look enough fossils suffers a 2nd deadly attack a day after dozens of civilians were killed in the north. korea watching al-jazeera live from our global headquarters in doha i'm fully back t. ball also coming up tens of thousands flee it labe as government forces intensify their assault on syria's last rebel held province a wildfire sweeps through the city of baqubah to a so in chile destroying hundreds of homes. and christian leaders in iraq council festive celebrations in saudi that the solidarity with the victims of anti-government protests.

marking a fossil is mourning the dead from 2 attacks in the past 48 hours at least 10 soldiers were killed when there were ambushed on wednesday night in. a province near mollies border it's the same region where an army base and a nearby town were attacked on tuesday 35 civilians and 80 gunmen were killed 2 days of national mourning were declared a warning some viewers may find the images in armitage or says reports disturbing. officials in brooklyn a fossil say these are the bodies of some of the men who attacked the positions of civilians in the north the military says it killed at least 80 of the attackers it's one of the worst attacks by armed groups since 2014. this attack on a restaurant you'd look at a good 2017 killed dozens of people. the government of booking

a fossil has declared 2 days of national mourning for victims of tuesday's attack will see something then. we have to think about solidarity and national cohesion people women for the most part were getting water and got murdered in cold blood by the terrorists while they were retreating we must show compassion with the populations that is why all flags will fly at half mast for 2 days and all christmas celebrations are cancelled. over there are thousands of international forces in west africa sail region the violence has increased in the past form and there are fears of more attacks the same guy can't lead a major role in the global war on terror he clearly in hosted military bases joint bases facilities for example i've cos it's not going to be hosting an act of terror training camp so the. new global war on terror out and as a result i will see even the backlash contribution in november the army launched

a new offensive against local and foreign armed groups operating in the country many believe the recent attack in more than a fossil was a response to this new offensive burkina faso has seen many attacks in the past 5 years they've killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened security problems with quietus kenya did with al qaida and i so regularly cross the border to launch attacks. fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 20 committee and president wants to restore peace before the vote but his don't clear if his army is up to the task rabbit increase. our project. david otto is a counterterrorism expert on global risk international he says experience foreign fighters in booking a fast so have bolstered. most of the african states in the sahara region for

example had a lot of foreign fighters who traveled to iraq and syria the states within that region did not take note of all these foreign fighters now they've come back through libya and they are exploiting the poor fighting within the region you know they're taking advantage of the lack of coordination between countries you know irrespective of the fact that they have the g 5 so i think you know that's one of the issues there and the local population is not buying into the government's idea of its kind of narrative so that it's also affecting the fight in the tactically what the jihad these groups are been doing is to is to make sure that they keep the most military on the offensive most of the attacks have been against hard military targets you know the french lost about 14 of the french servicemen in mali just recently so i think the crux within the military is significant factor but mind you you can't win the war just by using the military tactics alone within the region.

in other world news tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing italy province says russian backed government forces intensify their attacks on the last rebel held region nearly 130000 civilians have been displaced in the northwestern province with when the temperatures approaching freezing the renewed ground an air offensive has seen more than 40 there it is recaptured by the syrian government in recent days. of the. how can they do this to us even israel wouldn't do this this is so wrong 20 houses flattened to the ground all at once how can this be possible there are no frontlines here just civilians i have got to punish all of them all of these muslim states even turkey turkey is supposed to be the guarantor to stop this madness but the key protecting russia iran and even assad may god curse him on. on many syrians on the move north towards the turkish border but turkey's president has warned his country cannot cope with

another influx of refugees syrian government forces are now focusing on capturing the city on gnomon the rebel held areas on the country's most important waterway which links the capital damascus to aleppo one serious largest city model reports from antakya on turkey's border with syria. there's no letup in the mass exodus of civilians from syria's loss to the rebel held strong. tens of thousands of rushing to its the turkish border scrambling to escape the aerial onslaught from russian and syrian forces on. the airstrikes shelling and but obama talks on it lip appears designed to do just that push people out on them now cornered with nowhere else to go. you know i will not solve tomorrow may god take revenge on all those who caused this what have we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god

