agency but the provincial hospital next door took the force of the explosion it soon became clear from the schools of casualties that civilians among them hospital staff were the main victims with no hospital to treat them survivors had to be transported by road to neighboring and most you can sound like there are many civilians who are martyred moon did and you cannot even see one military officer among them but taliban has stepped up its attacks head of the upcoming presidential elections and there's also reportedly been a rise in u.s. military strikes. but an air attack wednesday night in one province is now the subject of claim and counterclaim i 1 think again the district they have been burying their dead. it's close to the tora bora mountains a traditional stronghold for different groups of fighters. the local governor's

office has said there was a drone strike on a nice old hideout killing a number of men. but these people say they were villagers. who had gone into the mountains to collect pine nuts when you were. all of those killed were civilians each of these houses has lost 2 or 3 men. their grief is mixed with and go all the security services all of the government should listen to us show these men stop this cruel to. others join in with the chant death to america. while most of the bodies have been brought back for burial the villagers say some people are still missing. but the most that i got my message the government to stop it you shouldn't kill civilians anymore for god's sake stop killing ordinary people . in a statement the u.s. military has said it carried out a drone strike on the islamic state target and that it was investigating claims

that civilians have been killed what's clear is that in another violent 24 hour period there have been attacks by both the taliban and the u.s. military and that once again civilians have been killed and maimed robert bright al-jazeera couple tunisia's former president ben ali has died at the age of 83 he was in saudi arabia where he's lived in exile since the 29 revolution which kickstarted the so-called arab spring shares for takes and back in his legacy . that's when he was swept from power by a wave of popular protest fleeing tunisia saudi arabia a former military man and diplomat zene ben ali took the presidency in 1907 with a bloodless coup unseating the country's 1st post colonial president in every election since he was returned to power with enormous majorities his opponents said the

votes were rigged human rights groups described his government as authoritarian and undemocratic cracking down on any attempts at press freedom and handing out jobs and favors to a select band of supporters. and ultimately protests over unemployment brought the people out on the streets demanding change. to me she's economy looked relatively strong when the uprising began it was ranked 1st in africa the competitiveness. but accused of running a corrupt police state with money concentrated in the hands of a few powerful families including his own most tunisians felt excluded under ben ali tunisia pursued a pro western foreign policy meant taining strong ties to former colonial moss to france and the u.s. but as his regime crumbled france abandoned him refusing him entry as he fled the

country saudi arabia offered him refuge in his final days but he will always be remembered as the president who was forced from office by an uprising of popular protest. gafoor 0. canada's prime minister has apologized again for dressing up in brown face and black face admitting it was racist justin trudeau said he didn't recognize it at the time because of what he called his layers of privilege 2 photos and a video have emerged of the prime minister painted in black face and brown face the brown face photos were taken in 2001 when today worked as a teacher in british columbia at a school dinner that was arabian nights fiend. it is something absolutely unacceptable to do and i appreciate calling it makeup but it was blackface and that is just not right it is something that. people who live with the kind of

discrimination. that far too many people do because of the color of their skin or their history or their origins or their language or their religion. face on a regular basis and i didn't see that from the layers of privilege that i have and for that i am deeply sorry and i apologize to anyone like has more from toronto. what we heard in justin trudeau 2nd apology in less than 24 hours is a man who is trying to come across as contrite a man who is shocked by his own behavior in the past let's not forget this is a prime minister one of the youngest in canadian history coming to power in 2015 and promising real change in this country of appointing a cabinet that was equally men and women putting diverse communities in his cabinet and reaching out to communities who aren't white aren't of european origin he is

popular amongst many of those communities for that not least he brought in a lot of refugees and a lot more immigrants to the country so i think that what he's doing now is fighting against the perception of him as someone who is progressive and and racially very modern but here's what he did in his past not all that long ago 18 years ago roughly so here's the problem too he did not say how many times this is actually happened last night he admitted to a 2nd incident now a 3rd incident has come to light in the question everyone is asking him is well what next are there any more lurking out there he's not going to put those questions to rest any time soon this is an election campaign and 9 days old but is rather dull to be honest well it's not any longer this is the talking point issues of climate change issues of the economy all of those have to take a back seat well justin trudeau explains to the country just why he did what he did in his past column james is founding director of the york center for education and

