a day after a suicide bomber strikes a school in nigeria, good luck jonathan announces he's seeking a second term as president. ♪ ♪ i am felicity barr you are watching al jazerra live from london. also coming up. why the u.n. envoy's plans for truce in aleppo may come too late for the embattled syrian city. outrage in india after botched sterilizations killed 10 women at a government-run health camp. and 215 arrested in poland

after clashing between police and far right rioters on independence day. ♪ ♪ hello, nigeria's president goodluck jonathan has confirmed he will seek another ter term in office when lexes are held in february. he announced it one day after 47 people were killed nay suicide bombing at a school. as he nears the end of his first term, the president faces mounting criticism. this includes his failure tackle the boko haram armed group which is responsible for thousands of deaths, mainly in nigeria's northeast. its violent campaign has led to medicals being declared in three states, fighters have taken over towns and villages and there are reports of the army fleeing rather than fighting back. boko haram has also abducted hundreds of people, including more than 200 school girls in april. goodluck jonathan is being accused of not doing enough to

secure the girls' release. and he's blamed for failing to curb what many describe as rampant corruption in government and state institutions. now an update from nigeria's largest city, lagos. >> reporter: the nigeria president has told the country why he deserves a second term. he said much have been achieved in the last four years, there has been tremendous growth in the economy. the gdp has grown to make nigeria in the biggest economy in africa. and he says the government is fighting to root out corruption out of the ahead culture sector and taking it to other sectors in of country. he said it has improved in the education sector, there by taking millions of kids off the streets and had in to classrooms, now these areas there's infrastructure and his critics are having a problem. they said the government has failed in tackling boko haram. that the violence is swing northern nigeria. in the last one year boko haram

has taken more territory from the nigerian authorities and inflicted so much pain and suffering on people living in the northeast. the opposition is saying that the government has so far proved it has failed in tackling boko haram. as far as corruption, they said the government or the president has turned way or turned a blind eye while various officials, public officials, politicians he is specially are stealing from the government. and the issue the power supply in nigeria many homes go without electricity for many years, they generate 4,600 megawatts of electricity which is grossly not enough to power homes. thenow with the campaign or the declaration over the nigerian president is expected to go around the country to sale his con dance i to sell why i deserves a second term. it is absolutely what nigerians are looking forward to is to meet the president face-to-face. and a lot of people are watching

closely to see whether the nigerian president will go to the northeast to have boko haram is launching several attacks onn a daily base discuss displacing thousands of people from their homes. with just nine weeks to go before it opens the africa cup of nations football tournament has no host. morocco which was the host nation has been thrown out of the contest after african football's governing body refused its request for a postpone: the confederation of african football says it has received offers from other countries willing to host the tournament which starts january 17th. but none have come forward publically. ♪ ♪ the united nations high commission of refugees says around 13.6 million people have been displaced by the conflicts in syria and iraq. the latest figures were announced as syria's president bashar al-assad considers a u.n.

proposal to end fighting in parts of the country. but might come too late for the more moderate rebels in a hleb owe who say they are losing their strong holds in the city. zeina reports. >> reporter: this is about recapturing supply lines. syria's rebels need to win this battle to hold onto the neighborhoods they control in aleppo. over recent weeks, syrian government troops have closed in on the main roads that link the city to turkey. they have the rebel-held east of aleppo surrounded. >> translator: the regime is advancing and, aleppo could be under siege and is about to fall and that would be catastrophic. also the islamic stake of iraq and the levant is on the other side. >> reporter: aleppo has been an urban battle ground for more than two years, and over recent months the government has targeted opposition areas with near daily bombs. people are complaining about the rise in the price of gasoline

and other basic goods. estimates say around 300,000 people remain in rebel areas. the u.n. now has what it calls an action plan to ease the suffering. envoys stefan has been discussing the initiative in damascus, it involves stopping the fighting in certain areas and he hopes it can start in aleppo. >> the counter revolutions are requesting, in fact, the stoppage of certain activities, which are related to the conflict. and aleppo could be a good example of seeing how this can be implemented. >> reporter: aleppo is also threatened by the islamic state in iraq and the lo levants. he sees this as an opportunity. even though it would mean an unlikely alliance of the government and the recognizes fighting isil together. >> translator: the regime is advance being. aleppo could be under siege and is about to fall. and that would be catastrophe. also the islamic state in iraq and the levant is on the other side. >> reporter: isil controls the

