al jazeera. you wherever you are. a fierce gun fights between a drug cartel and security forces drives up the death toll on what's become mexico's worst day in history for homicides. and how to hit in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.n. is not the enemy a plea from the congolese army chief after stopping an angry crowd marching on another u.n. base. u.s. president donald trump tonight threatens tariffs against allies on to different

continents. ansa cleanup operations underway in the philippines as authorities work to get a clear picture of the typhoon come murray's impact. and the battle against drug crime in mexico has taken a deadly turn for the worse the country's just not stopped the most homicides in a single day since records began in 1997 after 127 people were killed on december 1st many are questioning the president's strategy of hugs not bullets and tackling drug cartel violence as alan fischer reports now from mexico city. it will take a while to repair the damage to be in your own city hall the memories of what happened here will last much longer. than saturday afternoon a convoy of vehicles. covered in the initials of the local drug cartel c d

n drove into town and began fighting this the authorities believe was sending a message to the regional government to. security forces surrounded the turn 60 kilometers south of the texas border by the time the gun battles ended on sunday 22 were dead 16 gunmen 4 police officers 2 civilians pictures of local politicians were riddled with bullets locals had to literally run for the lives you mustn't down but that's the lesson thank you we were arriving at the palace on the back children many began to shoot at us from the hill and we had to run in another direction the attacking quite ended on the day it's no been confirmed was the deadliest since mexico began keeping records 127 people were killed on december 1st the day that marked the 1st stone a vessel of president and days manuel lopez obrador taking office he had promised a new approach to tackling mexico's violence and it is morning news conference

claimed the incident quite realize it was unusual it's de castro this case is let's say unusual it is not something that happens and every day we have a plan for the national guard we need 140000 guards but we only have 70000. later in the did the president met members of the love boat and family 9 of them were killed in a cartel ambush near the u.s. border in early november we were updated on the investigation into the murders 4 people have been arrested didn't speak after the meeting. poses took to the streets on sunday to protest against the president's 1st you know office one of the largest groups demanding you do more to curb the violence yes president donald trump says he's begun the process to designate mexico's drug cartels as terrorist organizations mexico opposes that idea but it may find itself under increasing pressure to do something about the moderate especially if there's another day as

bloody as the same for the 1st 21000 alan fischer al-jazeera mexico city. police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people have been killed during new protests against un peacekeepers demonstrations started in the city of beni last month over what people see as a lack of u.n. protection from armed rebel groups. the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of benny but the protests and the shooting continue. carney gave this graphic updates of the chaos. around the future of. this protest not discouraged him but if. you have killed a police officer and his body was even supported by the protesters. on the. big challenge for soldiers right now kristie. these people are

marching on a u.n. peacekeepers base furious at what they see is the failure of u.n. forces to protect them against attacks by rival groups including the so-called aligned democratic forces determined to keep the mission outs protesters have already damaged a number of u.n. building since process started a little over a week ago the congolese army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a.d.f. killing more than 100 people in the last month and more than $1500.00 in the last 5 years now they're ordering the public off the street. they in the un are on their side so. we're calling on the population all members of society in north kivu province to start working with our enemies the population should not forget about the real enemy the police is not the enemy soldiers are not in general the un is not the enemy the real enemy is the a.t.f. . but on monday alone 4 protesters and

a policeman died the violence in benny is now hampering efforts to contain an ebola outbreak the. killed more than 2000 people in the democratic republic of congo since august the militarization of the medical response and this ruling breeds distrust in an area where government troops and sometimes peacekeepers are not always seen as orses by everyone and now the world health organization has been forced to scale down operations in the area so to hide out al-jazeera. well out on day is the head of programs at the u.n. university center for policy research was previously a singer advisor to the un the new school he says that a large factor in the u.s. failure to achieve peace has been the lack of contact with the allied democratic forces one of the main rebel groups they are one of the most secretive and difficult to contact groups when i was living there we had lines of communication open i'd say with every other major group except the a.d.f.

