in two thousand and eight. zero documented a groundbreaking scheme. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. at this time around is era. as turkish troops massed along the syrian border of the u.s. interest a denies washington plans to support a border force by kurdish fighters. and

we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out of the deliberations an a.p.o. for the release of an opposition leader and hundreds of other prisoners as part of a government amnesty. that's going in the u.s. and record amounts of money home as fears of deportation rise under president trump . i will tell you why australia's government says it's a lot of stuff on refugees as many believe. america's top diplomat is denying the united states has plans to help create an army of thirty thousand mainly kurdish fighters on the border between syria and turkey turkish tanks have been deployed there in turkey as president has threatened to attack the kurdish city of a frame the secretary of state says reports of the force being created have been mis portrayed. the united states hears and takes seriously the concerns

of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions and military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of syrian refugees and stabilizing version of syria it has helped liberate. we must have turkish close cooperation cheating a new future for syria that ensure security for syria's neighbors syria's main kurdish party is urging the united nations to act quickly to protect the fraying the pie we pay why dean says one million people live in the kurdish area which turkey is threatening to attack the us backs kurdish why peachey forces which have helped defeat eisel in syria the turks say the why peachey is a terrorist organization allied to the p.k. k. which its been at war with for decades to any deck or has more from a talk in or the turkey syria border. two separate issues that have been angering

and first of all that border force talk of thirty thousand troops being trained by the united states to ensure its stability that's according to the united states will anchor president rest of type two one calling it an army of terror and saying they will drown it well we've had some backtracking from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson saying it owed turkey an apology that it wasn't a border force but a force that would deal with internal security pretty much preventing the resurgence of weisel of course the issue that turkey has with this as the backbone of that force will be made up of the white p.g. which of course turkey considers linked to the p.k. a terrorist organization the other thing we have going on at the moment is turkey's threats to enter africa in this is a self declared independent kurdish count on here in the southwest the northwest sorry of of syria that is flanked by turkey there's been sporadic shelling turkey has been beefing up its military along the border again strong words we've had

threats before but this time it seems a little more serious the timing is interesting many people will tell you a it has to do with edouard beefing up national support ahead of elections that could be put forward this year and also if he does go in and try to establish control there to strengthen his hand at the negotiating table we are having a few talks coming up in all straw and also in sochi in russia later this month israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank israeli police are linking the incident to the search for the killer of a rabbi who was shot at a week ago and ron khan has more from ramallah. the rights of place around eleven forty five pm on wednesday night are very special forces went in now we don't know who opened fire first what we do know is that two israeli special forces were injured and a palestinian man was shot dead these radio me say that the palestinian man was responsible for the killing of

a rabbi on june ninth in nablus now when that happened there was a real fear that things could escalate and there indeed were attacks from settlers against palestinians from local settlements nablus the settlements clearly illegal under international law now the israeli army have proof that this man is linked to the killing of that rabbi around two o'clock in the morning in janine ready army went in they flatten the man's house and as they began their withdrawal there was so the clashes between the palestinians and the israeli army now there's been no confirmation of any of this from palestinian sources so we all relying on israeli army sources human rights campaigners are praising the ethiopian government for releasing four hundred political prisoners as part of a national reconciliation drive they included opposition leader america dana who was detained during violent anti-government protests two years ago hundreds were killed in a crackdown on the protests by the country's romo people who said they've been

marginalized by the government hominid timo is founder and editor of pride dot com and a pendant news website about ethiopia he says the releases are a direct result of recent aroma of protests. i think you know. a year ago. fighting for my people my people would let me for free in does essentially what happened today i think what gives a lot of people of them is them is this the young population that is demanding it is right. for more in ethiopia faces a challenge where the purposes are not going away in it has pushed the ruling party to a corner where now there are divisions even within the governing coalition where the oromo members of the ruling ethiopian people's democratic front is saying surely embracing the protesters demands calling for reforms i think they

