Controversial north korean general whos visiting. Struggling to find food warnings from the u. N. That more than half of south sudans population face hunger. How an israeli tax plan has led to the closure of one of christianitys holiest sites. Now opposition doctors in syria say a child aside a dozen more people are being treated after a suspected chlorine gas attack witnesses reported smelling of the gas after an explosion in the rebel held district of Eastern Ghouta now this is video that is purporting to show victims who as you can see a struggling to bring the Syrian Government has denied using chemical weapons in the war i dont connect them with. Today we have more than thirty dozens of launching of chemical weapons with chlorine sarin in. Other gases from iran we dont know what they are a sort of russian a common a dont care about un Council Decisions they still bombard us and use chemical weapons against us america france turkey saudi arabia what are they waiting for britain what are they waiting for are they waiting for us to be exterminated in eastern. We have this report now from a summer binge of a and a warning you may find some of his the images in his report distressing. This is what the United Nation agrees has to stop. Me. But hours into the Un Security Council has thirty day ceasefire declaration bombs kept dropping on eastern medics reported dozens of deaths and injuries from more than one hundred airstrikes. And artillery bombardments all of which was supposed to end continues in the rebel held area home to four hundred thousand syrians or experiences from the b. V. I. In syria dont give us high expectation its tradition been this. Whats. The. Start as soon as possible one this possible we dont know we dont we dont know when this will stop and and then here this is a big number of population it wont be a solution three bring them one or two on boys and one be the solution thats we evacuated one thousand or two thousand of them to be cheated out of little as feared Government Forces trying to enter eastern huta from three sides attempting to seize as much land as possible before the cease fire is implemented reinforcements from the syrian armys fourth and tenth brigades have been circling eastern who different days special forces and troops from the elite tiger battalion are also on the front lines. Bulldozers and tanks are deployed to breach several defenses iran and syria maintain that the Security Council resolution allows the targeting of what they call terror to. Thank you this by keeping large a few numbers and having. Them. For killing and capturing some soldiers. We welcome the Security Councils decision regarding a cease fire because of the burden on our families and. This suffering must be lifted of the decision to stop the bloodshed caused by the regime and as usual we didnt find any commitment by the Syrian Regime in its russian allies. Northwestern go to southern with almost every front and has been stalled by the regime on sunday in order to achieve some advance but they havent succeeded. Many people have been stranded in underground shelters for days and fear the worst to come. We cant eat because theres nothing to eat our sons have no work my son has five children and he doesnt know how to feed them we will die hungry without food weve been targeted no homes have been destroyed we have done nothing to be treated and targeted like this but eastern has been intensely targeted for the past week the u. N. Called it hell on earth. The calls the victims in syria martyrs that have been conversations between the leaders of france germany and russia to drive the Assad Government to stop attacks and allow in humanitarian aid thats when the people continue. Is annihilation. Of the turkey syria border. Lets go live now to beirut our correspondent. The people who. Might of anticipate or at least hoped for a sation of of the wall for the guns to fall silent in the bombs to stop dropping but its far from the case is. No letup in the violence yes the intensity has dropped to a certain extent but it seems that the progovernment alliance are trying to target the areas in eastern close to the front lines even that reported chlorine attack was in she told an area which is also coming under heavy artillery fire in the early hours of this morning what the progovernment alliance is trying to do is target these areas on the edges of to make it easier for their Ground Forces to push into advance because advancing forces really are have the advantage because the rebels are entrenched theyre dug in and you know they are in a better position to try to repel the advance of the government has not been able to take any inch of territory since the ground operation began on sunday so no letup in violence but definitely a drop in the intensity of what we saw over the last week really a relentless Bombing Campaign more than five hundred civilians killed. This morning monday morning reports of more casualties coming from this strike carried out by the russians. Yes this is what we understand from activists on the ground ten people love from one family women and children among them so the civilian casualties are still civilian casualties since that Security Council resolution was passed but it is very difficult to because there are loopholes in this resolution and it says it excludes terrorists they are not part of the cease fire and everyone understands the terrorist to be somebody else the russians and the iranians. Is controlled. By terrorists yes the rebel groups on the ground say. An armed group which used to be affiliated with al qaida is present but theres only a few hundred of them and theyre ready to leave but what is clear is that the progovernment alliance doesnt just want. To leave all opposition fighters to leave and there are tens of thousands of them. And a lot of them are from the from the challenge of eastern they do not want to leave with their families and these groups took part in the astronaut talks so theyre wondering why are they being forced to lay down their arms but what is clear the progovernment alliance wants all out military victory. Thank you very much. Now the white house says any tools with north korea must lead to an end to its Nuclear Program the Development Comes after a north korean general attending the Winter Olympics in south korea suggested that his country is ready to sit down with the United States the demonstrations are taking place to general kim young chills of parents hundreds of protesters have gathered more expected to join them in the center of so many blame the seventy two year old for involvement in the deaths of dozens of south korean sailors in twenty ten the touch of the name has more from come known. From protesters at the border and the stadium too uncomfortable questions asked by reporters all over nothing 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 chore all is thought to be behind attacks against the south including the sinking of a warship in twenty ten that killed forty six sailors know. President of korea is almost zero and simple they are doing a little korea hero. Role in a protest. No prisoners and the north koreas dictator this is. South korean president moon jay in use the games to reboot intercooler ian relations the socalled peace olympics included a joint womens hockey team athlete 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. Its a two hour test it was a good olympics as it were so concerned about it last year but when so well many north koreans came in i wish this could lead to unification i thought it was interesting to use in order for us to host it i really enjoyed it. 