to address a critical issue march on al-jazeera. on counting the cost the italian job what the next government has to do when it comes to the economy the first drop rates a treaty gets a frosty reception in the u.k. plus we'll explain what five g.'s all about and if even max is counting the cost at this time. reports of twenty eight killed and fifty others wounded in coordinated attacks and bikini capital french embassy an army headquarters a target. hello

i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. troops to its border with bangladesh triggering fears it plans to expel thousands of refugees living in no man's land. british prime minister to resign may admits the u.k. won't get everything it wants when it comes to practice it. and donald trump's tough talk on trade triggers a global backlash but he's not backing down insisting trade was a good. we begin in became a fast so well there are reports that twenty eight people have been killed and fifty others wounded in an attack on the military headquarters in the capital walk that walk into the two paramilitary gendarmes were also killed defending the french embassy and what the french prime minister is calling a terrorist attack at least eight of the attackers were killed in the resulting security operation and others and now said to be on the run. you know we did you

know there were a lot of shots fired in terms of everywhere. by the army headquarters at least four people were inside a car before and there was an explosion we saw a lot of shots fired and a lot of smoke and then people started running joining me via skype from what i do is freelance journalist i see tessanne car i thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us can you describe the situation there right now the situation right now is count. the far as they aren't in the french embassy have been killed this morning. routine of a military force seized her by the french forces used and. stuff of durham e two terrorists being killed there. you know if last night now the situation is jammed. down to secure.

so if there has been from what you're saying a security operation and police have managed to get situation under some control have you yourself been you stayed inside indoors or have you had a chance to go outside at any point during the day. this morning at nine o'clock i was downtown at sir local up this friday we heard. an explosion it was a cabin near gross debt of disturbed stuff probably honey it was a cow bomb near displace after that we heard many shards doubts are the prime minister under french embassy and that there was so many shot that we leave the place is. after that we try to go

back downtown but it was very very difficult got to go there was militaries are everywhere in the town so these attacks started when you were actually downtown and you heard the car bomb then you heard shots being fired was it difficult then to for you to get back home what did you do next. yes it was very difficult because there was a kind of fear and. a monkey it was so hard to look traffic jam leaves was very difficult that we tried to look after that as a journalist we can still have told we have to go back there to to get something for missions to give to people to know what about all of these attack i have to press that is that. this morning there were far in the smoke out. there how they came especially to look at that the french embassy and there was

a tree terrorists in the sense that far behind me at that displays it was. it was very prepared by these person because i don't know if they play is a bomb maybe first they are it was indo friday morning in a car that we heard an explosion was or. there are several down and just tell me briefly have you had any information from security forces from the police or from any official sources as to the identity of the attackers or just about the circumstances and nature of these attacks. for the term being that we don't have enough information about the i don't hear of these that as they aren't what we consider. this up that the judge was the the french embassy. mostly go honey

a booking of us or because of this debt stuff of the how many don't and was one of the most important of the country maybe two was too weak and the military booking of a mutually force used in downtown to make their attacking the french and. we can't explain played this. idea that we had maybe you heard about the defied science it was in neutral forces we've five countries many niger chad more choice and looking at us all and french parts these are sailing fast these two will struggle against terrorism and today terrorist again countries. collaborates wever french so this if that was very defragged embassy the french people was there meant dagget of the decent and.

the. twenty first and that was in the morning the last two at dock in what to do was in the night and it was the first sun in booking office or that number see as been attacked by terrorists and they had me positioned as us would be attacked by it or well as you say it was it was clearly a very well planned attack and thank you very thank you very much for taking us through the sequence of events there in the begin to fast so capital ouagadougou the french embassy an army headquarters targeted in twin attacks we'll have more on that later. now u.s. authorities are responding to shots that have been fired on campus at a university in michigan. chance is following developments from washington shout what are you hearing we do have an update now a campus police michigan university have confirmed that two people were shot dead in the hall of residence campbell hole on campus the two who have been killed are

not students apparently and police say that this may have resulted from some sort of domestic situation in the words of the suspect or at least the person of interest is still at large a search is under way for him it's and one thousand year old marial no additional injuries have been reported the campus is on lockdown but two people shot dead out some from michigan university on campus we should perhaps put that into some context here in the united states some three hundred eighteen people are shot each day of which ninety six do eventually die from their injuries or unfortunately i do have to report that this isn't necessarily anything particularly out of the ordinary in the united states given the level of gun violence here on the supply of guns quite right you have it sadly familiar story that we hear about a great deal but of course we know that gun violence and potential measures to

