i'll give it now to al jazeera, thank you. >> james bays from al jazeera. you won't list a solicitor who you're going to invite but you are going to invite. how many rooms will you be shut ling between, how many demonstrations will there be. >> the issue about rooms and delegations will be part exactly of the creativity of the proximity talks. and you will see it yourself because there will be in my opinion a lot of shuttling because there is not only different delegations but there are also civil society women and others who deserve to be heard. the issue is they will be meeting me and my colleagues. and those, we will be assigning as facilitators or negotiators. so you could have quite a lot of simultaneous meetings taking place. >> reporter: so potentially a great deal of diplomatic activity here in the u.n.'s diplomatic headquarters in a number of different rooms simultaneously starting on friday. but that of course is if the talks start on friday and that depends whether the main fighting groups, those on the so-called riyadh list, decide to attend. >>

rob mathison, al jazeera. >> despite syrians. too long the international focus has been on air strikes and not on the innocent people affected by the civil war. al jazeera's karen lyon maloney haal jazeera's caroline maloney. >> marching in solidarity with people marching nearby, including some from the areas where people are trapped. >> translator: we came to lebanon because of the regime air strikes. they destroyed our homes. they burned our fields. there is nothing left in zabadani. they put them in a big prison. >> reporter: there have been marches here as well, making sure their fellow syrians get access to aid as soon as possible. there are 40,000 people in madaya alone who have been without proper food for months. the last time the u.n. was able to get aid to them was in october. al jazeera spoke to a resident in town. >> after witnessing such tragedy, civilians including women and children are being killed because of the use of this cowardly weapon. >> unfortunately there are many places under siege in syria's war and mor

good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera's international news hour. tonight we begin with new developments in the growing humanitarian crisis in syria. in the last six weeks more than two dozen people have reportedly starved to death in madaya. today a convoy of red crescent trucks carrying food and supplies arrived this, the first delivery since october. the assad regime is disputing meanwhile the severity of the situation. the ambassador to the u.n. blames the fabrication of the media on the troubles in his country jamie mcintire john kerry. >> we need full access and we are raising it with all parties right now. we are pressing it very hard and it has to happen. >> some fowrched people ar 400 e brink of death. it is unclear who might help them get out. al jazeera's james bays reports. >> trucks carrying food and medicine finally arrive in madaya. a town of nearly 40,000 people where they have been eating their pets and after that survive on a diet of soup made from grass. >> translator: we witnessed a lot and suffered a lot. people killed cats to e

jacky rowland, al jazeera, paris. >> u.s. troops have taken control of an i air field in syria according the a spokesman for american supported rebels. the pentagon would not comment. the air field is in the northeast close to the borders of iraq and turkey. this was previously controlled by ypg. gave the u.s. the air base for weapons delivery. iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi vowed to go against those sowin sowing said ition. sowing sedition. mohammed jamming reports. >> while many children are back in classrooms and bakeries are selling bread once more the remnants of last week's sectarian violence are easy to spot. the wreckage of a cafe attacked by i.s.i.l, to the burned out remains of a sunni owned market fire bombed in reprisal attacks. >> translator: the sunnies are often accused of siding with i.s.i.l. and harboring terrorism. the displaceare not able to return to their homes. >> reporter: the displaced, the last thing they wanted to do was to leave. >> we were ordered to go. we were forcefully displaced by the mi

thank you for joining us on al jazeera.e were just hearing steven o'brien saying that the syrian people don't have time. talking about the many thousands living under siege, and of course that is one of the demands for the syrian opposition to at tend these talks that many of the sieges be lifted. a valid request. do you think it's a realistic one? >> i see no indication that the regime is prepared to lift the sieges. it has continued with these through thick and thin. it has declared that it is going to geneva, but has also declared that it is not going to negotiate, only to listen, and that doesn't sound very promising to me at all. >> let's also look at kurds. the pyd, turkey not wanting them there, russia insisting that they do go there. we know the kurds are key in the fight against isil in syria. how key are they to these negotiations? can you have talks without the pyd. >> they don't fit easily either on the opposition side which says they are not opposition, because they are not fighting regime, and they don't fit o

rob matheson, al jazeera. >>> the new u.n.says both sides in the war in yemen are violating international laws aimed at protecting civilians. 60% of civilian casualties in yemen are from air strikes. only one party is attacking by air, the arab coalition supporting the hadi government. houthis are also accused of killing systems sometimes systematically. >>> it was five years ago when protesters took to the streets of yemen's capitol sana'a, but the events that followed have resulted in a poorer and more fractured country. >> reporter: they came in the thousands. echoing the call for the president to step down. inspired by revolutions in tunisia and egypt, protesters continued the demand for months. president saleh ruled yemen for many years. it took more than a year, but he finally stepped down, he flew to saudi arabia, his long-time ally, but his family members maintained many key positions. the new president faced bitter political divisions, his government struggled to bring security and address the sectarian tensions. in a

