>> help arrives. the trucks roll into madaya and two other syrian towns where people are starving. hello to you david foster, live from london, also coming up in this program, at least 19 die in the siege of a shopping mall in iraq's capital. spain'spain'sspain's chrispain',

goes to court but not the royal one. and david bowie dies at the time age of 69. hol hello there, desperately needed food aid and medical supplies are reaching madaya. under deal reached with the government, the aid convoy left bound for madaya, pro government villages of fua and cafraya, in eastern guta about 176,000 people are said to be cut off and u.n. says i.s.i.l. fighters have cut off 200,000 people in parts of the eastern city of dir azur. caroline malone has more. >> reporter: aid has finally

arrived. a red cross convoy left damascus carrying desperately needed aid to the town of madaya in western syria but there are demands more has to be done to help many others in needs. >> what is going on now dropping or giving aid to people is not good enough. the united nations have done this exactly three months ago. and look at where we are at now? >> reporter: to the north, supply trucks trundle through idlib heading for fua and cafraya, all forces had to arrive at the same time. fua and cafraya have been cut off. people from madaya say they have been reduced to eating handfuls of salt, growing material, and

cats and dogs. >> are we not arabs? this child what wrong did he commit? >> the world health organization say the food will only last for one month. there are 400,000 people trapped by various sieges across syria. activists say it's vital they are lifted. the u.n. has more aid convoice planned for across syria but their delivery depends on the different warring sides and whether they'll let the aid through. caroline malone, al jazeera, at the becca valley many syria. what the situation was like when the convoy arrived in madaya. >> you have people ton street cheering asking us questions thank you for coming and for bringing assistance. of course some people are angry that we got here too late.

but in general, their approach is very positive. at the same time, the convoy led by their syrian arab red crescent were doing a wonderful job, has entered the offloading humanitarian aid in the two towns of fua and cataya, in madaya right now the goods that have been delivered in the first four trucks are being checked, those goods need to be exactly the same as those brought to fua and cafaya and after that they will proceed with off-loading. >> 40 people have been killed in shootings and bombings across iraq. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility

for the killings at a shopping mall, at least 19 died there and almost 50 were hurt. seven people died in a separate car bomb, twin suicide bombs in diyalla left 18 dead. the situation at the mall is now under control. >> translator: there was april at a tack at the entrance to the mall in baghdad, and security forces killed two of terrorists at the location and another terrorist detonated his suicide vest at another location. security forces managed to control the area. in 15 minutes we were immediately on the spot and the situation is now under control. life is back to normal and we'll open the roads again. >> al jazeera's walid mahmoud joins us now from baghdad. the very fact that the police commander says the situation is back the normal, the roads are

back open, is a bit of an understatement. it is something rather new isn't it? >> is it? is it? absolutely, we can say that what happened today is one of the bloodiest day, not only in the capital but diyalla, the province that is located to the northeast of baghdad. what happened in baghdad is unexpected. maybe the first time we see such big assault on such a trade center which is supposedly subjected to heavy security measures, sources from the area talk about four armed people, some of them they are wearing suicide vests, they succeeded in storming the mall and taking the people inside the mall as hostages. their secures forces saying that they send many security forces to the area, they surrounded the whole area and they controlled the whole area after clashes

happened with the suiciders and our people ended by killing four of them. sources talking about 19 people killed and 48 injured. after now the security forces there are saying, all the roads, all the area is opened again, after almost an hour of these clashes happening between those people and the security forces. what happened in this area that is located in the baghdad's neighborhood, not the only attack that happened in baghdad. there was another attack happened just a are ways away from this attack and almost at the same time. according to the security source a car bomb blew up close to a cafe causing and killing seven people and injured 21. in diyalla province there was another bloody attack that sources there talking about double attack, double explosions, the first one was caused by a suicider wearing a

vest and the second one occurred minutes from the first one when a car bomb blew up close to a cafe and causing until this moment 26 people and 51 injured. sources from the city saying this could not be the final death toll, it could be higher than this one. but until this moment this is figure that we have. but if we talk about what happened in diyalla it is worth to mention that an atmosphere of fear and atmosphere of fear is prevailed in the area talking about separated in the area three mosques have been burned and also two people civilian people were killed as revenge what happened here. >> walid mahmoud thank you very much indeed. >> ufs commander in baghdad has asked people living in ramadi to get out within the next 48

hours. an announcement was made as coalition forces and the iraqi army prepare to target certain neighborhoods with air strikes and artillery. fighting has resumed between the iraqi army and i.s.i.l. in the center of ramadi. dozens of iraqi soldiers have been killed in a number of i.s.i.l. attacks. in germany, four foreigners have been injured in cang attacks in cologne. police say two pakistanis and a guinean man were injured. foreign men have been accused of attacks against women on new year's eve. police have received 500 complaints, half of them involving allegation of sexual assault. worried that crm that criminalsg the area along with refugees.