for mercy be god to punish them for displacing us because in all of those humiliating us for god's sake we are being created to live. long queues of cars and trucks loaded with people's belongings i had to move to the turkish border corsi of bubble hour off a shell comes for the displaced of fuel forcing the newly displaced to set up camp in the open here they bomb shops and tweaks to stay warm in the biting winter weather techies aid workers say they're doing all they can to help. how to bake it even by the charity i object it's tough walk around the clock to bake bread for the ever increasing number of displaced citizens to share some of the winter conditions our diet we are providing down with top me was bread accommodation and heating materials but the families have so many means. syrian government forces advancing towards the strategic city of misrata as they push deeper into the

northwest and the problems but out to no money is on the m $5.00 highway assad's forces at the time and took up to 18 over 3 open that route linking the couplet of damascus with the city of aleppo syria's largest just like the rest of it live problems but i didn't know a man had been out of food for city and families who fled other areas damascus had a captured during the 8 and a half year civil war it's now almost visited and i know most things we have gotten i fled from a sorry 2 years ago after the destruction of our homes since then i have been forced to flee with my family 3 more times and here we are again the new fighting comes despite an agreement in august by the leaders of turkey russia and iran to commit to this commission efforts in the area the techie's president of egypt taiba on how to put that to say them kyra come all tongil unneutered fiji for all on its

own a spokesman for the tuckers president now say is their boss russia for us ceasefire to avoid the must suck off civilians in toms and villages with tekken by syrian government forces but losses deploy involved in the operation in libya keen to help its cover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels it's not clear if the technician plea will be heard mohamed on the wall just zita on talk. to the philippines now where internet and phone lines are still down in some parts of the country after typhoon fun phone at least 16 people were killed in the storm which tore roofs of houses and toppled trees planes in ferry service is a suspended leaving thousands of people stranded the storm has moved off into the south china sea want to be low is in the philippines capital manila he says travelers are likely to remain stuck the several days. we're outside the main port

the off manila where traditionally over the holiday season thousands of passengers wait to board their respective passenger ferries going back to their provinces in different islands in the philippines now christmas is a very important occasion for this predominantly catholic country and as you can see families are waiting here they've got their packages here but they've had to spend their christmas eve here because this is here with this type of phone or locally no one else ursula made landfall in the central region of the philippines on christmas eve and that has grounded all types of travel in the country and so here they are this is where they spent their christmas eve they've only had food that's been given to them by the philippine coast guard and you have children here who have basically nowhere to sleep and they have nowhere to bathe and

they're saying this is has been a very difficult christmas for them i know that me at midnight i'm very sad and i've been crying for days i told my child that i can't do anything they did not let us board the ferry because there's a typhoon and we understand that was the last i would go my wife wants us to be too good to be here and there's nothing that we can do now the situation here isn't unique across the country in different ports thousands more are stranded and it is likely that they will remain stranded until the typhoon leaves the philippines the passengers here tell us that they have not been assured that they can leave immediately assoon as the typhoon leaves the philippines they've also been told that it is likely that it will be one more week before they can actually get on their ferry school back to their provinces so it is likely that they. we'll be spending new year's here as well. wildfires have ruined christmas for many in chile

said largest city dozens of families are homeless in valparaiso the blaze started in a forest and quickly spread to suburbs nearby. a neighborhood wiped out by a wildfire that tore down from the hills a valid part of esau on christmas eve. i live over there and my house was burnt my cousins and uncles were relatives in the street this is my mother's house that house was built by my father i was born here. the port town is renowned for its colorful wooden houses its lift is charcoal hundreds of residents spent christmas day sifting through the debris isom said a skate the place. we were preparing dinner with the family with everything that had already happened in valparaiso with protests we were very sad because we could not work and now we have finally lost what we need to live and stay here. i managed

to get the pets and the t.v. out but i couldn't take more because the police took me away there was nothing more that could be done. the fire began on tuesday fanned by strong winds and a hot dry start to summer firefighters began a ground an aerial if it limit the destruction to move swiftly into the dance neighborhood. at least 60 homes have already been damaged and this number is likely to increase because many are in bad shape so it's difficult to count in these minutes. that number soon. residents of what they could before they were evacuated some using buckets of water to douse the fire annoyed i feel powerless because all the holes are praying another fires coming here and there's my mom's house down this government official surveyed where the blaze began speculating it had been started deliberately. if any but the i'm going to feel there is evidence being

investigated by the prosecution post investigators are carrying out all the due diligence to find possible responsibility and if proven to demand the highest penalty. for now though it's residents who are paying the penalty harmless they're sleeping in school buildings clearing out what's left to start again shall not ballasts al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera the challenges facing israel's benyamin netanyahu is fighting to maintain control of his party and the country thus. it is a city of refugees stretching as far as the eye can see what is the future hold for these are hanged i think any closer to going home and stephanie doctor in southeastern bangladesh will be looking at those questions coming up.

hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast we are still dealing with some widespread flooding here across parts of turkey now moving into syria as well you can see the storm system are settling in this is the forecast map on thursday not a lot of changes in the amount of rain we're going to be soon receiving across much of that area in turkey on that southern coast we saw well over 190 minutes of rain just in a 24 hour period that is going to continue as we go from thursday as well as into friday snow in the higher elevations could be quite significant as well so we watching that and the winds will be decreasing but still very significant down across much of africa and we're talking about egypt as well over the last few days the winds have been very very strong across the area anywhere from parts of libya all the way over here towards the coastal areas of egypt from thursday to friday those those winds will start to ease just a bit but as you can see across the middle east we're still dealing with rain we're still dealing with the winds temporize for cairo your temperatures will be coming down we're looking at about $1000.00 degrees here on saturday morning to expect

those low temperatures to be down into the single digits out here towards the west still rivette we are looking at 19 degrees with some clouds in the forecast algiers a little bit cooler at 16 but tripoli we are looking at a nice day few with a temperature of 17 degrees. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much employed in contribution to a story as he'll we cover this region better than anyone else would be foolish is you know it's very challenging but it is going to be because you know a lot of people that are deployed their own political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real story i'll just mend it used to do the work individualism we don't feel inferior we're good all of us across the globe.

you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories at least 10 soldiers have been killed in the 2nd deadly attack in iraq in a fossils province of some it came just a day after dozens of civilians were killed in a coordinated attack mia by 2 days of mourning were declared syrian government troops have captured dozens of villages in the last rebel held province of idlib nearly 830000 civilians have been displaced with winter temperatures approaching freezing and internet and more for phone lines are still down in some parts of the philippines after typhoon phone hits at least 16 people were killed in the storm drains and ferry services are suspended leaving thousands of people stranded. now

at least 7 people have been killed after a boat carrying migrants sank in east in turkey's lake of 64 people were pulled from the water by emergency workers when the vessel capsized on thursday morning it was carrying migrants from afghanistan pakistan and bangladesh the lake is near techie's border with iran and is a regular crossing for those heading towards 0. to iraq now where the largest parliamentary group has nominated their choice for prime minister assad is governor of the oil rich province many protesters are calling for an independent candidate and a complete overhaul of the sectarian leadership system prime minister added resigned last month following weeks of anti-government protests over corruption the lack of jobs and public services. meanwhile iraq's christian leaders have canceled major christmas celebrations in solidarity with anti-government protestors

christian numbers are dwindling across the country but the demonstrations are uniting people of all faiths simona fulton has a story from baghdad. christmas day in a rare occasion to celebrate for a beleaguered minority that has yet to recover from years of violence at the hands of iceland al qaeda many here remember the days when christians in iraq numbered in millions and formed an integral part of society. in the thirty's already the people were in history celebrating until late at night you couldn't walk from here to there because of the crowds the christians the muslims and all the players were celebrating both great day. this year's christmas is once again overshadowed by suffering but this time it's the suffering of others church leaders have council tell abrasions outside these prayers in solidarity with the victims of a violent crackdown on anti-government protests and now you know that god do we

have a celebrations before people would gather together now everyone stays in their own homes there's no christmas this year you don't have christmas because people are dying. during the sermon the congregation prays for the hundreds of victims and tens of thousands of injured in the protests the vast majority of whom are from the south iraq's christian community has faced a steady decline over the years we've both left behind feeling increasingly pushed to the margins of society in politics. but the latest protests unique in that they cut across to the religion has brought christians and muslims closer in their demands for justice good governance and a better life. is a christian and has taken part in demonstrations since they began alongside her muslim compatriots in missouri we're still for the church and islam there is one god and iraq is just one their cause is al cause demands of the same which is to change the entire government and to dissolve the parliament. symbols of

