>> fridge investigators confirm the death of the alleged ring leader of the paris attacks. another key suspect is on the run. hello, i'm darren jordan in doha also ahead - french votes to continue the state of smeremerg five killed in two attacks in the west bank

and new zealand have been voting on a potential new flag france's prime minister warned that his country could be under threat from other groups connected to the paris attacks. investigators confirmed the death of the ringleader in a police raid on wednesday. he died along side a woman that that blew herself up when officers went in. >> reporter: positive investigation of a man the french agencies described as the ringleader of the attacks on friday. fingerprints prove it abdelhamid abbaaoud. the other suspect was a woman believed to be his substance. it's not clear if abdelhamid abbaaoud blew himself up as the woman did.

before detonating her vest, this is an exchange between the police and the woman. it is not clear whether abdelhamid abbaaoud blew himself up like the woman. belgian born, the 27-year-old of moroccan dissent is filmed in syria, where he spent time fighting for i.s.i.l., dates are known. >> i would like to send a message to those that stayed sitting. >> stand up, spring, jump, rush for the victory. according to european officials, he was among a number of citizens fighting for i.s.i.l. in syria, making their way back to the continent to plot attacks. security agencieses became aware because of a phone call he made.

the satisfaction the french authorities are feeling now is tempered somewhat by the failure of intelligence in the run up to the attacks on friday. he was implicated in six attempted attacks since spring 2015, thwarted by intelligence. how different it was last week. >> information coming from a european country was given to us. suggesting that he must enter europe. it was on november 16th thes, after the attacks, that an intelligence service snig naled that it had been aware of his presence in greece. >> it didn't do much to reassure french people. people are squared and we become suspicious of each other.

we are scared at the slightest sound of a siren. nowadays, when people see someone with a long beard or shirt. they think it's a terrorist. the mastermind of what happened in paris may be dead. many here are in an emotional vacuum of grief and insecurity well, the attack on the bataclan concert hall on friday was the deadliest. 89 people were killed. the leader called to the scene, they recalled details of the operation. >> as soon as we opened the door one of the terrorists shut like between 25 and 38 rounds of ak-47. >> that is it. exactly. the guy fell down because of the pain.

>> one of our officers in the middle of the group. a lot of, make between them and us. they were going to shoot at that time. because it was too risky. they found two terrorists. the first one blew himself with an explosive jacket. >> and they tried to do the same but shot by the officer. >> exactly. and one went off. >> france is seeking a military campaign against i.s.i.l. a draft resolution was given to the council urging them to take measures against the group. russia submitted its own draft measure, including working with a syrian government. the head of europe ideas police

agency said new attacks are lickry. >> we are dealing with a determined international terrorist organization that is active on the streets of europe. reasonable to assume, without recourse to exaggeration, that further attacks are likely and over all this is why it represents a terrorist threat. >> the french are to debate expending the state of emergency. police will be given extra powers allowing them to enter and search homes. jonah hull reports. >> reporter: france is a country in crisis. on a footing against i.s.i.l. abroad, and at home in an extended state of emergency, the proposal to give the security services sweeping powers for

three months adopted almost unanimously in the national assembly. a show of unity and adversity across party lines. >> it's not the solution exclusi exclusively. it's one solution allowing security to work in an efficient manner. we could go further. one could do more. this law that we are voting on allows us to go further. >> the government has a strong hand. president francis hollande, a man with low ratings, finds that his tough response meets with broad approval. >> for now. >> the question in the mind of the public is why can we find so many kalashnikovs in five days, and not a single one during the last 10 months. these questions come, and come

again. >> in the grandeur of the national assembly as the security is powered in pursuit of suspects. there's reason for disquiet. not only in the threats that may linger or the challenge to human rights, but in the pages of history. >> remember this, the moment a republican u.s. president heard the news about the 9/11 attacks. and this, the moment france's socialist leader heard something similar last night. politics different, reactions the same. france is at war. the axe committed on friday in paris needing the stade de-france are acts of war. there has been 129 dead and numerous injured constituting an aggression against the country, values, youth and lifestyle.