child power struggle within the party and the fact that there is on our search the younger generation of leaders within the ruling party in the in the fact that the protesters and the young people who are taking to the streets in demanding their rights this gives people a lot of them ism because one way or another change seems inevitable in ethiopia is just a mother of how soon it will come in a way we are going to see more chains two suicide bomb explosions in nigeria have killed at least twelve people and injured dozens of others a market was targeted on the outskirts of medical the city and northeast nigeria has been repeatedly attacked by boko haram fighters elsewhere in cartoonist a gunman killed two police officers and kidnapped four u.s. and canadian people at least fifty two people died when a bus caught fire in kazakhstan and happened in the country's northwestern act told

the region only five passengers escaped that burning vehicle because of the fire is still unclear. yes president donald trump has accused russia of helping north korea evade international sanctions he's provided no evidence though and in an interview with the borders news agency he casts doubt on whether talks with north korea's leader kim jong un would be useful trouble also warn that is getting closer to delivering a missile that could reach the u.s. mainland north and south korea will march under a unified flag as the opening ceremony of next month's winter olympics will also field a joint women's ice hockey team for the games and john young in south korea change that is it follows the first high level meeting between north and south korea in more than two years but the apparent reconciliation efforts are opposed by many in the south with several petitions filed against it that they know that has more from seoul the south korean government says the agreement reached with north korea on

its participation in the winter olympics is significant and will help to push forward this message of peace olympics but not everyone here in south korea is happy about it in a poll four out of ten said that they supported the idea of the two koreas marching together under a unified korean peninsula flood also some have questioned the idea of south koreans going into north korea to participate in a joint training event at a ski resort that is the pet project of the leader kim jong un one worry and that will help promote tourism to that ski resort and many have also question whether this idea of a joint women's ice hockey team will mean that some south koreans will have to miss out in order to make room for north korean players alternately that decision will be made this weekend when the international olympic committee meets in switzerland deciding on the final details of whether those north korean athletes who haven't

officially qualified for the winter olympics will be allowed to participate. the white house chief of staff has said donald trump's hardline immigration policies may not have been fully informed during the presidential campaign john kelly made the comments in an interview with u.s. media on a trump's campaign promises was to build a wall along the southern border and make mexico pay for it been discussing immigration reform it's an acrostic politicians they want guarantees that undocumented immigrants will be protected before backing a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown he's adjusted the way he's looked at the south asia strategy afghanistan he's a very definitely changed his attitude towards the darker issue and even the war once we briefed him when i was at the h.s. he has evolved in the way he's looked at things campaign to governing are two different things and this president is very very very flexible in terms of what is within the realm of the possible and mexico's living in the u.s.

are sending home record amounts of money as concern grows with the government's immigration crackdown last year they transferred twenty six billion dollars providing a vital lifeline to some of mexico's poorest communities al-jazeera has been well apollo visited one community in the southern mexican city oh wow. yeah was that who deanna cruz and her mother or handcrafting pottery the same way most of the women in the town of san marcos make a living it's not always enough to make ends meet but who yanna gets help from her brother who lives in the united states that i hope. this work that i do helps us and sometimes when my brother sends money that helps us to. ghana isn't the only person here who receives money from relatives in the us. this line outside a local wire service is a common sight and on most days the line can be much longer for many mexicans these remittance payments can be a way out of poverty is that says so they use this cash mainly for food to buy

clothes to build their homes and they also use a very small amount for savings. last year remittances sent from the united states increased by four percent experts say it's a result of changing policies in the united states. there's a fear among immigrants that the u.s. government will take away what they have part of the reason for the increase in remittances is over the fear that their assets will be seized at the. money sent home by migrants has historically been an important part of the mexican economy accounting for more than two percent of the country's g.d.p. in two thousand and seventeen remittances outpaced all of mexico's commercial exports combined excluding oil and according to mexico central bank that cash totaled twenty six point one billion dollars between january and november of last year. for families like cruz and her mother it's pottery that puts food on the

table but that extra cash for brother sends goes a long way in maintaining their quality of life. welcome mexico still ahead on al-jazeera. brogues it is worrying people here i brought. report from. and my tech giant apple is bringing large sums of cash back to the u.s. creating thousands of jobs. from long flowing i mean winds to an enchanting desert breeze the. hell it's been snowing steadily and fairly thickly of the outside for hours we could cool it down he's been staying fairly heavily in scotland northern ireland causing travel disruption and this thing that's coming in now is causing stormy weather the strength of the winds hundred fifty kilometers per hour seeing it

