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>> a suicide attack on an army bus in kabul leave six dead. we'll be live in the afghan capitol. >> this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead fighters from isil gain ground in iraq's crucial anbar province. the government calls for back up from baghdad. police in india arrest the man who they say is behind the popular twitter account that supports isil. protesters are angry as deadline is extended as climate
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change talks continue. >> first, afghanista to afghanistan where 21 people have been killed in suicide-bombings across the country. the latest attack targeted an arm bus in kabul. seven soldiers have been killed and ten others have been wounded. jennifer glasse joins us from the afghan capitol. tell us about this latest attack that targeted the afghan army. >> reporter: well, the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack that took place just as the sun was sitting here during kabul's busy rush hour. suicide-bomber on foot, a a suicide-bomber went up in flames. six soldiers were killed in that
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secon attack. it's the second attack here earlier a member of afghanistan supreme court was shot to death as he was headed to work. the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack as well. in the south 12 mine clearers were attacked and killed in helmonds province. and then we saw two soldiers from nato's international security assistance force also killed. >> an up tick in violence and we're seeing the end of the na nato-led mission with the bulk of troops pulling out in the end of 2014, how confident are afghans that their security forces will be up for the job? >> well, there is a lot of concern here. the 350,000 afghan security forces are doing their very best
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but they say it's hard to fight against these individual attacks such as the one this evening where it was one suicide-bomber, and they recognize it as nato leaves they take with them some of the key things, the key supports that have been offered to afghan security forces. the afghan air force is tiny in comparison to what nato had here, intelligence as well as logistic support. about 13,000 nato forces will remain here after the end of 2014 when the nato, current nato mission ends. but the taliban have vowed that they will continue their attacks and intensify their attacks against targets they say are invaders. they say they will target people. the taliban sold out afghanistan, so the taliban with no clear intention of letting up on these attacks that killed so many people across afghanistan. not only today but in the last several weeks. >> jennifer glasse in kabul. thank you very much.
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now to iraq where fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant have made gains in anbar province. isil forces have capture advilage 12 kilometers west of anbar's capitol ramadi. >> reporter: here in an march fighting is close range and almost personal. special forces captain fires a mortar across the country road on the eastern outskirts of ramadi. he's aiming at a nearby house where the isil are holed up. they're trained by american special forces who are clearing the way for the iraqi army. sniper mohammed jabar is even closer to the gunmen. he's fighting for his country and his family, his daughter sarah, her name tattooed on his hand. >> we have air support and with the help of god we have the
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upper hand. little by little we are advancing. >> this is a strategic spot on the intersection of the road to salah hadine province. the fighting has been fierce. [ gunfire ] this isil gunman was killed when a sniper bullet took a rocket propelled grenade he was about to launch. >> we destroyed their hideouts. this is all in cooperation with the eighth and tenth division of the iraqi army. as you can see we're clearing all the orchards and farms. they're trapped now. >> the village is deserted. this rural area has become a facilit battlefield. the men fighting are from the tribes, hugely important for the battle in anbar. here there is a fight within a fight. isil against the sunni tribes
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who have turned against them. when the special forces team finishes the deployment the men will go back to the air base in western anbar. there are american military advisers back on the base. fight something here. around bag zag isil has been driven back by iraqi security forces. tribal leaders in anbar are calling for ammunition. some are even calling for help for american troops on the ground. that likely won't happen in iraq's western province. >> police in india have arrested a man behind the twitter account that supports isil.
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we're following the story from new delhi. >> reporter: police in bangalore have arrested a man behind the twitter can account. he is 24 years old, and he is a trained engineer working for an international company in ban bangalore since 2012. he has no past criminal record. they released a picture of him showing a clean-shaven young man wearing spectacles like any other young professional you would expect to see here. the police do not believe he was recruiting anyone for isil, nor do they believe he incited any attacks on india. in fact, they say the man has never left the country. what he is accused off is operating in very much a virtual world. they believe he's close to english-speaking members of isil
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they have charged him with a number of things including waging war on countries friendly to india. >> rescue teams in indonesia are scrambling to find more than a hundred people who are escaping a landslide. >> it all happened within five minutes. a huge chunk of a mountain came down and burst in to a hamlet. most villages were taken by surprise. the landslide happened after two days of torrential rains. >> people here did not see it
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coming. they thought that landslides would not happen in this village. i was lucky i did not have to run. >> reporter: nearly 200 rescue workers and volunteers are trying to find survivors. a task hampered by bad weather and unstable ground. in many areas it is considered too dangerous. 300 people have been moved to safer areas. landslides are common in indonesia especially during the rainy season. >> people in central java know that they live in the danger zone. they're farmers and they live in the hills. we don't want them to live there, but it's difficult to relocate all of them so we prepare them. >> reporter: it's hard to predict where exactly a landslide will happen. >> reporter: the government said that it's working on a better warning system, a huge operation
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for a country often hit by natural disaster, and for victims here, it is too late. >> the haitian president has confirmed he'll accept the resignation of his prime minister. there have been three protest protest--street protests for weeks now. demonstrators are calling for both the president and prime minister to quit. u.n. peace keepers have fired tear gas into the crowd and over their heads. >> delegates from 190 countries are struggling to resolve differences in how to cut greenhouse gas emissions. u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that a deal is an urgent necessary. but a big riff has been created between rich and poor nations. >> the message to world leaders and a message to delegates right here in lima.
