france prepares to extend its state of emergency following raids to find the man behind the paris attacks. also coming up on the program in the aftermath of those attacks how well increased air strikes affect the war in syria. i.s.i.l. says this is the bomb it used to blow up a russian airliner over egypt. plus >> reporter: i'm reporting from thailand where police are in a new push to try and stop the huge flow of drugs coming across the border from myanmar

we're going to begin in bull gem where authorities-- belgium are launching raids in the city of molam beek. the p.m. has just addressed parliament there and he has promised to step up policing of mosque in the wake of france incident. three suspects are from belgium. more on this story as details become available. all the while france's parliament is faithing whether to extend the country's state of emergency for three more months. the security measure was put in place after last week's attacks in paris which killed at least 129 people. if extended the government will have more pour to conduct searches and set curfews. a raid was in the paris suburb of scent denies. police say the raid took out a

terrorist cell that was ready to act. the main suspect abdel hamid abaaoud was not in those arrested. >> reporter: >> translation: we have to act with the maximum degree of caution and we have to understand that there is also the risk of chemical or biological arms involved. we have to be cautious about attacks from i.s.i.l. as well as al-qaeda because they're inter connected and their aim is so chaos let's speak to our correspondent in paris. it is the fate of the suspect abdel hamid abaaoud, was he in the apartment. that is one of the main questions right now. >> reporter: yes. of course it is. he is the main suspect as far as the french authorities here are concerned. they will have gone into that

apartment on wednesday morning in st denis believing, hoping that he was there and, indeed also salah abdeslam the brother of ibrahim one of the brothers of the suicide bombers last friday. they launched that raid based on telephone intercepts and we witness accounts that this man abdel hamid abaaoud was in the vicinity or in that apartment. they met resistance and they believe they had interrupted a cell that may have been planning another attack here in paris in that apartment. we know from the prosecutor that abdel hamid abaaoud and salah abdeslam were not among the eight people arrested. what he cannot say with absolute certainty is whether they were among the dead because all he could say at the moment is that they can't identify the dead. they can't even be absolutely sure of the number at least two at this moment who were killed

because of the state of the remains. all we can say is that there remains a possibility that these men, one or both were killed in that apartment and i will tell you in france experts, believe that that possibility may be true but we obviously can't say that yet meanwhile the french parliament is in session talking about extending the state of emergency. >> reporter: they are. they're discussing it in the national assembly here on thursday. there will be a vote later in the afternoon. the government put forward proposals to extend for three months this state of emergency and it is likely that that will go ahead. again, opposition parliamentarians talking on the radio saying that they will support this government motion to extend it for three months. it gives heightened powers to the police, to the army to the intelligence services the judiciary to go in and do the

sorts of things they did on wednesday morning, these very violent raids to detain people for questioning without charge also perhaps, to keep them under house arrest and another power that comes with this is the power to be able to ban large-scale gatherings. we know already that with the climate change conference coming to paris in the next couple of weeks and a great number of world leaders that will be an enormous security challenge for the french and the government says it is banning two major demonstrations planned around that event thanks very much. the attacks in the french capital last week have had an effect beyond the borders of france air strikes on the town of raqqa, the strong island in syria have intensified over the past few days. frons, united states and russia have stepped up their campaigns and overnight russian bombs hit oil fields controlled by the

groups. refugees with a back lash with countries refusing to host them. the syrian president bashar al-assad position appears to be strengthening. it is helping damascus taking back territory from i.s.i.l. and syrian opposition groups. the paris attacks were spoken on an interview on wednesday. >> translation: we can start by saying it's a herb crime and a sad event-- herb crime and a sad event. we understand about losing a friend or family member or anyone. we have been suffering from that for the past five years. we feel for the french and as the lib knees a few days before that and the russians about the aeroplane and for the yemenis. especially the world, do they feel for those people or only for the french? do they feel for the syrians that have been suffering for five years from the same kind of terrorism. the feeling is not about

nationality, it's about the human in general senior associate at the middle east center in beirut and she says the way to defeat i.s.i.l. is to understand the wait it recruits new fighters. >> air strikes are just not sufficient. in fact reports that raqqa, a large number of people have fled. historically air strikes do not accomplish much in that way. they can reduce the capacity of an organizations, but it's not sufficient to get rid of i.s.i.s. this is why we're saying that unless we have a comprehensive strategy that looks at the military campaign that includes the boots on the ground that also looks at the root causes of why people are flocking to i.s.i.s. at the end of the day the people who carried out the attacks in

french are predominantly french citizens. they live in belgium. so clamping down on refugees clamping down on border movements is actually dancing to the tune of i.s.i.s. this is what it wants. it wants to create a view of the world that is diecotoit is moist. it chose these targets in france for the mixture. in short, no a military campaign is not enough and aerial bombardment is not enough. right now it's saying we're going to respond for the innocent deaths but it is really venting northern iraq peshmerga fairss are trying to contain i.s.i.l. hove some arab villagers are concerned if they leave their homes the kurds will not let them return.

