>> syrians in a starving suburb of homs are finally given aid as the u.s. denies accusations that it killed three syrian soldiers in an air strike. hello there i'm julie managed, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. can't solve the country's problems overnight. how a dispute over i.s.i.l. is threatening to tear apart al shabaab in somalia. back to business in sierra leone. tourist attractions reopen after

the country is declared ebola-free. hello there, good to have your company. washington has denied accusations by syria's government that air strikes by the u.s. led coalition hit one of its army camps killing three soldiers. damascus says four aircraft were involved in th in the strikes ie asur province. let's get more from the u.s. reaction from rosiland jordan in washington, d.c. hi there roz. what more are the u.s. saying at the moment? >> well, the u.s. is saying that there were four more air strikes declared by the u.s. led coalition on sunday they're saying they were aimed at four

oil well heads in dare asur, four kilometers where the u.s. believes the syrians have a small base. there was no intention of targeting this military installation and as far as they knew what they were hitting were just four pieces of the oil infrastructure in i.s.i.l. controlled territory. there weren't any people even around those well heads. so the u.s. military is denying julie that any soldiers were targeted when they conducted these air strikes on sunday. of course they say that any time they get a credible allegation that people might have been injured or killed, they will investigate. but they say that in this case they are confident no such thing happened. at least as it involves the syrian military. >> and roz why is it especially importantto for u.s. to say that it wasn't going against syrian

army? >> reporter: well, that's because the u.s. has always said that even though syria has been engulfed in a civil war for four and a half years there is not a military resolution to the crisis. the u.s. has been trying to see if it can help bring the syrian government and the syrian opposition together to negotiate some sort of end to their conflicts. and so because the u.s. is also conducting these air strikes against i.s.i.l. targets inside syria, without syrian permission, the u.s. is very keen to make it clear that it's not in any way trying to menace the assad government. so what it doesn't want ois to have one conflict tied in any way to the other conflict inside syria. that's why they are being so knowledge emphatic that they were going after the oil

infrastructure not any members of the syrian military. >> roz jordan joining us from washington, d.c, roz thank you. hundreds of syrian rebels are prepared to leave the city of homs, the last rebel stronghold in the strategic city under siege by the government for over two years now. osama ben javad has the story. >> for these children the rival of this truck means the arrival ever food and provisions. in the syrian city of homs. the neighborhood has been surrounded by government forces for more than two years. two months ago they cut off the food. >> we eat the macaroni without the means to cook it. our children are dying from hunger. >> the regime has been besieging

the neighborhood for four months. there's been a severe lack of food bread and medical supplies. now we're happy and you can see the children are happy. we thank god that after four tough months the aid has reached us. >> president bashar al-assad's forces denied they starved the homs area into submission. once called the capital of the revolution. in 2014, government troops took it over. a truce in february of that year allowed the soifnls the leave the var naked through a safer corridor but thousands left including hundreds of fighters and the siege continued. little or no guarantees for safe passage humanitarian aid and evacuation. an estimated 200,000 people many who fled from other parts of syria used to live in v ar. activists say the ceasefire has been holding but unsure how long it will last. osama ben javad, al jazeera.

>> baghdad says the deployment close to the i.s.i.l. held city violates iraqi sovereignty. turkey says it was invited by the local government to train fighters. stopped short of ordering a withdrawal. warring sides in yemen have agreed to hold peace talks in swits lanld lasswitzerland last. he called on supporters ever abd rabbu mansour hadi. supporters of abd rabbu mansour hadi to agree. >> venezuela's opposition party say they'll use their new majority in the parliament to push forward an amnesty law.

the socialists in sunday's election. president nicholas plad roe hass called it a slap in the face. our lucia newman reports. >> the expressions of venezuela's ruling socialist party headquarters confirmed the worst nightmare as the election results were announced. for first time in nearly 17 years opponents of the nation's populace revolution have succeeded in breaking the government's majority winning a majority in the nationalist assembly. nicholas maduro recognized his party's defeat. >> we've lost a battle today but the struggle to build new socialism and the new society it starts now. we should take this as a slap in the face to wake us up so that we can work towards the future.

