>> violence spreads to the gaza strip. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also in the next 30 minutes the pentagon scraps its rebel training program. and looks at other options. forces to stop people smuggling across the mediterranean. and these tunisians were awarded

the nobel peace prize for helping their country avoid a civil war. >> well, the week of violence in the occupied west bank and in east jerusalem has spread to the gaza strip. there israeli soldiers killed six palestinians on friday. elsewhere four arabs were stabbed by israeli in the southern city of demona. an israeli teenager and police officer died in separate attacks. >> it took six days to receive the body after the stabbing. his funeral was a show of solidarity and defiance.

defiance that turned to violence. it all comes as tension remains over the al aqsa mosque compound. the tension is over jews being allowed to enter the compound but not pray. the israelis say that the status quo remains unchanged, but in the protesters there is little trust in the words of the prime minister. >> there is no sign of the situation easing up. the palestinians were able to spread out in those fields, past the position of the israeli army. now similar clashes were happening elsewhere in the west bank and also in gaza. >> protesters came out in support of the occupied west

bank. they hurled rocks at the fence that separates both sides. >> the occupation forces then came this video. an israeli palestinian teenager is holding a knife. israeli police orders her to drop it while off camera voices of bystanders shout at the police to kill her. she's surrounded and then shot point blank several times. she is in critical continue. some say that she posed an imminent threat. both israeli implement benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmood abbas has

called for calm. but here many more brace themselves for more fighting in the days ahead. >> now we go to east jerusalem and mike hannah. >> a number of attacks occurring in the west bank and in northern israel a palestinian woman attempted to stab an israeli soldier. she was shot, police say, moderately wounded. then an israeli 17-year-old attacked four arabs, two of them residents of the west bank. two of them of a nearby village, they were moderate to seriously injured. the israeli attacker has been arrested. and one is seeing a pattern in an increase in israeli right-wing activity. in west jerusalem overnight a crowd of demonstrators gathered

shouting insults towards arabs, insisting they were going to march on unoccupied east jerusalem. however the police dispersed them, and a number of those israelis were dispersed. continuing attention in various parts in israel and the occupied west bank the police say very difficult to deal with these attacks regardless of where they come from because they are unorganized and they're random. >> the u.s. said it is stopping its syrian rebel training program. $500million was put aside to equip and prepare thousands of troops outside syria to take on isil, the islamic state in iraq and the levant. but only a handful may it to syria. and many gave themselves and their weapons up to the enemy. we have reports from

washington, d.c. >> when isil fighters captured parts of syria in 2014 the u.s. came up with a plan. trained syrian rebels already fighting the assad government to go after isil instead. $500million over three years to raise an army some 15,000 men strong. a year later the u.s. is dumping that idea and planning to give basic military equipment and support to existing groups including kurdish peshmerga. u.s. officials insist the goal is the same. the motivated forces on the ground to retake territory from isil and reclaim syrian territory from extremism. >> they collapsed when they entered the battlefield. it was an embarrassment for the obama administration. >> can you tell us the total number of trained fighters

remains? >> it's a small number, and the ones that are in the fight is--we're talking four or five. >> as i see it right now, this four or five u.s. trained fighters, let's not kid ourselves. that's a joke. >> officials say once the syrian civil war ends these fighters should have a seat at the political table. >> one of the reasons to provide support to a variety of opposition groups is clearly to fight isil. but another reason is to insho insure that there are credible faction notice country who could be part of a transition. >> but with russia now running it's own middle operations in syria. the u.s. is worried there won't be alternatives to assad or isil once the civil war ends. >> what we've seen so far in terms of russian military

activity and they are predominantly against opposition groups. >> even with this one change in u.s. policy. the u.s. has no quick way of ending the violence. al jazeera. >> more airstrikes are being planned on isil targets in syria. overnight fighter jets targeted a training camp in raqqa, an isil stronghold. 80% to 90% of russian strikes are not targeting isil at all. russia said its latest airstrikes have killed 200 fighters and destroyed underground facilities. it went on to say that it has killed 100 fighters in the aleppo region. these people were killed overnight in a camp of internally displaced people. 50 were hurt in the village in

idlib province. and iran confirms the death of a top general in syria. he was an adviser to bashar al-assad's army. more from lebanon. >> he was a top ranking member of iran's elite revolutionary guard. they would create a major operation. iran admits its military advisers are on the ground. but denies it has ground troops. however, fighters from the iranian backed movement, thousands of its fighters have helped president assad in power. in the past he has spoken about his overstretched army and a lack of manpower.

but now another assad ally russia has stepped in providing military support from the skies. [explosions ] >> their airstrikes have hit isil regions but isil is on the move, advancing on the ground. isil carried out a surprise attack. it is now at the door step of aleppo city. it captured areas under the control of the opposition in the eastern countryside of the province. isil now controls part of the main rebel supply line linking turkey to its stronghold in the city. >> aleppo is a divided city. the opposition controls the east and the government controls the west. but assad forces hold positions on the outer edges. isil's front line has moved. the group is now a few

kilometers north of the industrial complex in the aleppo infantry academy, which was a base for the opposition. isil controlled the town of beb further east. opposition forces are stretched fighting two enemies on multiple fronts, and now in they're trying to hold off an advance by government forces that is supported by russian airstrikes. another layer of confusion in the changing landscape of syria's war. al jazeera, beirut. >> in hong kong more than a thousand university staff and students have held a rally against what they claim is beijing's interference with their academic freedom. the protesters at hong kong university were showing their support for former law school dean johanes chan. thechan is a human rights advocate and friends with one of the cofounders of last year's occupy movement.

in guinea seven people have been killed. two were shot. five were burned alive. earlier witnesses say at least 15 people were wounded in pre-election violence. the police firing tear gas at rival supporters at the president, and his opposition leader fought in the streets. >> it's selu's people who attacked me. a big guy hit me when i was on my motorcycle. when i fell off they rushed towards me. i barely escaped with my life. >> coming up, do stay with us. >> in central malaysia, i'll be telling you why the rare oil from these trees is big business for poachers and how it effects indigenous communities that depend on the forest. >> and the humpback whales coming to the surface to see the

northern lights.