community and professor in education at york university he joins us live via skype from toronto thanks for being with us tell me how the average canary. in the average canadian view these pictures. i think canadian is a scene of course it's racist canadians also see in that of course these are things that we need to talk about and how the racism that informed and influence these these photographs of much alive and well and of course canadians are also thinking that yes that has happened in the past and therefore we need to move on but more important for many especially racial ice people the fact that we're able to talk about racism and race now in canada and become an international conversation is a welcome the opportunity i mean today was very curious news conference that he accepts that doing this was racist is racist but he said he hadn't realized at the time how that defense go down because as our correspondent pointed out is only 18

years ago and i mean he's it. was a sort of politician yes but for me what we have to think about as well is well what does a schoolhouse a school system in a way she what lives but up and today what it what had he been hearing and knowing about about blacks and racism how how was it that he would have worked with group of people or all these years and never have had the interaction that would have challenge to his ideas so it's not for me it's not just simply about how he reacted etcetera but how the institutions in which we and these people grow up in and operate and live today how these institutions not communicate and how racism is operated and yet i don't that question what what is how would you describe the situation on race relations in canada and i would. this situation you know we do

have the truth and reconciliation commission that so we are paying attention to the day they start the colonia relationship that we have had with indigenous people but we have to do more than just simply perform in some of these sins we have to really integrate this into into the work for blacks and. insofar as we have this term visible minority and we lump all these visible minorities into one into one box that we're going to have to pay attention to all these visible minorities and i would. un has asked that be be removed but are these racialized people and therefore have had a different relationship with the state and therefore we're going to have to pay attention to their histories and for blacks in particular who very very

overrepresented in in in prisons overrepresented in not doing well in education. over a not represented enough in some of the institutions such as universities with this conversation they have to change that situation and that's what many people would wish for james thank you very much indeed for taking time to talk to us and i was there thank you very much for having me on the u.s. gun make a cult says it suspending the production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular aof 15 assault rifle the company says public demand for high powered semiautomatic weapons has waned it says it will instead concentrate on fulfilling military and police contracts cold says it remains committed to the 2nd amendment the right to bear arms and as many adapting to consumer demand. a u.k. supreme court hearing on the legality of the promised

a decision to suspend parliament ahead of bricks it has wrapped up the ruling is expected to be handed down and next week china has moved from london. boris johnson on maneuvers visiting soldiers promising more money for the military ahead of an election whenever it comes promising also progress on brakes it i don't want to exaggerate the progress that we are making but we are making progress and what we need to do so people understand we need to find a way whereby the u.k. can come out of the e.u. and really be able to do things differently not remain under the control of the e.u. in terms of laws and trade policies. johnson's plans may yet and ravel after a 3 day emergency hearing supreme court justices will soon rule on the more fulness of the government's prohibition of parliament on thursday they heard evidence delivered by council from one former conservative prime minister john major against

the current conservative prime minister john says the in a skeptical inference to be drawn is that the progression is from not exercising its right to disagree with the government legislate as it sees fit it's an inference the government says that is not for the courts to judge we should actually start by recognizing that the pro gay she was a for sitting in parliament which falls within the ambit of article 9 of the bill of rights and they don't have to get. the government will hope of course that the supremes court upholds the english high court's decision that the prorogue a sion of parliament was a purely political not legal matter but the court could just as easily side with scottish judges who'd ruled that under the circumstances they could get involved because they said of the real motive behind the suspension of parliament the silencing of m.p.'s over breaks and it was a decision that in effect meant boris johnson had lied to the queen. away from the

courts there are sometimes questionable efforts to reach an. breaks a deal the e.u. had demanded full written proposals from the u.k. by the end of the month an artificial deadline said the u.k. and then over instead a set of notes with a final offer still to come is our papers for now until we have actually looked at them and not correct or rise beyond a 1st the british government has few obvious cards left to play on breaks it and the pressure may grow next week when the supreme court delivers its verdict i don't know how al-jazeera london al-jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein has spent a sawzall days in a gyptian jail is accused of defaming the state and spreading false news but has yet to be charged or face trial or a banana report. no formal charges no trial and no

