another isolette attack against u.s. and kurdish forces in syria was off to israel fired missiles as a rainy and targets near damascus. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up dozens are killed in a taliban attack in afghanistan ahead of another round of direct u.s. negotiations with the group. to resume a present another version of head breaks that plan but it's not terribly different from an old ready rejected proposal. and the family of

a sudanese doctor killed while treating injured protest his says be assured he was killed by the government. well u.s. troops based in syria have become the targets of i still fight says for the second time in less than a week a bomber rammed his car into a checkpoint in syria's kaddish controlled northeast just as a joint convoy of u.s. and coalition forces passed by at least five people were killed no u.s. troops were among the casualties the incident comes just weeks after the u.s. president announced a pullout of troops from syria monday's incident happened in a province where residents say there's been a surge in attacks on checkpoints in recent months kurdish fighters there are still battling to clear eisel from their last foothold in the region asama binge of aid has more from tap on the tekkie syrian border. this is a second attack in five days on u.s.

forces and their allies inside syrian territory just a few weeks after the u.s. president declared that syria is for your vice and it's operation done and he will be pulling out pulling out his troops an assessment that not just his commanders but his own team does not see eye to eye with one of his envoys had to resign because he did not see that mission the mission has been accomplished in syria and with these attacks it's becoming clear that the united states might need to stay longer inside syrian territory this attack and came days after the attack in a town which is a bone of contention between the united states and turkey as it is falling out of the so-called safe zone on the turkish syrian border there is a road map to member that is being discussed and the united states would like to see a rule of the no call entities there inside syria whether they are the kurds or the arabs to be part of the government which takes over rather than handing it over completely to turkey of turkey on the other hand has had this open communication

again with the united states with the president calling the u.s. president saying that his forces are ready to take charge and also addressing a local audience here in turkey and telling that the durkee will be closely monitoring how are these promises going to pan out that have been promised to turkey it says it has been reported here that the turkish president says that in his forces are ready to take on an operation east of the euphrates river this is going to be all the all the way throughout not just the turkish syrian border but the words the edge of the iraqi border as well so are not that remains in this complicated question of how and who will be pulling out and who will be left in charge while a few hours earlier the skies over the syrian capital it up with explosions as israeli warplanes launched air strikes against iranian military targets santa had a has more on that. israel has repeatedly struck targets inside syria for years but

rarely admits doing so now it is confirming the attacks and providing information saying it's targeting the elite couldst force unit of the iranian revolutionary guards israel has lifted the veil and its message is that it has no intention of stopping the strikes. we have a permanent palsy to strike of uranium entrenchment in syria and her whoever tries to hurt us israel operates in syria with russia's approval moscow turns a blind eye when the strikes don't weaken the syrian government and when the israeli military gives the russian military prior notice the russian defense ministry doesn't usually comment on the operations but this time they didn't just provide details about syrian army casualties but that syrian air defenses destroyed israeli missiles russia will send. some messages to israel. course it will. continue providing. more than mr

systems or more. rockets. there are reports that russia wants israel to stop targeting in and around the damascus airport it's a difficult balancing act for moscow it has a good relationship with israel but it wants commercial planes to start landing to end syria's isolation but the airport is also important to iran israeli officials have said civilian cargo planes are used to transfer weapons from to iran to iranian backed groups in syria including lebanon's hezbollah they also say iran's privately owned mahaan air is one of the carriers suspected of carrying war material to syria the airline has been under u.s. sanctions and now the german government has decided to prevent it from landing at german airports many of the strikes targeting damascus airport coincided with reports of iranian planes landing on sunday air flight was about to make its