dominic kane reports. >> we know that the german chancellor angela merkel has been speaking at a dinner for industrialists in the city of meintz, what can happen is assault and violence and nothing be done about it, that perhaps is a reference to what we understand the justice and the interior ministers are actively considering now which is a toughening of measures that can be implementagainst asylum seekers who commit serious offenses. if an asylum seek are, convicted of a crime that carries a three year sentence and their country of origin is safe, can they be deported? the ministers are considering reducing that down to a one year sentence, that's one development and separately we know that the interior minister of the state

of rhineland west faiphalia saye believe that all the offenses were committed by individuals of migrant origin. isolated attacks carried out by 20 youths and skin heads and we understand the police in cologne have held a few people and are considering charging them. >> dominic kane in berlin. there is a fair chance that you would have already heard the news that the inimitable, choose your description, david beau he bowie. bowie has died. helped to define modern pop music, his ability to transform

his sound, his personna, the glam roc rock ziggy stardust. the rolling stones tweeted they were shocked by his death, madonna said that david bowie had changed her life. emma hayward reports on a life that transformed rock music. >> icon, innovative visionary, david bowie was no ordinary artist. he transformed the genres of music and business. david bowie area of london where he was born fans paid tribute.

>> 1477 when i walked into a dick co-and i heard heroes, i'd heard of him before that obviously, but that just child with me. >> screw with the rule book, chuck it out and start all over again. >> in a career spanning six decades he became a global success and the master of reinvention. none more so than as zigy stardust. about. >> i do play it for all it's worth. that's what i do with my station. that's supposed to be what bowie's about. i'm an actor. ♪ ch ch changes ♪ >> his profile flawed but flamboyant bowie never stood still. he constantly transformed his image and reinvented himself

musically. he also carved out a successful career in film and on the stage. >> what is remarkable as well about this extraordinary trajectory is that it's basically an album every year, an album every 18 months. so he's writing, recording, touring and at the same time, you know, moving on to the next project. it's incredible, incredible speed, incredible kind of dedication to himself and to his conceptual ideas. ♪ put on your red shoes and dance ♪ >> in all david bowie released 25 albums. a string of new material brought him new generations of fans which helped him keep one step ahead of his rivals. david bowie was 69. he'd released what would be his final album black star on friday.

♪ and the black star >> emma hayward, al jazeera in london. >> still to come here on the al jazeera program, former inmates of guantanamo bay are protesting and demanding the final closure of the prison camp. camp. building momentum, why there's a growing student protest movement in south africa. stay with us if you can. can.

>> and the headlines again, u.n. has confirmed that aid trucks have finally entered three towns in syria among them madaya. food siege began in july. gunmen have attacked a shopping mall in the iraqi capital baghdad. 19 at least were killed, 48 hurt. islamic state group claimed responsibility. ♪ changes >> tributes have poured in for 69-year-old rock icon david bowie, who died on friday after fighting cancer for 18 months. talks which were aimed at reviving the peace process in afghanistan, negotiations in islamabad, which include u.s.

and china. will pave the way to include the taliban. omar al saleh has the news from kabul sphwhrp the meeting was described as significant. delegates from afghanistan, pakistan, united states and china but none from the taliban. they will be invited later if a framework deal is eventually agreed. the aim of monday's talks was to agree on a road map to achieve peace with taliban. pakistani leaders say the aim is to get the most powerful group in the country to negotiate after given incentives to abandon violence. >> it is therefore important that preconditions not be attached to the start of the negotiation process. this in our view will be counterproductive. secondly proper sequencing of the actions, should be significant in paving the way with direct talks from the taliban group. >> in kabul, the taliban group

says the meeting is important. >> open to all those groups, that are willing to come to the negotiation table. but with those who do not come to the negotiation table, both countries have already agreed to work out some very practical and significant steps in fighting. all available means. >> despite a relentless multinational campaign by nato for past 14 years the taliban has recently increased attacks and seized more territory. most foreign troops ended combat operations and left in 2014 leaving behind a force of about 14,000 mostly u.s. troops and then afghan army which is still not ready to battle the taliban on its own. on the streets of crabl there is hope that these talks will lead

