on al-jazeera. the arrival of refugees is debated and european parliament's. but the journey itself is little understood us trying to syrians document the route that is claimed so many lives such info sanctuary to people in power at this time on al-jazeera. save the children suspends its operations in afghanistan after gunmen still miss offices in kabul more than a million children will be affected. i

know i'm maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera and so coming on. as fighting intensifies between kurdish and turkish forces in northern syria the u.n. says civilians are being blocked from escaping an appeal court in brazil begins to rule on a corruption conviction for former president lula da silva that will have a major impact on his political ambitions and an uneasy truce allows families to return home in the democratic republic of congo but can the peace last. save the children has suspended operations in afghanistan in response to an attack on its offices the gunmen stormed the aid agencies compound in the eastern city of jalalabad after a suicide bombing just outside two security guards in

a civilian died in the attack with several others injured i still has claimed responsibility jennifer gloss has more from the capital kabul. a harrowing day for several dozen people trapped inside the offices of save the children the attack happened at nine o'clock in the morning and it wasn't until more than eight hours later the security forces were able to rescue those trapped inside the building in the meantime they exchanged gunfire and grenade blasts were heard inside the save the children office in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan save the children has decided to suspend its operations across the country it affects one point four million children here in afghanistan a country that is heavily dependent on international aid and the kind of work that these aid organizations do to the children says it's committed to its work here and it would like to resume its programs as quickly as possible but it can't do so until it knows that its workers can be safe and secure they say that's their first

priority this will be a really big blow to the afghan government and the afghan people who rely on the aid from these organizations other aid organizations will be really watching the situation closely last year the international red cross the scale back its operations because seven members of its staff had been killed and the united nations says that afghanistan is one of the most difficult places to work in the world seventeen aid workers were killed in two thousand and seventeen dozens more were injured in two thousand and seventeen and so this attack on save the children if save the children indeed was the target i think is going to have many international aid organizations watching closely whether they feel that they can be safe in the communities where they work. us back fighters in the northern syrian town of man beach have been deployed to the

front lines to confront a possible assault by turkish forces tuckey's president has promised to expand operations towards the town to confront the threat posed by the kurdish y.p. chief fight as which ankara sees as a threat to its security the move risks a possible confrontation between the nato allies. hopefully starting from n.b.c. we will continue by thwarting this game along our borders and we will completely wipe out this trouble from our region. turkey has already launched an air and ground operation in the nearby city of affray and because of the white peachy presence there at least five thousand people have been displaced in five days of fighting. to create a thirty kilometer into the deep office on to protect its border with syria turkey says some two hundred sixty eight fighters have been neutralized in operation on the branch so far commander says that's an exaggeration he didn't give any alternative ficus stephanie decker has more from the turkey syria border we are

very close to the syrian border here is syria is just behind the mountain and we've been hearing all day really that we've been hearing the sound of artillery it ebbs and flows but it has been very heavy at times and that's because this remains a very after front line entire western border of our free in that turkey has with the province now there's also a turkish base just a little further that way the turkish military really doesn't want any media near its operations what we've seen we've seen helicopters hovering overhead there are tanks and of course that constant sound of outgoing artillery along the border that's been going on for the last couple of days and of course the united nations now giving numbers around five thousand people have fled these border villages further inside to flee the fighting and they say what they're really concerned about is it seems that they have nowhere safe to go. a brazilian court is expected to rule very shortly on former president louise and osceola to silva's appeal against a corruption conviction which could have

a major impact on his political comeback a popular politician known across the country as lula was given a nine and a half year prison sentence last year for money laundering and corruption is leading the polls for october's presidential election has been drawing massive crowds to his rallies. yes there was only one thing will stop me from doing what i'm doing and that's to day i'm not here anymore that's the day i die if i'm still here another year ten years fifteen years or only a day you can be sure that i will be in this country streets fighting for a just society and egalitarianism society a society where people are proud of this country. to his abode joins us live now from porto allegro and so tourism what does that mean saloon if these convictions are upheld. well first let me tell you that the first judge off the handle of three has already voted and given and voted to maintain the

conviction against the former president we see now the last few that he said that there is enough proof to link over precedent with an apartment that was given to him by a construction company and that in exchange helped that construction company get contracts with the state oil company with or without the judge also was asked to increase the sentence from nine and a half years to twelve years and he said that blue light is the commander of a corrupt system for his capacity for naming the directors of the state oil company but over that would be a trial is ongoing but judges apparently now are going on i recess and they will meet again but we're still waiting to see how the two other judges will vote their protest of all around the country for and against those for supporting the corruption investigations that have been going on in this country and that have divided this country and those who support former president who like to feel about where i am right now where people are saying that this investigations are

