france prepares to extend the state of emergency in an effort to find the man behind the paris attacks. hello, you're with al jazeera. also to come in the program in the aftermath of the paris attacks how will increased air strikes affect the waugh in syria. i.s.i.l. says this is the bomb it used to employee up a russian airliner over egypt plus. >> reporter: i'm reporting from thailand where police are in a

new push to stop drugs coming across the border first let's start with breaking news from bulgaria where a plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at bul carriages ria's airport. a bomb threat was made. the aircraft was going to an egyptian resort. france's parliament is getting ready to debate to extend the state of emergency for three months. the measure was put in place after the attacks in paris in which at least 129 people were killed. if it's extended, the government will have more power to conduct searches and set curfews. at least two people were killed and eight arrested during a seven-hour police raid in the

paris suburb of st denis. the raids took out a terrorist cell that was ready to attack. but abdel hamid abaaoud was not among those arrested and his fate remains unknown. >> reporter: this is the man that french security officials believe planned and organised last friday's attacks. 27-year-old abdel hamid abaaoud seen here in video footage filmed, perhaps, in syria where he spent time fighting for islamic state. date unknown. >> translation: i would like to send april message to those who stayed sitting. stand up, spring, jump, rush for the victory. are you satisfied with this life you have staying home, sitting at your place, this humiliating life, whether it's in europe,

where you call yourself muslim, you still dare to be called a muslim. >> reporter: according to the officials quoted in a new york times report abdel hamid abaaoud was among a number of european fighting in syria now making their way to plot attacks and recruit fighters. they became aware of his presence in athens. he escaped in belgian before travelling back to syria. look for pride and honor. you will only find it in your religion. in jihadism. >> reporter: the young man who railed against the lives of muslims in europe had himself enjoyed a life of privilege in the brussels took place. his father owned a business.

he attended annex clue sieve school. among his friend was salah abdeslam, who is still on the run. >> reporter: he is thought to have first travelled to syria in early 2014 where he quickly embraced i.s.i.l.'s ways. he also bragged on line about the ease with which he was able to travel beyond europe and syria and, indeed, that appears to be a major security lapse by the intelligence services. accounts of abdel hamid abaaoud suggest a man not just with personal passion for i.s.i.l.'s ideology but something of great value to the group. friends in a brussels suburb, wrestless drop outs. searching for meaning. he was able to often them some it seems as though the people of france, not to mention

the people of europe are now awaiting news as the where abouts of the man who is believed to be the mastermind of these attacks. >> reporter: that's right. the paris prosecutor has been given regular updates since that raid on wednesday morning on the apartment block in st denis. we know phone intercepts drew them there which suggests that abdel hamid abaaoud had been there or was there. they were somehow on the money because they have taken out another of these cells that was planning another attack here in paris. the prosecutor has been clear that abdel hamid abaaoud was not among the people arrested on wednesday nor was salah abdeslam, the brother of ibrahim, also believed possibly to have been in that apartment, but there is an element of doubt

here because he has also said that they cannot identify the people who were killed or, indeed, the exactly number of the-- exact number of the people killed. so whether he was encountered and killed, but the possibility that he still is on the run. at the same time, a ament s intelligence report has been published indicating that u.s. officials warned european security agencies last may that there was a group operating in belgium of so-called plotters, the ring leader none other than abdel hamid abaaoud. the belgians questioned the two abselam brothers. it got very close to identifying some of those involved in friday's attacks, perhaps even identifying that they were about to happen, but, of course, not getting close enough

that will be very disturbing to very many people. meanwhile the country is in a heightened state of alert and parliament prepares to discuss the possibility of extending the state of emergency to three months. >> reporter: yes, indeed. it's clear that there were security lapses leading up to those attacks and the president at least stlult determined to-- absolutely determined to make sure that that doesn't happen again. he has put proposals to parliament that will be debated here during the course of the day, thursday, which is about to take place likely. it is likely to pass. he wants the powers that that involves, powers for the police, army annual judiciary able-- able to do raids to detain people without charge and get as