conviction mahmoud hussein has been locked up in the gyptian jail for 1000 days egyptian government prosecutors accuse him of broadcasting what's described as false news receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions hussein strongly denies the allegations and so just al jazeera the journalist based in qatar flew from doha to cairo for a holiday almost 3 years ago after he landed he was stopped questioned and detained hussein has been helpful long periods in solitary confinement in the notorious tora prison in cairo and refused medical treatment when he broke his arm echoing international outrage the u.n. has been calling for his release saying he's been exposed to cruel inhumane and degrading treatment according to egyptian law he should have been freed within 24

hours but he was kept in prison. amnesty international says detainees are trapped in the revolving door of egypt's arbitrary detention system it says they gyptian authorities practice of reordering the detention of detainees on blatantly fabricated charges just as are about to be released is an alarming trend that illustrates extent of egypt a cage justice system over the past few years gyptian police have arrested several al jazeera employees former director of news at al-jazeera arabic. and. was sentenced in absentia to the death penalty for endangering national security. for me and peter greste they were all imprisoned for over 400 days while 7 other colleagues were sentenced to 10 years or denied accusations of spreading what egypt

cools false news. egypt is ranked one of the lowest in the world for press freedom freedom which mahmoud hussein and dozens of other journalists continue to be tonight. al-jazeera. still to come on out there this news hour still defiant the last remnants of the syrian revolution in providence as turkey and russia reach a new agreement on a demilitarized zone. 2 years on from the massive earthquake that hit mexico why many survivors feel let down by their government. and in sport we'll hear from the formula one driver who's pulled time on one of the sport's greatest ever comebacks

. we got some weather pushing into western parts of your private the next couple of days but still on the cool side the break was harm no should we say scandinavia eastern areas if you are pushing over towards that western side of pieces of cloud here showing up quite nicely and you got this march weather front running right down across the black sea through the balkans into the adriatic into italy some shop showers all messy some heavy downpours as well sliding further southward snakes was it picking up the northwest even the cool direction of course with the temperatures around 14 celsius i'm also just going to greece that fall most i was told the western side if you want to 20 in london not see bad 22 and paris gets

better so you go on into sas they could touch 24 celsius for london 28 in paris it's not going to last make the most of it and of course so much weather just pushing for the baltic states fine enjoy dance awards towards rumania tools ball garia a little colder there for ankara 19 degrees celsius in the $23.00 for athens a chance of some showers a similar temperature for madrid february whether that just across that western side of the mediterranean is some of that cloud and rain will affect the northwest of africa could see some wet weather pushing in here for the weekend. from inside the walls of a west african prison. a chance to create to express emotion and take the 1st steps towards rehabilitation. a renowned choreographer shares his passion for darkness inspiring prisoners to perform and to reach beyond the ill

deeds of the past and the confines of their present to the dance of the eyewitness documentary on the al-jazeera. world leaders from un member states a pairing to take their seats for this year's general assembly president rouhani and president trump will attend. growing tensions between the u.s. and iran be used will multilateral efforts provide solutions to a global refugee crisis escalating wars and climate change before it's too late join us for extensive coverage of the un general assembly on al-jazeera.

and i'm going to reminder the top stories here on jazeera a native of israel's opposition a blue and white party benny gantz says he should be the nation's next prime minister appears to have rejected current prime minister benjamin netanyahu offer of a power sharing unity coalition. canada's prime minister justin trudeau has apologized again for dressing up in brown face and black face admitting it was racist. russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution demanding a truce in the northwestern syrian province of the last rebel held stronghold in the country. meanwhile turkey and russia have reached a new agreement on a demilitarized zone in northwest syria its parameters will be different from the one agreed in the last year but its success will once again depend on the cooperation of groups on the ground to know how to reports from beirut. the

