ashley manning former israeli prime minister is sentenced to 18 months in prison. we many have all the details this hour you're watching al jazeera. coming up in the next half hour. celebrating their safety, hundreds of fighters and their families are relocated from syria. al jazeera gets access to what was once the armed group boko haram's heavily fortified base in nigeria. we travelled to argentina where

massive floods are causing many families to start anew the top story this hour, israel's supreme court has reduce the former prime minister's sentence. he is the first head of government to be imprisoned. it is related to a major real estate deal when he was the mayor of jerusalem. going to west jerusalem where our correspondent is standing by for us. when will he be starting his sentence? >> reporter: a very dramatic development which former israeli prime minister will be making a sort of history he never hoped he would, which is to become the

first israeli prime minister who will serve a jail sentence. the jail sentence will start on 15 february next year. few believe that he would serve the six-year sentence that he was first given 18 months ago, but the fact that this sentence has been duesd to 18 months-- reduced to 18 months is no less shocking. the fact that a former prime minister is going to jail is because he has been convicted of fraud. fraud involving a housing development which is quite controversial here in west jerusalem. many say it blights the sky line of this part of the city. it is very different from anything that you've seen. it is a series of at all buildings capped off by very a very at all buildings.

many believe that it is out of step with what you see in west jerusalem which has a specific building code. whatever the case, he is going to jail and he is likely to spend 18 months behind bars as you mentioned, quite a popular prime minister during his time in office. he will be the first prime minister to go behind bars in israel. what has been the reaction to this case? >> reporter: i think shock to be honest with you. although this is a case that has been going through the courts for quite a while. as we've been saying, few believe that he would go to jail for six years, but the fact that he is going to jail, i think, has surprised many people. still, this isn't the last of his legal problems. in another case, another fraud case, he is looking at a second sentence which could see him go to jail for up to eight months. so he has had an awful lot of

legal problems for a very long time. this is the case that has been followed only by the israeli-- only only by the israeli immediate i can't, but the people of the country. he is going to be serving this 18-month sentence from february of next year, but there is this other case again involving fraud in which he is accused of accepting cash in envelopes, quite literally, that could see him serve a further eight months in prison thank you. our breaking news, former prime minister sentenced to 18 months in jail. hundreds of appeal trapped in two besieged area of war torn syria have made their way to turkey as part of a rare deal negotiated by the u.n., iran and turkey. rebel fighters and their families from the

government-controlled area and bashar al-assad supporters from idlib have been relocated. going to our correspondent who is live for us near the turkey-syria border. tell us what is next for these people, what happens to them next? >> reporter: we know from our sources that the syrian rebel fighters and their families with evacuated from their families yesterday. today they managed to cross into syria. this is from sources on the border and the deputy governor. they are in northern syria in areas under the control of the rebels. at the same time we do understand that the pro-government shia fighters were evacuated and left for

lebanon and are expected to drive to the capital damascus is this evacuation and change, is this a blueprint for a future peace accord? >> reporter: it could be because informed, for example-- today, for example, one of the powerful rebel groups operating on the two towns are going to offer safe passage and corridors for humanitarian aid to reach the pro-government supporters in the towns, and expecting this to be done also in another town. nor the international community and united nations it is quite significant because they're hoping that the two parties start doing similar deals across the countries. so they will be able to talk

about the bigger issue of how to move forward in geneva next month. they will be able to talk about how to form a government with executive power. the deficit of trust was a huge issue. you're talking about more than four years of mass destruction, killing of dozens of thousands of people. so this is positive for the communities for the parties to start doing business and talk politics indeed it is. thank you for that, on the relocation of syrian fighters and their families. iraq's prime minister has vowed to retake the city of mosul from i.s.i.l. after declaring a strategic victory in ramadi. the ramadi flew the national flag over government buildings after recapturing key parts on monday. alabadi says he is confident

that i.s.i.l. will be defeated in the year ahead. >> translation: if 2015 was the year of liberation, 2016 will be the end of i.s.i.l. on iraqi soil. we are coming to liberate mosul and it will be the filgts and final blow to i.s.i.l. through the unity and the greatness of our great people the spokesman of the u.s. led coalition against i.s.i.l. says the ramadi issue is not yet over >> there's still plenty of work to do in ramadi. we still need to stabilize the remainor of the euphrates river valley and still need to work on the rest of the tigress river valley. this will be a process. i'm want to be clear that-- i want to clear that there is still a lot of work ahead of us. this enemy is still dug in very deeply in portions of iraq. they still have the capability to fight and do harm. this is going to take time at least 30 people have been

killed in attacks in north-east nigeria. emergency services stay two suicide bombers struck a market. fires and out break in a mosque. no-one has claimed responsibility. boko haram is aspected to have carried-- suspected to have carried out the attacks. military chiefs were given until december 31 to defeat the group and maintain significant progress that it has made. al jazeera has been given access to film, what was once boko haram's most fortified base. >> reporter: on patrol with the nigerian military in search of boko haram former stronghold. this has noteriety.

