>> 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

nigeria. >> france is about to rule on the case of a controversial comedian. >> hundreds of people gathered in jordan to mourn a pilot who was brutally killed by isil. many including the pilot's father are crying out for revenge and in the early hours of wednesday jordan executed two convicts in retaliation. king abdullah is now back in the country after cutting short his trip to the united states. we have the latest from jordan's capitol, amman. >> jordan warned of an earth-shaking response to isil's murder of its pilot muath al-kaseasbeh and that response came swiftly. at down on wednesday the authorities executed iraq prisoner sajida al-rishawi whom isil had demanded jordan release. 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 executed for murdering a 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 the jordanian people in a statement. >> with sadness and sorrow, we received the news about the martyrdom of our hero muath al-kaseasbeh at the hands of the terrorists and cowardly daish. that criminal and deviate gaining not related to our noble faith in any way our heroic pilot muath defending his home land and nation. >> his father, too shaken 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 is a men nat from all over the world are acting in barbaric managers violating all international laws, codes of ethics and prisoners conventions. that's why i strongly demand the government to swiftly take revenge for the blood of muath and the dignity of hour country. >> there were riots in the pilot's home province. people say they feel isil is trying to stir violence and unrest in the country. family and tribal members are did he ever stated at the news, but for some who were questions jordans role in the international coalition against isil 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. it's imperative for jordan to stay in the coalition in order to prove that muath's blood was not shed in vain. >> people are outraged at the way the pilot was killed. >> jordanians are angry not only because muath al-kaseasbeh was murder road, but because they feel manipulated by isil. the group had demanded the release of iraqi prisoner sajida al-rishawi and jordan was willing so negotiate an exchange deal. isil demanded sajida al-rishawi's release after it had already killed muath al-kaseasbeh. >> the government hopes for people will support the fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> sarah lee winston from human rights watch said jordans retaliation message may not work. >> in addition to the military strategy inside iraq and in part inside syria that is designed to defeat isis militarily, which is failing, and i think people need

to pause and think about that, there also needs to be a political process which is sadly absent from iraq that will make the sunni community belief an iraqi government that speaks for all of them and reject isis, which is currently running their lands. we have to give iraqi sunnis a better answer. 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. >> this is the reaction of the former deputy prime minister of jordan speaking to us earlier. >> i can respect what human rights watch is saying on general grounds but you've got to look at the he did thick and specific circumstances of what happened. first of all i'd like to stress that jordan did act in compliance with the rule of law those terrorists were convicted in due process, had been in jail

for years and so their death this morning was consistent with the convictions that the courts of law had reached in a due process of law. the fact that the execution were carried out today yes, they are in reaction to the horrific, 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 of society. >> at least 23 are dead and 20 others missing after a plane crash in taiwan. the aircraft went down shortly after taking off plunging into a river near the capital taipei. we have a report from beijing. >> in taiwan, cars often have an onboard cam rain case there's an accident, but no one imagined recording one like this, a

passenger plane caught reeling out of the sky. its wing clips a taxi before plowing into a wall. the driver survived. many of those on the flight didn't. it crashed into the river in 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 mainland china which claims sovereignty over taiwan, rewarding it as a break away province. the governments of both are now

united in mourning. >> the aircraft that crashed was an atr72 turboprop operated by transasia airways taiwan's third largest airline. just seven months ago the same type of aircraft operated by the same airline crashed killing 48 people. at the news conference, management offered another apology. >> we also want to know what called the new plane model to crash, but i cannot make any 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. the flight recorders from this latest crash means the inquiry could between soon. al jazeera beiging. >> an arrest warrant for argentina's president had been found at the home of a prosecutor who died in

mysterious circumstances in january. the lead investigator into his death said the 26 page warrant was found in the rubbish. we have more from buenos aires. >> there were those who were likening this case to a spy novel. it's certainly one of the most intrigue that go argentina has ever seen. if it would be made into a movie, i think viewers would find difficulty following the plot. it was reported that in his flat investigators had found what looked like a warrant for the arrest of the president and the foreign minister. that was first of all denied, then admitted by the investigator. it's also not clear at this stage whether he committed suicide or whether he was killed. if he was killed, then who was behind the murder? still very, very uncertain. while all of this is going on, the president is in china on an official visit occasionally

tweeting on this case. a couple of things that do remain very, very clear that is we're as far as ever from finding who might have been before the 1994 bombing attack on the jewish cultural center in bens air that killed 85 people or who is behind the death of alberto nisman. >> battles are taking place at that tell us what you saw when you were there. >> quite incredible scenes in this town, it's important to give it some sort of context. the town basically is completely surrounded by separatists forces. it sits if you like at the end often their sticks into that

