♪ burundi's presidential spokesman tells al jazeera the african union won't be allowed to deploy troops there to end the violence. ♪ hello, you are with al jazeera live from doha, also to come, unanimous agreement the u.n. endorses a peace plan for syria that includes a ceasefire and talks between warring sides. rwanda voters back extra terms for the president in a referendum criticized by the u.s. and the european union.

and homework controversy some schools shut down in the u.s. state of virginia over an arabic writing assignment. ♪ but first burundi's presidential spokesman has been telling al jazeera that his government doesn't want african union troops sent to keep the peace. the au says burundi is on the brink of civil war and is there forth proposing to send 5,000 peace keepers with or without burundi's consent and the opposing sides are expected to meet in uganda in nine day's time for talks. i've been speaking to a burundi presidential spokesman and says the african union has failed to follow accepted deployment procedures. >> there are international regressions on sending peace keepers in any given country in

the world. we as the government we believe that these regulations have not been followed because the government has not been consulted on this and was surprised that troops are being prepared to be sent to burundi which has an elected government and a fully functioning government and which has an army and a police which are fully functioning. we don't believe that the u.n. security council is going to setback a draft resolution because they passed on the resolution recently, the u.n. security council they didn't find to anything it would point to a situation where peace keepers would be needed in burundi and very recently they ordered the special envoy of the u.n. under secretary council in burundi who received an ordinance by the president of burundi and went back to the u.n. and said that there was no

need for burundi to be considered as a conduit of peace keepers should be sent. he said a small civilian component would be needed here to follow the interpreter burundi bail and which is going to involve burundi people in the country and leaving outside the country. rwanda electoral commission said they have constitutional change in a referendum and means the president could stay in office until 2034. al jazeera's malcolm web reports from the capitol. >> reporter: the electoral commission said 98.3% of voters voted yes to change the constitution, to change its presidential term limits and also said in what must be an unusual coincidence of polling statistics that voter turn out was also 98.3%. critics of which there are few here there were very few who criticized the government lines but those in other countries

from opposition and activists and so on say that rwanda's polling results are not credible and in the high 90s and there is not a free and fair environment here to conduct conducive polls because people are voting in a time of intimidation and fear and during a press conference here a short while ago was questioned about that and said it was a true reflection of rwanda people because they want to keep him in power after 2017. world powers have agreed a roadmap for peace in syria and the council backed a plan between talks between the syrian government and opposition but there is no mention of president bashar al-assad in the plan because of disagreements over the role he should play in the future. well iran and russia are allies of president assad and they insist his political fate is going to be decided by the syrian people. more now on the iranian position from gamba who is with kian

international a newspaper close to the supreme leader of iran. >> i think instead of what assad it's what the people of syria want. iran is not in love, it doesn't have a love affair with president assad. what iran is concerned about is what the people of syria want. let's assume for the moment that without assad we have problems in syria but that is not going to last forever. i think we should realize, we should understand and we should keep track of the fact that president assad is not going to be there forever. that is the most important point. from now on we should realize also that without assad or with assad people are better off in syria. so what the people decide from now on is what the international community should respect.

i think iran is not in love with assad and iran doesn't care if the assad is there or not. what iran cares about is that the terrorist groups are not in charge of the country. so i mean let's face it, syria doesn't need assad. now 18 refugees including ten children have drown in the aegean sea trying to make it to europe and they were going to the greek island from turkey when their wooden boat sank. 14 refugees were pulled to safety by the coast guard. refugees were reported to be from iraq, pakistan and syria. now, somali police say a car bomb killed at least one person in the capitol mogadishu and 13 were wounded and the death toll is likely to rise. the blast happened on a busy street close to hotels and super markets, most of the casualties were pedestrians.

