what they call a walk. i lost my son looking wayland go i also lost my but there are more than one hundred fifty volunteers working for several working buses teachers say it is working class attendance has improved the volunteers also at the security guards in syria thousands have disappeared without a trace. forcibly taken from their family right here in the most terrible thing is to be. this has been the invisible weapon of the syrian dictatorship for sometimes i thought it would be better to die than continue to be she really didn't go to. the disappeared of syria but this time on al-jazeera.

hundreds are injured near pakistan's capital as police crackdown on protesters blocking a major highway the military is called in to restore calm. and are. live from london also coming up. gyptian warplanes target suspected fighters after friday's most attack that killed hundreds of people in sinai. the doctors in syria forced to work underground and treat their patients in secret. and facing the force of the law zimbabwe's new government is in on the moment with old allies. i know pakistan has called in its military and ordered a partial media blackout as pretty struggle to disperse hundreds. protesters near

the capital islamabad offices have fired tear gas and water cannon to clear the protest camp injuring more than one hundred fifty people the demonstrators have been blocking a major highway for two weeks and are refusing to leave until the law minister steps down because the minister emitted a reference to the prophet mohammed in a parliamentary bill you are hired to has more from near the eastern city of the whole. the civilian government has asked the military to come in aid of that civilian administration their primary objective would be to save dogs key installations the diplomatic ball they were in islamabad and that at a time when there is trouble spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued many people injured there and us and we are toward at least one person was killed near the airport now all the airports all the highways and fluting the grand trunk road that connects the north to the south as

well as the motorway that connect this lombard to the provincial capital of the punjab all people are stuck on the highways take an org move because all the able to take training have been taken over by the protector and then we have also been told that the protesters are now back in strength at the same place where the security forces primarily the police where they tried to get large them earlier this morning story indeed a crisis situation head and the military now being called in for the protection of islamabad but this is a situation that has been mishandled by the government that disqualified prime minister of the country had called all his party workers and members including senior ministers for the meeting and it all was probably it was brewing in the city of karachi in islamabad so it appears that the government had miscalculated they did not know their strength of the reaction that would happen and on forward on the streets across pakistan indeed

a crisis situation one that threatening to spiral out of control that is also talk that the form a interior minister's house was that the law minister who's resignation that people have demanded and also being attacked and of god that the government and all sorts of trouble. washington says it strongly condemns the release of saeed a suspect behind the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks and says the decision will affect u.s. pakistan relations saeed the founder of the armed group jemaah dawa has a ten million dollar u.s. bounty on his head for the attack which killed one hundred sixty six people including americans officials say he's being released because the government has failed to provide any evidence against him saeed has repeatedly denied involvement in the mumbai attacks when the said let's go to tom ackerman who's in washington so why is the united states so concerned about this case well this is in line with president trump's pronounced leaning against the pakistani government accusing

them of failing or in fact allowing pakistani soil to be host for the hakani network and taliban in the fight as just as he launches what he describes as a. pronounced a new strategy for winning over winning in afghanistan a winning strategy that the president hasn't quite spelled out but certainly regards pakistan as not a cooperative partner in that venture the pakistani interior minister just a couple of days ago said that he was pledging that that the government was committed to not allowing its soil to be used for violence against any other country and that is something that the american administration simply does not believe and as a result the it is in keeping with that position the drug administration has

been making there references in their overtures to india asking the indians to be more engaged in the afghan fight even more irritating for the pakistanis what kind of repercussions today will be for pakistan and its relations with the u.s. over this. well since august the administration has put on hold what they call an escrow account two hundred fifty five million dollars of the military aid that pakistan has been getting last year they got an estimated one and a half billion dollars in military aid from the united states next week the u.s. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general dunford is was due to be in islamabad to have talks with the with the pakistani authorities on the future of the relationship to be followed by the defense secretary james mattis so we'll see whether there is what kind of follow through there will be in the meantime the