rebel-held controlled area. it's like a last sebastian for the ukrainian army. there have been calls for humanitarian ceasefire a corridor so humanitarian aid can get in and the injured civilians trapped in that town can go out. now, there was one given yesterday, but fighting broke out earlier than had been scheduled. there were a number of people pulled out from the city yesterday. there was another called for today, and that was -- never happened basically. we went in following a humanitarian convoy that took the risk, and we saw just incredible scenes of destruction, and heavy shelling, small arms fire, virtually nobody on the street. as i say a town completely besieged very worries for the civilians that remain opinion it's a town that before war had a population of 25,000 and very

strategically important because of its rail that connects the town of donetsk with russia. it's a highly cob tested, and as you say the scene of some of, if not the heaviest fighting in this conflict, as we speak. >> what are you hearing about the situation in donetsk? we've heard from the mayor there who said several people have been killed in shelling that hit a hospital. >> yes. we hear from the local authorities, they are reporting at least five people killed in a shell that struck a hospital in donetsk. again, it's important to put this in some sort of context. there's been a lot of fighting in recent weeks in and around the airport. now, the separatists have claimed that they've taken control of that airport. we were up there only a couple of days ago. there was certainly a lot of incoming and outgoing shelling still going on there. as we've seen in the last week or so, there have been a number of attacks or strikes that it

places in the center of town, and this one on the hospital, an attack on a trolley bus and where there was a humanitarian aid food handout going on, a number of people killed in that attack. it comes at a time of increased escapes in fighting not only in donetsk but throughout the region. >> charles stratford live for us from ukraine. >> coming up on the program. >> pharmaceuticals farming food ago degree business, everything is affected. >> we'll find out who's been taking a train to brussels for

the trade deal. >> a controversial french comedienne in court accused of condoning terrorists.

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crash in taiwan. the aircraft hit a tax see and a bridge before plunging into a river near taipei. >> the mayor of the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk say several people have been killed in shelling that hilt a hospital. a top u.n. official said strikes on residential areas by both sides clearly vital international law. >> a first draft law in iraq creates a national guard consisting of locally based troops under provincial government. the second craft calls to end a ban on the baath party from joining the military. >> these laws face the tougher test of going through

parliament. they are both controversial. the first calls for a national guard. rather than a national force it would create regional forces, answerable to the provincial governors in some of the provinces. in the case of anbar in the west it's particularly important, because there's been a deep suspicion for years on the part of the people there most of them sunnis, of iraqi security forces. they blame them for coming in, rounding up young men putting them in jail and putting many on death row. this would give people in provinces more of a reason to fight. that participation in the fight against isil now is particularly crucial. it's controversial because it gives more power to the provinces over security. its critics say who knows what they could do with that, mr. with shia militias in the south or shia tribesman in the west. >> the chad army has killed more than 200 boko haram fighters in

neighboring nigeria. chad and cameroon have sent force to say fight the group. we have more on how the offensive could affect the upcoming general election. >> the nigerian military confirmed that chad and cameroon soldiers are fighting boko haram in parts of northeast nigeria. they say this is part of an ongoing multi-national strategy to fight the group in the region. they say much is being made of the fact that there are force here's but say this is not a story and that there's no limit to the number of foreign force that is can fight the group. the fact that these forces are present is more evidence that they are winning what they call the war against terrorism and against boko haram in the country. now in a separate development there are concerns about what impact the insecurity in the region and the fighting in the region might have on the upcoming presidential election on the 14th of february.

the electoral out short here said the election will hold in these places, it will go ahead despite their concerns about security they've been promised additional security by the nigeria police force but some political parties have waded into the row to say no, it's not secure the election should be postponed, but the electoral body said no, it will still go ahead with the election and they don't feel that the inability to hold the poll in certain areas affected by fighting or boko haram will impinge on the overall credibility of election day. a report by an egyptian human rights group said the number of torture cases independent country has reached and unprecedented level. the report accuses police of using torture against detainees. the group says last month was especially violent. >> al jazeera correspondent peter greste is about to arrive in australia after he was

released by the egyptian authorities. these are obviously not the right pictures. al jazeera continues to call for the immediate release of two other staff members still in prison. >> the attempt ministry suggest indian women opt for sterilization despite knowing the dangers. we have more from new delhi. >> the figures released as a result of a right to information request from indians health ministry is certainly pointing to some very interesting trends. if you look at the 2013-2014 period there are suggestion that the cases of women being sterilized across the country rose 36% where as the cases of men being sterilized dropped to

under 25%. these figures go back to the point that's correct experts and health activists have been making for sometime now that the burden of india's population control have fallen on women. that's been a key point of contention for many years now. in terms of funding, you are looking at the population foundation of india finding interesting physician. when researching the straight where the mass sterilization camp went wrong 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 that of the government faces but also the areas where policies could change.

