>> libya sinks deeper into crisis. a top court said it will dissolve the u.n. backed particlement with two rival administrations. >> also coming up, three israel soldiers were deliberately run over in the west bank as tension spills from the contentious religious site. >> holding billions of dollars meant for break away regions in the east. >> inside the ivory trade, the chinese gangs accused of an

international smuggling racket with the help of park rangers from tanzania. >> libya, the supreme court announced it will dissolve the u.n. backed elected parliament, ruling the vote in june was unconstitutional. it is one of two rival administrations that have been vying for legitimacy and power in recent months. a different unelected government controls tripoli and has the backing of a powerful militia group. we have more. >> libya has been under the control of two rival governments, each supported by armed groups engaged in daily fighting. now the supreme court ruled how to move forward, declaring the u.n. backed parliament elected

in june is unconstitutional and should be dissolved. >> this ruling means that what is called the parliament has become a thing of the past. its decisions no longer have meaning. libyans ever now started again on the road of constitutions abinstitutions and the rule of law. >> in august, armed groups opposed to the government of the prime minister took over the capitol tripoli. their own government was put in place. the leadership pushed out was forced to move eastward. rival militia's formed two losely affiliated blocks, one backing the government and seen as more moderate, the others backing tripoli and more conservative. rivalries have deeply supplied people. the country has fallen into chaos since 2011 and the death

of muammar gaddafi. since the regime was forced out of power, the state's authority has been threatened. the government is unable a restore law and order. in fighting and attacks have become common. some brigades seized oil ports and deprived the main government of its source of revenue. none of the rival groups have shown any sign of reconciliation and it's unlikely the supreme court's decision will do anything to change that. aljazeera. >> we have more from tripoli. >> many people in tripoli here and other libyan cities ever taken to streets and swears to liberate what they call their court verdict in favor of the general national congress and the national salvation government. also people here are celebrating

this verdict, which according to this verdict, that libyan house of representatives in the eastern city is unconstitutional. deputy president of the general national congress has just held a press conference and announced that general national congress is going to resume its sessions according to the court verdict. >> president of the cultancy libya analysis.com said this latest development could lead to more political chaos. >> it's very bad for the fighting in benghazi. the supporters in the house of representatives are going to push the conflict forward, try to take benghazi and very quickly have a house of representatives parliamentary meeting there. that's not good. that is trying to score points before the negotiations or score points to establish facts on the ground and they're doing that

with a lot of egyptian help. that's not helpful. that's what caused this decision today. the supreme court meets in tripoli and therefore are biased by the fact that they have militia guns at their throats to make this decision, and they only made the decision in response to the offensive. >> i think that international actors have misunderstood this conflict as one between islam and anti islam. little between those who think former gadhafi officials should be able to hold office and those who do not. we can see why certain tribal and religious groups have stacked up in the way that they have. this is something that can be mediated? the international criminal court says it won't investigate an israeli raid on a turkish raid several years ago. israeli soldiers may have commit war crimes but ever ruled the case is beyond here remit.

nine turkish advocates died in 2010. the vessel was in international waters carrying humanitarian aid bound for the gaza strip. >> these alleged crimes include notably willful killing, willfully causing serious injury to body and health and committing outrages upon personal dignity, however after carefully assessing, i conclude the cases likely araising from an investigation into this incident would not be of sufficient gravity to justify further action by the court. >> meanwhile, the israeli army says a suspect has handed himself in after a van ran into three israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank. they were all wounded, one seriously. the attack happened along the road between hebron and bethlehem. there have been demonstrations by israeli's after another car rapidly pedestrians in jerusalem

earlier wednesday. >> a palestinian suspect in that attack was shot dead, bringing protestors on to the streets in east jerusalem. they were demonstrating against increased israeli aggression. thirty were arrested. we have more. >> the situation remains tense across jerusalem. this is where what israeli police describe as a hit-and-run terror attack took place at a light rail station in which a number of people were injured, and one person died from his injuries in that attack, which was carried out by a palestinian man, who was later shod debt by police. all of this underscores the tension right across the city. we've seen israeli authorities put up cement blocks in front of these rail stations to prevent any further attacks, and we've

also seen security increased right around occupied east jerusalem, that in itself is significant, because the security there has been enormous now for the past several weeks. in fact, israeli police from right around the country have been brought to the annex east of jerusalem for that very purpose. now we're seeing even more security and that i guess partially why we've seen these continuing protests in several neighborhoods, several palestinian neighborhoods, whatever the case, the news of what again the police are describing as a hit-and-run terror attack happening in the occupied west bank in which three israeli soldiers were wounded. that is a cause for concern. many seeing that the occupied germ is spilling over into the west bank. that is a serious cause for alarm for the palestinian leadership and israelis, as

well. >> leaders in burkina faso agreed to a one year transitional government in place until elections next year, but there's no agreement on who would lead that government. three west african governments are negotiating a return to civilian rule. the army took control friday after the president was forced from power. >> people are very concerned, scouring the newspapers. who is going to lead the government? people have misfeelings about the government. >> we thought we would wake up with a new leader, a civilian, not a military man. if they stay longer, they will get used to being in power and they won't want to leave. >> i think they should continue talks. it's not that easy after having a president for 27 years. it's like the father has gone