>> reporter: the results should have come as no surprise. spiraling inflation crimes andid chronic shortages of goods and services had become commonplace. >> it's a total change that's what i want because what we're putting up with is unbearable, intolerable, cues here, cues there, enough. can set the congressional agenda, approve or withhold the government's budget. elect the president of the national assembly and investigate public officials. in theory, this would oblige the president to negotiate but only in theory. >> because the government still controls four of the five branches of government. most importantly, they control the supreme court. so the supreme court, the constitutional chamber of the supreme court can basically declare any of these laws unconstitutional.

>> but an ex boldened opposition also has other option he including recognizing a recall referendum against the president. >> if the government does not change its attitude we will have to change the government. >> reporter: another indication that more political confrontation lies ahead. in a normal democracy the division of powers is considered healthy. but in a country as politically polarized as venezuela, quinting bitter political foes to draw a consensus and work together for the common good does seem like a long shot. lucia newman, al jazeera, caracas. >> are dominant for mordominanta decades, mauricio macri, and

ecuador's socialist president rafael co correi after, lifting presidential term limits. hi there virginia, if this supermajority is confirmed what does that mean? >> well, we could see almost an immediate rebalancing of power. a super-majority gives the opposition the power to not only draft a new constitution but also to remove or renew several of the key authorities in the public powers here. we could be seeing a new supreme court sworn in, a new ombudsman and like i said a whole new constitution fm obviously changes the whole ban ram of the country. as you pointed out, this is

quite interesting that this has implications not only in venezuela but across the region. this could be the beginning of a term called a pink tide, the president of brazil dilma rousseff losing the support of the constituency, and argentina, this has huge implications. >> and virginia for the region itself i'm guessing that will spell change also. >> yes, of course. venezuela was a known supporter ever a lot of the countries that we've mentioned. this support was partly liability on oireliant,miss mane economies. not necessarily with the social programs that they stood for, but rather, just a rampant

corruption and also the mismanagement like i said. this is also coupled with the fact that the oil boom and the resource boom that the region enjoyed is over, basically. so you know it's too early to say that this is a shift towards the right but it's certainly a punishment towards the mismanagement of the economies of these countries. >> virginia lopez joining us from caracas. still to come on al jazeera. france's far right leader ridicules her main street rival coming out on top in regional elections, a so-called impeachment could get the go-ahead. go-ahead

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>> welcome back. a reminder of our top stories here on al jazeera. syria's government has described air strikes which killed three soldiers as an act of, quote, aggression by the u.s. led coalition. washington has denied accusations it was behind the attack. hundreds of syrian rebel fighters are leaving the city of homs as part of a ceasefire with the government. the area has been under siege by government forces for more than two years. and venezuela's opposition party say they'll use their new majority in the national assembly to push together a political amnesty law and freeze jailed opponents of the government. the u.s. president has vowed to do what it stays to diswroi y

i.s.i.l. barack obama was giving a speech critics say lacks any chron create policy changes. patty culhane has more from washington. >> the backdrop, the oval office. this is only the third time the u.s. president barack obama last used there setting for a national address, meant to send a message of seriousness after the attacks in california left 14 years, after looking into whether the killers were inspired by islamic state of iraq and the levant. the president telling america he has a strategy to defeat the group. >> the threat is real but we will overcome it. >> he had a difficulty, 57% disapprove of how he's handling i.s.i.l, 72% think the effort is going badly and 62% say it's time to send troops into iraq

and syria. >> for god sakes, mr. president, change our policy, destroy the caliphate before we get hit here at home. >> the president had his on careowncriticism. notice fly list from buying weapons. president obama also urged americans not to frame this as a war against islam. >> that too is what groups like i.s.i.l. want. i.s.i.l. does not speak for islam. they are thugs and killers. part of a cult of death. and they account for a tiny fraction of a admonish than a billion muslims around the world. >> reporter: before the speech hundreds of advocates rallied outside the white house to send a similar message. >> the basic thing is to let the world realize the terrorism they

are seeing is not representative of islam. >> to calm fears, to assure americans he has a strategy to defeat i.s.i.l. because it was clear after the speech he has no plans to change change it. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. >> the leader of french far right party, marine la pen, regional elections put her party at the top. national party secured 28%, ahead of republicans, 27%. socialist party trailed 23.5%. jacky rowland reports now from paris. >> reporter: the morning after the night before and marine la pen is in triumphant mood. her national front appeared surged into e-into the lead in six out of 13 regions. a success she predicts they will consolidate in the final round