approach before turning back according to israeli media the latest wave of attacks is the second in less than ten days and the third since the u.s. announced last month plans to withdraw american troops israel was concerned the u.s. pullout would strengthen iran which has vowed to stay in syria as long as required but israel to made a promise and that is to keep up the airstrikes until iran leaves. beirut and our correspondent harry force that has more on the israeli air strikes. it was just eight days since the last time the israeli prime minister was speaking very openly about an israeli strike inside syria that came last sunday two days after that strike a much more limited one it was also the same weekend that the outgoing military chief gary isengard was detailing in a much more comprehensive way exactly what israel had been doing over the last few years targeting uranium interests inside syria really putting an end it seemed or at least moving away from the policy of ambiguity which israel has been surrounding

its activities for those years up until this point the reason for that change well there are two explanations being posited here mainly one of them being domestic politics elections coming up on april the ninth benjamin netanyahu under serious pressure over three separate corruption investigations a potential decision by the attorney general re indictment coming within weeks it's expected and so it suits his political profile certainly to appear strong and in charge of israel's security at this time also the it may well be that the military wants to message iran and indeed syria that it is willing to do more and escalate its activities over syria further and messaging this before it does so certainly there has been analysis that changing this policy does run the risk of iran and syria potentially using that as a reason to be more open in their possible escalatory actions and that is certainly

one risk that the israeli government the israeli military appears to deem worth taking at the moment. a taliban suicide bomb and gun attack has killed dozens of intelligence and security personnel in afghanistan it happened in imagine sharr the capital of what doc province southwest of kabul a truck packed with explosives was driven into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency after the explosion other taliban fighters dressed in police uniforms stormed the base some reports say the number of those killed could be more than one hundred. well the attack came hours before the taliban announced the resumption of talks with american officials the taliban released a statement saying its representatives met with u.s. diplomats in qatar where they have a political office talks between the two sides have gained momentum over the last six months the u.s. appointed special envoys. to lead negotiations in september the taliban insists the u.s. must leave afghanistan seventeen years after it invaded the country and response to

the september eleventh attacks a sticking point in the negotiations is the inclusion of the afghan government in the peace process the taliban regarded as illegitimate and insists they will only negotiate directly with washington thousands of rallied ensued on after the announcement that a student protester had died of his wounds he was shot alongside a doctor on thursday the opposition says forty seven people have been killed during a month of protests and that more than one hundred cities have taken part mohammad reports from car to. the home of dr bao because of the hamid in color to seen a constant stream of mourners since he was shot during an anti-government protest on thursday his house has also become a meeting place for supporters and sympathizers. of my five children he's my only son he never had a problem with anyone but he was always wanting to help those in need. three of our

sisters are also doctors they say he was shot by members of the security forces or to makeshift clinic that he set up in the capital. the family showed us a photo of a man in civilian clothes pointing a gun to words the house while their brother was teaching the wounded. there was some sort of video of a shooting nearby on the same time at least two protesters were wounded. by a colleague try to rescue the doctor who was shot. him as he's. been listening to all the words that the people who were killed in sudan look killed because they did anything wrong you know well look i think it's got broken not a single house broken you people who are going out. to say you know if you screw it . i'm. a forensic expert says the doctor was shot from

behind. we found pieces of metal in the room and in the lower part of his lung they'd be studied to determine the caliber and the type of weapon used a. sedan a security forces and police deny any role in the killing of protesters would be going to last us police never used any law and fire to any protest sites or in any other occasion we never use live bullets in any situation. the same denials have beer eat aerated by the head of intelligence and the target of the protesters anger president on bashir. the governing securities and kill people the weapon that's being used to kill dr about europe the home it is not of any type that our police possess or any that existence today. by god i say it's the regime that killed my son i will never doubt my certainty about it but i give in on

what i mean i'm sure they purposefully decided to kill doctors but my sister was arrested with the others they detained this told them that they were specifically looking for doctors who helped protest. the type of force being used by the government to quell the protests is adding to the controversy and confusion about the killings the government has employed militia to help the army combat armed groups in sudan for decades. what's attracting attention now is militia men are mosque in their faces while attacking unarmed civilians in the streets of khartoum and other major cities and i think what they hardly ever get then there is a very dangerous and unprecedented situation now when men in civilian clothes can carry guns battens a mass their faces to confront protestors this proves the existence of a shadow army which is seniors ruling party leader talked about and yet you see him move anyone with him in there who do. as protesters chant peaceful peaceful they

