and your ceremony has been launched. the whole parish's in individuals pay 5000 years dollars to name allison. the aim this year is to raise $1000000.00, much of it for conservation initiatives. ah, the pentagon says us special forces have successfully carried out a major read in northwestern syria. 13 people are killed, we report from the scene. ah, you're watching all 0 life from a headquarters intel heim, daddy navigator also ahead. turkish president. roger taber, tuan, arrives in ukraine. and the latest diplomatic efforts, contentions with russia, west african leaders hold an emergency summit, our brick in

a fast so as the region faces instability. after a spate of coons opposition politicians put on trial and universities closed nicaraguan president, daniel ortega, expands his crack down on descent. ah, hello, we begin in syria. that's where us special forces have conducted what they're calling a successful, large scale counter terrorism operation. at least 13 people, including 6 children are reported to have been killed. an al qaeda leader is believed to have been the target in the town of ultimate and la province in the northwest. people say they heard shelling and gunfire and that homes were damaged. it was the largest u. s. rated edler province since an attack in 2019 that targeted ice leader i will buckle by godaddy al jazeera is on dean of use of has more from edler province, can initiate as it were, lindsey and liddy. this is the house that was under siege last night. the

helicopters kept hovering over it for more than 2 hours. later on the helicopters hit the house with 5 missiles, 6 children in addition to 4 women and 2 men have lost their lives. the helicopters hovered over the house for more than 2 hours, then carried out a landing operation and special forces stormed the house. we heard that no one surrendered. those who survived the missiles were killed by the special forces. so tom bought a car to the founding director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the doha institute. he says, the target must have been of very high security value for the united states for them to invoke personnel. helicopters line being means that the target is high value and also maybe the information that they were hoping to to get from the position is also of great importance for their fight against terrorism. but

what is very unfortunate was as always of the civilian casualties. and i think in that area is inevitable that people will be killed edges and sustainable. the situation that the whole region has been left in ever since 2016. we're talking about almost $4000000.00 people stuck in the north, east and northwest of, of syria, and those in the northwest of syria under a particularly with an ad lib or more or less governed by i have to shop or the shop the abrasion front, which until 2018 was seen as an affiliate of, of applied to and they have tried to distance themselves from outside of, but nevertheless they are in control of that surgery. and there are millions of people who are under their mercy in this area. so whatever operation is going to take, targeting will, will have, will include casualties. and that is something that i think and i, states needs to,

to answer for and explain. why was it necessary for so many serious to be killed. russia is condemning the u. s. decision to send additional troops to reinforce nato in eastern europe, in the latest diplomatic efforts each year for russian invasion of ukraine. circus presidents is a rising. yeah, for talk to president valard to me as a landscape. turkey has good relations with both ukraine and russia. 125000 russian troops are near the ukrainian border because of all greenhouse more from a stumble. turkish president a has expressed his willingness to mediate in this ukraine, russia crisis a couple of weeks ago. because ardon sees himself as a leader who can openly and freely a talk with a communicate actually with both presidents, president putin and president zalinski. and as president zalinski air has expressed himself to other regional and international leaders or doing his

diplomacy traffic. he will also be speaking the same topics with turkey and turkey . it is going to try to do a mediation between the 2 countries talk he expresses that it supports the territorial integrity of ukraine. but of course, while doing that also as a nate, a member, a present air down, we'll have to try to please present a, put into it because it, with russia, turkey a has some strategic relations and syria in libya and in a cutter bar during the armina as every john conflict, so he announced that a he is expecting russian president putin, it to turkey in the couple in the coming days. and he will be listening to them. of course, a turkey is also in touch with the u. s. presidency a turkish presidential, spokesman's s id hadn't paul conversation with you as a secretary, a u. s. security advisor solomon ad the day before. so turkey is trying to keep

