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suicide attackers set their bombs off within minutes of each other killing twenty five people in afghanistan's capital. alone down jordan the saudis their own lawyer from doha also coming up the u.s. secretary of state faces questions over syria and israel's use of deadly force against palestinian protesters in the jordan leg of its middle east all. rockets that severed biliteral bases in hama and aleppo there's no word yet on who is responsible. and u.s. border officials turned away refugees and fled central america saying that calmed the process and more people but. at least twenty five people have been killed a suicide bomber set off the ricks. within minutes of each other in central kabul

the first happened close to afghanistan's intelligence headquarters the second was triggered as people rushed to the seam to help the victims but it happened a week after sixty people died in kabul during one of a string of attacks on voter registration centers an explosion near another center north of the capital in bangalore province killed six people from the same family on april twenty gunman hit a voter registration center in back just province killing a police officer well that same week armed men killed two police officers in jalalabad city as they guarded a voting office and the attackers earlier kidnapped three employees and two policemen from a voter sent in for province where jennifer glass joins us live now from the afghan capital kabul jennifer so what more details are emerging about these latest explosions. well the islamic state has claimed responsibility for these two attacks as you said during the morning rush hour in shushed iraq

a very busy part of kabul it is home to the intelligence headquarters whom the islamic state says was the target of this attack but as so often happens here it is civilians who bore the brunt of these twin suicide bombings the first one i am it was an attacker on a motorbike setting himself off in the streets and then about twenty minutes later as first responders arrived at the scene and journalists came to cover the event a second a suicide bomber blew himself up among the journalists at least eight journalists are among those twenty five killed in that attack more than forty have been wounded as well it's a part of town not only home to the intelligence headquarters but also to nato headquarters a number of embassies the american embassy not far from there a lot of non-governmental organizations have moved to that area because it is considered quite well guarded and quite fortified there are checkpoints along pretty much every street there so really an idea of how difficult it is to maintain security here here read daryn that very very grim timeline of attacks here in kabul

and around the country kabul now really the most dangerous place to be a civilian in afghanistan as you say the city is to the number of attacks in recent months is of a sense of the government isn't doing enough to secure and protect the capital. well you know that is certainly what we hear from civilians they are very frustrated and very upset we hear it again and again after these big bombings last week sixty killed in in january more than one hundred fifty killed here in the capital in fortified areas why can't the government do more and that is the big refrain from people we have heard from president ashraf ghani here today condemning these attacks here in kabul in another negra hard province in the east of the country that killed a government official he says attacks on mosques on the areas of democratic expressions are clearly war crimes and not in line with islamic values but definitely there is unhappiness with the government and the security forces trying

to do their best to protect the civilians but the u.n. says the first quarter of this year almost twice as many civilians died from suicide attacks and other complex attacks and bombings and over the same period of two thousand and seventeen all right jennifer the last in the afghan capital kabul jennifer thank you now the u.s. secretary of state might pompei or has said israel has a right to defend itself while being questioned in jordan about israel's use of deadly force against palestinian protesters in jordan didn't gaza rather use on the latest leg of his middle east oil has also spoken about syria and the need for a political solution let's bring in. joins us live from the jordanian capital so let's talk about syria first before we touch on the israeli palestinian conflict. not surprisingly syria was high on the agenda jordan hosts a huge refugee population there that's a big problem for the government. is it is a big problem and it is

a long term problem since this is at the moment no solution to the syrian conflict and the jordanian foreign minister clearly said and remember we have one point three million syrian refugees in this country and it is such a small country certainly quite a huge burden also jordan shares a border with syria sometimes there has been some tensions along that border so certainly there is concern here in jordan when it comes to that conflict when it comes also to the conflict spreading certainly not only around syria but in the region so certainly there is a move or days that will to try to bring an end to it might put paid to u.s. secretary of state said it has to be based on the geneva talks do those talks haven't been going very well for the past few years haven't really anything substantial so i think there is an awareness that this is a very complicated issue was at a time where relations between the u.s. and moscow don't seem to be at their best let's touch on the israeli palestinian

conflict because the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomons quoted as saying that the palestinians of wasted opportunities and to go shade with israel what more do you know about the saudi position on this order well certainly there is. an understanding that among palestinians that none of what happened over the past six months that meaning the tribes declare ration under them which will lead to the move of the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem in by mid may or may fourteenth so there is an understanding that. saudi arabia had given the green light and lately there was also d's leaks reported in the us media where the crown prince mohammed bin some man was saying that the palestinians should basically accept what ever deal they get from the trump administration or and i'm quoting came shut up forever now