eastern country side in the northeastern entry points in to aleppo. the rebels have been losing ground. but not just to the military, to isil as well. and as of late, they have been facing a new challenge, syria's al qaeda branch nusra has recently overran their areas in the northwestern province of i.dihad lib. the rebels belong to go the opposition would lose their last strong hold in the opposition-controlled north. the government and the moderate rebels do have common enemies, isil and nusra, but it's not clear if they will look at the conflict this way. zeina, al jazerra, beirut. and following monday's meeting between the u.n. envoy and syrian president assad an aid convoy has been allowed in to the syrian city of homs. trucks delivering assistance to the besieged neighborhood. but the government only allowed 12 of the 23 trucks in the convoy to enter the city. the president of the national coalition for jean

revolutionary and opposition forces is cautious about a possible ceasefire in a hleb >> we have conducted discussions and exchanged possibilities. and expressed our opinion clearly that any impartial luke will not serve the final purpose of stopping violence and rink a complete settlement. what he is calling for now is not a ceasefire, but he is calling it a freeze of situation at the ground level as it is meaning each side freeze its okay tests without any obligation to the other side. as you know, the devil lies in the details and we haven't seen a complete outline of such an agreement, what guarantees it offers the syrian people inside the protection of the civilian pop lungs. in iraq the army says it's recaptured most of the town of beiji from ic isis.

they took over in june. stopping production at the nearby oil refinery which is iraq's biggest. they have been using increasingly desperate tactics to fight off the army's advance there, including suicide bombers, car bombs and fighters. the amir of qatar has called on world powers to formulate a comprehensive strategy for fighting extremism in syria and iraq. >> translator: i have previously said that dealing with terrorism and extremeism cannot only be through aerial bombardment. one has to consider political and social solutions. getting rid of the root causes that led to extremism is a must. on top of these reasons can be unprecedented violence practiced by the syrian regime and somewhat litsch as in iraq. any policy for fighting terrorism that does not take these points in to consideration is merely a crisis management policy not a strategy. the human rights group

amnesty international has held am australian in the australian city of sydney calling for the lease of al jazerra's jailed journalist. they have now been detained in egypt for 318 days. the falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood and appealing against their imprisonment. poster greste's parents were among those in attendance. >> he wants to be released immediately. and so do we. we are very tired of this whole thing. and particularly when you think that he is totally innocent. and there is absolutely no evidence against him whatsoever. 10 women have died and dozens more are critically ill after botched sterilizations in india. surgeries took place at a state-run sterilization camp. it's part of india's controversial effort to control its population. which the u.n. predicts will overtake china's by 2030.

officials in the state are investigating the deaths. here is a report. >> reporter: the women were taken to hospital in critical condition after complaining of severe pain and fever. all had sterilization procedures at a government health camp on saturday. they are among the 83 women who have had the procedure as part of the state government's family planning campaign. >> around 55 women are critically ill and the chief minister has ordered an inquiry. a medical team has been sent along with the medical director, and a extra since of more than $3,000 each will be given by the state government fo to the famis of the deceased women. >> reporter: there are allegations that all 83 sterilization surgeries were performed within just five hours. critics say that shows the government is more concerned with numbers than the safety. >> demand an end to the target-based approach and we demand full compensation to the women who have been victimized

by this wrong policy approach. >> reporter: the government is use being criticized for giving the women $22 each as an incentive to have the surgery. and for encouraging sterilization when it might not even be necessary. india's population is 1.2 billion its official growth is 1.2% annually. that's the equivalent of adding one and a half times the population of london to india's population each year. the government says family planning measures ranging from free contraceptive to his sterilization for men and women are needed to keep this growth in check, especially in rural and poor areas. india's population is set to overtake china's by 2030. but critics say the race to meet target numbers is putting the lives of people at risk. al jazerra, new di delhi. >> joining me now from new delhi is the global health campaigner

and has meant women who have been sterilized. thanks for being on the program. by law these women are not forced to have these sterilizations so why do so many go ahead with it. >> there are various reasons, really. you know, largely there is a very strong sort of targeted approach that the government is taking towards sterilization and this is partly because of the increase of population and it's really unfortunate because what has ended up happening is that we have started looking at people in terms of numbers and statistics rather than sort of recognizing their reproductive rights and treating them as human beingses that need public healthcare. and i think it's important to note that these are not stand-alone cases of poor health provision. these are symptoms of a very poorly functioning broken and fractured health system. that has suffered years of under investment, and needs urgent recognize at this if i indication. i think the target system that's

