tunisia holds an emergency cabinet meeting following days of protests i'm nick clarke in doha. more claims that russia's air strikes in syria are killing and injuring civilians. >> the country's heart is breaking for the people of la loche and saskatchewan today canada's prime minister tries to comfort his nation after a rare mass shooting. an island of art. meet singapore's emerging talent displaying their work inside

shipping containers tunisia's leaders are meeting trying to resolve the issue of high unemployment that has been fuelling protests across the country. a conference is expected later on saturday and we will bring you details on that. a curfew was imposed on friday and the government is saying i.s.i.l. may try to be takeing this situation. >> reporter: they blame the government by the fact that they're not. it has been five years since four years that forced the president out of the country after 23 years in power starting what became known as the arab

spring. tunisia still has some of the same problems that created the revolution, issues like unemployment and poverty. the president has urged the country to respect the nationwide curfew that has been put in place following a wave of protests across the country. in an address to the nation, he acknowledged the high unemployment rate as a factor for the protests, but he also said foreign groups were deliberately destabilizing tunisia. >> translation: we have more than 700,000 unemployed, among them 300,000 youth who have qualifications and cannot find a job. they are being targeted by outside forces, i.s.i.l. and others. >> reporter: the protests started after the death of this man on saturday. he was electrocuted after climbing a transmission tower in

a protest over missing out on a government job. t the prime minister has cut short a trip to europe to deal with the unrest. he says the situation is under control and that the government has started to implement a job creation program. >> translation: the situation is calming down. it's an economic problem. it's people looking for work. we have a program to try to resolve this problem, but we don't have a magic wand. we can't solve all the employment problems in one go. >> reporter: tunisia's parth to a dome accuratic state hasn't been easy and slow economic growth has left many disappointed. the government is understand growing pressure to show it's on top of the situation and show that it cares about the people's problems. at the same time it runs on a tight budget and may notable to fund a program for jobs across

the country moving on to syria where activists and medical sources say dozens of civilians have been killed by russian air strikes in i.s.i.l.-cold areas. two villages were hit in the east. at least 13 children are among the dead. the i.s.i.l. stronghold raqqa was also hit. at least 27 people, including women and children, are thought to have been killed there. russia is also being accused of targeting areas not controlled by i.s.i.l. activists say at least eight civilians were killed in air strikes in a town near the turkish border. >> reporter: russia says its air strikes are targeting what it and the syrian government call terrorists, but the pictures on the grounds tells a different story. this town is not an i.s.i.l. stronghold. the group is mainly in eastern

syria. this area is dominated by rebel groups that opposed president bashar al-assad, a russian ally. volunteers search for survivorss in the rubble of collapsed buildings. they're in a group called the syrian civil defense. it was formed two years ago and has more than 3,000 volunteers. in the absence of a functioning state, these volunteers take the injured to hospital and clear the dead from the streets. they keep working despite russian bombs dropping around them. saudi arabia has criticized the russian air strikes and demand that moscow stop them t western governments, including. u.s. and u.k., has questioned president putin's intentions. the russian government mass dismissed those concerns as part of a propaganda war. it says i.s.i.l.s positions the targets along with other groups. it has added layers of

confusions to an already problematic war there have been protests in tiaz in relation to the journalist who is believed to have been kidnapped along with his crew. they were covering the events. they were last seen on monday night. al jazeera is calling for their immediate release the china's president xi jinping is on a trip to iran. they are talking about economic issues. the trade with china will increase to $600 billion over the next ten years. you can see pictures there of a signing ceremony about to take place. in greece more than 40 refugees

died when two boats sank in the sea. emergency workers have brought the bodies to shore, including survivors, but it's unclear how many people were on board the boat. meanwhile, the german chancellor angela merkel met the turkish president. >> reporter: she is treading a lonely path at the moment. as the german and turkish cabinets held talks in berlin focusing on immigration and fighting terrorism, the chancellor rejected the idea of closing europe have europe's borders. >> translation: we have once again heard of terrible numbers of people dying in the seas between turkey and the e.u., children as well. we just can't allow the illegal traffickers to have supremecy here and that people endanger

