made us all pay the price. this time on al jazeera. on counting the cost of oil hit seventy dollars a barrel and the drivers behind the rise one of the economic reasons behind the rest in tunisia we look a little closer at the whole straight being between us i'm. counting the cost at this time on al jazeera. and al jazeera crew captures the moment a suspected russian ass strike hits a makeshift refugee camp.

and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. hundreds of people protest in the chin is in capital to mark seven years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring. twelve million tins of baby milk in eighty three countries the true scale of a salmonella scandal begins to him. i will tell you why the traditional craft of cockpit weaving is unraveling in gaza. a new wave of attacks by syrian government forces and their russian allies is forcing fountains of syrians to leave their homes around one hundred twenty thousand civilians have been displaced in rebel held province in recent weeks but instead of finding safety many continue to face danger.

the whole lot lot lot of up i don't really know what's real but there are no the police. we have very few you know law. but look at look at. this al jazeera crew was filming in a makeshift camp in need live when an attack happened they tell us a missile hit very close to civilians who had escaped earlier bombing attacks in the nearby hama countryside which is there a correspondent maillard follow can be seen among men women and children desperately trying to find. a meanwhile tension is growing between russia and turkey who back opposing sides in the conflict sit him because he has more from southern turkey. intensified

a strike by the syrian regime and russian military forces actually threatens the peace process achievements the peace process that was launched in the ca's our capital astana turkey russia and iran have been the current theories of this peace process and they have agreed to establish the escalation zones in it left hama. but for now this peace process is now is current the violated by the regime and also by russia when we speak to the opposition they say they're not surprised about this violation but the experts say that this is actually a move to gain diplomatic leverage in the upcoming sochi meeting at the end of january so they say russia and syrian regime is trying to gain more power on the go see table over the syrian opposition. when callum is the director of policy

analysts analysis at the doha institute for graduate studies he said the attacks on civilians are an attempt by russia to kickstart political negotiations this illusion was part of the disk illusion agreement which has been agreed by the three are. russia to the key and iran into a sit down or process and whenever you see escalation like this we should know that things are not working small between these three parties in recent weeks actually we have been seeing sort of tension in the relationship between turkey and russia on two things number one is the sushi the sochi conference which the russians are desperately seeking to have by the end of this month they want to actually the syrian opposition to attend a sushi conference of president putin once this very much because he wants to translate his military gains on the ground in syria into something political this

is exactly what president putin is trying to do put maximum pressure on the civilian. community of those fighters in order to force them to agree to at them daryn. a spokesman for turkey's president says an american operation to help syrian kurdish fighters set up a new border force is unacceptable under the u.s. plan thirty thousand troops will man the borders of territory carved out of northern syria by the syrian democratic forces which are mainly composed of kurdish why p.g. fighters turkey has condemned the move as it battles kurdish separatists within its own borders turkish forces have repeatedly threatened to capture areas under kurdish control and the warning of an imminent attack on the syrian city of afrin. several people are in hospital after a suspected chemical attack in the rebel held area of eastern guta the damascus

suburb which was designated a deescalation zone has come under heavy bombardment as government forces seek to take it back from rebel fighters aid workers at the scene say the victims are being treated for suffocation from what they suspect is chlorine gas. hundreds of people have protested in the chin is in capital to mark seven years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring many of the issues which brought people to the streets van are still causing problems today anger has a return over new austerity measures after year of rising prices the government has promised more assistance for poor families but many say it's not enough to send this update from tunis. for a minute in asean this is a moment of national pride parents along with their children converge here on the how do people give us which was the focal point of the two thousand and eleven

revolution to commemorate the band and to honor those who were killed in two thousand and eleven to defend democracy and put an end to the autocratic rule of the former presidents in an r.p.g. but i have to say that there is also this feeling of frustration over the track record of the government and this feeling among people that this worried about their future because of the instability of those the city continues and because also the austerity measures that were implemented by the government a few days ago for the tunisians the biggest problem is not the budget deficit or the need to tackle corruption and embezzlement of public the government funds the government on the other hand says the only way to cut or reduce the budget deficit is to increase taxes and they need to do which to maintain the economy the balance of the budget to be able to find and social development programs in the near future