pakistanis have been. have have their position is clear as well of the pakistan national assembly a few months ago attacked trump as calling his position threatening and. using the word hostile so whether this is actually an escalation in the relations or the tense the tense tension in the relations between the two countries we'll just have to see in the in the forthcoming few weeks come back and thank you very much indeed for. prosecutors in egypt say a gunman who stormed a mosque in sinai carrying an eye so flat officially there is still no claim of responsibility but egypt's military has already become bombing targets part of a pledge by president sisi that those behind the attack would not go unpunished

with a three hundred people are now known to have died in the attack in a bed the west in egypt modern history and a hoax time reports. egyptian military has released this footage which it says shows its warplanes hitting targets in the sinai it's part of its crackdown on suspected fighters after friday's devastating attack these targets the minute she says a believed to be housing or storing ammunition linked to those who attacked the mosque has president abdel fattah el-sisi has promised to use brutal force and an iron fist against those responsible for what he called a heinous act of terrorism he also declared three days of national mourning this is the worst attack in egypt's recent history apart from the devastating loss of life people here a feeling angry to. be for anything fault our leadership because our leaders haven't taken decisive decisions with respect why because this

isn't the first time this has happened and it's in a mall so that's. the brotherhood is giving money to these people they're spending all of them there helping them who else is going to help them this is the mosque that was targeted in the troubles northern part of the sinai it's used by sufi's members of a mystic movement within islam the attack began shortly after the noon worship started in the mosque was four witnesses described how between ten and twenty masked gunmen were a military uniform stormed the mosque using rocket fire grenades and automatic weapons it also blocks the escape route local reports described how the government surrounded the mosque outside to mow down any survivors as well as those who are rushing to the scene to help this thirteen year old described how he survived yes i was outside the mosque and suddenly i heard gunshots inside i saw them running and i went inside the mosque i found all of the people climbing on top of each other

they were trying to get out of the mosque because they were afraid and i was trying to get out of the bullets and of my leg no one has claimed responsibility for the attack but immediate. suspicion has form a local i saw linked armed group analysts say the heavy hand the military response could potentially lead to more unrest you saw the beginning of fomenting of a cycle of violence of state repression targeting these groups through arbitrary arrests leading to them for mounting a cycle of violence. meanwhile the president has launched a thorough investigation of the families of the victims gather to bury the kind of huckster hours or. so says have told others there are four members of the egyptian military have been injured in fighting with gunman south of rougher in northern sinai meanwhile the planned reopening of the rafa crossing into gaza has been delayed following friday's mosque attack egypt has kept the crossing largely sealed off since twenty thirteen or the army fights armed groups in the area how mass as

thirty thousand people have been waiting to cross iran's president has reassured his syrian counterpart bashar assad that terror on also support him in the fight against armed groups and efforts to rebuild the country iranian media is reporting that her son rouhani called the syrian leader to tell him the latest talks over the crisis came at the right time leaders from iran russia and turkey met in sochi this week in a major diplomatic push to find end to the six year war turkey says it expects u.s. president donald trump to stick to his promise not to supply weapons to syrian kurdish fighters also known as the y.p. jean on friday turkish president richard the one held a phone call with trump in which the u.s. president reportedly gave an order that weapons should no longer be supplied to the wipe e.g. a senior white house official told us they will not be an abrupt termination but rather a winding down of support to he considers the y.p.

g a terrorist group. doctors in northern syria are being forced underground because of frequent attacks on hospitals one facility has been built entirely below the surface at a secret location to treat patients injured by government airstrikes so a binge of aid reports from. near turkish border with syria. samaras on the operating table because his leg was injured in an airstrike but this is no ordinary operation theatre it's hidden underground so it will survive carried . they were half way or i'm afraid when the regime targets a hospital i lost a member of my family in an airstrike. it's known as the cave hospital in northern thirty or so doctors are keeping its location secret for fear of further attacks by government get. they showed us photos after some of the hundred thirty five year strikes targeted their hospital medical facilities and medical workers nowadays are