their lives, when people earn money when they don't have the best interests of these human beings in their minds. we have to make sure that this illegal immigration is changed into legal immigration. >> reporter: on friday a reminder of the risks people are still taking to reach europe. despite scenes like this on the greek island of lesbos, some of merkel's closest allies esays it's time to set a limit on new rivals after germany took in more than a million last year. u.s. president obama has offered to contribute substantially to ease europe's refugee crisis. even if new money is forthcoming, experts warn it might not make a huge difference >> it has to do with refugee flows themselves. they're not all syrians. we have afghans, iraqis, uraniums, kerdz-- iranians and

kurds. >> reporter: the talks here in berlin are a sign of just how much angela merkel, who is under pressure like never before, needs turkey's help, but it's not certains if ankara has the means or the will to deliver. the turkish prime minister wanders that the e.u. money wouldn't be enough, but he insists he has acted to slow the migrant flow. >> translation: turkey has declared a number of plants and will-- plans and will put them into action. we will provide humanitarian aid to them. we have passed legislation to allow syrian refugees to gain employment in turkey and we're also working on visa requirements for refugees to prevent them being exploited. >> reporter: ahead of next month's e.u. summit, angela merkel is worried that and voices are getting louder all the time

a gunman has killed four people in saskatchewan. two others have been injured in the incident in la loche in a community school. the suspect is in custody. >> the country's heart is breaking for the people of la loche and saskatchewan today. obviously, this is every parent' worst nightmare. when i spoke with community leaders they, obviously, expressed that the community is reeling and all of us across this country's hearts are going out to the families and to the whole community our correspondent has more details. >> reporter: this took place in a rehoet spot. the town of la loche is about 600 kilometers from the nearest city, but the federal police service have confirmed that at least four people have died, an unspecified number were injured. they also said that they had

locked down and were investigating at two locations, a residence in la loche and the school itself. they said something happened in that residence, a shooting, and then a little bit later someone started to shoot both outside and inside the community school. not much is known about the victims or the motive for this, but it's not something that happens a lot in canada. mass shootings are quite rare here. la loche has had its problems in the past with gun crime, gang violence, but nothing on this scale. we're hearing that the community is quite devastated. everybody there knows one another, it is a very tight-knit place. so until the reason for this emerges, if there can be one, people are quite frightened and worried about what is going on in their community millions of people on the east coast of the u.s. are on the path of a huge blizzard. 60 centimeters of know is believed to be due. >> reporter: the snow has started to fall that the

carolinas. the storm is expected to sweep up against the eastern coast of the u.s. likely to be worst hit is washington dc. they have been preparing the snow ploughs. given how much snow is forecast that is going to be a tough job. >> we're going to have to live through it. we appreciate our citizens' patience, but we're just not going to have that luxury to push neighborhood streets. people are stocking up. bread, milk water and alcohol, the best sellers. >> fruits and salads and cheese and wine. >> bread and all those things. >> reporter: some stories say it's busier than the day before thanksgiving. >> i want to be very clear with everybody. we see this as a major storm. it has life and death implications. >> reporter: the cold and the snow is forcing the homeless to

take shelter. this man has the streets of dc for 20 years. tonight he is taking cover. >> i suggest you go on in because you could die out here. it's as simple as that. annoy a few that have. -- i know a few that have >> reporter: the big concern for many along the eastern seaboard is the snow will be wet and heavy and whipped by gael force winds. that could bring down power lined leaving then tens of thousands without power. many have been told to stay home on friday. the met row rail is closed for the entire weekend. thousands of flights have been cancelled >> for the safety of our customers and to try and ease travel as much as possible and prevent people from sitting in the airport all day we cancelled the flights. >> reporter: the snow has been naulg for several hours and it will go on for several hours

more. it is going to be wet and nasty and impact many millions of people across the seaboard of the u.s. when it's all over, they still have to dig themselves out in the u.s. china also preparing for extremely cold weather as temperatures are hit to predict 30-year lows. schools are shut and emergency workers are on stands by. in some mountainous areas up to 50 centimeters of snow has already fallen. tourists are out even in minus 8 degrees celsius. a capsule has been built to reach miners. efforts have been underway for almost a month after 29 miners were trapped. 11 of them have been rescued and 13 are still missing. still ahead on the program, while child labor is still rife

