when people with the truth and nothing else just go. for winning the white house unfair game on al jazeera. another tack against u.s. and kurdish forces in syria al is off to israel fired missiles to rein in targets near damascus. hello i'm the star of the attain this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. dozens are killed in a taliban attack in afghanistan as the u.s. begins another round of direct negotiations with the group. to resume

a present another version of how breaks that plan but it's not terribly different from an already rejected proposal. and the family of a sudanese doctor killed while treating injured protest as says they're sure he was killed by the government. while u.s. troops based in syria have become the target of myself i says for the second time in less than a week a bomber rammed his car into a checkpoint in syria's kurdish controlled northeast just as a joint convoy of u.s. and cut his 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 well monday's incident happened and has stuck a province where residents say there's been a sudden attacks on checkpoints in recent months despite says there are still

battling to clear i still from their last footholds in the region a solid bunch of aid has more from gaza on the tacky 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 or 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 turkey 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 through out not just the turkish syrian border but the words the edge of the iraqi border as well so a not that remains in this complicated question of how and who will be pulling out and who will be left in charge and a few hours earlier the skies over the syrian capital is up with explosions as

israeli warplanes launched air strikes against iranian military targets sana'a to 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 polls here to strike at 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. of course. continue. 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 her and 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 from our correspondent harry force that has more on those 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 urania 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 near my town and shot the capital of what doc province southwest of kabul a truck packed with explosives that was driven into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency after the explosion other taliban fighters dressed in police uniforms stormed the. some reports say the number of those killed could be more than one hundred and 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 envoy zalmay khalilzad to lead negotiations and september the taliban insists the u.s. must leave afghanistan seventeen years after it invaded the country in response to the september eleventh attacks a sticking point in the negotiations is the inclusion of the afghan government and the peace process the taliban regarded as illegitimate and insists they will only negotiate directly with washington. well the u.k.'s prime minister has returned to parliament to lay out have plan b. for how the u.k. will leave the e.u. just a week after pan a suffered a crushing defeat with time running out for a deal on direct set to resume says she'll try to seek more concessions from the european union paul brennan reports. 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 partnership 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 on it and island 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 have been exposed as a p.r. sham every opposition party politician. or the every opposition party 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 has changed. in brussels there's been

a frosty reaction to the idea revisiting negotiations and is it too late for assistance i don't know i don't really know change with the road to commitment they would see motor it to cool because no really miss it to open the front door books again and a polish suggestion about a five year time limit on the north and on a backstop the insurance policy to avoid a hardboard on the island of ireland has been rejected by dublin i made it very clear that us putting a time limits on insurance mechanisms. mechanism which is what the backstop is effectively means that it's not a backstop at all but 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 view in the twenty ninth of march announced basis of new deal so let's legislate to stop that let's take that are we take that risk or we. 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 the e.u. is willingness to risk a no deal bracks it but he is also testing the patience of this parliament and it's not at all clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster donahoe 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 and there was a part border as a result of conflict in northern iraq which in itself was waged by joint membership and they were about twenty or fishel a border crossings between north and south now there are almost three hundred open border crossings between north and south and it seems that friction was you don't know what you're talking between north and south not as

a facilitator to all 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 looking at the republican party it's also the decision of the majority of people of north america that's something that's somewhat obscured by the fact that trees amazingly just into one side of the argument in or around us to do you keep because it's all mantri arithmetic in the house of commons weather is next but still ahead on al-jazeera doing whatever it takes to make ends meet and talk to people out of whack due to the u.s. government shutdown. helos almost finished snowing up in the north of afghanistan you see the morse the

back edge of the class as it disappears then beyond that into an awful lot quieter we see more snow running up through turkey but that's also more or less disappeared up into georgia and the picture is a sunny one anchor five degrees and south of there is no prevailing breeze so sunshine after what could be a cold night eleven in aleppo and that's true throughout iraq is over to seventeen in baghdad you'll notice and clear skies all the way so the weather has stopped for the frequent visits to the levant at least the time being and for the sas the prevailing breeze has been northerly but that's also dying died still there but twenty three's a woman picture of a dollar twenty five in riyadh that's on the high side of normal it might drop a little bit binocs inefficiently jury wednesday we have some had some pretty heavy rain recently where we should be and the concentration at the moment is so it remains a psychosis hard to see a circulation here the dark green suggests the heaviest rain will be in central mozambique for which there is a warning at but that also runs through north madagascar where the heaviest rain