a diplomatic track, an immediate between the 2. meanwhile, or let's bring in her dr. hamid she's joining us from ukraine as a dot, and that is where more u. s. military supplies have now arrived. just tell us what you seen use. we're actually here at give airport and we have the 7th delivery of military aid. part of that 200000000 a package from the u. s. that just arrived about an hour ago. now at this time it's scaring about 80 tons of, i mean, nation for grenade launchers. now this is all being loaded into the trucks by the ukranian army. but as per the main agreement, which is that cease fire agreement between ukraine and the russian back separate is

this hardware dis, admonition game not go to the front line. it would be a violation of that, that re with just a moment. all of this is being loaded by the ukranian army and going to ukrainian bases. we're also they need to get training on how to use this new military hardware. and while that is happening on the ground, the diplomatic efforts do continue to, to calm tensions with russia. yes, absolutely, actually the turkish president, roger or do i should be touching down any time now he is due to meet with president the senior officials of the government here. now he comes as the 2nd law. he represents the 2nd largest army in nato, but he also comes with maybe a different position in the sense that jerky does not want to have to choose

between ukraine with it has had improved relations over the past few years with whom it as many a trade deals over the past few years, and russia are, there is a corporation also in the military level between ukraine and russia. those are drones, those barked yard, jose drones that are actually made that gave an edge to the other. but john army during the over not going to care about 2020 well turkey has supplied those to your grade. and now they also have ideas whereby turkey surprise, they show up to drones. and new grade actually produces the engines for these roads . so certainly a lot of interest here for the turkish president, he had called that on a meeting between the president lensky and vladimir putin in turkey. that hasn't happened, but certainly his position is to try to tow that fine line without having to take

sides. if indeed this escalade. okay, thank you so much for that and how me does reporting from kia airport. we're, as you can see behind her, a plane delivering u. s. military supplies has now arrived in care of, i notice being unloaded. an emergency summit of west african leaders is underway and gone after burkina faso, the government was toppled by the military last week. 15 country regional walk ecolog will be deciding on a range of sanctions unless civilian rule is restored. for keno faso is the 3rd country from the region to be taken over by soldiers. there are fears the crews will the real progress made in bringing stability on democracy in west africa. so the domino effect started back in august 2020. that's when malia and colonels overthrew presidents abraham book our case are writing on a wave of anti government protests than in april last year in china and president is really debbie was killed and fighting while visiting troops on the front line.

the military installed his son as the new president and september soldiers overthrew presidents africans in guinea after he won a controversial 3rd term. and then last week, soldiers in virginia fall so detained the president and seize power. despite engagement bias was elections haven't been held in any of the countries after the military seas power. and only this week there was a failed to attempt in guinea, but so in which 11 people were killed. let's bring in disease who's joining us now from across to just tell us more about the summit that has now begun and what we can expect while they're in some it is on the way. like you said, just a few minutes ago, the opening for managers and the proper discussion of stock. and we also understand that our pension and bottom who survived, who had time to talking about the introduction, is also attending the african union. also concerned that this is contagious and

could affect other parts of africa is also attending this particular new some particular summit despite its having its own. busy summit currently under way of course, the capital letter you sent me about which is being attended by the identity president who sent in his represent about this particular meeting. now, with the auctions before these leaders ace, to see how they can strengthen sanctions against this, against the coup quarters in west africa. however, we've seen over the past one and a half years, how the money in readers or the money inventory rulers, a called the bluff of west africa meters, and continued or cautioned out their own transition programs for civilian jettisoning or setting aside. the suggestion is meant by a course. now, some analysts, secure journalism. political analysts are wondering if the next approach to dealing with a problem in west africa is the deployment of security forces or so just to deal

with who plotters in the region. however, there is no much appetite to do that at the moment. if you look at the continent or the some of the sub region, if you look at the problems happening in those countries, many countries are having to do with their own internal nigeria. the biggest contributor to any west african military deployment is having its own problems, dealing with book or i'm dealing with iceland, dealing with banditry, kidnappings, all bunkering and all the stuff as well as kid nothings and taking full run something in the region. you're talking about talking about value, which is having its own security problems. you're talking about a fossil talking about several countries including charge, which is also just a factor ready or battle hardened in dealing with crisis like this and what's up again. now, what are the options before that we continue to discuss more and more and in position sensor switch for the time being hasn't dissuade the military rule as in

