the guard. was human rights commission accuses police of brutality during anti-government protests the president calls for calm and national dialogue. alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program at least sixty five afghan intelligence and security personnel are known to have died in an taliban attack on a military base it's one of the worst in seventeen years of war. a call for more demonstrations in sudan as anger grows over the police crackdown on

protesters. and we'll tell you how young people in china are finding novel ways of coping with a frustrating lack of job prospects. thank you for joining us we begin in zimbabwe where the president has promised to investigate claims that government agents assaulted and tortured scores of people during protests against fuel prices amazon when god was calling for a national dialogue following allegations against the security forces a rights groups are concerned that nothing will change. from harare. he says he doesn't want his family to visit him in hospital he's afraid the could be victimized for associating with someone police suspect participated in anti-government protests in which short trip to the demonstration. is.

the business. in civilian clothes. deferred ridge from. last week suburbans demonstrated against a fuel price hike which had more than doubled overnight the government responded with force more than six hundred people were arrested in the east zimbabwe's human rights commission says more people died in last week's protest injuring orcus post-election violence the use of excessive force specially the use of life i mean it's not called for when dealing with civilians they should be other methods of controlling crowds and we believe that we did very well trained police force in the country julius shorter says his son's death was senseless he was shot outside a police station calvin was twenty two years old and loved playing football in zimbabwe humanity is

a. fairly. normal life he's being safe. it is being wasted. he's listening. to the government the same government that it's a new dispensation dispensation we're going to do lip licking whatever people amused was. running the dustbin. they are now using bush tactics president took power for robert mugabe just over a year ago he promised to promote democracy and freedom of speech some zimbabweans are disillusioned. he didn't do that. i'm going to be was just saying we. need. to see not kill the. so. the president has cut short a foreign trip and promised to investigate the crackdown by security forces

zimbabweans are watching him after last week's violence some say they think speaking out against the government that could come after them had their. details are emerging of one of the worst taliban attacks in seventeen years of the war in afghanistan in which at least sixty five afghan intelligence and security personnel were killed it's fear that the final death toll could be even higher a military base in my then shot in that province was hit by a bomb and gun assault on monday the attack was claimed by the taliban as talks aimed at achieving peace or held in qatar or has war. it's one of the worst attacks by the taliban says the group was pushed from power by u.s. forces in late two thousand and one a suicide bomber drove

a truck packed with explosives into a military compound what followed was carnage officials and witnesses say several dozens of people have been killed the result of it was a very dangerous incident and the sound of the explosion was very loud the windows of our house and other houses close to the area were broken and the wounded ones were taken to different hospitals here and week out. the facility is a brand by an elite intelligence unit in charge of training tribesman to fight the taliban. the attack is another indication of the armed groups growing influence last year taliban fighters launched a series of attacks across the country including a suicide bomb attack in the capital kabul in january at least one hundred people were killed mostly civilians analysts believe the taliban is increasing its attacks

to gain more leverage in crucial talks with u.s. diplomats in qatar what we had today in my down shot was a tit for tat forward the united states in the afghan government is doing to the taliban so the taliban i think they're coming out of that hibernation period they're trying to carry on the same policy where do going to inflict damage to the african government and its international counterparts and talks are underway in doha where the taliban has a political office u.s. special representative for afghan peace zalmai is meeting senior taliban members here the talks underway to find and to the war in afghanistan and establish a unity government the u.s. envoy recently toured the region seeking help from allies including pakistan and in

many ways the role of pakistan is a key. u.s. negotiator ambassador zalmay hollis our was just in pakistan for several days before he went to doha and the pakistani prime minister imran khan is visiting doha as well it's not clear exactly what role pakistan is playing but they may be playing a newly positive role but peace won't be easy the taliban does not recognize the government in kabul and insists peace talks will only start when foreign troops leave afghanistan. as a security analyst based in kabul he explained why peace talks negotiations haven't been successful so far the problem with negotiation is. when we have a negotiation it's not only limited to afghanistan it's immaterial we should not expect a reduction in violence there is a possibility of increase in violence even if we have. one side

