see you next time. i'm ray suarez. a black box of the crashed german wings plane is recovered. condolences pour in as a school in germany which had 16 students on board mourning its loss. hello, i'm in doha. also ahead - protests rage as yemen's president arrives the u.s. security council to back military action against the houthis. the advance on idlib. why the latest battle means syrian rebels have to join

forces. hello. investigators are expected to resume their search convenience at the crash scene of a german airliner in the french alps. one of the flight recorders has been recovered. the germanwings flight 9525 wasp en route from barcelona to dusseldorf when it came down. all 150 passengers and crew on board are feared dead. investigators will want to know why the plane wept into an 8 minute descent before crashing. search plagueses near le vernet in france could get tougher as stormy weather is expected. jacky rowland reports. >> in a remote alpine valley the shattered debris of a flight is strewn across the hillside. nobody could have survived a crash like this. in this difficult terrain,

retrieving the bodies on board will take days. you can just about make out the workers. crucially, they have found a black box flight recorder. it should provide vital evidence as to why the disaster happened. >> at dusseldorf relatives and friends gathered to receive more information. and to absorb the news. the arrivals board tells the story. giption flights -- germanwings flight 9525 never showed up. it was travelling to dusseldorf but crashed in the french alps near the town of le vernet. this is a film an air bus 320, filmed on a previous flight. the french president francis

hollande was hosting the king of spain on a visit. that has been cut short >> translation: we'll do everything in our power to recover all the victims and understand the crash. it's taken place in an area difficult to access. >> reporter: germanwings is a low-cost airline owned by lufthansa, and flies mainly short-haul journeys around europe and has an excellent safety record with no previous crashes. the passengers on board flight 9525 are thought to include german spanish and french nationals. >> translation: we are all shocked and station. the flight of our daughter company germanwings crashed around 11:00am in the french alps. our thoughts, feelings and prayers are with the loved ones of pagers -- passengers and crews on this dark day. >> 150 deaths left so many dead

much the town of hall interpret in germany has been hit hard. 16 teenagers and their teachers from a local school were on the plane, returning from a spanish exchange programme. one community changed forever in a moment of tragedy. bad weather is threatening to hamper who is already a difficult search separation. heavy rain and strong winds are forecast. possibility snow. the search is due to resume at first light. the rescue services involved in the recovery process from the remote alpine site knows a huge task lies ahead. >> reporter: when we arrived the first priority was to find out whether there were survivors. as soon as the scene was fixed we had to start the recovery

work. it will be long the sector is hard to access. we have to hoist debris. we can access by foot. that takes a while. >> yemen asked the u.n. security council to allow what it calls willing countries to use military action against houthi rebels. seven protesters were killed on tuesday. dozens more insured. the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate. we have the latest. >> they wore hats with the colours of the yemeni flag. they chanted disapproval of the houthis. bay day's end. protesters were dead and injured injured. since the arrival, houthis made it clear they are not welcome. the street may be losing to heavily armed houthis. the government resigned. reasons - forces loyal to houthis, refused to obey his

forces. shia houthis have been in control since september. president abd-rabbu mansour hadi was forced to flee to aden. the houthis are continuing an advance beyond the capital, getting closer to the president. but say they are not after the leader, but are fighting religious armed groups. >> in the province here tribal leaders tell al jazeera they are keeping the houthis out. >> translation: the tribes are so peace. and this gang of houthis agreeinged us into law -- dragged us into law. we will never leave the province. >> houthis offered to negotiate, but with no success so far, the daily battles continue on the mountains. >> we are defending our land our country. >> the houthis are saying the same thing. the warring side were slated to go to qatar in a few weeks for

talks. with fast-moving event in yemen, the situation could deteriorate more than then. >> fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. are claiming responsibility for a double suicide bombing in libya. >> two cars packed with explosives drove into benghazi two armed governments and military are competing for power. the united nations presented its proposal aimed at resolving the crisis details about what could be a landmark deal against the factions including making the tobruk based house of representatives. it's a major victory, and they are calling for the formation of a government of technocrats. an interim government would look after the country during a transitional agreement. >> a deal will not move forward

unless the tripoli-based government feels some of its demands are met - mainly the stacking of general khalifa haftar there are reports of a blast in the turkish border town. it's believed na sa surface to surface missile was launched from a part of syria controlled by the bashar al-assad regime. no word on casualties. fights in the north-west joined forces to take control of idlib city. the al qaeda-linked group has reportedly taken on western-backed fighters. intensified attacks saw a shift in strategy. >> reporter: on the outskirts of idlib rebel fighters take aim at the checkpoint. several opposition groups including the al qaeda-linked al nusra front say they have joined forces to take over the city in the north-west. activist videos shows rebel

fighters getting ready for battle. regime forces reportedly closed off the city in preparation for the attack. stopping residents getting in or out, or transferring command centers. >> taking idlib would be a victory for rebel fighters allowing them to cut off supply lines. >> to the east government forces are targetting i.s.i.l.-controlled areas. i.s.i.l. fighters control large parts of syria and iraq. after meeting with the syrian president. iraq's foreign minister says more will be done. >> there's cooperation, but we are looking forward to having a higher level of cooperation. what we have in common needs more coordination and we hope that this visit will be a first step towards more coordination.

