>> russia's accused of bombing got it lib province where 44 people are killed. >> you're watching al jazeera. also on the program, the e.u. puts a deal to turkey. we'll give you $3 billion to stop syrian refugees traveling to europe. >> people are voting for a new president in burkina faso.

>> russia's being blamed for an air strike that killed at least 44 people at a busy marketplace in northern syria in the idlib province. we have the latest. >> in yet another air strike in idlib province, dozens more syrians are dead. in makeshift hospitals, medics struggle to deal with the high number of casualties. these gruesome image have become part of life in the rebel held areas. opposition fighters accuse russia which carrying out this attack. the syrian government and russia have maintained their targets are what they call terrorists. activists say hundred was civilians including children have been killed in recent weeks of intense bombardment by

russian jets in the syrian air force. it was the last city the government lost to rebels when they took over in may. syrian officials say it was captured by al-nusra front and despite losing control of most of the country, president bashar al assad and his allies insist he is vital to the fight against groups like isil. the syrian opposition along with their western and gulf allies do not agree. calls have been repeat for assad to call down. >> today, the syrian people have a number of priorities. number one is bashar al assad must leave. the second is to uproot terrorism. we must take these matters into consideration while pondering on a diplomatic solution. >> the qatari government insists there is no future for bashar al assad in the future of syria and the italian government said

there is the prospect of bashar al assad being part of a political transition but he is definitely not part of a future syria. >> while the political solution appears to be limited to discussions, on the ground, the assad government is finding it hard to regape control of areas it took. it's air superiority held by russian airstrikes is no match for those who want to get rid of those bashar al assad. >> we are sent this update a short while ago. >> the timing of the raid was the early hours in the morning when the marketplace was very busy. it was hit by two missiles in one raid, separated by 50 meters. it has left huge destruction and large number of people were killed and injured. it has been under opposition control since may and there is no presence of isil at all in

this area. russian raised intensified on the northern parts of syria on many fronts which are heavily populated with residential areas, displacing those from aleppo. the people here medical staff of outraged by the russian strikes because they target civilian areas. their strikes did not target military positions with isil or other armed groups, but targets civilians. >> turkey is offered billions of dollars to stem the flow of refugees. turkey is the main transit point to enter europe. ankara wants progression on its application to join the e.u.

>> this e.u. turkey plan will for many reasons show while we will work more closely with turkey. if we think about the civil war in turkey and the fight against isil and illegal immigration flows, a major part of the action plan will be how we can substitute a legal migration with legal migration. >> we are joined from brussels where e.u. leaders are meeting. how much pressure is on them now to come to a deal? >> jane, there's immense pressure on the 28 leaders and turkey to come to a deal. it was something which was unveiled after the summit in malta, just over two weeks ago and the bare outlines of what the e.u. proposes to give turkey $3.2 billion to improve conditions for refugees in turkey, notably to allow syrian refugees to work and for their children to get an education there. in return, they are talking about speeding up or reopening

talks with ankara over possible turkish membership of the european union. i think that what angela america was saying there, although she seemed to refer to replacing illegal migration with legal migration, really the emphasis that they are going to be talking about today is trying to stop those huge numbers, the hundreds of thousands of desperate people risking their lives by trying to enter the e.u., making it safer and economically viable for them to stay in the region. >> spring turned to summer around autumn to winter and still they haven't stopped through all weather only miserable trip. the e.u. has all year been accused of doing too the to make the journey less dangerous. while the european leaders are full of sympathy what the body of a child washed up in belgium, for months, the main plan has

been to stop refugees from coming at all. this is presented as an attempt to regain control. >> i think it is not the fear, a humanitarian solution to induce people to risk their lives and the lives of their children in crossing the mediterranean or going on the balkan route on the trek. i think you will have to offer perspective for legal entry into the european union, but at the same time improving the situation of refugees in turkey. >> this is the quarter of berlin known as little istanbul. germany that taken in turkish migrant workers. the deal means it may have to take in a lot more, as well as a sped up pros into the u.e., turkey demands visa free access to europe for its 75 million people. suddenly for turkey, the refugee crisis is an opportunity. >> turkey has been trying to join the european union since before the berlin wall dame down

and for all that time, germany blocked it ocean that turkey's human rights record isn't good enough and yet suddenly all the talk of repression and abuses is vanishing on the wind because the european union wants to pay turkey to keep the refugees out. >> given how many european politicians describe the refugees as economic migrants, that sounds to some to be a highly hypocritical position for the european union to take. >> the european union is ready to give up human rights. its own values, why the european union actually exists and it is doing this on the backs of the most vulnerable people, the refugees so more than $3 billion will be found and given to turkey for more camps and presumably more barbed wire, perhaps it will constitute a life for the refugees, perhaps not but clearly say fences

haven't worked so they're pushing them even further towards syria and iraq. >> i'm just wondering if turkey will get what it wants, what it's asking for. >> it is asking for a lot. some people particularly alarmed at the prospect of it getting all those demands, lawrence was referring to in his support, some government have gone rather silent compared to the past on demands that turkey improve its home rights record. in the last half hour, the e.u. foreign affairs chief has raised the point of pressed freedom and human rights in turkey, saying that that will be something that the e.u. will press turkey on in return for visa free travel within the european union. there are other unknowns, $3.2 billion, turkey suggesting it will be just for the next year, the e.u. have possibly