relations between the palestinians and saudi arabia's have been going through ups and downs ever since that declaration jordan itself is in a very difficult position juergen has certainly it's very peculiar position when it comes to the west bank it is also of some of the holy sites in the old city in jerusalem and it has a big population of pop palestinian refugees here so certainly jordan for jordan was happening in that conflict is of prime importance and it is there is apprehension certainly for the coming few weeks with the move of the embassy followed by israel celebrating seventy years of independence which translates for palestinians in seventeen years of neck but. so there is a prevention here in jordan and we heard from the answers of the u.s.

secretary of state that he didn't really want to take any position when it came to that he repeated what we heard from his three dresses or rex tillerson or even from donald trump himself that when it comes to one stage or two state that is something both parties have to agree upon he did say again that when it comes to the borders or the boundaries of israel within jerusalem that is something to be negotiated and then when he was asked about what is unfolding in gaza for the past several weeks he simply that there was that israel had the right to defend itself no tackling at all the question that was put forward which is whether israel was using excel. save force or not so certainly you do get a feeling that at the moment he doesn't want to take any position and also certainly you do get that feeling because when you was in tel aviv he only mentioned once the word palestinian during his press conference with prime minister

netanyahu or at a how to live there in the jordanian capital thank you now missiles of hit syrian military bases and what the government's calling new aggression from its enemies without specifying whom at least eight people were killed in the strikes which happened late on sunday night in the helmand province countryside iranian state media denies any of its syrian military bases were hit despite reports they were targeted will send a harder joins us live now from beirut saying the syrian government reported the strikes but it hasn't specifically blamed anyone for the attacks. yes very few details syrian state media calling it quote a new aggression saying that a number of their military bases in the countryside of how much and aleppo were hit they didn't point the finger of blame at any party and really in the past there have been similar attacks on the state media and the syrian government have been quick to put the blame on israel this time around they have not and now we're getting word from the iranian state media saying that there were no attacks at all

it is really a difficult time especially the increasing tensions between iran and israel what we understand is that those bases those bases that were reportedly hit overnight housing iranian personnel and some activists and some reports suggest that a number of iranian soldiers or at least allied militia men were killed in that attack so still no confirmation either from the syrians or the israelis on who were who was responsible but like i said this increased tensions a few weeks ago earlier this month the t. four military base was hit the syrian government the iranian government even the russians blamed the israelis and the israelis making it clear that this is a red line for us we will keep on targeting to prevent iran from entrenching itself militarily in syria and saying the away from your tanks just bring us up to date on the latest evacuation deal reached with the government in southern damascus. yes another evacuation deal or what really amounts to a surrender high of

a sham that's an armed group formally known as el nasir they've agreed to surrender to lay down their arms and to leave the enclave they control in southern damascus they will be bussed to the north western province of it live which is under the control of the opposition along with their family members but they have been forced to give even more concessions to the syrian government the group has agreed to release prisoners and the group is allowing thousands of people to be evacuated from two loyalist towns in it live before and freya there besieged by a rebel forces up to five thousand people what we understand will be evacuated emptying this area which really has become a burden for the syrian government and its allies because every time they launch some sort of an offensive against the rebels the rebels retaliate by targeting these towns where you know thousands of people live so high it tough to beat a sham evacuating its enclave in southern town ask us electors in the heart of the bedroom say no thank you. our time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back. an emotional meeting

between range of refugees and the u.n. delegation have heard stories of rape and torture more than statements. from the clear blue sky of the dove home. to the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of. hello there it's been decidedly parky in parts of europe recently we're also seeing from very wet and windy weather you can see the area of cloud here is it's marching its way towards the north that could give us around seventy millimeters of rain that's enough to give us a bit of flooding here and there and we could also see around eighty kilometer gusts of wind say very wet and windy here temperatures struggling still eight as a maximum in london nine in paris it's very different across the eastern parts of europe here we're looking at a maximum temperature of thirty in warsaw in fact hungry with up to thirty one yesterday so a very hot here not quite as hot though as we head into choose day then the

