war fought byught up on a governments. act visas it appears to show staff at a makeshift hospital, trying to help children.

>> and this child showed signs of life, before he had to be resuscitated. more children from the school bombing waited to be seen we the medics this school wasn't the only one hit. reports say children dies there as well. inspouse the warning about the rising number, in the war that's well into it's fourth year. nor than 2.8 children are out of school. some accuse the regime of targeting schools entire neighborhoods in rebel held areas like zuma have been attacked. reports from the city which is controlled by isil say that government jets conducted several attacks that killed more than a dozen people. many of them children and

schools they have asks the rebels and the government to avoided targeting densely populated areas but those appeals haven't work, and with each school hit, children pay for a war they cannot avoided. al jazeera. a new report says the u.s. led strikes against isil have killed nearly 1200 people. the observatory says 1,119 fighters have been killed, 52 civilians also died in the past three months. the u.s. has can care canneried out 488 air strikes through december 15th, the observatory figures do not include casualties from air strikes on isil targets in iraq. meanwhile, thousands of people trapped by the civil war may soon get much needed aid. the world health organization says it is being given government approval to deliver medical supplies to parts

of aleppo and damascus, infectious diseases are on the rise, a warning you may find some pictures in her report disstubbing. according to doctors cases like this, show how the crumbling healthcare system, and the worsening conditions are effecting people. we have have no pesticides here. also homes are not sterilized, there's no hygiene. one of the reasons is the lack of clean water in many places it is one of the few districts surrounding the capitol under a government imposed seen. the problem is not confined to rural damarcus. across syria the world health organization reported more than 6,500

cases of typhoid this year. hepatitis is also a problem. >> we have had serious problems with access to clean water, such as aleppo, and also in damascus area lately. they have been damaged to report the sewage system, and also this is followed by it ises. and we have seen infectious diseases in the suburbs of damascus. >> the who has been able to deliver three times more medical supplies than 2014, than it did last year. and some of the deliveries were to hard to reach areas. some of this is the security problem, it can be hard to access woe have had some of the convoys but this has not been on a regular bases because of security

issues and it is vital that supplies continue to reach those in need, more than half of the public offices are out of service. serious healthcare system has been damaged by the war. and many syrians have died from treatable illnesses simply because of the lack of medicine. when mile, an attack by isil fighters has killed eight iraqi guards, three others were also injured during the attack at the crossing. a car bomb has killed two people, at least five people were injured, the explosive were set off in the town south of baghdad. meanwhile, iraq's governor is hoping former local police forces will help it retake the city from fighters. be uh the government in baghdad isn't providing financial support needed to retrain the police

mohamed has this exclusive report from a training camp. >> preparing for battle, these men are at the heart of the effort to revive the police force. they are made of up former policeman and volunteers. they have been gathering at this camp, by provision leaders determined to retake the city from isil. what they lack in firearm, they make up for in photograph sad do. >> we are ready for the fighting we want to free our town. they know it won't be easy to take moss soul and would like street to street fight, and so at this chasm, they acquire

the necessary skills. there are problems. shortly after isil seized mosul, the government cut off the auxilliaries. >> there mosul have been displaced, and more than even before, payment of salaries have increased the morale. >> complicating that revival of the force is the political conflict between officials and baghdad. he says baghdad plans to use militias in the battle and that would backfire. >> i need the weapons first, the training, and financing these nighters. and also i need the air

force or air force support when we enter mosul, especially to cut the supply off for now, their plight is just one example of how rebuilding iraq may beless in the air power, and bombing of the united states than in bridging the differences between the central government and local leaders. mohamed, al jazeera, outside mosul. iraq. >> algerian forces have killed the leader of an armed group behind the killing of a french tourist. abdul was killed 30-kilometers east of algeria. he is accused of abducting frenchman and beheading him in september. he headed an armed group that had sworn ahe jens

to isil. let's get more from lauren who is a former u.s. secretary of defense, and a senior fellow, he joins us live now from washington, thank you very much for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> explain to us why would the group align itself to isil? would this have been a military or an ideological strategy. >> well, i think the combination of both, a lot of people are turning to isil, you have people in europe, and in the wrights, because they think it presents the correct vision of the way that islam should function. it is an incorrect vision, but they have so much hopelessness, and frustration in the societies in which they live, they think this is a solution or a way out. >> it is interesting you say incorrect vision,

