syrians in a starving suburb of homs are finally given aid. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, venezuela's victory calls for unity but warns it can't solve the country's problem over night. the f.b.i. says the suspects in the san bernardino shooting had been radicalized for some time before they shot dead 14 people last week.

the energy crisis is south africa. we will find out which artist has been awarded one of the art world's most presstigious prizes. welcome. washington has denied accusations by syria's government that air strikes by the u.s. led coalition hit one of its army camping killing three soldiers. damascus say four aircrafts were involved in the strikes in the province which has a large presence of i.s.i.l. crisis. it's calling it an act of aggression. more now with the u.s. reaction. live in washington, what have the u.s. been saying? >> reporter: the u.s. said that there were coalition air strikes launched against targets in syria on sunday, but the targets

were oil well heads in a part of the province that is controlled by i.s.i.l. there was about 55 kilometres from where the u.s. says it believes a syrian military installation was established, meaning that there was no attack on this military installation. it was part of the ongoing coalition efforts to degrade the oil infrastructure which has provided considerable amount of money to i.s.i.l. for its ongoing operations in both syria and in iraq. the military also said that there weren't any people or even any communities near these oil well heads and if they do receive credible evidence that there might have been people injured or killed, they would certainly investigate it and, in fact, they are doing it so in a separate situation in the north-eastern part of syria, but for this situation in the

province the u.s. military says it is not responsible for anything that may have happened to any syrian troops who they allege weren't even in the area that they were targeted on sunday why is it so important right now for the u.s. to say it wasn't going after the syrian army? >> reporter: well, that's because even though the u.s. is opposed to the leadership of bashar al-assad as syria's president, it has said consistently that it is not interested in trying to intervene in syria's civil war except through diplomacy. the secretary of state john kerry has been trying for some time to try to help jump start some sort of political reconciliation process between the bashar al-assad government and those opposed to his leadership, but the administration has always insisted that the use of arms is not going to end that country's civil war. the u.s., of course, is also

very concerned about aggravating or expanding the ongoing civil war because of the presence of the russian military which has already been launching its own air strikes in that country, going after i.s.i.l. targets. so the u.s. does not want to do anything or being perceived as having done anything that would aggravate the instability inside syria and that's why it has been so vermin in saying-- vehement in saying it didn't do anything to anyone belonging to the syrian military thank you. syria's opposition groups are preparing to gather in saudi arabia. major talks of over coming their disagreements of which there are many. >> reporter: they fought together on the front lines when faced from an offensive of the syrian government and allies. apart from that, the armed opposition lack a unified demand

and have different visions for the future of syria. now they need to come together aas international peace efforts gain momentum. saudi arabia is hosting a gathering to unite the opposition ahead of possible talks with the syrian government. world and regional powers who recently met in vienna agreed that peace talks and the political process should begin, but there was no commitment on bashar al-assad's role in that process and that is one of the issues dividing the opposition. >> the majority within the opposition have maintained that bashar al-assad's part of the problem and there would be no change, no solution unless he gets out. there are some members of the opposition who are based in damascus and they are under the influence of the regime. >> reporter: on the ground armed groups don't share similar

ideologies, and one al-nusra front won't be attending. it has been identified as a terrorist organization. syrian politician have urged al-nusra to disassociate itself from al-qaeda. so far it hasn't. its allies on the battle field will be attending the meetings in saudi arabia. >> everything is going to be all right in the meeting. my understanding is that some of the groups are going to try to distance themself from al-nusra. that won't be easy but that will affect al-nusra in that there might be a split. >> reporter: if the opposition is to speak in one voice, some in the delegation may not be suitable to russia. they don't want to associate with various groups. for the opposition's backers, they are the backbone of the armed rebellion and there are realities on the ground that

could cause further conflict. while the kurds will be represented, the largest groups haven't been invited. they are partners of the u.s. in the fight against i.s.i.l. but turkey a backer of the opposition considers them terrorists. the alliances in this conflict are a complicated maze. there is no clear way through as this attempt gets underway in saudi arabia iraq says it will go to the u.n. security council if turkey doesn't withdraw its forces from near mosul. baghdad says the deployment close to the i.s.i.l. held city violates iraqi's sovereignty. it has promised not to send more soldiers but have stopped short of ordering a withdrawal. oil prices have fallen to their

lowest level in seven years putting a dent in the companies. it is being sold at just over $40 a barrel. prices have been falling since the meeting ended in disagreement last week. venezuela's opposition party say they will use their new majority in the parliament to push through a political amnesty law and free jailed opponents of the government. the coalition center right party won more than twice the number of seats as the socialists in sunday's election. the president has called defeat saying the result is a slap in the face for his party. >> reporter: the expressions have venezuela's ruling socialist party headquarters confirmed supporters' worst nightmare as the election results were announced. for the first time in nearly 17

years opponents of the nation's pop de populous rev notion has broken the monopoly. true to his word, the president recognised his party's defeat. >> translation: we have lost the battle today, but the struggle to build new socialism and new society 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, spiralling inflation, crime and chronic shortages of basic goods and services had become too much, even for many die hard supporters of the revolution. >> translation: it's a total change. that's what i want because what we are putting up with is unbearable, intolerable. queues here, queues there, crime everywhere. enough.