christianity put up by both christians and muslims alike can be found across tahrir square muslim protesters have erected christmas trees but instead of lights and ornaments they bear pictures of those killed at the hands of security forces or they should do a. lot of good history represents those who died in the $25.00 a revolution and reset it's up to commemorate the souls who struggled in the demonstrations and who gave their lives for the sake of the country we would not forget. it's the 1st time since 2003 that christians and muslims stand united for a nation free of sectarianism and the governments that will serve and protect all regardless of their faith only then could iraq's minorities they say once again thrive and perhaps even regain their former strength simona faulting al jazeera. israel has carried out as strikes in the gaza strip a number of hamas sites were targeted no one was hurt israel says it was in

response to wednesday's s. strikes carried out from the gaza strip into the southern city of ashkelon can take a prime minister binyamin netanyahu was holding in his campaign rally there for the country's unprecedented 30 election in less than a year ago named reports from west ham. in april there were fireworks and a jubilant crowd as prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife took the stage to celebrate winning the largest number of seats in the israeli election. tonight is a night of an immense victory 5 months later in front of a sparse crowd a somber netanyahu addressed supporters once again after winning the most seats but failing for a 2nd time to form a government. there can't be and will be a government that leans on the arab and he's honest parties since then netanyahu has become the 1st sitting prime minister to be indicted for bribery fraud and

popular breach of trust charges he says are politically motivated now he's fighting to retain control of his likud party. on thursday more than 100000 likud party members will decide if they'll put their support behind the man who's become the longest serving prime minister in israeli history. or if it's time for new leadership former interior and education minister gideon sar is vying to replace him i think that it's a very good thing that the likud had the primaries i think that they. had to call ridge to confront. and i think it's a good indicator that the days are. his last days. in power but netanyahu whose popularity has remained consistent among his base the

economy has been good and the security situation is stable during that in yahoo's more than 13 years in power he's transformed israeli politics and shifted the country to the right some say he's divided the population and it is a battle against corruption charges he's attempted to deal with gena mys law enforcement the judiciary and the media at work all over the world this populism. using. claiming that the courts and the media are their elites are after me who were present at the of of the people and also you have to remember that at least from the point of view of the right wing was very successful by days and is really so find out if he can pull off another victory even if he does he faces another challenge on tuesday the supreme court will rule on whether an indicted prime minister is even allowed to form

a government natasha going to name al-jazeera west jerusalem the iranian government is denying no quality fuel is to blame for causing apa notion hospitals are treating thousands of iranians with breathing difficulties smaug in the capital tehran has forced a week long shutdown of schools and can the gods reports. toxic smog hangs over the schools and kindergartens have been closed for a week children and people with respiratory problems have been told to stay indoors . at a high altitude and is surrounded by a mountain range which can trap polluted air the government says it's investing millions of dollars to reduce pollution but many here believe it's the quality of fuel in vehicles that's causing the problem the government insists it's not like this is. the environment department earlier said that gasoline share in an air pollution is minimal the fuels type is not the issue the pollution created for

example by nonstandard motorcycles as i'm told the pollution by a motorcycle is equivalent to 7 vehicles and we have many nonstandard motorcycles but on the streets of the city many are not convinced by getting these pests the government should be kind to us and improve the quality of our fuel then we can breathe more easily he don't feel like you're breathing in oxygen at all no add on your looks if it's not fuel then what is it maybe there are natural factis such as inversion but the major reason is the lead in our kathleen. pollution is the daily story of children in tehran every night they are waiting to hear that schools are closed tomorrow this pollution is very serious look at people who are wearing a mask and compre they will talk pollution is also taking its toll on the health service with more people being treated in hospital for breathing problems strasse that suffer for the life more than 60 percent of cars on the streets are older ones 20 years or more they should be replaced with new models these old cars are even

