>> welcome to the al jazeera news hour live from doha. >> jordan's king returns from the united states to find his nation in mourning and demanding revenge for the brutal killing of a pilot by isil. >> a plane crashes into a river in taiwan, killing 22 people. babies and several others were pulled prom the aircraft. >> chad's army killed 200 boko haram fighters i understand a battle in northeastern nigeria.

>> free speech or hate speech? a court in france is about to rule on the case of a controversial comedian. >> hundreds of people have gathered in jordan to mourn a pilot who was brutally killed by isil. many including his father are crying out for revenge. in the early hours of wednesday jordan executed two convicts in retaliation. the king is now back in the country after cutting short his trip to the united states. we have the latest from amman. >> jordan warned of an earth shaking response to the murder of its pilot and that response came swiftly. at down wednesday the authorities executed iraqi prisoner sajida al-rishawi. she had been on death row for eight years for taking part in a

2005 attack in amman that killed 60 people. another iraqi prisoner was also executed. he was sentenced to death by hanging for murder ago jordanian truck driver in iraq. the government confirmed its pilot was killed on january 3 a month before isil released the video, apparently showing him being burned alive. al jazeera will not show those pictures. the jordanian king cut short his visit to washington d.c. but addressed his people before he left. >> with sadness and sorrow, we received the news about the martyrdom of our hero at the hands of daish. that criminal randiant gaining which is not related to our noble faith in any way our noble pilot died defending his faith, homeland and nation. >> the pilot's father who was

too shaken to comment after finding his son was killed came out with these strong statements hours later. >> i demand that revenge be greater than executing prisoners. i demand that isil be annihilated. this organization are acting in barbaric manners violating all the international laws, codes of ethics and prisoners conventions. that's why i strongly demand the government to swiftly take revenge for the blood of my son and the dignity of our country. >> there were riots in the pilot's home province. people say they feel isil is trying to stir up violence and unrest in the country. the family and tribal members of devastated at the news. those questioning jordans role

in the international coalition now seem to have answers. >> i absolutely support jordan's role in the coalition against isil. before, i didn't encourage it. now isil has become our problem and it's imperative for jordan to stay in the coalition in order to prove his blood was not shed in vain. >> people are outraged at the way the pilot was killed. >> jordanians are angry not only because was murdered, but because they feel manipulated by isil. the group had demanded the release of iraqi prisoner sajida al-rishawi and jordan was willing to negotiate an exchange deal. isil demand her release after it had already killed muath al-kaseasbeh. the government hopes more people will support the fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> joining us here is the executive director of middle east and north african difficulties of human rights

watch. thank you for being here. what is human rights watch reaction to jordan's response to the killing of its pilot? >> we share in global horror at the brutal manager in which this pilot was murdered. this showed and extreme amount of depravity. we are very disappointed by jordan's reaction, particularly choosing to execute a prisoner as an act of retaliation and revenge. governments should be in the business of upholding the rules of law and upholding the stand of justice. we expected a better reaction than this. >> you don't think sparing the lives of these prisoners is going to make ice as i am less barbaric, it is going to humanize them, don't you? >> this has nothing to do with

humanizing or not humanizing isis. a military campaign is underway against isis and there's no reason that shouldn't be pursued, but execute ago prisoner in jordan is not going to defeat isis. doing that as a retaliatory act of revenge demeans the system of justice and rule of law. >> what do you respond to human rights watch saying that governments like the one in jordan should not be in the business of retaliatory acts and that basically jordan shouldn't have executed these prisoners in retaliation total killing of its pilot? >> i can respect what human rights watch is saying, but i think you've got to look at the very unethic and specific

circumstances of what happened. first of all i'd like to stress that jordan did act in compliance with the law. the two terrorists were convicted in due process and they'd been in jail for years and so their death this morning was basically consistent with the convictions that courts of law had reached in a due pros of law. the fact that the executions were carried out today yes they are in reaction to the brutal crime that isis committed against the jordanian people. we've got to look at reality here. this is the middle east. we are in the middle of war. those people bloodied all jordanians and we've got to accept the cultural, the context, the d.n.a. of society the thousands on the streets demanding that justice be served and they, consistent with a cultural heritage, with a value