and they have really kept themselves sequestered from contact which makes obviously a nonmilitary approach more difficult the 2nd aspect is that the a.d.f. is not just a military group but they're deeply embedded in the social fabric of much of the beni area they participate in some of the land and natural resources disputes some of them wear many hats and they're difficult to discern as as you heard from the the spokesperson mentioning that they were within the population that's very much the case and certainly during my time there we never opened a line of political communication with their leadership it was never a real option and that's one of the real difficulties with this group but one which i think can be dealt with by looking more at the communities at the community level and less at targeting them just militarily but seeing if you can address the underlying disputes that may be generating some of the communities going to the a.d.f. for support. he was president donald trump is intensifying 2 fronts in his terrorist

battle one on fronts and another on steel and aluminum imports from argentina and brazil well shortly after arriving in london for a nato summit see threatens more than $2000000000.00 in new levies on french exports the move is in retaliation for a new french digital services tax that will hates us tech companies well as earlier trump accused argentina and brazil of artificially d. valuing their currencies so reasonable reports from one a series. of brazilian an argentine steel and aluminum industries were the latest targets of the united states tirades on monday trump tweeted the main reason for the change in policy was the massive devaluation of the currencies in brazil and argentina which does not benefit u.s. farmers. who i accept really account into account for her beside her record that

a hard. to argue a perfect record account for a record year for the record. in brazil which is slowly recovering from a recession the news came as a shock and the steel industry which accounts for more than 2000000000 in exports to the us talked about retaliation precedential you also natto trumps main ally in south america believes the situation can be worked out but it was all a go if necessary i'll talk to trump about that but we're not backing off the out meanwhile in argentina with its struggling economy the announcement did not go unnoticed new carry on 15 and i will not only add up to the end certainty that already exists in that country in one week argentina. we'll have a new president albert a fat man there and he will have to deal with

a double digit inflation rate currency controls and the possibility of people on the sovereign debt argentina's government has been battling devaluation for months as people are turning to the u.s. dollar to protect their savings. argentina's central bank has spent more than $5000000000.00 to bolster the bissau says the primary elections in august which triggered a collapse in the value of the currency trump now says the devaluations where intentional for many the latest u.s. measures is also a consequence of the increase in commercial activities between china brazil and argentina in the middle of a trade war these are some of which i am forcing consequences of u.s. policy investors have been moving from emerging markets to the united states and to developed economies and that you know in argentina it's one of the reasons behind the country's currency crisis in 2018 major devaluation which of course has made

its its its primary exports more competitive so in some ways you know the trumpet ministration is now reacting to something that helped create competitive exports which in part are heading to china argentina's president. and you also now to have experienced a warm relation with donald trump since taking office but for many dealing with china these days is enough to put the best of friends at odds. former u.s. president jimmy carter has been readmitted to hospital is being treated for a urine or a tract infection at a facility in georgia 95 year old carter was discharged last week from another hospital after undergoing a procedure following a recent fall he's the country's oldest living former president a new report from amnesty international says millions of people living with

disabilities in yemen lack access to basic fundamentals and care the rights group says people with disabilities are among the most at risk since a civil war broke out 5 years ago reports claims disabled individuals in the war torn country cannot finance adequate care or move freely to hospitals it's estimated around 4500000 people in yemen currently live with some form of disability. the clean up operations have begun in parts of the philippines after a powerful typhoon made landfall in the country's largest and most popular silence but authorities are still working to understand the full extent of the storm's impacts jamila and organ is an album a province in southeastern lives on. because the cecile began to see these have become familiar scenes police officers and other members of the local government rushing to clear out the streets paved the way for help to get to those who need it

most we've spoken to the mayor. says he's quite happy that this is he as achieved casualties fargas which is something that has been going on for the last 18 years more than 100000 people were evacuated over the last few days and moved to safer areas but this privately gaspy being stable not much is known for other outlying islands like speak out as and that will these areas remain but also there is still no news but we've been told that some of the areas there communities have been severely battered and aid needs to get there as soon as possible. so to come on al-jazeera nato leaders gather in london to celebrate the alliance even as questions hang over its future plus and i think with hawk on the edge of this i help find out next how senegal and other countries in the region are planting trees to try to stop the desert moving forward and expanding.