strongest gust of the british isles rather rest of today says that it's more likely to be hitting the coast of belgian in the netherlands and the air behind it's not that cold leavened reason london but this is the front of snow that's running even at low levels through germany during says it has a bit of a gap across seasons austria-hungary to pick up the next lot which is more or less the barrier to the sitting cold which is there in russia this will keep pushing also by friday got the circulation in poland not as deep as you can see the air behind it it's chilling a bit too in perth in seven in london and all this time of need nor in the iberian potential which is seeing a bit of cloud to few spots of rain but it's not particularly active weather wise and turkey's improved to have seen lots of snow and rain and says he's cleared through on friday signs of all this threat is ready and things are a little bit quieter in fact you've got the option of bringing the breeze up from the interior of the star which of course is still quite warm by day so you max temperature in western libya that nineteen degrees. the weather sponsored by qatar

and nice. by the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is almost possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join. sun sat there are people choosing between buying another. this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist who's close to the story joined the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. launching al-jazeera let's take a look at the top stories right now america's top diplomat it's

a ninety nine states has plans to create an army of thirty thousand mainly kurdish soldiers on the border between syria and turkey turkish tanks had been deployed there and turkey's president has threatened to attack the kurdish city of a brain israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank israeli police are searching for the killer of a rabbi who was shot dead a week ago. and human rights activists are praising the ethiopian government for releasing four hundred political prisoners including an opposition leader america dina was detained two years ago when hundreds were killed in a crackdown on a roll of people protesting against discrimination. it all figured prominently when britain's prime minister theresa may meets france's president mandela mark on in london later on thursday people on both sides of the english channel are worried about their livelihoods once the u.k. leaves the european union to talk about the reports of france's northern coast. for

generations the fishermen of blowing so mare have fished freely in u.k. waters under european union rules the northern french port is only fifty kilometers from britain across the english channel the fishermen worry it will no longer be possible after britain leaves the. remaining efficient english waters at this time of year so that is taken away from us life would be very hard he is one of the thirty five thousand tonnes of fish that are landed here each year two thirds of from u.k. waters and don't forget also that five thousand people here live on the seafront in the street and in large estates the processing industry so if we don't get that fish from the u.k. waters that would impact also that side of the industry. fishing leaders say that unless a deal is made people on both sides of the channel have much to lose or you measure if there was a hard brecht's it it could be difficult for the english to bring their fish to

france about eighty percent of british fish and up on the european market mainly via france. who are currently in northern france probably always been close to the u.k. . so when the french president and british prime minister meet on prayers right people hear her that britain leaders will work to protect their interests is a link is crucial and read. it to develop it so we are trying to convince those of us and the british florent to do more. it's unclear at this stage which way the olds are stacked but they're all signs that paris and london wish to stay on good terms on the agenda for thursday summit the possible known of the bio tapestry to britain the eleventh century art work depicts invasion of england by french troops it has never left france if it crosses the english channel now the symbolism will be lost on no one natasha butler

al-jazeera. britain's lower house of parliament has approved a key bracks a bill which would and the supremacy of be you law in the u.k. the bill now goes to the upper house where it's expected to face some resistance helen has parliament selected a separatist speaker and a challenge to spain central government in madrid has been for the first time since now elections in december but there still uncertainty over who the region's new president is karl penhall reports of barcelona. but the first vote in a new session of the cattle and palm and of the separatist members of the new assembly the next chapter in the campaign for catalonia to split from the rest of spain. we're not going to back down we're going to work to build up the grassroots and turn our goal of an independent republic into reality. yellow ribbons marked

the seats of elected members of parliament who are in jail or on the run judges accuse them of rebellion for leading the campaign to create a breakaway republic when spanish prime minister used emergency powers to call snap elections to the cattle and parliament his clear aim was to try and realign the balance of power but that gamble has not paid off because once again separatist parties have been able to build a majority and the ruling coalition. of the process session coalition was elected parliamentary speaker at wednesday's inaugural session. here parliamentary speaker is an important job he will effectively control the political agenda within the next two weeks he must organize a vote to choose the new head of the cancelling government the separatist party's want to reinstate ousted leader demand who fled to belgium when the spanish

