and what happens there matters. on the fringes of some of the mega city. slums perched on stilts. but this is the beginning of. areas where. architects believe the army is also a sustainable solution to communities hardest hit by the time. that you continue working. this time on a just. told . president vows to crush a u.s. plan to establish a thirty thousand strong force to secure syria's northern border. now

that i'm suited and this is al jazeera long from london also coming up a double suicide bombing during rush hour killed at least thirty eight people in essential baghdad square a walkway collapses in indonesia's stock exchange building injuring more than seventy people plus. and hemmed in i knew i had to send it back around releases a video it says shows some of the chibok girls it's still holding. turkey syria and russia have attacked a u.s. plan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria so this president accused washington of trying to create sites hair all me and pledge to quote drown it before it comes into being on the syrian government has vowed to drive the u.s. . from its territory the u.s.

says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey to the east where they rock it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces who took a concert this terrorists a.s.d.f. is a u.s. backed alliance of kurdish and ira fighters which currently controls almost twenty five percent of syrian territory in the north and east russia says it's us plot to partition syria which allan's reports from moscow sleep but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the us on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow surrogate lavrov said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks to syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also opposes the plan he's attacking reports of the u.s. backed kurdish border force russia type says turkey will launch its own military operation against the kurds in the northern syrian city of

a free shot at didn't exist secure well and now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born turkey has for its kurdish factions inside its borders for decades and doesn't want to see them gaining more power in neighboring syria box in northern syria the americans have long been supporting some kurdish forces the kurds are the most effective fighting force against the assad government and against the islamic state in syria and they've been very successful in that that's the american purpose but the turks regard the kurds and the y. b.g. as a dire threat they label them terrorists. although u.s. president donald trump promised he would stop supporting kurdish fighters the pentagon never made that official the reported thirty thousand strong u.s. backed border force would primarily come from kurdish led syrian democratic forces

and would deploy along the syrian borders with turkey and iraq and along the euphrates river valley the dividing line with syrian government forces one of the syrian war's detectable trends last year was the emerging axis of cooperation between russia and turkey often joining together to criticize steps taken by the united states while if today's developments are only thing to go by that's a trend that looks set to continue into two thousand and eighteen where we challenge al-jazeera moscow let's get more reaction now from our u.s. correspondent kimberly how kiss is in washington d.c. and joins us live so what is the pentagon saying about this move kimberly. the defense department defending some of the accusations that have been leveled against it as being untrue saying essentially that this does not mean that the u.s. is in any way giving any preference to kurdish fighters or fighters but essentially

this force that is being put together is to preserve the fragile gains that have been made in syria that this will be a force comprised of existing recruits along with fifteen thousand more for a total of thirty thousand in a few years the united states hopes but essentially this is kurdish fighters along with arab fighters that have been working with the coalition up to this point right now there are just two hundred thirty that have been put together as part of this force but the training is ongoing and certainly the u.s. is recognizing that this is going to certainly inflame sensitivities particularly when it comes to turkey but defending this saying in fact this is being done with full transparency in the knowledge of turkey and again this is not in any way in terms of the area that's being patrolled acknowledging that there are per se de facto borders or anything of that nature that is being put in place this is purely

from the eyes of the defense department it's saying to preserve the gains that have been made that they are fragile and this is the best force the largest force available in order to accomplish that goal. there with the u.s. reaction in washington d.c. . staying in syria where the government forces say they're close to taking control of a strategically important airbase in italy a province that follows prolonged fighting with a number of armed groups including hyatt stuff sham which was previously affiliated with al qaida government commanders say troops are advancing on abu diaa who are base from several positions southeast of the city of aleppo they say they've now taken control of more than four hundred square kilometers of the aleppo countryside near the border with.

two suicide bombers have struck during the morning rush hour in the iraqi capital baghdad killing at least thirty eight people more than one hundred others were wounded in the attack on a busy street market in altai around square it's the fourth attack in the capital in the past twenty four forty eight hours some of binge of eight has more. bodies were scattered all over the street in central baghdad two suicide bombers detonated their explosives during morning rush hour in tehran square dozens were killed and wounded. chocolate bars sold in the busy marketplace were scattered in the debris and blood. it's become a deadly routine as people of the iraqi capital quickly try to resume their lives. around square is a busy intersection in eastern baghdad between say the city and bridge the areas full of laborers on their way to work in the morning. i was here when the blast took place i heard two blasts many people got killed mainly workers the dead and