adam rainey, al jazeera along the u.s. mexico border. >>> now to our global view segment with a look at how news outlets across the world are reacting to various events. the times of india says tsai ing-wen must be pragmatic. taiwan can't stand up to china either financially or diplomatically. victory in taiwan is more than just a rejection of the previous president. it's also rejection it says of china. adding china must be careful given the u.s. rip with taiwan. a move against taiwan could add up to a costly reaction in asia and around the world. >>> the sydney herald says it blindly followed its allies, prime minister malcolm turin tul meets with president obama later. >>> the australian open began today but opening day was overshadowed buy match-fixing scandal. authorities say, al jazeera elise holman has more. >> showpiece events on the multimillion dollar international tennis circuit. but while the stars pongt rich rewards, on the bottom, there's little reward to be found. ignoring indications that some players have

this is al jazeera america. angry protests over the execution of a shia cleric in saudi arabia has middle eastern countries taking sides. >> this is not a violent or hostile situation >>> occupation

al jazeera. >> police in germany are investigating the three former members of the disbanded group red army faction are behind the attempted robbery of an armor car. the dna matching the suspects was found in a get away vehicle after failed attempt to get inside the armored car last june. the trio carried out a bomb attack on the prison in 1993. the red army faction was known to carry out dozens of assassinations, bombings and ribs between 1970 and 1999. >>> the colombian government and farc rebels will ask the university council to monitor a cease-fire and disarmament program if they agree to a peace deal. the leader of the rebel group has hailed it as a significant step to end the conflict that has lasted more than 50 years. >> we entered a final phase where 60 years of confrontation can end to everyone's happiness in 2016. in the middle of the world that is agitated by conflict and war this is the only peace process that is showing encouraging results. >> let's get more from alessandro. how bi

al jazeera speaks to the new u.n. refugee chief. >> there has to be a greater notion of burden-sharing of responsibility-sharing. >> i.s.i.l. is accused of firing a rocket from syria which hit a turkish school killing one person. >>> warns that el 19 yoa weather system could leave 14 million starving in africa. >>> argentina claiming employees don't do any work. >> i'm rahul pathak in doha. novak djokovic admits he was once offered a bribe to fix a game, officials are ignoring the issue. >> the new head of the u.n. refugee agency says the world should find a fairer formula for sharing the burden of the crisis the syria. felipe, total jordan hosts around 630,000 of which with a 5th reside in camps there. mr. grande says there is formulas needed. al jazeera's janal jazeera's jah mr. grande. >> as the fighting intensifies in syria there are more trying to get in. at least 17,000 now are massed at the border, many of them hungry and cold according to aid agencies. the new unhcr commissioner says more of those people can b

i'll give it now to al jazeera, thank you. >> james bays, al jazeera. it's not going to who you are going to invite and you are going to be shut lin subtle shun the different rooms, how many will there be? >> particularly the proximity talks you will see it yourself. there will be in my opinion a lot of shuttling, there will be different delegations, civil society women and others who deserve to be heard. the issue is they will be meeting me and my colleagues. and those we will be assigning as facilitators or negotiators. you can see quite a few simultaneous meetings taking place. >> potentially a great deal of diplomatic activities in the u.n. headquarters and a number of different rooms simultaneously starting on friday. that is of course if the talks start on friday and that depends on whether the main fighting groups those on the so-called riyadh list decide to attend. >>> suicide bombing in aleppo city. it happened at the checkpoint of a rebel group. four civilians were among those killed. no group yet has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>>

john henry smith, al jazeera. >> retired f.b.i. special agent john lanza said what happened was inevitable. >> anytime you have a standoff, you want it to end peacefully. my guess is they were waiting for them to make a move away from the refuge where they could get a better opportunity to make the arrest without putting anyone in danger, including agents that might be going into that area, so they probably waited for this time to make -- to use this opportunity. >> despise calls from inside the compound for an armed defense, lanza doesn't think things will escalate. he said that's not in the interest of the protestors or the government. >>> to the presidential race, at least one of his fellow candidates is criticizing donald trump's latest decision to skip tomorrow's debate over a fight with fox news anchor megyn kelly. >> we'll do some in iowa raise raising money for the veterans and wounded warriors. let's see how much money fox is going to make on the debate without me. >> the fox employed rater questioned trump about his comme

