al-jazeera. and for you were. a number of government are killed after talking the french embassy in the military headquarters in bikini offices capital. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al-jazeera value from doha also coming up a diplomatic standoff between bangladesh and of the future of thousands of reckon

just living in no man's land. trade was a good says donald trump as he defines warnings about new towers plus. i want both sides to turn all our attention and assets to that new relationship the u.k. prime minister tells an impatient e.u. but she's a paid to give and take to get the post breaks if. we begin with the communications minister there says four gunmen who a part of coordinated attacks in the capital ouagadougou have been killed a security operation is still on the way the french embassy and the army headquarters which were targeted by the attack as witnesses earlier reported hearing a large explosion in the area france's ambassador is calling it a terrorist attack as one of them david joins us live from paris david sokol do we now know about these attacks. well the attacks are still ongoing but

the situation of the french embassy is now under control five gunman got out of a car with assault rifles and launched an attack on the embassy spraying bullets at passers by now four of them were killed and the situation at the french embassy at least is under control but then french troops were also brought in by helicopter into the center of we're going to go and they are trying to help coordinate a plan to help fight off an attack that's going on at the army base the army headquarters which is about a. kilometer or so away from the french embassy that is still going on you can see smoke rising from the area that's also where there was a french cultural institute source who were there where the prime minister of the king of fassero has his office so this is still ongoing we don't know the situation

we don't know how many people have been killed just those four gunmen to being killed that's the only figure we're getting from the sources in kenya fassel so this is a situation that still alarming because this is an area which everybody is aware of in france as a former french colony that has been under attack before two years ago in january and twenty sixteen it was a group calling itself the al qaeda of islamic magreb which killed up to thirty people in an attack on a restaurant hotel and then there was another unclaimed attack last year which also had many casualties among civilians at another hotel and restaurant in the center of the capital so it does appear that this is a coordinated attack much like we see from the taliban in kabul several groups attacking several areas and gunfire is still being heard some of the gunman were

carrying backpacks so the probably explosives were used in the attack but so far we're not getting any more information about what is actually going on around the army headquarters itself david to their parents david thank you. now suspected boko haram fighters have killed at least three aide workers and eight security staff in northern nigeria a un spokeswoman says the attack happened on thursday night in the remote town of run in borno state a female nurse is also reported missing feared abducted the town is home to a military base and a camp for more than fifty thousand internally displaced people. has the latest of a. suspected book fighters according to reports we have used the darkness of the night to mount this brazen attack late on thursday they used a truck mounted with guns and also rocket propelled grenades to overpower a post guarding a camp for the internally displaced people this camp houses about fifty five

thousand people victims of the war that has been going on it still going on between the government and fighters. the u.n. has confirmed the killing of three aid workers two of them work for the international organization for migration and one a medical doctor with. unicef also a female nurse is missing and there were reports about for a worker who was either killed or injured also the security report from the side of the government has confirmed the killing of four soldiers and four policemen without giving any details about whether civilians were more civilians were wounded or killed in this attack minimize armies being accused of bullying and intimidating were hinge on muslim refugees in the no man's land between its border with bangladesh al jazeera spoken to witnesses who say the troops fired slingshots and threw bottles of the refugees and some even tried to climb

a fence into bangladesh territory where bangladesh has told me and not to put its forces back from the shared border mareena hunt has more. these were some of the first revenge of muslims to flame me and six months ago finding refuge on the thin strip of land between me and mine and bangladesh that hugs the tundra canal now the troops that pushed them out of me and a back into making it very clear they want the revenge is gone for good. as. they came out around ten am brought in seven trucks with two ladders in each vehicle a total of fourteen and they tried to cross the barbed wire fences to forcefully destroy our camp. the area is widely referred to as a no man's land for weeks mean must soldiers have up the patrols of the border fence. and used loud hailer as toward the estimated six thousand range or to leave but since this day really hinges and bangladesh border guards say

