we've seen five six seven years ago when the french led an international coalition to cheese out al qaida and other affiliated groups in northern mali before things like in down a little bit in that area. in honduras the inauguration of president one handers has been marred by protests demonstrators say they were irregularities in vote counting that sohan is when a second term in november beating opposition leaders salvador town hall and has more from the capital. inside the national stadium or to rangers president one or learn there were none this was sworn in for his second term. outside things were different. it sums up a nation divided by elections in which there were serious irregularities we are demanding our votes be respected we voted and defeated the narco dictator even with all his resources we defeated him you can see the protesters trying to advance on the national stadium but there's a big line of military police aren't letting them get anywhere near and it's turned into a little bit of a pitched battle with tear gas and stones. numbers were way down from the tens of thousand

we've seen five six seven years ago when the french led an international coalition to cheese out al qaida and other i feel it to groups in northern mali before things quite in down a little bit in that area. the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says there have been multiple violations of a ceasefire in the rebel held area over eastern go to just less than a day after it went into effect the group says syrian government airstrikes killed three people and wounded many others on saturday and on friday syria's opposition confirmed it had received an offer from russia for a cease fire deal fighting now appears to have subsided stephanie decker has more from un talk in their turkey's border with syria. often when things are decided at the negotiating table thousands of kilometers away it's not exactly what transpires on the ground this is significant because it is the last rebel stronghold in the vicinity of the capital damascus but what is most concerning is the situation there for the civilians the u.n. estimates around four hundred thousand people are trapped inside the air at

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facilities in guantanamo bay and thousands congress to ensure that in the fight against isis and al qaida we continue to have all necessary power to detain terrorists wherever we chase them down wherever we find them. and in many cases for them it will now be one ten in no way. iraq. at the same time as of a few months ago our warriors in afghanistan have new rules of engagement. along with their heroic afghan partners our military is no longer undermined by artificial timelines and we no longer tell our enemies our plans. last month i also took an action indorsed unanimously by the u.s. senate just months before i recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. shortly afterwards dozens of countries voted in the united nations general assembly against america's sovereign right to make this decision and twenty sixteen american taxpayers generously sent those same countries more than twenty billion dollars in aid. that is why tonight i am asking congress to pass legislation to help ensure american foreign assistance dollars always serve american interests and only go to friends of a not ene

. >> tells how small unities american forces helped overthrow taliban drive al-qaida out of afghanistan>> how soon after 9/11 did you know you were going to war. >> the minute second plane hit the southern tower. >> mulholland was a colonel commander of fifth special forces by october in uzbekistan ready to send 12 man teams of green berets, operational detachment alpha into afghanistan, to link up with antitaliban warlords. >> -- i choose -- task force -- >> it was a bold plan, and mulholland admits he felt a heavy burden. >> here we were america's first response, we very much felt, that we were carrying through all responsible to them for getting the job done. >> this is from the towers you carry that with you. >> five weeks ago 19 minutes -- the first ones to fight back. >> i took -- opened pieces, gave one to every one of my teams to afghanistan when you find a place makes sense i want you to bury it. >> focuses on oda595, teamed up with more than alliance general. >> the mountains. >> right away the americans ran into trouble. >> who is -- >> that is pretty -- >> did you plan ahead

as we take the fight to al qaida, we are responsibly leaving iraq to its people. as a candidate, i promised that i would end this war, and that is what i am doing as president. we will have all of our combat troops out of iraq by the end of this august. we will support the iraqi government as they hold elections, and we will continue to partner with the iraqi people to promote regional peace and prosperity. but make no mistake. this war is ending, and all of our troops are coming home. [applause] pres. obama: tonight all of our men and women in uniform, in iraq, in afghanistan, and around the world, they have to know that we -- that they have our respect, our gratitude, our full support. and just as they must have the resources they need in war, we all have a responsibility to support them when they come home. [applause] pres. obama: that's why we made the largest increase in investments for veterans in decades last year. that's why we're building a 21st century va. and that's why michelle has joined with jill biden to forge a national commitment to support milita

