prevent retaliation by syrian air defenses is becoming a distinguishing feature of the israeli air force israel's previously denied using planes as shields against syrian defense systems but has not yet commented on this incident they've acknowledged carrying out strikes in syria to stop what they describe as a reign in military entrenchment defense and political commentator and or and says the situation could have gone badly wrong. this particular incident could have been dangerous had the pilot of. a civilian airliner panicked and instead of. going to come in asking permission and getting it and lending did come in as an emergency. they would have fresh ideas at damascus international someone new yes this could happen and did happen. almost exactly 47 years ago in february of 1973 when he's really flames it believe be an airliner and the pilot panic and crash in the sinai and there were dozens of fatalities. in a major shake up in german politics a key regional prime minister's quit just hours after taking up the post that's made a huge backlash over an unprecedented pact between the ruling chr

a former air force chief in 1973 he led an air campaign the regain the sinai peninsula from israel it has been a humiliating loss in the 967 war president anwar sadat's made him by surprise and. mubarak was just meters away from sadat when he was shot dead in 1990. 8 days later. became president almost immediately he implemented emergency laws giving the state sweeping powers of arrest and cousin basic freedoms that would remain in place for his entire presidency there were a number of assassination attempts like this one during his visit to ethiopia in the mid 990 s. nearly 60 people were killed in luxor. mubarak cracked down rounding up thousands of suspects from the inside many egyptians considered his rule oppressive although he won 4 elections there were allegations of fraud but he continued to impress mattie in the global political arena as he made international diplomacy a cornerstone of his rule. to secure a steady flow for supplies into world markets and brokered deals between the palestinians and the israelis the americans enlisted support of 2 major allies saudi arabia and

says a un in the gyptian brokered cease fire with israel has gone into effect the ceasefire comes after 2 days of cross border violence the israeli air force says that at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel also carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks and israeli air strikes killed 6 people including 2 islamic jihad fighters in syria on sunday night. staying in syria armed groups backed by turkey have reportedly recaptured the town of on their out in the country's the province and nader is on the strategic m 4 highway connecting aleppo would like to keep the syrian government forces helped by russian aerial cover have been trying to regain ground in the country's last rebel held region almost a 1000000 people have fled the violence with the u.n. warning the fighting could end in a bloodbath. well the united nations world food program says more than half full of zimbabwe's 15000000 people are in need of food aid the country is one of the world's least food secure nations a situation made worse by one of the worst droughts in decades world food program has been as blamed climate change for the deteriorating c

effect between the palestinian armed group islamic jihad and israel the ceasefire comes after 2 days of cross border violence israeli air force says at least 80 islamic jihad rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel has also carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks killing 6 people. founder julian assange just began his u.k. court battle against his extradition to the u.s. washington wants britain to hand over the 48 year old to face trial for espionage as the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness stay with us. the race for the white house has begun. to see 4 states have their say they want to please don't try. to latch on to continue coverage of the state of the 2020 u.s. in action. on just. the way. i have never really fit into any mold or any group i've heard at all like you're not. you're not a good muslim you're not american and. have multiple identities multiple things that make me what i am. that's what makes an. easy thing to be when the world wants you to be like one thing or the other. i am.

into effect between the palestinian group islamic jihad and israel a ceasefire comes up the 2 days of cross border violence israeli air force says at least 80 islamic jihad rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel also carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks killing 6 people including 2 islamic jihad members in syria on sunday night. governing party wants prime minister thomas to body to step down after he was charged with the murder of his 2nd wife bonnie appeared in court on monday where his lawyers argued that his office grants him immunity from prosecution so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story stations that's watching. iran this general election deals a blow to the religious establishment conservatives did win the vote but the turnout was the lowest in 4 decades so how will turnaround deal with what seems to be growing public discontent this is inside story. our welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan hardliners are set for sweeping gains in iran's parliamentary elections but they appear to have less popular support voter turnout in friday's polls was t

effect between the palestinian armed group islamic jihad in israel the ceasefire comes after 2 days of cross border violence the israeli air force says at least 80 islamic jihad rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel has also carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks killing 6 people we kill eeks founder julian assange has begun his u.k. court battle against his extradition to the u.s. washington wants britain to hand over the 48 year old to face trial for espionage those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness stay with us. the race for the white house has begun. to see 4 states have their say on tuesday wants to place down the trial. jurors to last a view to continue coverage of the 1st stage of the 2020 us in action. on just. the way but. i have never really fit into any or any group i've heard it all like you're not somali enough you're not a good muslim and you're not american and. have multiple identities multiple things that make me what i am. that's what makes me me. now i'm easy going to be when the world wants me to be like one thing or the other. a young body or make a

