dozens are feared dead after a passengr flight from dubai congratulates in southern russia. fest hotel i'm darren jordan live in doha. also on the program. belgian police arrest a suspect in the paris attacks after tower months on the run. a controversial deal that will send refugees in greece back to turkey. and brazil answer judiciary blocks the appointment of the president's chief of staff.

a passengers plane on route from dubai has crashed during landing in the southern russia city of rostovandan. this picture apparently shows the fly by dubai crash. we can't independently verify this video. al jazeera's hoda abdel hamid, joins us on the phone. what details are emerging from the situation there? >> there had been a weather warning and there was poor visibility. as we understand it, the plane tried to land on the first approach, and it could not do that, took altitude then, and then the area in southern russia border with ukraine, for about two hours.

and then after that, it attempted a second landing, and that's when the crash happened. probably because of poor visibility, the plane actually landed about 50 to whoond meters twhoond100 meters tothe left of. 56 people, four are children, six are crew, all the passengers were russian internationals we understand. >> hoda abdel hamid is there, thank you. keith macey said poor visibility could have led to the crash. >> we note that visibility may be an issue. if it was the second approach

that would indicate they had an unsuccessful first approach and were trying it again. now aircraft involved was a boeing 737-800 which is a modern and common airplane and it's very capable of even making what we call automatic landings if the airport is approved to do that. in other words, if the airport had the proper equipment, which i doubt, had the proper equipment the aircraft could have landed itself in zero visibility. we assume that is not case, being manually flown, and until we get details we won't know very much. the investigation will take place soon i'm sure and will involve a number of parties. it's just an excellent airplane. it is a follow-on to all the earlier 737s, almost the latest edition, not quite, but it's

widely used throughout world. >> key suspect in last year's paris attacks has been caught after being on the run for four months. prosecutors say the 26-year-old was one of the drivers in the november 13 attacks in paris that killed 138 people. jacky rowland reports. >> captured on the streets of brussels, salah abdeslam was among five people detained in a police raid in the neighborhood of moanl beck. he wamoanl beckmoanl beckmoanlm. >> salah abdeslam is directly

linked to the preparation organization and unfortunately the perpetration of the attacks. >> reporter: paris will now be seeking the urgent extradition of salah abdeslam so he can be questioned and ultimately face trial back in france. police attention had repeatedly been drawn to mollenbeck the brussels suburb where a number of the instigators of the november attack about paris lived. was found in a shootout in another district of brussels, 130 were killed when the group with links to i.s.i.l. stormed a rock concert. fest several members of the group were blown up including

abdeslam's brother, and he drove back to brussels and became europe's most wanted pan. his capture, alive, was long term sought after. jacky rowland, al jazeera, brussels. >> and jacky rowland has more now on how the investigation is likely to proceed from here. >> reporter: well paris as i mentioned has already made it clear that it will want to extradite salah abdeslam to face justice in france, however, that is where the attacks were committed, but not straightforward, the issue of him being wounded in hospital, and it's not clear how long it will be before police investigators will be able to start inteargting him. also one of the belgian police themselves will want to keep him in brussels for a while to ask the questions they want the answers to regarding other people who may be involved in planning attacks here on belgian

territory. also it may well be that abdeslam gets a lawyer who will want to try to delay his extradition. so it could be days at least before we see abdeslam being transferred to french jurisdiction. beyond that the wider investigation will continue. it's becoming increasingly clear that the network of people involved in planning and preparing the paris attacks, people who so potentially be involved in commissioning future attacks is a lot larger than was initially thought and already we've heard from senior officials that arrests, raids and investigations will continue. both here in brussels and in paris. >> turkey and the eu have reached a new deal to try stop the flow of refugees and migrants to europe. in return turkey gets political and financial awards. sending people who arrive on

greek islands by boat back to turkey. neave barker reports. >> it is a deal that will affect thousands of refugees and migrants poop game changer in an disagreement that has shake.the very foundationest of the european union. >> turkey will be getting all those who are crossing, to aegean islands illegally, meanwhile, european countries will receive the same number of legal migrants from turkey. so this is a very fair and encouraging steps for refugees, as well, those who are looking for the their future. >> many play think this agreement is a silver bullet but the reality is more complex. it is one pillar of the european comprehensive strategy and can work only if the other pillars are also implemented. >> in return turkey has asked

for the eu to double the amount of aid for refugees in the country to $6.7 billion. turkey wants a visa free travel for its citizens in eu. this could happen as early as june. this agreement goes into effect on sunday, all migrants will be processed and returned to turkey. under the agreement as many as 72,000 refugees could be eligible for resettlement in eu. but there is a concern that there might be a sudden surge of people trying to reach the eu before the deadline, there is discomfort among eu states who are worried about returning refugees back to a country that has a questionable civil liberties and human rights.