the number of heavily armed soldiers has grown to as many as two hundred it prompted bangladesh to summon me in must ambassador and demand the troops be pulled back but hundreds of the refugees have already given in to the soldiers' orders and crossed into bangladesh. at six months since almost seven hundred thousand revenge of muslims fled a military crackdown in may in mass rakhine state the united nations called it a textbook example of the ethnic cleansing refugees spoke of systematic murder sexual violence and arson but the government of the suci insists it was simply defending itself after a text from. me in my reportedly claims some of those three hundred fighters are hiding within the border camp. and the last week three nobel peace prize winners urged fellow laureate suchi to speak out or risk prosecution for genocide alongside

me in mass military and others responsible for violence against the. the diplomatic route of a troop movement at the border now three since a controversial deal to seemed to hinge of refugees back to me and and many will now be questioning without will ever really be safe to make me and my home again maybe on one hand how does iraq. donald trump is standing by his plan to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports the us president's announcements and asian stocks tumbling with investors and members of trump's own republican party warning of a global trade war but trump on his the moves will rebuild america's industry and that other countries have treated them unfairly for decades but here's what trump had to say on twitter not long ago when a country usa is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country does business with trade wars are good and easy to win when america's

biggest trading partners are among countries urging trump to rethink his plans were strong we regret the step which appears to represent a blatant intervention to protect us domestic industry and not to be based on any national security justification. protectionism kind of be the answer to our common problem in the steel sector instead of providing a solution this move can only activate much of the u. has been a close acuity ally of the us for decades we would not sit idly while our industry is hit with them for measures that put thousands of european jobs at risk the e.u. the reaction family and commensurately to defend our interests enormous but we don't need to nor we have to find the opportunity to tell the united states that stealing our mean you mean ports from japan which is an allied nation pose absolutely no threat to its national security. the u.s. has already taken at least one hundred counter measures against imported steel and

element in products providing excessive protection for domestic markets of all countries follow the us example this would result in a serious impact on the international trade order well i white house correspondent kimberly joins us now from washington d.c. kimberly so another controversial tweet from the president was donald trump in saying this time. that's right a series of tweets early this morning here in washington coming from the count of real donald trump the latest we must protect our country and our workers are still industry is in bad shape in all caps if you don't have steel you don't have a country exclamation point certainly this is not a big surprise there and what the president announced although it may have come a little bit earlier than the white house expected certainly before some of the fine details had been worked out and could be released to reporters but this is something that donald trump promised on the campaign trail and is certainly following through no question that he has for a long time believe that these what he calls unfair trade practices that are not

reciprocal which in many cases favor china have harmed american workers particularly the steel and aluminum industry which has been decimated in the last twenty years almost cut in half and while most argue that the many of those jobs won't come back because of automation there's no question that donald trump is concerned about the flooding of the u.s. market but what he says is an inferior product chinese steel and that he believes american workers can make it better and that's why he's put in place these tariffs so that this can protect the american workers in the american jobs but he also at the same time said to the steel industry executives meeting at the white house on thursday ok i've done my part and now it's time to do yours we need you to rebuild your industry so a lot on the table and certainly donald trump not the not apologizing for the position he's taken donald trump's plans to impose these tire of steel and i'll even even bullets can believe even cause concern within his own republican party i

mean is there a while where we have a trade war. there is a wider worry of a trade war and this is another example of how donald trump is not your typical politician because what many call protectionist policies are typically what we would see from a leftist politician but as you know donald trump is a republican which is traditionally right of center on the political spectrum now what democrats are saying is that this republicans i should point out are saying the same thing is that this is really going to cause countries around the world to retaliate to put their own tariffs on american products like for example kentucky bourbon an american spirit that is widely consumed around the world even wisconsin cheese and what's going to happen is going to drive up prices in the united states for consumers so what many believe is this is going to have the effect of almost like a tax on the american worker right when we've had a government who's just put in place historic tax cuts so certainly there is concern not only this is going to cause a trade war and there's going to be this back and forth with countries outside the

united states but this is going to hurt american sooners with those bread and butter kitchen table type issues when they see prices rise but donald trump is saying that's not going to happen in fact he says trade words can be a good thing but certainly the stock markets also feeling the effects of this showing the concern down four hundred points on thursday and certainly there's nervousness about what will happen today on friday kimberly thank you know with a check is next and after that it's up in the offensive at least eight to two soldiers are killed in syria is a free region in the operation against kurdish fighters morning to. hello started to turn surprisingly warm once again in shanghai i mean the forecast even in the rain on saturday is twenty two degrees now the average for march is