>> reporter: how far is france prepared to go to wage this war. it may be worth remembering what happened last time a western leader called for a war on terror. >> kuwait stays it broke up a network. 10 have been arrested, including five syrians and two australians of lebanese origins. kuwait stepped up efforts against i.s.i.l. in june when a bomber killed 27 people. >> five have been kills during violence in the west bank. a palestinian allegedly opened fire from a car in the west bank, killing the 18-year-old and an israeli. a palestinian bistander was killed. it's not sure whether he was shot by the gunman or security forces. >> in a separate incident, two israelis were stopped to death

the u.s. criticized israel for sparing a policeman gaol time for beating an american citizen. the incident that happened during a protest last year as captured on camera. the officer has been ordered to serve six weeks of community service. a state department said there's evidence of excessive force, and it does not promote accountability. >> he is a palestinian american. >> asia pacific leader arrive in the malaysian capital kuala lumpur for a 2-day summit. trade and security will dominate the talks. farmers worry what the deals mean for them. like the trans-pacific partnership. >> in malaysia's lush selling or state. this person and his wife are

planting a new crop of organic ocra. they know the yields will be good. the seeds come from a previous harvest. every time he grows a strong crop he saves the seeds to reuse and exchange with other farmers instead of buying them. >> after time of using the seeds, i find that they do not perform well in the organic methods, and then it is disease prone. exchanging or selling their own seeds is something farmers have done for centuries. under the transpacific partnership agreement, between malaysia, the u.s. and 10 other countries, they may be banned friday doing this. a neighbour may say "hey, i had a good variety, and it produced an excellent harvest." let me give some to you.

maybe they may have sold it, exchanged it with each other. and what sold in this informal way is affordable. >> malaysia's laws protect the rights of plant breeders, but allow formers to trade their own seeds under tern conditions. but this may change. >> while farmers are concerned others say the agreement will benefit malaysia, increasing the exports, and force many industries to meet international standards. >> some economists say the t.p.p. a has more benefits than draw backs. >> it would pull up the malaysian economic system in terms of modernization, competitiveness, in terms of that. >> reporter: for now they are waiting to see how the deal will

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welcome back, a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. france's prime minister warns that his country could be under

threat from other groups connected to the paris attacks. investigators confirmed the death of a rink leader in a raid on wednesday morning. >> the french set to debate the extending of the state emergency for three months, giving police sweeping powers including an ability to raid homes without warrant. five are dead following violence in israel. an israeli, u.s. citizen and palestinian bystander were killed in one incident. let's go back to the top story, the investigation into the paris attacks. nine have been arrested with links to the attacks. the prime minister unveiled security measures including a plan to gaol jihadists returning from syria. >> reporter: the belgium prime minister nose his country has been hit with a chorus of criticisms.

allowing radicalization to go unchanged. blamed for a weakness and for a failure to col ab ralt. the premier came before parliament with a plan. $427 millions. measures to clampdown, better international cooperation, and a hard line towards fighters that return. preventing young people add leaving for combat is not enough. we must prevent those that are not belgium from returning to our territory. it must be clear, jihadists that come back, their place must be in prison. >> in molenbeek, residents rent their district labelled -- reject their district being labelled a breeding ground for

violence. disaffected youths and criminal elements had limited success. >> we are support the government measure as long as they don't single out a communicate yit. they need to be put forward not just for one neighbourhood. >> there's a place targetting a demo graphic was needed and worked. time and time again, what we find is a disjointed approach between different areas and different police forces. so we have come here to a place where the mayor has a different idea to his counterparts. the mayor was weeks into his new job when he got a visit from belgium intelligence officers, warning him his down had a

serious problem. instead of leading it to law enforcement. they set up a programme of intervention. for two years, not one local youth left to join i.s.i.l. >> you have to open your eyes, and put your head out of the soil. i hope that the awful things that happened in paris now, that eyes are open. that they will support the local communities to do their job. because radicalism, you win it or lose it on the corners of the street. you win it or lose it in these obsecure masks. you win or lose by gaining the hearts of the men. belgium faces a challenge. calling into question not just governance and administrative structure, but it is lagging

behind european neighbours, and now needs to catch up the director of the federal bureau of investigation says there's no credible attacks against the u.s. fbi director james comey holding a press conference to say the u.s. has no specific threat of a paris style attack in the united states. still many may be fearful, especially in light of the release of propaganda videos from i.s.i.l. the fear that insists in the united states, underscored in the house of representatives, a vote held to halt or limit refugees, specifically syrian and iraqi refugees, until they can be screened. calling for a layer of screening

to take place, and for the federal bureau of investigation to certify that any individual leading to the united states has been vetted. this is legislation that has been heavily criticized by president obama, who says that if it makes it through the senate. the upper chamber of commerce, he will veto the legislation from becoming law. there's a lot of criticism that is taking place by members of congress who say the legislation may be racist, and also that it may hurt those the u.s. intends to help. >> it's not the issue of refugees, but the issue of letting terrorists get into the country to kill us. >> mr speaker, the bill is nothing but a piece that could have been global. if you make people afraid, you make them do anything. while this legislation is not likely to become law, it was