anger in india over a court which has not extended the jail term for a gang rape convict. the court has asked the government to ensure his rehabilitation instead. the convict was 17 years old at the time of his arrest for the rape and murder of the medical student in 2012 and died later from her injuries and attacker given the maximum sentence of three years as a juvenile and plans to amend the juvenile justice system and they remain stalled with the upper house of parliament yet to pass the bill. >> they should be responsible. there is nothing they could have done. the existing law cannot deal with this. it's the second session and the second time of the entire session, what else could i have

done. >> reporter: meanwhile in india the top leaders of main opposition party granted bail in a corruption case. the president of the congress party are accused of illegally acquiring real estate worth $300 million. the property had mainly belonged to a newspaper which was closed in 2008. the national herald had been controlled by the gandhi family, the family is india's most popular dynasty producing three prime ministers. iraq and three soldiers accidentally killed on an air attack on the wrong target and investigating friendly fire death in the u.s. war against i.s.i.l. and soldiers killed in air strikes of i.s.i.l. near the city of fallujah and the iraqi army is continuing to battle i.s.i.l. in and around the city of ramadi and government forces retaking parts of the capitol of

anbar and 12 iraqi soldiers killed in an i.s.i.l. suicide car bomb and three killed by government forces on residential neighborhoods and i.s.i.l. said suicide bombers killed three iraqi soldiers northeast of the city. meanwhile millions of people in iraq have limited access to healthcare but dwindling revenues and the cost of the fight against i.s.i.l. is leaving the government struggling for resources and refugees from syria and internally displaced people are also stretching the system almost to breaking point. and we report now from irbill from northern iraq. >> reporter: forced out of her home from the iraqi city of mosul when i.s.i.l. took over. she lives in a camp among thousands of other iraqis. last year she was diagnosed with cancer and had to have multiple

surgeries and therapies but now she said she stopped her treatment because she can't afford it any more. >> translator: since last year i had cancer and a charity helped me to go to the hospital and with surgery. they helped to take out the cancerous lumps and all other treatments but after that i had to do all the tests and treatments by myself and i have no money for that. tests and treatment costs at least $100 and i stopped all of that. >> reporter: the story is not unique. the u.n. estimates more than 3 million iraqis across the country have limited or no access to healthcare. charities and international aid agencies are doing what they can but it doesn't seem to be enough. there are 74 hospitals under the kurdish regional government to provide more than 5.2 million people, the government admits that it is struggling and the tremendous pressure from over crowding and lack of money and says it has to accommodate an additional 2 million people who

have either been displaced from their homes inside iraq or refugees from syria. those who can afford it use private clinics and hospitals but the majority of people here have no means to pay for private healthcare and the fight with i.s.i.l. and dwindling oil prices and fallen revenues have taken a toll on many public services. in this kurdish region alone 20 hospitals were supposed to be built since last year the regional government blames baghdad for not doing enough and calling for help from the international community. >> they have to provide more than they provide to now because most from the government and belonged to the iraqi and other parts of kurdistan and belongs to the region so they have to send us the share of this and we are calling on all the international organizations and also the countries, the other countries to help us. >> reporter: until that appeal

is heard and help arrives he will continue to be left with a stark choice. she can either feed her children or continue her treatment. al jazeera, i rbill. troops with yemen president abd rabbuh mansur hadi gained control of an important city in the northwest of the country and they seized the capitol of the province and the border town of harad from houthi rebels and allies and meanwhile the u.n. sponsored talks in geneva amid acquisitions of ceasefire accusations on both sides. >> translator: we are now at a government complex at the city the regional military command and both serve 101 brigades traveled 80 kilometers to reach this place, some other forces have gone to areas in the northwest, we will continue to progress until we reach sada and sanaa. we will liberate all yemeni cities from the persians and

those who want to attack our land, our religion and our dignity. >> reporter: still to come on the program u.s. democratic candidates meet for a third round of debate, we will look at the issues that are dominating the presidential race. and moving on chelsea players prepare for their first match following their controversial manager's sacking. ♪