rosalind jordan, al jazeera, washington. >> the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today in a case involving $2 billion in iranian funds, family members of some of 241 marines died in the 1983 bombing of the barracks? bow route are trying to collect that money but iran's central bank is trying to stop them. >> reporter: it comes as a sensitive time. as we wait for the deal to be implemented. 241 u.s. marines, sailors and soldiers on a peace-people mission killed. four stories reduce today rubble. crushing the men inside. a group the u.s. believes is link today iran claims responsibility. the families of those killed sued iran and in 2007 won a more than $2 billion judgment. now almost 30 years after the bombing the u.s. supreme court still trying to collect that money. her brother was among those who died, captain vincent smith. >> i want the people that killed my brother and the other 240 men to be held accountable for that murder. so that are they have not had anything happen. and so i want accountability. >> reporter: the arguments c

richard martin, al jazeera. >> still ahead on al jazeera, the changing tunes of american politics. is the united states leaning towards socialism? >>> and protecting china's wildlife, a proposed change in law is actually worrying. >> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. talks a aimed at ending the warn syria, no guarantees it will take part in direct talks. the united nations is promising a full investigation into new claims of child abuse in the central african republic. six allegations of sexual misconduct by foreign peace keepers have surfaced, apparently occurring add a camp for displaced people in bangui in 2014. >>> 13 people are still missing after their mine caved in in the area of ping ye in china's east. >>> it is estimated that nearly 2 million people in syria are trapped, the aid agency doctors without borders is denouncing those block much needed supplies. paul tradergian has more. >> ratification of the city of memadaya are still starving to death. the valley where madaya is located has been cut off since last summer. government forces control the region

thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. when you read the list like that you see in the last 12 months there seems to be a concerted effort to target tourist attractions. is it a new strategy or is it a ball string of an existing one? >> in the past jihad started attacking tourists visiting egyptian sites and so on. and a tactic it is not new. but you're absolutely right, for daesh, for isil it's a new tactic. and it's comes after the old tactics which are beheading hostages on camera has failed. what they hope to do is to persuade the west because many of the townistists are western tourists, to disengage in the war against daesh, and they're also sending out the message that the economies to the countries such as tunisia, egypt, turkey, we relay very much on tourism will be damaged. all of those countries are involved in the coalition against them. >> i mean, the sad truth is if we look at the case of the community there are two attacks in one year and i guess the one on the beach was particularly shocking, and we're here

al-jazeera arab and al-jazeera english continue. the problem with the american channel is they didn't get enough cable outlets, they didn't have a big enough audience. so in terms of media meltdowns, the three you cite are fairly minor compared to the meltdown of the entire media world that we've last three or four years. it's really transformed the whole landscape. john: streaming video is replacing cable. the growth trend line favors streaming video over or instead of cable subscriptions. tom: you do see that and that's why you see concerns about disney and the stocks and espn. the takeaway, though -- john: putting yahoo! and the huffington post in this sphere are not indicative of the overall trend. tom: people are still going to watch cable but the new republic, the concern now is that you have a disagreement with someone who wants to shake up the industry and you have to be profitable. i made nothing when i started working at al-jazeera because there's so much saturation of competition. on al-jazeera, they did great reporting b

omar al saleh, al jazeera, kabul. >>> you're watching the al jazeera newshour. stay with us, we have this coming up poop spanish royal scandal, where this princess may find herself in jail. and the final closure of a prison camp in goodman bay. >>> and we have action from the tournament of champions. stay with you, if you can. surf's up! >>> mexico's government has released footage from moments before the capture of el chapo. joaquin guzman was finally arrested on friday after escaping from a maximum security prison six months ago. he faces possible extradition for trial to the united states. in a moment we're going to go and talk to our correspondent adam rainey about that. first united nations as we said. and here is the syrian ambassador. bashar jafari. >> talking points about the humanitarian situation in besieged areas. here of course i'm referring to my country, syria.the syrian government reiterates its intention to cooperate fully with the office of icrc to deliver the humanitarian assistance to all the civilians affected in all the syrian territories wi

al jazeera america launched on august 20th of 2013. in the last two and a half years the channel and its website have been honored you about an alfred dupont award, two emmys, an eppy and many others. the doha board released a press release stating its plans to expand digital presence in the united states. >>> poland's right wing government for possible breaches of eu standards of democracy. push for control of the judiciary and state media violates europe's rule of law limits. many people who demonstrated in the streets of warsaw believe so. al jazeera's lawrence lee reports from poland's capital. >> for 24 years this charity tv show has been a staple of polish life. it looks like it may become the most high profile victim of the new government's media law. politician he have started asking whether it wouldn't be better for the money to be spent on a catholic charity instead. suddenly the man who started the whole thing who is a household name in poland is having to defend his praim against the pra claim that it's inconsistent with po