supported by 50 members of congre congress, members of the democratic party. it shows that there's a bipartisan son sensis in the need for -- consensus in the need for enhanced security when it comes to refugees and the visa waiver programme that exists, and allows for 20 million to visit the united states we are getting reports that the australian navy turned away a boat full of asylum seekers. sources tell al jazeera that it was within 200m of the remote christmas island, but is toed back to sea by the navy. the australian government refused to comment on the reports chinese security forces killed 28 people it described as terrorists, happening in the volatile region. it belonged to a group behind an attack on a goal mine. >> south korea accepted a

proposal for talks by north korea, according to local media, the newsagency said the meeting will be held thursday. and state media suggested it would be held in the boarder village. they decided to try to improve ties in cross-boarder tensions u.n. chief ban ki-moon has urged myanmar's president to work together as the government hands over power. the opposition leader held talks with parliamentary speaker. the mld party won a landslide victory in the first full election since the end of rule, but cannot form a government until next year. >> croatia is refusing to take been 162 people rejected by neighbouring slovenia as economic migrants. three countries shut their borders to people from states not affected by war.

croatia allowed in refugees from syria, afghanistan and iraq. >> macedonia is imposes similar restrictions leading to a backlog of people on the border with greece. 1500 are stranded, stuck near a town it's described as africa adds largest ever construction project. the yooeth i don't know jan grand renaissance dam. generating the same number of watts as four nuclear reactors. a project this big comes with concerns. charles stratford reports from the blue nile. >> reporter: legend says the blue nile flows from the garden of eden. it sustained lives for thousands of years. the ethiopian government's dam will put an end to centuries of

argument over sharing the life-giving resource. construction began in april 2011. the ethiopian government is paying for the $4 million project. sudan and egypt were afraid it would restrict downstream flow. an agreement was signed by three countries in march, and followed each country conducting study and analysis. therefore, we have already assured that this is an environmentally friendly project. and this will benefit the countries. equally as it benefits. the studies condition, and there are numerous issues to be resolved, including the size of the reservoir, and the time it will take to fill. >> when the reservoir is civiled, it stretches 200km

around the direction. beyond the mountains. the area of water is around 2,000 square kilometres. the damn is 47% complete. and when that reservoir is filled, the water level will come up to around about where i'm standing. the government is giving money and land to around 4,000 families that have to be moved from the area. they have farmed here all their lives, and now work on the gam for $150 a month. and is expecting around 4,000 from the government to help with the move. >> i hope we are going to benefit. >> around 80% of the 96 million work in agriculture, something the government says must change. >> we have to move. >> the dam will generate 6,000

megawatts of power, and there's plans to sell electricity to spain and south africa. the government says the gam will regulate a flow throughout the dry seven and will stop flooding. >> studies have to be conducted. it will guide us. >> a pledge to change the course of the river's history and improve the lives of millions that live along its banks and beyond new zealand is about to become the first country in the world to allow its citizens to vote for a possible change to its flag. they head to the polls on friday in the first of two referenda in the cost of $70 million it's hoped that next year - who thinks we should change the new zealand flag? >> for the primary school

children on the auckland north shore the answer is a resounding yes. >> i'm sick of black and white. >> reporter: why? >> i think it represents, like, all black, and stuff like that. >> reporter: getting consensus for a new flag on a national level is more difficult. >> with new zealand the way it is, there's a lot of other things that are more important than changing ags. >> we need to focus on getting something that is recognisable as a new zealand, as a kiwi icon. >> we have moved a long way from our british crudes. it might be time to change, it's not what we here the public saying. >> the current flag has been flying high. >> it stirs my heart and is recognise ag all around the world. i'm proud to put it on the back pack. >> the promises a big reason to change the flag is because it's oven confused with the

australian one. >> it's news's time, we come out from under australia wing, and that's why the debate is so good. this is a chance to say this is what we are, this is the new brand. >> 12 well-known new zealanders picked four flag designs from over 10,000 submitted. first option dubbed red peak was included after a petition on social media. three designs have the silver fern emblem, a popular choice where the tern came out on top after a mock referendum. >> i have chosen the black and blue silver fern one, because the black goes with the silver fern, and the blue looks cool on it. >> new zealand is one of a handful of countries in the world with the union jack on the flag. >> the flag sign that has the most votes will go against the current new zealand flag and a second referendum in march. it's then that the country will

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