>> coming up at 6:00 p.m. >> hello welcome if the news hour. i'm jane dutton in doha. bangladesh's prime minister accuses the opposition of trying to create anarchy. violent protests erupt in the capital capitol. >> attacks in the most heavily frontiers anywhere. it was the right to come here. visiting jerusalem's holiest

site. a roma baby is finally laid to rest as inquiryies while it was refused a place in the town's cemetery. >> at least four people have been killed and dozens injured in bangladesh. dozens took to the streets to mark. the prime minister accused the opposition of trying to create anarchy. >> reporter: monday is the anniversary of the re-election. the opposition bangladesh national party calls it democracy killing day.

in a tv address in the the last few hours. it is believed that there is an marchy. anarchy. a crowd of supporters had got to the gates and armed with sticks they tried to get inside the building. the >> the political affiliations, and ideologies, all of you should come forward. >> away from the watch capitol

two people were shot dead. the political conflict between the opposition and government takes a turn. >> what is the situation? >> at this moment it is not surprising that there have been

accusations of anarchy. >> what sort of impact could this have on the country right now? >> could you repeat the question. >> how big of a threat the opposition is to the leadership at the moment? could they really create a dent in the leadership and security in the country?

>> the opposition makes the

government a lynn more untannible and dissatisfaction with the government. >> two saudi arabian security personnel have been killed in an attack on the kingdom's border with iraq. it included a suicide-bomb and an attack in the deserted areas. saudi arabia securitied its security on the border in july adding thousands of troops. on saturday the country's foreign minute very said that it would reopen it's embassy in baghdad, which closed 25 years ago. we visit now with a visiting fellow at the london's school of middle east. we don't know yet who is behind the attack, but the speculation is that it could be isil. what do you think who might be behind it, and what the message is. >> well, there are conflicting

reports, some say there are terrorist attacks. while the iraqis say there are indications that isil is behind that. nobody knows. but i think isil would try to do something against saudi arabia because they want to tell them that they are near the borders. >> and the significance of this attack on a highly secure spot, and what it suggests about what is possibly happening inside saudi arabia the fact that they think it is a terrorist attack? >> isil would like to reach them and do some terrorist attacks against them to tell them that we can reach your lands and we can reach your borders. >> and the countries are worried

that isil might find some appetite inside their own countries. >> the aim is to establish an islamic state islamic caliphate or islamic empire, that means they want to include all of the islamic countries. >> and of course, this comes on the day that saudi arabia reopened an embassy after 25 years in iraq. how important is this relationship and that move? >> it's important for the iraqi government. this iraqi government would like to say we have mended all bad relations with different countries, turkey. so they would like to tell the

world, especially the united states who had made some conditions on supporting this government that they should make concessions to the sunnies. make concessions to the neighboring countries. they would like to tell them that we are doing fine, and we're creating good relations in the region and neighboring countries. >> good talking with you. now head of the world's largest islamic organization has visited jerusalemed al aqsa compound. the head of the organization of islamic cooperation called on tourism to arrange visits for tens of thousands of arab tourists. let's talk with stephanie dekker. how is this playing out?

>> well, it's a rare visit. these kind of figure heads also need israel's consent to visit but it's hugely symbolic. because of the timing of it. the jordanians, of course, the country that presented the u.n. resolution on behalf of the palestinians to the united nations resolution was supposed to set a time frame, also in that resolution specifying things like east jerusalem should be the capitol of the palestinian state. symbolic in the sense that it seems that they're standing together to give the message to the international community that they believe it should happen. it is something that failed at the united nations. we heard from the palestinian

president yesterday mahmood abbas, that they will go back to the united nations, but it is proving very difficult to do that. we spoke with a senior palestinian official yesterday who said we've tried the political track time again we're tried negotiating time and time again and that's failed. we're internationalizing the palestinian cause. we went to the u.n. the u.n. failed us, and now we go to the icc taking the legal track. this goes along with the message that many believe that palestinians should have their own state. >> isdoes this have anything around the al aqsa mosque, those who can visit and those who cannot.