so this remains a very delicate moment for the tunisian people and for the government on one hand the need to grease taxes to get more revenues but at the same time they cannot further afford to upset the people because of the go to the streets. that's where we might see more instability. we're back in twenty eleven twenty six year old fruit vendor mohamed bouazizi set himself alight in protest a place harassment sparking an uprising that forced out longtime changes in president then a ding in an alley and some avenge of a looks back at the revolution that toppled a dictator and the uncertainty that followed. this was that uneasy in capital seven years ago when protesters made history. with simple demands and joblessness and improved prospects for young people the spark the regional arab spring uprising. the perseverance ended the rule of business in

a lab a demon ali who had been accused of corruption and rights abuse but also began an era of political uncertainty listless stad then i'm not prepared to be the person who takes decision this which result in the loss of life. and the conservative islamic party banned by ben ali was on its way to win elections. we have seen the popularity that in that a has around the country. and after a turbulent nine months the ushered in a democratically elected government in october two thousand and eleven. there were more demonstrations a year later despite a ban on protests and the challenge for tunisia is security in law and order especially on its borders with del geria in libya. three years after the revolution demonstrators took to the streets against economic hardship a new technocrat government was still failing to improve living conditions in two thousand and fourteen. but to new zealand's did get

a new constitution hailed as an important step towards full democracy. the two thousand and fourteen elections brought power to the secular knew that too in this party which later formed a coalition government but the conservative in the party but the security situation failed to improve. the lives of twenty two people including twenty one foreign tourists were killed when a gunman opened fire at a museum in the capital tunis in june thirty nine people nearly all of them foreign tourists were killed in a gun attack on a five star hotel in sousse than easiest tourism industry has struggled to recover since then. people were out on the streets once again now they didn't feel safe and also had no jobs in two thousand and sixteen tenn a build a two hundred kilometer barrier along its border with libya to try and keep out fighters and refugees but in march fifty five people were killed when dozens of fine to storm through the town of been good done near the libyan border attacking army and police posts last may president the sipsey ordered the army to protect all

facilities in the south after protests planned to destroy production. to this year has made major advancements in achieving democracy and improving its institutions but on the streets the economic hardships which sparked the protests seven years ago still continue. some of the job he had there. a member of a cattery royal family says he is being held against his will in the united arab emirates shaikh abdullah ben ali al family released a video statement saying that if anything were to happen to him catalan is not fault he's been living in saudi arabia since the blockade by some of castle's neighbors began with the u.a.e. denies that he is being held against his will. one of the world's biggest dairy company says it will pay damages to families affected by its contaminated baby milk french company tallis was accused of trying to cover up the extent of the

salmonella contamination at one of its plants now in a rare media interviews c.e.o. emanuel best near has admitted the problem affects eighty three countries where about twelve million ten's of powdered baby milk are being recalled lawsuits have been filed by families he say that children suffered salmonella poisoning after drinking the milk at least thirty known to have fallen ill in france and one in spain natasha butler reports. over the contaminated baby milk powder scandal the boss a french company like tallis has responded to critics who say the manufacturer covered up the extent of the risk emanuel binya has told a french newspaper our priority has always been to handle the crisis and make sure that no more children become sick we have never minimise the risk of salmonella we consider that there was no breach of procedures on our side in december like tallis

began recalling some of its baby milk products in france it had discovered the salmonella bacteria in this factory in the northwest but it's only now that the extent of the contamination has become clear like tallis has now withdrawn twelve million tins of baby formula for more than eighty countries salmonella can be deadly for young children and dozens of families in france say that their children became sick after drinking luck telus baby milk they have found lawsuits against the company saying that it tried to hide the risks and failed to help it klepper of and families were lied to shamelessly and that the fear was spread by the telephone helpline number which was provided at the time or can you believe an operator who tells you that your milk is not affected but then three weeks later you learn that it is. the french president demand or mark or says locked alice could face penalties and on friday the finance minister said the government would do everything possible to end the crisis like that is like to lease will take back all

