>> turkey shoots down a russian fighter jet on the border with syria, the first such attack by a nato country since the end of the cold war. i'm lauren taylor. this is al jazeera live from london. russia describes the incident as a stab in the back while turkey said it engage followed the rules of engagement. obama said that turkey has a right to protect itself. five people have gone on trial in the vatican accused of

leaking secret documents that reveal mismanagement. >> hello, it's one of the most sirius incidents between russia and the nato member in more than a half century. turkey has shot down a russian warplane near the syrian border. russia said that that's correct protecting the borders. russia describes the downing as a stab in the back. a helicopter that cass scouring the crash site was attacked. russia has confirmed a soldier involved was killed along with one of the two pilots on board the jet. to complicate things french president françois hollande was meeting with u.s. president barack obama calling for more help in the fight against isil. we have explain the day's

elements. >> the russian jet on fire and crashing. president vladimir putin said it was downed by an air-to-air missile fired by a turkish f-16. turkish government leaders said that the pilots of the plane ignored ten warnings they were violating turkish air space. russia said that the aircraft was in syrian air space. the two pilots ejected and crashed into an area in latakia under rebel control. the deputy commander said that the fighters shot the pilot as they parachuted to the ground. >> after the russian plane dropped its bomb it turned away from the turkey site and hit by turkish airpor airplanes. after it violated turkish air space it was shot down. our comrades shot at them in the

air and they were dead when they hit the ground. they all died in the air. >> video posted by an armed group claims to show the body of one of the pilots. a radar map published by the turkish army is said to show the movement of the aircraft as well as entering turkish air space and where it was downed. turkish leaders say that the action was legitimate. >> we always used to warn russia about penetrating our borders. turkey never penetrated the borders or reached any violation with its neighbors. that's why they tried to respect the border and respect the borders of its neighbors. >> syrian rebels said that a russian helicopter searching for the missing pilot was destroyed by a missile. they're training targets between russia and turkey which is a member of the nato military alliance. both are also key players in syria's civil war. syria's state news agencies said

that turkey has shown its support of terrorism by shooting down the russian plane. russia has stepped up airstrikes in syria. the kremlin said that it's aim is to take on isil, which that is extended it's influence in eastern and northern syria. turkey and the u.s. accuse russia of targeting syrian opposition and helping president assad to regain areas. turkey shares a long border with syria, and said that assad has no role to play in the future. the growing divide between turkey and russia undermines the international push to find a way out of syria's ongoing syri sir civil war. >> rory challands has been following the reaction and has

this from moscow. >> it was the angry language of portrayal, vladimir putin confirmed turkey had shot done a russian plane. he described it as a stab in the back. we've always regarded turkey not only as a close neighbor but also as a friendly state. i don'state. turkey addressed the nato partners as it was it was us who downed the plane, not vice versa. >> a rocket tipped the plane over the syrian territory. the plane fell in territory four kilometers away from the border. according to preliminary data one of the parties was killed in the air.

>> russia's first respond was diplomatic. sergei lavrov canceled wednesday's scheduled visit to turkey. the second response was commercial. it was advised it was unsafe for them to travel to turkey one of their favorite tourist destination. a russian warship is now being sent to the latakia coast line and cooperation with turkey's armed forces are being stopped. >> turkey being a member state of the nato line, and russia wouldn't be in that turkey wouldn't go in war with russia, but what was the most likely intention of turkey.

>> russia may look for more ways to retaliate, possibly ratcheting up the air campaign against turkey's armed group in syria. until now the air campaign has been going fairly smoothly. no longer it's just off its first combat fatalities. for that to happen solely at the hands of isil or other rebels would have been considered an expected cost of war. but it didn't. it was inflicted by a country that russia said it treated as a friend. rory challengrory challands, moscow. >> there were light bombs and shots that might be signals to the pilot. the areas around all front engagement points of the

position are being bombarded also been the regime forces. the place of the second pilot whose fate is not known at the moment. more than 5,000 people have fled eight villages in the mountains to the border in recent days. those who refuse to leave their homes decided to leave today after the aircraft explosion in order not to be targeted by the russian planes. >> u.s. president has spoken about the downing of the jet. he said that turkey has a right to defend its territory and air space. >> i do think that this points to an ongoing problem with the russian operations. in the sense that they are operating very close to a turkish border and they are going after moderate opposition that are supported by not only turkey but a wide range of countries. and if russia is directing its