>> al aqsa mosque is a holy site for jews, it's the holy mount. they would come out and said al aqsa was a red line. this was a site for all muslims and calls like this from the israeli right would an red line. we've seen them gain access to the area. we haven't seen any action on the ground. it can be seen as a political move. and when it comes to the palestinians and the united nations, on the ground in terms of tensions, israelis, jews, and palestinians, we have not seen anything play out as of yet. >> thank you. an aircraft from the former libyan general haftar has bombed a libyan port. two were killed and two others injured. the vessel anchored at the port contained more than 12,000 tons of fuel. it had been a base for armed groups in libya including some

with links to isil. french forces will target fighters leaving libya from distributing across african regions. libya has become a known armed trafficking hub, raising fears that instability in libya could fuel violence across the region. >> reporter: one of the many unintended consequences of the war in libya the french involvement in the fall of gaddafi has the been the strengthening of forces. the concern in paris is that the increasing disintegration of lib y it's arrival of heavily-armed factions is leading to a supply route threw libya and in niger. consequently france defense

minister visited the president of niger. just outside of the libyan border blocked roots have been taken by heavily armed fighters. >> we know in southern libya there are important terrorist hot beds the same in mali, the same in nigeria and elsewhere. it is a refuge. we'll strike them every time they come out of the places they are hiding. that's why there is this base. >> the look at the map shows the difficulty of policing hundreds of miles of borders. the borders to the west and to the east are vast and unpoliced. the center of the base is designed to take those distances into account. >> this is not a static base. it's a base that can adapt

according to the terrorist threats. it will have ground troops, forces and find terrorist armed groups in the different countries. >> france has said it won't intervene inside libya by itself. but presidential hollande suggested it would if the united nations allowed it. the stabilization of northern africa caused by libya a collapse has caused for international intervention. >> still to come in the news hour. new visa restrictions are imposed for syrians trying to cross the border into lebanon. plus. >> the technology park on the outskirts of moscow, this is the forefront of russia's innovations and ambitions. >> robin will tell you why some of the cars of the rally has been stripped of his opening day win.

>> has been buried in a paris suburb following the refusal of a neighboring town mayor to offer the family a burial plot. the incident has caused widespread anger in france. the baby girl was laid to rest just south of paris. the mayor had refused the family reportedly saying that the burial plot could only be given to tax payers. for more i'm joined by the human rights monitor with the roma right center. thank you for joining us. i should imagine the couple and their friends and family are devastated about what happened. why do you think this happen? >> this is obviously a case of

discrimination. the baby should have been buried in the city where it was she was living. it's really shameful for france. >> what do you think needs to happen now to stop these sort of abuses from happening? and what role do you think the roma can play to take away the fear that possibly french people have of them? >> there have been a lot of roma living in france who come from

eastern europe, where there is discrimination. and this segregating structures put them in a really difficult position to integrate and some of them choose to migrate to europe where they come and live in harsh living conditions, especially concerning housing. the french authorities keep evicting them on a frequent basis, which is an obstacle to integration because once you lose your home, and you become homeless there is no way you can integrate like this. >> what do you butt down to the factions in france and other parts of europe. >> france has always been a bit

racist but this is european situation racism towards roma is . and all this discrimination and racism is really violent. there are marchs against roma, so they've been living on the margins, and they've been put on the margins for decades. as you said its important now that they take the lead. some roma already do that, but there is a need for more involvement of the roma community, and they need to be heard. >> good to talk to you. thank you very much. we'll bring you this breaking news coming to us about the gambia coup attempt. the men accused of being behind

this will appear in the u.n. federal court in baltimore and minneapolis on monday. the coup attempt occurred while it's president was out of the country. he returned home unscathed dozens of military personnel have been arrested in line with this coup attempt. when we get more details, of course we'll let you know. >> french president hollande said that greece paid a heavy price by joining the euro zone. landslide has struck a town in central bosnia killing one person. three others were injured including two children. the landslide destroyed two houses that were built on the coal mine.