>> iraq one of syria's main allies is a key player for the u.s. in the fight against i.s.i.l. troops are working with the u.s.-led coalition and its coming campaign. while baghdad acts as a go between for corey washington and damascus, the u.s. ruled out cooperating with the syrian regime. back in idlib hospitals are overwhelmed with the injured, and medics call for the attacks to stop. they all know the fight for control of the city is far from over. al jazeera colleagues are scheduled to return to court in egypt on wednesday for a retrial. mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy are accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. earlier this year an appeals court ruled there wasn't enough evidence to convict the journalists of the a charm, they were gaoled for more than a year and are out on bail. their colleague was deported to

native australia last month. >> more to come after the break, including a great day for people wanting internet freedom in india. we explain why and take you to myanmar, home to one of the world's most unusual vineyards, when we come back. >> sunday. you know his music but what about the man? >> i was given a gift. >> up close and personal. behind the scenes of the biggest hits... >> she was a troubled girl. >> brightest stars... >> kids don't want to "own", they just want to "play". >> and the future of music. >> the record business is in trouble. >> every sunday night, >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. sunday, 6:30 eastern. on

>> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . hello again, the top stories on al jazeera, the search at the crash scene of the germanwings flight 9525 has been called off, resuming at first light. all 150 passengers and crew on

board are feared dead after the plane came down in the french alps, en route to dusseldorf. >> willing countries to use military action to stop houthi rebel violence. seven protesters were killed on tuesday in tiaz and dozens injured. fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility to a double suicide bombing in libya killing seven people. two cars packed with explosives drove into an army checkpoint back to the stop story - in spain, people from the town that hosted the german students on the plane have held a memorial. 16 students and two teachers spent a week in the catalan town as part of an exchange programme. students from the host school gathered on tuesday night in a

local church to mourn the victims. and if the small german town of haltern, the loss is felt - where the students and teachers were from. candles and flowers are laid outside the school. the major of hall interpret said it was the darkest day in the history of our city. >> translation: as one can imagine people are in shock. i think many have not grasped what happened and i think that grief will come later. a lot of despair is understandable and a normal reaction to people of horrific news. >> translation: the town is slept. -- silent. nothing is happening. i came here. everyone is shock. i work with teenagers, i have to be here. i feel with them i ache with them. >> dominic kane is in dusseldorf and has this update. >> as reports filtered in across

germany of the disaster involving the german wings flight concern was expressed at governmental level and the airline level. and amongst the popular level, and particularly in one community not far from here in the town where local families with deep concerns because a school had sent its year 10 pupils 16-year-olds, 16 of them, with two teachers to spain for a week-long cultural visit. and it has been confirmed that those pupils those students and their teachers were indeed on the plane. the school has closed for lessons. there'll be no lessons tomorrow but the school will be open to allow students to come in and talk about the tragedy which has taken 16 students out of the community, two teachers in a small town a small community. already there has been floral

tributes. candlelights and left outside the school as a mark of respect to those who died. lufthansa, and german wings are looking into what caused this incident. the angela merkel will be at the crash site with the french president and the prime minister. they'll be looking for answers. that is something everyone in germany is asking what caused the plane to come down and hope the answers will come soon thousands of farm workers in one of mexico's important regions continue to protest over wages and working conditions. police arrested more than 200 demonstrators after they blocked a highway. talks are due to take place on wednesday between farm workers and producers to end the strike a knock-on effect of the strike on the farmers is the supply of produce to the u.s.

rob reynolds has this update. >> the industry is reporting incidents of supply disruption to fruits and vemables as a result of a farm workers strike. strawberries strawberries, tomatos and peppers are among short supply. thousands of farm workers are on strike in baja california demanding better wages and have been blocking roads and stopping the transit of various vegetables in place. the wokkers are demanding better wages and better working conditions and want to start their own independent union to negotiate directly over wages and working conditions with the big agribusiness suppliers it's been almost 6 months since 43 students disappeared in

mexico's guerrero state. family members wants the new attorney-general to step up investigations. until now, police said the students clashed with police officers, who then handed them over to a cartel. family members dispute the allegation. at least five have been killed in a mud slide in central peru. hundreds are homeless. the main food supply line has been blocked and it will take days to clear the roads. the powerful mud slide destroyed nearly everything in its path. tonnes of mud and rocks left homes and vehicles buried under the rubble. to save their lives people fled and climbed on trucks as water levels rose endangering three towns in the area. >> we were dying.

everything was breaking and burying us. the house was full of stand. >> at least seven people died. among them children. more than 20 have been taken to hospital. rescue teams opened refuges for 250 families. powerlines remain down. authorities helped victims with tents water food and blank et cetera. the mud slide blocked the main supply road coming from the andes and the amazon. authorities say it will take between 5-6 days to clean up the road. forecasters say both - that mudslides are common and current weather conditions will continue unstable until now. torrential rains remain a danger to those affected a moroccan government says they have dismantled a cell planning to launch attacks across the country.