about fourteen so we're well above that warm to the south as well as thirty nine. hong kong is about where it should be increasing he will see another produce cloud and eventually rain dotted around mostly in central china but some further south you'll notice but it's not a dry pictures just the boards is quite surprising and i think that we are disturbing the air a little bit now in the far northwest of indian certainly in pakistan that cloud brought some decent rain to northern pakistan some to the finals of india rather more to afghanistan and the poor snow a tight rain not so tight and that's just drifting into western nepal come sunday leaving pakistan afghanistan in the sunshine a few showers have been around in sri lanka are also fading away now so it's a mostly dry picture still as it should be and it is throughout the arabian peninsula to temperatures about where they should be to twenty six and doha thirty five in mecca the clouds should disperse so the sun is out for most places there's

a bit of breeze picking up in central saudi not to be a dusty one. the scene for us when they're on line is a very sign in yemen that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

welcome back time for a quick recap of the top stories the. communications minister says four government part of course. in the capital have been killed a security operation is still underway at the french embassy and the army headquarters which were targeted france's ambassador describing it as a terrorist attack. he's being accused of bullying and intimidating ranger refugees in the no man's land between its border with bangladesh al jazeera spoken to witnesses who say the troops fired slingshots and threw bottles at the british. told me and multiple its forces back from the area. and donald trump is standing by his plans to impose new tariffs on steel imports of u.s. presidents announcements and asian stocks tumbling with warnings of a global trade war but trump argues the moves will rebuild america's industry. now the british prime minister has warned the e.u.

off the shelf free trade deal won't work for the u.k. off the brig's it to reason may have made the comments while outlining a government's policy for the next step of talks to leave the block. we need to look beyond the precedents and find a new balance as on security what i am seeking is a relationship that goes beyond the transaction to one where we support each other's interests so i want the broadest and deepest possible partnership covering more sectors and cooperating more fully than any free trade agreement anywhere in the world today. joins us live now from london eve so another important moment for tourism a another big speech on briggs it was different this time. yes that's right well this is her fourth speech and it's still under way and want to she's essentially doing is filling in many of the gaps and answering many of the questions that the e.u. and people here in the u.k. had about how britain were forge ahead with its trade relationship with the e.u.

post breaks it what it has been spent pretty much earlier on in negotiations with the e.u. is that the u.k. will be leaving the single market will be leaving the customs union but at the same time wants to have a continuation of frictionless trade with the e.u. but how will that work if the u.k.'s not prepared to accept one of the main tenants of all of that the freedom of of movement of people what she is now saying is. that the u.k. should wherever possible mirror e.u. rules and regulations for instance when it comes to safety standards on car exports and things like that allowing the u.k. to avoid the kind of checks and balances of borders that would slow down the flow of goods one of the other sticking points of course relating to the flow of goods was the border between northern ireland a part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland the u.k. it always promised that there would be no return to our hard border when the u.k.

departs from the e.u. but how would that work in theory she's given some suggestions a combination of trusts and technology allowing smaller companies to continue shifting their goods back and forth across the border and a trusted trader scheme when it comes to larger companies wanted to continue as before so she is as i said going some way to filling in some of the gaps a lot more still needs to be answered but it is a key step forward for to reason may and her hopes of answering some of the most immediate concerns and questions coming from brussels neve thank you. now somalia says it doesn't recognize a port deal signed by its breakaway region of somaliland with the u.a.e. and ethiopia the barbera port agreement was done with the u.a.e. owned company d.p. world in dubai on thursday well somaliland declared itself a republican one thousand nine hundred one that's not recognized by mogadishu or

much of the international community somalia says the deal undermines unity and is unconstitutional. the u.s. is accusing russia of breaking treaties dating back to the cold war off of that amir putin unveiled what he described as invincible nuclear weapons the russian leader presented the ospital with video animations one of which depicted an attack on the united states certainly did not enjoy watching we don't regard that as the behavior of a responsible international player president putin has confirmed what the united states government has known for a long time that russia has denied prior to this that russia has developed been developing destabilizing weapon systems for more than a decade in direct violation of its treaty obligations president trump understands the threats facing america and our allies in this in this century and is determined to protect our homeland and preserve peace through strength u.s. defense capabilities are and will remain second to none while nato has spoken out

