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it's first set of sanctions against russia. >> hello we begin in mexico, with a gas tanker has exploded outside of a maternity hospital killing at least two people, one woman and a child. authorities fear more babies and adults are trapped in the the rubble. allen fisher has our report. >> the skill of the damage is breathtaking. this is a maternity hospital, much of the building has collapsed which was heard over large distance, a number of people have been killed more than 50 injuries many by flying glass. rescue teams are now looking for patients and staff who may be trapped in the rubble. dogs have been brought in, the biggest concern is the maternity part of the hospital where dozens of newborns were located.

sitting in the west, it is believe the tanker carried liquid gas to the hospital exploded. why, is the center of the police investigation. doctors and nurses have done what they can to help. ambulance which is normally bring injured people here have been carrying those caught up in this to other hospitals in the area this is not the first devastating gas explosion. two years ago, 25 people died in a blast on a highway to the north. and last year, three people were killed in a gas leak explosion at a shopping center in the northeast of the country. local officials have expressed their fears that the number of dead will rise here, and looking at the damage again they may be right. allen fisher al jazeera. >> all right well, we are hoping to bring you the latest from mexico city later in the program. just to remind you, at least two people are known to have died. a woman and a child. after that powerful gas

explosion now officials do fear that the death toll could rise. because many are thought to be trapped under the rubble. to get the very latest on that gas explosion. as soon as we can. in the meantime, an alleged massacre by it's forces. witnesses say troops and shia fighters rounded up men in the village and shot them. the forces and during a search for members of isil. and issue is a microcosm of all the terrible things that they fear could happen. asthma lish shas and other security forces fight alongside the iraqi government forces against isil. in the village survivors tell

us after days of fierce fighting iraqi security forces primarily the army with interior ministries swat teams as well as militia members move through the town reading from a list of displaced people. there they took away the men after marching them for almost a kilometer they took away some of those men and shot them behind a wall. one survivor tells us he saw 13 of his neighboring dead, including schoolteachers and shop owners. it is the responsibility of the iraqi government to maintain all of it's forces. the interior minister has said it launched an investigation but he said it was still too soon to tell what happened. he promised there would be changes those villages are on

the move looking for safety. >> now a sunset deadline for a hostage prisoner exchange between jordan and the islamic state of iraq has come and gone seemingly with little change on the ground. jordan has refused to hand overren a al qaeda member that killed 60 people. after his plane crashed in northern syria is still alive. isil is also holding 47-year-old journalist and documentary maker from japan. the group is offering to free him and spare his life in exchange for rashawa. who is in the jordanian town, that's near where the pilot is from bring us up to date with the latest, andrew. >> very influential tribe and

nowhere is the pain felt right now than here. people have been waiting to hear news, and they have been disappointed, it is now just over four hours since the deadline expired. this is the way things played out. >> a somber moment because this had been the deadline set. over the fate of pilot. isil has said if this woman would be suicide bomber wasn't taken off death row and handed over then it would kill the jordanian daneian pilot. but jordan's government announced that it needed proof from isil known in air big for the 26-year-old was still alive.

they are willing to exchange the jordanian daneian pilot. at this point, we want to emphasize that we have asked for a proof of life. and we have not received anything. >> isil had wanted to exchange for japanese film maker. and japan's government has a special envoy trying to make things work. as ordered be the foreign minister we continue to collect information, analyze it and share it. we are workerring as one from materially release. but it is unclear whether there was hope of a three way deal. >> they belonged to a big influential tribe here in southern jordan. this is the gathering point for friends and family. waiting to hear some form of news. there's an anger here.

that jordan became involved with the alliance against isil. >> the pilots brother had this to say. >> i think on this war is not our war. and all jordanian daneian citizens said this and this -- statement, and now very sad about my brother. but i believe -- i hope he will get back here to his parents, to his home. >> is and so the lives of a jordanian daneian pilot, a japanese film maker and a would be suicide bomber are all at stake. jordan and japan have competing interests in getting their own citizens released and isil will play the next hand. negotiations seemingly stalled

at this stage but no one can really tell what sort of back channel is actually in action. the situation is now is everybody is waiting the ever what isil will do next. >> a terrible situation for all of those involved. it is obviously late into the night, is anything expected to move in the next couple of hours or are we waiting for daylight. >> . >> very hard to tell. it could be that there will be another audio recording released from the isil, no one knows. to hipt of any possible move. there are official reports of movement but the jordanian daneians insist that there has been no prisoner release yet and there has been no movement towards the border between syria and turkey. which is what isil has been demanding. the people here have the gathering in a -- what these

are tribal center here, for more than four hours. they are disbursed now looking for sol lemn. they are not sure what to do, they are distressed. they have had talks with the who probably made one of the most difficult decisions in his reign so far, in deciding to go for the release of what he would describe as a terrorist. and going for that release against the grain of what certainly the u.s. as an ally would want to happen. so this is a very tense time in jordan. there is a conflict of interest between japan and jordan and what they want, and of course, isil is only too aware of this situation. it is a new situation for the organization to be in, it's actually on the high ground in