and there's no one to guide the people. >> the country is in limbo and until things are resolved, people are going about their business, selling whatever they can to make ends meet. this is a very poor country. people hope those negotiating make the right decision. >> ukraine will freeze state payments meant for breakaway regions in the nation's east after $2.6 billion will be withheld from the dough nets regions pension payments and government benefits frozen for months will only resume after separatist forces surrender. battle between those separatists and you a craneian troops have left several dead. an artillery shell hid a school field as people played football wednesday. fighting around the airport which remains in the hands of government troops, the attack came as both sides accused each other of violating a peace deal.

>> to the u.s., republicans and democrats promising to work together after the midterm elections. the republicans made historic gains in both legislatures chambers. >> the republican celebrations just kept coming, taking back the senate, weighing the majority of the governor's races and picking up seats in the lower house. seen by most as a repudiation of president barack obama, most, but not by the president himself, who was repeatedly asked about that at a white house news conference. >> all of us in both parties have a responsibility to address that sentiment. still, as president, i have a unique responsibility to try oh make this town work. >> the man who will lead agrees on one thing that this volt was a message to make washington work, and he's taken off the table two of the opposition's strongest bargaining chips. >> there will be no government

shutdowns and know default on the national debt. >> all the talk of ending the gridlock could soon end. president obama says he will go ahead with plans to reform the immigration system before the republicans even take over, likely to include decrease be deportations for many undocumented workers. >> i'm not going to just wait. i think it's fair to say that i've shown a lot of patience. >> republicans claim that could end all cooperation. >> it's like waving a red flag in front of a bull to say if you guys don't do what i want, i'm going to do it on my own. the president's done that on obamacare, he's done it on immigration and threatening to do it again. i hope he won't do that, because i do think it poisons the well. >> the two areas the leaders say they can work together, increasing infrastructure

spending, corporate reform. >> flooding did he have states somalia's hard land. >> a swedish football team in trouble for supporting the kurdish cause.

>> welcome back. libya's supreme court announced it will dissolve the u.n. backed elected parliament. it is one of two rival administrations vying for the legitimacy and power in recent months. >> the israeli army says a suspect handed himself in after a van run into three israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank. one soldier was seriously injured. >> ukraine will freeze government payments to the east. pro rush separatists have declared republicans where the payments are withheld. >> unions are demand ago pay rise and shorter working week. the strike will be the longest in the companies history and will hit weekend celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. we have this report from berlin. >> relatively small g.d.l. union

represents one in 10 workers at the state owned railway, but this is the sixth strike organized in nine weeks. it's slated to last 100 hours and could disrupt the 25t 25th anniversary celebration of the fall of the berlin wall. the cell phone number of the head of the union has been published. he wants a 5% pay increase and work week shortened from 39 to 37 hours. with two thirds of passenger traffic canceled, many disagreed to the methods chosen. >> people in jobs can't afford going on strikes. you couldn't just walk off a job at a hospital. what the train drivers are doing is excessive. >> chancellor angela merkel made a rare comment about this labor dispute saying it was important for the union to act responsible all while exercising its invite to vote.

the strike could cost the economy $125 million a day and hit industries hard. b.m.w. ships 60% of cars by rail. a recent wave of strikes by small unions in the rail and airline sector has the government considering a new law to limit their role and give collective negotiating power to bigger unions. >> hundreds of thousands of people across central somalia are in urgent need of food aid. the widespread flooding in somalia's agricultural region. >> one of thousands of somalis were forced to abandon homes when floodwaters rose, she and her six children have taken shelter in this makeshift camp. >> we together with 50 families left our homes in one of the neighborhoods because of the floods. since we arrived here, we haven't received any help. we left behind all our possessions. we need water, food and plastic

covers. >> these tents are temporary homes to 8,000 people from central somalia. people here are in desperate need of help. >> there are no toilets, medical centers or food supplies. if it rains, there's nothing to protect us but these shacks which we made out of old cloth. we have not received aid from any humanitarian agencies. >> large tracts of farmland are submerged after heavy rains caused two rivers to break their banks. according to the u.n., crops have been destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people are in urgent need of food. the recent floods were preceded by months where there wasn't enough rain. as a result, there isn't enough food. >> the situation here is nothing short of a catastrophe. we've sent a stress call to the muslim worlds. we were earlier affected by the severe drought. >> the local authorities have declared a state of emergency,

admitting they cannot cope with the scale of the flooding, but many victims expect help to be flown coming. for now, they are surviving with what little they have on their own. >> it's called one of the most serious environmental crimes of the decade, a report by the environmental investigation agency accuses chinese gangs of working with tanzania officials to smuggle ivory. we look at evidence gathered by the group. >> vanishing points pulled together, the results of undercover investigations covering more than a decade. the report reveals how tanzania's elephant population crashed. the poachers bullet killing one half of the countries elephants in the past five years, numbers down two thirds since 2006. 10,000 elephants are slaughtered in 2013 alone in one year alone. that's equivalent to 30 elephants every single day, all

to feed a recurrentlient ivory trade primarily to chinese markets. the trail starts with an undercover investigator posing a as a buyer from a poacher selling ivory carvings. to answer knee i can't has been hard hit. there were 70,000 elephants in 2006 and by 2013, that number dwindled to 13,000. park rangers are involved in the crimes. in the next clip, we move to a shipping agent describing how he hides illegal consignments en route to asia.