politically motivated that the real objective is to ban him from running for office and they're staying vigilant to think that they would take to the streets and remain on the streets to demand to defend president democracy. brought to the judge has upheld the conviction and if the all the two judges go the same way is that it's or there are other avenues for appeal. well if you will a sentence that is coming for him that he's come fix at least he's come pick them this doesn't mean he would go to jail straight away he still has legal appeal. that he could go but it would definitely complicate his chances of running for president because it could take it on and that the candidates have to register before august this is not the only an impediment it's also that brazilian offered bids those who want to run for office could be have been convicted and not a teen at his book and they cannot be candidates so this certainly complicates that

field vasant situation and chances of running for president once again and without you in the lection that this scenario here in brazil changes a whole lot thank you very much but from porto alegre. now the german chancellor angela merkel has used test beach a wild economic forum to warn against protectionism and isolationism she told the audience at davos that nationalist solutions were not the right way to face global economic challenges so let's get the latest from james bays who is following all these developments how would you describe locals message james. well i think it's very much in keeping with the whole theme of this devil's which is all about global trade global values in fact the motto is creating a shared future in a fractured world and i expect similar themes will be echoed in the next few

minutes when we hear from the french president president mark role but of course the big guess that this is davos and it's pretty rare is we've got the u.s. president coming here president trump and does he agree with all of these themes remember in recent hours we've heard new tariffs on solar panels and washing machines introduced by the u.s. administration i think it's worth bearing all that in mind when you listen to the words of the german chancellor. i will give the indices not sonali we know that there are national egotism is we see populism on the rise we see in many states a polarizing atmosphere yet many people seem to worry whether the multilateralism will actually finance a little part of limbs that mankind has in a fair and equitable way i buy stuff in the garden but let me tell you germany wishes to be a country that will lend its contribution also in future to solve the problems of the well together we think that shutting ourselves off against the rest of the world isolating ourselves will not lead us into a good future protectionism is not the proper answer. that wouldn't be the

thoughtful policy of the man who is expected to arrive tomorrow a president trying what is the atmosphere there ahead of his arrival well obviously he is the big star of this dive or sees a businessman president but does he fit in with the other members of this club a very big question the white house so yes it's america first but it's not america alone they say the u.s. is open for business a little earlier the energy secretary of the u.s. walked past me rick perry or said what struck going to say in the speech he simply replied it's going to be your sub or it could be a big question for the rest of the audience here find it also when he speaks to them on friday thanks very much james bays in dallas. and what challenges there are still to come and a look at the under cover of port intersexual higher cement at a man only charity event that's causing outrage here in the u.k.

. and a health crisis in indonesia's remote opera province museum's outbreak is feared to have killed hundreds of people we have an exclusive report. however we got most of the forecast for central parts of china over the next couple of days lots of snow here cold nothing shanghai with a top temperature of around three degrees celsius for the south in hong kong temperatures here with us suddenly breeze getting up to around twenty or twenty one over the next couple of days i when she weather will sink a little further south was for friday wet weather down towards the southwest of the country but the southeast just i five and dry shanghai should be a little dry a little of the crisis having said that the temperatures no higher than about three degrees once again we've got some pleasant weather meanwhile across much of south

asia always a chance of want to see showers into southern parts of the region maybe just edging towards sri lanka but i think the most part it will stay five address a little more cloud just coming in here thursday coming on into friday further north well as the warm sunshine then i put twenty seven celsius karate also getting up to were twenty seven temperatures still hovering around twenty one for new delhi so we are hanging on to the likelihood of fog and smoke problems in the coming days temperatures across the arabian peninsula getting up into the low to mid twenty's over the next few days southerly breeze here in doha picking those temperatures up to around twenty six celsius these days fine and dry but a little more cloud to the north. over benefit those people. who see.

witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. with al-jazeera a recap of the stories making headlines the aid agencies save the children has suspended its operations in afghanistan after it three people were killed in an armed attack on its offices. took his presence on his promise to expand military

operations from offering towards the town of man beach to confront the threat posed by kurdish y p g fighters. and a brazilian court is expected to rule shortly on the former president always a mass unit to so was appeal against of corruption conviction which could have a major impact on his political comeback ahead of this topas election. the united nations says the number of people in somalia on the brink of famine has grown ten fold since this time last year around health the population is an aide of humanitarian aid for me to many reports on this now from luggage issue. in twenty seventeen aid agencies managed to avert a famine here in somalia a year later the situation isn't any better in fact the united nations is concerned that the amount of somalis who are on the brink of famine has increased ten fold the united nations is appealing for one point six billion dollars to provide

humanitarian assistance to millions of somalis they say that six million people in this country that at least half the population need humanitarian cisterns at least half of those people are children and all of that amount half of the people who need assistance need emergency lifesaving assistance what's also of concern much like the people at this camp in mogadishu is that two point one million somalis have been displaced by drought. rainfall as well as the realities of poor security in many parts of the country and that's one of the issue for the united nations a round development on the future of somalia is that of security african union forces troops that have been in this country for ten years securing the country pushing back al shabaab fighters are expected to continue they were stalled this

