a 2nd attack in brooklyn a fossil just said day after dozens of civilians were killed in the. back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up tens of thousands feel it best government forces intensify their assault on syria's last rebel held office a typhoon killed 16 people in central philippines internet and phone lines are still down in some areas plus hits by corruption cases and to repeat election failures israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a primary challenge from his own.

people in book enough morning after 2 attacks in just 48 hours at least 12 soldiers were killed when they were ambushed on wednesday night in highly in so my province near the border with mali 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 ahmed it or says reports disturbing. officials in brooklyn a fossil say these are the bodies of some of the men who attacked positions and 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 2008. this attack on a restaurant and look at the 2017 killed dozens of people. the government of booking a fossil has declared 2 days of national mourning for victims of tuesday's attack

well since. 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. although 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 gun countries have played a major role in the glow of terror 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 and i said was all i receive in the backlash for the contribution in november the army launched

a new offensive against local and foreign groups operating in the country. many believe the recent attack in more than brooklyn a fossil was a response to this new offensive bricking a fossil has seen many attacks in the past 5 years that killed more than 700 people with hover 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has broken as security problems with prices kenya did with al qaida and i so regularly cross the border to launch attacks. to kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 20 quid and president marco boring ones to restore peace before the vote but is still clear if his army is up to the task how to crease al-jazeera a project. in other world news syrian government troops have captured dozens of villages in the last rebel held province of idlib the territorial gains over several days follow weeks of artillery bombardment and airstrikes supported by russia 130 civilly 130000 civilians have been forced from their homes already

this month as winter temperatures farther to neary to near freezing the world health organization is warning that around 12000000 syrians need medical assistance but. 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 front lines 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 gerson on on many of the displaced syrians are on the mall's north towards the turkish border but turkey's president has warned his country cannot cope with another influx of refugees syrian government forces an awful scene on capturing the city of mahratta gnomon the rebel held area said stan an important motorway which links the capital

damascus to aleppo one syria's largest. ahmed abdullah reports from untac on techies border with syria. there's no letup in the mosque exodus of civilians from serious 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 city and forces on. the asterix shelling and but obama talks on it lip appears designed to do just thought push people out on them now quote it with nowhere else to go. you know all of. my god take revenge on all those who caused this what if we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for mercy god to punish them for displacing us because in all of those humiliating us for god's sake we had being burned alive. long queues of cars and trucks loaded with people's belongings i had

the most of the techies border crossing. off a shell comes for the displaced off food forcing the new 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 have judge it's tough walk around the clock to bake bread for the ever increasing number of displaced citizens the shutdown of the winter conditions our diet we are providing down with top mules 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 are determined to cut you know about 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 in families who fled other areas damascus had a captured during the 8 and a half year civil war it's now almost visited anonymously without government 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 discoloration efforts in the area the techie's president of egypt taiba do on how to put that to say them kyra come all tunnel a new group 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 'd civilians in tom's and villages with tekken by syrian government forces but washes deploy involved in the operation in keen to help its

cover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels it's not clear if the turkish police will be hard mohammad on the wall just zita untuck. internet and phone lines are still down in some parts of the philippines after typhoon fun for now at least 16 people were killed in the storm was tore roofs of houses and toppled trees planes in ferry services are suspended stranding thousands of people the storm has now moved off into the soft china sea richard gordon is the chairman of the philippines red cross he says this storm shows the typhoon season in the philippines is getting longer. about 25000 people on that week the christians like to be a minister extern did in a week prime sentiments are. going to divide us a lot of houses have been damage to the coast of africa in particular you have on

the coast of various moving about maybe 2000 plus over and then flooding in the i mean the finite but given the indictment of people e-mailing copies and also in the border 'd where you have a lot of the was affected by not the power. saudi air so built on level power and then now and i want to get a break and there are about maybe about $28.00 evacuation centers with many of them will have the bans on all but not going to extend 4 the pressure because this comes after another type one that the best guess about a couple of weeks going to be set back and more but there have been said to me out there how young that's not going to you know this area of the bible teach them is supposed to be on its closing. but the bunch of meals we have given the changes. in the member at the time where the big bang belongs even in january now it's oh no he's practically the whole year really been months in

a year to get the break. so he can board and people are always prepared and we're doing that their degree and given the time and certainly we have i represent hard times mine many of the evacuees are sent into blank lines in the towns so. we have our hands full. israel has carried out ass strikes in the gaza strip a number of homicides were targeted no one was hurt israel says it was in response to wednesday's rocket attacks from the gaza strip into the southern city of ashkelon where caretaker prime minister benjamin netanyahu was holding a campaign rally ahead of an unprecedented 30 election in less than a year and a vote is being held after next now failed to form a government but before that national vote he is also contending with a leadership challenge from his own party name reports from western. 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 won't 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 they. had to call ridge. to confront danielle and i think it's a good indicator that the 10 yards days are. his last days in power but netanyahu has 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 genom eyes law enforcement the judiciary and the media at work all over the world this populism.

