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demand the same pay as their male counterparts the upper house of mean's parliament has approved a new government post for aung san suu kyi. it is designed to give her a powerful role in running the country. she is barred by the constitution from becoming president because her children hold foreign passports. our correspondent has an update. >> reporter: this was an easy win for aung san suu kyi, a large majority here in the upper house has accepted this crucial bill which will give her far-reaching powers. she was barred from running for president. the constitution says a person with children of foreign nationalities cannot be the president. it looks like with the new bill she will be above the president. some compare it with a position

of prime minister. it is called state counsellor and it means that she is not only advising the government and not only advising parliament, but also advising the judiciary. she is basically above all these parties, but when i was asking the parliament members here does that mean she has more power than the president, they really don't want to officially admit that. it seems like she will have. the problem, of course, is that she has already four minister's posts. she was sworn in on wednesday as the foreign and education and energy minister, the head of the president's office. how she will combine all these at this crucial time will be a question, but some people are telling me she will probably resign from these ministers' posts and will focus completely on this state councillor position what powers will she have when it comes to addressing the issues of ethnic minorities in

myanmar, some who, as you know, are demanding autonomy and is she going to focus that? >> reporter: she has said that that national reconciliation is very high on the agenda, that it's a priority to bring peace to myanmar. she, obviously, has to start all over again, peace negotiations done by the previous government has basically failed, so she has to start all over again. we haven't seen any or heard any announcements in that direction. it has been about increasing her power in this government. we have to see the next steps in the next weeks at least 24 people are now known to have died following the collapse of a section of a fly over in india. rescuers and volunteers working through the night and still working. they're searching for people trapped under that rubble. an army official has told al jazeera no further survivors are expected to be found as an area

around the collapsed has been fully surveyed. a 10 metres section that was still understand construction collapsed and fell on thursday. -- still under construction. >> reporter: this is one end of the fly over that snapped off. it has fallen on to not only construction vehicles but also a truck. we're told that the driver of the truck managed to escape unhurt, but further down people were trapped in vehicles, rickshaws, cars, and that has been the focus of the search and rescue operation. it was slow because this is a very congested area. the fly over is surrounded by commercial and residential buildings. >> translation: it was a really difficult task to move these huge steel girders. we had to cut them into pieces. only then could we manage to clear them. >> reporter: the clean up operation is taking place with volunteers working alongside the

army and official rescue workers, but there is little hope of finding survivors, although we're told that people are still missing. what is also disturbing is that crowds have gathered metres away to watch all of this. further down under the bridge it is business as usual, stalls and parked vehicles under the flyover turkish police have released footage showing the moment a car bomb exploded. the blast killed seven police officers and injured at least 27 others. the policemen were travelling in a bus when a nearby parked car full of explosives was detonated. no-one has yet claimed responsibility. around the vicinity where that explosion took place, what is the scene this morning? >> reporter: we are at the exact

location right behind me. this is the corner where the car was parked and when the police minibus was reached that corner. somebody detonated the explosivess in that car with a remote control. it was so powerful that it shattered the windows of the surrounding buildings. i see in front of me at least four residential buildings and you can see the windows shattered. we came here early morning and there were members of the municipality and they were cleaning the area, but i tell you the damage is massive. to my left there is a house and the owners of the house who was staying there, he says his mum and dad are at hospital because part of the ceiling collapsed on them. there are reports that it could be - the car could have been laiden with tens of explosives. that's why it was so powerful. you mentioned earlier that the police took cctv footage. on my right-hand side there are

two cctv cameras. i think the police took the footage off one of them. there are media reports that at this stage the police have identified that person. however, this is not confirmed yet on the part of the government, what is the government saying about who they think is behind this and how does this affect the prime minister's trip to the area this friday? >> reporter: the government hasn't said anything yet, but everybody here seems to think it's the kurdistan workers party. it is not official yet and no-one is saying it officially. even the president was on a visit to the u.s. and said that didn't name them but ininsinuated it was them. this is a visit well planned