families are prone to build homes prone to landslides because the land is cheap. russia has declined since the collapse of the soviet union, which is why it is trying to foster technological innovations. in the second of two reports we visit russia's answer to silicon valley. >> just three years old but already the company is selling drones to russia's military, police forces, and it has international clients, too. their innovations is that the drones are intelligent. they can almost fly themselves. >> our drones have much more

opportunity to fly more stable. or to fly between the mountains or trees. >> it has numerous advantages. now the whole point is not winning scientific awards or publishing academic journals. it's about building ideas taking russian innovation and selling it. construction is nowhere near table the dream is for tech firms, start ups russia's entrepreneurial future. >> just because we are creating those innovative companies we're creating the system, the

ecosystem of the innovation companies. >> despite early corruption innovations, the roster of companies is growing all the time. but this is states managed innovation russian style. so far it has cost $4.5 billion in federal funding. and some question whether there is the demand to make it a success. >> when people compare it with silicon fall they forget the most important thing. silicon valley was started by dreamers while this is directed from the top. the mechanisms are different. russian's state corporation have government budget money free money. >> it will be a few years before such warnings can be accurately

judged. fittingly it's up to the future to reveal whether that bet was a good one. al jazeera, moscow. >> now the trial of one of the accused in the 2013 boston marathon bombing opens on monday. prosecutors seeking the death penalty for dzhokhar tsarnaev who is accused of working with his brother in the bombings that killed three people and injured hundreds of others. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev pled not guilty in the use of weapon of mass destruction. he and his older brother tamberlin are accused of setting off the explosives devices near the finish line of the marathon. >> it looked like i eeds.

tamberman died in the shoot out. >> there are many unanswered questions. among them, why did young men who grew up and studied here as part of our community's and our country resort to such violence. >> but prosecutors say dzhokhar, ethnic chechen explained his reasons in a note, taking responsibility for the bombings. he said that the act was retribution for military action against innocent muslims in iraq and afghanistan. eric holder, who personally opposes capital punishment nevertheless authorized seeking the death penalty. the government has not executed anyone since 2003. >> there is much more still to come.

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with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> you're watching the al jazeera news hour. authorities in the united states have charged two men in connection with last week's failed coup in gambia. the attack repelled by the security forces took place while it's president was on a private visit to dubai. bangladesh's prime minister has accused the opposition of trying to create anarchy. two people have died and more injured. according to the intear aware ministry, a suicide-bomb and gun attack in the remote desert area near ara.

new visa restrictions have come in effect on syrians trying to enter lebanon. applicanted will now have to provide a purpose and length of their stay. the new rules will affect people fleeing the fighting in syria. according to the u.n. 3.3 million syrians who have fled the country 1.1 million are in lebanon. just over a million syrians have sought refuge in turkey. more than 230,000 have fled to iraq and over 100,000 syrians are living as refugees in egypt. jane ferguson joins us live from beirut. how is all this going to work? what has the response been? >> from now from today onward any syrian who is want it enter into libyan have to say why they're coming in, tourists, students, business travelers and provide documentation to

prove that before they're granted entry or not at the border. beforehand they would be automatically granted entry as they came to the border. but this does not apply to the 1.1 million syrian refugees inside lebanon who are registered with the u.n. it will, however, also apply to syrian who is live inside lebanon currently and who have been here before this legislation came in to place today. we spoke with some of those in beirut about their concerns for the future. >> for 20 years he has not needed to worry about a visa to work in lebanon. syrians like him did not need one. but now the lebanese government has changed the rules. syrians will have to explain why they're entering the country and entry is not guaranteed. >> i've been working in lebanon since 1995, and now i'm stuck in lebanon. there is no way i can leave now and go back to syria.

