ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme helping change the face of india. super thirty at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you. jakarta stock exchanges one floor of the building collapses.

along cell robin your geologist are alive my headquarters here in doha are coming up in the next thirty minutes turkey's president says a military assault on a kurdish enclave in syria is imminent. or are. accused of using vulgar language to describe african nations in the u.s. president donald trump says he's not a racist. outside of this trial so intense and something silly travelers are protesting against pope francis i was seeing him in our side coming up i'll tell you why many people in this country are worried as the pope makes his way to tele. welcome to the program more than twenty people have been taken to hospital. in parts of an upper floor in indonesia stock exchange building collapsed de vry and

rubble fell from a balcony all to people in the lobby below let's get more now from our correspondents that vasant us to the exact circumstances of what happened what we know about the incident so far. well the collapse happened when the trading was just going into lunch break basically but a group of students from sumatra were visiting the building at the same time of this collapse so what actually happened it's a kind of balcony a sort of a bridge between the two towers of this huge office building suddenly collapse there have been some witness accounts saying there was some some noise before the real collapse happened so people were trying to get a get out but of course it happened very fast and it has caused a huge chaos in this in this office building where of course a lot of offices are established and also where a lot of people are going around the whole time during the day the chaos is

unbelievable in the lobby of this building people were trying to get out of people were seen injured outside the building lying on the floor or lying on the street ambulances have been going back and forth between the stock exchange building and the hospitals in the area around twenty people have been admitted at least but very likely these figures will still go up the police has confirmed that there has not been a bomb attack because initially there was some talk about a possible attack on the building because that happened eighteen years ago in the year two thousand and fifteen people died in exactly the same building when a car bomb went off but this is an accident and of course a lot of questions are being asked about the safety of that building the building has been there for a couple of decades and this is of course a very serious accident there's a lot of international offices also in that same tower the world bank has offices there american bank of america but also in alliance have offices there of course

many people are going to question the safety of their office building right now we're seeing pictures from local television of those injured on the ground outside the location at seoul's in terms of the just sticks for. all the emergency services to get the injured from the stock exchange to hospital is obviously problematic we have a spokes woman for the saloon hospital saying that they've received more than two dozen victims from the exchange how well have the emergency services coped well it is in time troll chatter and of course it's close to hospitals but you can imagine the panic that has broken out after this collapse suddenly happened and hundreds of people are being in the building so everyone knows trying to scramble to get out a lot of people are outside the building the roads are very narrow so it's very difficult for ambulances to get the air ambulances still are coming into the air

where more wounded are being picked up and as as you said dozens have been brought to the hospital already but that figure is most likely to go up or leave you the final step and will come back to us that situation develops a moving story there coming out of indonesia. let's go to iraq now a police at least twenty six people have been killed and ninety five wounded in a twin suicide bombing in the capital baghdad the toll could rise as more bodies are being recovered from the cited. square all roads into the square have been closed. turkish president resupply burdwan has vowed to launch a military operation on a major kurdish stronghold in northern syria and he's pledged to attack the town of affray in the in the coming days it's controlled by the y.p. g a kurdish group considered to be considered by turkey to be terrorists shortly after his announcement why p.g. shelled aziz

a city held by turkish backed forces now there are already reports of turkish troop movements along the northern syrian border and at the edge of the white peachey held territory now turkey has been angered by u.s. confirmation that it's helping syrian kurdish fighters set up a border force containing thirty thousand personnel marianna honda reports. turkish president today chip tayyip erdogan and using a party address to look staunch in the face of a u.s. specked could use force on his southern border he promised to respond with a show of force saying tikki will launch its own military operation and the northern syrian city of buffeting not so still a lot of religion that just like we do not let the kurdistan workers party or open their eyes within our borders we are determined to vanquish them on the other side of fall toward god willing in the coming days we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror. turkey has fought kurdish factions within

its borders for more than thirty years and doesn't want to see the kurds gain power in neighboring syria the u.s. and the european union say the p.k. k. is a terror group but in northern syria the americans say they're supporting could. forces not the p.k. k. specifically the kurds are the most effective fighting force against the islamic state in syria and they've been very successful at that that's the american purpose but the turks regard the kurds and the why b.g. as a dire threat to u.s. president trump promised iran that he would stop being and training could fight is but the pentagon never made that official now turkey is furious about reports of a new u.s. backed border force of thirty thousand personnel with the syrian democratic forces a group of largely controlled by the could ish y p g they will reportedly deploy along the border of turkey iraq to the southeast and the euphrates river valley the

