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i'm sam is a band this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out of the days of unrest more political uncertainty for them all these is the opposition move to impeach senior government officials. the italian prime minister condemns the shooting rampage by a far right supporter the wounded six african immigrants plus. all aboard some gal's only passenger train as we take a look at the grand plan connecting east and west africa. turkey says it has suffered its worst day yet in northern syria is launching since launching rather its offensive against y. p.g. kurdish fighters more than two weeks ago on saturday seven of its soldiers were killed in fighting turkey wants to push the wife p.g.

who it calls terrorists out of our free and create a buffer zone on the border well swear in syria a russian fighter jet was shot down by opposition forces over italy province russia's defense ministry says the pilot managed to eject but was killed in a ground fight near the town of samarra afterwards moscow launched dozens of air strikes twenty three civilians died and russia says it killed thirty fighters there's been heavy fighting in it live for weeks the u.n. says about one hundred thousand civilians have been displaced stephanie decker joins us now live from anti-car so stephanie how much of a game changer is it now the rebels show they can shoot down russian planes. i don't know if it's going to change real policies on the ground but certainly a major symbolic victory for them because i think it's fair to say that russia is the country with all the power of these days inside syria calling the shots when

russia entered this war sami just a few years ago returned the tide in favor of president bashar al assad very little territory then under government control and if you look at the map today that is certainly changed completely the government back in control of most areas of the country we do know russia at the moment is talking to the turks to try and retrieve the body of the pilot which remains inside problems so turkey being a mediator so to speak with the groups on the ground as always in syria sami it's complicated there are complicated web of it says to international actors the live offensive is believed to be linked also to turkey's offensive on a footing we have a report that wraps all those complexities up. a lot of work well this is a russian fighter jet shot down by opposition forces. i mean remember the pilot manages to eject but he didn't survive.

for these syrian fighters it's a huge symbolic victory. russian the syrian government have intensified their bombardment of province over the last two months government forces a slowly capturing territory in the south what is the last remaining syrian province under full rebel control. they're inching closer to the city of sirte archive which lies on a strategic road linking the northwest all the way to the capital damascus territory that is now almost fully under government control. and in syria's complex web of regional and international allegiances some say this offensive has been well planned and has further implications been there are some people who are in fact wondering if there is a tacit agreement between the russians and the turks whereas the russians would actually give the green light for the turks to act in against the kurds in

exchange for the russians and allies actually to capture parts of this of this. the government offered the meaning of that old between the mosques and thereby. that offensive against the kurdish controlled district of africa is now into its third week turkey's backing fighters from the free syrian army against the kurdish people protection units. turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist organization even though it's the united states is most effective in fighting i still turkey has been intensely to areas there is a base just right behind us and this is in line with what politicians here are saying the first phase of this operation the post the y.p. . away from its borders. all along the border a steady stream of military movement vehicles i mean and buses packed with syrian f.s.a. fighters this is a very visible operation but it's also

a difficult one the y.p. geno the terrain well and they have been preparing for this it's the latest frontline in a war that year after year simply changes its form and never seems to end. listening to that report you did so it's becoming difficult but one wonders if it's and to now a very you know an even more difficult stage. but if you look at the ground sami what the f.s.a. fighters together with turkish forces have done is entered and secured various areas along the border borders turkey to its north and west so there are certain pockets along that border that you do now have the turkish f.s.a. presence but not the entire border is secure it's now two weeks into this operation we've been covering it throughout there is relentless shelling out going from turkey into syria in these border areas also air strikes that is of course the upper hand that turkey has but it's still proving difficult they have managed to do

that first phase which is securing the border as of yet and also when it comes to the terrain yes turkey army is somewhat has some experience in fighting a guerrilla warfare with the p k k that's the kurdistan workers party which turkey pleasing to the white b.g. but when it comes to the white p.g. inside a foot in sami it is their home turf they know it well and they've been preparing and some of the turkish special forces we spoke to will tell you what kind of sort of tunnel systems they also have in place it's concrete built very very difficult to find so they are aware that this is a difficult battle or a good software from stephanie decker on the border. now the opposition in the maldives has decided to file a motion to impeach several senior government officials including the defense minister and the attorney general it also wants to file a no confidence vote against the parliamentary speaker the political unrest began last week after the supreme court ordered the release and retrial of political

prisoners judges reinstated twelve m.p.'s who were expelled for siding with the opposition now if they return to parliament the ruling party will lose its majority earlier the attorney general said the court might be planning to impeach the president dr mohamed is a journalist an analyst at the mall these independent he says the supreme court confirmation of the president. and the attorney general the prosecutor general and lawyers from the government is delayed the enforcement of. and. we have seen some talk about the supreme court going to. a ruling by removing the attorney general from however we have not heard any. talk about the supreme court going to it's an impeachment motion let alone you know this is not something that is. well in the constitution for the supreme court to