before the explosion happened. so the explosion didn't delay the plans. the prime minister wants to go and visit an area called sorl because the security forces for weeks or months, since last year they carried out massive security operations targeting the p.k.k. so they want to go and see the area to assess the damage and promise to rebuild it and restore the lives of the people. this is what the government is saying thank you for that update. in syria at least 31 people are killed and dozens injured in government air strikes in the eastern countryside of the capital damascus. the air strikes targeted the only hospital in the town. a school and two civil defense buildings also hit. a fragile ceasefire brokered by the international community isn't placed but there are reports of violations on all sides. britain has rejected the

syrian's president proposal for a national unity government which will include members of the opposition. foreign secretary fill open hammond says-- fill open ham ondz says only one with assad will solve the crisis >> bashar al-assad talks about a unity government which he means bringing one or two friendly oppositionist into minor posts. that is not sufficient. there has to be a change of direction in syria and it has to be the creation of a government that represents all the people, all the communities, all the faiths in syria. it has to be a government that is not or at least in the future will not be led by bashar al-assad people in the libyan capital have come out in force to show their support for the new unity government. members of this new government have begun holding meetings in a base in tripoli. they arrived there on wednesday in spite of the opposition of

some political figures in the capital thousands of protesters in brazil have rallied to show support for embattled president dilma rousseff. they believe impeachment procedures against her are unjust and amount to a coup. our correspondent reports from the capital. >> reporter: they will not let their president go down without a fight. tens of thousands of the most ardent supporters took to the streets all over the country to try to embolden a president fighting for political survival and trying to stave off impeachment. >> translation: it is a very delicate situation, but there's nothing against the president to justify her impeachment. >> reporter: they see the impeachment as a coup orchestrated by the opposition to regain power without elections.

>> translation: i'm here against the possible coup which will happen if the president is impeached. it is absurd that a democratically detected president will be removed like this. >> reporter: many of these people are poor or working class. the ones that have benefited the most from the generous social and economic policies of her workers parties for the past decade. today they're on the streets for a reason. thursday marked the anniversary of the 1943 military coup supported by congress that ousted the leftist president from power and led to two decades of dictatorship. today dilma rousseff's supporters see parallels and believe democracy is at risk. a constitutional lawyer says the impeachment against dilma rousseff is going through all the correct legal channels, so is it a coup? >> translation: no. i do not consider this a coup because the constitution is

working. this is a legitimate legal process in the constitution. >> reporter: if the impeachment process is a legal process and constitution, then why is the president call itting a coup? -- calling it a coup? >> translation: maybe calling it a coup is part of the identity crisis of her workers party. i have no doubt there is large scale corruption and outright stealing of public funds is going on >> reporter: the opposition has protests planned in the coming days as well, but today it was her supporters helping a beleaguered president to hold to on to a job that seems more tenuous by the day still to come on al jazeera, putting their past behind them, we're in nigeria to see how some of the people orphaned by violence are rebuilding their lives. plus the studio where david

bowie recorded his last album is closing after three years in the music business. we will hear from the owner. e owner. imprisonment peechlt eachment

welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. myanmar's upper house has passed a bill to create a new post for aung san suu kyi. it is designed to give her a powerful role in running the country. her party, the national league for democracy is planning to make her a state adviser. at least 24 people have died following the collapse of a

section of a flyover in india. no further survivors are expected to be found. seven policemen have been killed that a car bomb explosion in turkey. they were travelling in a bus in the largest you aredish city-- kurdish city when a car packed with explosives was detonated. south korean media is reporting that north korea has fired another short range missile into the sea off its east coast. it follows a joint warning from south korea, japan and the u.s. the question of nuclear issue is being discussed at a summit. a working dinner was held on thursday night at the white house for the heads of delegation with 50 countries attending that summit. our state department correspondent has more from washington. >> reporter: this is the fourth and final nuclear security