revolution hasn't died in syria's north west these people were forced from their homes in the recent russian backed syrian government offensive that took control of the northern countryside of hama province and many towns in it lip south including a hole in at least half a 1000000 syrians have been displaced since the end of april. we the people of harlem shake whom we are not asking us to allow us to return to our town we will never accept his role our revolution will continue until the downfall of this criminal regime it's been relatively calm since the august 31 ceasefire but many people living in fear it's only a matter of time before president bashar assad's forces resume their military operation that has already killed more than 1000 civilians the syrian opposition believes there is a deal to prevent the humanitarian crisis from worsening. there was an agreement

between turkey and russia to create a demilitarized zone free of weapons and fighters on the international terrorism list the zone will be patrolled by russia and turkey the syrian interim government will take over governance from high atop. which will have to be disbanded. the situation and it was discussed this week between serious power brokers who support opposing sides but work together under the so-called asked and a process turkey made clear its priority is to prevent a humanitarian crisis and a large influx of refugees into the country russia and iran focused on the fight against those they call terrorists but it seems they found middle ground there may be limited operations in terms of time and location by. the other side of the. ongoing process and it depends you know if. we should off yes because there's

a precedent for. other people that many syrians have taken to the streets demanding high at the heat a sham leaves adlib they accuse the armed group of abusing power and failing to defend territory h.t.s. is considered a terrorist organization by the international community because of its links with al qaida. was the reason why last year's deal between turkey and russia on the creation of a demilitarized zone and it was never implemented it refused to cooperate forcing it to withdraw would have required mainstream opposition factions in gauging in a internal war that would have weakened their position vis a vis pro-government forces it's not clear if h.t.s. will cooperate this time or whether there is a timetable to this apparent deal between turkey and russia but it seems a large scale offensive has been put on hold for now and russian president vladimir putin is openly discussing limiting anti terror operations and it lip.

beirut. almost $5000.00 soofi fighters in central somalia have joined the national army to try to push out the armed group al-shabaab the series decided to integrate their forces in a surprise move 2 months ago so father the only local group to go up against al shabaab fighters and win 10000 has more from just america. the chants of religious fervor filled the air most concentric. dismantle followers of sophism or mystical islam for the 1st 20 years of somalia civil war so if it's completely avoided the conflict but a decade ago the work force to pick up arms and join the fight against al-shabaab. shrines were being destroyed their leaders were being killed there believes were under withering a talk. you know. it's the terrorists who forced us to take

up arms when we saw foreign fighters and for an ideology invading our country and wishing to wipe out all their force to spread a more tolerant rational islam that is when we decided to defend ourselves in the belief we have. for 10 years the sufi fighters photoshop one managed to retake the group strongholds in the windswept plains of central somalia the so if. the only local group to go up against al-shabaab fighters and when the groups leadership say this is due to strong support from local communities which explains how they were able to move from a bunch of men who have never squeezed the trigger to a proper fighting force. in a surprise move 2 months ago the group decided to have their fighters integrated into somalia's national army for most of the fighters what is their biometrics

taken and were included into the ranks of the government forces. in i have committed we agreed to have our fighters integrated into the phaedra forces to give them an opportunity to replicate what they deep in these parts and help save the entire country from. a demonic seborrhea is so money as interior minister he says that vision of sufi fighters into the national forces has been a huge boon for the government will have to remember the alamo it was inevitable to integrate the city fighters into the national forces we cannot claim to have a government when into these outside it continue to have their own forces nonetheless we're happy to have such an effective armed group bolstering our ranks . the sophia say their fight with al shabab is far from over they say the conflict is somalia is an ideological one and they say they will now use their tolerant brand of islam to plant. type.

