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♪ ♪ a u.s. attorneyeric holder has called the shooting of two mys a heinous assault. the attack happened as demonstrations took place following the resignation of police chief tom jackson. he quit after a scathing report about racially based practices within local law enforcement. as the protests were dwindling after midnight, the shots were heard. >> we hear what we thought were fireworks up the street. turns out happened three more times and it was gunfire because we saw the muscle fire from the gun atop the street. and we were all kinds of slumped down, and once we t go down we saw the cop shot right next to us. >> one police officer was shot in the face, another in the shoulder.

it happened a a protest outside ferguson's police department in the hours following the announcement that the police chief plans to resign. >> accused of systemic racism. the departure had long been called for to gain momentum after the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager last august. the belief that the police force disproportionately targeted african-americans was vindicated last week, by department of justice reports. >> the report found that the police and courts saw -- by targeting it, ticketing jailing and keeping members of the black community in what have been called modern prisoners until they were able to pay multiplying fines. the movement under the slogan black lives matter is about

far more than ferguson, it has become a nationwide rallying point, the belief that racism is engrained in american society. 600-kilometers north in madison wisconsin have been daily protests since the killing of unarmed 19-year-old toni robinson last friday. this is a bigger issue. this highlight as universal problem with law enforcement and how it is procedures have been carried out. >> protestors across the country, are demonstrating against an entire system, they say is racist and unfair. the resignations in ferguson have been welcomed by many, but ferguson is a tiny city of 21,000, and a change in it's personnel is unlikely to be enough to satisfy those who want greater equality and change. >> term us more about what people have been saying. >> we just heard that a tactical operation has been completed in ferguson. we have pictures being sent

out to us over the morning of police officers on the roof of the house apparently. we now understand that two men and one woman have been removed for questioning. not arrested and not in custody, we can't make too much of this, and simply been removed for questioning by the police, so that's one new development, another new development, is those two who were shot have been released from prison. so those are the two main developments. in the meantime, what we have is positioning. there aren't many facts on the ground, we don't know what happened we don't no who was targeting or who did this. what we have this morning is the police chief, the county police chief suggesting changing a little bit of the story the narrative that he had earlier in the morning. in the early hours he said that the evening had been uneventful until the shots were fired. now he is saying that the demonstrators were surprisingly aggressive, he was shocked about that, he also said that the gunshots and whoever pulled the trigger was embedded with the

protestors and as you heard from that report, up until now, all we heard is from eyewitnesses saying the gunshots came from 114 meters behind. that's the figure from the police. but there is a suggestion that the demonstrators are somehow implicating in all of this take a listen. >> i have a lot of confidence in the community. this is beginning at times to be very difficult for any law enforcement. anywhere to really wrap their arms around, i want everybody here to understand how difficult this is to do the exact perfect way. >> and the u.s. attorney general has been speaking what is the reaction been from him. >> as you said, he called the attack inexcusable, but he had an interesting sentence. he said threat. very reforms that nonviolent protestors have been working

towards. and that was actually a theme echoed be i the parents of michael brown. he is the teenager, the unarmed black teenager who was shot in august, who sparked this nationwide movement, calling for retomorrow, not just in the police, but from what they feel is systemic racism in general u.s. society. this is what brown's parents said. we direct any kind of violence towards law enforcement, it won't be tolerated we specifically denounce the actions of stand alone agitators who unsuccessfully attempt to derail the otherwise peaceful and nonviolent movement that has emerged throughout the nation to confront police brutality. certainly those that defend the police, as far as many of the police officers are concerned, this is just about

troublesome protestors. this is what they want, they want dead cops, that is why we are giving into their dend mas. at least the suspicion and fear that they have, is that this incident now will derail what has been protests movement just beginning to bear fruit. thank you very much indeed. the world is failing syria that's the damming assess mint by aid organization as the conflict enters it's fifth year, they say it has proven itself to be incapable of ending a crisis which is only getting worse. 2014 was the deadliest year of the war. since the conflict began in 2011. the number of children rose by a third last year. 80% of the population is living in poverty.

and it is estimated that 7.6 million people are displaced within syria, while almost 4 million more have fled the country. the city has been torn apart. >> it is one of the oldest cities in the world. it's historic center is now in ruins. aleppo has been an urban battleground since the summer of 2012. in the west, in the opposition controlled -- -- >> was closed be i the government last year.

it was a dangerous journey. dozens were killed because of sniper fire, but it was a life long especially for state employees who were allowing on their salaries to survive. >> . >> society has been torn apart. in many areas in the rebel held east, there is little sign of life. last year, tens of thousands left when populated areas were continuously hit by barrel bombs. many others were wounded. those who have lost their livelihood have been left to help themselves. we need money to go to turkey to get treatment. we have been forgotten. holt facilities were bombed at

the start of the conflict. the health system has all but collapsed. >> the syria war is entering it's fifth year, neither side can claim victory to freeze the fighting in the city of aleppo, department achieve much. and the people on both sides of the divide remain trapped in what many describe as a deadly stalemate. >> it is a daily struggle. government planes have targeted crowds standing in bakery lines. for the warring sides the battle for aleppo is strategic. but it has destroyed the lives of those living in what was once serious commercial capitol.