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just get something done. activists make their point outside of the negotiating halls while on the inside the wrangling goes on and on. the conference president trying to work up a resolution before the day is out. >> we're almost there. we don't need to make a final effort. we are almost there. there is no reason to stop this process. there are no reason to postpone our decision. >> thianother point is made. >> we believe there should be climate justice. >> they say that delegates and politicians representing their individual countries have lost touch in reality. >> lima has not helped us enough. what is happening in the real world before taking to the
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streets, calling for real clai climate action, we're seeing diversement, and it's launched on the development path. >> the debate of how to cut carbon emissions, and how that old row, how rich countries help developing nations to adop to adapt and change. this conference is supposed to be all about laying down a clear and concise path to paris, but so far it has not done that. al jazeera, lima, peru. >> we'll take you on a ride in a town in the netherlands where the streets are paved with energy. >> i'm katherine soy in central kenya where for people the only way to get to a health doctor is
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>> welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. police in afghanistan say seven soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack in the capitol of kabul. it's the latest in a string of attacks, a group killed 12 workers clearing mines in helmand province. isil has now taken the area
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12 miles north of anbar. india has arrested a man mind the twitter account that supported isil. china is celebrating the anniversary of the massacre that killed 300 chinese by japanese forces in 1937. on december 9 the japanese dropped leaflets in the city. they gave the people two options: surrender or die. a day later the chinese had not responded, and the japanese attacked from all directions. japanese soldiers carried out rapes, murders, arson.
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some claim that the massacre never happened. [ air raid siren ] >> the deeply symbolic moment for an anniversary that still resonates here almost 80 years on. the decision to upgrade the ceremony was made early this year when relations with tokyo were still at a low end. also president some of the dwindling number of survivors. president xi jinping said that the crime crimes committed here could never be forgotten, but there is still a conciliatory note. >> we shouldn't hate a nation because it ha of it. we should look to the future and look for peace. >> this was a broken and brutalized city as invading japanese troops began a six-week-long killing spree.
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now 97, this man was a soldier in the nationalist army defending the then capitol. their contribution largely air brushed from official accounts. he was paraded before the local cameras, but officials would not allow us to talk to him. staring up from these walls, photos of some of the 300,000 people china says were massacred here. japan still disputes that figure saying it was at least half that number, either way it amounted to one of the worst wartime atrocities in the century. >> trade with japan and china is worth billions of dollars, but at times the two countries still seem enemies. chinese children still learn about this episode from an early age. >> my son was know the terrible facts. the massacre can never be denied. history is history.
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>> why does japan never apologize? can chinese people ever forgive them? never. >> our interview was abruptly ended by police. he was taken away and questioned and then let go. al jazeera. >> ten fighters have been killed in an air raid. security forces say the men were killed when their hide out were targeted. state media said that the raids destroyed a video thought to be the attack on the men by the police. witnesses say shia houthies attacked the outskirts of a town using heavy weapons. houthi fight verse been expanding their territory since taking the capitol sanaa in
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september, but it's a different scene in radaa city. at least 30 houthi rebels have been killed there while fighti fighting. the united nations is trying to broker a freeze in the fighting in aleppo, but it's being used with skepticism among rebel groups. they want all sides to stop fighting but not hand over weapons or leave the area. right now aleppo is roughly split in half. the al-qaedaa al-qaeda affiliateddal al nusra front
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also in aleppo. >> reporter: the united nations is trying to end the fighting in aleppo. syria's second city has been an urban battleground for over two years. they hope the truce will end the suffering of the people to allow aid in and possibly lay the groundwork for the political process. so far the rebels are not convinced. head of the syrian revolutionary command council, which unites the opposition armed forces and aleppo. they want more details before they commit to any agreement. >> they're demanding a freeze in fighting, but what happens next? it means the regime which committed crimes against the people will stay. if you want to end the crisis it
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cannot just end in aleppo but all over the country. we are suspicious. >> over recent weeks the military has been closing in on rebel supply routes around the city. >> there are many front lines in syria, so why does the united nations want to start it's so-called freeze plan in aleppo city? the international organization has said that they believe the city faces a serious threat fr , and it could prevent an isil advance. but it would mean some form of cooperation with its enemy. the government has lost control in the north of syria, but the rebels have lost to isil in the east, and al nusra in the west. the commander was referring to al nusra, whose presence complicates the situation.