>> the international treaty of human rights, from a plorl and political aspect can you not exchange money for people, if rfqs aren't allowed proper training and access to the labor market it will be, actually be nothing. is. >> reporter: but when it comes to reducing the number of people arriving in europe, the eu needs turkey on its side and has a powerful role to play. neave barker, al jazeera, brussels. >> meanwhile, 16 people smugglers were caught near town of dakili on turkey's aegean coast. most held were from afghanistan and pakistan. decision to name him chief of staff has shield lula de sim

virginia from corruption charges. police use water cannon in sao paulo's protests. lullula said he wanted to serve brazil. >> i have become a man of peace and love. i'm here to serve comrade dill ma. >> brazil's president is also facing renewed calls to impeach her. al jazeera's gabriel elizondo has more. >> meeting with her top advisors trying to work out any solution,

to the problem engulf not only her government but the country as a whole. the impeachment is moving forward. here is what we know. it's going to start at the congressional building, next week by the impeachment commission set up by the lower house of congress. they say they'll be accelerating the impeachment process, have as many as 15 different hearings if they decide whether the impeachment process should move forward or not. wee could hear from them by mid april or even early april. if they decide that it should go on, the senate will determine if dilma rousseff should be impeached or should keep her job. >> time for a break, when we come back, president obama are

visits cuba and can deforestation be reversed?

>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. the passenger plane from dubai has crashed. boeing 737-800 was making a second approach in poor visibility. there were 63 passengers and crew on board but no report of any survives. arrestafter a dramatic

shootout in brussels salah abdeslam had avoided capture for four months. after the paris attack that killed 130 people. refugees arriving from greece on sunday will be sent back to turkey. in return, turkey will get visa free access for its citizens. that doesn't help refugees trapped at the greece macedonian border. the greek chancellor is asking them to trust greek government and move to better accommodations. mohammad adow reports from idomeni. >> at the refugee camp of idomeni, preparing beds for the refugees, every tent here will hold 60 families. >> everyone won't be able to sleep in those big tents, no.

no. they will still be be people that will be sleeping in small tents in the mud. >> reporter: up to 10,000 people are trapped here. with the borders close to them they know they will be here for a long time. greek families living near the camp are coming to their aid. taken into their home five syrian families. >> what did i is cruel an inhumane. closing the borders is unacceptable. they trapped these people in terrible conditions. babies families and the disabled too. >> reporter: refugees believe europe has the capacity to deem with their plight. they say what's happening in this camp is a result of policy decisions. the european union's deal with turkey grade on friday offers little relief to those dropped

in idomeni. stopping the flow of refugees from turkey to grease. >> we didn't come here to live in camps. we came to live with the europeans. find a future, education for our children and jobs for ourselves. >> reporter: the eu turkey deal dictates that refugees landing in greece flex week will be returned to turkey and led to the bottom of the list to seek asylum. question if it's legal. mohammad adow, al jazeera, idomeni, greece. slowing down process of indirect talks aimed at ending the war. the delegation has put forward a proposal it wants for a diplomatic solution. main opposition block isn't convinced. >> at the end of the first week of these talks, a meeting between the u.n. special envoy

and the head of the syrian government delegation, ambassador bashar al jaffray, staffan de mistura says he wants to get down to the key issue of political transition. but when he spoke to reporters, ambassador jaffray made a statement saying he focused on overall principles that should govern process. he did not take any questions. the main opposition block the high negotiations committee were holding an event to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the start of the war. they have submitted a detailed proposal for a new transitional government without president assad, but they feel that the government delegation led by ambassador jaffray is not even empowder to discuss these issue. they believe he's just here to delay and disrupt things. >> doesn't have a decision here. we need a higher rank team that

negotiate with us, a team that can make a decision right here in geneva. is because we can make a decision on behalf of all people. >> special envoy de mistura says the fact the talks have not collapsed and there were no walk joits was progress in itself and the declaration of principles may lead somewhere. >> principles are not just principles. they are the basis of for them getting into common ground for what the mother of all issues which is the pand for politicalf political transition. no question about that. >> staffan de mistura was perhaps not as tough as he has been on the past days on the syrian delegation but he did have tough words i'm told behind