al jazeera, beirut. >> diplomatic editor reports now on how the u.n. security council has tried but mostly failed to agree on a way to end the conflict. four years ago no one could have imagined the scale of this tragedy. the figures are staggering. there's been no actual body count, but it is estimated as many as 300,000 syrians are dead. many have fled, 3.8 million are refugeed. that figure the main contributor to the fact there are now more displaced people in the word, than at any time since the second world war. that's when the u.n. was created almost 70 years ago. there's been no peace because there's been little unity on the global stage. there have been rare moments on the security council of chemical weapons and the growing threat from isil but nothing on a political solution to the dismay of the humanitarian agencies one of

those agencies the world food program is led by earth room cousin. security council, and lark of the security council. >> i get frustrated not only when i look at and security council, when i go into syria. you can see that there is no solution in sight, and i talk to the government, and the oppositions and they are firm in their positions and then i look at the people. and i say don't they see what i see. can't shay see the impact, that their failure to compromise, is creating in this situation. >> over the past four years the security council has left the main effort to find the solution to a series of special envoys. former secretary general veteran diplomate and now another seasoned u.n. official stefan four months ago he told the security council he

had an ambitious plan for a series of wayhe called freeses across syria. the first one supposed to be in aleppo. later even revealed he had an agreement from president asaad to stop all aerial bombardment in aleppo for a six week period. for now there is no plan b and many more are bound to die al jazeera of the united nations. government forces say they are making significant gains in their battle to push isil out. thousands of fighters are involved in the offensive against the armed group and the defense minister expects troops to reach the center of the city in the next few days. iraqky soldiers now control several suburbs. >> european union has described the killing of russian activist as the most

significant political murder in recent russian history. european m.p.es want an international investigation into the death. he was shot outside the kremlin just days before he was due to hold an opposition rally. >> 100 people arer food trapped under rubble after a factory collapsed in bangladesh. at least four people were collapsed southeast of the capitol. it is run by a subsidiary of the bangladesh army. >> still ahead. on death row we go inside the smallian president where dozens of inmates face execution by firing squad. and another inquiry into sri lanka's civil war but there are already questions about how impartial it will.

>> a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. police in ferguson have described the shootings of two officers as an ambush. the u.n. has been accused of utterly failing the people of syria. with aid agencies describing the security council as defunct. and iraqi commanders say the mission to retake tikrit is entering it's second phase and the progress has been slow because of car. bos and bobby traps. >> turkey says it has arrest add spy for helping three british school girls and reveal he is an agent from a country that is part of the coalition against isil. the foreign minister didn't identify the country but said it wasn't the u.s. or an european union member. the three teenager girls left

the u.k. last month to join isil. do you know who the person was that helped these girls in it turned out to be someone that works in the intelligence services in the coalition against isil. >> meanwhile a man and a boy who feature in an isil propaganda video have been identified as frenching citizens. they are examined whether the man is related who carried out an attack on a jewish school. our correspondent has more details. >> this all relates to a recent video released by isil. in which a 12 or 13-year-old poi shoots dead a 19-year-old palestinian man that has been accused of being an israeli spy. now, the video also shows another man speaking in french and he is the subject of the investigation. for a series of terrorism

charges. there are also unattributable reports that apparently french judicial sources suspect that the man may have some kind of links, to a gunman, mohamed marof who three years ago killed seven people in and around the southern french city. that is not confirmed but this investigation is apparently due to be launched soon. >> up to 30 people have been killed in a fire center in russia. the building collapsed and they are still searching for survivors. about 4,000 square meters of a shopping center, an area almost rescuers pulled carpets in ottawa j that can catch fire from the collapse building. terrified shoppers watch help

leslie, six run are said to have escaped. he was left behind inside too. >> and they grow at the official response. >> it all collapsed on them, we are standing here to clean the wounds because she had wounds to her head and leg there is only one ambulance. >> some say the roof collapsed others say it folded like an achord jens. the shopping centered is just four years old. eventually the fire is controlled but the smoke still rising from the wreckage, questions are already being asked about the safety of the centers electrical wiring. sri lanka president has announce add domestic inquiry into atrocities that took place during the 26 year long civil war. the inquiry will not involve

the united nations, but the president says their views will be taken into account both the forces and the rebel group, are allege today have perpetrated war crimes. sri lanka civil ward ended in 2009, the defeat of the rebels. by then, it is estimated that at least 80,000 people had been killed. this update. >> a domestic process a which he said would be starting within the next month he said the initial work has begun and this process would start soon. now, that committee would seek the views of the united nations, the president has gone on record as saying that the views of the united nations and the international community would go to strengthen this domestic process. however, pushed on whether international investigators would be allowed into the country, he drew the line. he said there has been a process, but confident and trust has been built among the