guantanamo bay cuba you are all i am asking congress to ensure that in the fight against isis and al qaida we continue to have all necessary power to detain terrorists wherever we chase them down wherever we find. them in many cases for them it will now be one tenement pay thank you and i thought the same time as of a few months ago our warriors in afghanistan have new rules of engagement thank you and along with their heroic afghan partners our military is no longer undermined by artificial timelines and we no longer tell our enemies our plans to a last month i also took an action indorsed unanimously by the u.s. senate just months before. i recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel had . shortly afterwards dozens of countries voted in the united nations general assembly against america's sovereign right to make this decision and twenty sixteen american taxpayers generously sent those same countries more than twenty billion dollars in aid that is why tonight i am asking congress to pass legislation to help ensure american foreign assistance dollars always serve american interests and

coordination between nato forces and the afghan police there are multiple threats and the taliban there's al qaida there's ice is there's also has this the army which is also in the government so there are a number of opponents and i think that this simply isn't the right intelligence to counter these kind of attacks because they're happening on the regular basis one day it's a civilian target one it's a military target one meets a commercial road or a hotel like today how to counter terrorism in afghanistan you need a regional approach and the regional approach means working with iran working with pakistan and working with russia in the central asian states at the moment the u.s. is not really doing that they have their own strategy and it's not doesn't fit in with britain strategy. this week particularly as they agreed to march together under a single flag during the upcoming winter olympics but no one else and twenty two athletes to complete to compete in three sports of the young chinese games the international olympic committee president thomas back praised the agreement calling it a mileston

it called out and in nigeria called book iran and in pakistan and afghanistan called taliban or al qaida or in south yemen for example is called something else and in somalia called out shabab so this is money to stay shipment of. of the. behind as jihadism is. and these are physical manifestation of the same ideology i understand your point and i tend to agree with that but since i'm talking to you we can't talk about for the whole world so let's talk about what's going on iraq iraq a parliamentary committee saying that isis smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars when it retreated from the country moreover the terror group even invest directly into the iraq economy laundering its money and taking cuts from legitimate business profits. what i have to say about that why is the iraqi government allowing this to happen well i think the iraqi government need to tighten the news and tighten this. screw on on the fund then on the financial. transfer from one bank to another they need to apply a lot of international rules of the i.m.f. and world bank and and and and the european union. how th

offensive they are literally as reported in the western mainstream media doing joint patrols with al qaida and attacks on afrin as they call someone else terrorists it's just it's orwellian and this could lead to turkish confrontation with the us their proxies aren't having a good time in africa and they're already in the already thinking about the fact that he. has lost in syria and now it's going to potentially suffer another loss against a nato ally it's really quite amazing well i think again to come here is that we're here in the troops i think what the german media is saying about there to go and that mark has just called of that that is most likely the troops but what i want to go on they say in the ball dream is now is also true you know germany is not democratic you know it to prevent every go and beat into their citizens on the german territory during the elections so no one is good in this situation and the good thing is that they they must each other we see the truth now we couldn't see it in the beginning seems to me that we're going to have to we'll be doing this in the futur

the rise of wahhabi islam terrorism al qaida islam nine eleven ism you know bush reactionism all these kinds of things we understand islam within that within that because of islam has. so many dimensions. in which people can operate in gravity and i will it is our reductionist approach not just by non muslims but increasingly by muslims that islam is exclusively and it's this aspect of islamic law what can and cannot be done dominate everything from break i'm going. back to school my phone someone slashed the preachings. there was. quite radical muslims running around in the temples. in the streets. and i think it was very. of course it is a difficult climate to be controversial in this country because. you know that i feel that the controversies attacks are really generated for political reasons. that's a political project in terms of wanting the country to remain. and the middle east in particular in the muslims in particular to be a certain kind of milling in a certain kind of muslim you know conservative traditional. i think with all fundamentalists and conservatives it's a is abou

mistakes that were made in two thousand and eleven when a premature departure from her iraq allowed al qaida in iraq to survive and eventually morph into isis it was that vacuum that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations to wreak havoc on the country is very forces have reportedly killed a palestinian man injuring a raid in janine in the occupied west bank israeli media are linking it to the search for the killer of a rabbi who was shot a week earlier an exchange of gunfire was reported on the number of palestinians a set of been injured north and south korea will march under a unified flag at the opening ceremony of next month's winter olympics they'll also field a joint woman's ice hockey team for the games in chang in south korea pope francis is urging chile's indigenous people to end violence in their struggle for more rights he's held a mass in the out of kenya region which is at the center of a centuries old conflict with the governments and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story see in half an hour by. some call it the business of dea