closed doors for ambassador jaffray to sa get down to import issues. be james bays, al jazeera. aid convoys are reaching other parts of syria. these are the latest pictures of aid arriving in kaffraya. protests by the saudi led coalition in yemen. more than 100 people were killed on tuesday when a busy market was hit in the northwest of the country. the u.n.'s human rights chief has condemned the failure to prevent civilian casualties in yemen. >> these all four incidents continue to occur with acceptable regularity and despite public promises to investigate such incidents we have yet to see progress in any

such investigations. it would appear to be the case of the distinction between legitimate military targets and civilian ones which are protected under international law is at best woefully inadequate and at worst we're possibly looking at the commission of international crimes by members of the coalition. >> baghdad's fortified green zone has been blocked by hundreds of protesters angry over corruption. riot police prevented them from entering the area on friday. followers of the shia cleric muqtada al-sadr, plan to hold a sit in at the gates of the zone which is home to foreign embassies and government offices. form he u.s. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is supporting ted cruz for nomination. stopped shortly of an official

endorsement. trump responded on twitter calling ro romney a mixed up ma. president obama will become the first american president to visit cuba in 90 years, on monday. beyond the diplomacy, what impact doe do the cuba anne peoe think obama will have? lucia newman reports. >> reporter: they never thought they would live long fluff to see an american president come to cuba. >> i never imagined this would happen and i'm 85 years old. >> reporter: as havana paves the way for president barack obama's arrival many cubans are raising their expectations. >> it means change. something that might give cubans more opportunities and might even sell one of my paintings to obama.

>> reporter: chu chu valdez, a five time grammy award winning pianist, expects the visit to contribute to a more bilateral relations. he was denied in 2002 from picking up a latin american grammy. but what most ordinary cubans and the government want most is to see a significant impact there the new bialarm relationship, which is why obama's relationship is widely seen as a significant previsit gift. >> translator: the process has to be accelerated because no one knows who will be in the white house next. we still have two or three months for obama to exhaust all the possibilities of breaking down economic barriers with cuba. that would really have an impact. >> reporter: but some staunch

communists fear too much of an impact. all this military hardware is a reminder of the cold war yet there are those who believe cuba is still under threat but this time from an american economic invasion which they suspect ultimately aims to change this country's political system. and in that context president obama's visit here is seen as the trojan horse. cuban government opponents and human rights activists are divided between those who say president obama is capitulating to cuba's communist government and those who say opening up is a crucial step for change. >> means people to people contact, cubans having a more open society and an idea, flow of ideas, and i think it's important that he hasn't capitulated. >> reporter: expecting bowm's visit tobama'svisit to change ag

drastically, but at all, is the biggest change of all. lucia newman, havana. in burundi, president pierre nkurunziza sought a new term. >> continued human rights violations and impunity for perpetrators mean that many of burundi's people live in terror. the country remains on the brink of a sudden escalation of violence the even more massive >> two people have died of ebola in guinea three months after the dun was declared free of the advisor. on wednesday, the world health organization said the country was effectively managing the virus but medics say there will be presence of ebola in the

fluids of some survivors. eight months in the eritrean jail, have been released. he hopes the release will help resolve other disputes between the two countries. far right dutch politician has appeared in court on charges of discrimination and inciting hatred. election campaign in which he called for fewer moroccans if the nrldz. netherlands. pakistan is most vulnerable to climate change. rapid deforestation, but the government's plan to plant 100 million trees. osama ben javad reports. >> the forests in pakistan are disappearing, thousands of trees are being chopped down and

transported by illegal loggers. the timber mafia as they are locally known is one of the many factors causing deforestation. legal logging are all reducing the number of trees. pakistan has already missed and internationally agreed target for forest cover 6% by 2016. pakistan is one of the countries most vulnerable for climate change. helping to mitigate natural disasters. be forest destruction and increasing land erosion and flooding. it's also tied to heat waves in many parts of pakistan which have killed dozens of people. government leaders have flounced an initiative to plant 100 million trees over the next five years, this nursery is in the province of northern pakistan where saplings will be planted

near local communities that rely on wood for their fires. >> there are about 1 million plants and 5-6 million plants have been shifted for sites for forestation. >> many have welcomed the attempts. >> if you see punjab because of these so-called development projects which is a paradox 98, we have deforestation which is not good for country. >> say they are already achieving results from previous ones. >> we have many benefits such as financial environmental and also fuel that we get by trimming the branches of new trees. >> the most immediate advantage of planting these trees is that we have cleaner air. >> unless the effort to increase forest cover is extended to

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