dividing line with assad's military how the american backed could a swipe e.g. posted this online in december purporting to show clashes with turkish forces it's enough rain in northern syria the same could. do one now says he will launch a military operation in the coming days they'll get there are many kyler despite it all we believe we have common interests with america in the region and hope we can act in concert because the time has come to support turkey and the time to give strategic corporation is do african could be the taste for a difficult three way relationship between powers in the syrian war ticky the united states and the kurdish fight is so hated by one side and supported by the other media mahommed al-jazeera also and consider as our correspondent joins me now live from antakya in turkey near the syrian border the turkish president obviously

is very angry at the u.s. support for the why p.g. and this proposal of a border defense force of course we're hearing news of the buildup of those forces at the moment i mean what options realistically are there for turkey. yes i have today it's a very foggy day we have a very sudden fog coming down i'm sorry for the scene behind me well it seems there are not so many options for turkey on the table but i have to first emphasize that turkey has been talking about this possible military operation in libya for a long time but our friend is actually under the control of russia in a way is so there was no coup from russia for turkey until now so what people what analysts wonder is that whether tricky and russia have a deal over africa or not it's going to be the game changer for three sides both

the americans russian and turkey but under these conditions especially thinking about the geography and logistics of offering how turkey is going to launch a military operation is a big question mark because you know turkey had a military coup in july two thousand and sixteen and already is conducting has conducted a military operation in the euphrates field area and turkey lost a lot of special forces people over there more than eighty people so it is a big risk for the turkish military as well when we consider that y.p. t. has lots of forms of weapons that is provided by the united states and analysts say that the white pretty inside africa has a huge amount of weapons most of the sophisticated ones so another question comes up if turkey is going to launch a military operation in africa is it going to be with the military troops and

training or is it going to be through the airstrikes but technically. even though president are gone say is that an operation is going to be allowed to this week people on the ground say that it is not possible to launch it that. soon but the binding situation here is what is the deal between turkey and russia over affiant whether turkey is going to be able permit it for an operation through whole often or just the best fit for to after him because there is also a military base enough and under russia's control so this is a big case but turkish politicians have been talking big words since the beginning but on the other hand it's not sure whether turkey would ever face totally detaching from united states alliance and at padgett self to the russian perspective in the region and time will show about this but for now turkish politicians statements are harsh but we're going to see what the action is going to

be so hail it it will have to wait and see certainly over the next few days as to what does happen for the moment sort of thank you now the u.s. state of hawaii has been told to fix its alert system after a false alarm said residents into a panic it took thirty eight minutes to correct the alert about a false ballistic missile threat residents desperately sought shelter as they waited for what they thought was an imminent attack the u.s. federal communications commission says why did not have adequate safeguards in place to prevent the folds of urgency alert the alert was sent to an employee hit the wrong button. staying in the u.s. the president donald trump has denied accusations that he's a racist he's been criticized for allegedly using vulgar language when describing haiti solved on several african nations during a recent white house meeting party called hate has more. the big conversation happening in washington and really across the country in the globe right now is

president donald trump in fact a racist this is all coming about after a meeting where a bipartisan group of senators once the white house and said they had to compromise on immigration reform the president reportedly bristled at it because he said it would allow in countries in africa el salvador in haiti and he described those as undesirable countries although he used a far more explosive expletive to describe those places now the question is is he in fact a racist because in that conversation he said he would rather take in people from countries like norway which are majority white well here's what the president had to say about that. when we. get this isn't just a question being bandied about whether or not president donald trump is racist this has an actual impact the republicans need to pass a budget their charge of the house and the senate and funding for the government runs out this coming friday if they can't pass something well then they'll face a partial government shutdown democrats have unique leverage because they need

their votes in order to keep the government going so there are democrats who are saying they're simply not going to vote for it in less they get some sort of immigration deal they see this as their point of leverage and they plan to use it so right now they're basically going to face off for the next five days and either democrats are going to cave and vote for a budget or republicans are going to have to come up with some sort of immigration compromise well still ahead here on al-jazeera palestinian leader mahmoud abbas schools goldfields recognition of jerusalem a slap in the face with the ball back story straight after the break. hello and welcome to international weather forecast it's looking very unsettled across europe in the coming days we've got an active frontal system moving in across the u.k. give you some really heavy rain i had of it well it's

a very mild conditions across parts of france and into switzerland but as we behead on through into choose this system goes through cold air falling behind a rush of showers some heavy snowfall across northern parts of the u.k. rain pushing in across france and through into germany some snow in the alps some snow for the east and some really cold air across eastern parts of europe plus a mix well of minus seven degrees expected in kiev in ukraine on the other side of the mediterranean as a quite a spell of weather in fact the winds coming up from the south temperatures not too bad there on the coast of libya tunis in tripoli seen highs of seventeen degrees pleasant enough conditions in karo through into choose date not much change really quite conditions continue for central parts of africa much of the right night seventy is a long way towards the south in these parts of east africa quite wet at the moment but otherwise most of the shower activity is certainly south of gabon west africa finally got sunshine in lagos nigeria and highs of thirty expected in crying ghana