caroline malone, al jazeera on the syria lebanon border. >>> the u.n.plans to fight propaganda from i.s.i.l. and those abroad task force to counter online propaganda. tom ackerman has more from washington, d.c. >> two approximated attack, responding to i.s.i.l.'s recruiting messages with messages of their own counterpropaganda at times mocking them. these tactics have proved not to be very effective by the admission of officials here. and secondly, they are meeting with high-tech leaders in silicon valley, in california, leaders from facebook, apple, dropbox, twitter, to see if they can get more cooperation from these companies in trying to filter out the appeals of i.s.i.l. using these tools in better effect in actually working against i.s.i.l. up to now, they've had mixed results because although these companies say that they certainly are not interested in become conduits for i.s.i.l.'s propaganda, on the other hand they have privacy concerns, in particular, they have objected to the government's attempts to build sort of decryption escape routes, wh

. >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. the united nations plans an urgent meeting in a few hours to talk about north korea claims that it testified a hydrogen bomb. the south koreans and international inspectors can only confirm there was some sort of explosion underground near a nuclear site. it showed up on sensors near the site to the north as a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. we have the latest from beijing. >>> in pyongyang, people stood to watch that they were told would be an important announcement. state media showed north korea leader signing off on the order. he's a man who likes attention, particularly close to his birthday, which falls on january 8, so this may have been his way of celebrating early. it could take months or years to prove whether north korea has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. it says it possesses weapons to counter threats by the united states. there was familiar alarm. it was north korea's fourth nuclear test in 10 years. >> japan says government is also promising a firm but as yet unspecified

imran khan, al jazeera. >> still to come on al jazeera, burkina faso and mali agree to work together over security attacks, following al qaeda attacks killed over 20 peoples. >>> argentina laid off state employees who they say are paid but don't actually work. work. >> let's take a closer look. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> welcome back. here's a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the u.n.'s high commissioner for refugees is urging the international community to find a fairer way of sharing the burden of the syrian crisis. a rocket fired from syria has hit a school over the border in turkey, killing a female cleaner and injuring three other

roxana saberi, al jazeera, new york. >> and now to washington, d.c. where it's still below freezing. al jazeera's john terret has more on how the capital is digging sissment itself out of e government. >> randall, good evening, the capital will be closed tomorrow, a rare event and the mayor wants the streets to be cleared ois the sanitation workers can get rid of the snow. >> we want to have tomorrow to continue to keep cars off the road. so that we can clear those major arterials and also clear the places where many people who come to our downtown would normally park. >> so federal government d.c. government shuttered tomorrow, then. also to the north in maryland, larry hogan has cancelled the state's business for tomorrow and in virginia, the governor has done the same, which had the most snow, a good strong 30 inches or more. what you have now is key roads which are possible because there are banks and bank abouts of is snow either side of them. and some of the roads where people live off and away from the central area those haven't yet be cleared

this is al jazeera america cps international news hour. we begin tonight with the ongoing crisis in libya and the expanding threat from i.s.i.l. the pentagon is drawing up plans to fight the group in libya, potential for sending in air strikes and joining forces. easier for i.s.i.l. to make inroads. the plan for a new unity government was rejected by one of the rival governments on monday. a new proposal will be presented next week. nearly 2 million libyans are in need of dire emergency assistance. he also said that i.s.i.l. was like a cancer in the country. national security correspondent jamie mcintire is at the pentagon with details. >> antonio, pentagon forces are already flying nor spy planes over libya as it attempts to gather more information on how i.s.i.l. is operating. a prelude to a stepped up bombing campaign and perhaps putting u.s. combat boots on the ground. a major oil terminal burns on libya's northern mediterranean coast. the result of an i.s.i.l. attack last week one of a series of recent assaults on libya's oil infrastr

the top stories here on al jazeera.econd time in less tan a week chinese stock markets have closed early for the day. the move comes after shares fell by 7%. the drops being linked to poor economic figures and tensions after north korea's nuclear test. >>> the u.n. security council has strongly condemned north korea's latest nuclear test. and has vowed to pursue new sanctions. secretary january ban ki-moon called the testing profoundly destabilizing for regional stability. 10s of thousands of people along syria's borders that fled the conflict are struggling to feed themselves and stay warm. aid agencies say many are dieing from harsh winter conditions in the region. >>> the german chancellor angela mentionerral says she was to stem the flow of refugees in to the european union. her last political support in germany which has taken most of the 1 million refugees arriving in the e.u. over the past year. she defended the freedom of the movement from denmark and sweden that imposed new border controls. >> translator: at th