>> reporter: occurred peshmerga keep wash. they hold the village. the local captain shows al jazeera the front lines and says the successful operation to defeat in sinjar has given them hope >> translation: we are waiting for an agreement from the iraqi central government and the coalition and the kurdish regional government. our plan to advance an air support will be key. >> reporter: that airport is problematic about a kilometer and a half that way are i.s.i.l. held front line positions. this comes under regular attack by them a real problem for the forces here especially in this type of weather where the u.s. led coalition can't floe drone strikes into theory. >> reporter: right now only the birds have freedom of movement but there is a fear once i.s.i.l. is defeated the kurds

will take over this area and the arabs who lived here may not be able to return. the front says iraq security forces are incapable of holding the area. >> we liberated this area especially here and there. now we are liberated. now we are responsible to protect this area and to now we are responsible and for protecting this area. >> reporter: for now a displaced arabs wait outside 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 other than village >> reporter: they can't openly come back here all around you can see fighting that is taking place. no-one can come back until a plan has been made which has

been stalled because one will agree who will control this territory leaving these villages entry and unlock and key there has been renewed fighting in yemen southern city where forces loyal to hardy houthis were killed. the fighting with forces began an operation to cut off houthi supply lines. 16 people were also injured in shelling on residential neighborhoods in the city still to come proceed pests in the philippines against apec the leaders call for urgent action on terrorism. we will tully lea tell you why hundreds of cubans hoping to reach the united states have found themselves stranded in . .

top stories here on al jazeera. belgian police have launched raids in molam eek in connection with paris's attacks. france's p.m. says france could be at risk of chemical attacks. he is debating on whether to extend the cub's state of mernl for three more months. this measure was put in place after the attacks which called 129 people. syrian president bashar al-assad

has spoken about the attacks in a televised speech. turkey and greece have agreed to work together to stem the flow of refugees entering europe. the greek p.m. was in talks with terre turkey on the growing crisis. they plan to step up cooperation between their migration services and coast guards to combat human smuggling rings. the white house says president obama will veto demands for greater screening of refugees from syria or iraq. one of the first states trying to impose a ban on syrian refugees it texas. >> reporter: at an islamic school in texas play without a care.

many of the people were jolt when the governor said refugees fleeing the war were not welcome in this state. he said not to send any syrians to texas in case they include operatives loyal to the islamic state. this lady says the governor is misinformed. >> these are families running away from i.s.i.l. that have been tortured by i.s.i.l. they have destroyed half of syria. they're victims so i don't see how these victims can be portrayed as terrorists. >> reporter: there a handful of refugees here. they did not want to give an interview. the health agency said all refugees are screened by several government agencies before they are allowed to settle in the

u.s. >> we know and we are given assurances that any refugee that comes into our community has been fully vetted by the federal government through the department of homeland security and all of the appropriate security checks. >> reporter: so far the u.s. has taken into only about two thousand syrian refugees but the obama administration plans to admit 10,000 more over the next 12 months. now more than half of the governors of the 50 u.s. states say their doors are closed to syrians. the fablgt is that no governors, here or elsewhere have any legal right to prevent syrian refugees from settling. once a refugee has been given permission to enter the united states they can live wherever they want. muslim leaders here are reluctant to criticise the

governor. they understand how rattled the people are. they plead for american sympathy too. >> this is all a test. test for humanity and empathy, test on human, how sincere and loving are we going to be. >> reporter: so far america doesn't seem to be getting a good grade on that test >> no. not really. a there are a lot of good folks here. >> reporter: late tuesday white house officials poke with 34 governors in an attempt to reassure them that refugees including syrians, under go the most rigorous screening of any travellers to u.s. i.s.i.l. has published a picture of a bomb it says it brought down the aeroplane over egypt. the group said that lack security at sharm el-sheikh airport allowed the explosives to be smuggled 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. claims it used to bring down a russian airliner. beside it is what appears to be a detonator, power source and switch. one bomb expert says based on this photo the claim is credible >> inside the can itself if it's pull to capacity tubal 20 to 300 explosive in there. it is a viable device and certainly the sort of thing that if it was placed in the opt minimum position could potentially destroy the aircraft, cause failure and breach the shell of the aircraft which at 30,000 feet is going to cause it to completely disintegrate. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. displayed the device on the online magazine saying the attack was revenge for bombing of trilete it controls by russia and western countries. the metrojet air bus broke up