suggesting it's a two year time frame and also what remains to be known is whether that will come from mainly e.u. government, member states or a central european union fund. it's possible that there still will be several loose ends after the final press conference later on sunday. >> thank you for that. >> people in burkina faso are voting to choose a new leader. the long awaited ballot comes after turmoil in which the long standing president was ousted. 14 candidates are running for president, two front runners emerged, both with ties to the old regime. one served at prime minister under the president but left to form a party in protest of the president's plan to extend his rule. leader of the liberal u.p.c. party and a former finance minister, the former rule party, the c.d.p. is barred from

fielding a presidential candidate. we have the latest from the capitol. i'm just wondering how the voting is going. this is a moment of hope and excitement for burkina faso, marking a return to democracy. it is has not known a civilian leader for 15 years. many people are also voting for the first time. past elections have been marked by low voter turnout and apathy with people feeling that there was no need to vote in elections they considered already won. 5.5 million people have registered to vote in 17,000 polling stations across the country. security has been tightened with 5,000 police officers and troops

deployed across the country. no one knows who is going to win these elections. >> stay with us. all to come, pope francis is greeted by crowds in central african republic. >> we report on israel's separation barrier in the occupied west bank.

>> the top stories on al jazeera, an air strike in

syria's idlib province killed 44 people. activists say a russian strike hit a marketplace. the town is controlled by al-nusra rebels who took the area in may. >> european union leaders are expected to offer turkey $2 billion to limit the flow of refugees, meeting at a summit in brussels. turkey is a major transit point for syrian refugees trying to enter europe. >> people in burkina faso are voting in the first election since last year's popular uprising that forced the president from power after 77 years. people around the world march to demand action on the environment. hundreds took part in protests in the indonesian capital. protestors demand urgent action from the government there.

more than 40,000 gathered in sydney, marches took place in brisbane and other australian cities. protests are happening in london. we are looking at live pictures there. you can see tens of thousands of people marching in parliament. >> what we are seeing here is a wide variety of groups from environmental lobby campaigners to wildlife campaigners to energy, people concerned about the use of energy, united against climate change and demanding a deal. tens of thousands of people are expected, and their biggest message i suppose is that there is no planet b. as one slogan has had it. the pressure is on the politicians to do a deal where previous attempts failed. >> protests in london look calm, but it wasn't the same picture in paris, where they really kicked off on the streets in the

last couple of minutes or so. let's go to environment editor nick clark. nick, really shows you the anger that we are seeing in so many parts of the world. what happened there? >> well, we don't know a great deal about them yet, but it seems an unauthorized protest took place and the police have responded. now remember, that a gathering, large gathering of people in public places is now banned in paris in the state of emergency after the attacks of two weeks ago. in this place where these events are happening right now is where a climate march was due to leave from today, but that, of course was banned and tens of thousands of people were going to march. instead there was this quiet symbolic very peaceful protest of empty shoes, even thousands of empty shoes. the pope even donated a pair, and ban ki-moon.

it was peaceful, very meaningful. nothing has developed. if we get more information, we'll let you know. what it does show is the difficulty the whole issue of security here at paris right now. take a look at this with jacky rowland. >> the army and police have paris covered. they were ordered after the attacks now have a responsibility ensuring the climate summit passes off smoothly despite the nationwide state of emergency. >> with this heightened terrorist threat, the success is also linked securing it to the maximum level. i am repeating this forcefully in front of you. everything has been put into place to secure the conference itself and its surroundings to the maximum level. >> the scale of the operation is unprecedented. 8,000 police will be guarding front's air, sea and land

borders. 2,800 police will be on duty at the summit venue itself. in total, 120,000 police and troops will be deployed across the whole of france. security becomes tighter the closer you get to the conference center. some 20,000 delegates are expected to cross the security perimeter, as well as thousands more journalists. >> the french were determined that despite the attacks, the summit should go ahead as planned. the fact that nearly 150 heads of state and governments are expect in paris this week is a vote of confidence in french security. >> a security operation only scale will inevitably mean traffic chaos. the french have been warned to use public transport and leave their cars at home. >> my message is very simple. do not drive on november 29 and third. it's absolutely essential. >> the scale of the paris

attacks and the international reaction they have provoked has almost eclipsed the climate summit. the french government is hoping that this mood of international solidarity will strengthen the resolves of all parties to reach a climate deal. jacky rowland, al jazeera, paris. >> they want to reach a climate deal, but how realistic are those expectations? what are the real h expectation? >> it's all going to happen here in the conference center. earlier we had had interesting ceremony whereby in the corner of france was handed over at territory and took the symbolic key to the conference and held a conference and said this event is all about finalizing an agreement. it sounds straightforward but will not be in any way. there is a lot of work to do.

