the least to five people have been killed i in in a firea hospital in saudi arabia. ♪ you are watching al jazeera live from dough has, come up in the next half hour, afghan reinforcements arrive at britain announces it is sending troops to support them. fierce fighting against the taliban. russiaishs an international arrest warrant for creme lick critic. and the resistence tree. overshadowing beth los angeles ma'am this christmas.

♪ ♪ at least 25 people have died in saudi arabia after a fire broke out at a hospital in the port city there. over 100 people are injured. the fire was on the first floor of the hospital, which houses the intensive care and ma turn at thimaternityunits, emergencye currently there and we'll bring i more information on the story as we get it. in afghanistan the taliban is close to taking control of helmand province. the afghan army has been out numbered and surrounded by fighters in a anybody of districts after they have fighting in the past few days. the key battle is now there. british soldiers have been sent back to the area to advise a year after they withdrew from the region. >> translator: we were surrounded by taliban for two weeks. my 40 soldiers were injured and 10 others were killed.

taliban overran the district office and we were pushed back to their off began national army base. all of those killed and wounded bodies were in the base, today marks the sixth day since i was injured. >> david a foreign policy analyst at the wilson center in washington d.c. and he says the afghan army is showing its weakness. >> well, i don't know exactly what is going on but clearly the taliban have made big ativan million dollars helmand province over the summer and in to the winter. there is no real lull in the winter as this used to be and this taliban offensive is continuing and seems increasing. they have put a lot of fighters and weapons in helmand province on the board we are pakistan and most of the fighters and weapons come across the border from pakistan, there is nothing that stops them. the pakistani authorities allow free flow of taliban soldiers arms and equipment across the border. at the same time, the afghan national army core that was charged with defending helmand was the newest one and when the

united states and natural owe pulled back they decided not leave any serious advisers just a few special forces troops, you had all green force that was poorly equipped and is really struggling to survive. the united nation security council has unanimously back aid libyan peace deal creating a unity government. it could seek foreign help to fight isil. kristen saloomey reports. >> reporter: the u.n. security council threw its support behind libya's pledge link government of national accord. four year old after the death of muammar qaddafi helped plumb the country in to chaos, it was welcome booed i the u.n. ambassador to the u.n. who says the new government was a necessary compromise. >> translator: it cannot achieve the aspirations of all parties, but it best represents what we can potentially achieve and it is the highest common denominator. >> reporter: members of two rival governments political

parties and civil society groups reached agreements on a new government last week. but some key players have yet to endorse the deal. the security council and the u.n. special representative for libya, encouraged other libyans to come on board for the good of the libyan people. >> schools have to be open. the life has to start again. the hospitals have to work again and peace and security should really be established overtime. and this is the task of the government of national unity. >> reporter: warring factions in the country have led to instability and the presence of isil also making lib i can't a hub for the human trafficking of migrants. seeing to go cross the mediterranean to our you feel the security council has warned that instability in libya is a threat to international peace and security. the resolution calls on country to his respond urgently when the new government requests security help in particular in dealing with isil. but the government has to ask

first the united kingdom which drafted the resolution says it is ready to help. >> we are awaiting with impatience the creation action of this government. and once it's been created we'll talk to them about what is required in terms of the fight against daesh in labia. >> reporter: libya has 30 days to form its government and a plan for national security. kristen saloomey, al jazeera, the united nations. at least 15 civilians have been killed in a wave attacks in iraq. eight of the victims died in five several bombings in the capital baghdad. the attacks happens address iraqi security forces continued their operation to retake it from isil. the military says it has made progress and has killed hundreds of fighters in the past two days think rah mad is a the capital of iraq's largest province anbar. russia has rejected allegations that his it has deliberately bombed civilian areas in syria.

amnesty it's national says russian strikes on residential areas and hospitals have killed hundreds of civilians in the past through months and could amount to war crimes. staying in russia. the government has issued an international arrest warm from kremlin critic. he spent 10 years in prison after falling out with president putin. he now spends a lot of time in london says that he is considering applying for political asylum in britain. emma hayward reports. >> reporter: he may be in self impressed exile but seldom misses an opportunity to criticize president putin. >> translator: no matter what the kremlin propaganda and p.r. wanted to show us, putin is no superman and he will surely not go down in history as a hero. >> reporter: on tuesday, russian police raided the offices of a pro-democracy movement founded and funded by mikhail.