according to whom? now royces have said they have gained more recruits since the u.s. started it's air groups is it fair to say that the air strikes are not effective? >> well, the air strikes are effective, in stopping isil's military advance, but they are not effective in undermining it's id logical appeal and i think that's what we have to separate the two. the air strikes are preventing from causing horrible humanitarian probables in cities in iraq, and in syria, but in terms of undermining, no, that has to really come from the people in the arab and muslim world, and the leaders who point out that this is not the way that the prophet really wanted to see the world, and to see the world govern. >> you know, i guess a lot of white house are looking from the outside, can't understand why

would young educated people from developed countries given the comforts of home and the modern world to pursue the isil ideology. >> can you hear me. >> i can now. >> i will repeat my question. why do you think, and i guess this is puzzled most of us who are looking from the outside, why do you think then that young, educated people from developed countries would leave the comforts of their home, the comforts of the modern world, to join the isil ideology? >> a lot of them thing the western world, led by the united states, is trying to concur and run the world, and turn that plot of the middle east towards western -- western values and western way of life, which is one thing. you still have the ream innocence of colonialism,

remember algeria was a french colony, and they had a bitter civil war to get rid of the french, and a lot of them think that we are not there really to help the people, we're there to push our own agenda. and of course, it gets fed in by narratives like our unnecessary invasion of iraq, which was done under false pretenses. >> fascinating, thank you so much for sharing your incites. former u.s. secretary of defense. at least 37 people died when gunman opened fire. local media report the gunman are part of the national democratic front of bodaland, the armed group from the eastern him leahs is fighting for independence and has targeted security forces since 1998. let's get more now, who joins us live from new

dell li, this is quite a high number of casualties, explain to us how this happened. >> well, what i can tell you right now is there is tour few imposed and this happened after gunman reportedly opened fire on four to five villages. of asam state, now, police say as you have reported, that these gunman belonged to the national democratic front of bodoland. and they believe that these gunman starting opening fire, between 6:30 and 7:30 this earning so they believe the attack was manned. they fired on these villages that were largely populated by tribal people, now police say they believe this attack is in retaliation

to their campaign against this group they have launch add campaign to flush out members of this group and they believe this organization will target vulnerable communities to get back to security forces and show they are still a force to be reckoned with, now the chief minister of the state, has said that he -- his government will not be intimidated, by mill at that particular time organizations the prime minister of india also reportedly has commented on this, says that it was an act of cawardes. but very few details trickling in. as we get more details there is the fear that the death toll will rise what more can you tell us

about this group that launched the attack? well, it is believed -- it has been around for a while, since 1998, and it is an armed separatist group, that claims to represent the interests of the community, now this community makes up a fraction of the population. but this organization says that this community is really been denexted by the state government, that there's very little development, that occurs in their areas and they are concerned about an influx of migrants who they say is taking over their land, and by migrants they refer to muslims and others. and they have clashed had very bloody clashes in the past. so now the concern is that this particular incident will -- may escalate fourthner the coming days whether it's

through reprisal attacks from the the community, or whether we will see attacks from this group itself. they have been fighting for separate state, for the boro, so we will have to keep a watch out in the coming days to see if this develops. the country's ruling hindu nationalist has won 25 seats in an election in indian administered cashmere. it is better than expected result, but they still lag behind the people's democratic party. they have more now. >> with no party gaining a clear majority, it is basically a hung assembly with all options on the table. now the big event has been to b.j.p. making a

historic gain, getting the second largest number of seats of any party here, now, the regional president tells me that he is crediting this win mainly to prime minister. whose swept the country in the national elections earlier this year. and he says that wave carried over the state elections. now, one of the things this has the potential of being a very polarized situation. stay in opposition that would basically wide the majority, and muslim majority areas. but if they were to join with one of the other parties, many muslim voters might get ail len nateed feeling that they have a supposed henn due nationalist agenda. they have finally established themselves a a major player in the region. >> schools across pakistan have been boosting security police

have ordered schools to upgrade secured before they return after the winter break. more than 148 people died when fighters storm add school last week. there are fears of further attacks after they lifted a ban on capital punishment following the attack. much more to comings including could the movie that sparks allegations of north korean cyber attacks finally see the light of day? >> and lift off, a look at the plan to recite the space industry. and robin be will here to tell you why the trophy of the season was the first for the middle east as well, details coming up in sports.