far from being working an ideal situation there are all sort of challenges one of the main challenges has to do with security via witnessing has been ongoing for a long time but at the same time he doesn't. doesn't stop. this is what remains of many hospitals above ground so it took months of digging five hundred square meters in the mountains to convert into treatment rooms workers then plaster the walls and bags at the entrance increased security. this is the doctor who began the project he was also killed in an airstrike last year and his colleagues continue to face challenges. the biggest problem is the airstrikes which target civilians this hospital is theoretically safe but we expect anything from the government and it's destructive weapons making the hospital safe is just one of the many challenges most hospitals in opposition areas suffer from a lack of medicine and other vital supplies that are to emergency exits in case of

any attack being underground brings the constant challenge of maintaining the floor so doctors and patients don't suffocate. we face difficulties such as ventilation and shortages of medical supplies after securing ourselves in a cave inside a mountain because health care system has been largely destroyed by six years of war preventive care units and health centers are non existent. potentially fatal diseases are common because of a lack of. health care is being used as a weapon of war in syria doctors say targeting hospitals means denial of treatment and the only option to save lives is going on the ground. zero. just ahead of the program fair and distrust how some ranger refugees are reacting to a deal that could see them returned to me and mom. talking tough to end abuse france's president promises to tackle gender based violence.

hello it's time for europe to get properly cold again a real taste of winter is returning every five cloud for ages this is heat and this side is still warm but that's a cold front so cold is coming south bringing some snow showers with it at first the british isles proper snow to the alpine heights and even higher ground in germany and of course austria and that's a position we end up at on sunday this is going to be snow or rain depending on height again behind drop down to single figures as day maxima the winds ok in the sunshine a bit of a breeze but will feel pretty cold in paris at eight and zero four even madrid struck down to twelve so that's talking away the warm air science with touching

what's happening in moscow towards minus three has been minus something for days that still subzero along with kids pretty close by with snow falling it just about plus four but it will get colder as the snow falls out of the sky that's the position the day after so which returning here it is going to have a knock on effect further south into the central mediterranean bit of a breeze going to be it feels particularly nice i think analogies are to nice with rain and a breeze the whole lot moves through libya towards egypt monday. one hundred and sixty years ago a musician started a band in our t. shirt rate in cairo. the brass band was so popular it gave birth to an entire musical genre. as a century and a half later the sound still resonates with me and your passion today. the

people's music at this time on al-jazeera. i'm going to top stories here now to syria the army has been called in to restore order to pakistani capital islamabad after more than one hundred fifty people were injured in violence between police and religious protests as. gyptian military is known to campaign in the sinai region after an attack on a mosque which left three hundred people dead. and zimbabwe's former finance minister. both has been held in custody until monday when a court will rule on his bail application on his corruption trial retained by the

military during a takeover that forced president robert mugabe from office. for eight planes arrived in yemen's capital sana'a carrying humanitarian workers and vaccines to help fight diphtheria yemen is also during the world's worst cholera epidemic and is on the brink of a famine all made worse by a saudi led blockade of the country doctor who name. wheels down at santa international airport for the first time in almost three weeks until saturday a saudi led blockade had shut down most of yemen's ports of entry after warnings by the un a handful of planes carrying polio and diptheria vaccines and aid workers arrived in the hooty controlled capital. only when the. asuna international airport was banned from receiving humanitarian aid aircraft for more than one thousand days that led to more than five hundred u.n.

aid workers being stuck here and the consolation of more than forty aid flights. earlier in the week some aid trickled into the western port of who died but that has now stopped the world food program tells al-jazeera it's still waiting to offload a ship carrying twenty five thousand metric tons of wheat enough to feed one point eight million yemenis for a month people need an avalanche of eight and they're struggling to survive cholera polio and diphtheria outbreaks in addition to the war humanitarians are serving the needs of seven million people who are completely dependent on. the blockade began on november sixth after who the rebels fired a ballistic missile into saudi arabia. the saudi led coalition fighting on behalf of the government says it needed to stop weapons smuggling the u.n. warns commercial imports particularly food and fuel must also resume the world food