using. claiming that the courts and the media and other elites are after me and i'm over. of the people and also your story remember that at least from the point of view of the right wing you know i 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. i still ahead on al jazeera struggling to breathe in iraq on how no quality sure is being blamed for filling up hospital splats it is a city of refugees stretching as far as the eye can see what is the future hold for these rangar are they any closer to going home and stephanie decker in southeastern

bangladesh will be looking at those questions coming up. how low the weather remains rather messy across the good parts of europe lots of cloud and ripe sickly down into the southeast and cold is just around the east side of the med but it's mold for the most part as one good thing we could talk about here we've got some model s. and what's the weather pushing back against the western parts somewhat kwassa places say down into the southwest the spy portugal getting up to 15 degrees there in madrid double figures 2 for london and paris some of my fate with that wet and windy weather streaming in the still in the mild side from moscow still to just getting about freezing we'll see thomas getting up to around one degree celsius here on thursday there's a cloud of rain down into the eastern side of the med will snow over the turkish

mountains some very heavy rain just pushing out of greece into a good parts of and sliding across cyprus towards the levant so it starts to clear through is to go on into friday may some places of snow coming into parts of western russia that state still mild in moscow should be about minus 4 degrees celsius this time of year so it is on the mile side 10 celsius at the paris trickle some right and some snow into southern parts of france down towards the alps meanwhile across northern africa generally fine and dr you got that cloud and running up towards the end northeast of the region clearing away at this day. sponsored by. tolerance. in africa's technological at the center of an awful incident loop over t.v. live side by side. in its. life ups challenges kenya up developers to help small scale farmers cultivate

a new future but can mobile phones really be the seed of change it is politically because it's all over the world people took a look at life outside silicon savannah our knowledge of the human. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a recount of our top stories that leads 10 soldiers have been killed in a 2nd attack in booking a fossil zoom province it came just a day after dozens of civilians were killed in the ordinated attack nearby 2 days of mourning and way to collect 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 and internet and phone lines remain down in parts of the philippines damaged by typhoon ton for when the storm killed 16 people and damaged homes thousands of travelers were stranded as flights and ferry service is stopped. a boat has capsized in eastern turkey drowning at least 7 migrants 64 other afghans pakistani and bangladeshis were saved from lake van by emergency workers the lake is near the border between turkey and iran and is a well used crossing point for migrants heading to europe. the iranian government is denying low quality fuel is to blame for causing air pollution hospitals are treating thousands of iranians with breathing difficulties smaug in the capital tehran has forced a week long shutdown of schools and kindergartens as our report. 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 the sits 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 cooked in. 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 my guess is in these best the government should be kind to us and improve the quality of our fuel then we can breathe more easily you don't feel like you're breathing in oxygen at all no add on your looks to go on and if it's not fuel then most is it maybe there are natural factis such as invention but the major reason is the leds and all kathleen. yeah

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 than south korea life more than 60 percent of cars in the streets are old 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 or if we were not under sanctions we could easily import quality spare parts and get rid of the situation that many in france say they have no choice but to live under this great cloud this time of year you should be able to see the snow capped mountains. but the behind that there of smog hearing isn't only concerned

about the health implications of the pollution but also that is robbing them of the idyllic skyline aside beg al-jazeera the horizon. christmas in sudan has been recognized as an official holiday for the 1st time since 2011 public celebrations have been stopped by former president bashir but the new government says it wants to promote religious equality morgan has the story from khartoum. the sounds of the choir singing on christmas day this year has a different feel for william bass as sudanese from a christian minority he says the muslim majority countries declaring the day an official holiday is a welcome change from the way things have been for the past 80 years on things only on the hotel feel that. in the past we felt like we were part of the people of this country we christians were treated as the lowest caste lower than all other religions but this year the government gave us recognition by making

christmas an official holiday nationwide. sudan's previous government stop recognizing christmas after predominantly christian south sudan gained independence in 2011 christians make up about 5 percent of the 41000000 population and many have reported persecution in the past in september a transitional government was sworn in after months of political turmoil it has since appointed the 1st christian from the coptic minority to a position of power it's also called on minorities of other religions including jews who have left the country to come back home many christians now say they feel part of the society for the 1st time signs of christmas can be seen beyond the perimeter of churches here in the heart tomb and some markets like this one here so dense transitional government has pledged to be inclusive when it came to power in august and this month the united states removed from its list of countries where religious freedoms are a threat a list it's been on for 20 years now minister the news here and abroad want to see