against russia's president saying his statements threatening targeting allies are unacceptable john hall reports in moscow. ben hour is in and a speech that had seemed relentlessly domestic suddenly took an explosive turn. no one expected flooding at boot ins annual address to parliament to involve advanced missile systems and strategic weapons and many talk of job creation and better roads in the years ahead it was a response he said to years of unchecked advances by the united states in missile defense. russia has always been a big nuclear states you know wanted to speak constructively with us in the past and no one wanted to listen well listen to us now one missile in development putin explained could travel the globe with unlimited range and entirely undetected by radar defense systems but those three weeks before the presidential election it was

all greeted with ecstatic applause by russia's political elite president putin made a strong message to. russian audience which can be spelled out as the fall of any of this occasion in the world this prevents surrounded by aggressors but you have to be rest assured that till the country is run by a person whose name is of light given to putin. you will have nothing to worry about as well as showcasing these extraordinary new defense capabilities let me a putin speech was full of inspiring promises of investment lifting people out of poverty improving their lives in what was expected to be his last major speech before the election this was putin presented to the russian people as a pillar of political stability economic stability and perhaps above all security its full impact may have been intended for

a domestic audience but there was more than a hint of menace in putin's warning that any outside threat would be met with annihilation russia's current defense spending its only. about one tenth of that of the united states obviously combined defense spending is even much larger than that of the u.s. the trumpet mr asian announced plans to increase defense spending. and russia with its economic conditions is unlikely to be able to spend much more than it currently does. i don't think there will be a real arms race after eighteen years in power this was a mere putin reminding russians that their country is a world power once again the strength of its conventional military on full display in syria he said its nuclear capabilities now soon to be more than a match for us might join a home al jazeera moscow. it's been

a particularly violent twenty four hours for all sides in turkey's cross border offensive against kurdish y p g fighters in syria's northern a free region elsewhere tens of thousands of civilians are still waiting for a direct them in rebel held areas of eastern goujet near damascus suburb and give aid as more natural gas on turkey's southern border with syria. another day of the five other pause has ended without any help getting to eastern hutto we've been hearing reports on the ground of multiple airstrikes and shelling in various neighborhoods inside eastern with reports of casualties among civilians people who have been using in the last few days this five hour pause to come out and try and salvage whatever they can from their homes and take it inside as this spend nights in basements because the the shelling and the airstrikes do not stop during the ninety's rest of the nineteen hours of the day we've been hearing today that they didn't even stop during the five hour pause aid workers have been telling us that they have gotten this indication from the syrian government that it will allow aid

convoys to come in but they have reservations because five hour window is not going to be enough for these convoys to go in eight to be distributed and then these convoys to make it back safe and also there's still no got indy's by the russians or the syrians about how medical evacuations are going to take place how people who want to leave east and will to will come out or where will they go to further north in the are free region we've now had confirmation and more details have emerged about just tacked on turkish government forces that have been carrying out operations against the by p.g. kurdish rebels who they call terrorists we've heard from the turkish media that the turkish soldiers were in snared by the by p.g. fighters and they came out of tunnels and attacked them killing at least eight injuring thirteen and also attacking a helicopter that was being used by the turkish soldiers the turkish government has carried out retaliatory air strikes in on not just targets of the by p.g.

but also on the targets of the syrian government militias that have been coming in to help the by p.g. stave off this advance by the city and by the turkish forces and their allies the f.s.a. the most the arab fighters who are trying to encircle the city are free and cut off that region cut off supply lines to the rebels that have been coming in from the syrian government on also other. along the turkish syrian border they see their city of are free is within reach. the united nations human rights chief says the syrian government led by bashar al assad should be referred to the international criminal court meanwhile emanuel macron donald trump or promise to work together to implement a un backed cease fire in eastern guta in a telephone call to the u.s. and french leaders also agreed that russia needed to put maximum pressure on the syrian government to abide by this israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his wife are reportedly being questioned over a corruption case involving a telecoms giant israeli media say police are investigating whether netanyahu