are drowned out by gunfire and tear gas scenes of collective punishment like this are say the government's opponents a daily occurrence. so is the break into homes our security forces severely beat anyone suspected of hiding protesters the government says twenty six people have been killed so far in a month of protests to demand the better life rights groups say the total is at least double that. the government's announced the setting up of an official commission of inquiry but protests that broke out over the rising of the cost of living last month continue to intensify and spread across the country and with every new protests to kill hundreds more turn out demanding an end to the thirty year rule of president bashir how many are dizzy are cut to the weather is next but still ahead on al-jazeera we'll tell you why this video of venezuelan soldiers

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witnessed through the lens of the human eye. is what inspires us. witness documentaries on al-jazeera. welcome back. a reminder of the top stories this hour i still says it carried out a suicide car bombing that targeted a u.s. patrol in northern syria no u.s. troops were among the casualties the incident comes just weeks after the u.s. president announced a pullout of troops from syria. a taliban attack has killed dozens of intelligence and security personnel in afghanistan

a truck packed with explosives was driven into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency it came hours before the taliban announced they had resumed negotiations with u.s. officials and qatar. well britain's prime minister to resign may has returned to parliament to lay out her plan before how the u.k. will leave the e.u. just a week after have suffered a crushing defeat is includes more discussions on how to deal with the contentious issue of the irish border and the scrapping of registration fees for e.u. citizens living in the u.k. post breaks it still several m.p.'s accuse may of failing to present an acceptable backup plan many now want to take back control of the bricks and process and are considering a historic amendment that would at m.p.'s propose new legislation and force parliament to debase it the house of commons remains deeply divided with different factions calling for a range of options including leaving without a deal holding a second referendum or seeking a customs union with the e.u.

paul brennan reports from london. this was a prime minister in apparently conciliator remote i'm listening she said i will keep you informed she told m.p.'s but there is no plan b. for brics it's only more talks about salvaging her plan a we will be more flexible open and inclusive in the future in how we engage parliament in our approach to negotiating our future partnerships with the european union second we will invent the strongest possible protections on workers' rights and the environment and third we will work to identify how we can ensure that our commitment to no hard border in north nonet involvement can be delivered in a way that commands the support of this house and the european union the opposition labor party leader was unimpressed the prime minister's invitation to talks had been exposed as a p.r. sham every opposition party politician. wants to be saved through your position power to politician came out of those meetings with the same response contrary to

what the prime minister has just said there was no flexibility there were no negotiations nothing. in brussels there's been a frosty reaction to the idea revisiting negotiations and it's easy labor system i don't know really you know changing with the old they would see more to it to cool because no willingness to open the front door of books again and a polish suggestion about a five year time limit on the northern ireland backstop the insurance policy to avoid a hardboard on the island of ireland has been rejected by dublin i made it very clear that putting a time limit on an insurance mechanism mechanism which is what the backstop is effectively means there's not a backstop at all at westminster several different groups of m.p.'s are now devising ways of using a variety of parliamentary amendments to force the prime minister to change course

if we don't find a way forward the u.k. is leaving the twenty ninth of march and basis of new deal so let's legislate to stop that let's take that away take that risk away. hold a gun to the head of parliament which isn't to say to these that he's trying to do as march the twenty ninth looms the prime minister's strategy appears to be to go back to brussels and test to the e.u. his willingness to risk a no deal bret's it but he is also testing the patience of this parliament and it's not to talk clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster . donnacona back on is an associate professor at dublin city university he says both the republic of ireland and northern ireland want to avoid the return to a hard border. well we don't even have to imagine we only have to be old enough like myself to go back twenty thirty years when there was a heart boarder as a result of the conflict in north america which if so was this waged by joint