temperatures begin to ease and if you see any what whether it's likely to come with a few rumbles of thunder as well meanwhile for the west for some choose a the temperatures will continue to recover say fourteen will be the maximum there in london thirteen in paris the showers for the south could just come with a little bit of snow over the highest mountains that now some of the weather over the mediterranean is affecting us in the northern parts of africa as well here's the latest cloud making its way over parts of our area and into tunisia is still there on choose day so still roll the gray for some of us and at times rather wet and the temperatures really struggling under that too is a maximum just forty. the winter sponsored by cats own piece. rewind returns with. a can bring your people back to life i'm sorry i'm brand new updates on the best of documentaries they have a number of reforms. continues with this

we will following orders we sing young people to fight these wars put them in the most complex situations you can imagine and have them make life and death decisions rewind on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick recap the top stories here and i'll just say iraq i saw has claimed responsibility for a double suicide attack in central kabul which killed at least twenty five people the first blast went off first afghanistan's intelligence headquarters the second was triggered as people rushed to the scene to help the victims. the u.s. secretary of state is on the final day of his diplomatic tool of the middle east my

pump is now in jordan where he defended israel's right to protect itself when asked about israel's use of deadly force against palestinian protesters in gaza. at least eight people have been killed in missile attacks on a number of syrian military bases and what the government is calling new aggression from its enemies the targets appeared to include iranian backed militias outposts in the hammock province and the aleppo countryside iranian state media denies any of its syrian military bases were hit. by the e.u.'s chief brags that negotiator michele bachmann is in northern ireland for a two day visit to discuss the potential impact of bragg's it well the meeting comes as parliament considers whether the u.k. should stay inside the customs union after leaving the e.u. the move would make it easier to avoid a hard border between the u.k. and ireland i speak to lawrence lee who's in dundalk that's near the border alone so what's expected to come out of this meeting today. well he's in northern ireland just yet daryn and this is this is all part of the significance of mr bonior his visits basically so much of breck's in this and in particular the future economic

relationship of the u.k. and the european union comes down to the irish border because he's not at all clear what will happen to the movements of people and goods in the u.k. outside the european union and the rest of the european union is it because republic is easy in the land border would be the that with that that that difficulty that they're trying to get around so what mr bunn is doing at the moment in the republic of ireland in dundalk where we are now speaking to the irish prime minister and other people on this side of the border who are very worried about brecht states and then he's going to go just about a quarter an hour twenty minutes on the road from here to a town called nuri which is in northern ireland inside the united kingdom a little to more people there who are also concerned about bret's and what happens to the border so it's on one level it's him demonstrating his sympathy and his concern about what both sides of the irish border are worried about after breck's

it but the optics are really important as well because what will have to do is to drive across the open border and in doing so will demonstrates how simple it is right now for people to go across just drive down a road you can't even tell you go from one country to another and the problem is clearly that the u.k. government actually can't say what's going to happen to the border after breakfast and so in that sense it's parts of the attempts by the european union support a lot more pressure on the british government to clarify its position and ideally for the european union to keep the border open yellow and a major upheaval in british politics of a brags that now we have the home secretary amber rudd's resignation this is sure to put more pressure on tourism a. well clearly she didn't resign over brecht seeds in chief she resigned over the could leak a cock up of the way in which her department heads managed to do poor people who had the legal right to stay in the u.k. and indeed denied them very basic human rights and the pressure on her got too much

but inside the british government for all that position she's seen as a liberal and someone who wants the u.k. to stay inside the european union and have close and maintain close ties and so it creates a problem for some reason may the british prime minister in terms of who she replaces her with but i think from the european union's perspective it will also serve to demonstrate just how organized they are and exactly how chaotic and disorganized the british government is because they don't seem to have a functioning government at the moment is speaking at all with the same voice less than a year before brics is supposed to happen lawrence thank you u.s. border guards have turned away hundreds of refugees and migrants from central america who are seeking political asylum they've traveled for weeks through mexico and as a man or a partner reports from the mexican border town of tijuana they're being forced to wait to see what happens next. hundreds of central american migrants and

activist gathered at the u.s. southern border they've been on the road for over a month. it was an emotional moment for some for others a chance to celebrate. a few even climb the border wall stopping short of crossing into the u.s. most of these people are from honduras el salvador and guatemala they were forced from their homes by violent street gangs extreme poverty or other forms of persecution it was volunteer legal experts spent days interviewing them to determine if their cases were strong enough to qualify for political asylum the rest were devised to stay behind the. hundreds marched on the streets of the one to the u.s. border gate only to be told at the last minute that most would not be allowed to pass with this is that i meant that the truth is we don't know anything we're all adrift we can't say anything because we don't know what's going on we have to wait and see what we're told after the initial confusion only