international community, into this domestic process promised by his government, and therefore, no outside investigators would be necessary, he did say that in corporating these views of the community, which it has been very much ensubstantialed in the last two months and there seems to be some sort of goodwill by both sides and this is very much in contrast to the previous government, that didn't want to hear anything from the community rejected all allegations and didn't want to go into the process of seeking or building it's views. how, the president has talked about the importance of taking on both the international community, and it's views and promised that any domestic process would be truthful and strengthened by all of the views being used to take it forward. >> in yemen thousands are holding -- they are conducting the drill with heavy weapons

in their home province. saudi arabia considered the houthis as terrorist group but as recently has offered to host peace talks to stabilize recent political unrest. the u.n. special advisor has been visiting qatar he has said negotiations between the houthies and other parties are on going. but fragile. >> what will continue is that all the parties have been meeting for eight weeks. and that the awe misses of the u.n. negotiating an agreement to put back on track the political transition. this effort would continue. and would for severe, we will do everything we can to make sure the parties agree on a way forward. the situation is very dangerous, complicated and violence can spread. the country can fragment. and it is a very serious situation. and they are aware and that's why they are negotiating will

continue to do what is recommended by the security council, which is to facilitate a process that will lead to an agreement new containment measures after a spike in ebola cases the the 40 separate districts. the country's response chief says behavior had led to the surge in confirmed cases over the past week. more than 3,600 people have died in sir year yeah leyon from ebola. somalia's government has executed more people than any other country in sub scuderia africa. more than 150 death season tenses have been handed down. and most of those, have been carried out. visiting the death row wing at a prison in the city in somalia's region. they are more than 35 million in these cells.

29 will be shot dead in the coming weeks. a former government police officer, he is convicted of killing the young man you can get the call any morning, that is what we spend our time waiting for. that is what my cell maims are waiting for. it is the same for everyone, we are sentenced to death. >> in the prison, they are more than 370 inmates. >> this is where the rest of the prisoners and death row spend their days conditions are tough, there is almost no ventilation, the air is hot and thick with the smell of sweat on the day of the execution, they will be taken to a field two-kilometers from here, where they will face a firing squad. >> the graves have already been dug. he is putting the final touches to one. last year, he buried more than

15 executed prisoners. >> i feel a lot of sadness. it is not nice seeing human beings get shot right in front of you and then having to bury them. we don't like to do this job but we have to do it because we have no other way of supporting our families. >> with great sadness we bury them. >> human rights groups are questioned somalia's justice system. accusing authorities of carrying out quick executions. leaders deny this. >>s? a process we follow. if they don't agree with the outcome they are allowed to appeal, if they aren't salts fied with the appeals court. the f the high court upholds the decision, they still have a chance if the family of their victims pardons them and sets them free but as the grave digger waits for the execution, they know their days are numbers.

al jazeera. somalia. >> china's aging population is outgrown it's elderly care facility, and that deficit is creating more opportunity for foreign providers. adrian moore has more from shanghai. volunteering with a afternoon concert. unlike most care homes this one is foreign owned. providing expertise from the united states. the company is here for a simple reason, according the the united nations, more than 130 million people in china are now over 65. and there's a shortage of facilities to care for them. so china's government has been forced to allow in foreign providers. leeway junk is 88. and moved into this development a year ago.

>> i used to live with my children, but they were busy with their own children. and i didn't want to make their lives even busier so i moved here. >> the care costs him more than $1,500 a month a third more than the average monthly salary in shanghai. he covered the fees with his state pension, interest from savings and renting out his former apartment. but some need specialist care. he was partially paralyzed after a stroke. she shares the room with her husband, who has dementia, the fees are paid by their daughter. >> my mother used to live with us, she hired a maid, but she couldn't handle it safely, it isn't just three meal as day, she needs more medical care. >> it can be a painful decision to send a parent here, but it's a decision more children are having to make in chinese society it has

traditionally fall ton the children to take care of parents and grandparents only those with no one to look after them were sent to a home, but as china's middle class has expanded with more women in the work force a cultural shift is now underway. these days most of the children are working, husband and wife are both working so the only cost they have, is if the senior at home needs help, is to get a helper and when this does not work, this is where they need help. >> leeway is still alert enthusiastic and in strong voice. his children have pleaded with him to come home. but i am happy here, he says. adrian brown, al jazeera. shanghai. the british author had died at the age of 66 after being diagnosed with alzheimerss disease. his fantasy booked were translated into 37 languages

and sold 85 million copies around the word. he had been a supporter of research into alzheimers disease, as well as a vocal campaigner for assisted dying. plenty more for you on the website, aljazeera.com. hi, i am lisa flesher and you are are in the stream. a u.s. funded industrial park that led to the eviction of hundreds causes controversy. plus online black markets are making a come back. we take you to the hidden corners of the dark web. and then, welcome to the stream.