hello, welcome, you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. at least 60 policemen are killed in an attack on a training center in libya. >>> stock markets in turmoil, china suspends trading after share prices plunge. victims of the cologne attacks speak out as police are accused of a coverup. >>> a man affirmed with a knife has been shot dead by french police. he was wearing a belt with fake explosives as he tried to enter a police station. it comes on the first anniversary of the affection on charlie hebdo and jewish supermarket that left 17 people dead. jacky rowland joins us live from paris. was anyone else involved in this incident? >> not as far as reknow. i can tell you now that the incident is over. you can probably see behind me that the traffic is moving normally again in the 18t 18th district in the north of paris. a few moments ago, the police lifted the security cordon and reopened roads. they had closed off quite a large area around the police station. there was initially this fear that the attacker might have been wearing an expl

rob math thin matheson, al jazeera. >> in the saudi arabia eastern province there are marchs to show their objections to nimr al-nimr's execution. and in bahrain police there using tear gas, we understand, to disperse some of the crowds. some would protest the execution of nimr al-nimr according to iranian state television. on saturday the saudi coalition backing the government in yemen declared a cease-fire. >> no let up in fighting. yemen's pro government forces backed by a saudi-led coalition attempt to strengthen their grips on taiz. the city still besieged by houthi rebels and fighters loyal to ali abdullah saleh. the daily violence has left many helpless. many have run out of food. the world food program said it is unable to reach those in need. the battle lines across yemen continue to shift as they try to hold onto and expand their territory. here in the province members of the popular resistence fighting to restore the internationally recognized presence of abd rabbuh mansur hadi, who called a victory. after escaping months ago residents are slowly returning. >> the markets a

al jazeera, washington. >> up next on al jazeera america a virus that targets babies, a warning to women traveling to parts of south america and the caribbean. >> i'm tom ackerman in the state of texas where oil production is still going strong but compounding the collapse of crude prices. that story coming up. >> another start to the week. markets closing lower today. in china the lone exception was shanghai composite. it closed up. those losses in japan follow the worst two-week start to the year on record. that volatility expected to continue this week about concerns of falling oil prices. and the u.s. markets are closed today. the break coming after the dow posted it's worst two week start to a new year ever. and analysts on wall street saying that wall street lost more than 3 trillion-dollar during that slide. and crude oil prices also down trading at $27 a barrel today. that's the lowest since 2003. investors worried about iran's return to an already-sa -saturated oil market. the sanctions cut iran's exports by 2 million barrels a day. now iran is determined to retake its market sh

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour, i'm in doha andse are the top stories chinese stocks collapse on opening business of the new year forcing a trading halt. >> we are determined not to allow iran to under mine our security. >> reporter: saudi arabia cuts diplomatic ties with iran after protesters storm its embassy in tehran. a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits northeastern india and bangladesh is also effected and barack obama's latest bid to take on the u.s. gun lobby but his emotional appeals have left congress unmoved so far. ♪ we start with breaking news and news coming from the iraqi capitol baghdad where sunni mosques have been attacks and that is the details we have and when we get more we will bring it to you at al jazeera but in the meantime we look at our other main story today and that of course is of the chinese stock markets which plunged by 8% and automatically therefore triggering a suspension in trading and investors reacted to the latest signs of economic slow down by selling off their shares and those shares are globally

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this is al jazeera. hello. welcome to the newshour. with the top stories on al jazeera. standing together, several of saudi arabia's alleys back riyadh in taking diplomatic action against iran. sectarian tensions flare in iraq talking two sunni mosques near baghdad. sweden and denmark reintroduced border controls to stem the flow of refugees. >>> chinese stocks collapse on the opening day of business in the new year, triggering an automatic suspension of trading. is. >>> two gulf states have taken steps to back saturday e arabia in its dispute with iran. bahrain says it has tut ties while the iae. saudi arabia has announced it's cutting commercial ties with tehran. it had served diplomatic links after demonstrators set fire to the embassy in tehran. they were protesting against the execution of a dissident shia cleric. >> saudi diplomats on their way home from iran with their families transitting here at dubai airport. as they were evacuated came similar action by some of the kingdom's alleys among them, bahrain after two days of demonstrations by protesters from its shi

paul brennan, al jazeera,london. after this short break here on al jazeera, senegal stepping up security in its border with mali following an attack on a major hotel last year. the cramping creativity, the copy right law hindering the music scene. >> as the ice recedes and potential danger builds, can science keep a step ahead of disaster? >> we can't go back if we have a significant accident. the oil will make its way into the ice. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >> can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> let's do it. >> techknow - where technology meets humanity. >>> david foster here saudi arabia has executed 47 people on terrorism charges including this prominent shia cleric. al-qaeda. iranian news agency saysness tehran are dispersing protestors from inside the embassy in tehran. independently v we can't can independently verify this. but they have been posted on twitter. >> 50 kilometers from the border wi