much information out of them as possible. he said on wednesday that he understood that this sort of thing was likely to infringe on france's scher cher issued civil liberties but that was necessary to ensure the safety of the nation thank you. live in paris. those paris attacks have had an effect stretching way beyond the borders of france itself. air strikes on i.s.i.l.'s strong hold raqqa in syria have now intensified over the past few days. france, the u.s. and russia have all stepped up their campaigns. over night russian bombs hit oil fields controlled by the group. millions of refugees escaping the war with some countries saying that they won't be taken in. the syrian president bashar al-assad's position appears to be strengthening. russia continues to back his

regime making it stronger and helping to take territory from i.s.i.l. and opposition groups. bashar al-assad spoke about the attacks on wednesday. >> translation: we can start by saying it's a horrible crime and a sad event. we understand in syria the meaning of losing a dear family member or a friend. we have been severing from that for five years. we feel for them all. as the world, especially, feel for those people or only for the french? do they feel for the syrians that have been suffering from the same kind of terrorism. we cannot politicies peshmerga forces are trying to contain forces.

some arabs are concerned if they leave their homes they won't be lopid to return. >> reporter: kurdish peshmerga forces keep wash. this is the front line. soldiers from the 14th division hold the village. the local captain shows al jazeera the front lines and says the successful operation to defeat i.s.i.l. in the town of sinjar last week has given them hope. >> translation: we are waiting for an agreement between the iraqis and the government. our plan to advance an air support will be key. >> reporter: that air sport is problematic. >> reporter: about a kilometer and and a half that way are i.s.i.l. held front line positions. this comes under regular attack by them. it's small arms and sniper fire a real problem. especially in this weather where the u.s. coalition can't flow

drone strikes. right now only the birds have freedom of movement. once i.s.i.l. is defeated the kurds will take over this area and the arabs who lived here might not be able to return. the leader of the front says the forces are incapable of holding the area. >> translation: we liberated this area. now we are liberated. now we are responsible to protect this area and now we are responsible and for protecting this area. >> reporter: for now a displaced arabs waiting outside the main city and wonder if they will ever be allowed home. >> translation: we want to go back to our villages. i don't care if they give me an mansion here. i would rather live in a tent in my own village. >> reporter: they can't come back to areas like this. you can see fighting that took

place. no-one will be able to return until the government agree on a plan. no-one can agree on who will control this territory, leaving these villages empty and under lock and key there has been renewed fighting in yemen as forces loyal to president hardy take over the positions. 17 houthi fighters were killed in the clashes. the popular resistance army fighting with the forces began an operation to cut off houthi supply lines. 16 people were also also injured in shelling on residential areas of the city. a lot more to come here at al jazeera including why hundreds of cubans who were hoping to get to the u.s. have found themselves stranded, plus protests in the philippines as asia-pacific leaders call for

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>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. let's look at the top stories. the first breaking news again. a passenger plane flowing from warsaw has been forced to make an emergency landing. a bomb threat was made on board. the plane has landed safely. the aircraft was going to egyptian resort.

france's parliament is getting ready to extent the state of emergency for three months. a raid in the suburb of paris st denis. the operation took out terrorist cell that was ready to act. there has been renewed fighting in yemen as forces loyal to president hardy tried to take over the position. houthi fighters were killed. the army fighting with the forces began an operation to cut off houthi supply lines. i.s.i.l. has published a picture of the bomb that it says that brought down the russian airliner over egypt killing all 224 people on board last month. the group said lack security at sharm el-sheikh allowed it to smelling it onto the plane >> reporter: an every day item that could have led to the deaths of hundreds of people.