>> learning of the demand for ivory for items even like chopsticks. it seems the ways of getting ivory to chinese are many and various. last year, the chinese president made an official visit to to answer knee i can't. here traders talk how ivory sales boomed around that time.

>> investigators were told supplies as far back as 2006 that chinese embassy staff were major buyers. among black market sources, investigators were told consignments were sent to diana in diplomatic bags on the presidential plane. the report points blame at the highest levels of government in tanzania, too. the country had 142,000 elephants now drop to go 55,000. the report highlights a toxic blend have governments failures, corruption and criminality ruthlessly exploiting to plunder the countries natural heritage. the irony is as living animals,

elephants form part of the tourism market, but it seems killing them for their terrifics creates irresistible short term profits. >> we asked the tanzania government for a statement on the story, and received no response. >> prices have fall ento their lowest in four years because of lower than usual demand. that's bad news for many producers who need higher prices to meet budget needs. >> one country that relies heavily on oil experts is russia. moscow will limit the amount its willing to spend defends its currency from speculators, sanctions and falling oil prices. >> costing $2.5 billion a day, in october it spent $29 billion buying up rubles. it's currency reserves a price

by $73 billion to $439 billion. >> the syrian conflict has put 2.8 million children out of school, many for long periods of time. the fighting led to a shortage of teachers. we have this report. >> it's the middle of the week. he should be in school, instead taking a break while waiting for more customers. he's one of many children working to help support their families. education is the last thing he can afford right now. >> i'm selling gasoline and fuel. i have to alternative but to help my father. we have a number of young children and we can't afford many things we need to live. >> adults are doing the fighting in syria, but children aren't spared. even if they escape the shooting, many are missing out on their childhood had to leave

school. >> the most difficult part of the equation in syria they suffer the most, they are prone to many threats. the danger they may face in hard labor jobs or the danger of bombardment by weapons of the regime. >> this is aleppo, now known os the barrel bomb city for the rain of explosive containers dropped by government aircraft. the frequent bombardment chose schools and forced teachers out. the minute city of education has lost nearly a quarter of its teachers since the conflict began. one development agency is trying to reverse that trapped. >> we found most of the qualified and experienced teachers have joined the regime held areas or 11 the country. those remaining have little experience or aren't university graduates. that's why we're holding qualification courses. >> a teacher shortage and empty classrooms, another outcome of three and a half years of

fighting in syria abalong with a generation of children forced to grow up too soon. aljazeera. >> a show of support for the kurdish course has landed a swedish football team in trouble. the club was founded a decade ago by kurdish immigrants but angered the swedish football association by displaying a banner backing the residents of kobane. >> football in this part of sweden means more than just putting the ball in the net. it is one of the most successful immigrant teams in europe, founded 10 years ago to integrate kurds, on sunday, the team missed out on play by one point. they are bigger than their lead, position suggest. the ability to fly the kurdish flag means they have almost national team status in their homeland. the founder just came back from helping refugees in kobane. he returned to find the team was

set to be punished by the swedish football association for displaying a a safe kobane. >> if the federation knew why we did it, they would applaud us. we have nothing to do with politics. we have to do with humanitarianty. they don't know enough about the situation in kobane. we have a responsibility as humans and nobody can tell me not to play my roam as a human. >> people doesn't understand how big this club is for kurdish people. for us to have the right to do something with the kurdish name is more worth than anything and for our fans, i am promise you that 50% of them don't have interest in football. they are just happy to see something positive with the name, with the flag, so they feel like that's our thing. >> the club captain embodies the

spirit. the son of a former mesh fighter, he's part of the policy of helping school children stay on the right track. he feels kurds have found recognition in sweden denied to them under foreign rule at home. >> it's not a regular football club. it's something really special and they start this club just because of to give back to the community and especially for guys like me, who came from kurdistan to sweden. they took good care of us and of course we want to give back. >> what judgment the team will get back will be known soon. the next step is for the swedish football situation to meet. they'll decide this f. they think the action was political. if it was, they can give them a $68,000 fine. the club morally had no choice but to help their people at home. >> that's the news for this half hour.

you can keep up to date with all the day's developments on our website. we've got the latest on that situation brewing in libya, as well as more on our special series on children's education in war zones. that's aljazeera.com. >> close? not even close to being close. in the u.s. senate, in the house of representatives last night a route. it's inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. polling firms and universities public their final surveys before the polls open nationwide. some incumbents were in trouble.