worse than the new low quality types produced by domestic auto makers if we can replace these worn out old cars with hybrid or electronic cars we can get rid of this pollution if we were not under sanctions we could easily import high quality spare parts and get rid of the situation many in france say they have no choice but to live under this great cloud at this time of year you should be able to see the snow capped mountains that so. the but the behind but there of smog iranians are not only concerned about the health implications of the pollution but also that this robbing them of the idyllic skyline a side big al-jazeera the iran. with 29000 coming to a kills where looking ahead to the story is sure to make headlines in the new year and good news is something 3 quarters of a 1000000 in bangladesh need in the 1st saw series sesame decorate for some. refugees remain stock. leaders deny the genocidal campaign which tells them that 2 years ago. the forest is slowly growing back even starting to outgrow the

huts it now shares these hills with this tree used to be the only reminder of the thick canopy cut down to make way for the hundreds of thousands of ringer who fled here what you see here was a forest reserve 3 years ago it's taken a multinational effort by different agencies together with the bangladeshi government to host almost 900000 people on this challenging terrain but what happens now this is the 3rd year of the rowing go crisis the 1st year was all about saving lives and the 2nd year was about stabilizing the situation in the camp that you see and i would say about the 3rd year really has to be about preserving people's hold and their dignity for the year for the future and when we look at the hills of myanmar just over there that's where people want to go that's what they tell us they want to repatriate the multiple attempts to start a voluntary repatriation program that's failed no one here trusts the mean mark

government will ensure their safety it hasn't allowed any observers to visit the red areas and bangladesh has made it clear it can't host them forever. for the refugees there is a lot of time to think. it is the father of 3 of the children. that i was attacking living here now for almost 2 and a half years somehow we are managing and for that we're really grateful to all those who are helping us but we are deeply concerned about our children's future and their education although we are getting by but if we end up staying here longer than it is very likely our freedom of movement will be more restricted. there are already restrictions here kaante the camps nor access the main roads after dark and recently the military has started to build a fence around the camps perimeter the local bangladeshi population is also becoming frustrated with the refugees the situation is not sustainable in the long term but there seems to be little international pressure on me and more to change

it it's almost 2 and a half years on and still no one has been held to account for what happened to the rangar these camps are the thumb eyes of some of the world capital cities but what everyone has a story of tragedy and trauma it seems the world is simply accepted that this is just the way it is this vast landscape of refugees hidden away in far south eastern bangladesh is simply a new reality it's a reality no one here wants to accept with their lives on hold everyone wants to go home mean mars mountains can be seen from all across these camps but as things stand for now it may as well be a world away. stephanie decker 0 in the rain the refugee camps of southeastern bangladesh. hello again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera at least while

soldiers have been killed in a 2nd deadly attack invoking a fossils province it came just a day after dozens of civilians were killed in a coordinated attack nearby 2 days of mourning were declared syrian government troops have captured dozens of villages in the last rebel held province of idlib nearly 130000 civilians have been displaced with winter temperatures approaching freezing internet and phone lines are still down in some parts of the philippines after typhoon from 4 in haiti at least 16 people were killed in the storm drains in ferry services are suspended leaving thousands of people stranded a wild fire has destroyed about $200.00 homes in chile the blaze started in a forest near valparaiso events spread into suburbs of the or city helicopters are helping crews on the ground. at least 7 people have been killed after a boat carrying migrants sank in eastern turkey vons 64 people were pulled from the water by imagine is when the vessel capsized on thursday morning it was carrying

migrants from afghanistan pakistan and bangladesh. israel has carried out s. strikes in the gaza strip a number of hamas sides were targeted no one was hurt israel says it was a misprint to wednesday's rocket attacks carried out from the gaza strip into the southern city of ashkelon ketek a prime minister benny minutes now was holding a campaign rally at the time ahead of an unprecedented election in less than a year. as always more news on our website at al-jazeera dot com the very latest on all of our top stories on their al-jazeera dot com inside story is next stay with us a university degree to be a doctor or a teacher but without any study or exams when i went to east investigates the pakistani company at legend links selling fake degrees to down and the police around the world on al-jazeera. capturing syrian and russian forces in yet

another push to take control of this rebel held region how much of a chance do they stand this time around what will the human cost be this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam is a than opposition rebel groups in syria have been trying to overthrow the president for the past 8 years now it could become the final battle between his forces and rebels the region is the last rebel held stronghold dominated by the armed group a at the height of the of a sham the government with russian help launched a new offensive to retake it live last week dozens of people have been killed in the past few days.