being used is a quick fix and doesn't actually address the root causes at all. so, yes. >> why aren't other forms of contraception more widely used then? to undergo surgery is far more serious than having other forms of birth control? >> you are absolutely right. there are various methods that follow the campaigns that are other contraceptives that are used and also sorts of, you know, operations. and i think that is, you know, this is -- it's a multi-channel process that the government is undertaking. but, you know, this using operation is his particularly dangerous it's a surgery, it's invasive and needs to be done with the proper care, equipment and medical expertise to actually conduct this. but it's considered something

that's quick, fast and, sort of gets the job done and it's assured because that's what the thinking is. and what it has -- >> i am so sorry, india does have a population problem, that's clear. do these government-run sterilization programs do, they serve any purpose whatsoever if they were done under proper medical conditions? >> yes. i mean, you know, it would be a very different story if it was done under proper medical conditions. but i also want to highlight that this is -- this is a much deeper problem. it's not about sterilization per se, it's about, you know, public healthcare provision, it's about reproductive rights and having a choice: and i think in a targeted program where you provide incentives for elected procedures, which are operations such as these, you are created perverse incentives for those people to actually go in to surgery. and when you are creating targets for health workers to conduct these operations, then

the combination of the two, you know, leaves very little choice to those that come from deprived social background. and it's not an informed choice that people are making. >> really good to talk to you joining us from new delhi. thanks for your time, thank you. all right, still ahead on this half hour, as a palestinian man is shot dead near hebron, we ask what is behind the escalating israeli-palestinian violence. and i court in south korea hands down a 36-year sen tones to a ferry captain who abandoned ship while hundreds of his passengers died.

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hello again. reminder of the top stories here of al jazerra. the nigerian president goodluck jonathan has confirmed he's to seek another term in office. the announcement for the elections to be held in february comes a day after a suicide bombing killed at least 47 at a school. in syria, trucks have delivered aid to a besieged neighborhood of homs. following monday's meeting between the u.n.'s syrian envoy and the syrian president bashar al-assad. 10 women have died and dozens more critically ill after botched sterilizations in india. the surgeries took place at a state-run sterilization camp one of india less controversial effort to control population. protest havs have he represd again in mexico over 43 students feared murdered. demonstrators set fires to the ruling party's headquarters in the southern state of guerrero. smoke billowed from the

institutional revolutionary party building. following similar protests in acapulco on monday. the disappearance of the students have become a rallying point for mexicans who are demanding an end to drug violence and government corruption. we can get the latest now from adam raney who is live for us in mexico city. adam, bring us up-to-date with what is am live happening on the streets at the moment. >> reporter: well, this protest, which is the state of guerrero was meant to be a peaceful one, but it soon seems to have gotten out of hand it. attracted many left test teachers and perhaps some other student teachers perhaps from the same college where the missing students attended school. and it soon got out of hands. they did torch the state headquarters for the pre. the country's ruling party. it's not the ruling party in guerrero, but it is clearly a symbol of power in this country. now, it's important for our viewers to understand this isn't so rare in mexico. more than a year ago, protesting

teachers torched that same headquarters when they were upset over a pending education reform. so it's long been a symbol that is up for attack by people upset with the ruling party. now, this follows protests on monday in which several police were attacked. reports that one was actually unconscious after being struck by protesters. all these protests are coming after the attorney general here in mexico announced a big breakthrough in this case in which he presented quite grizzly evidence of how suspects said these students were killed. now, people who support the students and many of these left test teachers in the state of guerrero, reject that this is true. they say that the attorney general is trying to wrap things up neatly and move forward with this investigation and they want them to still focus on finding these students alive. it's unclear if these teachers truly believe that these students are alive or if it's just some point of leverage to try to win a concession perhaps

from the government. but what it does show is that these are groups that are often in confrontation, these left test teachers with the national party because it often feels that the party is trying to dislodge them from power, these schools where the students studied have long been a target of conservative forces here in mexico. so this is playing out on a national stage and for people in mexico it's much bigger than just the missing students, it's part of a long history of these teachers confronting power. >> adam raney live for us in mexico city. thank you. israeli troops have shot dead a palestinian man during clashes in the occupied west bank. the 21-year-old was killed at a refugees camp near the city of hebron. the israeli army says more than 100 palestinian demonstrators threw rocks and explosives at soldiers. the latest violence comes after an israel i soldier and a woman were stabbed to death by palestinians on monday. the captain of a south korean ferry which sank killing hundreds of passengers has been