year at least one thousand troops did leave somalia at the end of twenty seventeen or twenty two thousand are expected to withdraw by twenty twenty two main concerns to the united nations one security the other again averting famine in somalia as well as ensuring that there's some level of political stability in this country where hundreds of thousands of people are returning to their homes in the democratic republic of congo after spending months in hiding more than three thousand people have been killed since fighting broke out between the army and rebels in the cast i reach an eighteen months ago and as catherine sawyer reports from people a worry that a fragile peace deal could collapse at any time. these former child soldiers relax at a rehab center in concise central they were fighters porters cooks of come on 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 insisting he was also afraid of government soldiers. i joined as a title my fistula was burning houses when we attacked then i was promoted to money good luck i was fine 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 bind 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 has signed by militias double digit

a bottle of hormones 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 came down it was negotiated by this man the community spiritual leader but he says the government has not or not there remained and accuses its forces of widespread across the. road. i ordered for peace to come back because it is the government and the president who are not ready for peace audition said out in the peace talks have not been met whatever happens will not be on meet the military and police deployed to this area remain on high alert guarding the airport and other facilities have also been accused of human rights abuses in. the government and no reason to attack

civilians who did not create the conflict or enemy she has come on runs up or on the motive. many people in the countryside where the conflict was at its worst our farmers they've been unable to plant crops role at the democratic republic of congo . and on the cover report into sexual harassment at a man only charity fund raising in the u.k. has caused outrage the financial times found the women were groped sexually harassed and proposition that event attended by leaders from the world of business politics and finance since the fall out one of the organizers has been forced to resign in two major sponsors have severed ties on a b phillips has been on. an exclusive charity evening at one of london's spotters to hotels it's called the president's club so exclusive that the only guests are men some of britain's leading bankers businessmen property developers was the only women like the

undercover reporter who took these pictures whose tess's told to wear sexy clothes forced to sign a document saying they won't talk about what happened here one of the auction prizes plastic surgery to make we're told your wife more attractive other prizes to be with the governor of the bank of england lunch with the foreign secretary boris jobs the women are repeatedly groped harassed invited to bedrooms up stairs man and it's. quite course things very quickly to watch. some of that it was pretty shocking. depressing. politicians from all parties say they're outraged women have the right to feel safe wherever they were i'm a gay shoes of this type of behavior are completely unacceptable or could then that

a government minister attended the evening he says he left early he was appalled by the behavior and though he doesn't plan to resign a leading hospital to receive some of the three million dollars raised by the president's club house returned the money and then there's the hope. just where the event took place beloved by royalty and. it says it's deeply concerned at the allegations that investigation is on the way to be phillips al jazeera. soldiers have been deployed to evacuate parts of the french capital as rivers swelled to record levels after weeks of heavy rain the live gallery has already moved somewhat from display hall sort of below ground level has more from paris well right here where i'm standing really gives you a sense of just how hard the river has risen because this is a pedestrian ice road and usually what you would see up people jogging and cycling

getting from a to b. and over there also boats there are restaurants and bars there but as you can see they cannot be accessed and it is pretty much the case right across the city on both sides of the river. where the river level is normally around two meters in paris it's already reached over thought if meters and city officials say it will probably go to six meters at the end of the week now if it does we haven't seen those levels since twenty sixteen a bank then the world famous louve museum which is home to the middle east and right next to the river well it's had to shots because many of its works are kept in the basement city officials have put some emergency measures in place they have stopped the boats on the river except for emergency vehicles of course and closed some metro stations and the reason we've seen the rising waters is because of course for all this for weeks there has been extremely heavy rain in fact in the east of the country there's been some severe flooding. in india there have been

growing protests by right wing hindu groups against the release of a controversial bollywood film demonstrators accuse the director of a mob but of distorting history by patrolling a muslim ruler as the lover of a hindu queen the supreme court has refused to allow bans to be imposed on the movie's release. i mean those outbreak is feared to have killed hundreds of malnourished people in indonesia's eastern popple province officials say sixty nine children have died but church leaders believe the death toll is much higher our correspondent step boston and her team gained rare access to some of those forgotten villages and one of the world's most remote regions well they took a commercial flight from the capital jakarta to get two to meet in opera province from to meet the team took a small plane to get to guts they then travelled by boat and into the jungle to get to us a tat and this is their exclusive report the land of the spreads across