into effect between the palestinian group islamic jihad and israel a ceasefire comes up the 2 days of cross border violence israeli air force says at least 18 islamic jihad rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel also carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks in 6 people including 2 islamic jihad members in syria on sunday night. on the life of basketball legend kobe bryant has been remembered at a service in los angeles the l.a. lakers star was killed alongside his daughter giana and 7 others and i look up to crush last month those were the headlines and news continues on the al jazeera occidental on stage and also watching. right now at this very moment artificial intelligence is trying to figure out exactly who you are. mimics our thoughts and emotions. analyzes ourselves to decode our genetic material. no task is beyond its capabilities ai is even learning to drive our cars for us. ai controls robots that work more efficiently for me to do. so where does this leave us in this new world of artificial minds. in the last 10 years we've developed an inseparable bond with our cell phones. smartphone capabil

a former air force chief in 1973 he led an air campaign the regain the sinai peninsula from israel it has been a humiliating loss in the 967 war. president anwar sadat made him by surprise and. mubarak was just meters away from sadat when he was shot dead in 1980. 8 days later. became president almost immediately he implemented emergency laws giving the state sweeping powers of arrest and basic freedoms that would remain in place for his entire presidency there were a number of assassination attempts like this one during a visit to ethiopia. in the mid 990 s. nearly 60 people were killed in luxor. mubarak cracked down rounding up thousands of suspects from the inside many egyptians considered his rule oppressive although he won 4 elections there were allegations of fraud but he continued to impress mattie in the global political arena as he made international diplomacy a cornerstone of his rule. to secure a steady flow of oil supplies into world markets and broker deals between the palestinians and the israelis the americans enlisted support of 2 major allies saudi arabia and egypt th

says a un and the gyptian brokered ceasefire with israel has gone into effect there's been 2 days of fighting along the gaza strip the israeli air force says that at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday while israel carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks those are the headlines that women make science is coming up next. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong on the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies america fact on the world. which buttons in my career was really a political movement a mother was very proud. but you know. what do you think. you can do in 1020 years how is it going to help anybody to improve the lives of the people that live in our village. from. it's a wonderful. time for me because i have seen the other side of what i didn't imagine most in the oratory and what is even more exciting that i've seen you apply i researched on in africa. just som

gaza between the palestinian armed group islamic jihad and israel the ceasefire follows 2 days of cross border violence the israeli air force says at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel carried out attacks using aircraft and tanks. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories the world health organization has warned the coronavirus is a rapidly escalating epidemic and it must be tackled quickly the warning comes after an increase in cases in south korea italy and a number of middle eastern countries this is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that we've got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic i mean it's actually what china demonstrates is where this goes is within the control of our decisions to apply this kind of rigor and approach to to to this disease iran's deputy health minister. has been diagnosed with coronavirus iran has the most deaths outside of china 1561 others have been infected there iran's president hassan rouhani says the situation is under control and he's warning that the crisis is being politicized. as actual one of the plots and conspiracies that our enemies a

into effect between the palestinian group islamic jihad and israel the ceasefire comes off the 2 days of cross border violence israeli air force says at least 80 islamic jihad rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel also carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks killing 6 people including 2 islamic jihad members in syria on sunday night. the suits governing party wants prime minister thomas de body to step down after he was charged with the murder of his 2nd wife bonnie appeared in court on monday where his lawyers argued that his office grants him immunity from prosecution for those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story station that's watching. iran's general election deals a blow to the religious establishment the conservatives did win the vote but the turnout was the lowest in 4 decades so how will turn around deal with what seems to be growing public discontent this is inside story. our welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan hardliners are set for sweeping gains in iran's parliamentary elections but they appeared to have less popular support voter turnout in friday

accused and said that israel is behind this incident put the force on israel because at the end of the day israeli fighter jets put actually the. russian aircraft in the path of the syrian air defense. systems well israel has previously denied using aircraft as shields against syrian defense systems though it has yet to comment on this incidence and does acknowledge that it's carrying out strikes in syria to counter forces backed by iran and this video shows the aftermath of the air raids outside damascus you can see residents clearing rubble from the streets cars and buildings were completely destroyed we spoke to people living in the district. we work in the morning to find this look at this destruction may go take revenge from them look at this people's livelihood is destroyed as you can see yesterday the area was targeted by israel this area has a lot of car hire companies and as you can see many cars were damaged thank god the garbage was only material every nation security and ticket to getting a new is told is why it's so difficult for civilian aircraft to avoid danger. clearly what happened was the when the attacks by the israelis underway damascus 30 c. . of the ai