energies towards daesh and isil, some of those conflicts or potentials for mistakes or escalation are less likely to occur. i also think that this underscores the importance of making sure that we move this as quickly as possible. >> well, barack obama was speaking at a news conference where fra françois hollande was speaking with the president for more support against isil. >> russian flights particularly in this area, which is not an isil controlled area but an opposition controlled area carry risks. they would be much better off focused on going after isil. and so i think anything that can be done at this point to

de-escalate the situation between russia and turkey would be good, would be productive, and i think the secretary would hope that that is the case. >> let's get more from roslind jordan in washington, d.c. the big buds words are de-escalations. how do they do that? >> that's really a good question. but suffice it to say when you have the u.s.-led coalition conducting airstrikes inside syria. when you have the russians and irans carrying out similar airstrikes on behalf of the government of bashar al-assad, the last thing you want, if you're the u.s. government, is to have a third conflict between two countries also on the syrian-turkish border or inside syria because that simply turns what is already a very difficult situation on the ground into something resembling a conflict. we kept hearing not just from the president barack obama, but from spokespersons at the state

department and at the pentagon on tuesday that russia and turkey need to work out what happened on tuesday, try to make certain that it does not happen again. of course, as we already know the russians have already cut off at least temporarily defense contacts with their turkish counterparts, the foreign minister sergei lavrov is not going to be visiting turkey on wednesday, as he had originally planned, and there are going to be questions about who did what, and whether or not these provocations can be worked out between these two countries. it is worth pointing out, though, lauren, that while the u.s. is calling for this de-escalation, it is still reaching out to moscow trying to see if it can be part of a--some larger version of the coalition or part of the french version, which is the grand coalition, in order to go after isil. >> okay, roslind jordan, thank you very much, indeed, with that

live update from washington. the state of emergency has been declared in tunisia after a bomb attack killed members of the presidential guard. 12 have been killed and 20 wounded in the attack. we have these reports from tunis. >> the remains of a presidential bus hit right in the heart of tunis. it was picking up officers at a bus stop when it's explosion happened. it was busy with commuters at the time. the blast was so loud that it was heard across the center of tunis. tunisia's president said that he called it an act of terror and imposed the state of emergency. >> after consulting with the prime minister and the head of parliament i would like to declare a state of emergency extending for 30 days as per the law. secondly, there was a curfew imposed because of all tunisia starting at 9:00 this evening until tomorrow morning at 5:00.

>> tunisia is still recovering from attacks on tourists this year. security forces were criticized for not responding quickly. isil claimed responsibility for those attacks. according to the government there are around 3,000 tunisians fight iraq, syria and libya. the state of emergency gives security forces additional powers to make arrests, stop people from protesting and restrictions on media coverage. there was already restrictions on deflated areas around the board, but they were unable to prevent this latest attack. >> still ahead we'll have the latest of a ramming attack. plus, two men are charged over the bombing of the shrine in

bangkok.

>> a reminder of the top stories. the russian fighter jets has been shot down. turkey repeatedly warned the aircraft and ledges that the plane flew into the air space that borders syria. russia confirms the crash but denies it enter the turkey air space.

>> the attacks that killed 130 people in paris, french president françois hollande flew to washington, d.c. to meet with president obama. from washington, d.c. patty culhane reports. >> this was a meeting meant to send a message. the u.s. and france stand united in the fight against the islamic state in iraq and the levant.

the leaders spoke of their hope that this won't escalate an already complicated conflict. >> turkey has a right to defend its territory and it's air space. i think it's very important right now for us to make sure that both the russians and the tushes are talking to each other and find out exactly what happened. >> the leaders said that they hope that this incident will push russian president vladimir putin towards their coalition, which they said they would welcome as long as they stop supporting bashar al-assad and stop targeting the forces they support. even before the plane was downed experts were saying that the experts had to change russian thinking. >> the demonstration of will and capability both with the syrian government and the russian government i think would be very helpful at this point. not because we want to start

shooting russian pilots out of the sky, but we want to protect the people we work with, and if the russians attack them, then there are consequences for the russians which the russians won't like. >> it remains to be seen if this changes russian strategy, but it became clear after this press conference their strategy isn't changing only intensifying. >> it's the local force who is will intervene on the rebound. >> some military experts say that will have a limited impact. >> to be effective in air campaign to use the hammer against, that's not obvious to me. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. >> a thai military court has charged with men in the bombing

