from osama bin javid who is in the Turkish Border city of gaziantep near the Turkish Border with syria so what is the latest there on the fighting. Well we heard from the United NationsSecurity Council that a cease fire for thirty days was unanimously approved but it hasnt been it coming into force in eastern weve heard that multiple fronts have become a little since this morning just hours into that declaration of a cease fire where the Syrian Government tried to end to this. From various sides rebel forces on the ground have been telling us that theyve been able to hold back that offensive but because theyre stretched and this offensive has launched has been launched from multiple fronts so it has been tough to hold hold back from various sides what has been described to us on the ground by the civilians is that there was at least some sort of respite for a few i was after this declaration at the United NationsSecurity Council but in the morning the Syrian Government came with full force residential areas defensive positions and Everything Else has come under attack weve heard from multiple doctors describing to us the desperate situation on the ground its been raining all day people are stuck there stranded inside their basements i mean theres very little food theres not much to keep them warm and theyve been calling for help from the outside world has been some reaction to what is happening in eastern to iran on its part says that this offensive that is ongoing in eastern guta will continue because the United Nations security Council Resolution does not cover this fight which is against what it calls terrorist groups for france and germany on their part have tried to talk to the russian government to try and persuade the Bashar Al Assad government that pressure supports to try and end the suffering in the east and stop the fighting so that aid can actually come in to this enclave which holds more than for about four hundred thousand people who are desperately in need of humanitarian aid and medical assistance. Its a sign of a jab at life for us there in gaziantep thank you lets take a closer look now at the u. N. Resolution and wow the top line of a cease fire might sound strong the small print gives the Syrian Government and its allies some wiggle room the deal took days of negotiations and in the end the u. N. Agreed to seek the truce in their words without delay instead of immediately syrias ally russia had argued an immediate cease fire was unrealistic and the kluges an exemption allowing military action against Al Qaeda Affiliated groups and i saw some diplomats had feared the Syrian Government would argue all those fighting in eastern who to have links with those groups the serious other main supporter iran says the offensive will continue on areas held by wit what it calls terrorists it is in a sea of political analysts Marwan Bashar joins us now from london so modern given what sami just reported to us a moment ago and the apparently way that the Syrian Government has in this in the language of the cease fire is this just a cease fire and or in name only this there are definitely three levels to this conversation about the cease fire theres theres a diplomatic layer and thats been a week of hypocrisy at the United Nations so much so that ambassador mickey and ambassador have a seemly you know have exchanged all kinds of a super moratti at the United Nations about the issue of syria but everyone knows that both sides have been dishonest this week whether its on question of palestine or the question of syria. But be that as it may they are ive a sum total sort of resolution after hundreds of people died because the disagreement was whether its immediate or whether it was eventually i think the russians wanted to give leeway to their client Bashar Al Assad to finish the job as it were and hence the job this is the second layer of the strategy slash military clearly the russians and the syrians and the iranian backers they want to make sure that the entire zone around damascus and all the way up to the north will all be cleared out from any opposition figures because they want to make sure they have full control as other regional and and International Powers are also taken control of such example that the turks in the north the americans in the north east and so on and so forth so really the russian the russian slash city regimes will not tolerate any presence of any oppositions moving forward then hence they will use whatever extra time only way they have in order to clean bombard killed whatever and hence we are the third lever and which is the humanitarian one it has been really unprecedented the degree to which weve seen the destruction and the killing you know hundreds of thousands of dead syrians over the last few years and hundreds of just the last few days so really the the the treasure the called syria continues to and travel at the compute continues to unravel as the world looks in silence yeah and the rebels do seem to be facing some very long odds here in in holding out in eastern huta given given the level of bombardment and the sheer destruction that youre talking about there so a lot of people will be wondering perhaps those who are familiar with the timeline of this conflict to just be wondering why dont the rebels just lay down their weapons to put an end to the continued loss of life. Yes for those who are you know wondering that way and i think its a legitimate question just as it is legitimate question to ask why does Bashar Al Assad need to kill hundreds of thousands of people simply to stay in power why does the regime need to continue seven years of onslaught in a civil war that led to the displacements of millions to casualties in the millions and to the death in the hundreds of thousands simply to remain in power i think for the opposition lets all remember that seven years ago this opposition started as a peaceful opposition against a regime that is the tauriel and repressive and it was the regime that there and against its people and that throughout with the iranian support and later on with the Russian Support incompetent Syrian Forces were unable to take on the opposition so what we see now is basically the residual forces from the opposition after years and years of bombardment by the russians the iranians and the syrians not to be able to have that kind of steadfastness in even small pockets so really the question is why dont they seize that one bartman allow for humanitarian assistance to arrive and which a diplomatic solution because for those fighters slash Opposition Forces groups in some other places in syria at this point in time it is a question of life and death because even if they do surrender there will probably end up either dead or in the journals of the Syrian Regime for decades to come so who is responsible for this certainly not not the opposition certainly not the innocent people and