next saturday. the truth is that the national front maintains people's trust more and more, election after election. and once again if you have some analytical capacities, you realize there is no surprise in yesterday's results. this trust will continue to grow, i'm telling you so you won't be surprised the next time also. >> extreme party out on the extreme right of french politics. these results show that it is now a mine treatment party with a serious chance of governing at least in the regions. for many people, that comes as a shock. >> translator: i see more and more people voting for the national front, people that i know. so voting for the national fronts is something very ordinary, he makes me feel dreadful. >> i don't think voting for the

national front is a protest anymore. i believe it is agreeing with them and the positions they present. >> almost every regional council. they did so badly in three regions that they've pulled out of the second round in order to contemporaneous their ents in a region they strand little chance of winning. nicholas nark sarkozy and his national party, the answer it seems is no. >> translator: we have been almost unanimous in saying we must not pull our candidates out of the race. first because we've campaigned for weeks to denounce the bad governance of the regions by socialists and also to denounce the government's policies. >> voter apathy also played a part of these results.

more than half didn't decide the go to the polling place he. could have a significant impact on the final results. jacky rowland, al jazeera, paris. >> the u.s. has an edge to 190,000 of new fcial financials assistance to ukraine. held toks from president petr pr petro poroshenko. >> red alert is one of the four tier scale it means three days of four tier smog are expected,ics ares to be imposed on factories and traffic. that comes as the paris talks to prevent further climate change step up a gear. a draft needs to be finalized, it's aimed at producing

greenhouse gases, country said the deal could lead to starvation. the oven secretary-general warned if the capacity is not reached. >> a climb catastrophe is close, the world is expecting more from you, other than half measures, opening the way for long term peace stability and prosperity. the decision you make here in pearce will reverberate throughout the world. the eyes of the world are upon you. 7 billion people want to know that you, world liters, have your, at heart and those of the l entire nation, i want to of the 2.8 million people displaced by an-e in nepal this year, many

are still waiting for help because political parties fail to agree who should head a new reconstruction thrort. the government 30s it's found a way forward. >> preparing wood for knitting. dongo lost six members of his family during the quake and his health fair. seven months after the quake he is angry. we have no hope from the government, they only take care of themselves, this government and the one before. there is no reconstruction. before we got some relief, that too has stopped. >> reporter: more than 70 people died in this village and 800 houses were damaged. now people have been told they are no longer allowed to take refuge on government land.

people like dongo face the additional expense of rentings land. the government last not four billion left by the international commune cannot be trends but it has indicated mean 700 million for reconstruction but that hasn't been spent either. now, the national planning commission will be responsible for spending that money. the head of the building. >> since there is no authority at the moment, and the $91 billion with rooup ease was earmarked, has not been, ask the ministries to lix them by

themselves. >> those be wush some say even corruption mean there is little transparency oarch when a project will finally receive their finding. raising funds from friends and families and distributing relief since the quake. >> translator: i've not seen reconstruction work anywhere i've been. in the mountains people are suffering from the cold. they needs food, blankets, some have received no relaif. >> , of the doa quake victims wo lost everything they owned be beginning to lose hope as well. subina shrestha, al jazeera, comand. kathmandu. >> it is a huge day forpolitics in brazil, which could result in president dilma rousseff will be

relieved from power. she's accused of manipulatings government camps to mass the technicality of the budget deficit. but her supporters say attempted impeachment is more than a political move. natasha quin i.q. guinane, a scl involving the state owned oil and gas companies. what is the mood like right now? >> julie, people we spoke to today say they are fed up. fed up with the corruption, fed up with the political infighting. what right now the country's biggest problem is, that is bleak economy. so this magazine cover i came across today offers a colorful

depiction of this latest political crisis. this is edwardo cunha, the one initiating the request for impeachment of dilma rousseff. here he is depicted as a monster, the words on the plagz magazine cover, frustration unrest. rousseff says she has done nothing wrong, things previous presidents have done. he's had his his name has rye peteedly surfaced in this bribery scandal you mentioned, he maintains his innocence.

>> natasha if congress moves forward with the impeachment proceedings, i'm gathering that is not a quick process. but president rousseff says if it does move forward she wants it moved forward quickly. why? >> so her strategy is as follows: if indeed and it's a couple of speps before she would actually be tried for impeachments, she wants it to happen immediately because she says right now she has the votes to block impeachment. here is the conundrum, congress is about to go on a long recess acknowledge that that would bring her rivals to gather enough support not only the once here but other wise. >> natasha, thank you.

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