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welcome back you're watching the whole rather mind of our top stories more than twenty people have been taken to hospital after parts of an upper floor in indonesia's stock exchange building collapsed daybreak and rubble fell from a balcony onto people in the lobby below. iraqi police say at least twenty six people have been killed and ninety five wounded in a twin suicide bombing in the iraqi capital baghdad the toll could rise as more bodies are being recovered from the site in. squire also the turkish president reza deibert one has vowed to launch a military operation on a major kurdish stronghold in syria it comes after the u.s. confirmed it's helping to set up a thirty thousand strong border force in the north of the country will be comprised mainly of kurdish y p g fighters who turkey considers to be terrorists let's cross over to moscow russia where the foreign minister sergei lavrov is giving

a address to the press corps about russian policy we expected to touch on iran and syria let's just dip into here what he's saying we would like to facilitate negotiations in geneva. we mention this to leave u.n. leadership and countries the taking part in the syrian. peace process you're losing. you. everything good is connected to middle east and africa which. we can say that syria is only part of this middle eastern problem. which i can mention libya yemen police. are listed in israeli. peace process. and now.

released i'm convinced that this then in the israeli palestinian. resolution because. it impacts on radicalizing streets. and. ukraine. i think this is the situation around ukraine is artificially inflated. but it will stay. with us and for trade as. he confrontation a moment between russia and the west i think it was a stupid politicized thusly. but at the. i think you. should be discarded. pretty last

year. because of the. talk considering confrontation over ukraine. and we'll start focusing on delivering minsky agreements which you. then it would be much easier to implement a detailed plan of means in greenland and i'm sure in this case because this crisis will be a lover of the russian foreign minister there speaking to the president speaking to the press at his annual news conference he touched on of course issues that concern russia and they're concerned about obviously the middle east peace process which he described as dead in the water and that would in turn arab assize the arab streets very concerned about what's going on the middle east obviously ukrainian thinks is not the arctic artificially inflated issue but also very keen to mention of course their relationship with the issues of yemen and israel will continue to

follow that and bring you the top lines throughout the day and just a few moments ago the pope pope francis was on his way to chile these are the pictures of him leaving italy rome international airports as he embarks on a visit there to the south american country and of course the roman catholic church . in chile just hours before the pope was due to fly and was attacked six churches have been. a touch of the past few days the pontiff is about to stop a six day toll of both chile and peru there's anger in both countries at the alleged cover up of paedophile priests receive human house. in southern chile. it used to be standing room only inside this cathedral in southern chile. but these days not many are singing the praises of their bishops one batter us appointed

three years ago by pope francis. outside the cathedral other members of the flock demand the resignation of the bishop who is accused of covering up sex abuses by chile's most notorious pedophile priest the pope may be smiling down at these people but they're not smiling back this used to be one of the most faithful catholic cities in all of chile but now these faithful say that they are sad and angry at their pope. accuses him of betraying his promises to go to the vatican still covers up abusers and to boot in chile it rewards them with promotions and positions abroad the severity we expected from the pope isn't there it's unacceptable that a bishop like barrows who covered up sex abuses be put in charge of our diocese while the protest continued we caught bishop leaving through the parking lot he has

long denied any wrongdoing but they did the questions about the calls for his resignation they moved to him. there are many other people doing charge work many blessings to you than. one who calls himself a survivor is one of those who accuse the bishop of facilitating abuses against them by this man father for. behind these walls abused scores of seminarians while preparing dozens of priests and five bishops including bishop batterers the saw when the priest kissed when he judged the people's genitals he was watching there's really the past the mony of how he was president and and till this day the pope doesn't acknowledge that pure talk no action his zero tolerance is a false zero tolerance. but just last week ahead of his trip to chile and peru the

pope ordered the vatican to take over an elite catholic group in peru after years of charges that its founder seen here sexually and physically abused scores of children and adults athol are until now what we've had a dramatic gestures maneuvers for impact and damage control aimed at improving the church's image that may not be enough to satisfy victims like one could loose and other critics who insist that while the pope is here they'll continue raising their voice to hold the vatican and its leader accountable you see in human al-jazeera southern chile not to the middle east where the palestinian president says donald trump's efforts to mediate talks with israel a shameful addressing the p.l.o. central council mahmoud abbas said the u.s. president's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel was what he called the slap of the century abbas won't accept the u.s.