system many might not agree with this is the situation that people wanted justice. jordan had to send a message to its people and that those who kill jordanians will be put through a process of law and receive the just -- >> but -- >> jordan will be able to and does have to -- >> the father of muath al-kaseasbeh himself has said that killing these two convicts is not comparable to the killing of his son to the death of his son. these executions, as you say you know, are to send a message to the jordanian people, but what do they achieve in the long term against isil? >> well, i think the father was demanding more. it was important that those two terrorists be executed and the sentence be implemented.

he demanded more. we've got to look at the reality of the place. people are outraged at what happened. the heritage is seeking justice for its people when its sons are hurt. jordanians need to know that those who killed jordanians in the past have received a due punishment as approved by the courts and that jordan will continue to go after those terrorists, and i think the option was very clear in asserting that it would have an earth shattering response to the crime against muath al-kaseasbeh and i think jordan is acting in compliance with the law and persistent with its policies, within the coalition and will plan will take its time to punish isis for what it did to ensure to jordanians --

>> as you know -- >> will be eliminated. >> as you know, there was already look warm support for jordan says participation in the so-called anti isil coalition prior to this incident. we are seeing some support now that this might be just a knee-jerk reaction to the killing of muath al-kaseasbeh. what do you see the long term impact being? are we going to see jordan's commitment to fighting isil change now? >> it's natural that there are voices apposed to the war and voices who support the war polls conducted indicated the majority of jordan believe that isis is the enemy. the prevailing voice now will be demanding justice in seeing isis as an enemy as a real threat that needs to be battled. i think those against the war will not be effective now. the prevailing voice will be the

family of muath al-kaseasbeh and the thousands who took total street yesterday in support of him that believe that isis is a brutal threat, has nothing to do with islam is there to kill whoever disagrees with it. as we go forward i think jordan will be able to sort of again better articulate the case against isis. i think people will now be more accepted to the argument that isis is a threat. if you recall in the few days that preceded the announcement of the crime that was a play by isis to try to divide society and say no, we will not. jordan saying we are willing to release sajida al-rishawi to get muath al-kaseasbeh back. isis came out with the news of

that brutal way in which it killed our pilot i think that has turned the tables immensely. isis has definitely lost the public opinion battle here and jordanians are now willing more in tune with the voices that say isis is an enemy that needs to be fought. >> thank you very much. let me bring back human rights watch spokesperson. saying we have to take into account the cultural context here, this is the reality of war, that jordan had no choice but to execute these prisoners in retaliation to the killing of its pilot to send a message to its people and to isil, as well. what do you say to that? >> i reject that kind of argument. it's almost embarrass to go hear it. it's really in a test of tougher times that we test our civility and test whether we are above vigilante justice and revenge killings.

revenge killings i think we can all agree are a bad thing and even worse exercised by governments. this is not someone convicted by a court of law and sentenced to the death penalty. this is somebody who has been sitting on death row and jordan chose to execute at a moment of mass vigilante sentiment. this is exactly what jordan should be rejecting and saying this is not our culture this is not the way it's supposed to be done. >> this is not the first hostage they're killing. how do you deal with it as a government? >> i think it has to be two fold in addition to the military strategy designed to defeat isis militarily, which by the way is failing and people need to pause and think about that there needs to abpolitical process which is sadly absent from iraq that will make the sunni community believe an iraqi government that speaks for all of them and reject isis, which is currently running their lands.

we have to give iraqi sunni as better answer and showing that government sink to the levels of retaliatory vigilante justice is not going to give them confidence in the state or the rule of law. >> thanks for joining us here in the studio in doha. >> still ahead an arrest warrant for argentina's president is found at the home of a prosecutor who died in mysterious circumstances. >> we report on is as i will fighters who briefly captured an oil field in northern iraq. >> the fans have the passion but does equatorial guinea have what it takes to win at africa cup of nations?