this is the can of soft drink i.s.i.l. claimed it used to bring down a russian airliner. beside it what appears to be a detonator, power source and switch. one expert says it is credible. >> inside the can itself, if it's full to capacity, two to 300 grams of high explosive. this is certainly a viable twins and the sort of thing that if it was placed in the opt minimum position could potentially destroy the aircraft and caused catastrophic failure and breach the shell of the aircraft. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. displayed the device on its on line magazine saying it was revenge for bombing of territory it controls by russia and western countries. the met row jet aircraft broke up over the sinai killing everyone on board on october 31.

on tuesday russia said it believed a bomb was to blame, a conclusion several western governments had already reached. president putin has offered a $50 million freward for information. i.s.i.l. says to have discovered a loophole to smuggle the device on board. >> the operation happened and also the capacity to bring down an airline is very - al-qaeda has been attempting to do that since after 911. >> reporter: since the crash russia has stepped up air strikes on i.s.i.l. and other opposition groups in syria. it said it planned to target a western aircraft but changed its mind in reaction to russian bombardment. the release of the photo raises

questions for egypt and the security at its airports, and yet it has given no official reason why it thinks ratty plane crash calling on all sides to await results of an official egyptian investigation to snow engineer i can't where-- nigeria where at least 24 were killed by suicide bombers. it happened in the skit of kano. two women blue themselves up in a mobile phone market close to the center of the city. no-one has claimed responsibility, but it bears the hall mark of boko haram. this comes upless than 24 hours after 32 people were killed in a similar attack in yola. >> reporter: these are the latest victims of a six-year circle of violence devastating nigeria. the attacker was looking to cause damage.

most victims were young men and women. >> translation: we went to eat. after eating we sat for some tea then the blasts. three of my friends were killed. >> reporter: this is three of such attacks. hospitals here are struggling with the injured, some of whom are in critical condition. although no-one has claimed responsibility, the attack resembles similar ones carried out by boko haram, the last being an attack just a few kilometres from here. dozens were killed. boko haram may be on the back foot as the countries step up their operations. they have failed to stop attacks on markets and places of wore ships. this year alone hundreds of people have been killed. suicide attacks are said to increase as the a deadline has been set to defeat the felters

nears police have broken up a really inside the asia-pacific corporations meeting in the philippines capital. they want it dismantled. this is the last day of the 21 day block summit. live there in manila. we will come to the protest in a minute, but first of all talk to us about the politics and how are the attacks in france which have proved seminal for so many people. have they over shadowed proceedings there? >> reporter: they have definitely become part of the dialogue here today, thursday, the last day of the summit of 21 heads of state. yesterday, wednesday, when it was the first full day that all the leaders, heads of state, were here in country. it wasn't spoken about that directly, particularly when it came to any events directly involved with apec.

today it is taking center stage. paris attacks and also global terrorism in general. there are reports coming out in this statement that all 21 leaders have put together that will be released later on today in just a couple of hours. there is a distinct role that terrorism plays in this statement. it talks about the recent attacks in paris over the sigh into peninsula as well as beirut and generally terrorist attacks around the world. they say that there's a direct link to prosperity, to develop to try and squash terrorist activities around the world. they also say there's an urgent need for more global cooperation to white occupy terrorism. it has taken center stage but it's also would have been into what the summit is about and that's economy and pushing things forward trade is the biggest area of

discussion, isn't it, for this block. that is precisely what those thousands of people outside the conference hall have been protesting against. >> reporter: absolutely, yes. it runs the gam ut. there are some specifically anti american voices and anti apec, what this organizations stands for, annual summit stands for. they believe that it's really just major cooperations driving this, heads of state driving this, but your average person isn't truly represented and that's why they're out there on the streets. we saw more come out today, thursday, the last day. there were hundreds out yesterday, but today there were more on the ground and between two and three thousand. it became little bit more confrontational but no major violence broke out. there are smaller numbers out on the streets now