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welcome back. the top stores. tunisia is holding an emergency cabinet meeting after four days of violent protests over unemployment. the president says the protesters demands for jobs are justified, but warns that i.s.i.l. fighters in neighboring libya could take advantage of the unrest. in syria activists and medical sources say dozens of civilians have been killed by russian air strikes. areas understand i.s.i.l.

control were targeted in raqqa and in another area. there are at least 40 people, including women and children, are believed to have died in the bombardment. four people have been killed by gunmen at a high school and a second location in canada. the suspect has been arrested. the president says the country's heart is breaking for the people of la loche. the world economic forum is drawing to a close. low oil prices and the china's economic slump have dominated the meeting of world leaders. there has been an air of pessimism after a plunge in stock markets. >> reporter: as it draws to the close, a big issue dominated has got a lot to go. that is the price of oil and the knock-on effect it has across the world. we speak to the director to the

national energy agency. have people been coming up to you all week and wanting to know your thoughts on the oil situation? >> all the time. it is a dominating issue here. more than climate change and refugee crisis. it is the main topic. >> reporter: we don't know what it will be, but we know, i think, that it's going to go down a bit further. do you feel that we haven't reached the bottom yet? >> i think in 2016, there is a lot of oil in the market already, and not many consumers, demandsers. on top of that, we expect on top of all the already a lot of oil in the market, we will see iran to come, but 300,000 barrels per day in the next few months and maybe understand 200,000 barrels per day. there will be more oil in the market. this means 2016 may well be a

year we will see oil prices under pressure. >> reporter: shouldn't someone be getting onto the phone and big players to saudi saying they need to drop the production. >> the saudi government and other producers, but two things are important to note here. one is as a result of the low oil prices, huge amount of investments for oil are deferred or cancelled. 2015, 20%, 2016 an additional 16% decline, and in in history of oil this is happening for the first time, two years in a row oil. which means that 2017, or maybe earlier, we will see a rebound of the prices. when we look at the impact of

this oil prices, middle east producers are hurt the most together with russia. according to our analysis, if the prices remain around $30 in 2016, middle east will lose economic value, 20% of the gdp, huge loss. russia is the same, losing about 10% equivalent to the gdp. so low oil prices hurt economies, but we should also see that this is not the price level which will be with us forever. >> reporter: what about some good news, though. the consumer, do they get cheaper oil or does anyone get the benefit? >> for some oil importers, this is good news. it is on a temporary basis. countries like india, china, europe, japan. this is definitely good news because their oil import bill is

decreasing as a result of low oil prices. thing about the future, this also good news for some time, is a temporary one, those countries shouldn't be relaxed and believe that now they have $25 oil price, this is the new normal now. i don't think it's a new normal. we will see rebounds of the price sooner or later china's economy is also being discussed there. bill gates has had an optimistic outlook about beijing's challenges. >> well, most countries would envy 6.9% growth. china has got a challenge of shifting the economy into some new directions. there's a lot of great talent in china. building up the educational system and i think china has got

a very bright future. i have a lot of confidence in china, partly because they take a long-term view, they look at what other countries are doing. xhooin is going to be contributing more and more to the world's innovation more than 6000 farmers blocked highways across greece over pension reforms. protesters drove their tractors to major intersections. reforms are key to finishing the first bail out review. hundreds of people have marched against a trade deal in peru. the country with 11 other countries are set to sign the trans-pacific partnership agreement. it will hurt the local job market and the environment they believe. child labor is still a big problem in zambia, despite several new laws and more money for social welfare. it's estimated that a quarter of