to try to increase the leverage there do sue by increasing while and i believe that original countries. also have a role to play in negotiating in negotiation. about the issue of afghanistan but finally it comes to afghan people and it should be the afghan people and it is people who has the potential to resolve the problems international community u.s. and other states. can play a role of mediation but they are not the actual people to resolve the problem so it should be that people taliban and can go to mention should come together and they should talk to each other to resolve the problem in a car bomb has that innate in the syrian city of latakia and there are reports of casualties footage on state t.v. showed a large group of people in the street while the wreckage small dirt on the ground

attack is particularly significant as it is home to russia's himi mean air base the attack happened just a few days after another explosion hit the mascot's apparently targeting high profile security officials say nevada has more now from beirut in neighboring lebanon. two attacks in government controlled territories. and damascus and it is quite where for attacks to happen in government controlled territories especially now especially after the government has managed to consolidate control over the areas it controls that has pushed the rebels back the rebels surrendered their territories around the capital the first attack on sunday that you're mentioning there were reports that a security personality was the target of that bombing it is not clear whether or not that person was wounded or killed it's very difficult to get information out of damascus so this really raises a lot of questions if indeed this was the opposition if indeed this was the work of i still is it easy to operate behind enemy lines then that would really say

a lot about the security situation in government controlled territories but if you watch syrian state television just moments after the blast was reported in. they had analysts on air warning of a new phase in the in the conflict already predicting more attacks in government controlled areas saying that they expect the situation the security situation to destabilize even further now many of the opposition will say this is the way the government tries to keep people on their side to make up for their inability to provide for fuel improve the living conditions because public resentment discontent is growing in government controlled areas yes they control sixty percent of the syria but about sixty percent of syria people are still struggling and the government is struggling to get recognition from outside for sanctions to be lifted in order for it to reconstruct and in order for the economy to improve so now the

sit to security situation stabilizing within the government controlled territories . sudan's president omar al bashir has flown to qatar for talks continue against his thirty year rule student activists in the capital khartoum are demanding that bashir resign protesters blame government forces for the deaths of several demonstrators and doctors in recent days have been almost daily protests in sudan for more than a month morgan has more now from khartoum. what happened is of students from the university of what to me are here in front of them came out early this morning and protested against president obama who as you said is not currently in the country but they were very keen and very determined to continue protesting if not for the response to buy the probe by the security forces tear gas was once again fired at the students inside the university campus and they were complaining about difficulty breathing something we've heard from protesters who have been demonstrating over the past four weeks people have been saying that secreted forces

were responding using excessive brutal forest and we've seen live ammunition and tear gas being fired at protesters to try to disperse them people have been injured opposition groups say forty seven have been killed but activists who've been tracking this say at least fifty people have been killed since the protests started now the government is this beating that figure they say only twenty seven have been killed and that the figures that the activists are giving is not true but there are also people who have been arrested and the government said they've arrested eighty eight hundred sixteen sixteen people but activists again want to get to say that at least one thousand people have been arrested including an american now sydney's american activist who went missing on wednesday and we spoke to his family or to respond to his family and they say people who were arrested with him and later released have reported that he has been severely beaten and desperate need of medical attention plenty more coming up including president but also now it all tells business leaders in davos he'll open up the economy but will also strive to preserve the environment fears grow for a newly signed the english premier league footballer whose light plane disappeared

over the channel. hello there the weather is all quite messy ever parts of europe at the moment in the south got this huge massive cloud that's given us a lot of rain and snow and that's gradually marching its way towards the northeast and then as that works its way away from us we're seeing you. more clouds and rain work its way and that's also giving us a fair amount of snow but in the north it's breaking up and then still going to be in the south where we see that system intensify as we head through wednesday so more rain and strong winds have in that working its way across italy and across the other side of the adriatic as well so watch that system then as it works its way north woods it's working its way across the southeastern parts of europe but not so across the northeast hey it's following and drawn there's a problem with missed him for going to certainly not warm we're looking at the top