to a lasting peace, but also possess pix mix. pessimism. >> reaching peace depends on a number of factors including the rise of the islamic state of iraq and the levant, in afghanistan and the sincerity of the many regional and international stakeholders. the challenges facing peace are big. the taliban is not unified and it is not clear if they will attend future peace talks. the group has previously said it will not negotiate while foreign troops remain in afghanistan. the government on the other hand demands the taliban to denounce violence, recognize it and accept the constitution. omar al saleh, al jazeera, kabul. the government in canada just announced that the canadian man who has been held by the taliban in afghanistan has been

released. taken to afghanistan in 2010. he appeared in these pictures released 50 taliban the following year. canada has thanked qatar for helping secure his freedom. exactly 20 years ago, the first inmates arrived at what was simply called as guantanamo. former inmates got together in london and washington, d.c. to demand the final closure of that camp. al jazeera's paul brennan reports from lopped. >> over the past 14 years the register of those detained at guantanamo bay has included the names of nearly 800 men and for the first time altogether, seven of those men gathered outside the u.s. embassy, among them shakir amir, who spent two years there, rouhad ahmed.

>> it saddens me to see that people are still in guantanamo even though they are not guilty of a crime and america has made a massive mistake and they don't know what to do with these people. >> goodman bay became synonymous with enhanced negotiation which lawyers describe as torture. cleared for release found themselves trapped in a legal and diplomatic limbo. >> it is possible to whittle down the numbers. there are a whole bunch of people who have been long cleared, and others who have never been cleared and should be charged in a real federal court. >> the number of detainees will this month drop below 100. 17 inmates are expected to be released during january alone. >> it doesn't make sense for us

to be spending an extra 100, 200, 300, $500 million, $1 billion, to have a secure setting for 50, 60, 70 people. >> in an interview with al jazeera, former detainee shakir amir urged u.s. to stop. >> to say i'm closing it and i believe it's safe and i believe if they go back to where they belong and go back to close to where their family is they will settle down. >> the remain ten of the detainees are actively facing charges and the remainder are the result of slow pace of

bureaucracy. nine days before the inauguration of the next u.s. president, the hope of these campaigners is by then guantanamo bay will have closed. paul brennan, al jazeera, central london. >> the spanish king's sister has become the first member of the royal family there to be put on trial. princess christina is charged with the involvement of the alleged embezzlement of public charges. she denies the charge. paul brennan reports from the spanish city of majorca. >> greed at the top of spanish society. princess christina listened while the charges were read out. against the 17 other defendants,

her husband, charged with fraud and money-laundering. in essence the couple are accused of stealing public money. using what was as you tensibly a charitable foundation to fund a lavish lifestyle. they and others deny the charges. it's been a difficult time for the spanish royal family. two years ago, the frail and increasingly unpopular king juan carlos, abdicated. his son felipe became king. since then felipe has tried odistanctodistance himself froms sister. >> this has become embarrassing for the spanish royal family and the wide are elite. it gives the impression that those at the top were living

lives of luxury with dubious acquired wealth and unconcerned about spain's financial situation. >> translator: i want them to be tried as ordinary people. they took public money at a time when people were struggling. >> they will own only want to live at the high level and they don't see the problems from the people. in spain. >> princess christina's lawyers argue that she should be acquitted because the case against her has been brought by a private anti-corruption group not the state. but even if this happens, her husband's trial is likely to last months and to provide a series of embarrassing revelations into a life of privilege. barnaby flps, abarnaby phillips,

majorca. >> a futile wait. registration has been suspended because of renewed protests over tuition fees. university administrators say registration will resume later this week. zico has traveled from zimbabwe to register. will you be able to wait? >> i hope i can wait until weather wednesday. i hope they will make an exception for international students. >> while the government's agreement to lower fees this yore, protesters want them scrapped altogether because they say they're unsustainable. he can only register for his third clear of engineering if his application for financial

assistance from the government is approved. this year his studies will cost him $10,000. >> i had to apply for funding from the government and this was -- and besides expensive to be able to pay for everybody, because the i have to find the balance somehow, really. >> the university's waived immediate registration fees allowing needy students to pay later. the government who says those who are receiving government aid won't have to pay registration fees but protesters say that is not good enough. >> until everyone is able to register free that is when you all register. until that stands, no one must register. we know the government can pay for it. there is no reason why not. >> universities in south africa can only accommodate 50,000 of

the 300,000 first year applications they've received. while the government's urging those who don't get a place at university to go to training colleges instead, vitane vows to continue protesting until his call is heard. famida miller, al jazeera, johannesburg. so is kagame a savior or a dictator? we sent journalist sorious samura to find out. >> for centuries the tribes of