membership and they were about twenty old fishel border crossings between north and south and now they're almost three hundred open border crossings between north and south and it seems it's fiction you don't know yourself in between north and south not has facilitated a whole range of cultural political economic interaction between the communities north and south who it might be stressed are not in favor of the kind of current situation they they want to backstop they didn't want breaks its position people living in the republican party it's also the position of the majority of people of north and are that's something that's somewhat obscured by the fact that's treason is only just into one side of the argument or understood because it's all men treat arithmetic and the outcome of. more political fallout from last month's controversial presidential election in the democratic republic of congo for supporters of the new using opposition candidate mohsen favorite who have been arrested police blocked crowds from attending a rally at favorite is party headquarters in the capital kinshasa on sunday the

highest court rejected failures demand for a recount of the vote and declared felix to security the next president insists he is than a judge and that president of the day aussie and african union delegation postponed a visit after initially saying it had serious doubts about the election result that has more from concetta. two groups of supporters have been gathering in this area into chestnut just across from the national stadium on the side of the road supporters of martin for you too who are challenge the election result of the constitutional court saying they won that election his challenge was dismissed he supports his yes that he was robbed of the victory they say that the outcome of the election was determined not by the vote but by the nomination people from the side of the roads will run across to the other side of the road where they started throwing stones at supporters of feel extra security he's been named the president by the constitutional court and his troops to be sworn in of this week that's when

police intervened firing rubber bullets on. these protesters say felix chase a kid he was named the winner of the election off to striking a deal with outgoing president joseph kabila fairly exactly said he never met john locke today felix who is calling himself the president is behind kabila our worry is that the shadow of joseph kabila is behind felix to security it is not felix who will lead the country it is kabila it is kabila who will run the government that looks up or is the absolute felix and not when he is not our president because we did not vote for him everyone around the world knows that our president is for you lord that we will continue to come out until our rights are restored if guns are needed we will use guns to claim our victory protestors blocked the road and threw stones outside the headquarters of the embassy party m.l.c. is part of the opposition coalition that put for you to forward as a presidential candidate he was expected to address supporters here but did not

a pia we construct the secret internationally needed because these effective insults we have too little too little if we needed it done to me we face this kind of a court that xan only for negotiation regarding that we dust election dick. do you don't to be lead. that way we say it's all. the studio do we have it j j really change the coalition is appealing to the international community for help but influential african states like south africa and kenya have congratulated president elect felix security on his win the southern african development community says the d r c should be allowed to transmission peacefully. with these protesters say if the elections didn't work they will bring change zimbabwe's president emerson and god has cut short

a foreign trip to address the country's economic crisis he's been gone for a week seeking investment from russia and kazakhstan activists say twelve people have been killed in protests during that time nearly one hundred fifty former diplomats and academics have signed an open letter to china's president calling for the immediate release of two canadians michael coverage and michael spot or were arrested in beijing last month on allegations of espionage the signatories from nineteen countries warned president xi jinping that the detentions will result in greater distrust of china it's believed to be retaliation for canada's arrest way vice president joe in december. venezuela's supreme court says it's axing congressional measures the declared the presidency of nicolas maduro illegitimate the judges also ruled that the leadership of the opposition dominated congress itself is invalid madeira was sworn in for a second six year term on january tenth despite widespread condemnation after his

main opponents were banned from running against him and meanwhile government officials say twenty seven soldiers from the national guard have been arrested after a video appeared on social media showing a sergeant demanding president maduro as removal stories about reports. these are members of the believer in national guard in venezuela they say the does not recognize the government of the real leader. we need the support of the people of venezuela take to the streets here we are this is what you wanted to defend the constitution here we are here the troop it is today ok with me what it happened at a military base in got the second across the ministry of defense said forty people had been detained. people from the area took to the streets to protest the set of roadblocks some barricades the national guard responded with tear gas and rubber