>> a first draft of iraq's laws suggest create ago national guard, it's supposed the force will consist of locally based troops under provincial government. the second draft calls for an end to end a ban on exmembers of sadaam hussein's baath party from entering service. >> it is going to be controversial. what they would do, the first is called a national guard law but

it would basically set up regional security forces. for instance, in an bar, there would be forces that would answer to the governor of an bar instead of to the iraqi defense ministry or the iraqi interior ministry. some of those helicopters flying over as we speak. >> we'll leave it there for now jane. can you hear me, jane? >> well, i can yes. >> is it quiet now? >> it is. >> listen, jane, we'll leave it there for now and hopefully come back to you a bit later in the news hour to explain some more about these controversial laws in iraq. >> lets move to other world news. >> 22 are dead after a plane crash in taiwan. it went down shortly after taking off and plunged into a river near the capitol taipei.

>> in taiwan, cars often have an onboard camera in case there's an accident but no one imagined recording one like this. a passenger plane caught reeling out of the sky. it plows into a wall, the driver survived but many of those on the flight didn't. it crashed into the river in suburban taipei. rescuers quickly realized the scale of the operation that confronted them. >> as you can see at the scene the head of the plane is in the water. right now, we are asking the military to set up a makeshift bridge to get near the fuselage to carry out rescue operations. >> the survivors included this young child but later it became clear that this would also be an operation to recover bodies. many of the missing had been trapped in the submerged front of the plane. >> most of the dead are tourists

from main land chain new which claims sovereignty over taiwan, rewarding it as a breakaway province. now the governments of both are united in mourning. >> the aircraft was an atr turboprop. just seven months ago the same type of aircraft operated by the same airline crashed killing 48 people. management offered another apology. >> we also want to know what caused the new plane mod toll crash, but i cannot make speculation. >> the atr72 is made by a french italian company and there are more than 750 of them in operation around the world. it's been a difficult 12 months for asian aviation. the retrieval of both flight recorders from this latest crash means the inquiry could begin

soon. adrien brown, al jazeera beijing. >> a case will be ruled on in the case of a french comedienne. he publish add comment after the paris attacks last month. jacki roland joins us live from paris. it's not the first time he is having to face the courts in france a very controversial comedian. give us a background to this particular case. >> this particular case is different from the others, because the charges against him on this occasion are far more serious. he is accused of condoning paris and it dates back to reporting that is he posted on his facebook page after the unity rally here in paris and around france the we are charlie campaign after the shootings at the satirical newspaper. he wrote on his facebook page,

he brought together the name of the newspaper and the name of the gunman. it is a result that have remark that this court case has been brought. >> so what are we expecting today? what sort of ruling should we expect? >> difficult to predict the ruling. here in france, it's a judge not a jury that will reach the decision. it's how the judge interprets this within the french criminal code that says it is an offense to directly provoke an act of terrorism. now under that provision a person can be sentenced to five years in prison or even seven years if it's done on social media. the question really will be did the remark, i feel like charlie cool bally provocative in the

way that charlie hebdo was also provocative. >> in brussels, a election over a week ago promised relief of a heavy debt. the greek finance minister stated his meetings with the e.u. are to

>> the rescue operation of the airline that plunged into the river earlier today. as you can see the fuselage of the plane has been pulled from the water. 23 people are dead, 20 others according to the latest numbers we have are still missing. the aircraft went down shortly after taking off, plunging into the river near taipei and rescue operations as you can see have been going into the night there.

>> still ahead tunisia's parliament debates the unity government on monday. >> holding on to the big lead at the top of the german lead. do stay with us, we're back after this. after this.