temperature in warsaw just a five degrees so fine a draw and cold in the northeast and all unsettled in the south a matter unsettled weather across the mediterranean is making its way into the northern parts of africa too so we're going to see quite a few outbreaks of rain there over parts of northern area and into parts of china zero as well and then as that sinks its way south was it will drag in some cooler air so more of that will be turning to snow over the high ground as we head through thursday for the central belt of africa plenty of fine weather to be found here perhaps a couple of showers around the coast of nigeria but most of the showers of the south. in september twenty seventh the people of the kurdish region of northern iraq voted in favor of independence from baghdad. but joy it was short lived as the iraqi government reacted forced me against any idea of separation. al-jazeera world

travels to the kurdish regional capital of that ability to investigate independence and the iraqi kurds on al-jazeera. welcome back he is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera zimbabwe's president. is promising to investigate an accusation of violence and torture by security forces during the recent fuel protests there are fears that best toll from monday's massive taliban bomb attack on intelligence and security personnel in afghanistan could significantly increase so far sixty five people have been confirmed that. a car

bomb is that an agent in syria's lattakia district and there are reports of casualties that's according to state t.v. . and attacked by who the rebels in the yemeni city of taiz has killed one woman and injured at least fourteen others security sources say the rebels launched the attack on the south neighborhood. well talks broke down on sunday in jordan between yemen's who the rebels and the saudi backed government trying to work out details of a ceasefire which came into effect in the center in her data they were such a part of reports now and what this means for the tens of thousands of people who have been displaced. these children used to have a home regular meals and even shoes but now they live here on one of the main streets in yemen's capital sanaa but their father mohammed fatemi says he fled from the southern port city of data because the fighting while lebanon is going to set

every night i take shelter under this blue sheet it is freezing out here we need help to find a job and a roof above our heads i'm sleeping on the sidewalk we hope humanitarian agencies will take notice of our condition i have left no stone unturned but i've got no answer we are suffering severe cold starvation and a third. mohammed and his seven children are not alone they are part of the two million people ne'eman who have been displaced since the war began in two thousand and fifteen and also part of the twenty two million people needing eight survive but help is limited in yemen. yemen yemenis are suffering a sharp shortage of basic needs and all the relief agencies operating here cannot afford to meet all those needs therefore the red cross reiterate so that the political situation is a must in order to put to an end the suffering of the yemenis despite a ceasefire in his hometown which came into effect last month mohammad is not hopeful about the future of his country only the future of his children and i have

to look around and see for yourself how we are living our children are dying because of cold and hunger i am jobless i can't even afford to beg where do i go i may yet. any loss to my own homeland if no help is provided we will all be left to die there are reports of fighting resuming in her data over the past few days which not only threaten civilians who've suffered years of conflict but also risks the fragile cease fire door such a pari al-jazeera. brazil's new president has thrown out the welcome mat for big business and major investors on day one of the world economic forum in davos jay both said i don't need a special address of the summit same brazil would become one of the top fifty countries to do business in a whole now reports on how the speech could be emblematic emblematic of the shifting power dynamics of the world order a chill has settled over down ass and that's not just the weather leaders of some

of the world's biggest economies china the united states france and the u.k. have stayed away to find crises at home crises fueled by nationalism populism and those left behind by globalization it is everything the world economic forum is supposed to stand against and yet this year's big ticket visitor is brazil's new president far right nationalist ball son aro here to launch what he calls a new brazil then there was a big. we intend to reduce the size of the residence state apparatus and carry out perform such as the social security reform the tax reform we wish to relieve those who produce and undertake business and projects from the weight of a heavy state that's good news for business less so for those who depend on state aid it's an odd look for an annual gathering traditionally built on bridging divides it does say that there's a bit of

a shift and that those major leading democracies in the world are exhausted tied in knots have problems but it also says this community here of globalists is perfectly willing to flirt with their liberal leaders in the world. compensation came in the heavyweight fight against climate change identified as a major world threat having heard both scenarios call for economic development in the amazon delegates listened to royalty interviewing a british knight of the realm what advice do you have all my generation and what's what can we build on that you have started we have to recognize that every breath of air we take every mouthful of food that we take comes from the natural and that if we damage the natural world we damage ourselves it's what the forum aims to do best global box office in the name of a better world the theme of this year's world economic forum here in davos is the