bullets some of them are the result of i have relatives in the house over there i have an aunt who's with her children they're practically kidnapped and should we wait for them to die of hunger the people have to go out to defend their rights. the incident took place stenches in venezuela increased once again after he was sworn in for a second time in office. the opposition and countries in the region including the united states say they won't recognize his presidency because the elections in may last year were filled with irregularities and that's why they have been calling on the military to rise up against the government. there offering immunity. to all of the military personnel. says the opposition and the united states are trying to overthrow a legitimate government. this is not the first time a group of members of the security services rise up against. last year

a helicopter pilot or scout of bts was killed after throwing grenades at government buildings. is believed to have the loyalty of his top military command that plays a crucial role in his administration and that's why the opposition is hoping it is the regular troops that will push change. there is a war. a colombian rebel group the l.n. says it was responsible for the deadliest bomb attack in bogota in fifteen years president obama joined marchers in the capital to condemn the killing of twenty one people at a police academy on thursday the president has pressured cuba to turn over and rebel leaders had been on the island for peace talks more than thirty three thousand people were murdered in mexico last year breaking the record set in twenty seventeen there have been more than two hundred thousand homicides in mexico since

the government deployed the army to fight drug trafficking in two thousand and six the new record reveals the challenge facing president under arrest manual lopez obrador an anti-establishment leftist who took office in december when you're a pilot reports from mexico city. violence in mexico continues to break records recently released statistics suggest two thousand and eighteen was the most violent year the country has seen in more than twenty years experts argue that impunity ranks among one of the main reasons for this increase in violence coupled with the splintering of drug cartels and weak government institutions it all two thousand and eighteen registered more than thirty four thousand homicides but again these are government statistics not all homicides are reported it's believed the real figure is actually higher president look this over the world has said he wants to attack the issue at the root creating opportunities that will lessen a person's desire to get involved in crime the president has however not outlined any specific plan for addressing the high levels of violence that continue to

plague mexico being president lopez over the world has been criticized for his proposal for a national guard something that critics say will only further militarize the country this is a strategy that the president's predecessors have been applying for the last twelve years a strategy that many say has only worsened the problem now violence is up fifteen percent comparable to this time last year so there is an expectation that two thousand and nineteen could continue to shatter records. and these are the top stories i saw has targeted u.s. forces in syria for the second time in a week a car bomb has a checkpoint in the kaddish controlled northeast as a convoy of u.s. and coalition forces passed by at least five people were killed but no u.s. troops were harmed on wednesday two u.s. soldiers were killed and men upon the bench of

a it has more from gaza. in the last five days there have been two tugs on u.s. troops and their allies in northern syria where apparently i see it was defeated these troops that came in and under attack in hasek are problems in northern syria is close to the turkish border an area where after the proposed u.s. pullout turkish forces would like to be in charge of this is in their area which is complicated because it's not just icing that is entrenched the but is also home to kurdish fighters kurdish fighters who are allies with the united states but seen as terrorists by turkey the afghan taliban has attacked a base killing dozens of intelligence and security personnel a truck bomb hits a training center and wardak province hours later the taliban announced it had resumed talks with u.s. officials and cata british prime minister to resume a has presented an alternative brecht's that plan to parliament a week after her first was rejected it includes more talks with the e.u.

on how to deal with the irish border she also just missed calls for a second referendum and refused to rule out a no deal exit venezuela's supreme court has ruled against the opposition controlled national assembly it says all acts led by its president. invalid president maduro created a new congress and twenty seventeen which can overrule the national assembly the assembly views madeira as illegitimate and some of its members are calling for military support shortly after the ruling venezuela arrested twenty seven members of the national guard accused of staging a mutiny protest as demonstrated in support of the group in caracas the arrested soldiers had posted a video on social media those are the headlines join me here for more news after witness. in afghanistan billions of dollars in international aid have been donated to girls' education but where has the money gone when east

meets girls desperate to learn and asks why is the system failing them and how does era. which are the whole way we see it when english are those children. ponies soon in those i was shocked on and on today's show on the kind of issues on the show when the shuttle was an issue issue also.