a vast jungle delta only reachable by a challenging journey most outsiders prefer to avoid. in us at that settlement in the middle of dense forest we are welcomed by grieving parents dozens of topless died after their malnourished bodies didn't survive a measles outbreak a doctor has yet to visit the remote village. let me buy your theory our lives have become so hard we need a doctor to come here the government in jakarta has to help us because the local government has never visited us a government health department spokesman has said staff are working with very limited resources and they're trying very hard to help the people are threatened by a lack of medical care and a drastic change in lifestyle to find food they used to spend months in the forest . they used to eat sad go from palm trees and drink natural water but since the

government opened district offices here everything is changed instant food and energy drinks entered the area but the us people don't know these things are bad for them. while some are smart women go through the long process to put prayer psagot we find children eating uncooked instant noodles and the baby drinking instant coffee while the children have been dying these are not people are left on their own far away from any doctor or government officials who don't make the effort to make the long and difficult journey only a strong government commitment to reach out to these poor papa once can help to prevent another tragedy. to handle the health crisis catholic church workers are handing out food to young children and give how the vice tomatoes many of them are malnourished as well but the us must can't continue to live on donations or food aid forever their survival depends on their ability to revive traditions and the willingness of the government to really help

and guide them step fasten al-jazeera asset that. in the philippines tens of thousands of villages a surviving on food handouts as they take shelter from an erupting volcano scientists have expanded the no go zone around the mayon volcano emergency shelters are already full and the right cross says it could be months before filipinos are allowed to return home authorities have begun a new search for malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy which vanished four years ago with two hundred thirty nine people on board a new vessel is using eight underwater drones equipped with sonar and cameras to scour the waters for wreckage they can operate in depths of up to six thousand meters the new search zone is an area of about twenty five thousand square kilometers in the southern indian ocean. al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmoud who say has been imprisoned in egypt for four hundred days saying is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al

jazeera strongly deny is repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail south korean officials are conducting a rabbit to north korea to inspect training venues ahead of the winter olympics to spite the planned display of unity at the games a massive security operation has been arranged kathy novak reports from kyung chan . a gunman holds two hostages in this police demonstration in young china a swat team bursts in takes down the attacker and frees the victims it's a drill just one of the scenarios police are preparing for with hundreds of thousands of visitors about to arrive before north korea agreed to send a delegation one of the biggest worries was it might disrupt the games now police say they are more concerned about so-called lone wolf terrorist threats involving attackers from other countries bomb detection robots that can identify and destroy

suspicious items are among the tools available to protect against that threat. they go to the mood to prevent a terrorist attack in collaboration with intelligence agencies around the world over the past year we have banned the perrys from entering the country. more than thirty thousand people considered to be a security threat have been blacklisted though police say they are not aware of any specific plots one of the major tasks for police will be providing security for the north korean delegation some south koreans may want to express their displeasure that the two koreas will be marching together under a unified flag for the opening ceremony and that there is a joint women's hockey team olympic organizers hope just as many people will welcome the show of unity trip lot on and cheering ceremonies based on a theme of peace i believe north korea's participation presents

a good opportunity to emphasize that message. the day before the games begin another spectacle is planned north of the border north korea's jus to celebrate army building day on february eighth troops and equipment are reported to have already been mobilized suggesting the north is planning a military parade they're known to be impressively corey. graphed affairs. but south korean police officers have moods of their own and they're not afraid to show them off either. you know that al-jazeera problem china south korea. quick look at the stories making headlines for you the agency save the children has suspended its operations in afghanistan off for an attack on its offices gunman stormed the compound in the eastern city of jalalabad after

a suicide bombing just outside two security guards ad a civilian died in the attack with several others injured i still has claimed responsibility. the us us fight fighters in the northern syrian town of man beach have been deployed to confront a possible assault by turkish forces takis president has promised to expand operations towards the town to confront the threat posed by the kurdish y p g. hopefully starting from n.b.c. we will continue by thwarting this game along our borders and we will completely wipe out this trouble from our region a brazilian court is expected to rule shortly on former president louise and asio to disown his appeal against a corruption conviction which could have a major impact on his political comeback the popular politician known across the country as is leading the polls for october surprise eventually lection. german chancellor angela merkel has used has featured a world economic forum to warn against protectionism and isolationism she told the

audience at davos that nationalist solutions were not the right way to face global economic challenges the united nations says the number of people in somalia on the brink of famine has grown ten fold since this time last year around half the population is an urgent need of humanitarian aid. an undercover report by british newspaper on sexual harassment has led to question that questions to be asked in the u.k. parliament two female reporters from the financial times was subject to repeated inappropriate advances working as high status at a charity event at london's prestigious dorchester hotel and soldiers are being deployed to evacuate parts of the french capital paris as rivers swell to record levels after weeks of heavy rain there are a flood warnings across parts of eastern france while authorities in paris are imposing emergency measures well more in all of that at the top the next hour in about twenty five minutes time off to witness with the story of an australian

aboriginal it wants to start his own and the genus nation will see off to its.