wounded were taken to three nearby hospitals including she. said. we have nine people two of them in the operation theatre and the other seven in the general surgery and fractures departments they'll leave after treatment and we're going to work when the bombs exploded despite his wounds he ran for medical help he's like many iraqis who don't have faith in their leaders to provide safety. we don't need anyone from this government we need the government to stop the political elite have to stop their disputes for their personal interests of ministerial posts as the people of iraq will be the only victim. what can i say to the government nothing and just nothing we have urged the government more than once to take care of us we are poor and so many poor today have lost their lives there was another attack in northeastern baghdad three people were killed including a member of the iraqi ministry of defense. attacks have risen in the last forty

eight hours eight people were killed in a suicide bombing on sunday in the area north of baghdad it shows that the minister of interior does not have the real intelligence network that it's supposed to be the data that will be on the table of the responsible persons who are supposed to be working hard to make back that secure last month iraqi prime minister head that they declared victory against isis saying the war against the group was over but the victory is yet to be translated into an end to attacks the u.n. says last month alone at least sixty nine civilians were killed in violence and armed conflict high. lighting the fragility of iraq's peace as world attention feeds after the declared defeat device of some of the job either others or. an armed group has launched an attack on an airbase in the libyan capital tripoli killing at least twelve people security sources say gunmen stones miti gab base where fighting spilled on to the runway causing flights to be diverted it was the only functioning at a base in tripoli after the international terminal was damaged in twenty fourteen

the base was under the control of the special day terence force which is affiliated with the u.n. backed government of national accord. and students have been injured after a walkway collapsed suddenly while they were on a tour of indonesia's stock exchange at least to seventy five people were taken to a hospital in jakarta but they say none of the injures it injuries is life threatening and the managers are being questioned about why the flow then said russell reports from jakarta. the collapse happened just before lunch break a group of students from south sumatra on a study to work were on the mezzanine level bridge which connects different parts of the building. most of the injured were students luckily the ground level below was nearly empty as bodies and debris rained down. there will be about the roof of the first floor collapsed onto the ground floor there might be

a few people who were injured like the receptionist and people who hung out in the starbucks was released say no one suffered severe injuries i think the injured suffered a breach and minor injuries on their feet and hands and they have been taken to the hospital hundreds of employees in the thirty one story tower were immediately evacuated the sudden collapse of the bridge here at the financial heart in jakarta has caused widespread panic the building houses offices of dozens of international companies and police escort and off the building management is under a lot of pressure to explain the cost of the collapse police confirmed it was not an attack as some had feared a car bomb explosion in two thousand killed fifteen people following this incident that the stock exchange financial trading was postponed for a while but continued in the afternoon step fasten al-jazeera check after. bucker her has released a video said to share some of the girls kidnapped from the nigerian town of chip uk

nearly four years ago the footage was obtained by a us based journalist and website wangle says they are safe and live in comfort so don't want to be rescued in the three hundred girls were abducted from their school in april twenty fourth i mean some escaped and others have been released around the hundred are still believed to be held by the armed group and that one thousand of those them we are the chibok girls you have been crying that we should be released but by the grace of allah we will not return home. i committed this has this update from above. some of the girls have been identified by their relations and completeness pushing the nigerian government to secure their release at least one of the ghose the one speaking in the video has been identified twelve appeared in a similar video released by boko haram previously now the release of this particular video by before and according to some analysts is to give book around that advantage in terms of negotiations the releases coming at

a time with our general military has stepped up its operations around the lectured area the seventy supporters the allegation of force and other areas in the north east of nigeria now some also believe that this particular video is to show that book or army is still a potent force in its struggles in the east eastern nigeria the nigerian military and government in the past few months have announced that they have continued their operations with remarkable success against boko haram rescued more than a thousand people and of course damaging the command and control structures of boko haram book or on its part has released videos showing that it has captured and destroyed military equipment from the nigerian forces as well as forces from neighboring countries operating in that region. you're watching all does there are still to come on the program athens as a standstill in protest as the greek government votes on more sturdy measures to satisfy its creditors and south korea makes public transport free during peak

travel times to tackle air pollution in seoul but will it work. hello there the weather is quite mobile all across the middle east at the moment we're going to fair amount of cloud drifting its way across us one of them is now working its way across towards our marty the next one's working its way across the caspian sea we're also seeing more cloud make its way into the western parts of turkey that's the one that's going to give us most of the precipitation as we head through tuesday expect a fair amount of rain and some snow here but elsewhere looking largely dry eventually though as we head through into wednesday we'll see more cloud begin to gather towards a southern part of our map so for force in baghdad and through kuwait we will see gray a weather and a top temperature just of nineteen a q a city and that cooler weather is on its way down the gulf towards us here in doha as well so twenty four degrees will be our