promoted the measures favoring the company basic in exchange for favorable coverage on its use web site police have recommended indicting netanyahu one corruption charges in two other cases he denies any wrongdoing investigators say there's now sufficient evidence to charge netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of public trust. as hollywood gives up for its biggest night the oscars filmmakers are drawing attention to the relative lack of jobs for women in the industry as a glimmer of hope in this year's academy awards nominations but for many changes still coming too slowly reynolds reports from los angeles. in this classroom at the art center college of design the numbers of male and female aspiring film directors are about equal and the women feel they have a fair shot at making it professionally the main thing i think as a woman so make is that you have to focus on is really not being intimidated not

being intimidated by the amount of male colleagues you have and the amount of the spirit isn't gender that you would encounter on set outside the classroom the gender disparity in the film industry is stark amy adrian crunched the numbers in her new documentary half the picture over about the past ten years women direct four percent of top feature film so obviously men direct ninety six percent of most movies you see in movie theaters and the numbers for t.v. or a little bit better think it's averages about women direct fifteen percent around of television shows some men direct eighty five percent every single way you looked at the numbers they were terrible for women that's despite the fact that women make up about fifty percent of film school graduates this year director gretta girl when has been nominated for an academy award for lady bird not you know because i probably couldn't do it definitely. and the cinematographer rachel morrison is the

first woman nominated for her work behind the camera in mudbone but those accolades are few and far between director victoria hochberg was part of a group that sued major hollywood studios thirty years ago nothing has changed radically things have changed. very very very slowly and in spurts only when the studios or the production companies or even the unions are threatened in some way and they have to worry about lawsuits in some who are appealing country's laws mandating equal representation in industries including entertainment adrian says a similar approach may be needed in hollywood i think that it's very likely that the industry will need some kind of outside pressure to actually change despite that long history of gender disparity in the film industry many young

aspiring female film directors are not discouraged i know it's going to be tough. and i know that us that woman and. two hundred percent determination to succeed in an industry that has stacked the deck against women rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles all the news of course on the website there it is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com that's out as there. are tough a quick check of the headlines here but in a fast house communications minister says four gunmen who were part of coordinated attacks in the capital ouagadougou have been killed security operation is still underway in the french embassy and the army headquarters which were targeted by the attack as witnesses earlier reported hearing a large explosion in the area france's ambassador is calling it a terrorist attack. suspected boko haram fighters have killed at least three aide

workers and eight security staff in northern nigeria a un spokeswoman says the attack happened on thursday night in the remote town of rom in borneo state a female nurse is also reported missing feared abducted the town is home to a military base in the camp for more than fifty thousand internally displaced people men miles armies being accused of bullying and intimidating ranger refugees in the no man's land between its border with bangladesh al jazeera has spoken to witnesses who say the troops fired slingshots and threw bottles at the refugees bangladesh's told me and not only its forces but from the area. donald trump is standing by his plan to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports the u.s. president's announcement sent asian stocks tumbling with investors and members of the own republican party warning of a global trade war but trump argues the moves will rebuild america's industry and

that other countries have treated them unfairly for decades united nations human rights chief says syria should be referred to the international criminal court said rather same as told the un human rights council what's happening in rebel held eastern goods and elsewhere in syria are likely war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity it was his attempts to thought justice and she the perpetrators of disgraceful. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his wife are reported being questioned over corruption cases involving a telecoms giant israeli media say police are investigating whether netanyahu promoted measures favoring the company basic in exchange for favorable coverage on the on its news website but he said recommended indicting netanyahu and corruption charges in two other cases let me know who denies any wrongdoing but those were the headlines that he was continuously on al-jazeera of the stream station. on counting the cost of the italian job what the next government has to

do when it comes to the economy the first draft treaty gets a frosty reception in the u.k. we'll explain what five g.'s all about and if it even matters counting the cost at this time. ok and you're in the stream today how young people changing the conversation on u.s. government form the student led never again movement is demanding a major changes to gun laws following an attack on the. high school in florida seventeen people were killed when a former student opened fire with an assault rifle and that was.