obviously for al jazeera english is pretty incredible this is where talks happen and what happens there matters. personal stories of lebanese villages on the border with israel. their daily struggles when they go to get it. when we go there they should have. the right and peaceful protests here to reason in the place of the interior means defiance and resistance and this new time it's means no for knight and freedom life on the edge of cross border tension lebannon living on the blue line at this time on al jazeera. the government stormed the offices of a global aid agency and got its follow on after a suicide bombing at the entrance. and

welcome to al-jazeera live from headquarters in doha with me elizabeth i'm also ahead. on the move with nowhere to go why thousands of civilians are unable to escape fighting in northern syria. a health crisis an end to nations remote province where amazing it is fit to have killed hundreds of people we have an exclusive report and a truce allow families to return home of the democratic republic of congo bought can the peace last. gunmen have stormed the office of the save the children aid agency and a stint of gonna stop the attack began with a suicide bombing at the front of the compound and we will be live to jennifer glass of the capital kabul. off to have report. the attack began with

a bomb exploding near the entrance of aid organization save the children in jalalabad security forces were quickly on the scene and gunfire exchanged afghan special forces have been called in to help so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack the taliban has denied involvement. is the capital of nangarhar province on the border with pakistan the area has become a stronghold for islamic state of iraq and the levant backed by u.s. airstrikes afghan forces have successfully targeted eisel and taliban fighters but attacks on civilians continue posing heavy casualties. the attack in jalalabad comes just days after taliban fighters killed twenty two people at the intercontinental hotel in the capital kabul the afghan intelligence service has blamed the pakistan based taliban affiliated network for that attack relations between the two country are already tense and the u.s. has cut off nine hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan because of its alleged support of armed groups afghan security forces are on high alert attacks like the

one in jalalabad show that armed fighters are capable of causing chaos across afghanistan. and we will bring you more information on that as we get it but let's move on to other news for now the u.n. says about five thousand people have been trying to get out of the a free agent in northern syria since turkey began its offensive against kurdish fighters five days ago. the air and ground operation in a free and has opened a new front in the nearly seventy years of war activists say at least twenty three civilians have been killed. by the freeness surrounded by turkish and free syrian army forces to the north east and west and syrian government forces to the south and most of those fleeing are traveling through government held territory too and on klav inside aleppo city that's controlled by kurdish forces botch the syrian observatory for human rights is accusing the government forces of blocking that well stephanie deca has the latest from the turkish syrian border. there is heavy

shelling going on now along this western border with and this is in line with what the u.n. finds it's finding that a lot of people have fled from these border areas because of the shelling around five thousand people according to their sources on the ground also very very difficult to get out with the u.n. is saying that the local authorities enough have blocked all the roads this is in line with some people that we've been speaking to that the wife doesn't want people to leave because then they say turkey will absolutely flatten the city there are also reports some people have managed to get out but that government checkpoints because the only way out for them is a government controlled areas of aleppo have been sending them back things are very difficult to verify inside syria but certainly are getting a larger picture of the puzzle of how difficult it is for the civilians inside it is incredibly cold it has been raining there is no sunshine to dry clothes for those who are displaced so it is a real challenge going ahead because there are no aid agencies inside to help those

displaced and of course has been a relatively peaceful area throughout this war and that of course is now all changed with turkey's military operation. we're going to go back to top story now from of gunmen have stormed the office of the save the children aid organization in the eastern city of jalalabad i believe all costs and jennifer can now join us from the capital kabul jennifer what are you hearing. well we did get a statement from save the children just a little while ago it says we are devastated at the news that our save the children office in jalalabad came under attack this morning as armed men entered the compound at nine am local time our primary concern is for the safety and security of our staff and we are waiting to hear more information from them a very difficult time it's been more than four hours now that this siege has gone

on inside that organization's office into la labatt in eastern afghanistan we understand that two floors of that three story building have been cleared but the basement and the top floor have not afghan police are now inside the building trying to clear those attackers as you as you saw in my report it started with a huge bomb this morning that said cars alight in the streets also in that street is a primary school so the children were evacuated terrified children apparently because there were a lot of bullets flying around and lots of explosions grenade explosions can be heard inside the building is of course is a devastating blow and comes just days after attack here in kabul that killed twenty two at the intercontinental hotel on the taleban took responsibility for that attack but they deny responsibility for this attack and. jennifer thank you very much for that from now jennifer glass with the all the latest information we have on that attack in jalalabad thank you well at least thirty one people have