government declared emergency rule in october. we. will have brazil with him on in the. spanish police say they'll arrest bustamante if he returns unity politicians who favor remaining part of spain also reject the proposal. the new forest minister must be hearing catalonia not abroad we will not accept the savior the moccasin virtual politicians are holograms. separatist m.p.'s ended the opening session with the capital an anthem a rebel song about breaking the chains of spanish oppression while outside several thousand rallied to support the separatist cause they sense the stage is now set for a new showdown with spanish government leaders in madrid. there

is technology giant apple says it's expanding its u.s. operations and creating twenty thousand jobs some of its huge for a source of cash in foreign banks is being reinvested back home following donald trump's tax cuts sheraton's he reports. apple has long been criticized for its huge cash of some two hundred fifty billion dollars that it made through its foreign subsidiaries but refused to repatriate to the u.s. in order to avoid paying u.s. taxes that's ninety four percent of its total cash under the new tax bill passed at the end of last year apple and other multinationals got what they loaned one to a reduction in the tax rate on those holdings from thirty eight percent to fifteen and a half percent however apple has to pay that fifteen and a half percent whether it repaired trees the money or not on wednesday apple announced its tax bill will come to thirty eight billion dollars a saving of some forty two billion dollars according to analysts the company also announced it will open a new campus in the u.s.

twenty thousand more employees and spend three hundred fifty billion dollars over the next five years this is really good for apple's p.r. without is out there talking about an innovation fund jobs money back in the pockets of their employees money being repatriated so this is a win win all around however it's not clear whether the expansion plans are new and apple hasn't announced any changes to its manufacturing model which is based around asian factories nor is it clear how much of its money at times to repatriate it all analysts say much of any repatriated money may go to paying down the ninety seven billion dollars in debt that it incurred as it rewarded its shareholders in stock buybacks and dividends and giving its shareholders even more billions of dollars and that could spark controversy without the announcement of the new campus and more job creation in the u.s. but as for those jobs at the new campus many will be in technical support no location has yet been. but according to reports they will be paid an average of

thirty six thousand dollars a year other investments will be in expanded data centers around the u.s. warehouses for equipment break this is an announcement that should be capitalized on by president trump who criticized the company during the presidential election campaign. on wednesday the dow jones at forty six thousand points for the first time an indicator of the president is used to suggest a booming economy has also hit a record closing price so it seems like the president's jobs plan is working as he laid it out tax reform tax cuts he wanted seem to be taking it affect him in a very meaningful way and that jobs are going to be coming back overseas and most importantly money that's been overseas is coming back but the main beneficiaries off the downs rally and apples announcement will be the minority of americans already raking in the cash from their stock market investments she average hansie al-jazeera.

the me too movement has been in the global spotlight in the past few months it's empowered women to speak out about sexual harassment and abuse but as patika hand reports the election of donald trump as u.s. president has also played into that movement and had a clear impact on women and politics. preserve protect and defend there was no comparison donald trump had his day so help me god and the very next one women had theirs. in washington d.c. the largest protest in the history of the country women across america and the world marched to reject the president his sexist actions comments and past allegations of sexual assault he was even caught on tape bragging about it grabbed . and he was still a leftist. the question at the time was this a moment or

a movement i never thought that i would do this until i went to the women's march in washington d.c. just let this be the beginning empowered women like rebecca cole long ran for elected office in virginia a record number ran eleven toppled long serving male politicians it's been happening across the country. and i just say to donald trump keep your hands off seattle. women are running like never before and winning in large part because women are also voting in huge numbers because of trump the worst could possibly happen actually happened and we have someone qualified to be leading this country long time feminist icon gloria steinem is in a unique position to judge this movement she told me she believes it is here to stay it's beginning to shift and i think i think we're going to see that there is. no gender. people are people. and beyond reason beyond