baby milk products manufactured at cow regardless of their production date from wherever it is being sold in particular from supermarkets and chemist the aim of this radical step is simple not to avoid dealers problems insulting but in the risk of human error like dallas his boss says his company has launched its own investigation and will pay damages to the salmonella victims for parents the focus will be on making sure their children are not exposed to the life threatening bacteria natasha butler al-jazeera paris. still to come on al-jazeera. the catholic pope speaks out in defense of migrants he says fair and doubt should not determine our response to new arrivals and a burning iranian all time to sinks in the east china sea with its crew presumed to

be still on board. hello there we've got a fair amount of cloud of rain still affecting us in turkey you see this swirling system here that's trying to edge its way eastwards and it's wrong plenty of cloud ahead of it it's moving through pretty quickly though so it does dry out for many of us here on monday instead that cloudy wetter weather is across back to and stretching all the way across towards there minus three is the maximum and do expect some snow further south fine dry no problems for us q a city there getting to around twenty one the winds will pick up though we head through into cheese they said the temperature is easing a little bit and those winds are heading towards us here in doha they will be with us quite yet as we head through monday say twenty six degrees it will still be quite warm but then the winds will hit and twenty three degrees this time will be

the maximum for the south of course no problems it's the law and all temperatures but twenty eight down to was the southern parts of africa and here we're seeing a fair amount of wet weather mostly in the northern parts of stretching from angola all the way across towards madagascar a few showers around madagascar some of them are likely to be heavy around the coast but the wetter weather is around the coast of mozambique and into tanzania as well further south largely fine a draw except it doesn't hit twenty nine degrees will also be accompanied by a few outbreaks of rain.

welcome back a reminder of the top stories here and al-jazeera. an al-jazeera crew has filmed a syrian government missile attack on account for this place civilians in the north of the country it comes amid a government offensive to retake a rebel held a dalit province that's caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee the area. hundreds of people have protested in the chin is the in capital to mark seven years

since the revolution the spark the arab spring anger has risen over new austerity measures after a year of rising prices and the french dairy company accused of covering up contaminated baby milk says it will pay damages to families affected about twelve million tons of the powdered milk are being recalled across eighty three countries due to the risk of salmon or other ports. zambia's government is easing some emergency measures imposed to fight a cholera outbreak that's killed at least seventy two people but not in one suburb of the capital lusaka where there was rioting on friday is where the outbreak began the focal point for the government's anti cholera campaign mariana honda has more. a simple procedure to get against a killer disease in footy is one of the millions ambience being vaccinated in an intensive campaign to contain a cholera outbreak she's from a township on the outskirts of the capital lusaka with the outbreak began in late

september she says she didn't his attempt to join the queue when we hear those making news. we feel so bad so now. yes they did. we did. most of those lining up here live in or around usaca when nearly all of the color of deaths have been concentrated in about three and a half months almost three thousand people have been inflicted cholera is a bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated food and water it thrives in unhygienic conditions. the government brought in toughen mergence images earlier this month to try to bring the outbreak under control and it deployed the army to lead the cleanup of public spaces like this marketplace in lusaka. local people

joined in and didn't some cases even helped close down some marketplaces completely to stop food and drink being sold in unsanitary conditions but within days some were defying a curfew. and on friday there was rioting in kenya with street vendors saying the measures were hurting the only source of income. runs an electronics store in wonder stock markets he says his business has been affected but he has little time for those resisting the government see if it. they went up and you know in a bowl just across the town and. it was really shocking to find that the armed forces they're here to help us make sure that our environments are clean and then some people come and start road think bunning traps which is a limited budget because instead of make sure that the place is clean the wound up begin corpses of color allowed to break if they did a disease the government says sufficient progress has been made so far for it to