maximum on choose day and during the day it will get quite windy that wind will bring in some slightly fresher air so the temperatures will drop over the next few days twenty two or maximum on wednesday and probably jury in the night will be dropping down to around twelve or thirteen as well so it will feel quite cool for us to further towards the south you can see this working massive cloud here this well actually drifting its way towards the west is moving very very slowly but it is intensifying as it does so this is our tropical cyclone looks like it's going to get very very close to marriages and labor union as we head through the next couple of days.

well come back to remind of the top stories here on al-jazeera attacking syria and russia have all expressed their fury at the u.s. plan to fold my thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria ali says people have been killed after two suicide bombs were detonated during rush hour in the iraqi capital baghdad. and an armed group has launched an attack on an airbase in the libyan capital tripoli killing at least twelve people. the greek

government is about to vote on a final bill of austerity measures to satisfy its creditors many paulson athens have been at a standstill public sector workers have walked out in protest the bell includes controversial legislation making it more difficult for workers to strike up less is in athens and joins us now live so just how widespread have these strikes hit john . well the heart of the strike action is the public transport here in athens the buses trolleys trains the truck system all of that has been at a standstill the underground metro so it's been very very difficult for commuters to get into work today the streets have been chock full of traffic since early in the morning and what often happens on these occasions is that people simply trying to telecommute they don't bother to come into the center to get business done there's also been a three hour work stoppage by the civil aviation authority so between noon and

three pm local time flights in the city which is canceled and that also created mayhem at the athens port butt. in the private sector i mean in shops on street level banks all of that that was working normally it was government offices the civil service that you couldn't. get any business done with tax offices and so on those were shut but the strike action was limited to the public sector and to public transport now it sounds like this is going to go through but just how enforceable is it. i think the government has shown this left wing government has shown that they can and do enforce what they signed their names to in fact the prime minister made that point in his summation speech in parliament this evening he said that we have proven that we stick to the austerity policies

that we enact in parliament we've proven that we meet our fiscal goals we do save the money that we mean to save we gather the taxes we mean together and that means that we're also able to give back social spending the government's position on this bill is that it may not be pleasant in all its parts but it is a step on the way to graduation from here is an economic oversights in august that at least is when greece is scheduled to graduate but the opposition says you may be very good on keeping targets and gathering taxes and enforcing austerity but you haven't brought the vaunted economic growth that you spoke about in the in the last two years since you were elected and that means jobs aren't being created it means that businesses aren't being opened loans aren't being given and people don't have more money in their pockets to spend and then they have a point although there is

a glimmer of hope the last three courses the first three courses of twenty seventeen have been positive for greece and it's not stupendous growth it's growth below two percent of g.d.p. each quarter but that is a first since two thousand and eight that haven't been three consecutive quarters of growth in the eight years of the greek recession so there is a glimmer of hope that the government may eventually be able to deliver on its promise to bring greater prosperity as well there to get your thoughts that life from. palestinian teenager our head to mimi will remain in israeli detention until at least wednesday after her bell request was denied she was arrested a month ago when a video of her slapping and hitting israeli soldiers went viral she could face prison for charges of assault stone throwing and incitement hours before the incident. was seriously injured when an israeli soldier find

a rubber coated steel bullets at his face and the city international has called for her immediate release opposition parties in the united kingdom are calling for an investigation into government contracts with a major construction firm after it collapsed with debts of more than one point two billion dollars karelian was forced into liquidation after the government and lenders refused to bail it out the company was awarded several new public contracts last year despite issuing a string of profit warnings. pope francis is on his way to south america his first stop. or at least five churches have been vandalized in recent days and protests are expected to be held against the cover up of alleged sexual abuse in the catholic church security for the papal visit has been round top as a result in america and human has more on why this visit is generating thought in which. it used to be standing room only inside this cathedral in southern

chile. but these days not many are singing the praises of their bishop 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's 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. 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 an acceptable that

a bishop like barrows who covered up sex abuses he 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. some self a survivor is one of those who accuse the bishop of facilitating abuses against them. by this man father finance. behind these walls abused scores of seminarians while preparing dozens of priests and five bishops including bishop battles we saw when the priest when he judged the people's genitals he was watching there's reels of past demonio of how he was present and.