program says continuing to choke off the supply could have a disastrous effect on fourteen million people living in northern yemen people it says it doesn't have the resources to help natasha going to does iraq. the un's refugee agency has been allowed to help hundreds of thousands of range of muslims return from bangladesh to me and mark the two governments signed a pact on thursday settling terms for the repatriation process which is expected to begin within two months under the new deal range refugees will be moved to temporary camps or so-called model villages constructed near their former homes in more also plans to issue them with identity cards on their return or them a stranger have so far rejected the scheme. that has more from cox's bazaar it's impossible to imagine the level of suffering that people like these have endured over recent months and indeed for decades now stories of men women and

children being killed by the myanmar army also stories of gang rape being committed by soldiers in the myanmar army stories that the myanmar government denies now this agreement between the bangladeshi and the myanmar government with respect to repress relation implies the eventual return of these people to a country that they have some sort of legal citizenship status but of course they don't they lost their citizenship thirty five years ago in one thousand nine hundred eighty two and it's when you speak to people here that you really get a sense of the fear and the lack of trust amongst them they say that they are not prepared to go back until their property is rebuilt and they get some sort of formal legal citizenship status. hasn't seen her husband since she fled a month ago. first they have to give us identity cards at the border stating that

we are residents all citizens and that we are. otherwise we will not go in because they may start killing us again. also says his home and village was destroyed and he is terrified about returning to live like that and they want a lot of it over we don't want to leave bangladesh back home we're afraid to leave our houses they kill us they take our people away we don't want to go back out again you that. according to the bangladesh government there's no fixed time frame as to how long this repatriation will take it's hope that the process will start in about two months time the bangladesh foreign minister also says that myanmar has agreed that the u.n. h.c.r. the un will be involved in the process and it's aiming to set up temporary camps so people like these can live in the areas in which their homes were destroyed but the

two main issues when you speak to the people here are issues of trust trust of the myanmar military and secondly citizenship will they eventually become citizens of the country for so long for so many generations they have called home child strife and al-jazeera cox's bazaar libya's coast guard has recovered the bodies of thirty refugees from a shipwreck off its northwestern coast a coast guard spokesman told al-jazeera another forty people unaccounted for one hundred forty five have been rescued zimbabwe's former finance minister ignatius trumbo has been held in custody until monday when a court will rule on his bail application when his corruption trial comes a day after zimbabwe's new president was sworn in replacing robert mugabe who ruled the country for thirty seven years under simmons reports from harare a new presidency in the court cases have already started first in line ignatius

jumbo former finance minister he owns more than one hundred homes and he's accused of corruption. chambers reported to have been beaten in military custody and is even hospital treatment he says ma soldiers with assault rifles raided his home and he was illegally detained for forty eight hours as a military takeover took place also before the courts form a zanu p.f. used leader could sue knight ship anger accused of corruption and slander he had resisted the army takeover earlier this month. we. know what you want to. hear. the army has already withdrawn from the streets of harare ahead of an announcement of a return to barracks and that action coincides with a high court judgment saying it's action and taking power and putting me under house arrest was lawful but human rights watch says it's an example of the military

having undue influence on the judiciary and there are legal warnings that it could set a precedent. i. after his swearing in everson nougat had vowed to hit the ground running with a raft of measures to revive zimbabwe's shattered economy but he hasn't impressed the main opposition party. he has been part of the twenty seven years of disappointment thirty seven years of the unlikely that you see is from the same boat as mr mugabe they are cut from the same tree so it doesn't matter that present what appears to be a fresh deal it remains a pipe dream the people really want to see quick with the change their lives. may have had with foreign investors and foreign diplomats but political reform and

economic reform needs to happen quickly to have the effect he wants. al jazeera iraq. the president of the organization of american states wants to take the venezuelan leader nicolas maduro to the international court of justice and he is an outspoken critic of maduro who's led a crackdown on anti-government protests the area is waiting for the result of an inquiry into whether maduro's government should be tried for crimes against humanity. the men in them and mayor proceed ruin the middle of the process the hearings are over the information is being collected civil society reports are still coming in to us regarding the situation and possible existence of crimes against humanity in venezuela a final report by the experts will be ready in about a month we believe will have the support from countries when it comes to bringing the issue to the international criminal court german chancellor angela merkel says she doesn't want to new election and has promised to have a new government in place soon there has partners in the outgoing government the