control this type of violence very much in the spotlight right now in the aftermath of the school shooting in florida how will news like this so soon after that sort of impact the general climate madness fear in the country at the moment. yeah i mean as i said that we do have incidents like this sort of daily basis the point is i suppose now there's a heightened awareness of them and more of an impetus amongst news agencies to report on them certainly this will add to that sense was something must be done but then we always hear that cry of something must be done all for any major mass shootings such as the one we saw in florida right now though unfortunately we are seeing a very similar pattern after that initial outpouring of. determination to finally do something we're seeing the flip flopping we're seeing the lobbies we're seeing

the politicians who are in the pay of those nobodies and the president trump sort of flip flopping on whether or not he really does believe in gun control in fact what we usually see and we shouldn't necessarily always be skeptical there is this very empowered group of young white affluent students of capture the national imagination but we often usually see is nothing is done offers after several weeks the whole controversy dies down in fact gun sales spike because in the interim those who believe that they need their guns have just bought a bunch more because they're very worried that there might be some extra regulations thank you very much you have a town team with the night on that piece responding to shots being fired on a campus at university of michigan thank you chapeau. bangladesh's told me i'm not withdraw its troops from their shared border where thousands of rangar are seeking refuge in mars' been telling the refugees to leave

the area for weeks and since thursday trip numbers have multiplied marianna hond has more. these were some of the first range of muslims to flee me and six months ago finding refuge on the thin strip of land between me and mine and bangladesh that hugs the to andrew 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 min must soldiers have up the patrols of the border fence . and used loud hailer as toward the estimated six thousand revenger to leave but since thursday revenge 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 a snake cleansing refugees spoke of systematic murder six violence and arson but the government of young sung suchi insists it was simply defending itself after. a text from. myanmar 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 and my military and others responsible for violence against the river. the diplomatic route of a troop movement at the border now three since a controversial deal to seem to hinge of refugees back to me and i and many will now be questioning without will ever really be safe to make me and my home again miriam the hardened dizzier. as human rights chief says as strikes on the besieged syrian a bit of eastern go to probably amount to war crimes and should be prosecuted at least nine hundred civilians of reportedly been killed as government forces return more ground from rebel fighters on friday this is the fourth day of a russian backed cease fire between the hours of nine am and two pm but each side accuses the other of violating the truce. the british prime minister treason may as outlined her vision for the next stage of brics it in a speech here in london she said there were five key tests for negotiations with

the european union which included respecting the referendum vote take back control of the u.k.'s border laws and money may also refuted accusations that the u.k.'s trying to cherry pick the most favorable of its rules while stropping the ones they don't like in the myth the fact is that every free trade agreement has varying market access depending on the respective interests of the countries involved if this is cherry picking then every trade arrangement is cherry picking. more over with all its neighbors the e.u. has varying levels of access to the single market depending on the obligations those net neighbors are willing to undertake. or here to talk about this and more out is there is a need barker has been following this story and needs have we learnt much more about theories amazed vision for the future relationship between britain and the e.u. i think we heard she had an awful lot of room to maneuver she'd been given time to

explain exactly what the u.k.'s vision for going forward would be in terms of its trade relationships with the e.u. and she had of course been criticised in the past for being vague but now seems to have clarified some key points she's made it very clear pretty much from day one that the u.k. wants to be outside the single market outside the customs union but at the same time as she reiterated in this speech she wants to make sure the trade remains frictionless between the u.k. and the e.u. and she spelt out exactly how she thinks that's going to happen she talked about standardizing things like regulation and other issues making sure that the goods that are produced here in the u.k. are of the same quality and standard as the as the e.u. essentially creating a seamless arrangement between britain and the e.u. going forward to make sure the british economy doesn't immediately turn consumers it leaves the european union we now wait though to see what brussels has to say is that the key point isn't it because there is this strong perception in brussels

that the u.k. century wants the best of both worlds they want to. select what is most favorable to them and in their interests without necessarily at hearing to all the rules which is basically what it is about what might we hear from brussels well we've already heard at least one small tree tweet rather from michel barnier who seemed somewhat confused by what to reason they had to say he said that she showed clarity in what's at stake and hinted that this speech may well end up becoming the backbone. negotiations going forward but let's not forget that there are other sticking points that need dealing with we still haven't got clarity on the border situation between northern and the republic of ireland still questions to be sued over the transition period and time is running out we need to know what britain's position will be by march the twenty second the next e.u. summit otherwise trade which is what the u.k. really wants to be talking about maybe push back even further to the next summit in june and i need thank you very much it without is there much more still to tell you