a small group was allowed the rest were fully half of them children were forced to wait and. we have cooperated as much as we can they knew we were coming they know these people are waiting we know donald trump has power over customs and border protection these people deserve their day in court. and what those who are not allowed to pass gathered with their families are preparing to spend the night in the open for many arriving at the border gate was supposed to mark the end of their time in mexico it seems they will now have to wait some more with no certainty over what comes next but right up until they want to know u.n. security council delegation has heard hiring stories from hundreds of ranger refugees who fled the military crackdown in me in ma the meetings took place across the border in bangladesh where some seven hundred thousand range on living in makeshift camps shall stop the reports now from cox is bizarre. this is how the british ambassador to the united nations was greeted a refugee camp close to the bangladesh me and. the twenty four member u.n.

security council delegation led by britain peru and kuwait came to assess the situation on the ground for more than a million refugees living here seven hundred thousand of whom flipped the crackdown by the myanmar military which began in august they had stories like these. i was raped they killed my husband they burnt my two year old son i saw five men rape a twelve year old girl and then kill her we want justice from you thousands of refugees lined the roads as the delegation of vehicles passed many held signs demanding justice and help. in the cucolo refugee camp the delegates were split into groups to listen to more stories from victims of violence one man told them the myanmar government would never tell them the truth do your investigation this from your own countries he said britain's u.n. ambassador said it was vital the international community act with one voice we need

to go back and evaluate what we've seen on this trip and see if we can come together to build on the unified feeling that the security council had back in november when it called on the government of myanmar to do certain things to protect their way and allow them to go back in conditions of safety so i think that's the immediate short term priority myanmar has banned any independent investigation into what the u.n. says is ethnic cleansing of the ranger. doesn't recognize them as an ethnic group he calls them. what was then the burmese government stripped ranger of their citizenship in one thousand nine hundred two last november the security council passed the resolution demanding myanmar hold military action against the ranger but the potential for veto power of myanmar allies china and russia has stalled anything stronger than that at a news conference china's representative stated his country's position. is to seize

majlis to cease fire so he's to try to find a solution to something. that's really just an interesting little foresees when a journalist asked the u.n. delegates which of them used the word ranger china's representative appeared not to understand but didn't raise his hand later he told me china respects walk richenda call themselves united nations security council delegation came here to assess the magnitude of this crisis and what they've seen today and some of the stories that they've heard of no doubt giving them a fair indication of just how terrible the situation is here. it's fair to say they will probably hear a very different story in me and from the government there and that means translating their findings into concrete unified political action at the security council could remain a challenge for some time yet stratford al-jazeera part of the refugee camp on the

. footage has emerged showing the moment a saturday a strike at the funeral of a key leader in yemen. i. large crowds gathered in the alsa being square in the capital sana'a for the burial of some of some other was killed in an strikes carried out by the saudis and coalition last week to fight for the fired several ballistic missiles towards the city of in response. that mass protests have been held for the third consecutive day in spain against the acquittal of five men charged with gang rape. tens of thousands of mosques and pamplona after the men would jail for nine years for the lesser crime of sexual abuse the gang known as the wolf pack video of the attack during the blood running festival two years ago then laughed about it online . thailand has released a magazine editor who in twenty thirteen was sentenced to eleven years in prison

for insulting the king. some soap had used his magazine to campaign for the law to be changed he refused to plead guilty or seek a royal pardon critics say the prohibition on insulting the king is used to stifle political dissent scott hyde has more from the thai capital bangkok. but there are some that was released from prison early monday morning after serving seven years of an eleven year combined sentence he was convicted of last majesté that was supposed to have him in jail for ten years and also the faming a senior military official those supposed to be one year those reduced to a collective seven years about eighteen months ago now we've been in touch with his daughter straight away through the days leading up to his release he came out much earlier than many people expected five am local time he was greeted by some dozens of supporters now coming out of just steps out of this prison that has been his home for the last seven years he has said he's going to stick to his cause fronting