>> translator: when we all made a decision to work with organization and him we did understand our risks and that's why it's not become an unexpected event for us. especially taking in to consideration the fact that activists have opened russia were jailed and searched before. >> reporter: on wednesday came the international arrest warrant accusing mikhail of organizing a contract killing in the '90s. >> translator: due to the president of evidence of the accused mikhail's involvement in homicide and attempted homicide the investigation has did he side request his arrest in absentia and as you know the court had granted the petition. >> reporter: the kremlin's most outspoken critic and once russia's richest man, had already spent 10 years in jail convicted of tacky ao*e indicatioevasion and embezzle think. charges widely seen as punishment for challenging presidential power. he was pardoned and released in 2013 and left rauch to lift in

switzerland where he renewed his condemnation of putin's russia. in the last week, he has been increasingly outspoken in his attacks on the government. president putin, he says has driven russia in to a position where revolution is inevitable. and necessary. and he adds i'll help bring it about. remarks that incensed the kremlin. on wednesday, he reacted to being charged in ab then that. theabsentia. they have gone mad he said. u.k. prime minister david cameron is investigating why a british muslim family was stopped from travel to go dizzily snapped in the u.s., donald trump think had recently called from muslims to be banned from entering the country a spokesman for u.s. customs and border protection says religion is not a determining factor when deciding whether someone can happen. family did not know why u.s. officials made the decisions are are demanding an explanation.

>> we are did he hav devastated. we planned this trip for two months, the kids are excited and all of a sudden some persons comes to you and says you are not allowed to board the plane. no explanation given. it's devastating. it's like we were alienated the way we were taken out of the room. police shot dead two pal pal stuns who stopped three israelis. it took place at an entrance to the old city. since september 131 palestinians and 20 israelis have been killed in violence. and israel. christmas celebration as cross the occupied west bank will be subdued this year. palestinian political leaders have decided to tone down holiday festivities as the wavy violence continues, imtiaz tyab reports now from bethlehem and the occupied west bank. >> reporter: it's an annual tradition that 19-year-old jamil normally looks forward to. but decorating the family christmas tree with his mother

is different this year. he suffers from severe pain and can page stand after he was shot in the next last month after a protest near his home in bethlehem. he was injured after israel he commandos dressed in civilian clothing inning till traded the crowd of protesters that he was with and a allege i hadding opened fire with riff round, while in the hospital he was sent a video that not only shows the moment the undercover isreali forces began shooting at the protest but also when he was take then to an ambulance by first responders clearly in shock. >> when i look at the person in the video it feels as if i am looking at someone else, it was a life-changing experience, i ask that people pray for peace for us in the city of native tissot that the war can end and i pray for god to have mercy on all those killed for palestine and give patience to the families to endure that i losses i ask people to pray for peace

in palestines seven it's not just families like this struggling to celebrate christmas, knew municipalities including here in beth los bethe decided to back festivities. the christmas tree is decorated and the native at this scene is on the display, elsewhere decorations were toned down or not put up at all. political leaders say it was the right thing to do. >> this is the [ inaudible ] in pwepgtd los angeles ham. exactly as we live all the different conditions, the joy, sadness, faith, we live the challenges and the encounters with faith on the ground. >> reporter: at the opposite end of the square, palestinian activists decorate an olive tear with spent israel i tear gas canters, stun grenades and pictures of those killed i in te resent violence calling it a he recess steps tree, meant to show

the bitterness. peace promise is in the bible something it has seen very little of for main years, al jazeera, bethlehem in the occupied west bank. one of the heros of algeria's fight for independent as died at the age of 89, he was one of the founding members of the resits stones french colonial rule. he was described as the eternal rebel for being a fierce opponent of successive governments in al year algeriar independence in 1962. he spent years in exile in switzerland. still to come here. >> we are regular americans not white trash. >> we hear from the trailer park residents dead handing greater protection against eviction. and. ♪ ♪ >> let it stream. the beatles back catalog finally goes online. online.