thank you very much. it may be at least two months before myanmar's new government takes over, but aung san suu kyi is still starting the talks process. the n.l.d. leader met the outgoing speaker. she also is scheduled to meet the president and the military chief to talk about the hand over of power to a new government. the drug trafficking business in south-east asia is worth well over 33 billion dollars a year according to the u.n. in a bid nations including thailand and myanmar are coming together forming a regional action plan against the manufacturers, traffickers and dealers. wayne hay now reports from thailand. the biggest victims caught in this war are the children. >> reporter: in a dawn raid on a remote village in thailand,

the world of a small girl was turned upside down. one of the targets of the raid near the border with myanmar was her stepfather who was wanted in connection with drug trafficking and killing a policeman. he wasn't there, but the mother of the ten-year-old was caught with a small bag of methylamphetamine pills, enough to be charged as a dealer. at the police station in town she was able to contemplate what will probably amount to years in jail and years away from her daughter. >> translation: since there is no-one taking care of her now, she will need to get a job and take care of herself. >> reporter: that's exactly what this person has had to do for the past three years since her parents were jailed for dealing. when she is not working the field, she is looking after her brother and sister. they live with extended family but she has become the main caregiver while the mother

serves another three years. their father killed himself in custody. >> translation: living with my parents was a happy time. now my happiness has ended. >> reporter: despite increasing regional cooperation, lives continue to be destroyed. in a pristine part of the world that's a key transit point for drugs. the part of myanmar just across the border is controlled by april rebel army, the united wah state army which is believed to be one of, if not the largest producer and trafficker of drugs in south-east asia. the people living in poor villages along the border, the drug barons have a ready supply of workers wanting to make money by trafficking and dealing. >> translation: after each arrest we investigate further to uncover the syndicates. we have people working in each area. we seize the area of traffickers

of the last year big networks were dismantled. >> reporter: in this case another child is left behind as another parent is taken away. another casualty of a growing illicit border trade. wayne hay al jazeera, thailand police in mexico have arrested one of the leaders of a drugs cartel in the western area. this person was detained after a six month intelligence operation. the 31-year-old who was arrested with three others is accused of drug trafficking, extortion of theft of petroleum and murder. border police in nicaragu remarks turned back people travelling. the cue bans were trying to get to the u.s. they have the right to apply to stay, but some believe that policy could be about to change as washington and havanah

improve ties. >> reporter: more than two thousand cuban migrants have made the journey across central america in the last few months trying to reach the united states. for many this is as far as they've got after being turned back by border police many are sheltering in this camp. >> translation: we've come here to continue on to our families. where they're waiting for us. we can't go back. many cubans have sold their homes and they have to work. cuba will not accept us if we rern. there will be retaliation against us >> reporter: the migrants' journey to the u.s. from cuba is not straightforward. many fly and get stopped in nicua debrox ura. it closed its borders to the migrants on sunday. >> translation: we're in a

foreign country, a country allied to ours. they've closed the border. we've given them so much help. we had a campaign offering medical help and it was the cuban people who did this. it was not the government. >> reporter: under u.s. law any cuban who makes it onto u.s. soil is allowed to apply for residency. those going by sea are not. many cubans worry there may be a change in policy. >> there's an impression that the united states may change the migration laws as per obtains to cubans which tends to be very welcoming to cubans who get to the united states and they receive special privileges and there is a thought, perhaps, that those privileges may reduced or eliminated over time >> reporter: the cuban government says they are welcome to return to cuba but those stuck in costa rica won't give up on their dream of trying to

make it to the united states you can keep up-to-date as ever on the al jazeera website, aljazeera.com where you can get all the information on what happened in paris. >> often "america tonight," after paris. can drones do the job of stopping i.s.i.l? we consider the human cost of a fire from the sky. >> i participated in extra judicial actions, via the drone program in killing people i'm pretty sure were innocent. >> the man who had his finger on the trigger, a conversation with al jazeera's lindsay moran.