>> in iraq, isil fighters briefly captured and oil field southwest of kirkuk last week but were soon pushed out. the governor has told al jazeera it was a major assault and a setback for isil and that he expects the group to try again. we have a report. >> for two days, this oil field southwest of the city of kirkuk belonged to the islamic state of iraq and the levant. the affect on the installation was part of a major isil offensive. last friday, pushed out from their stronghold, they laid claim to kilometers of territory where there are many oil unitslations. >> it was very serious. it actually was from five fronts if we count the oil field. initially, they did make some progress. >> kurds recaptured loft ground

with the help of the u.s. led coalition airstrikes but they lost a lot of men. commanders had to call in reinforcements from other provinces. the anti terrorism unit had to deploy from kirkuk. >> they took this whole area and helped by the tribes in the villages here. many have now left. isil recruits them by telling them the kurds are the enemy. >> we cannot confirm that, because the villages are empty. the accusations show the deep suspicion that is exist between some of iraq's communities. >> kirkuk has a massive amount of oil. that is why many players are vying for control of this city. for now the central government in baghdad and the kurdistan regional government in the north have put aside their differences. they reached and agreement to share revenue from the oil production in the north. >> most of it is pumped in kirkuk. habaz is one of the smaller fields.

production here has been temporarily suspended because of damage caused by the fighting. the iraqi government is based on the area producing oil. >> if it is fully implemented by both sides that's the critical thing, it's important for the iraqi government and kirkuk. >> they need the money to fuel isil. isil too wants money and no one doubts that the armed group will try to take kirkuk again. al jazeera kirkuk. >> more now on the aftermath of isil's killing. we are joined from jordans capital amman.

>> tell us the reaction of jordan after the execution of two prisoners in retaliation for the killing of muath al-kaseasbeh. >> well, they're in shock definitely a great shock at the way he was killed. there's a lot of anger. the focus of the people have shifted from questioning the role of jordan in the alliance and whether jordan should have join that had alliance against isis. now the whole focus is what jordan should do to isis for the killing. even the father of muath al-kaseasbeh was very clear today. he said the only punishment that would satisfactory him he called for the elimination of isis. a few days ago, he was making some questions rewarding what was his son doing there joining the coalition. now obviously this very cruel killing has shifted people's focus and made them more angry at isis. >> the jordanian government had been walking a very tightrope.

there was look warm support for jordans participation in the fight against isil. do you think it is just a knee-jerk reaction or is there now more willingness to go into this fight? >> i think if we compare the situation two weeks ago and now definitely there is more support to the government now. even those who were questions jordan's role feel now that jordan needs to act. it needs to defend itself. it cannot stay still with this horrific killing. they want jordan to do something to punish isil. another item that is jordan has always been active in pursuing al-qaeda and affiliated groups in the past even when it did not join the alliance. now, this killing is not only turning the mother daneian public against isis, but throughout the arab world, they all heard the details and there

is serious outrage against this group. >> the concern is that there might be sleeper cells within jordan who might act and who might, you know, retaliate against jordan. are people worried about that in the country? >> well, the security establishment is definitely taking this in consideration and they know that execution today of the two iraqi jihadists could provoke isis to activate sleeping cells here. they're trying to do everything possible to block that. they have very good intelligence. the other thing helping them i guess the turn in the public mood. people are very angry and even those who support isis are on the defensive and those who sympathize them or saw them as this group defending the sunni muslims in the arab world or confronting the west don't have much to say at this point. >> reporting live from the jordanian capital, thank you.

>> these three people have been killed when rebels in libya attack an oil field. libyan officials say gunman have attacked a partly french owned oil field and shot dead three guards. no group claimed responsibility for the attack on the oil field south of the coastal city. >> there's been more violence in eastern libya where armed groups are fighting between each other for control. we have a report. >> eastern lib areas in crisis. it's transitional government, led by this man faces mounting pressure to curb the rising influence of military commanders. fighters loyal to the former general have given a 24 hour deadline to form a supreme military council. members of the council of representatives are skeptical.