was passed with 300 bill votes in favor and eight against. they have called the move counter productive, and warranted it could heighten on going tensions. more now from moscow. the decision to announce it's status could have serious political and security implications for an already destabilized region. the vote effectively opened the way to nato membership for ukraine. which russia will see as a clear threat to it's own security, but the leaders were determined to scrap it's neutral status whatever the reaction. >> today we should all vote for a key bill in the current situation. a bill about peace, a bill about reform

strategy, a bill about our place in western civilization. this is a bill denouncing ukraine's nonaligned status. earlier this year, military officers met with commanders on a training exercise, in bulgaria. but it could take years for them to complete the membership to the alliance, and not all nato countries are in favor. today's vote won't make it any easier when they sit down with ukraine, to try to reinstate another cease fire, and they aren waying of a far more wide ranging conflict, giving russia cause for war. >> you crane moving toward nato, ornate toe moving into ukraine, could be something

like -- not for a small conflict, contained for in the east of ukraine, but to a much much larger conflict, that may effect western countries. >> just how russia will react to that evegty, will have been occupied the minds of putin and his planners since the crisis began nearly a year ago. >> this decision by kiev to scrap it's nonaligned neutral status, has provokes an anticipated angry reaction, from the kremlin. demetry, the russian prime minister chose his words carefully when he said an application for nato membership will turn ukraine into a potential military opponent. >> peter sharp, al jazeera, in moscow. >> russia's prime minister said his country is at risk of falling into a deep recession, if the government abandoned it's spending plans on monday, russian

regulators were forced that bail out a leading retail bank western sanctions and crumbling oil prices have hit the energy depend economy hard, the ruble plunged to record lows and the central bank was forced to raise interest rates. the director of sovereign risk analyst in london, and he says russia central bank is doing the best it can, but it is limited by it's inability to control the oil price. >> it all comes pack to the oil price, and who is right about the oil price. we know it has fallen. it seems to be steadying. saudi arabians are key playered, they are quite re, laked about the fall, because their two main competitors russia, and the u.s., both producing eight, nine, ten, million barrel as day, they are quite happy to let these two just sweat it out. so the only support now dend mas we saw some good strong from the u.s., but

even after these lower levels that's where it stabilizes. that is a fundamental to where the economy is going, it is going to be weak next year, if there's a global recovery, strengthening then that could give support, but there's little they can do in the short term, and there will be a recession, and a banking system crisis opening up another front. >> the u.s. economy grew at it's fastest pace in more than a decade from july to september. consumer spending helped push gross domestic product up. the department says stronger than expecting spending by u.s. consumers such as healthcare, helped crop up the economy. >> sony pictures is chaining it's tune after a devastating cyber hack attack it is now allowing cinemas to show it's movie "the interview."

sony previously canceled the films cry mas. relief after threats from a hacking group, they plame north korea for the mall ware used in this cyber breech. rock san that joins us now leave from new york, explain to us why this turn around by sony. >> well, sony hasn't really said why it changed it's mind, but it did conform to us that it is going to be releasing the interview in approximately 300 to 500 independent theater ins the u.s. they have been facing a lot of criticism for announcing they would pull this christmas day release, even obama had criticized sony, and today the c.e. o. of sony entertainment said we have never giving up on releasing the interview, they said they are working on more ways to release the movie we are proud to make "the interview" available to the public, and so have stood up to those that attempted to suppress

free speech. so they do seem to be reacting in part. because of these threats that it received online. >> there's been so much controversial and publicity over this film, no doubt, sony would be then expecting a huge turn out for the release. >> i think that is very likely, the plaza theater which is one of the theaters who had said that it is going to be screened -- is going to make it available in five screens in two theaters on christmas day. the draft house, which is in texas open it's website to reservations an hour ago i have tried logging on several times it is so slow, i can't open it. presumably because a lot of people are trying to log on. there's been a loss of positive reaction, people are tweeter excellent news, congratulations on this win, against terrorism. instant box office hit, thank you. speaking to us from new york.

still ahead, france boosts security in response to a number of attacks in recent days plus. >> finding hope after devastation and death, and learning lessons in the process. in sri lanka where a nation remembers it's worst disaster. >> another big night, robin has the details.

