>> belgium deploys troops to protect streets after stopping a plot to attack police. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. churches are torched in niger in the second day of violent protests against charlie hebdo magazine. >> the rules of the icc are clear. >> israel's prime minister blasts the international criminal court's decision to look into possible war crimes in the palestinian territories. concern for syria's yarmouk

camp because it has not received aid in six weeks because of syrian fighting. pope francis visits typhoon-hit tacleban. >> hundreds of troops have been deployed across the country to protect targets across the country including jewish sites. as far as the arrest of 13 people in a series of nationwide raids on thursday and friday, officials say they had been preparing an attack on police. five of them had been charged with taking part in terrorist activities. we have more from the capitol of brussels. >> authorities taking the extremely usual step of calling in the army. 300 troops are gradually deployed in the coming days. we're seeing them here on the

streets of brussels. they're expected on the streets in the north of the country where there is a large jewish population. well thursday the authorities staged a major raid against a suspected extremist cell. there two suspects were killed, a third was arrested. that was one of a dozen raids that took place across the country. the authorities say that they have dismantled potentially extremist network destroyed logistical capability. they say that those people were planning attacks on key targets key installations. the fear here is that these people could bring back the fight to the streets of belgium. >> greek 3450 reporting media reporting that people have been arrested in attacks planned in

greece. what are the police saying about these arrests? >> well, they're confirming that four individuals have been arrested. they're currently being interrogateed at the counter terrorism headquarters here in athens. greek police have sent off copies of the finger prints and photographs of all the individuals to brussels, and they are thought to include the 27-year-old suspected mastermind of the jihadist cell. security experts here in greece have long said that jihadists are able to penetrate the country posing as undocumented migrants. that allows them to sort of blend in and makes them very difficult to root out. >> okay, thank you very much, indeed, for that update live from greece. >> one of the suspects involved in last week's paris attacks

have reportedly been given a secret bear burial. said kouachi is one of the brothers that is suspected to have carried out the attack on mcthat killed 12 people. at leastprotests have been carried out where seven people have died in niger. >> sold out charlie hebdo despite a print run of 7 million copies. in order times this newspaper sells just 60,000 copies a week. at the same time in some of france's former african colonies protests continue for its sect day. in niger churches were set alight and tear gas was used against those angered about the

depiction of prophet muhammad. president françois hollande was in the south of france with a message of unity. >> we are one country one people one france. a france where there is no distinction between religions beliefs and sympathies. a france who face those who want to entrench a war within us. >> meanwhile security remains tight in the french capitol and around the country. some 120,000 police and soldiers are on patrol protecting sensitive sites. and the investigation continues with france at its highest state of security alert the police continue to question a number of people arrested in what were described as anti-terror raids on friday. they believe that the gunmen involved in the paris attacks may have been part of a wider network. >> a week after the unity march that brought more than 1 million people and 40 world leaders on to the streets of paris an

image of that historic day was hung on the facade of the museum museum. in place de la nation on top of the statute known as triumph of the republic, a man brandishes a giant pencil high above the crowds. >> israeli prime minister has described as absurd a decision by the international criminal court to investigate possible war crimes carried out in the palestinian territories. territories. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that the lofty goals of the icc have been turned upside down. >> palestinian leaders are looking at a new strategy. by joining the international criminal court earlier this year the door was opened for

the investigation of war crimes. the chief prosecutor of the court has launched an inquiry preliminary into events since june 13th. >> israel rejects the absurd decision of the icc prosecutor. it's absurd for the icc to ignore international law and agreements under which the palestinians don't have a stake. >> and the scrutiny goes both ways. but palestinian officials say that they're ready for any investigation by the court. >> we're going to international legality and to that court come what may. >> the memories of last year's war and gaza are still fresh. >> it has been due for such move. >> no charges have been brought up against anyone.

>> israel quickly announce the denounce the palestinian implication. israel has also started seeking action ngos. they have formerly asked the icc to investigate the war crimes committed by palestinian leaders both fatah and hamas. the u.s. is also against the icc move and the $400 million it gives to the palestinian authority is at risk. al jazeera. >> let's get more now. we know that netanyahu was angry yesterday. he's still angry isn't he?