summit of president obama's career in the white house. the president is trying to figure out ways of having the work of the summit continue after he leaves office. however, one thing that obama has been trying to do throughout this summit is to try to get countries to work together on things such as improving the physical security of nuclear materials, whether it's at a hospital, at a clinic or at a power reactor facility. one area that is very much of concern to the world leaders who have gathered here in washington is the idea that someone with necessity fair intentions could get their hands on radio active material and use it to build a dirty bomb. apparently there was a concern that some of the suspects in the brussels attacks may have been trying to do surveillance on facilities in order to do just that. that is very much a topic of

conversation one of iraq's most prominent shia leaders has told his followers to wind down their two-week protest. his supporters had been staging a sit in baghdad's green zone. >> translation: and your sit in for the gates of the green zone with thanks and appreciation to you. >> reporter: with those words, he called on the protesters to stand down. >> translation: after all these demonstrations, he took a positive step. he announced a new government cabinet today except the interior and defense ministry. this is what we have received as a result of your sitting in. justice has been achieved. this new government should be approved by the parliament in the next ten days. >> reporter: baghdad's heavily fortified green zone is where the elite live and work. barricades separate them from the thousands of demonstrators camped out here. they want the prime minister to tackle corruption, chief of their demands replace the

cabinet with ministers not affiliated to political parties. >> translation: these blocks have caused iraq and iraqis much trouble. we here are followers of the symbol of reform. we will settle for nothing less than those reforms >> reporter: it is not that easy. by appointing new ministers unaffiliated with political parties, he risks losing the support of his powerful blocks. if he doesn't, he will be seen as failing to deliver on promise. he can't afford either. he has tried to reframe the debate saying that political deadlock has diverted attention and resources from a much bigger threat. >> translation: the state of emergency is affecting the war against i.s.i.l. troops in the provinces have to be reinforced by additional troops in baghdad as a precaution against attacks and security breaches. we call on all our people and our political forces to take this into consideration.

>> reporter: this week the iraqi army launched a new offensive to take the province. which has left thousands of people homeless. back in baghdad the pressure is on. i.s.i.l., a flagging economy and political rifts, all challenges to iraq's stability that the people won't let the prime minister ignore a belgian court has approved the extradition of the paris attack suspect, salah abdeslam to france. he in this cases a european arrest warrant issued by france he was arrested in brussels earlier this month. a130 people were killed in the paris attacks in november. a scale in nigeria has opened its doors to children organed by the attacks by boko haram. studying alongside the orphans

are children who are children of fighters or members of boko haram. >> reporter: a typical start to a normal school day for these children. after the most traumatic period in their young lives, they try to get an education. the first step in putting the past behind them and changing their lives. more than 80% of them were orphaned in violence by the boko haram group. this is exactly what the group doesn't want them to have. this girl came to the school over a month ago traumatised. her progress in the school has been slow. >> translation: all i want to be is a teacher so i can help others. >> reporter: her father was killed by boko haram. the mother later died in a

displaced person's camp and the people who took the child in were also killed in a suicide bomb attack. >> there are times when you are teaching in the class and you see them bow down their head and shed tears. >> reporter: at least she can now afford to dream. for those who have been here longer, confidence has returned. >> translation: i want to be a doctor to help those in need. >> reporter: he watched miss father being killed and he wants one day to be helping others. >> reporter: those of senior boko haram fighters study here with ordinary orphans. they want to speed up the healing process so that at the end of their studies here they can all blend in perfectly. so they put their kids up with

families who agree to host them while the school provides some support. >> you putting them altogether together, what is it in the society, how do you appear with other groups. >> reporter: for now most of the children have moved on, learning to be kids again. but most importantly trying to shape their future thousands of protesters have marched across france over proposed labor reforms. it's part of a nationwide strike against changes that could change the country's 35-hour working week. >> reporter: it was planned as the climax to weeks of protest against the new labor law. trade unions and students joined