>> reporter: with the legislative majority, the opposition can set the congressional agenda, approve or whits hold 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 >> the government still controls four of the five branches of the government. they control the supreme court. so the supreme court can basically declare any of these laws unconstitutional. >> reporter: in an embold enned opposition has other options, including organising a recall referendum against the president. >> translation: 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, convincing bitter

political foes to build a consensus and work together for the common good does seem like a long shot. -- does apparently the two involved in the recent shooting had been radicalized for a long time. they had participated in target practice in the days before they shot dead 14 people. in the couple's how 19 types of pipe were recovered that could have been made into bombs >> as the investigation has progressed, we have learned and believe that both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some time. how did that happen? the question is how did that happen and by whom and where did that happen. we don't know those answers at this point. we do have evidence that both of the subjects did some target -

participated in target practice in some ranges within the metro area or within the l.a. area. that target practice on one occasion was done within days of this event the chicago police officer who shot and killed a black man in october last year won't face any criminal charges. authorities say the 25-year-old pointed a gun at police and refused to surrender. his family say he was running away and that the gun was planted. >> reporter: for the second time in recent weeks the chicago police are drawn into heavy scrutiny after videos show a shooting. the video shows a man running away from police and then police firing on him. who you don't see according to the state's attorney is a confrontation with officers before he enters that frame and him pointing the gun at officers

afterwards. what you see is him running away, police firing and then eventually the camera is cairned and you see a man on the ground. there is a trust gap between police and a number of people here in the city of chicago after the shooting of the young man. in both cases the video was released more than a year after the fact and they appear to show police shooting a black man as he is walking away from the camera. police point out that the men were armed and in the mcdonald case there was a detective with murder charge filed against him. the attorney says she is launching a wide ranging probe of the police department to see if they engage in systematic violations of the civil rights of black americans. that is not targeted at individuals she says, but it does look toward making systematic change. that could result in increased over sight of the department and also mandated reforms for

chicago police you're watching al jazeera. still to come, red smog alert, schools and construction projects shut down as beijing issues its highest pollution alert. back to business in sierra leone. tourist attractions open after the country is declared ebola free.

welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here. syria's government has described air strikes which killed three soldiers as an act of aggression by the u.s. led coalition. washington has denied accusations that it was behind

the attack. venezuela's opposition party say they will use their new majority in the national assembly to push through a political amnesty law and release prisoners. the people who shot people in san bernardino had been radicalized for some time. warring sides in yemen have agreed to peace talks. forces are called on to respect the humanitarian cease fire to start. >> we have a number of good signs that we will have this cease fire, including my decision with the president, but also my discussion with the other two parties and everybody seems to be welcoming the idea to have a cease fire. we know that a long time cease fire will require much more preparation, will require mechanism which will take longer to put in place beijing has issued its high

smog warning which has shut down schools and put restrictions on factories. the red alert is the most serious of the government's four-tier scale. forecasters are predicting at least three more days of severe smog. the leader of france's far right front marine le pen says the french voters have rejected the old political regime after being put up the top ahead of the center right republicans. francois hollande's social trail in third place with 23.5%. >> reporter: the morning after the night before and marine le pen is in triumphant mood. her party surged ahead in six out of 13 regions. >> translation: the truth is

th the national front maintains french people's trust more and more. election after election. once again, if you have some analytical capacities in connection with the people you realise there's no surprise in yesterday's results. this trust will continue to grow yoochlt tell telling you so that the next time you won't be surprised either. prepare your psychologically. >> reporter: the national front has long been seen as a fringe party out on the extreme right of french politics. these results show that it is now a mainstream party with a serious chance of governing, at least in the regions. for many people, that comes as a shock. >> translation: i see more and more people voting for the national front, people that i know. so voting for the national front is now something almost ordinary. i think it is dreadful that it makes me very afraid. >> translation: i don't believe that voting for the national front is a protest vote anywhere. i think it's a vote of agreement with them and the ideas they

represent. >> reporter: the big losers on sunday were the ruling socialists who previously controlled almost every regional council. they did so badly in three regions that they pulled out of the second round in order to concentrate their efforts in places where they stand a chance of wing p winning skr. an important question now forming the former president and his republican party is whether to do a deal with the socialists. this would mean withdrawing some of their cad dates too in order to block the national front. the answer it seems is no. >> translation: we have been almost unanimous in saying we must not pull our candidates out of the way, because we have been campaign for weeks to denouncing those of the region. >> reporter: voter apathy also played a part in these results. nearly half of the electorate didn't bother going to the holling station. more people may come out in the