center left social democrats initially refused to consider and other coalition but on friday the s.p.d. leader martin short reversed this position agreeing to hold talks back and says she hopes the negotiations would proceed based on mutual respect saturday's the international date for the elimination of violence against women have been held in rome and paris where france's president emmanuel michel and i asked a series of measures to tackle sexual violence and in barber reports from french capital. really a big speech from the president on a topic that's a huge problem in france and beyond emanuel mccall said tackling gender based violence and discrimination would be his top priority over the next five years as he promised to get tough with. our situation up to now shows that something is not working in our country the shame that women experience a shame without reason since they are already victims the shame that should be

experienced by the perpetrators of violence it is a civic and political shame it is a national disgrace earlier his minister for gender equality outlined how wide ranging the problem was is. violence against women it takes many forms and we talk most about sexual violence but there has been more openness to talk about other types like physical violence so-called administrative violence where women's passport documents are withheld economic violence where many women find themselves staying in an abusive situation because of financial dependence. mcauliffe said he'd introduce legislation next year including almost spot fines for harassment in public and he promised nationwide training for teachers health workers and police to help recognize abuse. but this women's rights activist who was in the audience is skeptical when he put his in a list and. there's currently a lack of training particularly for the police when it comes to harassment and

sexism in public places so we're asking where you find the money for all that you're selling us the idea of a great national cause but with the smallest budget of all the government departments. in recent months seven hundred thousand people have signed petitions urging the government to do more on the saturday thousands more hit the streets many viewed the president's new initiative as just part of the solution they get a third of the others this is equal rights in our society is what we ask for we demand equal rights for everyone but act alone so. yes. if. our. president mark raul has announced in effect a revolution in the way france deals with violence against women these protesters want to see real change on the ground and they want to see it quickly and they'll be keeping up the pressure until that happens. this. time

magazine is denying a claim by president donald trump that he was told that he'd be featured as person of the year trump said on twitter that time magazine called to say that i was probably going to be named man of the year like last year and i would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot i said probably is no good and took a pass thanks anyway time magazine says it never reveals the choice of person of the year until the issue is released. mexico's government has created the largest marine park in north america a giant reserve lies in the pacific ocean southeast of the baja california peninsula it's home to giant rays whales and turtles but the protections are in of about one hundred forty eight thousand square kilometers all fishing activity will be banned and the area with patrolled by the navy hotels will be prohibited on islands within the reserve.

headlines we are zero the army has been called in to restore order to the pakistani capital islamabad after more than one hundred fifty people were injured in violence between police and religious protesters riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at the demonstrators as they clear their sit in camp protesters are calling for the resignation of a minister who emitted a reference to the prophet mohammed in a parliamentary bill come out harder is in sukiyaki near the eastern city of lahore regret the gondry there's been a strong reaction there being announcements on the march so for people to come out we're door that karachi literally gridlock a lot harder to paralyze because the protected are now blocking talk point for then the third day there along. the highway everything is blocked

egyptian prosecutors say twenty to thirty gunman carrying eisel flags were behind the attack which left more than three hundred people dead egyptian military has launched a campaign in the sinai region after the attack president of defacto sisi promised to respond with brutal force. iran's president has reassured his syrian counterpart bashar assad but tehran both support him in the fight against armed groups and efforts to rebuild the country iranian media is reporting that hassan rouhani called the syrian leader to tell him the latest talks held in russia came at the right time turkey says u.s. president donald trump has agreed to stop supplying weapons to kurdish y p g fighters in northern syria president richard one spoke to trump on the phone on friday a senior white house official has told al jazeera it will not be an abrupt termination but rather the winding down of support turkey considers the wipe e.g. a terrorist group zimbabwe's former finance minister ignatius chambre has been held

in custody until monday when a court will rule on his bail application on his corruption trial he was detained by the military during the takeover that forced president robert mugabe from office trombones lawyer says his client needed hospital treatment after being beaten in custody. there's the headlines tell us if you can hear al-jazeera the listening post is up next thanks for watching so you know it. well a tree has carried out. as an.