>> he is. i think he had some very harsh and critical things to say about the icc, which is a respected international body based in the hague. he kept saying that it's absolutely scandalous and absurd that israel would be dragged through the icc and probed when israelis withstood hundreds even thousands of rockets fired at israeli neighborhoods and a hamas use civilians there as huge shields. and it is absurd that israel, a country that fight terrorism would be dragged through the icc. and to deny the jewish state it's right to defend itself. he stopped short of saying that israel would take any action.

we only heard criticism from him. we didn't hear any threats. we didn't hear anything whether israel would cooperate with the icc. since friday, since the announcement of this probe we learned from learned from netanyahu that he considers this decision basically what he says it is is a decision that stems from anti-israel political considerations in the past, recently as well. we heard him say that israel will do everything to protect its soldiers and it's army, and will not allow them to be dragged through the icc. i think the israelis expected the support of the u.s. with the u.s. condemning this probe. we expect more statement it's like the ones we heard today in order to garner more international support and also to try to discredit this icc probe. >> okay, thank you very much, indeed for that update.

>> ugandan laws resistence army has been flown to the capitol of central african republic to be transferred to the international criminal court. the arrest warrant includes crimes against humanity, enslavement and murder. he was indicted two decades ago along with joseph kony, who remains at large. he has been under the guard of u.s. forces. the yemeni chief of staff has been kidnapped. he was taken by fighters belonging to a shia group at the center of a power struggle in yemen. the houthies have seized large areas of yemen last year including its capitol sanaa. >> a group linked to isil said it was behind an attack near the algerian embassy. two security guards were hurt when a bomb was thrown from a

passing car. rifle governments are vying for control of libya. they will continue talks next week in geneva. still to come this half hour, police officers and their families march through washington for what they're calling the end of madness rally. and we'll have the latest from equatorial guinea, where they relocated the african come of nations that has now kicked off. 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera am

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the israeli prime minister describe the claim of war crimes on the palestinian territories absurd. >> hundreds of troops have been deployed across belgium to guard targets of potential attacks. and the angry reaction to the latest edition of charlie hebdo. seven people have been killed in niger during violent demonstrations. two french nationals thought to have links with al-qaeda have been arrested in yemen. al-qaeda claims responsibility for the attack on the french magazine charlie hebdo earlier this month.

so are the police giving us inmore information about the arrests they've made there? >> well, according to the head of the yemeni intelligence french nationals were detained along with tens of foreigners as well as hundreds of yemeni forces expected links with al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula. they said the foreigners belonged to at least 11 nationalities, they're arabs asians, and european. now what we don't know is when they were arrested are the authorities expecting any links to the attacks. >> what about any more information about potential training for some of these people to carry out attacks over in other countries?

>> well, the evidence that cherif kouachi was in yemen in 2011. he stayed for ten days, and did he indeed, meet with members of the authorities in yemen. now the authorities here are trying to connect the dots and see what are the links to the kouachi brothers, and if there are any more training with al-qaeda in in the arabian peninsula. they said that cherif kouachi stayed only ten days in yemen for training and then returned to france for three years. they're saying that it's not the failure on yemen but the french authorities. >> thank you for that live update from yemen.

the situation is getting more and more desperate for syrian who is thread the fled the war in their country. they face cold and heavy rains and now children are dying from the cold. the $2,026,000,000 winterization planthe u.n. has not been able to distribute aid in yarmouk because of fighting. well, the camp south of damascus is cut off from the outside world but al jazeera has obtained rare access. we have reports on the living conditions there. >> reporter: there is no way for them to get in or out. the palestinian refugees who once sought shelter here because of troubles back home are now

one again desperate to escape. there has been little to no electricity, and because of fuel prices heat is a luxury they generally cannot afford. >> my electric generator operates every other day depending on the circumstances. >> every time efforts are made to reinstate power, it's cut off again. >> the services department has exerted huge efforts to offer supplies from other cities, but the syrian regime has cut these lines. >> locals rely on rechargeable batteries. but it's not a dependable source and it's expensive. >> we need $1.30 every day to recharge the battery. and every day we need $1 for the lab top and mobile phone. but we don't have jobs. the sways is very bad. >> the u.s. said that there are around 18,000 palestinian refugees living in the yarmouk

camp in an area just over two square kilometers. 400 food parcels are required each day to meet the minimum requirements of those inside but for months they have not been able to meet those needs. the u.n. has consistently called on all parties to stop activities to deliver aid to those in the camp. thou calls >> they are just some of the millions who have suffered from a war that is now almost four years old. erica wood. al jazeera. >> more than 1.3 syrians are living in neighboring lebanon.

in arsal the population has gone from 40,000 to 70,000 people. >> now as you can see it's winter here. it's freezing cold. it's been a difficult couple of weeks for people here. they told us that in some cases the level of snow has reached halfway up the tents. now we're going to take a look at how people are living. this here, this is the the family who have been here for seven months. it's five children all living in this tiny tent. we're going to go inside and take a look at how it is. this is one of the worst ones we've seen. what is remarkable is just how empty it is. completely barren floor no cement. it got wet last night. it's damp. they've had to take everything out, all of their mattresses to try and dry them. this is where they're living with their children. the holdest child is 11.