into effect between the palestinian group islamic jihad and israel the ceasefire follows 2 days of cross border violence the israeli air force says at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel also carried out attacks using aircraft and tanks 6 people were killed in syria on sunday nights including 2 islamic jihad members and 4 wounded in the gaza strip the u.n. is warning of a bloodbath as fighting in the northwest of syria moves closer to makeshift camps for internally displaced families opposition fighters backed by turkey gaining some ground in southern province of facing attacks by government troops supported by russian airpower gupta as more in the cold winter of northwest syria and underground cave is the only refuge for these displaced families some find shelter in abandoned prison so it's they have nowhere else to go the russian backed government offensive to recapture it live from rebels has forced nearly a 1000000 people from their homes and the russian shelling forced us to leave our homes we took what we could and came to this president we decided to stay in a cell which is about 20 square meters an

a former air force chief in 1973 he led an air campaign the regain the sinai peninsula from israel it has been a humiliating loss in 1967 war. president anwar sadat made him vice president. mubarak was just meters away from sadat when he was shot dead in 1980. 8 days later. became president almost immediately he implemented emergency laws giving the state sweeping powers of arrest and basic freedoms that would remain in place for his entire presidency there were a number of assassination attempts like this one during a visit to ethiopia. in the mid 1990 s. nearly 60 people were killed in luxor. mubarak cracked down rounding up thousands of suspects from the inside many egyptians considers its rule oppressive although he won 4 elections there were allegations of fraud but he continued to impress mattie in the global political arena as he made international diplomacy a cornerstone of his rule. to secure a steady flow of oil supplies into world markets and burger deals between the palestinians and the israelis the americans enlisted support of 2 major allies saudi arabia and egypt the sa

the plan and said his people would never accept it was negotiated with israel without input from the palestinians. german air force plane is arrived in frankfurt from the hun is governments continue to repatriate their citizens from china in response to the coronavirus 312 bangladeshis have also been taken home while russia prepares to pull out its citizens on monday and tuesday strong gusts of wind and soaring temperatures feel bushfires in australia's capital firefighters have been able to hold blazes back from reaching the outskirts of camera but uncontrolled fires in the territory of reached at least 350 square kilometers in size. age there's no homes lost but we've still got a long night ahead of us and you know. it's in the stay is a serious issue unfortunately we've seen these many times during the season but we can't be complacent when you have this much far activity. and person woke up on saturday no longer a part of the european union but months of work still lies ahead the u.k. now faces intense negotiations to determine its future relationship with the bloc this includes trade security and resource agr

brokered cease fire has come into effect between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad ceasefire follows 2 days of cross border violence the israeli air force says at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel and so carried out attacks using aircraft and tanks 6 people were killed in syria on sunday nights including 2 islamic jihad members and 4 wounded in the gaza strip and forces joins us live now from southern israel near the border with gaza so far is it holding. it appears to be the that cease fire that you referred to is not confirmed by israel but the bit talked about on the gaza side of the equation has apparently held since it went into force at 1130 local time on monday night there was an earlier announcement from islamic jihad earlier that evening saying that it completed what it called its military response to israel but that it would stand ready to respond to any further israeli air strikes israel said that it was striking against the the earlier rockets there were further exchanges for some hours after that initial announcement by islamic jihad but now it does appear that things are holding certainly some of the r

plan was negotiated with israel without input from the palestinians. a german air force planes arrived in frankfurt from mohan this government's continued to repatriate their citizens from china in response to the coronavirus 300 homes bangladeshis have also been taken home while russia is preparing to pull out its citizens on monday and tuesday and britain woke up on saturday no longer a part of the e.u. but months of work still lies ahead the u.k. now faces intense negotiations to determine its future relationship with the block all this includes trade security resource agreements which are yet to be reached. rewind is the program coming up next made in bangladesh focusing on with an award winning investigation in fact into working conditions in the country's clothing industry vast ory coming up now on al-jazeera. counting the cost cheap of a fighter jet how the drug industry is changing warfare plus putin's power grab for life we look at the russian president's economic record over his last $2.00 decades and she's biggest test controlling the spread of the growth of c

mounting tensions things have turned to hot between israel and the palestinians the israel defense forces say they have launched air strikes against multiple hamas targets in the gaza strip. this video purports to show the moment of the strike the i.d.f. says varo war planes and helicopters hit underground facilities of hamas and other assets the strike was said to be in response to an attack on saturday with a rocket fired from gaza an exchange of fire between the 2 sides has been ongoing over the last few days and this comes as the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas has said that he is suspending all ties with the united states and israel the announcement came out an emergency meeting of the arab league in cairo following the release on tuesday of the trumpet ministrations long awaited peace plan. we inform you here that we are cutting all relations with you and with america we have said the same thing to america including security relations obviously the palestinian president's remarks did not come as a surprise right from the start the palestinians have not been part of this so-called deal of