>> it held successful parliamentary and presidential elections. the nobel injury said that they hoped that the prize would contribute towards safeguarding democracy in tunisia and be an inspiration to all those who pose peace and no, sir fought rest of the world. an inspiration that is needed in a country that has suffered major attacks that devastated its tourism industry. this prize may have been unexpected, but it has given hope to many tunisians in these difficult times. al jazeera, tunis. >> a british nurse who recovered after having ebola last year is now being treated for complications. while working in sierraly yes or

no at the height of the outbreak. doctors say that her condition is serious. state run health services in parts of the u.k. now over $1.5 billion in debt. national health services is under pressure and junior doctors are threatening to take industrial action. >> the new national health service starts. have you chosen your family doctor? >> it was an ambitious plan to bring free healthcare to all. for decades it's been the pride of britain. now nearly 70 years on the national health service is in crisis. [ sirens ] under pressure and struggling to pay its bills. thousands of european doctors are threatening to walk out. tom prew is a young doctor. he loves his job and always expected to work long hours but worries a new contract that the u.k. government wants to

introduce could push people too far. >> we went into this because we because we want to help people. and we all knew there would be long hours, it's a stressful job, and we're prepared for that. >> the new contract would effect 50,000 junior doctors working in england. the government has offered some concessions and said as tomorrow's leaders junior doctors should be treated with fairness. but there is wide-spread worry of a future of an once free to use system, a system that is supposed to be the gold standard in care for everyone, and not just the rich, is being steadily dismantled, claims the government denies. many junior doctors fear that this new contract will put more pressure on an already squeezed service, more and more are considering going abroad for work. the perception is that in places such as new zealand and

australia, they would be treated better. >> what we're upset about, if we work dangerously long hours, when the decisions we make, which are life-and-death decisions, could be impaired, and we don't want to end up in a situation where we're putting patients at risk because we're extremely tired or we're not able to make those decisions safely. >> if junior doctors in england oh do take industrial action it will be the first times sin the 1970s. a period of discontent in british life and one no government will want to live through again. emma hay word, al jazeera, london. >> an indian woman working as a nanny in saudi arabia has accused her employer of chopping off one of her hands. the woman is being treated in hospital in riyadh. her employer allegedly chopped off the hand after she had complained to authorities that her wages had not been paid. the indian woman's family has asked for india's prime minister

to push to get her home. one in three young men in china is likely to die from the effect of smoking. according to the medical journey, there were two studies 15 years apart and included hundreds of thousands of people. now to west kenya. there one in four people have got malaria this year. the deadly parasite being held by an invasive weed that attracts infected mosquitoes. catherine soi went to talk to some of the people there. >> scientists at the international center of insec insectology and ecology in nairobi, they're studying the weed it feeds on and trying to find out how much the gains have been made in the battle against malaria. mosquitoes are attracted to the weed's nectar, which keeps them alive if they can't find blood

to suck. the study started in 2007, and it's still in its early days, but a lead researchers said that preliminary findings are worrying. >> it just tells us the moisture is not infected with the parasite. what does it mean in terms of the impact on the mosquito. that we don't know. >> this weed originally from north and south america was introduced to east africa in the 1970s, and has been spreading fast displacing many other plants. it can grow in any environment and in any weather. a big cor concern for scientists studying this weed, if the research concludes that the weed also keeps the mosquito

parasite alive longer, then this could potentially be a big problem here. >> malaria's widespread, public awareness and other preventive strategies have helped to ease the burden. a quarter of the people who live here have been diagnosed with malaria this year. many more don't seek treatment. doctors say everyone must be made aware of the weeds' danger. >> the government take over. because it's common but some people don't know the effects it has on humans and on animals. >> he has been clearing the weeds for years, but it always grows back. he doesn't know about the link with malaria. he does know that no other plants can grow when it is around. >> we don't know what you can do

about it. we're trying to cut it. >> back in nairobi scientists continue to try to solve the puzzle of the malaria carrying the mosquitoes and the weed they love. catherincatherine soi, al jazeera. >> poachers in the area are hurting local tribes that rely on a local wood industry in the country's forest. the oil is used to make perfumes. >> two-thirds of malaysia is covered by forests. home to species and animals and plants. indigenous tribes have lived off the forest for generations. they know how to harvest without causing permanent damage. the trees are plentiful.

when infected with a fungus, the resin within it, when processed creates a perfume popular in the middle east. it takes a trained nose and eye to find the trees. >> we feel sad when we go into the forest and see poachers from thailand and cambodia cutting our trees. because people from far away lands come and take the trees. we have few left. >> they harvest the resin that comes from the trees but that's not the case of poachers who enter malaysia and fell these trees whether there is researc resin in them or not. >> production is supposed to be regulated but locally made is

illegal to buy. >> it's very expensive. >> they need to crackdown on foreigners poaching the wood in malaysia and protect the area and forestry. they need to come up with a scheme that only genuine malaysian collectors are allowed to collect it. >> the melethethe malaysian government did not speak with us. many depend on the forest to survive despite the threat from poachers to their traditional way of living. al jazeera, central malaysia. >> and ending this extraordina extraordinary--ending this

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