has been reported in the last twenty four hours a whole big mess of the circulation is in that channel now for a couple of days so there will be a problem possibly even with landslides. one of the. next sixty days seen through the eyes of those who know it best. to shoot if you. al-jazeera world goes on the road with palestinian taxi driver who's living and working at the heart of one of the most hotly contested location. jerusalem's a palestinian cabbies on which is iraq. welcome

back i'm. a reminder about top stories this hour i still says it carried out a suicide car bombing the 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 in cata. hundreds have rallied ensued on after the announcement that a student protest a had died of his wounds he was shot alongside a doctor today the opposition says forty seven people have been killed during

a month of protests and that more than one hundred cities have taken part in hama deval reports from car to the home of dr bao because of that how he didn't come to see a constant stream of mourners since he was shot the during an anti-government protest on thursday. his house has also become a meeting place for supporters and sympathizers. who are well within what he did one 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 the sisters are also doctors they say he was shot by members of the security forces are 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 where their brother was teaching the wounded. themselves of video of a shooting nearby at around the same time at least two protesters were wounded. was

a colleague try to rescue the doctor who was shot. in busy. of the word that the people who were killed in sudan looked killed because they did anything wrong look at single car broken not a single house broken the people who are going out. to say you know if you screw it . i was 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'll be studied to determine the caliber and the type of weapon used and. so then security forces and police deny any role in the killing of protesters with the. us police never used any live fire to any protest sites or 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 protestors anger president on bashir. the governing security doesn't 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 get to know 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 militiaman our mosque in their faces while attacking unarmed civilians in the streets of khartoum and other major cities and i think what they what they think it then there is a very dangerous and unprecedented situation now when men in civilian clothes can carry guns battens a mask 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 the 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 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 a 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 or. zimbabwe's president emerson and gaga has returned home and called for a national dialogue to address protests over rising living costs he's back from a week long trip to seeking foreign investment in that time activists say twelve people have been killed when a god was says the violence is not acceptable and will be investigated charlotte dallas reports. zimbabwe's president emerson meninga descended the steps of his least seven eight seven digit this is one of the world's most luxurious private planes he had used it for

a fundraising mission to russia kazakhstan. took off ten days ago just hours after stunning zimbabwe ends with the news he was doubling fuel prices due to an economic crisis on the tarmac the man he had left in charge vice president general constantino chewing. people demonstrated against the fuel hike to ingo oversaw a government crackdown on protesters were killed many more were shot by security forces will than six hundred people have been arrested the latest high profile arist was jeff at maurier the head of the main trade union confederation he organized a general strike last week as proteus whip the country the government also shut down the internet only people with something to hide shut down the internet only people who are up to no good sat down people's rights to express in to sharing

information sharing light on a situation on monday the high court ruled the internet blackout illegal and demanded to be restored nationwide the director was issued by the minister we have no power in terms of enabling x. to issue such a directive the power to issue a directive in terms of the interceptions of communications was it is there through the president himself nor are the president. men in power from mugabe just over a year ago he promised to revive the shattered economy but it still struggling the decision to double fuel prices was his answer to months of shortages this would drive his cue for hours to fill up essential is like brayden medicine have also been hard to find. the zimbabwean economy has collapsed and even with the president back it won't help the situation won't change years although he has the people and you must also realize that is a. manager of fifteen sixteen million people as many.