go ahead and remove their opposition trader said that they will continue to practice on you know the government enforces the supreme court ruling which freed all of the of opposition leaders that. already convicted in. trials that have been described as controversial and unfair and not fully under any due process by the united nations as well as international news. italy's prime minister has condemned the shooting by a far right supporter saying hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide the nation six african immigrants were injured in the central town of my darter a suspect is in police custody pizza shop has more. this was a drive by shooting that italian police said was racially motivated firing from

this vehicle the lone gunman is said to have targeted foreigners on the streets in a shooting spree that lasted over two hours. it took place in the central italian city of mature after the mayor said six people were wounded all of them black one with life threatening injuries. a twenty eight year old italian name does look at try any was arrested by military police draped in an italian flag he reportedly wore during the shootings attorney had no previous criminal record and his motive for the shootings is unclear he did stand as a far right candidate for the northern league in recent local elections but received no votes in the count the italian prime minister was quick to condemn the shootings i mean ticket i mean only known for so nobody else will know what you what's rimmel behavior can all have ideological motivation criminals are criminals will start to set up but to call it meant to serve it overtook your state will be

particularly severe against whoever thinks of nourishing the spiral of violence let's stop this let's stop this right now. tensions in mature outer had risen this week following the discovery of pamela musto pietro's body she had run away from a drug rehabilitation center on monday and police said she'd met a nigerian drug dealer the next day he was arrested by police. more than six hundred thousand mainly african migrants have reached italy by boat over the past four years and the center right block says the vast majority have no right to asylum in this promised mass expulsions if it takes power peter shop al-jazeera. ten kirby pal mary is a journalist based in italy joins us on skype from milan good to have you with us so. the atmosphere very much author has the campaigning with some of the political parties contributed to an atmosphere of hostility intention towards immigrants.

we should give a brief about context because surely the campaign about. the election are coming only in a few days by now march the fourth and the campaign about immigration has been that one key point in their election although almost much another as i said we should give up on that we're talking about a seat on the very moral seat in the sun so easily over forty thousand people are always. on the what are the. lately in the last five years they have seen the. movement of immigration coming over that i mean. for the size of the city that we are talking about something that that the city was an account to and. something that was on the march

complete all that by not it is also many granderson immigration. causing with these a mass immigration the law by the. allies and as i said that we aren't talking about defeating a little more naples posting lies amount for crimes. drug dealing or prosecution and i thought that was an extracting that obviously that is the context. in which much of that is finding themselves in this moment saw up close to where the temperature is boiling up then that these articles as you mentioned the one they go and look like sean to see someone that is not going in the back of the bus although walser. that described him as a bull the line but it's analogy look at a new fight on the father life movement right in the about. the far right in the

fact that he stood as a candidate in an election for the northern league party a major party in italian politics has been part of a coalition government there are pictures of its leaders with a wide range of european leaders from marine le pen to get filled is so on and so forth there's a show there is a problem in how some of these major political parties harbored people with such radical hate filled views in their ranks. hills there could be but again that still beautiful cannot concerts for you walls and probably they will lead to an actual that meet our one he was in the other means that they were and in then. the little balls and it is but it will get zero votes so all we have talking about some kind of.

island. that are really coming from our neighborhood the from there out and about as to who what these are for if we can move but if there still be kept an eye on that because of what it is now something that could be just the afghanis the personality if they can to see that it has to be controlled because if there's something that in the next future can become something more science also at the moment but. out of london. can i if i find it coming from the weather but it has to be concord because at the same time even if it was the only of many speeches on the. elections and the event he had no balls in these are the the holes in this election are stealing the power of the should realize that all that was possible that calculate these and. more

a tour leave it there for now thanks so much turncoat the palmira. i think most of the had on al-jazeera and american disgraced donald trump lashes out at the roster investigation calling it a witch hunt. last allegations that egypt is fighting armed groups in the sinai with help from israel we'll have the details. and over the shower as a quite subdued force across the southeastern parts of asia at the moment were some sherry weather across the southern parts of the philippines is working its way through borneo and down into java this is the region again where we're going to see the worst of the shallots as we head through the next few days meanwhile for the west generally a lot brighter and dry air for many of us here kuala lumpur and singapore both getting to around thirty one degrees and there's a good chance of having

a fairly dry day before the towards the south of us some of us here there's been a lot of cloud and a lot of rain the latest system just pushing its way a little bit further towards the north but still the east coast of queensland is a little bit gray i'm ok more shower was a likely as we head through monday again it's the northern parts where we see most of that and further south is generally a low quieter we're looking at twenty six there are melbourne and sydney we all sing the winds they've drawn down from the center across adelaide so here the temperatures will be quite high not as high though for tuesday will get around twenty nine degrees further west is also looking a bit fresh force in perth over towards new zealand and here there's lots of what weather this working its way across us during the day on monday giving us some heavy downpours the winds will be quite strong as well and as they work their way across us they're bringing the fresh crust church that seventy. from satellite technology to three d.

