they're going from one building

to the other. the picture that's emerging about the attack is that it has been a very well prepared and planned attacks. there were three suicide bombers according to police and also two attackers were with who carrying rifles. one of them went into the star bucks café and then the other went to the small police post and then the other one was around the area. it was all in the same area, but with all these people on the ground with their weapons, they managed to create a lot of destruction and a lot of deaths. the police has been saying that they got this intelligence information that was coming they say from i.s.i.l. talking about a concert and apparently according to the police spokesman, this means that if they're talking about a concert, this means that an attack is upcoming. i'm not sure whether the details know the details of this attack, but it seems that they had of

this morning information that something was coming up. >> what happened today, there had been some interest from the previous interest. for example, right now there ahas been a massive flow of information which is online, but with the good and bad of social media, people are helping one another and they're informing one another, for example, through hashtag jakarta safety check on twitter, and, yeah, i find it very, very positive and it is a great show of how humanity works in jakarta today. what the terrorists want this time is showmanship and the people understand that.

even though there are social media that happen to be witness on the ground, people are much more wise compared to what happened to the attack back in 2009, 2004 and 2001. what i can tell you is that people are not afraid of terrorism. it is a way to make people afraid and paralysed but we are a resilient community at least six people have been killed and 40 injured in a vehicle bomb attack in south eastern turkey. it happened in the cinar province. attackers first detonated a bomb and then fired at security forces. our correspondent is live for us with the latest from istanbul. what more do you have for us

about the blast? >> reporter: it looks as if this attack was planned to devastate security forces. a pick-up truck driven at the gates of the headquarters in cinar at the police. the device detonated and really appalling scenes because a building nearby was hit along with the police headquarters and this building collapsed. now a total of six dead according to reports right now. there are amongst those children, at least three of them, one reported to be a baby. this was a civilian residence in which the people were rescued and the three bodies apparently recovered, and then at the same time a coordinated attack was mounted against another security

forces building which was elsewhere in the town, which came under fire from rockets and a small arms fire. a lot of damage done there as well. this, according to the turkish government, was undoubtedly the work of the pkk, the kurdistan workers party, which had actually had a ceasefire up until july last year. that now has turned into a very bloody and violent battle with the turkish security forces which dates back nearly four decades now. this attack was 30 kilometers from diabukur and this whole area is under big security regulations right now. many of the towns since two months ago under strict curfew a difficult time for turkish security forces and police forces. we had an attack in istanbul on tuesday.

any more update on that? there is very little in the way of new developments there. however, the prime minister has said in a news conference on wednesday night that there had been more arrests, it seems, connected to the suicide bomber, a total of five now, four he announced and o was previously announced. he did also make a remark being interpreted in all different ways. he said that in was the work of i.s.i.l., but it could have been outsourced, an outsourced order from another actor in these whole rig of conflicts here. whether that refers to another foreign power or another entity within the complex battle of

syria is unclear, but there is still a massive amount of work going on because there are so many syrian refugees crossing the border, so many hundreds of thousands of possible i.s.i.l. suspect, and so detentions are happening all the time in turkey, but there's a real feeling right now of threat right across the board. you've only got to look at those devastating scenes from what has been described as a pkk attack to realise that there's already an unstable situation, certainly in the south-east of this country. with the i.s.i.l. attack and also left wing threats in some parts of the company also are bounding right now. there is a real situation whereby people don't feel safe and, of course, a real threat to foreign tourists as now indicated by this i.s.i.l. attack targeting the very heart of the tourist industry in the old city of istanbul

certainly a very difficult time. thank you very much, indeed. let's return now to our breaking new coverage of those bomb blasts in jakarta. we can speak to our correspondent who is down there on the street near the scenes. what more do you have for us? >> reporter: right now the military is pulling back its troops from this area where the attack took place. police say they have managed to secure this whole area and have now declared it safe. so the road on one side has opened so cars can pass by because this is, of course, a very constant intersection here in jakarta where most of the traffic has compiled from the north to the south side of the city. so they're opening it, the military soldiers are leaving. the police are still at the

skeep, but it's not as tense as it was like 30 minutes ago, half an hour ago, because then police were still securing buildings one after the other and they say now they have managed to do that. more information is coming to us about the well-organized scale of these attacks. there were three suicide bombers, according to police, who came together with two attackers who were carrying rifles all to this same intersection, but all attacked different parts of the intersection. so one into the star bucks café and blew himself up there, another one went to a police post and blew himself up there and there was also a grenade thrown at the same time and at the same time two gunmen were using rifles to shoot at police and bystanders, basically to reach maximum impact here in the heart of jakarta, here in the