it is formally seized by boko haram. new government and military leadership took over this year. it is now declared that the group is no longer dominant. >> more peaceful daily it is coming, a better place than it used to be. we believe that for every second, for every minute and day things will continue to improve. >> reporter: still, the military stepping up operations, mopping up and securing areas they have recaptured. no nigerian territory that is seen as much bombing as that behind me. this has been pounded from the air for several months. we're told it is not safe to go deep in there because of continuing military operations and, of course, the presence of ordinary unanimouss, land--

ordinances. on the road, one of the most devastated towns, we were taken through areas of destruction, a legacy of six years of violence. >> i don't think the army is going to stay here very long time due to defeat because boko haram is no longer to stay. >> reporter: another school occupied and ravindranaged-- ravaged by the group. girls were taken from this town before the other girls were abducted. for two years 70 year old fisherman couldn't go to the river but now his new fish traps are ready to be laid. >> translation: now we can go to the river. with the troops around, things are getting better and better. >> reporter: things have improved, but fear remains as boko haram has carried out a series of suicide bombings

recently. like many people in the north-east, this man knows the fight for stability may continue for some time to come. al jazeera north-eastern nigeria the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says that iran has started fulfilling its part of a nuclear deal with six world powers. that is after a ship carrying ukrai ukraini ukrainian-- ukrainian-- uranium is moved out >> they're no move it the existing core of the iraq reactor. we will, of course, verify all these steps and more and the agency is doing the extensive monitoring and verification of the entire nuclear program more from washington dc.

>> reporter: john kerry's announcement that the ukraine i do not know stores-- nuclear stores have been treated out. the iranians still have to remember phi that they have dismantled the infrastructure that could have permitted them to build nuclear weapons. the international atomic administration still has to implement its own inspections regime, one that would allow it unprecedented and unfettered access to iran's nuclear facilities. in the meantime, it is not clear yet when the iranians are going to receive their natural uranium stores which they can use for peaceful emergency purposes, but the u.s. says that it does see progress and that it is looking forward to what is being called implementation day, the day when the terms of the jcpoa have been concluded and the international

community could then start to remove sanctions against the iranian government still to come on al jazeera. relatives of the syrian boy whose lifeless body sparked worldwide outrage arrives in canada. arrested for criticizing his mandela agesty's dog. -- mandela agesty's dog. a crack down of all kinds. l kinds. >> from our award-winning news teams across america and beyond. >> we've got global news covered.

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a reminder of our top stories and israel's top court has reduced former prime minister's prison term to 18 months in a bribery case. it is the first time a former head of governs will be imprisoned in israel. he had earlier been sentenced to six years. the u.s. says iran has started full filling its ends of a nuclear deal with six world powersment a ship carrying more than 11,000 of low and rich ukrainian has left for russia. parties have been relocated to safe town. they have arrived in rebel held territory in northern syria. regime supporters who arrived in turkey are yet to be relocated to damascus. the war in syria has forced many people to take grave risks trying to reach the safety of europe.

among them was three-year-old whose body was washed ashore. some of his family members have now reached canada. >> reporter: at vancouver international airport a family reunion. she greets her older brother, his wife and five children just a few of the thousands of syrian refugees being welcomed to canada. >> thank you canada. thank you everyone. >> reporter: but there is misery mixed with joy for this family. another brother lost his wife and two sons trying to get to greece. they trends off the coast of turkey in september. the images of three-year-old's body being recovered prompted outrage around the world and helped raise awareness of the hundreds of thousands of people streaming out of syria, iraq and afghanistan. it thrust this syrian born hairdresser, who has lived in canada since 1992, into the

international spot life. >> it changed my life. he is nobody, just a normal person. it is not easy. it's the most emotional, the hard thing i ever done in my life. >> reporter: since the tragedy in september, she has travelled abroad with the human rights organization avas and met with u.n. officials over the right of refugees. a page will help her and her husband with expenses as they move her brother and his family into their home. he will work as a basher. her-- barber. >> enough already. enough suffering. enough people dying.

i want to tell the world stop the war. >> reporter: canada is expected to accept 50,000 syrian refugees by the end of 2016 belgium police have arrested two people suspected of plotting a new year's eve attack targeting lands marks in the capital. the arrest took place after house searches in brussels and other regions. i.s.i.l. propaganda and computer material were found, but no weapons or explosives were seized. belgium has been on high alert since the november attacks which killed 130 people. massive flooding have forced tens of thousands of people in four south american countries to take sthelter. the argentinian president says the climate change is partly to

blame and has promised more government aid. thousands of people have lost everything. >> reporter: on a boat on a streets of concordia, this man is trying to make it back to the house he left to escape the flooding. >> translation: this was my mother's house, my brother's house. everything is understand water. >> reporter: concordia, flooding is not just happening here but elsewhere the el nino phenomenon is reported to be sfrong this year and scientists fear that this may lead to the worst effect in 15 years. >> translation: i've lost everything. i'm so angry, so frustrated. i work every day too try to get something and then this happens and everything is gone >> reporter: we're on the second floor of this house. this area is completely flooded. this is the poorest area in this city and many are afraid of