they are worried that the move could be used to assume full control. >> we demanded the parliament must form a high military council within a 24 hour deadline. we strongly warn anyone who dares to go against our blessed men. we will stand up and confront them, no matter what. >> supporters have stepped up their military campaign to capture the eastern city of benghazi. the coalition of armed groups --

general hafta is determined to drive out militias which is controlled by the general national council a parliament backed by militias from tripoli. international efforts are underway to mediate a power sharing deal between the rival factions. >> the party to say take part in the process have been identified, four members from the general national congress on one hand and four from the council of representatives on the other. those will be the key parties to address the political situation. we have agreed on the main issues that we will discuss during the talks. >> the fighting may undermine those efforts. it is a last chance for diplomacy. >> a report by an egyptian human rights group said the number of torture cases in the country has reach and unprecedented level.

it accuses police of torturing detainees. the group said last month was particularly violent. >> to india, where the number of women who underwent sterilization surgery that risen by 35% according to new figures. they suggest indian women still asked for the procedure despite the dangers. we have more mom new delhi. >> the physician released as a result of a right to information request from india's health authorities or the health ministry certainly point to interesting trends. if you look at the 2013-2014 period there are suggestions that the cases of women being sterilized across the country rose 36%, where the cases of men sterilized dropped to under 25%. these figures go back to the point that experts and health activists have been making that the burden of india's population

control policy ever fallen on women. that's been a key point of contention for many years now. the population foundation of india had interesting figures doing research where the mass sterilization camp went rock last year. they found that the most amount of the budget for the sterilizations actually went to incentives and paying women to go through the procedure as opposed to medical equipment and transport and awareness campaigns. this suggests the priorities in terms of the pressures the government is facing, but also the kinds of areas where policies could change. >> let's get an update on the situation in eastern ukraine where the mayor of donetsk said several people have been killed in a shelling that hit a hospital there. let's speak to charles stratford live from eastern ukraine.

tell us what you are hearing about the situation in donetsk. >> well, we have had some confirmation from the authorities of donetsk that they say five people have been hurt in that seemingly or that strike on a hospital. we're not having any confirmation yet on whether people have been killed in that strike. no claim of any responsibility yet, but we've spent the last couple of weeks in donetsk and we've seen a steady increase in the violence there, a lot more shelling seemingly in and around the town, as well. it had initially been con send straight around the airport where there have been heavy fighting over recent weeks. the separatist fighters now claiming that they've taken control that have airport but these attacks in the city, these increasing strikes in the city, we had a trolley bus as we reported a couple of weeks ago

a number of people killed that in attack, another attack on a cultural center where there was a humanitarian aid food handout going on, a number people killed in that attack only last week. it should perhaps not be surprise that go we've seen the strike on this hospital in donetsk today. >> ok, thank you very much for that update. that's charles stratford for us. >> still ahead on the al jazeera news hour, we'll report on how mobile technology is making education more accessible for kenyan school children. michael prepares to make his return from injury.

>> time to catch up on sports now, here's joe. >> thank you very much. we start in equatorial guinea where the first semifinal of this year's africa cup of nations will be getting underway in a few moments. the ivory coast take on the democratic republic of congo. we have this report. ivory coast favorites of the start leaving empty handed. >> the ivory coast having lost,

the man that inflicted the pain is now the coach of ivory coast. >> unless we win the rest, i won't be satisfied. >> ivory coast and team of big men stars is the democratic republic of congo who reached the semis by beating congo 4-2. >> if the fans are to be believed the players are well on their way to a first cup of nations title. >> as you know, ghana is a very

strong team, but equatorial guinea is also strong. we can win. >> do you think you can beat ghana, win the cup of nations? >> why not. anything is possible. >> in a competition known to produce surprises, the host nation may just write another chapter in their fairy tale so far. >> on thursday, equatorial guinea play ghana. tunisias federation has until thursday to send a letter of apology or risk being banned. they've been fined $50,000 for insolent aggressive and unacceptable behavior. during their loss to equatorial guinea a controversial penalty was awarded to the host, helping them to a 2-1 win.

fights broke out the referee at the center of the match has been suspended for six months for failing to maintain calm. the equatorial guinea coach had this to say. >> we should not be talking about something that does not add anything to football. if beckham wears clean or dirty underpants. let's talk about football. enough with questions that aren't related to out

cambridge tuesday. after holding them to a draw at home reality hit for cambridge beaten at stat ford. preston will now be at home to united. >> golden state tightened their grip routing sacramento 101-96.