forces to reject what they see as a conspiracy between politicians and big business. thousands turned out in paris, but the torrential rain may have deterred others >> translation: this law is just not on. so i'm here protesting to demand that the law be withdrawn. >> translation: i would say the flexibility benefits bosses, but certainly not the workers. >> reporter: students have been particularly vocal in their opposition and they vented their anger against the police. they don't buy the idea that greater flexibility will encourage job creation. french workers expect a job for life, an idea that sounds totalliant acquitd to many in other countries. the reason young people have been protesting because they want the same job security that

their parents and grandparents had. >> reporter: french labor law is complicated and the changes have been watered down several times. >> translation: it is important to listen. you know we've in had this high unemployment level for the past 30 years. it is necessary that people express their worries. >> reporter: francois hollande has promised not to stand for a second term as president if he can't reduce unemployment. particularly among young people. those elections are only a year away. and jobless figures remain stubbornly high in peru the remains of 40 farmers killed in a conflict 30 years ago have been returned to their families. relatives of the victims gathered for a mass in a school courtyard where the bodies were handed over. forensic experts believe they were killed by shining path rebels and buried in a mass grave between 1983 and 1991.

five members of the united states women's football team are accusing their governing body of wage discrimination. they say they're paid four times less than their mail counterparts despite producing 20 million dollars of revenue for the federation in 2015. their complaint is against workplace discrimination. a former goal keeper with the national team says there is no excuse not to pay women players the same as men. >> the women generated $20 million more than the men this past fiscal year. i feel the women have a very good case. the women's team have had fantastic success especially with this last world cup last year where the final was the highest rated soccer event ever in the u.s. men or women. including on the 99 world cup final that i played in which was

the highest at that point. with this last world cup they surpassed that in ratings. faction sports soccer-- fox sports soccer did well with that revenue-generating contract that they got to be able to show those games and in the past u.s. soccer has always used revenue generation as a reason as to why the women were not paid as much as the men. i honestly feel that now that ex-queues no longer exists, so it's going to be very, very difficult going forward for the u.s. soccer federation to continue to pay 40% as much as they pay the men in some cases, going forward because i don't really feel like they have too many other excuses at this point leading musicians have performed a concert in new york paying tribute to david bowie. in iconic studio, that is closing down.

it has fallen victim to the fast-changing music industry. studio owner tells al jazeera his highlights in his own words. >> hi i'm steve rosenthall and owner of this studio. when i started and i built the studio in 87, the whole concept was the idea that people would play in a room and what comes out of the interaction is the record. this wall is representative of the kind of records that have gotten me here over the years. one of the highlights was doing the james bonds song here. that was a blast. two lou reid, natalie mechanf. it has been very eclectic and very fun.

[ ♪ ] >> reporter: having david bowie was an amazing experience. the thing was he really wanted to be able to work without being bothered and he wanted to be able to be here and concentrate. none of us said boo about it and it is something i'm really proud of that we were able to keep the secret to be able to sort of deal with your own mortality and create art out of it is quite extraordinary. i think the music industry itself is, obviously, very troubled. the decline in the music business has impacted very seriously my studio business. the budgets have really declined. also the way technology allows people to make music in their house and all that stuff. nice to see you. how's it going. >> thanks for having us today >> they're coming in to work

now. i have to be out at the end of march, but i have to learn to sort of deal with it. i've been coming here for 28 years. that's a long time much more news on our website. you will find it all at aljazeera.com afghanistan's future grows increasingly uncertain, as years of foreign aid and intervention come to an end. in the jostling for money and power, competing forces are fighting for the wealth buried deep in the hindu kush mountains. that wealth is precious rubies, which fetch a handsome sum, especially when smuggled across the border. i'm steve chow. on this edition of 101 east, we look at the lives of afghan ruby miners who are risking it all chasing crystal dreams.