printing and recycled waste to solar powered classrooms africa is transforming young innovators are propelling change building communities creating employment and solving problems their challenging systems and shaping you want it's about creative thinkers shaping their continent's future innovate africa at this time on al-jazeera. come back you're watching out to syria time to recap our headlines now seven turkish soldiers have been killed in fighting with kurdish wife e.g. fighters in northern syria turkey says it was its army's worst day for casualties

since launching the operation two weeks ago to push the white b.g. out of the area. italy's prime minister is condemning the shooting by a far right supporter saying hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide the nation six african immigrants were injured in the central italian town of much of the suspect is in police custody. the opposition in the maldives is decided to file a motion to impeach several senior government officials the rest began last week after the supreme court ordered the release of political prisoners and reinstated m.p.'s who were expelled for siding with the opposition. joining us on skype from mali in the mall these is how many is a journalist and analyst at the mall deaves independent good to have you back with us so let's start with this latest line now of opposition deciding to file a motion to impeach several members of the government the defense minister the attorney general can they achieve this through parliament.

to. the position to join parliament you know open issue and i've been the problem and. the participation of several will start to well and piece that had previously been deemed as and b.'s that must pass and then this meeting do you say that to have submitted no one's going to. keep going to officials including the minister the defense views and you know and. and i was just told by a spokesperson for the opposition that they will proceed to be a submission small. it's difficult to say whether there would be to do it because yesterday i talked to the. security to know who was telling me that the problem in. the supreme court's ruling. will make because we

would get the opposition the majority in the parliament today. resign from his force and that it was doing it for personal reasons. some sources in the parliament suggesting that it was pressure on. interest. from speakers a feast to. use in court for the. right to talk about the supreme court is there anything pending before the theme colt that could lead to the impeachment of the president. at the moment the supreme court is considering. the court by the former presidents. as well as the opposition leaders asking the supreme court to remove him from. considering. key embezzlement or two charges against no

one is members of the legal. so they're not exactly sure that this is possible that the supreme court. will do it and to begin with then the supreme court even has the jurisdiction to do it because according to the constitution the power to. parliament. is going to be interesting to see what palm and can do about that and thanks so much for your analysis on that tonight mohammed. has already planes have been carrying out as strikes in egypt's northern sinai with the approval of president abdel fatah has sisi that's according to a new york times report says on months israeli war planes and helicopters have conducted dozens of raids inside egypt over the past two years egyptian forces have been fighting armed groups linked to i saw which have carried out regular attacks

in the region more on this from iran kanu joins us live from west jerusalem and them and i know there's been some reaction israeli reaction least in the media take us through that. well whether it's hebrew language or english language everybody is reporting the story this is mari if that's a picture of the sinai and they reporting it very very similarly let's just take a look at the jerusalem post israel struck over one hundred targets in sinai with clyro supports the english edition again reporting fairly solely israel conducted over one hundred airstrikes on isis in egypt so now this is going to be very controversial for these brady media and full the egyptian media now al-jazeera we actually reached out to the israeli army to get a comment they said they weren't going to comment on this officially and that's what they've told all of the media hit now there's

a hard right in israel that says that there shouldn't be any cooperation between the israelis and the arab neighbors when it comes to military tactics that these ready army should just operate with impunity with independence when it comes to going off to any target that they say is against their security also in egypt this is clearly going to be controversial as well that nine hundred seventy nine peace deal between egypt and israel is still controversial and there are lots of very vocal figures in egypt a very critical about any corporation that israel and egypt have so this is likely why it's been kept such a secret report i have to say hasn't come out of either israel or egypt it's u.s. and british former officials talking to the new york times themselves now i spoke to a former israeli military person here in western women he told me actually or you know the reason that this might be happening is that israel is obviously very concerned

about any kind of buildup of eisel like forces on its border and so this is something that they will be likely to want to push back from the borders so he's not surprised that something like this might be taking place all right tony there for now thanks so much from on. the palestine liberation organization has moved to cut ties with israel p.l.o. leaders met in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday we've ordered the palestinian government to draft a plan to cut off political economic and security contacts there's been growing tensions and december when u.s. president donald trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital and the u.s. president says a declassified memo written by republican congress members clears him in the probe into links between russia and his presidential campaign he says quote this memo totally vindicates trump in probe but the russian witch hunt goes on and on there

was no collusion and there was no obstruction the word now used because after one year of looking endlessly and finding nothing collusion is dead this is an american disgrace of a memo was written by republicans on the house intelligence committee chaired by devin newness he was a member of trump's transition team it was released on friday it says the f.b.i. and the justice department abused their powers by using unsubstantiated evidence to spy on a tram paid the f.b.i. had argued against its release saying it had grave concerns the document contains what it calls material emissions of fact democrats on the committee want to release their own memo in response they say the republican memo is aimed at the railing special counsel robert mahler's investigation into the campaigns alleged links to russia and the gallacher is following developments for us from washington d.c.