told this day the pope doesn't acknowledge god 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. north korea has agreed to send an orchestra and outs troops to for former south korea's winter olympics cell says the group will cross the border by

foot is the latest development of the delegations from both sides let's again to discuss the north involvement the olympics the talks were held up the porn one john truth village inside the demilitarized the tryst zone separating the two countries also weak for help first direct talks in two years young is yet to announce whether awfully will attend the games. the south korean government made public transportation free during peak hours on monday because of an add pollution crisis the fee waiver is part of emergency measures to tackle the poor quality the concentration of fine particles in the air in seoul reached a dangerous levels on sunday kathy novak has been talking to commuters and so. people may welcome a free ride but in terms of public reaction to this move by the sole city government there's quite a bit of cynicism about whether it will really work first of all souls' public

transportation is already quite affordable it costs an average of about a dollar per ride and also people are blaming their pollution problems mostly on china. the main cause of the fine dust issue comes from china so we don't think that's effective the issue should be fixed in china first. if public transportation is free when we have high levels of fine dust fear people will drive and it will help lessen the pollution or to be more of these coming from china but if we can do something about it like having fewer cars it will help china is taking steps to curb pollution and actually the air quality here in south korea this winter has been a little bit better than it had been in previous years last year a joint study between a korean research institute and the u.s. space agency nasa found that between may and june actually only about a third of air pollution in south korea came from china and that may have been

a little bit different if readings had been taken around this time of year still this move by seoul city government is an example of authorities in south korea trying to take control of pollution that is created domestically most of that comes from vehicles so they really want to take more cars off the road. more than twelve thousand people in the philippines have fled to evacuation centers after a volcano on the island of luzon began erupting lover has been pouring from mt my own since saturday authorities increased its alert level on sunday warning that's an explosive eruption could happen within the next few days and lines have also been warned not to fly near the volcano in china a new book about the thoughts of president xi jinping has raised more questions about the extent of communist party propaganda on the books which the chinese leadership don't want to be read are of the bound or no longer being published

brightest law 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 tsonga communist party member told us she was buying five copies for a study group back at her office i haven't read the book yet but i started right after i go back we have all read that nine hundred party congress reports the ever times alongside the new she work is the report of the party congress that enshrined 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 sees 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 book stands in the southern city of hong kong far more sensational titles claimed 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 lyme wing he claims he was abducted and subjected to mental torture before finally being released by gumtree after the incident for our book store everyone in the publishing chain 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 worth be taishan china seems determined there will be only one official version probably bright al-jazeera beijing they've got plenty more content on our website al-jazeera dot com. let's get remind of the top stories here on to syria turkey syria and russia have attacked a u.s. plan to form my thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria the

united states announced its support on sunday for the force which it hopes will help to defend territory held by u.s. backed kurdish fighters in northern syria turkey's president has accused washington of trying to create a terror army russia says it's a u.s. plot to partition syria and constitutes a blatant assault on its sovereignty. now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born. at least thirty eight people have been killed after two suicide bombs were detonated during rush hour in the iraqi capital baghdad more than one hundred others were wounded in the attack which happened in a busy commercial district where laborers had gathered in search of work is the fourth attack on the capital in the past forty eight hours. students on a tour of indonesia's stock exchange have had

a remarkable escape from serious injury when a walkway suddenly collapsed at least seventy five people were taken to hospital in jakarta and police say none of the injuries is life threatening building managers are being questioned about why the floor. an armed group has launched an attack on an airbase in the libyan capital tripoli killing at least twelve people security sources say gunmen stormed base where fighting spilled on to the runway suspending flights it's the only functioning airport in tripoli after the international terminal was damaged and twenty fourteen the base was under the control of the specialty terence force which is affiliated with the un backed government of national accord. and video has been released which is said to show some of the girls kidnapped from the nigerian town of chibok nearly four years ago and the video one of the girls says they are from chibok and on never coming back nearly

three hundred schoolgirls were abducted from their school by the armed group aka her in april twenty fourth scene about sixty escaped soon afterwards and around one hundred are still believed to be in captivity stay with us and i'll just coming up next it's inside story don't go away. is donald trump playing with fire by backing the kurds in syria yes he is says turkey which feels threatened by a new army of thirty thousand mainly kurdish soldiers on the turkish border how much volatility will they add to the war zone this is inside story.