is central some of the a national day of mourning has been declared in liberia after 27 children and 2 teachers were killed in a fire at an islamic school many of the victims were buried on wednesday in line with islamic funeral rites the children were sleeping when the blaze broke out at the boarding school near monrovia around 11 pm local time it's believed the fire was sparked by an electrical fault 2 survivors are recovering in hospital smoke from forest fires in indonesia it continues to blanket areas across malaysia and has now spread to parts of southern thailand the crisis is being blamed on a global demand for palm oil indonesia is the largest supplier of oil and it's believed farmers are setting fire to the land to make room for new crops for a moment report from jakarta. i hate blankets the streets of peckham bars city on

the island of sumatra. fires have been burning here in riyadh province for more than a month many started deliberately by farmers and plantation companies it's a clear land for planting most of the haze is smoke rising from this land which is probable peat below the surface what it looks like the fires have been put out there smoldering underground. firefighters are trying to contain the spread but the annual dry season is making things even more difficult for forced to find water wherever they can from creeks rivers and lakes although schools have been closed for more than a week market trade is in reality but say the choking haze is bad for business. i'm worried we comprehend we want to solution to this problem i wanted to stop happening every year. and it's causing breathing problems hospitals are filled with a growing number of patients providing we've seen an increase in the number of

patients 30 percent of them have acute respiratory infections some have asthma and . protesters have taken their frustrations to the governor's office. we want the companies responsible for the fires to be punished and find a solution to stop the hailstorm the government should let volunteers help with firefighting efforts we also want the heads of police and the military to step down president joker we don't stress that fire prevention is essential he's calling on the local government to take more responsibility by boosting reinforcements of firefighters and increasing cloud seeding operations to induce rain. we'll find out if this is internationally organized or if it was done by ordinary people to clear land from what we can see this is massive and organized. and thick smog has crossed borders into malaysia and singapore causing diplomatic disputes with both since the last major forest fires here 4 years ago been easing government has

promised that anyone found the liberties that thing fired would face consequences it has compiled a list of more than $300.00 companies the specter of setting fires some links to malaysia and singapore thousands of so-called fire hotspots have been identified in indonesia while many wait for rain to bring some respondents the fires are still burning and it will take months for the land to recover. mohammed al jazeera jakarta. emergency evacuations are underway in parts of the u.s. state of texas following a night of flash flooding a hospital and care homes are among the buildings already evacuated in the wake of tropical storm imelda which dumped close to one meter of rain or forces of war and further rainfall could bring what's described as catastrophic flooding to the southeast. a new red cross report shows just how costly it could be for governments and communities of climate change is not addressed the number of people

in need of humanitarian assistance could nearly double to 200000000 by 2050 if action or climate change isn't taken providing support to victims of floods droughts and wildfires can average about $8000000000.00 a year and that number could grow to $20000000000.00 in the next decade according to the red cross investing in infrastructure and improving emergency response methods could save money as well as lives. there is a strong impact are you are you can see what was up and it just happened at the inn in the bahamas or do we decide when i die the number of storms with a really related events is increasing year by year and this is affecting the light especially of divorce mourner aboard and and because of the temperature a racing these will affect millions and millions more one of them with the biggest consequence that we have is the huge. flux of migration that we will go where we

are going to do whatever compared to the current one consider a big threat that millions more are we will be on the move or if there are as they are the inaction continue to be on the climate change. come nation sherry's not be is to be listed on stock exchanges for next year the move is expected to be one of the highest profile share sales of 2020 a san francisco headquartered firm is worth around 30 $1000000000.00 and posted more than 1000000000 dollars in 2nd quarter revenue the scientists come under criticism for driving up rental prices and avoiding tax. it's now easier for women to get abortions in the u.s. state of maine thanks to a new nor qualified nurse practitioners not just doctors cannot provide the procedure make it work sessile for patients as despite efforts to restrict access to abortions across the united states christensen in the reports from the city of

orgon. romain may inspire artist tanya hollanders work but when she decided to get an abortion her home state presented many obstacles for its administrative requirements and lack of available doctors meant she'd have to wait nearly a month for the procedure after discovering she was pregnant putting her at risk of exceeding the 10 week limit for medical abortions which are induced by pill i felt betrayed by my community honestly by doctors by. politicians by all of the people that protests like you have no idea what it's like . to add all of those burdens on when you're making a really hard life decision she ended up making a daylong trip to another state where her insurance wouldn't cover the cost of the procedure but a new law will mean less of a wait and mean.