lebanon has been protecting us, and now we don't feel safe. >> many syrians live in this working-lag neighborhood of beirut. most are confused about the new rules and came to ask us about what is going on. but it is not yet clear about what will happen to knows living inside lebanon who don't qualify for visas under the new rules. not all syrians in lebanon are registered as refugees. many came here years ago looking for work. some escaping from the recent war split their time between the safety of lebanon and visiting relatives inside syria. >> it's not just working class syrians will be affected by the new rules. every syrian who is not registered as a refugee will

have to explain to the lebanese government what they're doing here. that includes middle class syrians many own businesses inside lebanon. now when they enter lebanon they will have to take paperwork declaring themselves students, business travelers tourists,ties, and prove it. >> the application on at the borders is a box to check. >> the new regulations are the norm. the border between syria and lebanon have historically been open. now many fear that freedom of movement is fading. there are still many questions being asked inside lebanon at moment by syrians who are here wondering how this will be implemented in the coming months and years. people feel they need more clarity, and they're still waiting for a government

statement in the coming days about this new legislation and how it will be implemented for people who are already here or hoping to come here. >> thank you for that, jane ferguson. 34 police officers have been arrested in turkey as part of the propanoyl legal eavesdropping. state media say they're accused of wiretapping key figures including businessmen government officials including president erdogan. in tunisia top security officials who served the ousted leader has been nominated as prime minister. they will be tasked with forming a new government. his party only holds 86 of the

280 seats. egypt's president has visited kuwait on his first official visit to the gulf since his election last year. president fattah al sisi will discuss investment. the latest kuwaiti grant to egypt in november was worth $1 billion. al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of our three journalists who have been in prison in egypt for over a year. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were wrongly convicted of broadcasting false news and hoping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. allegations which they and al jazeera deny. on thursday an appeals court in cairo ordered a retrial that could begin within a month. lawyers for peter greste and mohammed fahmy have filed

deportment from egypt. rescue teams have pulled 38 people from the rubble, recovery operations are ongoing. police suspect criminal negligence in the construction of the building. 62 indonesian airlines were placed on an aviation blacklist just two weeks before the airasia crash. in search of the wreckage and black box the country's search and rescue agency said it is battling strong under-water currents. 37 bodies have been recovered so far. the country's search and rescue agency chief said talking to the media--was talking to the media in in a news conference. >> the problem we have now is locating the black box. we have deployed five vessels to find the ping signal of the black box but up until now we

haven't found it. >> gunmen shot and wounded three opposition figures in the country's election. they were prepareing to stage for the president's chief rival in sri lanka's elections. voters will choose between mahinda rajapaksa and maithripala sirisena, the general secretary of the free party. maithripala sirisena is relatively unknown. he served as health minister, but redined in november when he announced his candidacy. we're live now in columbo. let start off with the election violence first.

what more do you know about that that? >> reporter: there have been a number of incidents of election violence that we've seen. the incidents that we've seen, escalating over the last few days as we come to the ending stages of this presidential election campaign. yesterday we had an end where an unidentified gunman open fired on supporters of the opposition candidate. now today we just heard a short while early thatier, that a local magistrate has ordered the arrest of a deputy minister and two horse who are suspected to be behind that incident. there have been a number of incidents where supporters of different political parties have been assaulted. there have been a number of

incidents. the number of incidents of election violence topping 250 to 200. there have been reasons for concern. they monitor and they have commented on. >> talk us through why mahinda rajapaksa called for early elections, and what impact defections from his party is having on him. >> reporter: the elections come two years ahead of schedule. the incumbent president has a six-year term in president and however, the last elections we saw staged in this country local elections provincial elections saw for the first time a very strong support base, and mahinda rajapaksa took a bat

battering. from the comments we've seen, the concern that major popularity base of the president and this government, which was phenomenal at the end of the war five years ago but seems to be eroding at this stage. and some how the analyses say the thinking before the popularity win any further the president wanted to capitalize on his current standing and give himself another term in office. >> thank you for that. taiwan's former president who is currently serving a 20-year jail sentence for corruption, has been granted a one-month medical parole. the 64-year-old has been suffering with depression, heart disease and neurodegeneration. >> firefighters battling to control a bush fired in southern australia warn that weather conditions are due to worsen in the coming days.