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they're sending their government a message. >> ahead of 'em is a humanitarian crisis where tens of thousands of people are without food, water, shelter. >> a special one hour look at global attacks on free press. monday 9:00 eastern. on al jazeera america. welcome back. let's take a quick look at the top stories. more than a dozen children have been killed in syria. activists say the jets targeted schools and mosques in isil held areas and rebel held areas outside of demos. results in indian administers cashmere indicate no single party has secured enough seats to form a government. the democratic party won

28. gunman have opened fire in two villages killing at least 37 people. local media report, the gunman are part of the national democratic front, an armed group which has targeted security forces since 1998. sporadic violence has broken out in several libyan cities. 20 troops loyal to renegade general were killed in more than 60 others were injured. three other rebel fighters were also killed and another 5 wounded. >> and in the eastern port city five people died when war planes bombed a gathers of militias and more have been carried out in eastern libya. some civilians and the west and other part oz if country that fled the fighting are just now

returning home, but to a very different reality. for the first time after being warned to leave, the salem family came home. but it was hardly a welcome anyone would want. their home was lewded and their village destroyed. after a battle between rival militias. >> everything was taken away. we are very upset, what can i say? but thank god my children are safe, everything of theirs can be replaced. >> and other villages in western libya have been the focus of battles for the last two weeks. the fighting has often left civilians struggling to avoided the cross fire, people here say under former leader they suffered. now, they are suffering again. >> in an attempt to end the misery, the special representative from the u.n. support mission met with former government

leaders those leaders were forced from office. but it remains internationally recognized. the new government under the general national in tripoli, has criticized the u.n., accusing it of being based and insisting it should respect the court's decision, the u.n. official says the organization is not representing anyone in particular, and that the path the country is on a dangerous one. >> it mean as lot of fighting loses lives, wasting precious time that this country needs to resume the transition to build a state to build a democracy, and this is why the world is trying to support these political solutions. but peace has been allusive. with leaders showing no signs of being ready to

put down their weapons and compromise. home to many shiite houthis supporters. they have been fighting since they captured the capitol in september. at al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have now been imprisoned in egypt for 360 days. peter greste, mohamed tammy, and baha mohamed were jailed on false charges. they are appealing against their convictions. bahar was given an additional three years for having a spent bull net his position, which he had picked up at a protest. >> and wounded many more.

it happened at a busy market, and came without warning. killing or wounding dozens of people. another device was detonated this time at a bus station at the time the place was packed with travelers, many of those who died were burned beyond recognition. and dozens of people were seriously injured. >> serious degrees of injuries. there are some others -- >> this is the second such attack in the last two months.

local officials say they are similar to other attacks carries out by the radical armed group. the security services are struggling to put othe many fires led by the group and this is a big worry. >> more than 10,000 people have been killed by acts like this, in nigeria. so far this year. a wave of violence the government seems unable to stop. al jazeera. >> the french president says one person has been pronounced clinically dead after a car plowed into a holiday home in the western city it's one of three attacks that have taken place since saturday. >> patrolling france's most popular street, the government says there is no cause for panic, but

it is tightening it's existing security operation after tuesday's emergency cabinet meeting the prime minister announced between 200, and 300 extra soldiers are being deployed. >> this series of incidents is shocking and legitimately gived rise and concern. we want to protect and reassure the french, and face them that all the services are safe or mobilized. >> the most recent came on monday night, in the western city where a driver plowed into a christmas market, injurying ten people before reportedly stabbing himself in the chest. one of whom was declared clinically dead on tuesday. france're interior says the attacker was unstable, and this eyewitness dismissed rumors he shouted god is great. >> no, no, he didn't say that. i said that to myself.

like god help us, so there is no massacre. >> a similar incident happened the day before, a male driver was arrested after targeting pedestrians, the cities prosecutor said the attacker had a long history of mental illness, and it was not linked the terrorism, but antiterrorism investigators are looking into events. where a convert to islam stabbed three police officers before being shot dead. >> greek politician failed to elect a president in a second round of voting, the candidates received 168 votes short of the 200 necessary. a third and final vote is set for december 29th if the parliament does elect a new president, then lit have to announce an early general election. fears of more uncertainty are weighing on the market. the greek economy is