economic heart of indonesia. so all the companies are here, the united nations here, the presidential palace, the sar shopping mall where it happened-- sarinah shopping mall. it's very popular with tourists. it has been an attack right in the heart of indonesia as those tanks roll out, am i right in thinking that there has been no claim of responsibility yet, but the police did receive a warning? >> reporter: yes. as far as we understand, the police say that they got some intelligence information about a concert that was going to happen, and they say they got this information from i.s.i.l.-related people. it's very unclear. that's all we know so far. so we don't know if this

information comes from within indonesia or afraud, we don't know-- abroad, we don't know if they know any more information. they had some kind of information apparently ahead of this event, but clearly they didn't know the scale of the attack, they also clearly didn't know the exact location or they didn't know exactly who was going to be the attackers. now the police say all the attackers involved in this particular attack, five of them, they all died during this attack and, of course, this is like the center of jakarta. there is a lot of video cameras around. so if they want to back track and look exactly at all the evidence, then they must be able to fairly quickly put together quite a reliable picture on exactly what happened and who did it thanks very much, indeed. over to greg feely from the

australian national university. he joins us via skype. what about the security situation here? it seems as if there were several warnings over christmas and the new year. there was a warning ahead of this particular attack. do you think the finger points at indonesian security services for allowing this to happen? >> i think, in fact, the reverse is true. the indonesian security services, especially police, have an excellent record, one of the best records for counter-troughism in the world-- terrorism in the world, more than 1200 people, more than 600 prosecuted and jailed, and they have done this without resort to any kind of extreme actions, such as setting up guantanamo bay-style services. in this particular field, they have been remarkably successful

and i don't think any country in country in the world, any police service or security service could confidently claim they could eliminate the issue of terrorism. particularly when people are engaging in suicide bombings. they have thwarted many dozens of operations. so i wouldn't be blaming them in this case right every now and then one is bound to get through. this attack on seemingly western targets, how do you assess it? >> well, i think, in fact, there were multiple layers, it seems to me, from the strategy of these attacks. so clearly there was a direct attack on a police post, and that's very consistent with the practice over the last six years where there has been a lot of mutual attacks in a way between the police and jihadist groups, and many several dozen police have lost their lives in that

and many mr jihadists have also-- more jihadists have per punished. on top of that we have the star bucks café, directly opposite the police post which is popular with ex-pats and foreign officials and upmarket jakartans, upper-class jakartans. it's near to an elite suburb. this is a place where a lot of decision-makers in jakarta and their families would be frequenting. i think we can see these multiple layers of pargting, westerners the elite and officialdom such as police i just want to-- targeting the death toll has been revised down to seven. it had been as high as 17 at one point. reports were quoting 7 civilians

and five police and five attackers. its seven now. as we move on from here, how will the president assess the situation depending on who does claim responsibility ultimately, but how does indonesia move on from this? >> i think we're going to see even more intensive efforts to combat jihadism. there has been a strong campaign by the government previous-- previous government and now the current government. the police have been allowed a freehand in order to conduct their anti terrorism operations. i would just add one thing. when you were talking about the down scaling of the death toll here, i think for the jihadists,

i'm sure they would have been expecting a much bigger death toll than this, given how many they deployed, and how crowded it is. although it is a horrific attacks, in terroristic terms it hasn't had the toll that they were expecting. i wouldn't be surprised that the people involved in this would be disappointed by the outcome we appreciate your expertise in this. more on the latest situation in jakarta right after this short break. break. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,

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welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. a series of blasts have gone off at a busy district in the indonesian capital of jakarta killing at least seven people. the dead include some of the attackers. so far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. at least six people have died in nearly 40-- and nearly 40 injured in a bomb attack in turkey. there have been weeks of fighting between government forces and kurdish fighters in the area. more now on our top story, the bomb blast in jakarta. richard martin has been following developments. here is his report. >> reporter: the explosions tore

through jakarta's down town area. at least six separate explosions and then gunfire. a multi-pronged attack close to the office of the united nations. >> as you can see in the video. there are three bodies at least and we can also see that one of the bodies clearly exploded by itself and the others being shot at. the attack in other countries, we have a lot of warning from our police and our security office that there is probably a planned attack. >> reporter: indonesian television has released these pictures of a man they say is a suspect. he is carrying a gun. one bomb is known to have gone off near a star bucks café and a police post was destroyed in one of the blasts. the attacks were concentrated