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the stop stories burundi president said the u.n. recently indicated there is no need to deploy troops to his country and there for he is against the proposed plan by the african union to send 5,000 peace keepers to the capitol. world powers agreed on a roadmap for peace in syria and u.n. security counsel proposed a plan for talks with the party and opposition but there is no mention of president assad because of this agreement over his future. rwanda electoral commission say voters overwhelmingly backed a constitutional amendment in a referendum and means the president could serve three more terms in office and possibly stay in power until 2034. all right we can talk to andrew wallace now who is a great lakes region of africa specialist and also of the silent accomplice the untold story of france and its roll in the

rwanda genocide and you are just back and tell us then how representative of 98.3% how reflective of that is of rwanda public opinion? >> well, it sounds very strange to westernize and used to small turn out but having attended the ruling party conference a couple weeks back the president is a very, very popular person for the reason that he has brought success and stability and security to the country and this is in an area in the great lakes area where we have been talking about burundi there and there is problems in the drc. there is big regional problems with security, with corruption and the president has in the last 10, 15 years really brought rwanda from the wilderness to a

point today where businesses from around the world are starting to want to get involved. >> he is credited widely, isn't he, for the economic success of rwanda but he is also accused of stamping out any political dissension and any voices of opposition accused of stamping out and even been accused of condoning or allowing at least politic political assassinations of his opponents. >> take the second with a pinch of salt really. certainly he has in the west a lot of critics and a lot of people, human rights groups, lobbies in the countries which in some ways have not got over the president coming to power and unseating the government so there is a lot of politics going on within here. but i think you have to look at it from the point of rwanda citizens themselves and

what they are saying with this poll is the fact we want more of the same, we don't want to play some sort of roulette wheel with what is happening in the next five, ten years. whether the president would go to 2032, you know, that may or may not happen. but we don't actually know who will run yet. what is important i think talking to individual rwanda people is they want more to say and whatever the west says they are really saying you can have your debate about democracy in the west, for us this is the guy we need at the minute to keep the country rolling forward. >> andrew wallace thank you very much and interesting to talk to you thank you. >> thank you. israeli police reporting a stabbing attack which is north of tel aviv and two people have been injured, one of them apparently critically. now this alleged attacker has been arrested in the latest attack in a wave of violence in

israel and the occupied palestinian territory that began in october. south africa now where the u.n. says the physical and sexual abuse of women and children is rampent and the government urged more to tackle the problem especially in poor townships close to johannesburg from where tonya page reports. >> reporter: raped by a traditional healer who said she needed to be cleansed of an evil spirit and that that was the way to do it. she is only 13. and the sprawling township on the edge of johannesburg this center is a few place that rape victims can go for counseling. >> translator: he helped me giving me clothes and soaps and introducing me to other victims for support. we share experiences which stops me from getting depressed. >> reporter: one of the places the u.n. special reppitoir against women went on a fact

finding mission and found physical and sexual abuse is often accepted as a fact of life and says the government must do more. does the government need to put its money where its mouth is? >> yes. this is very important. and understanding that adoption of the law for different services is the recognition of governmental responsibilities to provide such services and if they are not there then there is human rights violations. >> reporter: keeps the green door open despite lack of support from government which helped set it up and private donors bring clothes, food and healthcare products for him to distribu distribute. >> we do so much but there is no support that sandersville given to you. >> reporter: most of the residents live in poverty, there is so much crime and there are parts of the township so dangerous the police refuse to

patrol and adds to a sense of lawlessness and impunity for perpetrators of rape and other violence and ministers say it's not as simple as throwing money at the problem which the government is working on. >> we have challenges and in my own view it's issues of violence against women cannot be based on reaction and we need programs to make sure women can empower themselves. >> reporter: and wants to start offering sewing classes to help women learn skills to support themselves but it's likely he will have to rely on private donors, not the government to make it happen, tonya page, south africa. now there are threats over a lesson at a school and prompted educators to cancel classes and after school activities, a teacher in virginia asked students to copy out the arabic statement there is no god but

ala and they say it's absurd and a part of islam phobia. >> reporter: the high school in standen, virginia were empty and more than 10,000 students at the augusta public schools were told to start christmas breaks early. school heads say they were threatened via social media because of an assignment and as part of the established world lesson criminal -- curriculum and says the acceptance of mohamed as god's profit and some parents say it was trying to convert students to islam and say the school closer and threats against teachers are symptoms of wider sentiment being fueled by political campaigns. >> when we are being fed fear day in and day out we act as human beings, we act out of that fear and we act irrationally. >> reporter: reaction has varied on social media and she