been killed after two car bombs went off in the libyan city of benghazi the first exploded as worshipers left a mosque to evening prayers on tuesday and just half an hour later a second bomb detonated killing and injuring emergency crews. the libyan army has freed to sudanese refugees who are being held captive and abused by people smuggling gangs they are now in hospital and will be sent back to sudan for libyans have been arrested accused of torture a warning some viewers may find pictures and a solid binge of a the reporter disturbing. this. is being told to stay silent as he's burned with what's said to be plastic. in another video people are being beaten his kidnappers discuss ransom money these videos are reportedly of sudanese refugees being abused in libya a disease or cannot verify the pictures. but the humiliation and abuse of african

migrants here is not new libya is a major hub for human smugglers and traffickers the use the country as a transit for a perilous journey to europe some officials have been accused of taking bribes to free people from illegal detention centers where people are kept under inhumane conditions but libyan forces deny the allegations that some are involved in rape forced labor and even murder the poorly equipped navy and coast guard say they're doing europe's job of policing seventeen hundred kilometers of coastline and the mediterranean the navy spokesman says the issue of migrant abuse is being fabricated to force international intervention. and. they want to make illegal immigrants victims and to make libya look like the culprit perhaps when these things proliferate the international community will be urged to intervene in libya under the pretext of illegal immigration this is part of their plan that. libya has been fragmented between two governments and many militias vying for power last year

the videos of african migrants being sold in slave auction sparked an international outcry but libyans accused european nations of not doing enough and see the onus of dealing with migrants from across africa has been dumped on libya and libya did not and cannot play the role of a police this relationship needs to be organized an international conference between the libyans and northern european states should resolve how libya can deal with part of the matter as all that can't be imposed on libya we cannot be a cemetery or residence or a jail. despite the crackdown by libyan and italian navies more than one hundred thousand migrants reached italy last year at least three thousand people died in boats which couldn't withstand the mediterranean waters rights group say the strategy to turn people away hasn't worked and open new avenues to abuse and exploitation after years of failure europe in libya made a new approach. to pakistan our police have taken matching d.n.a. evidence from a man suspected of raping and killing

a seven year old girl they are murder trial the mass protests against investigators have been accused of incompetence in this case and others many are harmed reports. police had rounded up more than a thousand mean a wide sweep to track down the killer of the child whose death had caused outrage in pakistan in the end the search narrowed to the neighborhood where the girl lived punjab province is most senior official shaba shetty for says the d.n.a. of twenty four year old emraan is a match he alleges confessed to him into and seven others into alleys yet to stand trial all reenter a formal plea shadi called for him to be hanged zana. killer has been arrested his name is imran his a resident of closer he's twenty four years old he is a serial killer. zeinab and said he was last seen alive in this grainy c.c.t.v.

footage holding the hand of an unknown man and being led away his parents were on pilgrimage in saudi arabia at the time they accused the police of doing little when they reported him missing. she was found dead four days later in the city of castle and raped and strangled to death and discarded and a rubbish dump. the. use of her death ignited simmering frustration on social media and on the streets of a number of cities a perceived police in action and the government's failure to protect children and family last year police in short did a suspect in the killing of another child as he allegedly tried to escape they still investigating with a he was innocent but in the months that followed they were reportedly twelve other child mooches in custer district including zeinab. the hash tag justice for cyanide trended in pakistan. demonstrations turned violent and two people were

killed local reports say the suspect is known to the family zeinab father mohammed amin has denied rumors he's a relative and. his voice to course was a neighbor's killer to be hanged. today during the committee meeting i demand to be accused behinds publicly since there's no provision for that in the constitution they moved an amendment process. because our drew international attention two years ago when police arrested several suspects in a child six simple no graffiti ring hundreds of videos of child molestation surface and official told al-jazeera that he had been taken in for questioning in the initial sweep but was released because of a lack of evidence to perform police say they believe zainab killer is now in custody but given the reaction to her death it will likely take more than a single arist to restore confidence madame hond. still ahead