♪ >>> this is "al jazeera live." another big drop for the do you jones and the price of oil.ho is to blame? the military names names for the mistaken anthrax shipment. one man is brain dead. others hospitalized after a drug trial goes wrong. asking for help, the michigan governor wants a federal disaster declared over flint's water crisis. >> u.s. stocks down nearly 391 points today. the first two weeks of 2016 have been devastating for wall street. it is tied to the plunging price of oil. the world hasn't seen such cheap oil in more than a decade. >> that's putting all kind of pressure on countries and economies that rely on petroleum production. john explains the downside. >> who would have believed we would talk about this story in u.s. stole off because wall street is worried too many commodity companies will go belly-up now that oil is in the bargain basement. >> at the new york stock exchange, a sea of red driven by an ocean of black. cr crude oil so cheap and plentiful investors are scared the low price will damage the global economic recovery. >> a terrible start to t

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour, i'm live from aleera headquarters in doha and coming up, in the next 60 minutes, talks to end the conflict in syria are at risk before they even begin as rival sides fail to agree on terms. the u.n. reveals new allegations of sexual abuse of children by european soldiers in the central african republic. sounding the alarm as the zika virus is suspected of birth defects infects thousands and is in 23 countries. >> i'm an maniac and everyone on the stage is stupid, fat and ugly and then you are a terrible surgeon and now we got the donald trump portion out of the way. >> reporter: presidential rivals talk about donald trump for boycotting the republican debate in iowa. ♪ but first syria's opposition insists it won't be attending talks at ending the war despite the u.n. saying the talks will indeed go ahead on friday. opposition leaders say representatives will not travel to geneva unless certain conditions are met and these include a lifting of sieges, a halt to air strikes and the release of what they

this is al jazeera america's international hour. we begin with security forces in ouagadougo, holing hostages in the hotel, security forces have entered the main loin. according to officials, the attack started firing weapons in the air to drive back crowds. an al qaeda affiliated group has claimed responsibility for the attack. one witness described the ordeal. >> translator: the guys came and started to shoot and since 7:30 p.m. nobody has been coming. the army the police or the gendarme have not been coming. our country is not for jihadists or terrorists. they are wrong . >> according to a u.s. defense official, france has requested reconnaissance support in burkina faso. a curfew is imposed until 6:00 p.m. three hours from now. we'll have nor news at the half hour. >>> venezuela has declared a state of economi economic emerg. country in shambles, inflation rate over 50%, highest it has ever been. nicholas maduro, to an opposition assembly, crippling are shortage of basic items like toilet paper. maduro has called for temporary p

al jazeera. >>> in hollywood, the oscar nominations are out and reverent is in the lead.eight films in total are up for the best picture award, including the big short, brooklyn, bridge of spice, mad mom, the martian, room and spotlight. the winners will be announced february 28. >>> the news continues next, live from doha. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm in doha with the top stories on al jazeera. six explosions, a grenade attack, and gunfire in indone a indonesia's capitol. isil says they did it. >>> and the world's worst ever ebola outbreak is over. >>> and

only on al jazeera america. o. >> this is al jazeera america.i'm bisi onile-ere in new york with a look at today's top stories. dozens of antigovernment protesters take over a government building in eastern oregon. >>> five publishers from hong kong have mysteriously disappeared in the last month. donald trump won't let his appearance in an al qaeda reciting video keep him from speaking his mind. the topics for week ahead. >> we begin tonight at a national wildfir wildlife refugn eastern oregon. typically, no one is around for miles but protesters are occupying an office there. they took up amps after a judge ordered two ranchers to turn them in tomorrow to serve time in prison for arson convictions. mallier national wildlife refuge, being led by amon bundy, they are prepared to stay there for years if they have to. al jazeera's allen schauffler joins us live from burns, oregon and allen you've spoken to these protestors, why are they doing this? >> well, they have chosen the occasion of the resentencing of these two ranchers from this area, the