about on the program. eighty one year old former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi will be the man to decide the country's parliamentary elections. and europe is struggling to cope as more snow and freezing temperatures battered the continent. 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 humidity that will produce clouds 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 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 pole snow a tight rain not a tight and that's just drifting sideways into western nepal come sunday leaving pakistan afghanistan in the sunshine a few showers are be around in sri lanka are also fading away now so some mostly dry pictures still as it should be and the raven instead say temps is about where they should be to twenty six and doha thirty far if 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. from the family home is still navigating dangerous rapids from the time we depart to the

time we finish risk areas to the fishermen and dicing with death i am afraid of foreign i'm afraid of dying but if i don't go i copied my family i need the men who go to the extreme just to make a living god you have to be a strong swimmer otherwise it's safer than risking it all vietnam and this time on al-jazeera. welcome back with al-jazeera a recap of the top stories there are reports that as many as twenty eight people have been killed and dozens more wounded during coordinated attacks on the military headquarters and the french embassy and became a fast as capital walk

a do good. bangladesh's told me and withdraw its troops from a shared border with the number of soldiers that are multiplying in recent days the area is where thousands of rango have been seeking refuge. and britain's prime minister to resign may as want to access to the e.u. single market will be reduced during a speech in london outlining her vision for the next stage of bricks and gauche ations focusing on trade. now and other stories we're following stock markets around the world a tumbling in response to u.s. president donald trump's plans to impose heavy tariffs on imported steel an element in japan's nikkei index finished down two and a half percent on friday european markets have also been suffering without an automotive companies particularly hard hit with america's allies and key partners of greta trump's plan with alarm warning of its potential threat to trade and to thousands of jobs worldwide. we don't need more we have to find the opportunity to

tell the united states that steel and i would mean you'd be imports from japan which is an allied nation pose absolutely no threat to its national security. may found that they found on the ground here 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 people in this league if only. the german government rejects such tariffs they would considerably damage the international trade flow of our elementary and steel industry the problem of global overcapacity in steel and elemental will not be solved by such one sided u.s. measures. but president trump isn't backing down from his tough words on trade we're joined now by kimberly halakhah in washington we know that this is something that trump has been very passionate about what's he been saying.

passionate on the campaign trail passionate this morning on twitter one of the tweets this morning where he is defending his actions that he's imposing these tariffs potentially on imports into the united states twenty five percent on steel ten percent on aluminum he says when a country is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with trade wars are good easy to win and then the president goes on to cite an example not sure that everyone around the world believes that trade wars are such a good thing even members of the president's own party fearful of what looks like the start of a trade war given the fact that as you pointed out there are many countries that are threatening retaliatory measures canada the european union mexico china brazil the list is growing by the hour and of course also by the hour there is more uncertainty in the world financial markets including the united states closing on thursday down four hundred points the dow and opening also equally shaky so the

position of the president is that this is to protect american jobs something he said on the campaign trail particularly when it comes to these industries that have been decimated it helped him win the white house and particularly states like pennsylvania as well as michigan but the concern from many in the united states is that other industries will be hit hard by these global retaliatory measures that are being suggested and could also cause there to be a loss of jobs in other industries as a very difficult to predict what the consequences of this decision might be but that will be those who are close to president trying within the administration who would have been battling against these types of protectionist measures what might be the impact on his administration. well certainly this is a further uncertainty because just to give you a bit of contacts this wasn't an expected announcement certainly it was one that

was in the works it was being prepared typically in washington we see these things rolled out in an organized manner there would be factions prepared that would be sent out to reporters via e-mail there would be background calls experts would be brought to the briefing room of the white house to to brief reporters on why this is being done but it almost seemed as if donald trump wanted the attention of making this announcement kind of blurted out at the end of a meeting on another subject at the white house catching his entire staff off guard but it wasn't just a staff of course that's caught off guard now it is his members of his own party who typically a conservative that favor sort of global trade policies many would say this is more of a protectionist policy that you would see from a left leaning politician so this is just sort of another example of donald trump being consistently inconsistent throwing kind of that surprise factor into this announcement leaving not just his staff not just american politicians in the

american public but the world feeling rather off guard and now that is being reflected in some of the announcements that we're seeing in the global financial markets yes well thank you very much kimberly with the latest from washington well now it's the final day for italian politicians to win over voters ahead of this weekend's parliamentary election expected to be one of the most polarizing and he is many analysts predict that former prime minister silvio berlusconi's party is likely to be part of a potential coalition with polls suggesting no pos he will win enough to govern on its own lawrence he reports now on the impact of a hard right wing coalition which has been campaigning on an anti immigrant platform. cashin a central italy very old very pretty and people are very angry. stuck in the fields outside the town the government has housed one hundred asylum seekers they're about as popular as