just how far the government would go to keep its promises. the government has also granted school holidays on sundays for christians some have criticized the recent wave of changes but the government insists it's determined to create religious equality. but at the moment we have to stand in equal distance from all religions to be able to create a more religiously tolerant country it's about being sudanese not the religion that you follow christian leaders here say the changes will help bring unity. in the way of living and secure a good thing or. dividing people among themselves was done by political parties by political entities and the government unfortunately i hope they change it up and. actually it's a change that we continue to change our way of doing things our mentality and our

way of dealing with one another. these are shippers now feel better able to worship how they want but this freedom is new they'll be hoping it lasts people morgan al-jazeera hundreds of. wildfires have ruined christmas for many. dozens of families are homeless in valparaiso the fire started in a forest and quickly spread to suburbs nearby charlotte bennett's has more. 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 come to these minutes. that number soon. residents did what they could before they were evacuated some using buckets of water to douse the fire annoyed i feel powerless because all the houses bring another 1st coming here and there's no mom's house down this

government official surveyed where the blaze began speculating it had been started deliberately. took his opinion but there is evidence being investigated by the prosecution post investigators are carrying out all the due diligence to find possible responsibility and if prevented him and 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. dallas al-jazeera. a memorial service is a been held across asia to mock 15 years since the devastating indian ocean tsunami survivors gathered in bonn numb can one of the hardest hit villages in thailand 230000 people were killed across 12 countries when waves as high as 17 meters swept through the tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 9 point one earthquake off the coast of sumatra are 15 years later the

losses painful for many survivors. comment i don't think they died on the day the tsunami hit we couldn't find them until the 28th and their bodies hadn't decomposed at all i often imagine how much they would have thought about me before they took their last breaths but we couldn't find them we couldn't help them this is stuck with me and every time i think about it it hurts. with 2900 coming to a close we're looking ahead to the stories sure to make headlines in the new year good news is something 3 quarters of a 1000000 in bangladesh need in the 1st saw siri stephanie decorates or from cox says. refugees remain stuck while myanmar's leaders deny the genocidal campaign which told them there 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 failed no one here trusts the meum our 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 young children. that i was

attacking living here now for almost 2 and a half years somehow we are managing and for that you'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 during the contour of 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 thoughts of some of the world capital cities but what everyone has a story of tragedy and trauma it seems the world the simply accepted that this is

just the way it is this fall slansky 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 in the running a refugee camps of southeastern bangladesh. 2020 were marks 5 years of conflict in yemen the war has killed thousands and displaced more than 3000000 people in part 2 of our series on next year's biggest stories al-jazeera looks at the prospects for peace that's coming up on the 27th. now sky watchers across the gulf and southern asia have been treated to a rare solar eclipse it's known as a ring of fire and happens when the moon isn't close enough to the earth to

completely obscure the sun it means you can still see a thin bright ring around the outside the phenomenon lasts about 3 hours. headlines on al-jazeera at least 10 soldiers have been killed in a 2nd attack in booking a fossils province of some 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 it live nearly 130000 civilians have been displaced with winter temperatures approaching freezing bad for both but how can they do this to us even israel wouldn't do this this is so wrong 20 houses locked into 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 beekeepers are to russia iran and even assad me god curse him on. internet and phone lines are still down in some parts of the philippines after typhoon fun foreign hit at least 16 people were killed in the storm planes and ferry services are suspended stranding thousands of people 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 rocket attacks from the gaza strip into the southern city of ashkelon atika prime minister benjamin netanyahu was holding a campaign rally nearby ahead of an unprecedented 30 election in less than a year at least 7 people have been killed after a boat carrying migrants sank in eastern turkey lake avan 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 turkey's border with iran and he's a regular crossing for those heading towards europe and when morial services are happening across asia to mark the 15th anniversary of the devastating indian ocean tsunami 230000 people were killed when wave swept into 12 countries one of those ceremonies is in bomb can a village in thailand that was hard hit the tsunami was triggered on this day in 2004 by magnitudes 9 point one earthquake off the coast of sumatra the stream is next on. the u. trails talks to. relocate head to major stories of 2020 from around the world. through a series of intense specialist school. joining us this real sense the global impact

of what is to come next. welcome to the stream would you decide not to have children to save the planet that is the tough choice many people are considering as the global climate worsens my family ok i'm really good how are your family planning decisions influenced by the impact of climate change are they tell us through twitter and you tube. financial health and religious considerations often like the hearts of one's decision on raising a family but amid increasing severe weather events many people are deciding not to have children.