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>> when they show us a clear plan we will discuss it. until that happens we cannot discuss it. >> the syrian government did say it was willing to study the proposal, but for now the initiative remains just that. he needs to convince the rebels that talk in a war in aleppo will not amount to a surrender. al jazeera, beirut. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalist who is have been imprisoned in egypt for 350 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their convictions. they were sensed to seven years in prison. bader mohammed was give an extra three years for having a spent bullet in his possession which he had picked up at a protest. in hong kong protesters are asked to leave the streets instead of being forcefully
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removed. the police arrested nearly 250 activists and cleared most of the protest sites on thursday in central hong kong. the protest was demanding open nominations in the city's next selection. beijing would allo only allow pre-screened candidates. in our second part of our series on rural healthcare, we travel to uranga where one corporation is offering help with a motorcycle. >> this woman is feverish and ill. chigg ers are common in many areas and caused by poor hygiene.
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>> it's all over my legs and hands. my legs are painful. this is how my life has been. >> her sweet are swollen, and walking has become difficult. she needs to go to a hospital. the infection is easily treatable but if left too long, it can lead to gangrene or can even be fatal. the motorcycle ambulance is month deaths, but it's free and can easily reach homes that are far and hard to reach. on a normal day the journey would be easy, but this day is anything but normal. when it rains the roads become wet and movement becomes difficult. this ambulance has to be pushed most of the way. but those who live hearsay it's a better alternative to physically carrying patients or using wheel barrels. >> riding through the mud in the rain takes patience and pro
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significance, but the motorcycle is the best situation. private ambulances are too expensive. after a difficult trip took about an hour, they finally get to the dispensary. >> just the other day i helped to deliver a baby. we took her to the hospital safely and she gave bit. >> an anti-jigger is campaign er. >> we come to see people in their homes who are not able to walk. they're not even able to access information about how to get treatment. >> now she will have some tests done, and then health workers will decide whether to take her to the hospital or treat her here and send her home. al jazeera, snarl kenya.
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>> and in the final installment of our series looking at healthcare in rural areas we'll bring you one man's vision to bring a mobile operating theater in ecuador. that is right here on al jazeera. now solar power is the world's fastest growing of renewable energy. in nether hands they have found a way to build their energy supply in to the ground. >> they may not know it, but the people of the small dutch town are riding over a project that has the potential to change the way we build roads and generate electricity. from a distance a stretch of bike path like this doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary, but if you examine it closely underneath the hardened glass you can see solar panels. it produces enough electricity to power three homes.
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the project took cheap mattes produced solar panels and sandwiched between layers of class, sill can rubber and concrete. >> this version can handle a fire brigade truck without any damage. we were working on panels for big buses and large vehicles in the long run. >> the panels are connected to smart meters which can optimize their output and feed their electricity to street lighting, electric vehicles or in to the grid. three such groups spent five years developing the technology, creating slabs suitable for paving, but also dirt-repellent, and tough enough to endure harsh outdoor conditions. >> we made a set of coatings, which is pro bust enough to deal with the traffic loads, and also give traction to the vehicles passing by, especially for the
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bicycles, of course. and also transfer as much light as possible on to the solar cells so the solar cells can do their work. >> another project also in the netherlands has also been exploring alternative roller surfaces. this bike path is lit up by glows in the dark technology and solar powered led lights. rather than focusing on beauty, the road team is hoping that the economics of their product will be a selling point. >> the panels on roofs are designed for 20, 25 years. this is the type of lifetime that we want to have with these types of slaves. if you have a pave back time of 15 years, you also have some pay back on the road itself. that makes the roads cheaper in the end. >> the team are working to refine the technology, but say that within five years they hope to offer a green and cost
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effective road surface they say could pave the future. al jazeera, the netherlands. >> a remind that are there is more news on our website, www.aljazeera.com. spending bill. thanksgiving allows the government to stay open, yay, right? but if it's such good news why do so many people in the house and senate seem so unhappy. it's inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. these most
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