>> sri lanka's president marked 67 years of independence from britain. we have more. >> a simple but colorful ceremony to mark the anniversary of independence. for a new president and new government, very much the challenge mapped out is uniting the hearts and minds of the people in the north of the country. despite an end to the war, there is a need to bridge this gap. >> the biggest challenge facing us today is that of bringing together the minds of the people of the north and south and through a pros of reconciliation bring about national understanding and thus take our great motherland forward. >> the president pledging through constitutional amendment to say strengthen the power of parliament and remove the executive powers of the

president, by far the most significant thing seen today affairs declaration of peace by the new government, talking about regret expressing honor for those of all communities who are victims of violence throughout the 67 years of independence. it is all part of the new sea of change brought in by the new president. >> a controversial french comedian will appear in a french court accused of condoning terrorism following a comment published on the internet after the paris attacks last month. it's not the first time he's caused offense. >> to his fans, he's a great key median to others, he's dangerous. as he divisive figure and now accused of condoning terrorism. it started with a comment made january 11 the day when millions of people around france took part in unity rallies.

he said i feel like charlie coulibaly, a reference to the gunman from the supermarket. the comments were referred to the police. his lawyer said the comments did not many support for terrorism. >> my defense is the truth that we only express a very unique feeling that he feels like the state thinks it is a terrorist that is only a humor like the poor depiction of the newspaper of charlie hebdo. >> he's currently involved in several cases here on charges ranging from slander to incitement to religious hatred to condoning terrorism. in all cases he denies the

charges. >> he still has loyal fans who say he is simply exercising his right to freedom of speech. some legal experts don't agree. >> he was a true comedian 10 years ago. he's been convicted more than 10 times, so even if he makes people laugh and says i also have the right to laugh like charlie hebdo, his words are no longer perceived to be humorous. they're taken at face value. >> the case has raised new questions about french values of freedom, equality and fraternity. >> greece's prime minister is discussing his countries financial troubles with e.u. officials in brussels. the election over a week ago had promises of reducing heavy debt.

the greek finance minister is in frankfurt, germany and meetings are to show determination in slashing the debt. >> a group of british activists traveled to brussels to voice anger over a trade deal between the u.s. and europe. the deal is going through its latest round of negotiation this is week. we report from belgium's capital. >> the rolling hills of the west of england were you ever many places energy companies would like to frack for gas. people like louise fear the trade deal would render opposition to fracking completely powerless. >> if, for example local community and the local planning officer decided that they didn't want to have fracking within their location, and they turned down an application the companies could sue if they thought their profits were going to be damaged. >> dozens like louise took the

train to brussels. people say it is a closed game changing deal between the united states and europe. >> from cigarette companies to health companies to all the way through to mining and drilling companies, form suit--pharmaceuticals, everything is affected by it. it's that important. >> their hosts offered a guided tour demonstrating just how well oiled the corporate machine is. 20,000 lobbyists spend more than a billion dollars a year persuading politicians of their employer's case. >> it is said to guarantee basic freedoms yet this description of the project says its primary function is to defend the interests of global business. >> supporters deny it will erode

workers rights and say trade must be supported. >> consumers may see cheaper prices. maybe some of the electronics we have like computers and ipads et cetera, consumers will get it cheaper because these taxes have been removed. >> not a single member of the european parliament who support it made themselves available to speak to the protestors. one member of the green party did and it opposes the deal. it all adds to the sense of secret deals being done away drop the public gaze. >> it absolutely is secret. i went to the restricted room this morning. i was treated like a spy saying i wouldn't tell anybody what i read when i was there. what is being negotiated the apparently on our behalf are secret. even the things i have seen now i still can't share with you. >> almost nobody knows anything

about the contents of them. if backers do want to calm the fears of european citizens about its effect on democracy perhaps a little more openness would be a start. al jazeera brussels. >> there is more at aljazeera.com. >> i'm dell wanters in new york, the senate armed services commission getting ready to question ashton carter. he replaces chuck hagel who is holding the post until the confirmation. libby casey is joining us live from capitol hill. what are some of the top issues that will take place and unfolds at today's hearing? >> good morning del this