natasha ghoneim, al jazeera, rio de janeiro. >>> in the u.s.ps say more than a thousand immigrants in detention centers have taken part in a hunger strike since october. among them are many south asian asylum seekers who lawyers say they should, released under u.s. law. we have a report from washington, d.c. >> reporter: the size of the protest outside the department of homeland security's immigration and customs enforcement agency or ice was a replex of how little attention a wave of the hunger strikes at migrant detention facilities across the u.s. has received. in alabama, texas, colorado, california, florida, and new york, south asian asylum seekers are protesting against both harsh conditions and a system they say is rigged against any chance of a fair hearing. cameron was one of 76 salvationn hunger strikers. he spent 11 months and 16 days having traveled through 15 countries before reaching the u.s., he says he fled bangladesh in fear of his life for his political views. >> translator: there were seven civics us, every single one was den

natasha ghoneim reports. >> reporter: this futuristic flower justing over the pear at the port of rio owe is the newly opened museum of tomorrow. nine the exhibits are intendeds to be a poetic yet forcal fusion of science, philosophy and hea heart. they hope it will compel visitors to ask the we questions about man mind and remind us we are caretakers of the earth. >> the museum is around a philosophical concept. tomorrow is not rid. not done it, it will bebility. >> reporter: it's a sim wolf port of rio left to deteriorate for 70 years since 2010 it's been in the midst of a major makeover, this is now the largest urban development project in the country. >> we have a lot of sin gee between the making us to have advantages on this process because of the visibility. rio at this moment. >> reporter: working in the port of rio area for three years and has watched the transformation. >> translator: i iced to be scared walking in this area. nonuse today come here. now you can come any time of day and you will find lots of people. >> reporter: a lightrail will soon run through the area. the

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natasha ghoneim, al jazeera, mexico. >>> okay.way with these things, we're getting a drip drip drip of information coming to us out of the pentagon. an isil fighter, we understand in iraq, not in syria, but in iraq, has been killed, and there are established connections between that individual following on from a targeted raid who has lost his life now, that individual and the ringleader of the paris attacks on november 13th. and we're just picking up that he has been identified as a 27-year-old native of the suburb of paris. he is a suspect in the attack. 130 people lost their lives on that night when that attack took place. isil claiming responsibility for it. it was the theater, and also the whole area, and he has also believed to have fled to syria in november. whether it was before or after the attack on november 13th, we don't know. of course the attacks were orchestrated in brussels, perpetrated in paris, the french president declaring a state of emergency. that's all we know on that story so far. you can get more, of cours

let us go to natasha ghoneim who is in rio for us. if somebody is accused of involvement in a 500 pound bribery scandal, you would expect the police to search his home. but this has been going on for sometime. so i guess the first question is why now? >> reporter: that's the question he just asked as he maintained his innocence. so a couple of things to mention. he is the man -- he is the speaker of the lower house -- who pushed the impeachment proceedings forward. it's not guaranteed that they are going to move forward, but he did get the ball rolling last week. and he is saying why now? he is saying that he had planned to turn overdocuments to the police. he also said that these raids are coming one day before the supreme court is going to determine whether or not a special committee formed in the congress last week, can proceed with its business. it is worth noting that those lawmakers who were elected to that special committee that will look at whether or not to impeach the president, those members were elected in secrecy, and tha

natasha ghoneim reports. >> reporter: in a city famous for its beach and carnival.a good time is a way of life. they also have experienced hosting an international sporting event. it hosted world cup soccer matches in 2014. add to that the pride of making history. this is the first olympic games to be held in south america. >> translator: it's going to be wonderful. and rio is going to welcome them with open arms. >> reporter: more than half of the budget comes from private money, and the city is taking full advantage of using existing venues from previous sporting events like the world cup. the city says construction is on time and budget. unlike the world cup when some stadiums were finished only days before the games began. >> translator: there are two kinds of olympics, games that trach the benefits out of the city, and the city that takes the benefit out of the games. we're taking full advantage of having the olympics in rio. >> reporter: in 2015 the city held 20 test events including the triathlon. but environmentalists are raising concerns about the site expe

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al jazeera's natasha ghoneim was at a december strigs that rio and files this report. >> reporter: theere are the flags of the worker's party. that president rousseff's political party and storms the base of her support. there are a lot of public employees here, but what we are also finding is there are a lot of people who say they don't necessarily support rousseff, but what they do support is the democratic process and they say that the impeachment effort under way is not that. they are calling it actually an attempted coup. people are saying there is no evidence of wrongdoing on rousseff's part. she is she's accused of misusing money from state banks to fill in budget gaps. people say they believe this impeachment talk is purely political. >> we must respect democracy. i am not here because i love dilma. i not love dill. i think there are lots of problems. >> reporter: you'll see a lot of signed here with the name eduardo, he is is speaker of the lower house and he's the one that is pushing this impeachment effort forward. he is a huge rival of president rousseff. he's also being in

natasha ghoneim, sao paulo brazil. >>> france's far right party has been defeat ed in the second round elections the national front failed to win a single region despite leading in six of 13 regions in the first round of voting which was just over a week ago. the ruling social assists of president francois hollande won in five regions while the center right party of former president nicholas czar cozy took president to find out more about the election and the rest of the day's news you can go to the al jazeera website. aljazeera.com. the n.r.a. this is third. >> americans fear fresh attacks from i.s.i.l. after the massacre in san bernardino. republicans say efforts by democrats to restrict gun sales will not make the country safer. >> not one of the proposals of