on the bowlers and more patient on the push back towards protectionism on what's topping the agenda at the world economic forum. and the volcano that for tens of thousands of villages to flee their homes. we've had more very heavy rain in c. where western parts of southeast asia so pushing across towards thailand big area cloud has streaming in on the a northeasterly monsoon hundred twenty one millimeters of rain in that in the space of twenty four hours not well weather will recede a little as we go on through the gulf of thailand perhaps seeing more in the way of west well i suspect the wettest weather will be back over towards the central and southern parts of the philippines over the next

a day or two or heavy showers coming through here that's just not a little further north was for fraud and notice further south indonesia also seeing some very lively storms and those storms join up with the very wet weather that we also have in place across the north of australia just around the top and all the territories seeing some very very wet weather violent storms continuing that will be the case as we go on through the coming days just around the gulf of carpentaria again very disturbed down towards the southeast temperatures on the rise once again we're getting up into the thirty's there in adelaide on thursday thirty four degrees a possibility for friday which is believe it could well touch forty two celsius as we go on into the weekend so some very very lovely weather coming through meanwhile not too bad across the salient highs into the twenty's. this is. dangerous. issues where the slightest error

means a one way ticket over the. years that may not come to more homes may not lead to. braving tough conditions facing death at every turn there are serious here. no gamble with their lives just to run in the. risk for now disease. it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories gunmen have killed an afghan policeman as they stormed the save the children aid agency at jalalabad again with

a suicide bombing at the compound entrance. for libyans have been arrested accused of torturing sudanese workers the army freed the refugees who are being held captive and tortured by human trafficking gangs then alan hospital and will be sent back to saddam. the u.n. says about five thousand people are fed the afraid of aging and old and serious ones to keep it at its cross border offensive against kurdish fighters five days ago activists say at least twenty three civilians have been killed. the main challenge of the reelection of egypt's president has called off his campaign off to being a vested sammy and on the fall a military chief of staff detained on tuesday just days after announcing his candidacy for the presidential election and march june has the latest. just days after you now nst his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff

sami a man. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security interests so within the politest two sions the second one is he actually had not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you told d.c. something account of the action on his part of the part of his loyalists so it's still too early to tell i'm an announced his intention to run hours after current president of the fatah has sisi declared his plan to seek a second term even before sisi made his candidacy official it wasn't just widely assumed that sisi would prevail in the march elections it was also widely expected that real opposition to sisi was likely to be thin on the ground potential

candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy while. some have blamed an atmosphere of fear to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them in what is said that the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest another former prime minister and air force general ahmed shafik had also announced his interest in running but he was placed under house arrest before being deported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile according to his lawyers was detained as soon as he landed in cairo. and then there is a gyptian army colonel ahmed consul in december he was sentenced by a military court to six years in prison after he announced his plans to run for president leaving many to wonder just how serious a threat the military men may have posed to sisi a former military chief of staff. and is somebody with he's

a serious contender he was the former chief of staff the deputy head of the supreme council of the armed forces did winning body after mubarak and he is much senior in terms of the military command and. so he's somebody who is very well connected with the americans very well connected regionally so he's not someone who was a lightweight of any way during cc's rule which has been marked by a crackdown on freedom of expression human rights groups have been placed under severe restrictions and many critics in the media have been silenced the question now how many more presidential candidates will be added to a seemingly growing list of those being suppressed. now i'm german chancellor angela merkel and the presidents of brazil and france are among seventy heads of state gathered in the swiss swiss result of davos they're billed as the headline speakers on day two of the world economic forum but u.s. president oliver thomas appearance on friday remains the most anticipated event of

the summit john holl report. it's gridlock in. just as the world economic forum's annual meeting hot stop high in the swiss alps a huge dump of snow has brought things to a standstill it doesn't matter how important you are there's little to do but wait . no never seen anything like this before i think so i like it but it's a bit of a struggle does not on a small. i normally use a thank you how will graphic the last time the snow drifts were this high dive oss was coincidentally also the last time a u.s. president visited davos that was bill clinton well with an avalanche warning in place this year also bracing for the arrival of donald j. trump i was there protests have already begun ahead of his arrival on thursday