21 points on the night opened up a nine-point advantage. the jazz rallied and managed to cut the lead but came up one point short. portland hanging on for a 103-102 win. >> michael clarke will return to captain cause cause's contradict team at the world cup. he is ahead of schedule in his recovery from hamstring surgery and dismissed rumors of a wrist between clarke and his teammates over the prolonged rehabilitation. he will take a major step towards his return when he plays against bangladesh on thursday. >> still a bit of rust in the system but i'm progressing every day. it's nice to have the opportunity to play tomorrow. >> bodies holding up well?

>> yeah, i'm going through recovery now. you guys are probably sick of hearing it, i'm sick of saying it but it's one day at a time. i'm really improving every day. the crew seem to be happy. they dictate how hard i push, but i think it runs pretty happy at the moment. >> the first goal from the p.g.a. pool, he went on to be in the golf hall of fame, he was 92. >> a group of caddies on the p.g.a. tour suing the organization for making them wear bibs with sponsor logos. they believe they should be entitled to endorsement revenues. the dispute has been brewing for more than a year with caddies complaining of being treated by

second place citizens by the tour. >> this could be the best hole in one you're likely to see. playing in a practice am before the victorian open gets underway thursday. this was him on a par four. his balls took what looked like a nasty bounce into the bunker before it popped out on to the green and rolled in. let's go back to our top stair. in equatorial guinea, the first semifinal of that african cup of nations is a few hours away. we are joined from there. robin, the ivory coast perhaps the bigger of the two names. how do we expect this one to play out? we seem to be having problems with robin adams. unfortunately, we will try to get him back a little later. oh we may actually have him back now. can you hear me? you're in equatorial guinea ahead of the semifinal match.

who is likely to win? >> interestingly, two sides played each other in the qualifying stage in october. the democratic republic of congo with winners in that occasion. ivory coast has been promise that go he and his team of big name stars are sweeping aside on this occasion and will be reaching their second semifinal in three years. >> another story dominating, tunisia no longer in the running, but they're in big trouble, tell bus that. >> they're probably not in the running for the 2007 african can you have of nations.

they were told to apology for accusing bias, you apologize or you will be kicked out of the 2016 african cup of nations. they were find for the equatorial guinea game and also asked for damages or the cost of repair of damages to the locker room and a refrigerator there. equatorial guinea, fans invaded the pitch, will be find $50,000 as well. >> it is all going off there there ahead of that match. >> now to kenya where a group of young entrepreneurs is making learning more accessible by using mobile phones for students. >> this notice ordinary lesson. these students are using mobile

phones to access information which will help with studies. with the service students can do a quiz and get feedback. they can access an encyclopedia and even get live help from a teacher. >> it's had the biggest pickup in rural areas like the northeast where children have more limited access to school, books and other educational tools. >> the team behind the service is constantly looking for ways to make it better. the company founder is 25-year-old who feels overwhelmed by the company's success in just a few years. >> studying can get pretty boring. to hear that there are kids who are hiding under their blankets and studying all night developing and seeing that students at 2:13 a.m. were studying is pretty cool. >> these students attend school

in nairobi's largest fund. thanks to an n.g.o., they have access to those phones. >> i have seen the trend especially in science subjects, so it has improved the grades of the students. >> education analysts say there's huge potential in innovations. >> there had be real benefit to say reap from the use of mobile phones as a teaching tool. >> the team plan to reach millions of students across africa. many say in order for children to really benefit it's going to be up to political leader to say catch up. al jazeera nairobi kenya. >> stay with us. plenty more world news coming up on al jazeera very shortly.

>> jordan's king returns from the united states to find his nation in mourning and demanding revenge for the brutal killing of a pilot by isil. >> this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead a plane crashes into a river in taiwan, killing 23 people. rescuers have pulled a baby and several others from the aircraft. >> chad's army said it's killed 200 boko haram fighters in a battle