terms of policies entheble propaganda value. but certainly on the low ground in terms of any moral factor. this is indeed a very grim affair. >> andrew i know you will keep us right up to date with any developments that happen, thank you for joining us there. >> thank you launching four air strikes in the country side killing at least 14 people. this video is said to show the aftermath of the attacks in the isil held town. according to the activists the striked targeted a market and residential area. there the u.s. peace keeping force, but they are not interested in an escalation of violence. two soldiers and a spanish u.n. peace keeper were killed in an exchange of fire. the attack happened in p the occupied area near the israeli

lebanese border we are hearing that a series of explosions is being set off in egypt. kills at least five people and injurying 20 others. according to the newspaper the blast lapped in the town. including a police office, a military camp and a hotel used by the military. electricity has been cut from the area dozens of women who have taken to the streets protesting about the killing of a female protestor. 32-year-old shona al a ba was killed when they tried to disburse a rally in the capitol on saturday. the women blamed the police for her death but officials are denying they are responsibility. >> all right still to come this half hour, graphic -- >> really have such horrifying events been so publicly. >> graphic new details as the inquest -- which left three people dead. >> and how much water is there

on earth? we will tell you about the space mission that is finding out.

at least two people are dead after a childrens hospital in mexico city. officials fear the death toll could rise further with more adults and babies still thought to be trapped under the rubble. jordan's government says it wants proof that a pilot captured by isil is still alive. the efforts continue to negotiate a prisoner swap.

a prison who was captured in syria in december iraqs government by it's forces in the province. witnesses say troops and shia fighters rounded up men and shot them. >> the united nations children fund is making an appeal for $3.1 billion to care for 62 million children, facing humanitarian crisis around the world. africa includes $902 million for the children of syria the director at the emergency program visited and she explains why the children are in such great need. >> i think what was most struck me of the devastation in holmes was the shattering of buildings and children fleeing and now living in makeshift shelters. with their families. we recognize that a quarter of

the schools have been destroyed. there's a need to rebuild those schools and get children back in school. part of the challenge now is also that we have seen malnutrition increase, and there's a need to reach children there and then to prevent the further outbreak of disease where very much focusing on imization including polio and measles. as well as providing an integrated packages of services to children and women. in primary healthcare services. and lastly, nutrition. for the first time in a long time we are seeing a number of mall nourished children growing and a need for clear support to those children to address further deterioration of their situation. afghan national was also killed. defense officials are investigating the accident the

mistier use disappearance last monohas been declared to be an accident. it clears the way for compensation, to be paid. but it is a decision that has angered many residents. sparking protests in china. the search for the airline which went missing on march the 8th to beijing will continue. in the southern indian ocean. but that's not enough. when we heard that we felt very happy but today the malaysians have announced they suffered an accident, that they went missing i strongly disagree i believe the government wound allow them to get away with it. >> rarely have such horrifying events unfolded so publicly. the words of an australian

coroner. two hostages were killed and an inquest said one of them was hit by police fire. from sidney, andrew thomas reports. >> it was the dramatic end to a siege that had lasted more than 16 hours. in just a few minutes three people a hostage taker and two of it's hostages were dead. on thursday, an inquest began into how and why they died. i want to assure everyone we will do all in our power to undertake an investigation that is rigorous, independent and searching. it will strive to establish what happened, why it happened and whether it could have been prevented or responded to. >> the siege began mid-morning. he pull as gun on customers and staff. police quickly surrounded the coffee shop, after the center went into lock down.

racially have sus horrifying events unfolded. police were beginning their investigation, 40 officers had been working on it ever since. the coroner will question them the police and hostages who survived, but even on it's opening day the coroner was able to say how the gunman and two of the hostages died. tori johnson was killed be i the gunman, made to kneel and then shot in the head as police stormed the cafe, they fired 22 shots. but a hostage was also hit. she was struck by six fragments of a police bullet or bullets, which ricocheted from hard surfaces into her body i have not detailed the damage done do her other than to say that one fragment struck a major blood vessel, she lost consciousness quickly, and died shortly afterwards.

today the catch fay is boarded up, the uh noers that cover the square, have been clears away but the memories are still here. >> the events here will be looks at in meticulous detail. but the inquest will also be broader. he was a convicted criminal facing serious charges why was he free on bail. were the police actions appropriate, what was the role of media and social media and how should the events here be categorized was it terrorism? al jazeera. sidney. >> at least five people are dead in ukraine after two separate attacks two men and one woman dies when a rocket fell the second attack at a market killed two other people. >> in the past weeks.