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welcome back. a reminder now of our top stories on al jazeera. at least 25 people have died in saudi arabia after a fire broke out at a hospital in the port city there. more than 100 people are injured, firefighters are trying to contain the blaze. afghanistan's government has sent remember force thinks to push back the taliban in helmand province. the taliban has taken control of the most of the strategic district where they have fighting continues. and u.k. prime minister david cameron is investigating

why a british muslim family was stoped from travel to go disney land in the u.s. a spokesman from u.s. customs and border protection says religion is not a determining factor when did he asiding whether someone can travel. a rebel leader in the central african republic has withdrawn his opposition to elections due this weekend. he was deputy commander of the rebel group known as celica. which triggered months of violence between muslims and christians when it seized four in 2013, ta tania page reports . >> reporter: he pose aid are very real threat to the possibility able peaceful election here in the central african republic. he had declared an all town plus state in the country's northeast and had vowed to disrupt the election by any means possible now in a surprise move, he says he supports a positive and sincere contribution to the election and says that he

regrets calling for the partition of the country. this follows several days of talks he held with the organization of islamic cooperation. this is very significant because he was one of the sale ca commanders who led a mostly muslim group of fighters in to the capital and overthrew the president in 2013. they committed atrocities against civilians on the way. when the french forces moved in, the sale ca withdrew and mostly tan vigilante groups took revenge on the muslim pop since. prompting months of violence here in the capital and across the whole rest of the country. people here tell us they are sick and tired of violence. they want the this election to happen peas. i. now that he says that he is all

promising to bring unity. people have a chaps at hope. but there is still many armed groups out there. the disarmament program hasn't been effective. so the threat is still very real. human rights watch has accused the nigerian army of killing more than 300 is civilians the army says mechanics of a shia group set up a road block and tried to assays natural the chief of army but researchers found in credible evidence of an attack. a thai court has sentenced two men to death for the murder of two british tourists. the migrant workers were found guilty of killing 24-year-old david mill and 23-year-old hannah last year. the men deny the charges saying they were tortured in to confessing. a 19 year olds has been pulled alive from the rubble of a landslide in the southern chinese city. the man had been trapped under a

collapsed building since sunday, more than 70 people are missing adrian brown reports from beijing. >> reporter: alive against all the odds. trafficked you remember debris for about him lee days, he is a my grand worker aged 19. his voice and pulse were feeble when rescuers finally reached him. raising their morale and those of local people. >> translator: it's a miracle. a man was rescued alive. we were so happy when we heard about it. very happy. >> reporter: he had been in the office of a factory when the mudslide happened on sunday morning, but a man found close to him was dead. doctors are hopeful he will recover, but his injuries are serious. >> he is severely debilitate and dehydrate the he sustained multiple injuries including soft tissue, bone fractures and an extremely severe crash injury on

his right lower limb. >> reporter: at the rescue site frantic efforts to find more survivors have intensifies, search teams are using censors to locate signs of life but they are also finding more bodies. the operation has also begun to affect local businesses. >> translator: we cannot go out now. we cannot transfer the goods in and out of this area, there is no guarantee for our lives. many workers have to eat and there is no power supply now. >> reporter: the deluge of mud and construction waste engulfed more than 30 buildings in an industrial zone. it happened after heavy rains dislodged the man-made pile that had been there several years. now a senior official of the firm that managed the dump has been arrested. state media say that a local government report had identified storage problems at the site months ago. warping of a catastrophe. a catastrophe that has now happened. adrian brown, al jazeera, bay

jeeping. indian police have charged 15 people over the murders of a muslim man accused of eating beef. mo happen he had was dragged from his home by a mob in september and beaten to death. killing cow is his taboo. the majority hindu country and is banned in many states. the u.n. security council has urged haiti to reschedule its second rounds of presidential elects as soon as possible. voting was scheduled for sunday, but it was canceled off fraud allegations. adam raney has more now from port-au-prince 67 not good enough. that's the response from a leading haitian opposition party to the formation of a commission to investigate claims of fraud in an october presidential election. >> translator: the members of the commission were handpicked by the president and his prime minister, so this commission has nothing to do with what we recommended therefore we don't recognize 2678 the critique followed the prime minister's announce. 5-member commission on tuesday.

>> translator: the government guarantees the commission's complete independence in caring out its duties. to make all the necessary troops come out to restore the bread credibility of the electoral process. >> reporter: there has been growing anger and protests over the first round results. opposition groups say some people voted multiple times while intimidation kept many from casting ballots. that in a race with dozens of candidates vying for the presidency. these are just some of the faces of the 54 original presidential candidates here in haiti. now the december 27 run off has been postponed in up definitely but people we have been speaking to say no mat we are the vote takes place they have little faith in the democratic process. >> translator: i have totally lost confidence in the system because they stall our votes it's a very dirty game. >> reporter: during the election the people are just pawns. even if you vote, the results never show who really won.