is the hutto those who are responsible for this are those who allowed this civil war to continue. As it does and those who backed the Syrian Regime that is a responsible according to the United Nations for over ninety percent of the deaths and the destruction of syria. Good to get your thoughts on this as always marwan aljazeera senior political analyst in london and you can visit our web site for an explainer on syrias civil war the art school there explains how the ongoing conflict started as an offshoot of the twenty eleven arab spring uprisings until today situation take a look at that dot com now the winter games have wrapped up in south korea with the head of the International Olympic committee saying they prove that sport can bring people together closing ceremony caps seventeen days of sporting action and political breakthrough a north korean general and u. S. President Donald Trumps daughter ivanka sat just meters apart of the event the general said his country is willing to open talks with the u. S. National team reports now from coming on. From protesters at the border and the stadium too uncomfortable questions asked by reporters. It was a controversial arrival at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics for the north korean delegation. Some South Koreans are angry about the delegation leader general kimmitt young is thought to be behind attacks against the south including the sinking of a warship in twenty ten that killed forty six sailors now. President of korea is still. Doing. Periodic. Wrong report just. Now and. Here this is. South korean president moon use the games to reboot into a korean relations. The socalled peace olympics included a joint womens hockey Team Athletes celebrating korean nationalism by marching under a unified flag as well as the visit by kim yo jiang the sister of the north Korean Leader she arrived with an invite for moon to visit pyongyang thats a two hour test it was a good olympics as it were so concerned about it last year but it went so well many north koreans came in i wish this could lead to unification. It was interesting he was an honor for us to host it i really enjoyed it and. Even the choice of olympic venues was symbolic gang one province is divided between the north and south. If the tension continues into tourist income so peace is very important to our economy north korea participated in the olympics and this has become a basis for establishing a base here and that means a lot to us. For the russians the games and did as they began marching without their flag two of their athletes were disqualified after testing positive for banned drugs four years on from the sochi doping scandal russians were only allowed to compete under an olympic flag as all athletes return home the question here is what happens after the olympics. The u. S. Announced its toughest package of sanctions against north korea on friday with the hope it will pressure the country to denuclearize whether that will work when other sanctions have failed remains to be seen and theres no word yet on when president moon might travel to the north if he does hell become the first south korean president to meet kim jong un since he became leader seven years ago natasha going to aljazeera south korea. And for more on the closing ceremony in the final day of the Winter Olympics you start here thank you very much has them as you just heard from natasha in her package russian athletes were not allowed to parade under their own flag at the closing ceremony n. P. R. But the International Olympic committee has hinted that russia might be back in the olympic fold again soon that will only happen if there are no more doping violations from the raf leads throughout young chang one hundred sixty eight russians have been competing is neutral known as a limp dick athletes from russia before the games they had to prove they would claim bad as we know two failed drug test take a listen to what i. O. C. President thomas back had to say earlier on. To order to get these from fake open this year in china. This was hugely disappointing and in addition to other considerations prevented the un it was he from even considering lifting the suspension of the clothes he served. The suspension of the r. C. Sports either we leave the ones that dont freeze or else you need your face you as prefer their own if you know and it will be with violations by members of the away in our delegation. Russia did have one victory to celebrate on the final day of the lympics day they won gold in the mens ice hockey beating germany in a thrilling title decider the russians came back from a goal down to equalize a three three with fifty six seconds left in regulation time sending the game into overtime carol kept resolve then school the sudden death goal to secure a festival gold in mens hockey for a russian team since nine hundred ninety two although the team might be in some trouble as they thought the National Anthem over the top of the olympic anthem during the medal ceremony the russian on them had also been banned from these games along with the flag. Heres some reaction to this online said i it tweeted this he said russian fans and gold medalists Ice Hockey Team having to screen the National Anthem over the elin pick one someone said they arent this one then have a look at this tweet from the tosh ago kena she said when everyone was saying i limp a great in fact i was saying this and she tweeted a photo of the russians like imposed over the top of the olympic flag and this one from a very happy at the palace talking about the decision to not allow russians to march on to the psyche he says the i. O. C. Keeps russia out of the olympic closing ceremony so i read that it makes a good decision regarding doping but i suppose it calls for a celebration well the final gold medal handed out at these olympics was in Cross Country skiing and they couldnt the feign a more fitting when it than this woman married bianca and the thirty seven year old of the huge star in her home country norway under the ready become the most decorated winter olympian of all time earlier in the game gold in the thirty kilometer mascot with our fifth medal in pyongyang on the fifteenth of her career in the final a limb pick right and ensured no way finished on the top of the medal table. Let us know your favorite moments of the Winter Olympics using the hash tag a. J. News go to tweet me im at im touching on ot be back with more sports at eight hundred g. M. T. Thats now hasnt it but the great life that you and i will look forward to that. Hundreds of revenge are continue to pour over the Myanmar Border into bangladesh six months after a military crackdown sparked the refugee crisis about seven hundred thousand people have fled since august half of them are children theyre now crammed into squalid camps where disease spreads easily and while those camps are supposed to provide saf