as a mediator and wants an internationally led process hamas and islamic jihad say there's a lack of palestinian agreement on how to deal with the u.s. leadership in one car has been following events in ramallah. it was a very strong speech from president bush he said that drew slim was the jewel in the crown seats in the capital of any future palestinian state criticize the us president of the time for removing jerusalem from any future palestinian state via tweet he was also very critical of these very critical languages let's just take a listen to what some of that language sounded like. and will never see as i drive down the aisle we say that politically driven person is our capital in our religion it's how capital graphically it's our capital. but it was removed from the map with a tweet from mr trump it's a year. now we say no to trump we won't accept his plan we cited

deal of the century is the slap of the century. but it was just about jerusalem was also about the palestinian factions as well he was very critical of islamic jihad and hamas for not coming to the central council meeting he said that this was about politics and this was about the future of jerusalem the future of the palestinian state no he did criticize us and. for their positions he also said that this was a time where the palestinians needed to get together because jerusalem is the religious cultural and political capital of palestine so very strong words coming from president mahmoud abbas but this is the end of the central council meeting throwing ahead to monday now there will be these decisions that will be issued they will we shape any future negotiations and how those decisions will be implemented will be key. delegations from south korea and north korea iran meeting again to

discuss the north participation in the winter olympics a matter what's being called a truce village inside the demilitarized zone separating the two countries the road second round of talks or sign a thaw in relations between pyongyang and seoul last week sit down was the first time the two sides held direct talks in two years now the group discussed north korea said in performance to the olympics to be held in south korea. in the first trip by any japanese prime minister to bulgaria the situation in the korean peninsula has also been the focus of talks in severe sions our base stressed the importance of close cooperation with bulgaria standing alongside him was a boy body also off could be damned pyongyang's nuclear program is only six country top of the balkans. in china a new book about the thoughts of president ping is raising more questions about the extent of communist party propaganda and other books which the chinese leadership

don't want read or even banned or no longer being published as robert fried reports from beijing. to meet demand the presses have been rolling nonstop since the communist party congress in october which adopted cheatin ping thought as a guiding philosophy not surprisingly bookstores give the work special prominence when we arrived at this bookstore the promotional section was empty but suddenly and suspiciously it filled with customers at least song a communist party member told her she was buying five copies for a study group back at her office i haven't read the book yet but i start right after i go back we have all read the nineteenth party congress reports there were times alongside the new she work is the report of the party congress that in shrine the concept of she thought into the constitution copies of the constitution are

handily available to. put the books the party congress together on the shelves because they are in great demand from the citizens they happen urgent need to treat them equally urgent it seemed was the need of citizens to leave as soon as we left so did they when our producer return ten minutes later a special section was deserted again the future study of xi jinping thought by students and party members looks certain to make cheese books volumes one and two bestsellers for years to come contrast that with the fate of other political books about china's leaders that won't be included on any college reading list. on bookstands in the southern city of hong kong far more sensational titles claim to give a behind the scenes look at the intrigue in the chinese leadership band on the mainland

they sell well to chinese visitors but we found this door closed supposedly for renovation another was closed permanently two years ago when the publishers associated with it were detained in mainland china lam winkie claims he was abducted and subjected to mental torture before finally being released. after the incident our bookstore everyone in the publishing chang is terrified there are less political books and some publishers have stopped says it if titles altogether even in hong kong with its freedom of speech when it comes to she's reputation china seems determined there will be only one official version problem bride al-jazeera beijing. your child has their arms the whole rubber these are all top stories talk is president recipe i've heard one has vowed to launch a military operation on

a major kurdish stronghold in syria now it comes after the us confirmed it's helping set up a thirty thousand strong border force in the north of the country it'll be compromised to comprise sorry mainly of kurdish one p.g. fighters who turkey considers to be terrorists. god willing in the coming days we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror for which the first step was taken with you freely shelled operation and now i with a frame. we expect america to support turkey and its legitimate adverts we expect our friends to display an attitude of perfect to them and this issue of survival let are so sensitive and so critical for our country generally after an operation i hope these powers will not give rise to error by appearing on the same side as the terror organization. more than twenty people have been taken to hospital after parts of an upper floor and into the stock exchange building collapsed daybreak and rubble fell from

a balcony all to people in the lobby below. two suicide bomb blasts in baghdad have killed at least twenty six people wolf a talent is a feared among the ninety five wounded in that square in the iraqi capital all roads to the square have been closed. meanwhile trump first told journalists that he's not a racist the u.s. president's been accused of using vulgar language to describe african countries as well as haiti and el salvador he's denied the accusations after attracting widespread condemnation. there. delegations from south of north korea are obviously going to discuss the north participation of the winter olympics. in the. truce village side of the d. billet troy's separating the two countries now the second round of talks of a side of relations between pyongyang soul last week's sit down was the first time

the two sides held direct talks in two years of course you follow all of those stories all of our website on al-jazeera dot com about with more thirty minutes there inside story stay with us. as thousands of road engines seek refuge in bangladesh a new armed group is taking shape fighting the government in me in my only because they refuse to give us the basic rights the citizens for the first time a member of the ira can row hengist salvation army talks to al-jazeera at this time . 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.