slowly returning to growth after a six year recession. but a major obstacle is banks that aren't lending to businesses and consumers. reports now from the island, just north of athens. the shellman factory used to be one of the noisiest, this is where the industry ordered much of it's plied woo, giving work to 1200 families, in the cries yeses the construction industry collapsed and shellman didn't replace the lost business with exports quickly enough. on a chilly day in february last year, workers owed years of back pay down to their tools. this complex that took half a century to build, fell silent. some people got tired and died of the stress. some took their children out of schools and university, because they

couldn't pay the expenses. >> two university educated children are also unemployed. >> about 200,000 degree companies have succumbed to shellman's fate during the crisis. many of them could have been saved. they had been able to borrow in order to keep operating. but despite receiving more than $60 billion in taxpayer money, banks have all but stopped lending. >> the reason is that during the crisis many consumers and businesses stopped paying off their loans this has meant they have has to raise money, without leaving enough to relend, but banks are making the situation worse, by refusing to forgive some debt, while companies still have a chance to survive. head as fund that aimed to be greeters first nonbank lender to businesses. >> things in greece are happening, not because of politician, not because of politics, but despite them. there is a greece that

is still attached. and there is the new greece that is eedger manying that is built on tourism, and companies which a few years back, decided there's not much future, and they have started facing foreign markets and now they are laborers are pacing off after three or four years. >> the state companies say more outages are expected next year, as demand continues to outweigh supply. the impact the cuts are having i am so sorry to do this to you -- >> there eat yes, sir yet another power cut. >> it is just disgusting.

two weeks ago on a saturday, no electricity, again on and mo. our clients are going away on holiday, they want to have their hair done, and they can't. >> but there's nothing she can do about it. since early november, millions have had to put up with power cuts, because the public utility has reach add tipping point. it simply can't keep one demand. >> sought africa relied on coal fired plants that are hold and neglected. and only comingsed new power stations in 2007. >> big power stations but we are also building facilities the wind facility in the western k. they are all expected to be completed by the end of the 2019, 2020 year for now it is a struggle to keep the lights on

electricity supply will p a major political and social issue in 2015, they have warned south africans to expect power cuts for another year, and maybe more,ist will effect everyone and every business, big or small. >> sergio bought a small generator to run his coffee machine, but it would cost $25,000 for one big enough to keep the ovens at his bakery hot. >> we do the pest we can to try to carry on. >> but business is good for matt sly who has presold all his genere ever toes until february. >> the past couple of weeks have been crazy. we have been running around like head less chickens with a back lock of 600 inquiries. >> some suppliers are exploiting the desperation by overcharging, but with power cuts becoming a part of every day life, many south african homeowners and business

people, simply don't have a choice tonya page al jazeera. >> sunday will mark ten years since devastating sue unanimous hi hit coastal areas. more than 30,000 people were killed in sri lanka when the wave hit. the natural disaster exposed huge gaps in the emergency procedures. all that is starting to change. heavy equipment, and two children were swept away by the tsunami. >> she was carrying our old ohs child, i was holding the youngest, the rose sea up, carrying my wife and children away. >> five years ago, he married a fellow survivor, they now have three children. the village was one of the worst effected in

eastern district, more than 30,000 people were killed most around the southern and eastern coasts. people here had never seen waves as big or as powerful as the wall of water crashed into sri lanka ten years ago. they didn't know what to do but that's changed now. >> early warning systems and awareness programs now form an important part of the country's disaster strategy the community now is very organized so people are aware of it. 77 earlien waying towers have been built around the country. hear in the 2011 alert, they say coast was evacuated in 20 minutes. this evokes mixed emotions. it won't bring his first family back, but will protect his current one.

al jazeera, eastern sri lanka. >> on wednesday, veer con capedrosa reports in southern thailand. a seaside cowherist village devastated by the asian tsunami, we look at how it's been rebuilt ten years on. in australia, a manager who has been held -- tori johnson was killed during the 16 hour stand off at the lind cafe in sidney. he was 34. a memorial service was also held for katrina dawson who also died in the attack. the hostage taker a self-described cleric with a criminal past, died at the scene. >> staying with australian survivors of devastating bush fires in 2009, have won 400 million-dollars in pay outs. that's the largest class action settlement in the nation's history.

it raged through the east in southern victoria, and it was considered the largest of the fires on what was known as black saturday. still to come, could australia have solved one of it's biggest mysteries involving this olympian? details coming up next.