a moldy listen you. want to go on. in the summer so many women have complained that they euro dating in the street should we wait until something bad happens fair enough we have to protect the immigrants but who will protect italians. the town has forty five thousand people living in it so it isn't as though it's being overrun but cashin which had a left wing local government for seventy years since world war two recently voted in the right swing northern league it wants to deport four hundred thousand undocumented migrants from italy on the just on our immediate r.t. something to get out and of course we don't want to deport all of them isn't the right immigrants who've worked here who are integrated there the right criminals coming here to take houses from italians and we pay tax for them to do nothing. immigration of course is always fertile ground for the right wing in european

politics as indeed is a general disenchantment with the state of the european union and longstanding concerns about the economy and it's all particularly good news for one man who dominates italian politics for so long and is increasingly being seen as europe's answer to donald trump. at the age of eighty one silvio berlusconi is back his plastic scheme and rictus grin all over this election despite his criminal record he still has his own political party and media empire there is every chance he could get to choose the next prime minister it's like he never went away. thoughts. we are united force pushing back against all the bad things the left wing has done to our country we're going back into power because the left has put three million people into poverty and three million unemployed the third party in this potential coalition is called brothers of italy one of several groups with fascist

roots that have a chance of seats in parliament even given italy's history it appears immigration has made the electorate ready to consider what the european union dreads the most the far right in government. was we are committed to stopping migration flows and paying more attention to a tally and families of the governments already do this the italian state wants spend more on asylum seekers than italian pension is. if you ask the far right how they would actually deport nearly half a million people they talk about putting them in boats and dumping them in libya that is being discussed at all tells you much about the state of the european union with berlusconi right back in the mix gloriously al-jazeera it's. boko haram has killed eleven people including three un aid workers in northeast nigeria it happened in the remote town of running of the border with cameroon outside a camp housing fifty five thousand people displaced by the conflict it comes nearly

two weeks after booker and kidnapped one hundred ten school girls from the town of that chin neighboring yobe a state the search for the girls has now been extended to neighboring countries. now if you're in europe this will come as no surprise the region is in the grip of a deep freeze after the so-called beast from the east a blast of siberian add that brought widespread snow and freezing conditions at the start of the week the united kingdom and ireland are now being battered by storm emma it's forced dublin airport to close and twenty four thousand homes and businesses are without power across ireland while in person the army has been called in to help rescue hundreds of drivers stuck in the snow. and gas supplies are beginning to be affected in a number of areas in ukraine people are being asked to cut usage after russia's gazprom unexpectedly decided not to restart supplies it threatens to open up

a new front in a long running route between kiev and the company a byproduct of political tensions following russia's an exit of crimea in two thousand and fourteen. this is the scene in italy where the system has brought widespread snow including in venice making for less than ideal conditions if you were up for a ride in one of the city's famous gondolas. but it hasn't all been doom and gloom british billy morgan made the most of the conditions snowboarding through the streets of essex in england twenty eight year old is fresh from taking bronze in the big air event at the winter games in yung chang. a quick look at the top stories this hour reports that as many as twenty eight people have been killed during coordinated attacks on the military headquarters and the french embassy and bikini capital what to do good dozens of others are said to

have been wounded witnesses say the mosque attackers used guns and explosives during the assault the government spokesman says several of the gunman have been killed. did you do you did you know there were lots of shots fired in terms of you were to police move boy do the army headquarters at least pull people sort of co but forward there was an explosion we saw a lot of shots fired a lot of smoke and then people started running. britain's prime minister to reason may has won the access to the e.u. single market will be reduced during a speech in london outlining her vision for the next stage of bricks and gauche ations focusing on trade may also refuted accusations of each case trying to cherry pick the most favorable of its rules while stopping the ones they don't like the chief negotiator says he welcomes the party from the prime minister. bangladesh's told me on march withdraw its troops from their shared border an area widely referred to as no man's land where thousands of rangar is seeking refuge

yemen has been telling the refugees to leave the area for weeks stock markets have tumbled in response to u.s. president donald trump's plans to impose heavy tariffs on imported steel and our many and japan's nikkei index finished down two and a half percent on friday european markets also took a dip. politicians in italy in making their final pitch to win over voters out of this weekend's parliamentary election before polls were blacked out two weeks ago polls as predicted a hung parliament with the former prime minister silvio berlusconi's alliance of center right groups expected to emerge as the largest bloc but without enough seats to govern alone. and a deep freeze is continuing to grip the year a part of the so-called beast from the east a blast of siberian air that brought widespread snow and freezing conditions at the start of the week you cane arland are now being battered by storm amber it has forced dublin airport to close at twenty four thousand homes and businesses are without power those are the top stories i have more news for you in twenty five

minutes time do join me then risking it all is next.