20 houses have been destroyed and 37 families have been provided with temporary accommodations. >> mexico president enreway enrique peña nieto has been maligned in the abduction and suspected killing of 43 students. >> reporter: it's early saturday morning, and jorge opens up his tortilla shop. for three decades he has been making tortillas. while his business is located in the wealthier area, he barely earned $300 a month. with customers buying fewer

tortillas than ever, life is getting harder. >> the minimum wage is about $4.50 a day. the minimum wage is not enough. >> with sluggish growth and a weakened peso, jorge and other mexicans say their country needs an economic boost. it's a message mexican president enrique peña nieto will bring to washington when he mets with president obama. but it could take a backseat to a more pressing issue. >> reporter: the meeting comes at a crucial point in president pena nieto's career. his popularity has dropped to 40%, the lowest approval for a mexican president in nearly two decades. when the leaders met in early 2014 the u.s. praised mexico's energy reforms and the capture of drug bosses.

expectations that many nieto would surgeoner in prosperity did not last. in late september 43 opportunities disappeared in southwestern mexico. the case became a symbol of systemic corruption and violence and they called on pena nieto to step down. analysts say that security is likely to take top spot during the president's meeting. >> obama is going to say to pena nieto, you have to make changes to your cabinet to improve human rights justice and law. we're going to give you that opportunity. if you are not going to do it we'll look for someone who can. >> reporter: with elections coming up in july, pena nieto was keen to restore his political credibility. what is less clear is what

effect the president's visit to washington will have on jorge and millions of mexicans like him. david mercer, al jazeera, mexico city. >> in argentina the political landscape this year will be dominated by the presidential elections. the constitution does not allow cristina fernandez de kirchner to stand for a third consecutive term. some of the main issues are inflation, rising crime and political corruption. this are reports from buenos aires. >> she heads the party founded by three-time president in 1940s. president cristina fernandez de kirchner and before her her husband nestor, have served longer in their top job than their hero did. president kirchner is working now to make sure that the legacy remains.

>> this political project began in 2003, and with all its faults and benefits, has established in argentina a nation of equality. with change the economic model reindustrialized the country created thousands of job. >> the government claims improved public transport, a deal for pensioners, and improvement to education but not everyone in argentina is content. >> looking ahead, it's not clear whether the party in power will win october's election. that means there is great uncertainty over who has any kind of chance of winning which i believe creates an interesting possibility to improve the quality of democracy in this country. >> the opposition has a different story to tell. they say that crime is rising,

inflation rampant, one of the worst in the world and this government is riddled with corruption. it's vice president also accused of corruption, is the most high profile of a number of cases working their way through the courts. the elections are still some months away, but posters like this one are already appearing all over the country. planting ideas and engaging opinions. we still don't know who will lead the fragmented opposition, or who from the governing victory front is capable of following the kirchner couple. the argentine media is divided between enthusiastic support for mrs. kirchner, and vehemently anti-cristina fernandez de kirchner camp who say she has been a disaster for the economy. a year can be a long time in politics. the scene is set for a challenging, controversial and noisy 2015 in argentina.

al jazeera buenos aires. >> we go to support for you in just a moment. including why top tennis players need a caffeine kick sometimes. we have details next.

>> we go to the northern china which gets a magical makeover every winter. this marks the 31st anniversary of the largest ice festival. >> reporter: five days of

working in subzero temperatures, and this is the reward. a work of art from a block of ice. the festival has attracted teams from all over the world. this spanish team is putting the finishing touches on its piece. >> the most interesting is that you create four dimensional sides. >> but the competition is not the main draw here. nor is it this ice rank, usually for tricycle rides. it is not for the horse-drawn carriages, even though they add a nice touch. people come for this. when day transforms into night and the buildings are lit up like some gaudy yet some magical winter wonderland.