it's really very difficult situation for all of them. and it's story after story repeated like this across all of these camps. some of them say that they're getting enough heating and enough oil. other people say that the problem is that they don't have enough food. and the quality of the food. so they're really appealing to aid groups to trying getting here and help them. that's one of the issues in lebanon. the problem here is that unlike countries like jordan and turkey where you have huge government-run camps here in lebanon they are informal camps all over the country. there are hundreds of them, and it makes it difficult for aid groups to get into these areas to help people. some of the camps are in areas that are areas hard to access. there is snow. in other situations the problem is security. and security is one of the issues here. >> al jazeera continues to

demand the release of its three journalist who is have now been in prisons in egypt for 385 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were wrongly accused of broadcasting false news and helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they deny. in court in egypt there it was ordered for a retrial. an organization by wives of police officers was attended by 150 people. it comes in the midst of scrutiny over the pace of police killings of unarmed black men. pope francis visited philippine. in the threat of a storm force the pope to cut his visit short.

>> drenched by rain, a devout crowd welcomed the pope to tacloban. this was a visit of significance on a person, religious and political level. pope francis' visit to a people who have suffered through intense and frequent storms was part of of a hope to push leaders to an agreement on climate change. there he is, pope francis delivering a message of compassion to the typhoon victims here in the philippines and delivering a message to the world about the devastating effects of climate change. changing weather patterns are part of the reason why life continues to be difficult in see

side communities here. these women survived typhoon haiyan in 2013, and formed an association to try to help themselves. >> they look forward to the pope's visit, and hopefully the pope will put sense to how people understand poverty and the effects of climate change on poverty and how it really promotes poverty in lives of people like these women. >> here with the help of a priest they try to overcome their fear of the sea since the typhoon hit. and remember their relatives and friends who were killed. hope francis managed to briefly meet some typhoon haiyan survivors and visit a mass grave but the pontiff apologized for having to cut short his visit. another typhoon was moving in. al jazeera the philippines. >> drone footages posted on

social media appears to show the complete destruction of donetsk international airport. months of conflicts have left buildings demolished and the runway unusable. the airport remains a strategic and symbolically important location. more than 300 migrants have been recovered in two separate rescue operations by the italian coast guard. the first distress call came from a vessel carrying 237 people in trouble off the libyan coast. a further 200 people were rescued after their boat was spotted near lampedusa. channel tunnel services are expected to resume after a lorry file inside the tunnel. services will restart as soon as possible after the french authorities give the all clear. the africa cup of nations football tournament is under way in equatorial guinea with the

host nation drawing 1-1 in the opening match. 16 nations are battling for the honor of becoming champions of the african continent. an event was in doubt at one stage when the scheduled host morocco pulled out in october citing fierce over the ebola outbreak. by equatorial guinea took over with just two month's notice. the potato is the world's third most important crop after wheat and rice. 250million farmers have to throw your cbs on salt-affected land where many crops don't grow well. >> packed for sales these are not ordinary potatoes. they're exceptional properties, their developers say, could change the lives of farmers worldwide.

>> the specialty about this potato is that it tastes much nicer than the ordinary potato because of the aromas. it's sweeter. until researchers started looking into it, it was widely believed that you could not grow potatoes in soil with salt readings over eight. if you choose the right variety the amount you may grow may drop but still a nice quantity. these were irrigated with a 50/50 mix of fresh and seawater. it's estimated 250 million farmers around the world live on salt-effected soils like these in the netherlands. their choice of crops and yields have largely been limited by the salt levels in the soil. >> everybody thinks that the saltwater and agriculture is not

a good combination but we're proving here that you can do a lot with the brackish seawater around the world and you can produce a lot of food. >> it's not just potatoes. they're exploring salt resistence in carrots cabbages, tomatoes and strawberries and they're looking to see if they can be grown on floating mats in seawater. >> everybody using the data as an international standard, but we found varieties of many different crops that grow better in salient condition than everybody thinks is possible. >> there is a test crop of the potatoes in pakistan where an estimated 3 million-hectares are affected by salt. >> they grow on average 7 tons

per hectare. this potato hopefully will produce 12 to 20 tons per hectare, and then it's an enormous jump ahead. >> the results are expected next month. >> you can learn more on our website at www.aljazeera.com. >> for more than a decade, the world has witnessed seemingly endless violence in afghanistan. many tell me the daily reports of the attacks, and the daily killings have ceased to hold much meaning. but for those living in this land, torn apart by war, there's no more important of a time than now. after years of trying to drive back the taliban, most of the