managed to get through to a somali government spokesman and this is what the person had to say to al jazeeraa short time ago. >> okay, al-shabab terrorist group attacked a popular seafood restaurant on the beach of ouagadougou. they tried to get in and started in the area and has several restaurants that people come on days like this. let me say this we are not certain it's al-shabab but usually most of the time incidents like this are done by al-shabab terrorist group but we are not certain and we don't have all the details. what we know so far they tried to get in this sea restaurant. the restaurant has seafood. and they were attacked inside the restaurant and the terrorist group are not in there. they are not inside the restaurant right now. >> reporter: the word from the government spokesman there is if al-shabab is involved and we have had a claim of responsibility if you can be responsible in such circumstances from al-shabab saying that they are behind this attack on that beach side restaurant a place that our correspondent mohamed has been to on a number of occasions during his work

john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy.e news continues next live from doha. >>> this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello, and welcome you are watching the news hour with me here in doha. the u.n. says the syrian government has agreed to give them access to this bah sieged town where people are starving to death. >>> a man wearing a fake explosives belt is shot dead in paris after he tried to attack the police with a knife. >>> at least 60 policemen are kill at a

you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also ahead: france announces why it may soon recognize a palestinian state. burundi discusses meeting in ethiopia. plus the aust tralian open has a new woman's champion german, kerber stuns serena williams to win her first granted alarm title. delegates representing syria's main opposition group are set to arrive in geneva where the u.n.'s open talks it hopes will help ends the war. om zils is yet to commit to negotiations with the government. even sew, the developments give a glimmer of hope that piece efforts may get off of the ground since two earlier rounds collapsed in 2014. the war gallon almost five years ago. it's left at least 250,000 people killed. millions of other syrians have been forced to flee. many like the refugees you see right there are trying to -- are risking their lives trying to flee europe. the war has allowed isil to capture territory it's drawn in the u.s. and russia as well as regional powers, saudi arabia, turkey and iran. ouratic editor james bays says any

al jazeera. >>> v.w. unveiling its new vehicles in the u.s., fighting to repair credibility and trust after of the emissions scandal involving millions of cars. rob reynolds from the electronics show in las vegas. v.w. rolled out a new car compared to a smart phone on wheels. >> niece new technologies will provide customers with new levels of convenience, comfort, and freedom. >> v.w.'s consumer vehicle's chief demonstrated what he said was the car's in too actively designed dashboard. >> there's no need to keep switching back and forth between different menus. that's my idea of simple, safe and fun. >> the company also presented a futuristic take on the old v.w. bus called the v.w. bud e. with a host of interactive features like voice recognition. >> police open the passenger door. >> ok, the passenger door is opening. >> there was no ignoring the elephant in the room, the v.w. pollution cheating scandal revealed last year which affected 11 million diesel vehicles implanted with software designed to defe

al jazeera is in istanbul. from there we have this report. >> moments after the explosion at the flood of the oblisk, and on the ground bodies of german tourists. they came to marvel the city's square, that is before a man wearing a suicide vest approached. his bomb heard four kilometers away. one eyewitness said that it shook the ground. another thought it was thunder on a clear day. >> it was a suicide-bomb, yes. i went there and saw it and came back to the hotel. it was chaos. everyone was running around. police didn't see this coming. they were upset, but at the same time they were trying to evacuate the area because they said a second bomb could go off. >> a peruvian tourist was also killed, and 15 others wounded including norwegians and a south korean. the authorities confirmed the bomber and said he had crossed from syria illegally as a refugee with others. he then went to a police station in istanbul to register his refugee status on january 5th, when his finger tips was taken. that's how his identity w

>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello, and welcome to the al jazeera news hour.'m martine dennis in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, a suicide bomber suspected of setting off an explosion in the heart of turkey's biggest city. and over the border food and medicine finally arrive for people suffering in some of syria's besieged towns. >>> oil prices continue to fall, crude is now below $30 a barrel. >>> president obama prepares for his last state of the union address. ♪ >>> but first, the turkish government says a young saudi-born suicide bomber was behind an attack in the historic district of istanbul. at least ten people are dead, among them german tourists. the turkish government says it will share the details of the investigation with berlin. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: it's the heart of istanbul, and one of its most popular tourist spots. this is the square less than an hour after an explosion. the site cordoned off and security tight. >> translator: it was a suicide bomb, yes. i went there and saw it and came back to the hotel. it was chao

only on al jazeera america. these are the top stories. at least three people have reported to have died oen a popular seaside restaurant in the capitol of somalia. has concluded that the russian president, vladimir putin probably approved his murder. at least one policeman has been killed as mass unemployment spills into a third day and spread to several cities. our top story, you just heard it there was about the gun attack, joining us live in the studio is security analyst olivier. i was told by officials maybe many the last eight months that they thought they had al-shabaab beaten, so what is happening? >> unfortunately, security services even in the west seem to understate the groups such as al-shabaab. they have been very good at planning operations even outside somalia. also don't forget west gate in kenya. >> but it is still a regional organization, it is not exported as al quaida violence, or am i wrong in there? >> they will go after other countries in the horn, but they are not like islamic state, but