money and did not discourage the people who attempted the call and get this how to do that. initially, the plan was to discuss the ongoing, punish, can development, the one that you can development and we can apply. so now we're going to be always add it to that mix. and that is the fact that this could be continuous. what's africa has a bad reputation for schools and people not wondering whether this we're going back to the bad old days. ok, thank you so much. i meant adriece reporting from across the united arab emirates. it's shot down 3 hostile drones. and the 4th attack within a month who the rebels in yemen claimed responsibility for previous attacks. but not wednesdays. drone launches an iraqi armed roof set of targeted vital facilities in the emeralds. and warned to further attacks until the u. s. e stops interfering in iraq and in yemen. to attacks on army bases and south west pakistan have killed 4 soldiers. 15 assailants were also killed and baluchistan. a separatist group

claimed responsibility for the raids. the leaders and decades of fighting between separatists and government forces. still ahead on al jazeera, the parties are over for boris johnson. britain's prime minister continues to refuse to stand down following allegations. he broke lockdown rules on the son of the late president ferdinand marcos was accused of riding a wave of miss information in his bid for the top job in the philippines. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys with sponsored by counsel airways. where we go with your world's weather update beginning right here, right now in se asia. hello everyone. good to see you. we've got our storms rolling across secretarial countries, but i want to get your rate to the philippines and solid bands of rain one second.

but 1st indo china fairly dry. the big story here is really that temperature divide hanoi 18 degrees in hutchins city, 34 and that ne sponsor, given us a few showers for coastal sections in and around. denay ok, promising we will get to the philippines. here's what it's looking like, the darker the color, the more intense the rain is falling, and because of that intensity, moderate flooding is to be expected here. while the band of rain that was scrutiny across southern sections of china, pulled away still a few, lingering showers across taiwan high pays got a high 16 degrees and the snow still falling because of that wind direction across the sea of japan, western horseshoe, and how kind of next stop or go into northern india. we do have weather alerts in play for some sundry downpours here, stretching pretty much from under sar rate through to the indian states of water, a con. and that energy is shifting further toward the east. so we track it as it moves into bangladesh, thunder down ports to be expected and duck. a hive 23 degrees on friday. ok,

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hello again. the top stories on al jazeera this hour. the largest us lead operation in northwest syria for 3 years is reported to have killed at least 13 people, including 6 children, a fighter linked to al qaeda and live province was the suspected targets. west african leaders are holding an emergency summit officer, military leaders supple burkina, faso government. last week, the us chairman says the number of coups in the region is becoming contagious and must be contained searches president has a writing here for talk. the president of all of them are zelinski. it's the latest diplomatic efforts is, fear is a for russian invasion of ukraine. moscow condemned the u. s. decision to send more troops to eastern europe. britain is prime minister as fighting for his job as more m. p. 's from his party submit letters of no confidence in his leadership. 54 conservative m. p. 's are needed to trigger a vote of confidence. boris johnson's resisting a chorus of calls for his resignation. after an internal inquiry criticize his

serious failures of leadership, police are also investigating 12 parties in his home, while the rest of the country suffered lockdown restrictions. jonah hall has more on the story from london, where the prime minister is continuing to go about his usual duties, including visiting ukraine this week despite the pressure for him to quit. he certainly not out of the woods by any manner of means old though the sort of intensity of the, of recent weeks of this crisis has subsided somewhat. that's because of a, an ongoing police investigation now that could take weeks or months to complete. but of course, this is still a party that he's troubled by what is what it heard, what has happened that he's asking itself very serious questions about whether mr. johnson is the man they want to lead it and to leave the country specifically to lead the party into the next election, or whether they want to see a change of leadership at the top. and that's why you're still seeing these trickles of letters going into the bodies. 1922 committee on wednesday. that brings