hello when it's getting colder in turkey now the cloud that's nothing so if it contains birds rain and snow falling out of it the temperatures behind it all coming down in stages this is the picture for tuesday's cloudy in turkey and kurds about 8 as hearts have for 15 aleppo but there's not much communal sky here it's rain or snow in azerbaijan or more especially in iran and then towards kuwait having had a wednesday in iraq the sun is now art baghdad at 90 degrees tear on the course down to about 10 and then the whole lot moves in this direction tails off the sun's back out and iran is carved up in turkey a little study in the forecast for wednesday on the high ground turkey maintains 6

as a high i was definitely cold but it's like up to 20 was on shore breeze you'll notice that given what's happening in iran there's always a hint of a shot just showing itself towards bahrain or confident it's likely but that breeze coming down from the north probably took the temperatures a $28.00 and it's been cooler today in doha on wednesday 26 cloudy along the coast of amman and yemen rather more active cloud is showing itself in southern africa was significant rain in the eastern cape ready to close around the tower once again and eventually hitting jo'burg coating things down. too much sponsored by catalonia is. almost the last. are you out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk through each and every love or layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on sad retention has to start from day one whether again you and attention or your participants this is a dialogue everyone has

a voice over there are studies that support was called the it will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out is iraq. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the headlines for you this hour mexico's homicide rates hits historic levels with 127 deaths reported on sunday that's the highest number in a single day since records began in 1997 it comes as president under a smuggler lopez obrador complete says 1st year in office police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people have been killed during protests in ben on monday

demonstrators are upset about what they say is a lack of u.n. protection from armed rebel groups and u.s. president donald trump is intensifying 2 fronts in his tariffs battle from threatens more than $2000000000.00 in new levies on french exports he also announced plans to impose you tariffs on steel and our you many of them ports from argentina and brazil. while the u.s. president has just landed in london i have a nato meeting to mark the 70th anniversary of its formation the talks are meant to cover security issues and explore ways the military alliance can adapt its occurrence and future challenges but such as our diplomats gets to james bays reports it comes against the backdrop of growing tension within the organization itself. for the next couple of days this is the man in the hot seat secretary general u.n. stoltenberg has the un enviable task of chairing

a meeting of nato leaders at a time the alliance faces big challenges this gathering in london is supposed to mark nato 70th birthday its 1st headquarters we're actually here in the british capital in an area that now houses embassies there are 3 main things those souring the mood 1st the trump factor the u.s. leader arriving here at london's stands today airport doesn't like summits and he has a particular dislike of nato summit repeatedly claiming other members aren't paying their way he has particular gripes against nato he feels despite increased spending on defense that other countries are not doing enough and he has this soft spot in his heart for russia and so you know very much i think we will see at this summit all of the worst instincts of trump come out and to be exacerbated by the

current political conditions to be exacerbated by his rough relations with other allies then there's the growing tension between france and germany in an interview the french president emmanuel mccrone told the economist that nato was a brain dead this infuriated the german chancellor angela merkel and exposed a growing rift between the 2 countries last but not least the mounting doubts other nato members have about turkey not about the words of president but his actions by the s 400 missile system from russia and carrying out its recent incursion into northern syria. i covered the last nato summit that was held in london here at lancaster house 29 years ago that was just months after the fall of the birdland war and the end of the cold war and then there were questions about nato's future but the alliance then expanded taking in the countries from the east before

creating new roles for itself in the balkans and afghanistan. almost 3 decades later internal differences this time are even more public being expressed by leaders themselves and therefore a potentially much more damaging jamesburg out 0 london saudi arabia is urging the group of oil exports in countries opec to reduce production as it prepares to list at state owned oil firm on the stock exchange sources have told the reuters news agency that the plan would see another $400000.00 barrels per day added to existing cuts of 1200000 this would keep oil prices high enough during around cones and national share offering but a number of countries are producing oil well above their quotas to serious economics etc a bit early explains why saudi arabia would consider such a myth. it would be really helpful if oil prices were stable over the 1st