fourth wave of globalization the digital revolution it predicts a world in which technology competes with workers of all stripes blue collar and white in which the winners of globalization get ever richer but fewer in number it is a world in which inequality deepens and political leaders no longer have all the answers jonah how al-jazeera davos switzerland police have suspended the search for a light aircraft carrier premier league footballer emiliano salah the plane disappeared over the english channel to wales where he was to make is they be a for cardiff city has more. argentinian football. was heading from france to a new life as a premier league star but his journey and his life appeared to have ended tragically when flying over the english channel the twenty eight year old was one of two passengers on a light aircraft travelling for nonce in western france to the welsh capital

cardiff and our off the take off on monday evening at seven fifty eight pm an alert was raised when contact was lost with the part of malibu plain no distress signal was received a search and rescue operation using helicopters and lifeboats was abandoned at two am and it intensified search still couldn't locate the plane later on tuesday the man responsible for the area around the channel island of guns they feared the worst conditions were quite challenging obviously it was very dark. cloudy so no moon with waves up to two meters in height we've searched over thousand square miles or see now both body and night and we've seen nothing sollars goalscoring in france fernand attracted interest from many premier league clubs during the transfer window he became cardiff the record signing at nearly twenty million dollars the chance to play in the world's biggest league had been too good to turn down and he said i can't wait to start training meet my new team mates and get down to work the club has expressed its shock and sadness i mean what's cannot just

describe how the look on his face are very. strange he met us and we walked him around the grounds and. he was absolutely ready to give it a go. and we knew we knew him then and. we really feel sad to hear of this news just three months off the leicester own of bitch i should have been a proper died in a helicopter crash the premier league is digesting another aviation tragedy so set . i have to confirm hopefully. hopefully do so as the terrible news we wait to read to come from donna was born in santa fe in argentina his father said he's distraught his mother said the entire town is in shock people are not bound to come together for a vigil for a player who spent three happy years with them lee wellings.

japan's prime minister says they're determined to find a solution to a dispute with russia over a chain of islands in the pacific. and russian president vladimir putin met in moscow to discuss the islands which russia sees that the end of world war two the two countries never signed the peace treaty because of the disagreement meaning that technically there's still a war the islands are known as the southern careerism russia and northern territories in japan. italy's deputy prime minister met their soviet is accusing france of not wanting peace in libya because its energy interests their rival italy's on monday france some and they are after some of the nice value fellow deputy prime minister luigi denial accused paris of creatively poverty in africa the my also said france is responsible for generating mass migration to europe salvini has now backed up the minus comments saying france is only interested in extracting resources from africa thousands have attended

a memorial service in kenya for six people who were killed the last tuesday's attack on a nairobi hotel twenty one people died when i. stormed the doucette hotel and shopping complex police have also released pictures of suspects and they are still looking for five people arrested on suspicion of helping the attackers have appeared in court. the united nations envoy on human rights in me and maher has been given access to bush and char island in bangladesh the planned site for a refugee camp special property and he leave will visit the uninhabited island on thursday where it's hoped to move more than one hundred thousand rights groups compared conditions on the island to living in a prison. to ease congestion in camps along the border housing more than seven hundred south who fled the military crackdown in me and mars rakhine state in two thousand and seventy that are going to aim has more now from cox's bazar in

bangladesh where many have been living in the refugee camp pendleton is facing the enormous challenge of how best to host a million row him directly. with our is now home to the largest refugee settlement in the world and the government says people keep streaming over the border from me and mark at a rate of about forty thousand a year this mega camp you can just get it on an elephant migration route and in less than two years the jungle has been heavily forested one of the solution for government has is to move about one hundred thousand rohingya refugees to a remote island it's called. it's about a four hour boat ride from the mainland it is uninhabited and it's prone to flooding that is why it's controversial. for tourists. a crisis began

she has been pushing for access to this island on tuesday she told al-jazeera he is now going to be allowed to take a tour and that will happen on thursday. china is the world's second largest economy but it's stalling with growth at its lowest level in thirty years that's adding pressure on the job market especially for young people with a record number of new graduates this year and as katrina you reports there from beijing many are finding a new zhu a ways to cope. taking a swing at life's pressures. down chinese you'd like to come here to break things and blow off steam. i don't like the lifestyle in beijing is too fast i have to get up early and finish late. story working long hours for little pay it's common among customers at beijing smash room.