. well there are a couple of key questions here as to what will happen or what may happen next and chief among those is a concern that president trump will use this memo as a pretext to fire robert mueller the special counsel who's in charge of the russian investigation democrats say if he does that it will cause a constitutional crisis we know of course that he wanted to do that back in the summer but held off on that decision because some senior members of staff threatened to resign themselves the other question is now hanging over the future of the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein he is involved in the russian investigation president trump has been talking about him in very negative terms and it's not sure what will happen to him but the attorney general has been backing him up and of course the f.b.i. have been backing up their own people saying play hard and tackle hard because they are being permanently attacked by the president it really is an unprecedented situation you have a sitting u.s.

president attacking his own intelligence community talking about this russian investigation as a witch hunt and saying this memo really clears his name it does not this is far from over we're not sure what will happen next but the entire nation if not the entire world is watching very closely indeed. i'm vicious plans are being drawn up to connect east and west africa by rail to trans africa and right away line will run through ten countries now those behind the project hope it will increase trade on the continent but the line could take decades to complete the reports from ts in senegal. on board the five fifteen train from the car to chess most passengers are on their way home after a long day of work in the city. the fifteen minute journey home always seems a bit longer than the morning commute. after years writing this train was fun so has learned to enjoy this moment free from just directions. remember the walking talking

a good time for myself here if i drive to work it would take me at least four hours and i'd be stuck in traffic trains are still the quickest safest and cheapest way to travel. they call it the little blue train the locomotive was bought from pakistan the wagons from india. the ports were brought to senegal and refurbished in the one nine hundred seventy s. it's the only passenger train left in senegal all the other lines including the historic train to mali were bad and because they were too costly to run much to the frustration of commuters and railway unions alike. privatizing the railway lines was a clear mistake a country cannot grow without developing its roadways system but now we are excited with the steps in to go another states are taking the african union has an ambitious plan to connect the port of the car in the west to the port of djibouti in eastern africa linking ten countries many of them landlocked it's called the trams african railway project just said there are seven thousand eight hundred

kilometers of unfinished railway tracks alone will cost thirteen billion dollars to build. it's an enormous amount each country is tasked with finding its own financing for their part of the railway. chinese companies have signed deals to rebuild the former colonial rail lines that were bounded by the french both in the car and in djibouti it's the start of an epic engineering project that will take years to build and promises thousands of jobs across the continent. there are no roads or highways connecting the west of africa to the east nor is there a direct flight between the car and djibouti in fact no one has ever tried to connect both coasts of africa neither the french nor the british the former colonial powers. construction hasn't started yet but the prospect of reopening the century old trunks has got many excited and hopeful. abound in train station may get a new lease on life and for the many passengers like so who use this every day. it

may not be the end of the line for the five fifteen train from the car. senegal. and it's time to have a look at those headlines again seven turkish soldiers have been killed in fighting with kurdish functions in the world in syria turkey says it was the worst day for casualties since launching the operation two weeks ago to push the wind p.g. out of the area stephanie more from the syrian border. but what you saw on saturday was five turkish soldiers killed when the y.p. g. attacked blew up a tank also one soldier killed in a cross border attack here in turkey and one other now from our sources that we've been speaking to from the white friday night saying that the white has announced that they've launched a guerrilla warfare are now of course

a conventional army as the turkish army or the f.s.a. i know trained in that kind of unconventional warfare. the opposition in the maldives has decided to file a motion to impeach several senior government officials political unrest began last week after the supreme court ordered the release of political prisoners and reinstated m.p.'s who were expelled for siding with the opposition to m.p.'s to return from exile when the arrested at the airport. italy's prime minister is condemning a shooting by far right supporters saying hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide the nation six african immigrants were injured in the central italian town of much at all after a suspect is in police custody. the us president says that the classified memo written by republican congress members clears him in the probe into links between russia and his presidential campaign in a tweet he said he was totally vindicated he described the investigation as

a witch hunt the f.b.i. previously expressed concerns about the accuracy of the documents those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right after in the face africa stay with us. and for you. this is innovate africa a new series highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent on the rise today. how to become an online catalog not gonna your crowd be created within the next twenty four hours to be too close to the. mobile phones revenue.