jailed for 36 years. prosecutors had asked for the death penalty. and are planning an appeal. the court acquitted the captain of murder but found him guilty of negligence. for some of the grieving relatives, it's not enough. rob mcbride reports now. >> reporter: they have faced the anger of the south korean public, now it was the judgment of the court. the longest prison sentence 36 years, was handed to the captain, found guilty of negligence. he was filmed abandoning ship in his underwear while most of his passengers, many of them children, were below decks having been told to stay there. only one. crew, the chief engineer, was found guilty of murder, while the other 13 crew members received sentences of between 5 and 20 years. relatives emerging from court, the sentences were too lenient. >> translator: i am so sick of

this country's legal system if this is all they can do. >> translator: our anger will continue and someone has to take responsibility for this. >> reporter: the bodies of nine passengers have still not been recovered from the wreck. but the authorities say the search has become too dangerous and is now being called off. more pain for the relatives of those still missing. also on trial has been the wider issue of safety regulations and the way they are enforced. that during the several decades of rapid economic growth it might have been acceptable to shortcut or overlook regulations. but in today's sophisticated south korea, it isn't. failings in the rescue services, particularly the coast guard, have been severely criticized. and the government says there will now be a full, independent investigation. an ongoing protest in the streets of the capital seoul has been a demanding one. >> translator: this is not the

end. it is a start. now the cause of the tragedy and the conduct of the rescue can be fully investigated. >> reporter: as the crew begin long terms in prison, so south korea continues its long process of investigation and intro spec. rob mcbride, al jazerra, south korea. in ukraine, the eastern separatist strong hold of don everything hadonetsk has come uy schilling. the battle has been intensifying between pro-russian separatists and ukrainian forces in the past few days, according to ukrainian military this shaded area is under control of the separatists and includes the cities of don everything and luhansk, it says this is where rush an military units are being sent something moscow denies. fears that a ceasefire signed between the two sides in september is under theft. at least 4,000 people have been killed since the fighting began early this year.

dutch investigators have been back to the side where malaysia airways flight mh17 came down in eastern ukraine, fighting nearby had made it impossible for the team to recover the remains of more victims and have you they want been able to collect parts of the wreckage. separatist fighters have denied shooting down the flight killing all 290 a people aboard. let's get more now from there. you were at the crash site earlier. tell us what you saw there. >> reporter: we saw the investigators from the netherlands arrive they were there to collect wreck i believe from the site but we saw no evidence of any trucks or any other facilities in order to lift the wreckage and take it back to the netherlands as expected. so we still don't know when they are going to be able to collect the wreckage and send it back in order to complete the investigation in to the crash

site. >> with the up turn we have seen in violence in donetsk lately, what is the mood like there at the moment? >> reporter: well, it's tense. just as we came back from the crash site, there was fighting. residents here are pretty used to this, it's not something new, it's been going on for months. there was hope for peace, but peace has not come. there is definitely tension. if you speak to people, they feel with the amount of weapons that are coming in to the city, there is going to be an he i escalation, they don't know when or how that is going to take place. but the atmosphere is certainly very tense and it's rising. brrising. >> albina joining us live, thanks so much for the update. trouble has broken out in the polish capital warsaw, police used water cannons to push back hundreds of masked men that broke way from an

independence day march. here is simon mcgregor wood. >> reporter: the violence is becoming an annual rim you would, poland's independence day march turned violent on tuesday for the fourth year in a row. in warsaw, hundreds of young polls. most right wing that is lifts some with links to violent football gangs fought battled with riot police. people here from right wing groups from other european countries as well. there were flares and fireworks, tore up paving slaps and benches and hurled them at the police. the police responded with water cannon and pepper spray. several people were injured, and over 200 were arrested. a growing number of i don't think pols are going to the politics, fearing traditional polish values are threatened. years of economic slow down have increased the frustration of storm some and there has been a marked increase of the number of racial attacks. in the past, rioters have also

targeted the russian embassy and places associated with liberal and left wing political fax shuns. faction, this year the focus of their lines was the polish police. simon mcgregor wood al jazerra. people in cities across europe have attended events marking a century since arm sift day the end of hostilities in worlds war one. in paris the president laid a wrea at the to him of th tomb oe unknown soldiers. in the u.k. a special ceremony was held at the tower of london, thousands of people have gathered to see a young ca dead plant the final ceramic poppy at the motorcycle in the tower. more than 880,000 poppies have been planted each representing a british or commonwealth life that was lost in world war i.

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