around tamrin street, a busy street close to the police and presidential palace. these people who are usually here are gone. armored vehicles have been deployed across the city. in indonesia has been conducting operations to crackdown on people with suspected links to islamic state. indonesia's president joko widodo has cut short a visit to over see the operation a palestinian has been shot dead after attempted stabbing in the occupied west bank. the israeli army said the incident took place in north of hebron. 156 been killed in similar incidents since october. at least 12 israelis have been killed since the confrontations started. it has been five years since

tunisia's prime minister fled from the country. since then the country has become a model of . >> reporter: this woman moved to tunisia a few weeks before the start of the uprising. since then the political landscape has changed so dramatically the world bank where sympathy works has had to shift strategy. sympathy has-- sympathy works. she-- she works. she has been advising the government on making the country attractive for investors. >> translation: it took more time than expected. when the revolution happened in 2011 the expectations was so high that tunisia would change overnight. that has not been the case and we cannot fault the tunisians

for that because this transition and the way forward has been managed in the consensus building manner. >> reporter: now the political impasse has been overcome, the government aimed for an economic growth rate of 7%, but growth is expected to shrink to less than 1% this year following a series of attacks targeting tourists and growing instability. tunisians who had hopes the uprising would change their lives for the better are frustrated. >> translation: the government must improve living conditions, tackle unemployment, restore civility. these are our biggest concerns. >> reporter: before 2011 criticizing the government was a major offence. it is no longer the case now. in a country where 15% of the population is unemployed, the economy matters more than

political reform. >> translation: the only benefit of the revolution is freedom of speech. we can talk about politics, openly criticise the president without fearing repercussion, but nothing has changed in my life >> reporter: the day of celebration on the anniversary of the revolution is being marred by uncertainty over the future. it is a reminder of tunisia's uphill struggle to meet the growing demands of its people in poverty, those who started the 2010 revolution. compared to countries gripped by violence such as syria, libya and yemen, tunisia has managed a smooth transition to democracy. it has a vibrant parliament, free media and free elections, but for millions of tunisians poverty and instability remains the biggest threat up to 2,000 refugees plifg

in the makeshift camp in calais will be evicted. -- living >> reporter: the jungle refugee camp in calais is a pretty terrible place to be at any time in year, but in january it's cold, it's wet, a lot of mud for people to wade through. we're climbing up to this high point above the camp to give you a better view of what's going on. in fact, you can see these white containers behind me. these have been brought in now by the french authorities to create warmer, dryer accommodation for people. they are turning them into dormitories, there are bunk beds inside, electricity, heating, washing facilities, toilets, and the idea is that about 1500 refugees are being asked to leave the tents and move into

this new facility where they can live more comfortably during the winter months. so with all these facilities on offer, you would think that the refugees would be literally rushing to move into the new container park, but it's when you get to one of the entry points that you start to understand why so many people are reticent. for a start, this new camp is completely surrounded by a metal fence. there are only a few gates where you can enter and those are guarded by security and to go in you have to register your fingerprints. that is really making alarm bells ring for quite a few people. they're afraid that once inside this new camp they won't be able to come and go freely and they're also afraid that they may be forced to register for asylum here in france and, of course, the greatest fear of all that they could be expelled back to their country. most of the people who have made

the perilous journey to reach calais have done so with one goal and that is to cross the channel and to reach the united kingdom. there is a fear among some people here that to go through the gates into this camp could ultimately spell the end of that dream activists in the philippine been protesting against a supreme court ruling that will allow the u.s. military to station more troops and weapons at bases in the country. last year the philippines and the u.s. signed a deal granting presence in its former colony. >> reporter: the enhanced defense cooperation agreement between the u.s. and the philippines governments might be a done deal so far as officials are concerned, but many people want it known that they are not at all happy about this. these people behind me have mashed to the front - marched to the front of the u.s. embassy in

manilla to let their feelings know. troops are not welcome in the philippines. >> it is basically a colonisation of the philippines again. it is a military occupation. >> we have to stand together because what is real and the u.s. and the government are united, so we must use it to fight. >> reporter: as much as these protesters have made the american proops here there are other pill pianos feel that having the americans here is actually the patriotic act. they feel a larger u.s. military presence will help the country to defend itself against incursions from the chinese. the countries are embroiled over a battle on the portions of

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