this was the scene and zurich and in davos itself president trump may not get the warmest welcome the u.s. announced new import tariffs this week angering china and south korea and illustrating trumps america first policy of economic nationalism and protectionism anathema in a global club that believes in free trade as the indian prime minister pointed out in his opening address bar said some are darvish many societies and countries are becoming more and more focused on themselves it feels like the opposite of globalization the negative impact of this kind of mindset cannot be considered less dangerous thing climate change or terrorism that was a thinly veiled slight by the leader of the world's fastest growing economy aimed at the leader of the world's largest economy almost trump's response on friday is the week's most anticipated event. and jonah is joining us live from davos now

before we get to friday joined other big leaders of the e.u. taking the stage today but are we expecting from them. that's right we hear from angela merkel and emmanuel macron mr macron the french president of course the young french president probably the rising star of the two up. winning a stunning election victory last year with these newly formed centrist party he's seen as the reformist face not just of france but of the e u and they are together seen as a sort of counterpoint if you like to the america first agenda of donald trump really everything here at the moment is being framed around the donald trump visits and the expectation is that merkel and macro misspeaking separately of course will the together those stand up for the sort of you know for a united and strong european union overcoming its challenges but still upholding

the core values of democracy and free trade and there is if you like as you saw in the in the report there are sort of anti trump front quietly building up here with newer and remoting of india on tuesday warning that protectionism threatens globalization that was actually a dig at trump and also justin trudeau the prime minister of canada on tuesday night announcing a new eleven nation asia pacific trade pack pact excluding the united states all very big issues what else is on the agenda china. a range of speakers and other topics being discussed on wednesday with hear also from other leaders of the european union less stable slightly more troubled countries italy and greece to be talking particularly about the ongoing refugee and migration crisis with thousands of people losing their lives crossing the mediterranean trying to get to their shores big tech very much under the spotlight here this year as well we hear from the c.e.o.'s of microsoft and google big big

tech really under scrutiny at the moment both for advances in artificial intelligence but also unpaid taxes and fake news and another very interesting visitor to davos this year is the new zimbabwean president. just a few weeks in office now he'll be here touting what he says is an economy in turnaround mode with massive potential he'll be looking for investor investors zimbabweans at home will be watching very closely to see which world leaders and big business figures here make the time to sit down with him or i join i thank you very much for that. joining us live from davis thank you. now the u.s. justice department has confirmed to al jazeera that attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week of alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia it is believed to be the first time a member of president obama's cabinet has been questioned. a white house

correspondent kimberly health reports. getting closer to the president the department of justice confirming attorney general jeff sessions has been interviewed by robert muller's team as a witness in the russian vest a geisha and it's the first time a member of donald trump's cabinet has been questioned by the special counsel the trump says he's unfazed by what sessions might have told investigators. thank you the investigation is probably impossible truck campaign ties with russia and whether the united states present. tried to obstruct the russian vest a geisha is the head of trumps foreign policy team during the twenty sixteen presidential campaign sessions has unique insights given he was also involved deeply in the firing of the former f.b.i. director james comey in tweets and publicly trump has complained bitterly that sessions recused himself from overseeing the investigation i am disappointed believing sessions should have done more to protect him sessions as one of more

than a dozen current and former trump officials to be questioned earlier this month it was revealed one time from strategist steve bamiyan has also struck a deal with muller seemed to be interviewed. late last year former national security advisor michael flynn and advisor george papadopoulos pled guilty to charges in connection with the probe and are now cooperating as witnesses is suggests muller is ratcheting up pressure on the president who has been cryptic about whether he will speak with the special counsel will see what happens and despite claims by donald trump's lawyer that the russian investigation would wrap up by the end of last year the questions by the special counsel continue and appear to be intensifying can really help get al-jazeera washington. the u.s. senate has approved president donald trump the nominee to be the next chairman of