i think, the tally a to 13 publicly, who've done so unknown. the number of m. p. 's who may have sent letters in privately, that of course, makes it quite difficult for the government, for downing street to, to fight. it's really a god action that it has been doing in recent weeks trying to sort of isolate and confront these disaffected groups of empties and tried to win them around. the us, as mysterious and sudden brain injuries suffered by diplomat stationed overseas, were probably caused by electromagnetic devices. and intelligence panel investigated the cause of the symptoms known as have on us syndrome. since 2016, about $200.00 us on canadian diplomats, have complained about a range of illnesses including vertigo. the trials of 2 high profile opposition figures are due to start in nicaragua. so there are among dozens of the president's political opponents accused of violating the constitution. many were hoping to run

against daniel ortega and a presidential race in november, but were imprisoned in parliament has now bound for private universities. on 68 groups or latin america, editor lucio newman reports. their new images of what's happening inside men. i was she, what the prison it's were more than 40 government opponents had been tried behind closed doors for alleged conspiracy, terrorism, and much more human rights, inter director of human newness calls it a judicial force or what they've not been able to prove any crime against this people who have been practically kidnapped and kept in prison, violating the law and denying them due process, there is no presumption of innocence. the lawyers have had no access to them until the day of the trial. this is a model of an isolation cell when nunez says the accused, suffer from cruel inhuman treatment, including torture,

would be presidential candidate felix matter. the other faces up to 24 years in prison for leading an opposition coalition that demanded free and transparent elections last year. his wife, who says she and their daughter were forced to sleep, nicaragua believes a guilty verdict is a foregone conclusion. i feel might be facing, though i think the hardest part is having to console. now, 8 year old daughter and knowing that he might be arrested, felix sent her a tight message saying he loved her and would always be thinking of her, but it's difficult. hammer, resident ortega began arresting his staunchest opponents, including 7 presumptive presidential candidates, 6 months before november's elections. ah, he ran, and when a 4th consecutive term, virtually unopposed, let the elections were widely dismissed as a sham for members of godless fernando cham laurel's family. i now been tried and offering her, we're facing a great and justice based on political vengeance. not just my sister christiana,

but my brother, pedro, whacking and 2 cousins. all of the prisoners are innocent and are being tried for participating in civic protests because they represent the desire of nicaraguans to hold free elections. vehicle deangela, former ortega allied daughter, maria, deus and emblematic rebel commander during the 1970s sandinista revolution is also being tried. this week on charges of treason as is 24 year old, listed a lemon, a student leader who helped organize mass protests against ortega in 2018 or take it has ignored widespread international appeals to release the opposition prisoners preferring it seems to make an example of those whom he accuses trying to overthrow his government. but by tightening control and encouraging more nicaraguans to join the 10s of thousands of already fled the country, the trials could end up making the country's political crisis. even worse. seeing human al jazeera,

at least 3 people have been wounded in chile by attackers who say they're part of the indigenous ma, poochie resistance. a group of armed men ambush truck drivers near a forestry plantation on wednesday. they shot at their vehicles before setting fire to bulldozers. approach our leaders are calling for the return of ancestral land that's being farmed and log, putting the feeling for business with indignation and to impotent our work. if you are attacked by these organized groups who use firearms against our workers shooting up point blank range without carrying about anything west, the ball is incomplete. impunity food and energy price increases in turkey have help the official inflation rate to store to a $20.00 or high a 49 percent. the official data comes days auster turkeys. president stacked the head of the national statistics institute after just 10 months in the job. the philippines election commissioner set to decide whether to bar frontrunner furden,

on marco's junior, from the presidential election in may. the son of the controversial former leader, ferdinand marcus, is popular with many voters. but he's been accused of spreading misinformation. jemila duncan reports from angela davis. really the 22 year rule of president ferdinand marcus. it seemed to day as a brutal and divisive period in philippine history. a people power revolution forced him out of office and into exile in 1986. but decades later, his son for ended in mark as junior and also known as bon bonded, is a front runner in this year's presidential election. my intention to run it may seem surprising to many, but the political resurgence of the marcus's didn't happen in an instant. oh, experts see the marcus's have spent years using social media to rewrite history or say, online means like this. new zealand prime minister has sinned, dark turn,