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. The United Nations is calling for an investigation after Security Forces in the democratic republic of congo opened fire on protesters two people were killed dozens of others were injured in violence across the country they gathered after church on sunday calling for the president to resign peter shop reports. The Catholic Church has been at the forefront of demonstrations calling on the Congress PresidentJoseph Kabila to stand down. And after Morning Service on sunday protesters took to the streets again. Since december more than a dozen people have been killed by Security Forces and protests like these and today there was an all too familiar response by police. Tear gas quickly followed by gunfire was it for the locals candy was shot dead before the march started. His body taken to a nearby hospital. Two others were seriously injured one of them a student serge moca a wash teaching job im not protesting by accident or in vain and not because i dont know why im protesting by protesting today i was just claiming my right and this is what happened to me. Organizers said the protesters no longer believed in the political will of current leaders to ensure a peaceful transition of power if capital is forced to stand down then his good care is killing here is kabila condemning them hes not condemning the metol we will not end this protest we will maintain our fight and we will go up to the end with this fight. As with previous protest marches Internet Data and messaging services were cut across the congress a lot of voices you could. Take but the opposition message is getting out. And the shooting by the Security Forces is for the stoking up anger peter shop aljazeera. The Nigerian Government has sent its air force to search for more than one hundred girls who are missing after a boko haram attack gunman targeted a school in the countrys northeast in your bay state last week one hundred ten of the schools nine hundred students remain unaccounted for president mohammad called the abduction a National Disaster so to come here at aljazeera find out who is replacing australias in battle them Barnaby Joyce he was forced to step down as deputy Prime Minister amid Sexual Harassment allegations Mexican Health workers criticized the north American Free trade agreement for promoting obesity. Hello there were seeing a lot of heavy snow over parts of europe at the moment just take a look at these pitches from italy where the snow is very very deep and its all thanks to a weather system thats been circulating around the mediterranean sucked up a lot of moisture and now its working its way northward and its hitting the cold air thats in place over many other parts of europe where it hits that cold air thats where we see all the snow and theres plenty more still to come so for many of us here that will be plenty more heavy snow on monday than that will gradually edge its way eastwards as we head through into choose day for the rest of us across europe its cold and its staying cold so a maximum of minus nine in warsaw minus four in many places here wont get above freezing for a good few days now further west our maximum in paris will only be around minus two if we had across the other side of the mediterranean for many of us here what weather has now passed and its moved away towards the north but theres more rain working its way in across parts of morocco thats edging its way towards for about there wet for so monday but then clearing as we head through the cheese day so choose day quite a blustery wind about nineteen degrees will be on maximum instead on tuesday the wetter weather will be over possible geria and into tunisia. The border. With aljazeera time for us to take a look at the top stories doctors and rescue workers in the rebel held district of Eastern Ghouta are accusing the Syrian Government of a chlorine gas attack they say a child has died and a dozen more people are being treated for injuries after the suspected attack on sunday. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of seoul theyre furious at the appearance of a north korean general at the Winter Olympics closing ceremony general kim yong charles had talks with south koreas intelligence chief and he blamed the seventy two year old for involvement in the deaths of dozens of South Koreans saying that in twenty ten. Government has deployed its air force to search for one hundred ten girls who are missing after a boko haram attack gunman targeted a school in the countrys Northeastern State of yo bay last week president mohammad who bihari called the abduction a National Disaster. The u. N. Says the number of people without reliable access to food in south sudan is unprecedented its revealed in a new report that sixty percent of the population relies on handouts for food and half of those people are on the brink of starvation Charlotte Bellis as small. Half of south sudan some five Million People a facing malnutrition and even starvation this map shows how hard it is to get food in south sudan people in yellow areas can find just enough for to survive or into areas represent a crisis fate. Where many people mel nourished and red areas are one stage more severe where there are high levels of malnutrition and people are at risk of starvation in january one Million People in the raid areas a forty percent increase on the same time last year and this is the u. N. Forecast for the middle of the the orange and the radio areas grow to include areas with seven Million People living what is in these maps is tim its what the u. N. Calls catastrophe areas where there could be widespread starvation from zero in january one hundred and fifty five thousand people will fall under the category within the next six months south sudan had only just experienced a famine last year was the first to be declared in any country since twenty eleven the struggle to find enough food since of war broke out and twenty three are saying a quarter of the population is displaced food prices have soared and fighting has prevented many farmers from planting and harvesting crops students have returned to their Florida High School for the First Time Since a gunman killed seventeen people there earlier this month the school reopened to students and family members for an orientation ahead of classes resuming on wednesday the three Story Building where the shooting took place remains called off but many students stop there to lay flowers and pay their respects meanwhile former students of the school of mass together calling for tougher gun laws President Trump says the shooting is the top assume he wants to discuss with states governors when they meet in motion to monday. Whether rico has suffered another setback to its Recovery Efforts after her hit last year most of the island lost power when the substation exploded on sunday the u. S. Territory is struggling to rebuild and now College Students are being forced to move to the mainland to finish School Christian salumi has more from new york. Nineteen year old crystal medina prefers the weather back home but says shes thankful to be here despite the cold attending New York University going to school in puerto rico has been difficult since Hurricane Maria a lot of the buildings were being really badly damaged we had fungus in our classroom so we had to take classes and tents. There was no electricity for like the first two months there was no water for months after the category four storm a third of the island remains without power even before maria hit the government there cut funding to the university of puerto rico. Prompting a student strike that shut it down for a month chrystal is one of about sixty puerto rican students attending n. Y. U. Free of c