there is optimism and expectation and not really any short of hope, either, i was saying the same thing a year ago. same thing was said in copenhagen in 2009 and that failed dismally. then the specter of copenhagen just hangs over everybody here and nobody wants that to happen again. that's why all the world leaders are pitching up at the start of this conference and at the end, which is happening tomorrow, to give it some much needed momentum. >> thank you for that, nick clark. >> the leader of central african republic asked the pope for forgiveness after two years of violence she described as a descent into hell. people have been forced from their homes after conflict between christians and muslims. the pope spoke about the need for tolerance. he is also due to visit a mosque. a political columnist from the italian daily newspaper and

author of several books says getting people to consider reconciliation will be difficult for the pope. >> it is a shift from the catholic church to italy to the hemisphere of the world. it means that this pope wants to open the holy door not in rome but symbolically in africa. this is the first point. the second, i think is just a hope and a challenge to try to ease tensions between christians and muslims, which is, i think, a tougher challenge for him. this pope is quite conscious that the big challenge is between christians and muslims in some countries, and some continents, so he's trying to force a dialogue while

everything seems to go in towards an opposite direction. it's the attempt to demonstrate that christians and muslims can live together. >> heavy fighting in the yemeni city have taiz forced more than 30 hospitals and medical facilities to close. doctors warn they also face an acute shortage of supplies. gerald tan reports on the battle for the city and impact on civilians. a warning that some of the i am manual it is in his report of disturbing. >> the fiercest of bootles for taiz. witnesses have not experienced such heavy fighting before. the houthis and forces loyal to the former president have surrounded the city. over the weekend, the coalition intensified aerial raised.

they destroyed a number of targets and killed houthis trying to infiltrate residential areas. lives lost, but not just those engaged in fighting. this child tries to recount what happened to him just hours earlier. he and friends were gathered around a water delivery truck when they were hit by houthi shells. some of his friends died. many of critically wounded. hospitals are overwhelmed. more than 30 have been forced to shut down. one doctor says only six remain in operation. >> taiz hospitals are packed with the injured. we are facing an acute shortage of medical supplies and lack sufficient facilities. even as we speak, a massacre has been carried out by the militias on the western front. >> the humanitarian situation in taiz is getting worse by the day. many homes are without power, food and water are scarce and supplies can't get in. taiz has long been rewarded as

yemen's cultural capital, but as fighting escalates, there's a fear among residents that their children are growing up exposed only to a culture of weapons. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> israel's separation wall is getting bigger. a new section of the wall is being built through a voluntarily in bette. construction on the wall is already underway. >> workers started in the valley under armed protection. the foundation being laid for more separation. palestinians have submitted an appeal to the high court to stop the wall being built through bethlehem. >> this is the only remaining open space to jerusalem. it is green. it is agricultural. it is owned, and the serious

problem that this owned is land and 58 christian families on this valley plus brothers who have 700 dinners for their vineyards where they produce wine. >> they started building the wall and palestinians fear once complete is going to cut across this valley, confiscating large parts of what is seen as the last green area of bethlehem. there are two illegal israeli settlements on that hill and palestinians are convinced that this move is all about a land grab. >> israel says the separation wall is needed for security reasons. there is a monastery here, nunnery and school for girls. it is ruled that they should not be separated, which was the case under the original routing plan. it's not clear what path this wall will take. prayers have been taking place

in protest every week, but it seems these may go unanswered. we are told there is a wilder religious implication if this wall is completed. >> bethlehem is the twin city of jerusalem. in bethlehem christian wise, the moment of the nativity and church of the nativity is in bethlehem and church of the hole sepulcher is in jerusalem so the path is breached. >> the facts on the ground are already changing. if this wall ends up cutting across this land, it's described to us by people here as the last nail in the cross of bethlehem. al jazeera, in the occupied west bank. >> the national security agency in the united states is no longer allowed to run its mass phone surveillance program on its citizens. the n.s.a. was given 180 days to wind it up in june when congress

signed the freedom act. the controversial monitoring program was exposed by the former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden. the new law doesn't affect foreign intelligence or internet data collection. japan will reexcuse me what i will hunting in march after a year long pause. the ministry officially said 333 whales would be hunted for scientific research. last year, the international court of justice in the hague ruled that japan was contravening an international moratorium on whale hunting. >> every winter, millions of man narc bunter flies head to mexico from canada. their numbers have greatly reduced over the past few years. >> a sanctuary after a journey of thousands of kilometers. these butterflies have flown from the cold canadian winter to

mexico. >> this is a pilgrim only. they cross 5,000 kilometers from canada to here. we are taking care of them so they continue. we protect their areas here. >> in the last 20 years, the numbers have gone down. in 1996, 1 billion of them made the annual flight. last year, there were around 35 million. the drops are blamed on illegal free cutting and use of pesticides and climate change. large area of milk we'd plants where the butterflies lay their eggs have been destroyed. mexico, the u.s. and canada have been planting more trees and tightened control and logging and the use of farm chemicals. >> it is our responsibility to take care of these kinds of places. there are very few such places in the world. two or three, maybe and it's amazing to see these butterflies arrive. >> environmentalists in mexico hope this year those changes

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