young zambia's aged from 5 to 14 are working. >> reporter: six year old patrick and his brother graham, five, should be in school, but they were born to pyre parents. instead of being in class, they spend their days trying to make enough money to buy food to eat. they sit with their mother and father on the side of an industrial street breaking rocks. the small stones are gathered in bags and sold to builders and landscapers. on a good day they make around $10. but some days go buy when they make nothing at all. >> i don't wish for my sons to grow up like the way i did and i don't want them to wait here. this is not a good place for children. >> reporter: not only does working here mean that children like these miss out on an education limiting their future,

but breaking rocks is very dangerous. they have no safety gear. these stones are very sharp and if a piece was to fly out and hit one of them in the face, it could mean that they could lose an eye. just a few minutes down the road is the community school set up to indicator for orphans and vulnerable children. it is estimated that around 25% of zam, n children are involved in some sort of work. 12-year-old isaac is one of the school's success stories. he was stopped from working when he was eight and has been receivaling an education since >> i want to be a pilot because i want to support my family and myself and also fight for countries like brazil, united states >> reporter: do you look football? >> yes. i like football >> reporter: who is your favorite player? >> rinaldo. >> reporter: they are severely

underfunded. classrooms are crowded and there are not enough staff to help nurture these children >> because of lack of supports, there are some children or some stage where they stop school and then they go and work in the street to look for money. that's for surviving. >> reporter: the united nations considers access to education as a fundamental human right. but in zam and despite some efforts, that right is still not safeguarded, which means children such as these two boys are robbed of their childhood violent protests have erupted in haiti after a presidential run-off was postponed for a second time. it was supposed to take place on sundays, but the electoral commission delayed the poll for security reasons. thousands of opposition supporters are calling for the president to resign.

women in el salvador are being urged to delay any planned pregnancies for two years. it is because of the mosquito born zika virus which causes birth defects and it is spreading through latin america. there have been 5,000 case in el salvador since last year. colombia has issued a similar warning for women. it is international arts week in singapore and the newly opened national gallery is showcasing work from around the globe. the entire island is hosting art, some of it in unusual places. >> reporter: you can't walk anywhere in singapore without bumping into a work of heart. some recognizable, some not. the national gallery is the focal point for this year's singapore international art week. it used to be the supreme court of singapore and city hall. here the old meets the new. >> i think the building is beautiful and it's a very lovely space to be in.

>> reporter: the merger of the two sites created a large area of art space adding new life to the chief justice's chambers has been one of the many challenges. there were many issues to be resolved by project director and her teams. >> these buildings were office buildings and not designed in any shape or form for an art gallery. so the consideration that we had to look through were things like foundation, the floor loading, bringing it up to modern day codes and standards in terms of air conditioning and lighting and it cabling. >> reporter: the whole event is spread across the island, and it's not just established names that are exhibiting their work. there are local artists exhibiting in unusual places. in these containers, this man is

showing how old and modern techniques can tell the same story through his art >> from my work i really not here to say what is right or wrong, but really to set a reminder for people to watch their mouth before they speak, to watch their action before they do anything. >> reporter: it's a start for him. he hopes to join british artists such as dame yent hurst. names such as his are raising the profile of this festival. >> asia, especially south-east asia is still emerging. don't forget the history of contemporary art is not around here. it is not possible to compare with london, paris and new york, but it is the future. the world is moving towards asia. all these new emerging countries are getting set for contemporary art. >> reporter: there is something for everyone and there is debate about what they like

artistically and what they don't more, of course, on everything that we have on you are website. aljazeera.com is the address. aljazeera.com jazeera" - chef and restaurateur marcus samuelsson. >> being able to have windows into three, four different communities is something that i feel privileged to the swedish-raised celebrity cook was born if ethiopia but group in scannedan ava. he and his sister were adopted after their mother died from tush