wrote don't worry dear coming it won't turn you muslim neither would drawing a cross make me christian. amy says the school principals and teachers are sick, protect your kids. and 15 tweeted they are forcing kids to say it in class. we don't want this garbage and varney and company tweeted the virginia school students are all muslim now as far as islam is concerned. during the last debate by republicans hoping to replace the president barack obama candidates referred to islamic terrorism and i.s.i.l. and terrorism hundreds of times. health experts say americans are 40,000 times more likely to die of heart disease and obesity and cancer than from terrorism. >> reality on the ground is right now in america we have 30% of republican primary voters saying that they want to bomb agrabah, that is a fictitious

country where aladdin and jasmine fell in love and rode on a magic carpet and are dealing with a situation where people are so fearful that they are responding in this way. >> reporter: that fear is what is attributed to the closer of the second largest public school district in the u.s. on the day of the republican debate. 640,000 students in los angeles returned to class on wednesday after investigators said the bomb and gun threat received via e-mail was a hoax. paul with al jazeera. in the next few hours democratic presidential candidates come together for a third debate in the state of new hampshire. now many voters will be looking to them to find out what distinguishes them on the crucial issues of security and indeed religion. kimberly reports. >> reporter: we get made into food baskets and internally displaced people.

>> reporter: for three years she has made it her mission to support victims of conflict in syria collecting tons of donated clothing and medical supplies in this warehouse until it is time to ship. >> we are not going to let hateful rhetoric be our mantra. we want to make a difference so we have actually seen a spike in people wanting to connect with us. >> reporter: she is talking about comments from donald trump, a republican presidential candidate suggested banning muslims from the united states is necessary for its security. >> a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> reporter: democratic presidential candidates have been working to distance themselves from the rhetoric. bernie sanders running behind hillary clinton in the polls even participated in an interfaith roundtable this week in washington to speak directly

with muslim leaders. controversy is expected to be a key issue as candidates take to the stage saturday for the third democratic debate. >> all of the democratic candidates will criticize donald trump for his comments about security and religion and i think that that will give an opportunity for the democratic candidates to show that they are not donald trump and present a much more nuisances picture. >> reporter: voters are watching especially in light of reports from muslim advocacy groups showing incidents of destruction of vandalism targeting u.s. mosques this past year have risen. >> democrats have not really spoken out and really made clear that almost all americans are fellow americans and we have to honor that and we have to make sure that they feel safe and that we also build bridges and get to know each other. >> reporter: she is leading by example collecting more than a million dollars of goods for victims in syria, determined to

demonstrate a spirit of unity and generosity, she expects from the next u.s. president. kimberly with al jazeera, manchester, new hampshire. let's go to puru where illegal gold mines are targeted by police and they are being destroyed and equipment burned in a crack down on mining, and they are close to a forest reserve and civilians were killed in violent antimining, protests earlier this year. and chelsea football club has fully announced that a man will take charge of manner until the end of the season replacing jose and this is before the match at sun derland and he was there for a short stint in 2009 and recently a manager of the netherlands and chelsea is 16th on the premier league table and that is one point above the relegation. this is a statement from him and

he said he is excited to return to the bridge and chelsea is one of the biggest clubs in the world but it's not where it should be at the moment. he says he was sure he could turn it all around and said he was looking forward to working with the players and the staff at what he called this great club. well as for mr. morino he has been attending a championship football game and received a statement a few hours ago during his career he has sometimes chosen to leave a club but only at chelsea has the club decided that he should leave. he will not be taking a sabbatical and is not tired, he doesn't need it, he is very positive and he is already looking forward. now the latest of the star wars franchise set a new opening night box office record in north america and $57 million in tickets. now disney expects the force awakens to take in more than $215 million in the u.s. and canada over the weekend.

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