over the sinai killing everyone on board on 31 october. it 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 award for information leading to those who destroyed the jet. i.s.i.l. claims to have exploited a loophole at sharm el-sheikh airport to smuggle the bomb on board >> tells you a lot that i.s.i.s. can operate away from syria and iraq and also the capacity to bring down an airline is very - al-qaeda have 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. i.s.i.l. said it had planned to target a western aircraft but changed its mind in reaction to

russian bombardments. the release of the photo raises more difficult questions for egypt and the security at its airports. yet it has given no official reason why it thinks the plane crashed calling on all sides to await the results of an official egyptian investigation nigeria's president has order the rest of a former adviser who is accused of stealing two billion dollars. he is accused of stealing money that was intended to be used in the felt against boko haram. money was funnelled into bogus aircraft. he has denied the allegations. police have fired tear gas in kosovo's country. opposition law makers broke a deal with serbia have repeatedly

doesn'ted parliament. -- disrupted parliament international cooperation has been called for international cooperation against terrorism. the summit is being held in manila this year. scuffles are taking place between police and protestors. they want apec to be dismantled. it is the last day of the 21 annual summit. more on the latest from the summit. >> reporter: as the apec summit wraps up here a statement by the 21 heads of state that are part of apec read out bit the president of the philippines who is the host for this event. within this statement there with is heavy mention of terrorism, specifically the last couple of attacks that we've seen over the last few weeks in paris over the sinai peninsula as well as

beirut. they say there's an urgent need for better coordination to wipe out terrorism. they make a connection to what this organizations is all about, and that's building the economy trade and better cooperation of the nations of this region. they say it's critical for development, prosperity to stamp out terrorism and they make that connection. there was a chinese citizen who was killed and claimed responsibility by i.s.i.l. even though it was supposed to be about economy, terrorism on the last day took center stage. there was a connection between the economy and trying to wipe out terrorism that ethere needs to be a concerted effort that these 231 leaders say needs no happen. this dialogue will continue as some of these leaders will travel have begun travelling and will meet over the weekend for a south-east asia summit so many of these things will be

continued to be discussed there it may be at least two months before myanmar's new government takes over. aung san suu kyi is busy with talks. the n.l.d. leader met with the outgoing house speaker. she is also scheduled to meet with the president and the army chief to discuss the handover of power to a new government. the drug trafficking business in south-east asia is worth over 33 billion dollars a year according to the united nations. several nations including thailand and myanmar are coming together to form an action plan against the drug manufacturers, traffickers and dealers of the reporting from thigh land the biggest victims caught in this war are the children. >> reporter: in a dawn raid on a remote village in thigh land the-- thailand the world of a small girl was turned upside down. whoop 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 10-year-old was caught with a small bag of methamphetamine pills, enough to be charged as a dealer. at the police station station in town she was able to contemplate what would amount to years in jail and years way 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 woman has had to do for the past three years since her parents were jailed from dealing. when she is not working the for fields she is looking after her brother and sister. they live with extended family but she has become the main care given while their 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 is a key transit point for drugs. >> reporter: part of myanmar just across the border is controlled by a 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. -- syndicates. we have person working in each other. last year we dismantled some big networks. but in this ways 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 state. he was detained after a six month intelligence operation. the 31-year-old who was arrested with three others was accused of drug trafficking, extortion, theft of petroleum and of murder. five syrian citizens who travelled to hondorus on stolen agreeing passports were detained. they were arrested after an alert was issued from interpol. they had been tracked after leaving greece after the passports were reported stolen. they were trying to make their way to the united states. border police in nicuagua have turned back hundreds of migrants. they were trying to reach the united states. cubans arriving in u.s. by land have the right to apply for the

right to stay. some believe that could change. >> reporter: more than two thousand cuban migrants have made the journey across central america in the last few months. desperately trying to reach the united states. for many this is as far as they've got. after being turned back by nicuagua border police many are sheltering in this camp in costa rica. >> translation: we've come here to continue on to where our families are waiting for us. we can't go back. many have sold their homes and they have to work. cuba will not accept us if we return. there will be retailation against us. >> reporter: the journey isn't straightforward. many flew direct to ecuador. from there they travelled north through colombia panamtorics and costa rica. they were stopped at ecuador.

>> translation: we are in a foreign country, a country ally to ours. they have closed the border. we have given nicuagua help. during the rev lucian we helped them. it was not the government it was the cuban people. >> reporter: under u.s. law any cuban who makes it onto u.s. soil is allowed to employ for residency. those intercepted at sea are not. with improving relations many chi bans worry there may be a change in policy. >> the united states may change the migration law 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 be reduced or eliminated over time. >> reporter: the government says the migrants who left the country illegally are welcome to return to cuba. those stuck in costia rica says

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