reopen a school and shops that have passed center taishan chicks and it's plenty sick and round of immunization but that alone won't likely be enough the long term task of educating the zambians on proper sanitation and hygiene will be critical to eradicating cholera maidana honed al-jazeera. liberia's ruling unity party has expelled the country's outgoing president after an internal row you need two party members accused ellen johnson sirleaf of not supporting the candidate chosen to run in december's presidential election the vote was eventually won by george weah a former football star supporters of the unity party candidate joseph claim sirleaf favored we're but she denies this. iran says it's released hundreds of people detained during anti-government protests a government spokesman acknowledged at least twenty five people were killed during the un lest we started at the end of december thousands of iranians took to the

streets for several days in protest initially motivated by economic hardship security forces insist they now wish to order. liston ian president back with a bow says addressing a meeting of the p.l.o. central council with the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital dominating the agenda the announcement by washington in december has sparked protests across the muslim world groups hamas and islamic jihad have declined an invitation to observe but not take part in the meeting which is taking place in ramallah west bank they say there is a lack of agreement on how to respond to the u.s. decision. the un secretary general is in colombia to discuss the breakdown of peace talks between the government and rebel group antonio good terrorist was welcomed by president juan manuel santos talks with the e l n were suspended on wednesday after a series of attacks on government targets the latest involves the kidnapping of

a petroleum engineer and one hundred one day truce expired on jan river nine. in-doors i spent money says that i would like to make clear in every way our commitment to peace there is no justification for armed violence peace is the only answer that can solve the problems of poverty development equality and democracy today our commitment to peace in colombia is total. but francis has held a special mass to mark the world day of migrants and refugees at a time when there are more displaced people than ever before according to the un's refugee agency more than sixty five million people have been forcibly displaced twenty two point five million are refugees more than a quarter of them from syria and then there are the ten million people who are stateless not considered to be citizens of any country i think lose more than six hundred fifty thousand forced out of mammal since august of the most dangerous

places is the mediterranean more than fourteen thousand people have died in those waters since twenty fourteen trying to reach europe peter shot reports. in the five years of his papacy probe francis has stressed time and again christianity is mission to welcome the vulnerable and the marginalised and on sunday at this mass and some peter's basilica to mark the world day of migrants pope francis invited refugees asylum seekers newly arrived immigrants and their families to join him in prayer to celebrate the special day highlighting the fear and suspicion that has so often blighted the lives of those looking for a new start going into. the. local communities are sometimes afraid that the newly arrived will disturb the established order will take away from what has been long labored to build up in the newly arrived also have fears they are afraid

of confrontation judgement discrimination and failure of these fears a legitimate having doubts and fears is not a sin the sin is to allow those fears to feed hostility and rejection. pope francis speaking out at a time when wealthy western countries are tightening their borders even though there are more displaced people on the move than ever before dress by the pope is a. porton for two main reasons the first is that we've seen all too few world leaders willing to stand up for refugees in fact have seen quite the opposite over the course of the last two years we've seen a hardening of the refugee rhetoric which the report references in his address pope francis leaves on monday for a week long visit to prune chile he'll be taking his message of compassion for the uprooted people of the world along with him and in malaga in spain on sunday the

latest reminder that this crisis is not going away as another one hundred nine migrants from morocco including nine pregnant women and sixteen children were brought to shore peter shop al jazeera. the iranian oil tanker that's been burning in the east china sea since last week has sunk these pictures broke ass by chinese state t.v. show the ship barely visible above the water twenty nine crew members are missing that iranian officials say there's no hope of them will be of any of them will be found alive the tanker with carrying nearly one million barrels of oil when it collided with a cargo ship on john river six adrian brown has more from beijing. well according to chinese state controlled television the senshi sank at around noon local time on sunday before it went down there was a large explosion and also a large plume of smoke more than a thousand meters high these pictures were recorded by china's coast guard now the