>> reporter: suspicion also fuels apathy. only 26% of registered voters cast ballots in the first round. although the government has not set a new date there is growing international concern that the second round should be held soon. in a statement on we understand, the u.n. security council called on all candidates political parties and political actors to publically commit to the electoral process. and timely government formation in accordance with the cons tuesdayal time frame. including the inauguration of a new president by the seventh 7tf february next year. those in charge of the election are trying to win back the confidence of voters. >> translator: electoral council is doing everything it can do gain the trust of people. we have fired people we suspects of fraud. >> reporter: that might not be enough to convince hangses that the run off will reflect the true we felt people. al jazeera, port-au-prince.

no breakthrough over the fate of thousands of cuban migrants strand ed in costa rica despite a meeting in mexico. central american nations are refuse to go allow the u.s.-bound cuban to his travel northwards a report from costa rica. >> reporter: cleaning the garden of their benefactor for a month these cuban migrants have shelter this nba this month in the porter town. >> translator: she helped us so much. taking us in. trusting us without knowing who we were. we are just trying to give back. we are like family now. >> reporter: almost 6,000 cubans have been stuck here since neighboring nicaragua shutdown the border stopping them on their way to the u.s. she says she was moved by the harrowing stories of their trip that's why she took them in. >> translator: they slept on the ground in bus stations.

they were mugged and assaulted in colombia. but they are lovely people and hard workers. >> reporter: the presence of thousands of cubans has changed the face here. shelters have popped up across the center with migrants anxiously waiting for a way out. central american countries have seen a spike in the number of cubans since the island renewed relations with the u.s. for weeks costa rica has failed to broker a safe passage for them while also announcing an end to new transit visas to try to stem the flow of migrants. guatemala and nicaragua way blame the u.s. for offering residency to tube cuban that his reach american soil while rejecting their own migrants. a regional meet on the ground tuesday brought some progress towards establishing an air bridge to guatemala think but no agreement has been reached. >> translator: we ask you to be patient. we are making progress.

in the meantime, please stay safe and don't thigh to cross illegally. >> reporter: but after weeks in the shelters, some nigh grant have been resort to go people smugglers. often with dangerous outcomes. >> translator: after walk forking nine hours in the woods they attacked us and took our last $1,500. we had no option but to turn ourselves in to the anything rawing juan police who september us back here. >> reporter: a new meet to go solve the issue has been called for december 28. a temporary solution might be at hand, but central american countries fear more cubans willam bark on the journey as long as the temptation of settling in the u.s. remains possible. costa rica. in the u.s., more than 20 million people are living in mobile homes. but most of them don't own the land their homes rest on. leaving them at the mercy of

unscrupulous landlords. in the second part of our special series, john hendon has been talking to those who want more legal protection. >> reporter: heather has lived in her mobile home with her husband for 13 years, she liked it so much, she was planning to buy another one nearby for her children. >> we were mount process of looking when we got the notice. >> reporter: that notice from her mobile home park informed her that it would close to build million dollars homes in its place. then her husband lost his job. now they are both out of work. the home is not movable and they owe $17,000 on it. >> it's openinger going in to the garbage or the bank will take it back and they'll have to figure out what to do with it. wwe are not children. homemakers. you know, schoolteachers. whatever. we are just dollar signs. just because we live in a mobile home and not in a stick-built house, we wanted to live a nice

life and have nice things for our kids. >> reporter: for the handles home old owner the trailer park it's an indignity suffered over and over, they endure the jokes ♪ >> if your richest relative buys a new house and you have to help take the wheels off of it, you might be a redneck. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but when trail are park owners sale the land those with homes on it, people like jo, get nothing. >> we are regular americans we are not white trash. we have chosen to own our own home and a lot of people work all their lives, what's happening in our society is the people in the lower bracket are being excluded from i think having their own american dream. which is very happened. >> reporter: for-profit mobile home park owners didn't agree to talk to us, perhaps because they have little reason to. in most u.s. states there are no protections the land owner can sell at will raise the recommended and even dictate our

guard ends look, so-called mobile holes are not mobile at all so moving them is not optional. >> they are not mobile. they are mobile as far as getting from the fact is a rhode island sought site but not not end tend go ahead to be moved again and nowhere to move to. they are losing everything all their equity. they may still have a morgue only that home. i call them prisoners in their own homes. >> reporter: they were recentsly notified this park is about to close next spring. so by then all 32 homes will have to be torn down or moved at the owner's expense. one homeowner had just bought two weeks before the notice. the park owner didn't mention that when any moved in. john hendon, al jazeera, seattle. santa is bringing an early christmas present for beatles fans after years of holding out the band's two surviving members are finally adding their music to online streaming services. ♪ ♪

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