6 months of its flotation now this is important because they have a lot of retail investors which are small investors who are putting them on the into the market possibly for the 1st time taking out huge loans to take a big bet on this particular company and after 6 months if they keep their their money in saudi aramco they will get extra shares and the hope is that a non fall atar market would encourage them to keep their money in in the saudi aramco and so the saudis are very keen to make sure that this flotation is exorcise they don't want to have to put their hands in their own pockets that it's use in their state funds to stop mopping up to buy excess excess shares the whole idea of trying to sell aramco was to make sure that there was additional new money coming into the economy so that they could spend that money elsewhere. syrian government

air strikes have killed at least 14 civilians in rebel held in the province too busy markets for targets and there are reports of more airstrikes in the area that has more. attacks are intensifying and they are indiscriminate i believe they are a lot of the syrian army backed by russian add power targeted this market in an area controlled by fighters from hyatt. and with whom a link to al qaeda witnesses say civilians are the majority of the casualties. here assad's warplanes carried out a right against this market civilians have been killed and injured the right also caused a lot of damage to property the civil defense teams are recovering bodies and helping the wounded we still don't know how many people have been killed. the air strikes in the northwestern province and

a minor russian guaranteed cease fire that's been in place since august towns targeted newman and sorry kid pool along the m 5 highway that connects the provincial capitals of hamma and aleppo before the war it was a major trade route and the main access road to the north. we were working on all of a sudden warplanes were in the sky and they attacked us of our people have lost their lives and others have been wounded in addition our fruits and vegetables have been destroyed. the increase in attacks is worsening the humanitarian crisis in northern syria but the government seems determined to retake this final piece of territory that still under the control of opposition fighters victoria gates and be out there . this week africa's biggest conference on the fight against aids is on the way a quarter of people living with hiv around the world reside in africa in the scientists isolated

a previously identified variants of the virus that leads to aids bones and patients in the democratic republic of congo and this latest developments is being seen as beneficial shihab rattansi explains why from washington d.c. . there this is the 1st newly declared strain of hiv in 1000 years it's not actually 8 new strain it was 1st discovered in some one in 1983 in the democratic republic of congo and then someone else in 1990 also in the d.l.c. but only now with the advance of genome sequencing techniques has a 3rd sample isolated in 2001 also in the d r c been definitively identified as the same variant of hiv as the other 2 samples and according to the rules once 3 independent samples of the same hiv variant are discovered a new strain can be announced discovering this new strain of hiv is really just the 1st step we've confirmed that it exists and we've shared the sequence with the

greater research community and that will allow everyone to be able to evaluate how it might impact diagnostic testing treatments and potential vaccines researches say this new strain is a variant of the most common form of hiv and is detectable treatable and also very rare as sequencing technology advances it's likely more new strains will be discovered and this researchers say is not necessarily a cause for alarm but will help them understand how the virus has developed over time such vigilance is also necessary as there is always the fair strain not detectable in a blood sample may develop causing widespread infection in people and the world's blood supplies the good news is this new strain can be detected by the current tests and the fear is that if there was a new strain. that wasn't detectable in the current tests it could spread quite a bit before we knew it was a problem and could try to intervene especially from

a public health perspective the goal of the research has long been to find an hiv vaccine and in recent years there's been a resurgent interest in finding a cure as more strains are identified in the hope that more clues will be revealed as to the origins of the virus. and how it evolved and what the variables are in common and how they differ but it's that variety of strains that also helps explain why vaccine and a cure of incirlik serves. washington. villagers in the sahara desert are fighting to hold off the encroaching desert by plants in a vast wall of trees 3 years ago visited the so-called great green wall nicholas hot critter and to embark to bob in senegal to see whether or not it's been successful. the fight against climate change starts here on the edges of the sahara desert villages from planting trees they want to save their homes and farmland from