century was involved in a collision with a hong kong registered freighter the crew of that freighter all survived all twenty one crew members sadly the crew of the century were less fortunate so far only three bodies have been recovered the senshi was carrying a cargo of one hundred thirty six thousand tons of ultra light crude oil known as condensate what concerns groups like greenpeace is how much of that crude could potentially leak over the coming days weeks or months we know that some of the oil has been burned off but not all of it now this vessel has gone down in waters that are part of japan's economic zone so presumably japanese authorities will now be investigating to see how much of their waters have now been contaminated because of course fishermen in that area depend on those waters for their livelihood. we've heard of traditional handmade carpets and governor say they're struggling to keep

their ancient craft alive they blame their unraveling fortunes on israel and egypt blockade of the gaza strip welcome webb has this report. weaving sheep's wool into traditional carpet is one of palestine's oldest professions. it takes skill patient and a steady hand. else what's been doing it since he was ten now he says he's too old to be strained relatives to work on his looms hearing. it's been a family business for longer than he knows even his family name so after means will . already. i am seventy two years old and i've done this work my whole life before me my father before him my grandfather it's been in our family for four hundred years or more maybe ever since the prophet muhammad we've done the same work. it's possible archaeologists have found the remains of wooden

looms in this region that are thousands of years old the techniques have passed their beliefs down the generations like these not recording the order of colored stripes in a design. that mahmoud says things are not how they used to be mainly because of israel and egypt blockade of gaza electricity used to prepare the wool is off most of the time importing wool and exporting carpets have become difficult and expensive. just next door shop it's quiet no customers he says it's like this most of the time these days. copper like this one takes nearly a week to make and sells for just over one hundred dollars economies down in gaza because of the blockade so not many people can afford that. these are cheaper factory made carpets mostly from turkey become common. mood says that's also hard

his business showed us a carpet he made that was among many ordered by an israeli designer then handmade hearing gaza he says that kind of trading corporation is impossible any more he had to wait days for a customer to come to his shop and asked to speak to we asked why pay more for a traditional handmade carpet. heritage is very important for us and for the new generation if they can't see our heritage it be a big problem and should protect it. sales may be slow but not needed says the quality of the work continues to improve and will keep struggling to preserve this traditional craft malcolm web al-jazeera in gaza. a reminder of your top stories on al-jazeera. that is there

a crew has filmed a syrian government missile attack on a camp for displaced civilians in the north of the country it comes amid a government offensive to retake the rebel held it led province the school of hundreds of thousands of people to flee the area. the u.s. has confirmed it's helping syrian kurdish fighters set up a border force containing thirty thousand personnel the troops will man the borders of territory carved out of northern syria by the syrian democratic forces which are mainly composed of kurdish y p g find says it's a nato member turkey which is fighting kurdish separatists in its own country. god willing in the coming days we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror for which the first was taken with the euphrates shelled operation and no i was afraid. is genuine in that we expect america to support turkey and its legitimate outskirts we expect our friends to display an

attitude to prefer to them and this issue of survival that is so sensitive and so critical for our country generally or for an operation i hope these powers will not give rise to error by appearing on the same side as the terror organizations. hundreds of people have protested in the trinity in capital to mark seven years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring anger has risen over new austerity measures after a year of rising prices the government has now pledged seventy million dollars to help poor families but the protesters say it isn't enough. a french dairy company accused of covering up contaminated baby milk says it will pay damages to families affected about twelve million tins of the powdered milk are being recalled across eighty three countries due to the risk of salmon and the poisoning. and zambia's government says it's made enough progress in tackling and a cholera outbreak to ease some emergency measures armed forces and commented

a curfew in the capital lusaka after more than seventy people died from the disease the restrictions prompted riots early this week you're up to date with all the headlines stay with us on al-jazeera next up its inside story let me back in about twenty five minutes. the party of nelson mandela turns one hundred and six south africa's ruling a.n.c. is marking this anniversary with a pledge to rebuild itself from deep divisions and accusations of corruption but can the new leadership solve the many challenges the a.n.c. faces this is inside story.