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rob mathson, al jazeera. >> coming up in a few minutes time on al jazeera.till not over, gun battles as an indian air force base near the pakistan border. mourning the mexican mayor shot dead .24 hours into the new job. >> again a reminder the top stories here on al jazeera. two jewish citizens in israel have been charged in connection with an arson attack that killed an 18 month old and his parents in the occupied west bank. 40 people have been arrested. protestors aunings reabout the execution by saudi arabia of the prominent cleric. more than 50 iraqi soldiers have been killed in three separate attacks by isil. 23 soldiers died near fallujah a day after isil claimed control of an important bridge. a gun fight has renewed at the pakistani border. it's believed one gunman is inside the base which came understand attack on saturday .7 soldiers..7 soldiers and six gue died. india is investigating whether it has links to pangstan this attack on sunday caught everyone off guard after saturday's attack, officials were patting each other on the back, saying the m

it's really hard. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back, you are watching al jazeera.u through the top stories. the u.k.-based syrian observatory for human rights says russian airstrikes have killed at least 63 civilians near the eastern city there. moscow says its operations in syria do not target civilians. >>> thousands of people are out on the streets of the moldovan capital demanding early elections. the pr protester unhappy about falling living standards and blame the government for failing to carry out reforms. >>> a huge clean up and rescue operation is underway in the eastern united states after intense snowfall finally stopped. baltimore and new york have lifted their travel bans, at least 18 people have been killed in weather-related incidents. >>> now, iraq's foreign ministry has summoned the saudi ambassador saying comments about shia militias are a breach of diplomatic protocol. aambassador gave a media interview saying iranian-backed militias should leave the fight against isil to the iraqi army to avoid aggravating sectarian tensions. but iraq's foreign

this is al jazeera america. top secret e-mails, a federal investigation shows correspondence on hillary clinton's personal computer server contained the most highly classified information. also. >>> we're doing everything you would do if you are anticipating that there is going to be an outbreak. >> preparing for a possible outbreak of zika virus in the u.s. and a growing concern for the summer olympics in brazil. plus. >> these people are policing them and it's almost like the chicken hawk watching over the chickens. >> the demand from chicago teenager's

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malcolm webb, al jazeera, kenya. >> al shabaab is accused of using a refugee camp in kenya to hide. temporary shell fer ter for somalshelter for somalis.in tond segment, paul brennan described how the camp became how it is today. >> the camps at dadab now cover an area of 55 square kilometers. with more than half a million displaced people living the dadab was regarded as the largest refugee camp in the world. in 2014 a tripartite agreement between kenya somalia and u.n. hcr, kenyan forces have been taking military action against somali military for several years and kenya has previously alleged that the camp has been used as a highout for the terrorist group al shabaab. during the attack and siege of nairobi'nairobi'snairobi's westg mall. paul brennan, al jazeera. >> ben raul inn rawlins, great e you with us. you begin the book at the white house trying to explain to the members of the nfc what life is like at dadab. in the book you really sound frustrated, how can describe the many faces of what's a city, it's really a city, got a population larger than the people who live in the

step vaessen, al jazeera, jakarta. >>> the serious hurdles they face, north korea detains an american college student accusing him of a hostile act. >> the west africa nations of burkina faso and mali are partnering to combat al qaeda in their nations. mohammad adow has the story. >> on the border of burkina faso and mali, about 500 families who fled the 2013 french intervention in mali live here. she has no plans to return home any time soon. >> translator: there was nowhere to go back to. our land has been turned into a barren field. a lot of unresolved issues. >> reporter: referring to the armed group, al qaeda in the islamic maghreb, or aqim. it's recently stepped up its operations in mali and beyond. aqim's rank has disciplined factors. mucmukmoktar bell mokta rrchl a, the malian hold killing 28 people. neighboring burkina faso, attack on a luxury hotel and a cafe. most of the victims were foreigners. al qaeda in the islamic maghreb has shown its ability to carry out attacks that are planned and carried out across borders borders.people living in settlements along the border are