of the shrine in the capital of bangkok. 22 people were killed, and hundreds others were injured. the two chinese nationals have been charged with murder. a palestinian driver has rammed his car into israeli soldiers. it happened at a checkpoint in the occupied west bank. it comes as the u.s. secretary of state john kerry visits benjamin netanyahu. he met with mahmood abbas and condemned the outbreak of violence in which 94 palestinians and 16 israelis have been killed since the start of october. >> i know that the situation is

dire, i want to make it clear that at the request of president obama to ewhat we can do to contribute to calm. >> canada has announced details of its plan to resettle 25,000 syrian refugees in the country. it hopes to resettle 10,000 by the ends of next month as the country's immigration ministry explains. >> we want them to have a roof over their heads and the right support for language training and all the things they need to begin their life here in senate. it takes a bit of time to put all of that in place. there are a lot of moving parts here. so we're happy to take a little more time because that allows us to be more prepared for places with places to live, more

prepared to transfer them almost immediately, to places where they can be in the longer term. that is why we have elected to take a little bit more time than thought to bring our new friends into this country. >> well, you know from the moment the government took office it said he was going to push ahead with its plans to bring all of them in 25,000 in the year. excellents in the area said way too ambitious. too many logistics. that was one thing. it was difficult to see it all happening in a short period of time. the other was the paris attacks.

that raised the issues of needing to make it thorough and there was no issue that anyone coming in was not going to be a security challenge. they said they'll do this by the ends of the year. they'll get 10,000 people in by the ends of the year. 15,000 by the end of february and say they'll keep going after that and bring more. their spin and their idea is that this is not a set back but a way of getting it right as prime minister mr. trudeau put it. >> you mentioned the idea of security. what did they say. >> there are immigration officers on the ground in the middle east doing screening. first of all, they only accept refugees that the unhcr said are ready to go and have been security checked. they have canadian intelligence officers involved. the military is over there. soldiers are helping with screening, and of course,

logistics. when they arrive in canada after being transported on chartered airport they're going to be met through the screening procedures that are fairly typical through this country. they're going to be sent to 36 cities across the country, we're told. >> thank you for that report from toronto. sorry for the break up on that line. protests have taken place on the border of greece after refugees are prevented entry to macedonia. nationals including iran, bangladesh and pakistan are being stopped. united nations said that this is in direct co against

international law. in posts some have sewn their mouths shut. >> investigative journalists reveal greed, corruption, mismanagement at the heart of the collect church. >> there is evidently an interest to divert the attention away from the embarrassing details. details found i in the book written, details of a privileged class which wants to hold on to its own interests and murk whi y affairs. >> those include the misuse of charitable do imaginations, the

refurbishing of lavish apartments. the vatican said that the information should never have left the walls of the city state. the journalists say they were just doing their job, and the trial is an attack on press freedom. for an institution that has been slow to prosecute child abuserss within its own ranks this while has moved swiftly but strangely. the accused and their lawyers have yet to see details of charges against them. but as the tribunals decide that the leaks harm their interests they could face eight years in prison. but there are logistical issues. in italy investigative journalism is not a crime. >> this is a very serious step that they have taken in violation what we believe in the west to be a violation of press freedoms, press privileges. >> the va vatican has declared

december as the beginning of a holy year of mercy. but with this trial they risk looking rather unmerciful when their own dirty laundry is aired in public. >> people living in the annexed region of crimea has been relying on hand outside after being without an energy source in three days. power lines were blown up over the weekend. >> there were many requests for aided. >> russia annexed crimea from ukraine last year. so people here now have to rely on the russian government.

the situation is hard but i want to aa big thank you for those who came over and are saving us. they're organizing things very well. >> we clearly understand that any territory without electricity is at risk without humanitarian issues. let's say a crisis. that's why we've already talked about this. i won't say anything new. i'm sure bringing this territory back to ukraine we must respect these people. >> leaders have also ordered a halt of the delivery of goods to crimea. they would ban food imports from ukraine for the new year.

both countries have banned flights by each other's airlines. it may all be fun and games for the kids, but the reality is that the region's two million people are how mostly powerfulless having to survive on emergency supplies and mobile generators as winter sets in. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> egyptian officials say four people including a judge has been killed in a suicide-bombing. it happened at the swiss inn hotel. soldiers open fired on a car carrying explosives, and it tried to reach the hotel. two attackers were able to get inside before one detonated a suicide vest. the islamic state in iraq and the levant has claimed responsibility. japan has launched a commercial satellite into space for the first time.

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