second round which could have a significant impact on the final results germany is on course to take in a million refugees this year. it says it has already registered more than 960,000 people and that's just so far. that's four times the total of last year's figure. more than a thousand migrants have been rescued off the coast in nine different operations in just the past 24 hours. calm seas have encouraged a surge in refugees with more than five thousand making the cross to italy in the last three days. a large group of central american mothers have arrived in mexico city to raise awareness about their loved members of their family. migrants fall into the hands of

criminal cartells. it is a huge day for politics in brazil which could end with dilma rousseff's removal from power. impeachment procedures are to be considered. her supporters say the attempt at impeachment is a political move. sierra leone is hoping to bounce back as quickly as it can. the world health organisation has declared the west african country ebola free. the economy is the top priority and tourism is crucial. a report from the animal sanctuary which has reopened its doors to visitors. >> reporter: they're intelligent, playful and don't mind posing for the camera. locals and tourists from all over the world have visited this sanctuary for orphaned and abandoned chimps which closed

down for safety reasons during the ebola crisis. they're now walking a fine line for survival after losing about 100,000. pre-ebola sierra leone was starting to develop a stronger tourist industry with the sanctuary as one of the main attractions. >> when tourists come, they spend their money, to fly, to come into the country. the government generates taxes there. >> reporter: it has cost the government around 11 million dollars. visitors are slowly returning. >> they're very close to us, obviously, genetically, and they're very especially dangered and it is important that there are sanctuarys and places like this where people can come and learn about them. >> reporter: that's part of the goal of sanctuary, educating

people about conserving chimps. during the 1970s it was estimated there were about 20,000 here. it is now estimated there is about five and a half thousand. often they're kept illegally as pet or hunted for food. locals have been warned not to each bush meat since the ebola crisis. the goals of the sanctuary remain high. ways to attract tourism is being scuffed and they hope to bounce back south africa's government has found a new way to tack emits ongoing energy crisis in an effort to reduce its dependency on coal for electricity. they're looking towards wind power the wind turbines towering over the rural landscape of the eastern cape are hard to his. the government officials hope if more of these go up, they could

help address the countries's energy crisis. there are sometimes black outs. it is heavily dependent on fossil fuels like coal. >> it is not doing enough to our addiction of coal. generating almost 90% of electricity by coal. this is where we've got it wrong when we have unexploited rural energy in the country. that can be used to address climate change. >> reporter: developers of this wind farm project have signed a 20-year contract with the state owned power company. this wind farm just outside port elizabeth has 20 wind turbines that generate up to 60 mega watts of electricity. that's enough to power around 40,000 medium sized home. port elizabeth is known as the windy city. the coastal winds makes this the perfect place for a wind farm.

the energy produced is better for the environment. a percentage of the profits go into a community trust that decides what families need, like health care, education and the solar powered water hilters. the local youth center is also being maintained with money from some of the wind farm profits. children from poor communities have a safe place to play and learn the new sports. >> the kids go away from their homes because there is no hope. they come to these projects so that they can be better people than staying in the misery at home of not having the things that all kids need. >> reporter: wind energy costs 5 u.s. cents for kill wallet hour, roughly half the cost of coal-generated power. they hope to have more of these around the country. officials hope that these large turbines will become part of the country's landscape russia has lost its latest

military satellite after it failed to separate from the rocket that was sending it into orbit. it was launched from the space center in north-west russia on saturday. they say they've lost contact after one of the four locks holding it to failed to release. it is expected to burn up when the rocket reenters the atmosphere on tuesday. an attempt to-- an entry has been described as trance sending traditional ideas. here is charlie angela. >> reporter: architecture, psycholo

psychology, opera, these were the pieces nominated for the u.k.'s top contemporary art award. an unusual turn out. the ones that really stood out for the judges. >> translation: 2015 winner is. wow. assembly. >> reporter: assemble. a group of 14 designers and mostly unqualified architects who together trance forward re formed a street of derelict houses in liverpool, turning them into affordable homes for the poor. the prize has come as a shock. >> i think it is safe to say this was a surprise to all of us. the last six months have been kind of a super surreal experience, but it has allowed us to have a major opportunity

to start something, our workshop, which we hope will live on for a very long time. >> reporter: the collective are socially engaged and when i interviewed them i found them utterly unpretentious. for $12 you can own an original tile made by a turn of prize winner. cheap considering this prize can transform careers, turk unknown artists into multi million airs. one former one is the world's richest living artist. their favorite nominee has won big >> there couldn't have been toot winner. they were spot on. first of all, they're thinking about social issues, political issues. they're using art for one of the main reasons that it exists. it's not about painting pretty vases of flowers or about

kittens playing with balls of wool. it is about speaking to people. >> reporter: in awarding a design collective, this prize will shake up the art world, but it shows the best of what art can be. charlie angela, al jazeera. >> this is techknow, a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wild fire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity but we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science, by scientists. tonight: trash. it's everywhere. >> what's the out put of this facility? >> landfills overflowing. >> it just smells so bad. >> but some of our trash ...