said his people would never accept it trumps and was negotiated with israel without any input from the palestinians a german air force plane is arrived in frankfurt from han governments continue to repatriate their citizens from china in response to the coronavirus 312 bangladeshis have also been taken home while russia prepares to pull out its citizens on monday and tuesday. person woke up on saturday no longer a part of the e.u. but months of work still lies ahead the u.k. now faces intense negotiations to determine its future relationship with the globe this includes trade security and resource agreements which are yet to be secured. the listening post is coming up next examining the corona virus outbreak in china do stay with us for that oscillator. the spread of credit my research and i. think. we're seeing you also actually. talk show. that part i'm china an app i sit. down hello i'm richard just put in you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week we're pointing our lens at china hong kong and taiwan starting with the corona virus and beijing's efforts to keep the out

said his people would never accept it trumps plan was negotiated with israel without input from the palestinians. a german air force planes arrived in frankfurt from mohan this government's continued to repatriate their citizens from china in response to the coronavirus 300 bangladeshis have also been taken while russia is preparing to pull out its citizens on monday and tuesday and britain woke up on saturday no longer a part of the e.u. but months of work still lies ahead the u.k. now faces intense negotiations to determine its future relationship with the block all this includes trade security resource agreements which are yet to be reached. rewind is the program coming up next made in bangladesh focusing on with an award winning investigation in fact into working conditions in the country's clothing industry that story coming up now on al-jazeera. culture because she put off i suggest how the drug industry is changing wolf. is a power grab for life we look at the russian president's economic record over his last 2 decades and she's biggest test controlling the spread of the coronavirus counting the cost on al-j

effect in gaza between the palestinian armed group islamic jihad and israel this is far fulls 2 days of cross border violence israeli air force says at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday well israel also carried out its acts using aircraft and tanks 6 people were killed in syria on sunday night including 2 islamic jihad members and 4 were wounded in the gaza strip are a force that's in southern israel near the gaza border he says the ceasefire appears to be holding. that ceasefire that you refer to is not confirmed by israel but it's a bit talked about on the gaza side of the equation has apparently held since it went into force at $1130.00 local time on monday night there was an earlier announcement from islamic jihad earlier that evening saying that it completed what it called its military response to israel but that it would stand ready to respond to any further israeli air strikes israel said that it was striking against the the earlier rockets there were further exchanges for some hours after that initial announcement by islamic jihad but now it does appear that things are holding certainly some of the restr

forced to make an emergency landing at. an israeli air raid on a damascus suburb put the plane in danger defense ministry denounced israel for using civilian aircraft as a shield. only due to the time the actions of damascus airport dispatches and efficient operation of the automated traffic control system did the airbus a 320 manage to successfully land the closest alternative if eld russia's base i was on the streets when the attack happened here in damascus at about 1 12 am local time here on thursday on the sex of this month at about $115.00 local time a loud explosion was heard and that was the syrian air defenses. trying to repel what it looked like an israeli attack and then later on the syrian army command issued a statement clarifying what happened saying that israeli fighter jets carried out attacks from over southern lebanon on the occupied golan heights against various syrian army military targets in damascus around damascus damascus countryside and also peninsula and which is in that are countryside and the result according to the syrian army was the injury of 8 syrian soldiers and the russian ministry of defens

into effect between the palestinian group islamic jihad and israel a cease fire comes up the 2 days of cross border violence israeli air force says at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel also carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks killing 6 people including 2 islamic jihad members in syria on sunday night there are doubts about u.n. sponsored talks in geneva over the ongoing conflict in libya a delegation representing the warlord any of the haft are says it's the spending its participation internationally recognized government based in tripoli is also expressing reservations are diplomatic editor james bays has more now from geneva libya's prime minister came from tripoli to address the most important annual meeting of the un human rights council fine is elsa raj gave an impassioned speech focusing on what he says a war crimes directly ordered by them who in recent months has tried to depose him general holy for half. a see that was that a lot many have lost their lives men women children families have been displaced children have been orphaned because of degradation perpetrated by the war c