the idea that the laws of last month just a defaming the world family here they need to change that has been something he has held as one of the important things that need to change in the thai structure he also said that he's going to drop to join the pro-democracy movement here since he was in jail there's been a military coup in the military government is still running this nation he says he's going to join the cause for pro-democracy and to make sure that there are elections soon now this is a case that many are focused on it's called one one two here locally in thailand because since the military government came into control they're using these laws to jail political distance and also critics so again as we hear something out is going to continue with his cause and obviously see in the coming weeks coming days what he's going to say more publicly about this and how this pro-democracy movement is going to incorporate him into their protest about having elections here in thailand the philippine president of riego detector has permanently banned filipino workers from traveling to cure way to work a temporary ban was imposed in february after

a series of allegations of abuse and even killings of filipino workers in the gulf nation it's estimated about two hundred sixty thousand filipinos still live in kuwait is the latest move in a diplomatic around between the two countries but each recording their ambassadors last week. well past tunes in pakistan's swat valley are demonstrating against what they're calling decades of oppression by security forces the protests began in february after police killed an aspiring model of alleged ties to the taliban though no evidence was ever found passion say thousands of unjustifiably killed over the years or they simply disappeared some of the reports. ethnic wish to judge demanding rights enshrined in pakistan's constitution following rallies in the shower in lahore protesters gathered in swat when a military operation against the pakistani taliban was carried out a few years ago the protest movement began in february against the extrajudicial killing of a bush two man in karachi now it's been transformed into

a wider call for rights by the bush two and a half is movement or p t m it wants missing people to be found and landmines removed the b.t.o. is also demanding the truth and reconciliation commission for what it says are crimes carried out by the military during the so-called war on terror to pakistan is up to passions have made sacrifices for the country so we urge the military and state institutions to stop the harassment and force disappearances the missing if innocent should be released those guilty must be produced before the courts thousands of families are worried about their loved ones to. the traditional gender that's a gathering of politicians and elders has been formed to discuss the demands a military command agreed last week that some push to prevent is a legitimate in the behavior of some chick or security personnel is harsh but the p.t.s. angered commanders by insisting the armed forces must be held to account. you could always be absolutely it's always in uniform because they want to sell to people

like this and do more extrajudicial killings are those stably seron writ not the writ of the constitution. a counter rally was held on saturday to show support for the military the speakers questioned why the bush tunes were protesting when the p.t.'s demands are being addressed the accused to push the movement of being a do. all of afghan nationalists and forces against the pakistani state what. i say to those conspiring against pakistan your aims will never come true faith is in this land and you will never let him succeed local media is criticised for not giving coverage to push through protests media and it was denied they have been instructed to ignore them for years pakistan's military and politicians have been accused of ignoring the people of the federally administered tribal areas places which the government administers but doesn't govern as the rest of pakistan some of the job it does there. and you can catch up on the news on our website there what is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com that's not

a zero. i took a quick check of the headlines here i saw last time responsibility of a double suicide attack in central kabul which killed at least twenty five people the first blast went off close to afghanistan's intelligence headquarters. the second was triggered as people rushed to the scene to help victims dozens were injured including an al jazeera cameraman jennifer glass is in kabul. it is civilians who bore the brunt of these twin suicide bombings the first one at eight am it was an attacker on a motorbike and setting himself off in the streets and then about twenty minutes later as first responders arrived at the scene and journalists came to cover the event a second a suicide bomber blew himself up among the journalists at least eight journalists are among those twenty five killed in that attack more than forty have been wounded

. the new u.s. secretary of state is on the final day of his diplomatic tour of the middle east might bump a i was in jordan where he urged israelis and palestinians to reengage. he also defended israel's right to protect itself when asked about israel's use of deadly force against palestinian protesters in gaza missiles have hit syrian military bases in what the government is calling new aggression from its enemies without specifying who at least eight people were killed in the strikes which happened late on sunday night and hama province and the aleppo countryside the targets appear to include iranian backed militia outposts which have been a regular target of israeli forces britain's home secretary has resigned because of her involvement in the wind rushed immigration scandal and berard admitted misleading parliament about deportation targets she's been under intense pressure since it was revealed that hundreds of people from the caribbean were denied pensions and health care many never obtain passports despite having the

right to live in the u.k. thailand has released a magazine editor who in twenty thirteen was sentenced to eleven years in prison for insulting the king some. news magazine to campaign for the law to be changed while he refused to plead guilty or seek a royal pardon critics say the prohibition on insulting the king is used to stifle political dissent but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after one stage of the. once christine indonesia's river has become a toxic waste dump for textile factories that supply a global fashion chain one of the salmon steak human cost of the world's most polluted river on al-jazeera.