neon lights of every color light up the blocks of snow and ice from inside and out. each year the festival keeps getting bigger. attracting more elaborate sculptures. organizers are expecting more people a 10% increase from the 1.1 million who visited last year. >> there are castles to explore a steam train. >> it's amazing. it's like seeing the sea from the desert for the first time. and suddenly you just go wow. >> it's my first time here. i'm from the south and i've never seen snow and ice carvings before. i'm very excited. >> the cold is not a deterrent with temperatures dropping minus 40 degrees celsius here people have found a way to celebrate

winter and in doing so, they've turned their city into art and magic. al jazeera northern china. >> beautiful. robin? >> i would love to go. >> yes. >> sports time, thank you jane. the grueling trek through argentina. here are reports. >> the top mini drivers will want to forget day one of this rally. only to be stripped of the lead after speeding through a section. the penalty was down the leaderboard. there came calamity with only a few minutes of the start. the mini broke down, and it

happened again and again. the spaniard had to wait it out by the roadside dropping well behind the front. they may have already lost out on any chance of winning this year and they described the frustration to al jazeera. >> does it look like the end? >> i don't know. we'll see. >> new arrivals didn't dominate, but this is a return after 25 years, and they have an all-star driver line up. this rally goes on for a fort night, so it's early days. this is the easy part, but it's very fast.

it's easy because it's the first stage only 175 kilometers. the real hard work begins on monday with a much longer stage lasting over 600 kilometers in very heavy terrain. there are certainly tough times ahead. competitors will navigate across two deserts and cross the andes. and there are new endurance stages where service cruise can't assist. inin the motorcycle section britain finished the first day in the lead taking some of the shine from defending champion's performance, who was hoping for a fifth victory. he was in third place. a minute behind sunderland. and so the dakkar rally with its dangers and surprises is underway. the people are enthralled, and many contenders may not admit

it but they're enthralled with what lies ahead. >> they're down to the last eight in the informal, and the dallas cowboys are headed to the divisional playoffs against the detroit lions. they found themselves 20-14 down going into the final court. detroit had the ball when officials reversed a decision on a pass interference without any explanation. they were able to score a set of touchdown for 24-20. the other wildcard game on sunday the cincinnati bengals who have become the first team in nfl history to lose four consecutive opening round playoffs games. the indianapolis colts winning this one 26-10. the coles will colts will head against the denver broncos. and the cowboys have earned themselves a trip to green bay.

we'll see baltimore ravens against the patriots, and the seahawks against the carolina panthers. the l.a. lakers for a comeback win. the lakers trailed by one with two minutes to go. kobe bryant with the four lead since the first quarter and as we see here, hitting a superb three pointer. a jumper to beat the shot clock. that put the pace necessary front by one with just 20 seconds left, but bryant went on the attack sinking a hook shot to lead the lakers 88-87 victory. just two weeks away from the first grand slam of the tennis season the australian open and some of the sports' biggest starts are warming up in the country. serena williams said she's using the hot temperatures to prepare

for similar conditions in melbourne, but she has gone on to a 6-love loss. someone brought her coffee on the court. it perked up the american, and she went in to win the next two sets. great britain's campaign is off to a winning start thanks to andy murray. despite a loss for the women's singles, there would an win in the tie. cricketers make an emotional return to sydney. they have been remembering hughes in the fourth and final set.

>> yes i think it's a good thing. he was one of us, he was a good mate. i think particularly this week it's going to be great to be able to walk past that and give us inspiration as we go out on the field. >> thanks for watching. >> thanks for that, robin. it's not something that you would expect to see in the israeli coastal town, but this is what motorists were met with on sunday. an emu on the run. it was cut on cameras in the pouring rain. it now has been returned to its owners. quite a sight. stay with us in al jazeera. we have a full bulletin of news straight ahead.

hello, i'm antonio mora, welcome to a special edition of "consider this," freedom under fire. attacks on human rights and freedom around the world have lead to growing humanitarian crises around the world. some 50 million people displayed by conflicts. nobody is suffering more than children, and despite heroic efforts, relief organizations are overwhelmed. women face discrimination and abuse.