leaving their property because they fear that whatever they have left will be stolen. original's new president visited the affected areas and claimed that argentina and the region will have to get ready to fight a change climate. >> translation: this freak see in the rise-- frequency in rise in water fall, we have to take care of the environment >> reporter: he said the way to mitigate the effect is to build more infrastructure. that is what people here have been waiting for years. around 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in concordia. many live on the river banks because it is cheaper and they have nowhere else to go. he has been living in this for two weeks. authorities have told her that it will be months before she can go home. >> translation: we are very

thankful for all we are getting, but what we really need is a house far away from the water. my children are sick. we have nothing left. >> reporter: people here say that they're used to floods, but this is the first time they have been forced out of the their homes. flooding in argentina is affecting the most vulnerable and many here say that only government action can help them deal with the effects of climate change al jazeera has gained rare access to one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world. in our series people smugglers in central america, we are taking you on that journey through the eyes of those directly involved. through the routes, they must travel through honduras. this is considered the world's most violent city and they have to get to guatemala. from there they must then go

through the cartel state and then people smugglers take them across the border to san antonio in texas. john holman travelled with them in the third part of the series. >> reporter: it may look like a one-horse town, but don't be fooled. it is an hub for migrants and for the gangs who pray on them. the man i'm talking to is a port augusta letter - people smuggler. he keeps those travels with him safe from the local mandela afia. >> translation: i pay for security here for transport out so my clients don't have to wait. here time is safety. the people here don't let you move. they kidnap you, beat you up and they do what they want to you. >> reporter: we followed him on an exhausting journey, hopping

on and off crowded buses, trying to pick up more clients. now he needs to get out of there and into mexico. there is only one way. this is where the road ends and the river begins. the migrants arrive in small taxis and buses and then they climb into these small boats here which will take them down the river. hondurans, guatemalans, others that we talked to had a story of poverties and violence they were trying to escape. this man was especially shocking. >> translation: they got into my house, beat up my dad and cousins and even raped my mother >> reporter: he is only heading into more danger. mexican carteles and authorities are infamous for kidnapping, exstuarting and killing migrants. the only way through is to pay

them off >> translation: the federal police take at least $120. migration authorities and other groups. we pay them $750 per person. >> reporter: it is a booming business focused on squeezing the desperate for all they have. the chances of getting through without a guide are slimmer than ever. even paying the six to seven thousand dollars, the people smugglers demands doesn't guarantee your safety. >> translation: a year ago i brought a group of young woman of about 16 to 17 years old and all of them got raped. i paid the money and they raped all those girls anyway. >> reporter: from the boat these migrants are hurried into cattle trucks and that is how they enter mexico. trapped in an industry that sees

them as pure profit in indonesia about 120 fighters from the former independence movement, including their leader, have surrendered. fighters are said to have surrendered. in thailand a man is facing jail time for criticizing the king's dog. the military government has vowed to crack down on those it believes has the potential to cause trouble. wayne hay reports from bangkok on the sharp increase on the number of people arrested for insulting the monarchy. >> reporter: the army protects the monarchy. a new park is supposed to be a symbol of that loyalty. the projects is mired in allegations of corruption which the army says had had false.

-- are false. in the past weeks two men have been charged for criticizing the military and sharing social media posts referring to the alleged corruption. they're not the only people to have found themselves in the dock recently. >> translation: skins the coup-- since the coup, there have been many cases. the court system has changed. the atmosphere in general is getting more stressful and serious. >> reporter: one of the two men was also charged with insulting the monarchy under article 112 of the constitution, which bans criticism of that constitution. he shared online what were described as sarcastic comments about the king's dog, portrayed here in an animated film. he could be jailed for 36 years. the police say they're just doing their job. >> translation: i don't think the number of cases is any higher than before. we arrest those who breach

article 112 just like before. we can easily see that only certain groups of people commit this crime >> reporter: anyone found guilty of criticizing or defaming the royal family risks up to 15 years on each count. the king once said he shouldn't be above criticism. his stance gives rise to the suggestion that politicians in the military may be using the law for political gain. this park symbol eyess a lot that has happened here. when the army seized power this year, they promised to clean up corruption. a lot are questioning that promotion. they are also questioning loyalty to the monarchy. at 88 the king in poor health and has been in and out of hospital for the past six years. raising the issue of succession. whether they feel at ease talking about it or not, this realise that change is coming. the army's senior officers

believe they can provide the security thailand needs during this delegate time. wayne hay, al jazeera. bangk bangkok you can see everything at al jazeera.com >> the warm blue waters off the coast of hawaii, a scene of incredible beauty but a world in transition. ironically this piece of coral, delicate as fine china, is also a sign of trouble. >> today, we are facing the potential loss or massive degradation of all of our reefs. >> down here, climate ch i