breezing, bumble, marcus, junior, or of the american basketball superstar michael jordan, receiving a box of bread from the late president, have dominated, online chat groups. it's even said that the marcus says will give away tons of gold bars. and other treasure, if bonbon becomes president treasure, that fact checkers and journalists see does not exist. but the story has already spread widely on social media, even after twitter announced last week that it has suspended hundreds of pearl markers, accounts. i think it's also important to consider the desperation of many oracles . oh, and that desperation, economic and social their needs. are. the pandemic has exacerbated that. and this is just the market of exploiting that desperation. making filipinos believe that

there is a quick way out of poverty. al jazeera requested an interview with mr. mark. as his campaign team, there was no response. the market camp has repeatedly denied owning social get to pharmacy. we know that so should be just very low verifiability. that will be one shining star and democracy and asia is now for the box lighting country. the philippines is the biggest facebook user, in se, asia, and the 6 in the world's researchers say, the higher populations exposure to social media, the higher it's beyond the ability to dis, information. this information they say has the power to obliterate the ability of people to distinguish what is real. and what is not. melinda, again, 0 manila, the 2020 winter olympics open in beijing on friday. organize or say years of preparations are complete,

but the lead up to the games has been far from straight forward. corona virus infections are increasing both inside and outside olympic venues. and as katrina you report from the capital, china is facing diplomatic boycotts because of human rights abuses and restrictions on freedom. ah, the theme song welcoming the world to watch the 2022 winter games, while the olympic torch makes its way through bay. jake. china has promised to deliver a safe and splendid global event to sell them, but achieving this is it going to be easily mo, from a nation wide outbreak of curve at 19 record cases abroad, a testing it's 0 tolerance. pandemic strategy. participants are greeted with help is it has map suits and must undergo a rigorous testing regime before and during the event for it's found to be positive are immediately quarantined and could miss out on competing. there's been a lot of athletes that are testing positive right now. and it's scary because you

put in for years since the last games you know, johnny put in 20 or years to get years and for all of that to go to waste in the last week last couple days it would be a tragedy. and so that's always kind of on your mind and it is stressful tickets won't be sold to the chinese public. instead, spectators will be hand picked by authorities. this will be the 2nd olympics to take place during the grown of iris pandemic. but ms is here a much stricter than during the tokyo games. participants are sealed off in a closed loop system. the road lane just below me, is restricted to gains vehicles only, and local residents have been warned to stay away, even in the event of a crash or break down. heavy handed measures have led to an olympic atmosphere unlike any other, but for beijing that message is clear. there's not going to be the great crap crouch, you're not going to have the tourism boast. ah,

that would have accompanied something like this. and so for beijing, what they want to show the world is that they're able to carry on regardless of how difficult situations become. difficulties also include crit, ism of china's human rights record, and diplomatic boycotts. buddy, united states, canada, britain and australia. chinese officials have dismissed this as political grandstanding, but analysts say china's president is eager to avoid further embarrassment during the event. if he does not get the game happening as expected, and it will be quite a bit of a slap in the face is not ah, a fatal punch in any sentence. but it will be very embarrassing for she. jimmy chinese rights activists living in the capitol say they've been visited by authorities and want to stay silent during the olympics. within the bubble,

the i o. c says athletes are free to express their views outside of formal events or ceremonies. but organizers say, those who break chinese laws with behavior or speech that is against the olympic spirit will face certain punishment. katrina, you al jazeera, they ting ah hello again to headlines on al jazeera, the large us, you are slight operation or northwest syria for 3 years is reported to have killed at least 13 people, including 6 children. a fight are linked to al qaeda and edlio province was the suspected target. i'll jah zeros. allah dental use of has more from italy, province. commander shaded heather were immensely. hello the, this is the house that was under siege last night. the helicopters kept hovering over it for more than 2 hours. later on the helicopters hit the house with 5 missiles.