into effect between the palestinian group islamic jihad and israel the ceasefire comes off the 2 days of cross border violence the israeli air force says at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel also carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks killing 6 people including 2 islamic jihad members in syria on sunday night turkish backed on groups have reportedly recapture the town of narrow in syria's in the province. of these teaching them for highway linking aleppo with. syrian government forces assisted by russian air support have been trying to regain ground in the country's last rebel held the region almost a 1000000 people have fled the violence with the u.n. warning the fighting to day end in a bloodbath. time for a short break here on al-jazeera when we come back crowds gather outside a high security court in london as we can leaks founder julian assange begins his fight against extradition to the u.s. and why the celebrations of an election extending almost 60 years of family rule in togo may be a little premature. and in sport the host tournament favorites get their campaigns back on track at the t

said his people would never accept it trump's plan was negotiated with israel without any input from the palestinians. a german air force plane is arrived in frankfurt from ohio on its governments continue to repatriate their citizens from china in response to the coronavirus 312 bangladeshis have also been taken home while russia prepares to pull out its citizens on monday and tuesday person woke up on saturday no longer a part of the e.u. but months of work still lies ahead the u.k. now faces intense negotiations to determine its future relationship with the globe this includes trade security and resource agreements which are yet to be secured. the listening post is coming up next examining the corona virus outbreak in china do stay with us for that oscillator. the spread of grain of viruses that i was. trying to find were seen a false misleading information kind of struck me. as a tough question i asked the president part i haven't central china or an advice to take it off hello i'm richard just put in you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week we're pointing our lens at

small town in egypt's nile delta, rose through the ranks of the egyptian air force, serving as commander during the 1973 war with israelmed vice president in 1975, he was sitting right next to then-president anwar sadat in a military parade when extremist assassinated him in 1981. for nearly three decades after replacing him, he ruled egypt with an iron fist. opposition groups and human rights advocates criticized his regime for allowing arbitrary arrest and torture, he became an important ally of the west. in egypt became a major beneficiary of americans aid, second only to israel, receiving billions of dollars a year from washington. for his part, he offered stability in a volatile region. he honor the 1979 peace treaty with israel regularly crackdown on extremist groups. during his rule, much-needed reforms installed. multiple attempts to liberalize the economy failed, poverty grew and in 2005 egypt held its first ever multiparty elections . while the president won nearly 90% of the vote election was widely perceived to be rigged. and when the muslim brotherhood, who officially banned in egypt, but in reality were t

the israeli air force this is a very important point especially that russia made it clear that this is not the 1st time that this happens it happened in 2018 when also russia criticized israel for in danger and putting in danger to passenger aircraft in 2018 of course 2018 the israeli strikes not coordinated with russia caused the downing of a washington aircraft with 15 russians on board who were killed wash at that time also. accused and said that israel is behind this incident but the fall from israel because at the end of the day israeli fighter jets put actually the. russian aircraft in the path of the syrian air defense. systems israel has previously denied using aircraft as shields against syrian defense systems it has not yet commented on this particular incident and also acknowledges that it's carrying out strikes in syria to stop iranian military intrenchments r.t. house reach out to the israel defense forces for comment and we will bring you the response as soon as we get it now this footage captures the aftermath of the missile attacks that hit a suburb in the countryside west of damascus on thursday you can see residents clearing rubble from the street cars and

forced to make an emergency landing at russia's air base in syria. an israeli air raid on a damascus suburb put the plane in danger russia's defense minister denounced israel for using civilian aircraft as what they called a shield. only due to the time the actions of damascus airport dispatchers and efficient operation of the automated air traffic control system did the airbus a 320 managed to successfully land at the closest alternative airfield russia's air base combat operations by the israeli joint staff involving the use of civilian aircraft to shield and prevent retaliation by syrian air defenses is becoming a distinguishing feature of the israeli air force. for more details we're now joined live by a local journalist in damascus mohamed ali tell us what you know more about the incident. what happened was i was on the streets when the attack happened here in damascus at about 1 12 am local time here on thursday on the 6th of this month at about 115 local time a loud explosion was heard and that was the syrian air defenses trying to repel what looked like an israeli attack and then later on the syrian army command issued a statement clarifying what h

israel i forces launched air strikes on gaza. the gaza health ministry says four palestinians were injured during those strikes. >>> president trump will sign a peace agreement with the taliban in afghan 17 under one condition. a peace deal between the united states and the taliban could be signed on saturday if fighters stick to the agreed reduction in violence, which began on friday. >> assuming it worked out over the next less than a week, i would put my name on it, yes. time to come home. and they want to stop. they've been fighting a long time. they're tough people. we're tough people. but after 19 years, that's a long time. >> more than 12,000 u.s. troops are currently in afghanistan. >>> advocates for immigrants say a court rules ing likely to improve conditions for people at a holding facility along the u.s. boarder with mexico. photos here of a facility in arizona show what migrants and their supporters call inhumane conditions. federal judges ruled the customs and border patrol agency cannot hold me not graves longer th