the threat level in morocco has been raised and there are fears the group affiliated with the islamic state of levant and islam could launch attacks. >> reporter: these are members of morocco's counterterrorism unit storming buildings in different cities across the country. they say it was a maiming yore operation launched to prast members of an armed group affiliated with i.s.i.l. they confiscated weapons, ammunition, phones and laptops. the government says the group was planning to target military officials. >> we were determined to continue preventive measures at the same time developing a security approach. this is why we created the central bureau of judiciary investigations. >> the newly created bureau is responsible for fighting

organised crime and terrorism. >> since we faced the first attack since 2003 we are facing a new change and the phenomenon of the terrorist threat. and the solution was to adopt a security approach taking into account the complexity and the evolving aspects of the criminality. >> morocco is part of a u.s. led coalition against jill i.s.i.l. and ramped up security measures. hundreds of moroccans joined al qaeda affiliated groups in syria and iraq. abu was a notorious military commander and was killed during a push by the rebels to capture a city. many fighters crossed iraq to

join i.s.i.l. moroccan authorities are concerned about revenge attacks, and some people here are worried the fight against the armed groups might be used as an excuse to clampdown on human rights. officials say that will not happen. >> once we get information about terrorists acts they are getting prepared we get the information, we make sure that it's true and we inform justice, we work closely, we work closely and our job is to supervise and control justice. >> the army and police patrol the main streets. government buildings and airports. it's part of the titer security measures implemented across the kingdom. >> authorities say they have broken up sells recruiting and sending fighters to syria and iraq. the biggest concern is the

growing number of moroccans fighting along i.s.i.l. and al qaeda. and the risk of revenge attacks by the fighters as they make it back to the country south sudan parliament voted to extend the president's stay in parliament. the move is scene as going against peace efforts by mediators, pushing ki ago r and the rebel leader to share power an anticorruption campaigner has gone on trial in angola. raphael markus published a book on blood diamonds accusing rulers of murder and torture.

he faces nine years in prison but says he will not be silent. >> i'm not a victim here i'm a proactive citizen. i raised the issues knowing what the consequences are, and am prepared to face the consequences. that's why i say it's a privilege to go to the court and challenge the seven generals and basically tell them no matter what the outcome is we'll win. >> india's supreme court struck down a controversial law curtailing internet freedomsism it's known as section 66 a of the information and technology abbing making it illegal -- act, making it illegal to post matter on crime that is offensive in character. jamil has more from new delhi. >> reporter: one of the largest complaints is the law was accused arbitrarily. anyone deeming anything to be offensive can use it to file a

police complete. please, many times would follow through with an arrest. an infamous case happened in 2012 during the shutdown of mumbai after the death of a well-known political figure. a woman posted on facebook why the city had to shut down. another liked it and both were questioned by police. critics say cases like this are common. and they said the war was far too vague and draconian, which the supreme court agreed with and struck down. because the law was with the internet. indians have more freedom to post what they want online. even though they don't have to worry about legal consequences, there are social consequences of posting online. many use hired thugs and goons to threaten and intimidate people o who say and post what

they don't agree with. parliament will have to write a law for the internet. one which many people hope here will be fair and a lot less draconian. >> the body of singapore's founding father lee kuan yew has been moved to the country's parliament house where members of the public can pay final reports until saturday. the coffin was transported by gun carriage. the singapore government declared 7 days of national mourning. lee died on monday. he was 91. >> wine is not the first thing that comes to mine when thinking of myanmar. the budding industry is attracting new attention. with two vineyards in operation, the quantity is a trickle at the moment. as lawrence mooney reports, the industry is set to grow. >> reporter: up on the slopes in central myanmar is a landscape rarely associated with these

countries. harvest time at the vineyard is over. workers crowned the plants for the next season. the grapes are not native. care must be taken. once the rainy season starts. it will be hot and humid. fungus could destroy crops. there are other factors making growing grapes viable. >> plenty of sun shine, and this is the important part for high quality of red and white wine. there's an important issue that means cold nights which we have here in the mountain. the lack of a winter season means the plants could use two crops a year so labour is needed all year around. >> cost of labour is cheep. doesn't mean producing win is expensive. they have to produce materials, driving up the cost of the production. >> that can be more than double to what it is in europe.

things like glass bottles and corks are important. >> winemakers believe in the industry's potential, because cop assumption is on the rise. growing disposable income means a change in drinking habits and the transition towards democracy has brought a surge in numbers. businessman comes in visitors so our capacity - our volume has doubled. and, therefore, the consumption is double. >> a survey around the restaurant reveals an aappreciables from wine. >> nice wine. >> this wine surprise me. the flow you know. >> the government announced it will allow local companies to import wine. the prospect of competition does not worry winemakers. they are concerned with keeping

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