the federal reserve john powell has support from republicans and democrats to lead the central bank the lawyer and former investment banker will start next month he succeeds janet yellen who was the first woman to lead the federal reserve. hundreds of thousands of people are returning home in the democratic republic of congo after months and hiding the fighting between the army and rebels from the region broke out in august two thousand and sixteen killing more than three thousand people since its catherine sort of approach from casaya people are worried a fragile peace could end at any time. these former child soldiers relax at a rehab center in concise central fighters supporters kooks of come in and supple a rebel group that has been fighting government forces since twenty sixteen mark is seventeen years old he joined the group to avoid the consequences of not joining his in his friends get beaten up or even killed for resisting he was also afraid of

government soldiers. i joined as a title my fist rule was burn the house when we attacked then i was poor wanted money it would look i was for a lot rested and spend six months in jail before i was rescued by the un forces. fighting increased after police killed a traditional chief who was critical of president joseph kabila as government in the mineral rich region with a history of political and territorial tension the violence spread fast these house belongs to a police commander and when the rebels came to this area back in august they banned him alive inside the house people here also told us they terrorized them for three days before the military came. to some but she says her husband was killed by a government soldier son by militias totally rigid about uniform and i blame them all i never imagined my home which has always been peaceful would become so violent

so quickly and i pray never to see that happen again the violence has significantly reduced after an easy peace deal between the states and their grief a community of sample kinda it was negotiated by this man the community spiritual leader but he says the government has not or not their green meant and accuses its forces of widespread across cities. i ordered for peace to come back because it is the government and the president who are not ready for peace conditions set out in the peace talks have not been met whatever happens will not be on mine. the military and police deployed to this area remain on high alert guarding the airport and other facilities they've also been accused of human rights abuses in. the government and no reason to attack civilians who did not create the conflict or intimidation. the more. many people in the countryside where the conflict was at

its worst are farmers they've been unable to plant crops for three seasons and though they say it's time to rebuild their lives they still fear they may have to run again catherine sorry al-jazeera central and the democratic republic of congo to the philippines where tens of thousands of villagers are surviving on food handouts as their shelter from an erupting volcano walkin ologists have expanded the dollar goes on around the mayon volcano emergency shelters packed and the red cross says it could be months before filipinos are allowed to return home but hotel owners say the fountains of love a good for business foreign tourists are flying in to watch. you know again i'm live abroad i'm in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera one

policeman has died in an attack on the save the children aid agency and east of. government stormed the office after a suicide car bombs detonated at the front of the compound. two car bomb blasts in eastern libya have killed at least thirty one people the first exploded as worshippers left a mosque in benghazi the second detonated half an hour later as emergency crews help survivors. the u.n. says about five thousand people have been trying to get out of the region in northern syria since turkey began its offensive against kurdish fighters five days ago the air and ground operation in a free has opened a new front in the nearly seven day a war after the say at least twenty three civilians have been killed elsewhere and syria at least twenty one people have suffered breathing problems after a suspected chemical attack on a rebel held on klav near the capital damascus the syrian observatory for human rights is accusing the government of using chlorine gas in duma on monday the

attack prompted warnings from the international community diplomats from twenty nine countries met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against anyone responsible for similar chemical attacks. four libyans have been arrested accused of torturing sudanese workers the army freed the refugees who were being held captive and tortured by human trafficking gangs they're now in hospital and will be deported to saddam's. amazing break in a remote region of indonesia is feared to have killed hundreds of malnourished people government health workers say the crisis in the eastern province of papa has killed sixty nine children pakistani police have taken matching d.n.a. evidence from a man suspected of raping and killing a seven year old girl zainab on salaries the murder trial the mass protests against investigators have been accused of incompetence in handling the case german chancellor angela merkel and the presidents of brazil and france are among the seventy heads of state gathered in the swiss result of davos they're set to speak

at the world economic forum as it enters a second day. those are the headlines on al-jazeera of a do stay with us risking it all as coming up next thank you very much for watching . as witchcraft and sorcery killing spreads across papa new guinea when used exposes shocking human rights abuses. of the specific missions dark subject when used at this time i now do sera. this my extreme a concern and the beanstalk of altitude of three thousand meters.