well e.u. foreign ministers have agreed to extend current economic sanctions against russia. it follows the killing of 30 people in the town last week by shelling, thoughts have been carried out by russian backed separatists. now the sanctions against russia were due to expire in march, but will now continue on for another six months. the economy, of course, has already been hit by those sangs. the ruble has lost around 50% of it's value against the u.s. dollar during the past year, while inflation is up to 11%. and earlier this month the internationally fund forecast that the economy will contract by 3% this year, the president government has responded by announcing a three year plan of public spending cuts. savings from both cuts will fund a $35 billion rescue package. well the vice president of the commission warned that more action will be taken if the things in ukraine don't

improve. >> but of one thing i can be happy to note, is that we kept our unity which is as we have always said our strength, and we have thousand that the european union is ready to take further measures and to prepare for the measures for the weeks to come if the situation doesn't improve but gets worse as it was the case in the last days. >> moscow correspondent rory, the last thing that russia wanted was these sanctions to be extended it really doesn't help does it. >> 2340 it certainly does, there are 132 individuals and 28 companies currently blacklisted bety european union. they will have many reprieve until at least september. there is also the possibility that new names will be added to the list, the european

commission will be looking that over the next week, on probably the 9th they will have to have made up their minds whether the list will be extended. then on february the 12th, european leaders will meet and they will probably rectify whatever decision has been made. now, the thing that people were most worries about here was to do with ask international financial system called swift which is a device essentially a system of messages whereby money can be transferred around the world, and there has been fears that it may be something that came out of this meeting would be a recommendation that russia would be cut off from swift. this would be very very damaging for the russian system, at the time, when it is going through deep trauma, and i think although there will be people that are upset that these sanctions will be going on for at least another

six months they will also be people who are relieves that at least for the moment it is not being decided that russia should be cut off primarily swift. >> i am interested to know, how the russian people at the moment given the economy is in such trouble how they are now regarding their government? because obviously the popularity has been immense is that likely to have any effect? well, his hand t yet. the approval ratings are maybe not quite as high as they were just after the annexation of crimea but they are still very very high. but pretty much any standard. and they are showing no signs of dipping significantly. as much pain as the russians are going through, they are not blaming putin for that and they may be blaming officials lower down, but putin stays

very much on high, and russians are pointing their fingers at outside the country, at organizations like the european union at ones like the united states, and they say that russia is being picked on, that the west is hypocritical and is not holding russia to it's own standards that it uses to just file compensation it's own actions and russia is only doing what it needs to do and has every right to do. >> live with the latest there from moscow, thank you. >> want to bring you some news that has just reached us here, a dutch news agency is reporting that a man with a gun has entered the dutch state dend maaing air time. very few details a it is moment all we are hearing is from this dutch news agency. dend maaing air time, obviously keep up to date with

that story and bring you the latest on it when we get it. in the meantime, want to return to our top story, that blast outside of a maternity hospital in mexico city at least two people are thought to have died. in mexico city, a terrible situation, john, bring us up to date, what is happening now. >> well, as you say, the death count has gone down, it was at seven, and now it is at 2, 1 woman and one child but there is still rescue worker whose are heading into the rubble here just to check if there's anyone else in there i talked to them, and they said at this point they think that everyone has been accounted for, they are just checking through to see if they can find anyone else. they have headed in here, but we are now five hours on, so a lot of people already in hospital apparently only suffering from miner injuries where explosion -- the explosion the glass hit people so obviously they are needing

blood, and the appeal has gone out for blood donors. be du jour lift could be done as well. so looking at a slightly less bleak situation. >> we saw earlier in the reports from the allen fisher, john that -- i am sorry we are running out of time. i will be catching up with you later, but for now thank you for the update. >> nasa is preparing to send a giant space suit into space. it is hoped this mesh antenna will provide vital information that could predict and help prepare for extreme weather wattser life and on planet earth, the scarcity effects almost all living things. but our water system in large part remain as mystery to scientists.

but now nasa has launch add satellite that will measure the moisture of the earth's soils. lit do this with unprecedented accuracy and give scientist as detailed understanding of the role water plays. >> applications like watershed management. drought, and landslides flooding and all kind of. so that require as very high resolution flowing in a one to ten-kilometer. so based on the application. >> the satellite achieves the high resolution by deploying a six-meter wide mesh antenna. this rotates every four seconds as it orb britts, sin hundred and 80-kilometers above the surface. using a combination of radar and microwave sensing it maps every part of the planet every three days the technology we are using here, allows us to observe the surface of the eater regardless of any weather condition.

or day or night conditions and that's unique, because with optical sensors we have problems whenever there are clouds. >> one operational, the satellite will produce a lot of data, that can be used to create maps. during the three year mission these are expected to improve our ability to manage water resources for activities like agriculture, and also provide life saving information during emergencies like floods or droughts. >> al jazeera. i said, well, there really isn't a difference. >> in 2008, voters in california approved proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in the