from what's known as the dream get some points watch to see if he can deliver and aims to the economic and now security concerns bellus al-jazeera. venezuela supreme court says it's axing congressional measure as the declared the presidency of nicolas maduro in a gesture that the judges also ruled that the leadership of the opposition dominated congress itself is invalid the duo was sworn in for a second sixty attempts 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 his removal to raise about reports so you know. these are members of the believe are in national guard in venezuela they say they do not recognize the government of any. leader. we need the support of the

people of venezuela take to the streets here we are this is what you wanted oath to defend the constitution here we are here the troop and if today if they call me what it happened at a military base in. the ministry of defense said forty people had been detained. people from the area took to this. treats to protest they set up roadblocks and barricades the national guard responded with tear gas and rubber bullets seven of the men are there. 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 i 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 all polls modeled off that he 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 mother last year a helicopter pilot. was killed after throwing grenades at government buildings. model 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. canadian media is reporting the united states will formally seek the

extradition of qualities vice president. that's according to the globe and mail when joe was arrested in canada in december at the request of washington on allegations of violating u.s. sanctions against iran canada's embassador to the u.s. said canadian citizens are being punished because of the u.s. china disputes meanwhile 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 spa arrested in beijing last month on allegations of espionage the signatories from nineteen countries warned president xi jinping that the detentions will result in grace a distrust of china the u.s. partial government shutdown has now hit the one month mark it's the longest on record many federal workers are being forced to find new jobs to make ends meet. reports. jamie rinehart seemingly has it all in life a wife three young daughters

a home and a car and at ph d. in oceanography what's missing is his job after he was sent home without pay from his post as a federal government marine research scientists jamie is a victim of the government shutdown so he's now at this education job fair applying to be a substitute teacher i've been interviewed with and i think she must have been either an administrator or a teacher they've asked me some questions regarding you know my experience is related to working with kids and and how i would respond in certain teaching situations and then obviously there's benefits to those of us who are furloughed and are looking at our you know looking to earn a little bit of money we're offering buildings service position is clerical position and so forth transportation last striker's these are the faces of the

victims of the government shutdown an accountant applying to be a high school math teacher a lawyer applying to be a school bus driver people that unexpectedly find themselves out of a job for no fault of their own like darrell burton an investigator at the postal service now applying to be a school security officer a mensch thing with the cure in their position among some accounting schools because my background over the last ten years nearly it's been an investigations this is the second day they've held this job fair on the first day there are more than two hundred people that were here looking for work today when the doors opened at ten am there were already a hundred people waiting in line to get in with no end in sight to the government shutdown the number of people looking for work is high several school districts are holding similar job fairs for federal employees schools normally providing

education for. children may now also supply jobs for their parents our goal is really to say. if there is a temporary gap there people we have opportunities as for jamie rinehart his interview is over he waits for a call back in the meantime he's become a driver for a ride share up to make some extra money to support his family. but he's hoping that the shutdown will end so he sued can drive back to work gabriel's on to. rockville maryland. a mr and ohio 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 kurdish controlled northeast as a convoy of u.s. and cut us forces passed by at least five people were killed but no u.s. troops were harmed a some advantage of

a it has more from gaza. in the last five days there have been two attacks on u.s. troops and their allies in northern syria where apparently i say it was defeated these troops that came into under attack in hasek a province 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 isn't there yet which is complicated because it's not just isolate is entrenched there 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 is due to resume talks on tuesday with an u.s. envoy in qatar it follows a major taliban attack on a base and wardak province dozens of intelligence and security personnel were killed some officials are reporting that the death toll could be as high as one hundred twenty. sudan's president omar al bashir is also heading to qatar as anti-government protests continue back home on monday hundreds rallied after

a student protest a died of his rings he was shot alongside a doctor this week the opposition says forty seven people have been killed in the last month zimbabwe's president amisom and god has returned home and called for a national dialogue to address protests over rising living costs he's back from a week long trip seeking foreign investment in that time activists say twelve people have been killed venezuela's supreme court has ruled against the author of the opposition controlled national assembly it says all acts led by its head invalid president maduro created a new congress and twenty seventeen which can overrule the national assembly and shortly after the ruling venezuela arrested twenty seven members of the national guard accused of staging a mutiny protesters demonstrated in support of the group and caracas those are the headlines i'll be back with more news here after counting the cost i mean every

week brings a series of breaking stories. listening faced as we turn the cameras on the media focus on how they report on the stories that matter. on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian for the good this is counting the cost of al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week to resume a chair while her briggs deal is overwhelmingly rejected by parliament completely avoid crashing out of the european union without a deal. also this week currency to buy essential goods is hard to find in zimbabwe as anger after the government doubles fuel prices to curb demand. the new cause can't hide a trail of gloom for also in the.