the expanding desert. for this forest ranger there's a sense of looming catastrophe. so we are in a situation of grave danger if we don't plant trees we won't get the range they need to cultivate it will reduce rains have dropped we need water to feed animals and grow food otherwise people will move. and they have already started across the cattle herders are on the move there mainly from the ethnic group and are looking for a more temperate climate to feed their animals. that's like the conflict that's fueled by armed groups such as. in the stomach my grub thousands of people have been killed in the sahara in the fighting in the past year alone but not in senegal such a good job he believes that's because of this tree planting project in 2007 senegal was among 11 african countries that pledged to plant trees and what they called a great green wall from the east to the west of the continent but 10 years on most

of the countries involved have dropped out because many of the trees have been killed by drought termites and increasingly inhospitable climate temperatures are rising in rainfall dropping. experts say that if all the trees that were planted for the last 40 years had survived then this would look like the amazon forest well instead it looks more like this the aim of the program is no longer to build the great green wall because the desert is moving forward but rather to find a solution so that the communities here can adapt to the changing climate. for senegal this green wall is a long term investment for future generations achieving success now depends on finding species of trees that can be adapted to this environment. polluting countries are investing in the green wall to offset their carbon emissions under climate marketing schemes but by 2050 the global temperatures is predicted to rise

by 2 degrees the desert is rapidly expanding and the villagers here say they're racing against time to save their homes and strengthen the front line in the fight against climate change nicholas hawke senegal. now anger is spreading across india over the case of a young woman who was raped and murdered near the city of hyderabad there were angry marchers and citizens with people demanding justice for the 27 year old she was gang raped and her body was dose in fuel and burns police say 4 suspects are in custody protesters want a fast investigation and stricter laws to ensure the safety of women it doctor country p.r. get it get a doctor was rights burnt in a murdered and to condemn her murder the entire country is furious they have a voice inside them asking why such incidents are happening against women surgical strike with your god double when will a surgical strike happen on the rapists men rape and then run away and the judicial

system keeps running the way it does for 5 years past and nobody bothers callister god you don't have a bike when i return from college i know how unsafe it feels my parents keep on calling and asking me if i've reached home or not i know how tense they are when they're living far away from our homes how long will this go on the government should do anything do whatever but please keep the girls safe. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories mexico's homicide rates hit its historic levels with 127 deaths reported on sunday that's the highest number in a single day since records began in 1907 it comes as president and dress manual lopez obrador completes his 1st year in office and fisher has more now from mexico city. the president has said that there has to be

a whole change in attitude he believes in hugs not bullets as you see he needs to address the social problems that lead to the economic power of the cartels and he's saying that he's changing what has been done over several administrations though in mexico so it's not going to happen overnight though he's also been saying that while he doesn't think what happened in the weekend was exceptional there are people who would argue with that what he intends to do over the next few weeks is publisher report which shows the people who aren't doing their job. police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed during protests in beni on monday protests as they're upset about what they say is a lack of u.n. protection from on travel groups u.s. president donald trump is stepping up tariffs directed against 3 allies trump threatens world in $2000000000.00 in new levies on french exports he also announced plans to reimpose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from argentina and brazil a new report from amnesty international says millions of people living with disabilities

in yemen lack access to basic fundamentals and care the right script says people with disabilities are among the most risks in civil war broke out 5 years ago. cleanup operations have begun in some parts of the philippines after a powerful typhoon made landfall in the east of the country parasite an 8 provinces and authorities are still trying to determine the full extent of the damage. and saudi arabia is urging the group of oil exporting countries opec to reduce production as it prepares to list its state owned all firm on a stock exchange so says of told the reuters news agency the plan would see another $400000.00 barrels per day added to the existing cuts of $1200000.00 that help states these continues now to syria after the street say less. many countries aren't keeping up with their commitments to stop our planet's heating got . candy achieve anything at the u.n.

climate change conference in madrid. as representatives from over $200.00 countries gather for a cop $25.00 join us for special coverage on al-jazeera. ok and join this train today how can be used to promote peace i really could be glad of a chat with developers about using video games to build communities and tackle social issues tell us what you think by joining the you tube chat or tweeting us out. you know being a refugee coming it's easy you know what is next what are you going to leave tomorrow you know going to leave tomorrow one day my mum to buy for me. and money for 3 years it was like that moment that just never think that everything is possible for me 73 percent of the population in south sudan is under the age of

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