opened by just willing gin and some friends last year she says china's economic slowdown is putting more pressure on young people so they didn't see that many people including my friends are feeling the pressure when the whole economy is slipping down many of my friends have to work for new jobs so many people are pressured from work so expect to see more clients after chinese new year the twenty eight year low slump in growth and uncertainty over the trade war with the united states are starting to be felt in china's job market. according to a joint report by remain university and job site job pin demand for stuff in the december quarter was down twelve percent compared to the previous year while the number of job seekers grew by about eight percent chinese students preparing to enter the workforce. petition this year alone about eight point three million are expected to graduate vera wang is one of them the massive student has been trying

to find a job for when she completes her studies in june but so far she's had no success. after trial a lot of trials the interviews are the writing task i've gone through a lot but i haven't received any offers in the two. barrels optimistic she'll find something after the chinese new year in february but many of her friends have given up on beijing moving to smaller cities where it's cheaper and there's less competition for the new engine in the yard that young people and a lot of pressure i think the government is very worried about unemployment which may lead to social unrest the official unemployment rate is about four percent that's way below the truth last week the chinese government announced new measures to stabilize the job market start ups will be entitled to bigger larns and companies with zero a few layoffs will be rewarded. with employment pressure in china set to continue. is sure it won't be long before she returns to the smash room china's bad economic

news continue to pile up it's likely the glass here you will to. al-jazeera beijing and you can find out more on that story and everything else that we have been covering on our website the address al jazeera dot com. take a look now at the top stories making the news on al-jazeera zimbabwe's human rights commission is accusing security forces of systematic torture after recent protests over fuel prices turned deadly president emerson when god was calling for a national dialogue and its promise to investigate claims of violence by government agents but god was also went on twitter to condemn them stray sions which he said were not peaceful the use of excessive force is the use of.

we. should be. controlling crowds there are fears the death toll from monday's massive taliban bomb attack in afghanistan could be far higher than the sixty five people so far confirmed dead the attackers drove a truck packed with explosives into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency and then stormed to the base a car bomb is that a native in syria's left pocket this street than there are reports of casualties footage carried on syrian state t.v. showed the aftermath but that is particularly significant as it's home to a large russian air base so as president omar bashir has flown to qatar for talks says them stray sions can take continue against this thirty year rule protesters blame government forces for the deaths of several demonstrators and doctors in recent days the country has been shaken by a near daily demonstrations for over a month. and attacked by the rebels in the yemeni city of taiz has killed one woman

and injured at least fourteen others security sources say the rebels launched the attack on some neighborhood and brazil their president jay it both son at all says he will strive to preserve the environment while pursuing economic development that's the fight relaxing protection of indigenous lands in the amazon rain forest also matter was making a special address to the world economic forum in the swiss town of. british and french police have suspended the search for a light aircraft carrying premier league footballer emiliano salah that went missing over the english channel the twenty eight year old argentinian had just signed for cardiff city from french team you know and those are the headlines coming up next the stream examines the antigovernment protests in sudan and i'll have more news for you in half an hour see you then.

antigovernment protests in sudan and to this second month as cries for president bashir to resign growing louder i think the ok. the situation has gotten much worse since our last show just two weeks ago hundreds of protesters have been arrested and now human rights groups are demanding authorities immediately released or charge those detained as part of the demonstrations rights groups including amnesty international say more than forty people have been killed while participating in the protests which were sparked by an economic crisis the official death toll stands at twenty six joining us to discuss this and called to.