in this new era ofet, now confrontation, the kremlin is anxious to stay in the race. russia hoped to eventually launch it's own space platform, to rival the international space station. grand plans for a country entering a full blown crisis, but still necessary aspirations according to some. >> we need to spend more money for improving the conversation, in the country, not so have additional plan. ambitions -- can help to improve the economy nationally. >> but the falling ruble has shaken russia, and

this launch represent as new era, plans to reach the stars may have to be grounded until the economic storm clouds clear qatar the quickly populating it's to the go to venue for big soccer clubs. will arrive as part of the winter training program, that's champions amsterdam, are also headed here, on monday competed for super cull honors in the capitol. it's been held in china, united states, and libya, qatar has had a chance to witness the italian super cup. the cup winners was meant to be held in august, but napoli asked for it to be

postponed so they could concentrate on the league, so qatar stepped in. >> it is a good idea, i think it is good expendent for us. it encouragings the support all over the world, and happy to which this. >> they don't have a chance to go there, and so they came here, we can watch them, and enjoy it. >> one of the fans has come to see, he puts the lap in just the fifth minute. he struck the force in the second half, who headed into the equalizer. with the score at 1-1, extra time was needed it appears they had sealed the victory, with the

second goal. but only 118th minute, he scrambled in another equalizer, 2-2, so penalties were needed. napoli's goalkeeper will be the hero, he kept out the kick, delivering a 6-5 victory. the side becomenning the first team to win the super cup in the middle east. napoli are the only teams that can be based in qatar during the european winter break. why ron munich, are among some of the team which is will be coming here, and it gives qatar another chance to impress with their facilities and their abilities ahead of the 2022 world cup. al jazeera, do ha. >> the leading scorer this season, james harden had fort 40 points. 110-points to make it five, and the city won the points caimin the first half. it's the third time this

month, they scored more than 40, with a little bit of revenge as well. having been locked out owe be the trail placers last season. it's been less than a month since phillip hughs and the lasting effect it is having is clear to see as they played on monday. shane watson was left shaken after being hit in the helmet by a wall, while practicing. watson wasn't injured that's the good news, but he visibly disstressed. australia due to begin their third coast against india on friday. become the most successful german skier in the men's world cup, he clenched the victory in the last slalom race of the year. he led the men's german 1-2, with his teammate. will put him on top of the standings ahead of the reigning champion. a likely running suit, which was worn by

olympian is turned up 14 years after it was stolen. the 400-meter gold medalist, wore the suit when she lip the olympic flame back in 2000, the suit then went missing from her dressing room, laughs year it was mailed anonymously back to the national sports museum. it's been sent for forensic testing so it can be authenticated. >> it's been a great mystery, it is a suit we never thought we would see again, and of course we were delighted. >> sounds like a story out of a c.s.i., more on the website, aljazeera.com/sport. aljazeera.com/sport for your dose of sports there on the website, there's plenty more later, thanks a lot for watching. >> thank you. >> well, with unemployment figures around 80%, local artists are now looking at innovative ways to make

money during christmas. well, this has led to a boom in home made decorations. from the capitol. >> first, they burned the wire, so that it is easy and more flexible to work with. then the artist created pieces. christmas trees from scrap wire, always in demand at this time of year. >> due to christmas we always make them. question have more customers. >> you can by reindeers angels and stars made from local products, trinkets. >> the artist make it look easy, this is a tree, and it is made from twisting copper wire, the leaves are made from tiny little beads and you can pie this for $10. >> the informal sector is how people try to survive. >> if you go for one or two weeks without selling

there is no you suffer. we are working for our families. the government says the rate of unemployment is less than 50%, economists say it is more than 80. >> our most valuable resource, which is our bright young people is leaving the country. we are exporting our most vaultble asset, and not getting anything back for it, and we spent a great deal of money to get them to where they are now. most people struck toll make ends meet. it is special occasions like christmas where people come up with ways to make some money, so his child can have a picture with santa claus, or being able to buy this to put in your garden, one way people here are supporting the sector this christmas. al jazeera. >> invitive guests for the christmas stocking, stay with us here, we have another full bulletin of news for you

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air strikes hit school in syria killing more than a dozen children. ♪ hello you are watching al jazeera live from london, also coming up, ukraine takes a step closer to nato membership in a move likely to antagonize russia. france orders hundreds of soldiers on the streets after a series of attacks using cars as weapons. sony pictures