gender which are scattered everywhere it's a system that political scientist laura brown says will change because of this she predicts women will have parity in government in a decade or so what you see here is that enough women are finally getting involved at the local and state level to ensure that there will be a strong bench of women candidates ready to run for those higher level offices in the coming years and decades one year in and it appears there is something donald trump is making great again feminism although it is highly unlikely that was his intention to call him al-jazeera washington almost two and a half thousand refugees were rescued off the coast of libya last week and wednesday alone coast guards took two hundred forty african migrants back to shore at the number of people attempting to cross the mediterranean to reach europe is down from the same period last year. government leaders in australia are defending

their heavily criticised immigration policy and say they've been allowing in more refugees per capita than any other country but all arrivals enjoy a smooth resettlement or receive the same government support from sydney and for thomas has more. australia is known for being tough towards refugees denying asylum to anyone who arrives by boat but its government says that in fact the country is generous towards refugees. markel area is a refugee who agrees the magician originally from iran says australia has been welcoming everybody respect each other there are good things more to cut your country and all these different even nationalities live together in one country. australia's government says being tough on unauthorised migration has put it in control of its borders that means it has public support to take in large numbers of prescreened refugees by the united nations official resettlement ski along with the

united states and canada the most generous provider of places under the refugee and humanitarian program in the world last year the united states took in nearly a hundred thousand refugees canada took almost fifty thousand and australia to twenty seven thousand six hundred through the united nations refugee process on a per capita basis as a percentage of its small population australia resettled more refugees this way than any other country. but these figures are selective the number of refugees resettled by australia is dwarfed by the two point seven million sheltered by turkey or the one point five million in pakistan what is true is that for those refugees australia's government brings in on its own terms the support once they get here is some of the best in the world as well as education and counseling are antis had access to help his magic show there's a government supported finance scheme to help refugees develop small businesses

that critics say it's not enough to treat one group kindly while locking out another the ability to seek asylum is fundamental to refugee protection around the world and the why the destroyer trades people coming by by undermines that fundamental protection australia is generosity is real but is being overshadowed under thomas al-jazeera sydney. so scientists in japan have launched the world's smallest satellite carrying rocket after a failed attempt last year and blasted off from the space center on a mission to collect and midges the earth's surface many rockets been built using parts of home electronics devices and smartphones. let's recap our top stories on al-jazeera america's top diplomat is denying the

united states has plans to create an army of thirty thousand mainly kurdish soldiers on the border between syria and turkey turkish tanks have been deployed there and turkey's president has threatened to attack the kurdish city of a frame stuff techer is tennant's hockey on the turkey syria border turkey has been beefing up its military along the border again strong words we've had threats before but this time it seems a little more serious the timing is interesting many people will tell you a it has to do with beefing up national support ahead of elections that could be brought forward this year and also if he does go in and try to establish control there to strengthen his hand at the negotiating table we are having a few drinks coming up in also and also in sochi in russia later this month israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank israeli police are searching for the killer of a rabbi who was shot dead a week ago. human rights activists are praising the ethiopian government for

releasing four hundred political prisoners including an opposition leader or a catena was detained two years ago when hundreds were killed in a crackdown on romo people protesting against discrimination. fire on a bus in kazakhstan has killed the fifty two passengers only five managed to escape the bus was on the main road between his back to stan and russia police are investigating how that happened. russia's accusations by the us president that it helped north korea evade international sanctions are groundless and an interview cast doubt on whether talks with north korea's leader kim jong un would be useful also warned that the north is getting closer to delivering a missile that could reach the u.s. mainland china for restricting oil and coal suppliers to north korea but said beijing could do much more france's president. expected to press for stronger cross-channel border security when he meets british prime minister london later on

thursday the leaders are expected to discuss ongoing negotiations those are the headlines the news continues keep it here on al-jazeera the stream is next and then more news. a year in power america's controversy president continues to polarize opinion. in a week of special reports al-jazeera examines his impact at home and around the globe. donald trump's first year i'm. going to stream we're live on al-jazeera and. fake news if you tweet or even just talk politics with your friends it's a phrase that you can't escape the.