syria called out and in nigeria called book iran and in pakistan and afghanistan called taliban or al qaida or in south yemen for example it's called something else and in somalia called out shabab so this is money to stay shipment of. of the. behind as jihadism is. and these are physical manifestation of the same ideology i understand your point and i tend to agree with that but since i'm talking to you we can't talk about for the whole world so let's talk about what's going on iraq iraq a parliamentary committee saying that isis smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars when it retreated from the country moreover the terror group even invest directly into the iraq economy laundering its money and taking cuts from legitimate business profits. what i have to say about that why is the iraqi government allowing this to happen while i think the iraqi government need to tighten the news and tighten this. the screw on on the fund then on the financial. transfer from one bank to another they need to apply a lot of international rules of the i.m.f. and world bank and and and european union. how the

offensive they are literally as reported in the western mainstream media doing joint patrols with al qaida and attacks on africa as they call someone else terrorists it's just a really it's a well you know how this could lead to turkish confrontation with the us their proxies aren't having a good time in africa and they're already seeing the already things you would attack that he. has lost in syria and now it's going to potentially suffer another loss against a nato ally it's really quite amazing well i think again the good old to come here is that we're here in the troops i think what the german media is saying about there to go and that mark is just called to that that is most likely the troops but what i had to go on they say in the ball dream is now is also true you know germany is not democratic you know it to prevent every go and beat into their citizens on the german territory during the elections so no one is good in this situation and the good thing is that they they must each other we see the truth now we couldn't see to give seems to me that we're going to have to we'll be doin

then syria called out and in nigeria called book and in pakistan and afghanistan called taliban or al qaida or in south yemen for example is called something else and in somalia called out shabab so this is money to stay shipment of. of the. behind it as jihadism is behind azim and these are physical manifestation of the same ideology i understand your point and i tend to agree with that but since i'm talking to you we can't talk about for the whole world so let's talk about what's going on iraq iraq a parliamentary committee saying that isis smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars when it retreated from the country moreover the terror group even invest directly into the iraq economy laundering its money and taking cuts from legitimate business profits. what i have to say about that why is the iraqi government allowing this to happen well i think the iraqi government needs to tighten the news and tighten this. screw on on the fund then on the financial. transfer from one bank to another they need to apply a lot of international rules of the i.m.f. and world bank and and and the european un

his remarks lab rob continued to emphasize the fact that these extremists in syria with ties to al qaida and other terrorist groups are that they are expanding their capacity to develop chemical weapons and their production facilities of chemical weapons are getting bigger he emphasized that however the focus of remarks from the usa and britain seem to be the same emphasis on a accusations against the syrian government. an avalanche in south west siberia has killed two tourists the victims were part of a snowmobiling party and witness to the tragedy as recounted what happened. i saw a white ball of snow coming towards the street i thought the others will get through that everything was fine i shouted on the radio but no one answered it was silence well in this video you can actually see people trying to dig out survivors five people were rescued from beneath three metres of snow the avalanche affected an area of around one hundred fifty square metres it happened in a popular tourist destination although the thirty's don't deem it to be a safe place for snowmobiling. a new league from the

the same time there is no question that the extremists and the rebel factions groups with links to al qaida are at this very moment developing and expanding their after rattus of chemical weapons and basically building mass productive facilities in which to build chemical weapons there's no question about that and these were the points that surrogate lab was making at the u.n. security council many things our correspondent bring is right up to date. moving on a new league from the front hacking group obtained by o.t. has raised questions about how doping cases were handled during the rio olympics of two thousand and sixteen. about the revelations. so new leaks about the summer olympic games twenty sixteen and remember during before and after rio the russian doping scandal was all over the news and that was when the and higher russian track and field team stayed home because of the band's well one i.o.c. e-mail exchange that we however can not confirm is real was a therapeutic use exemptions or to you now correct me if i'm wrong but is that when athletes to use banned substances for medical

year the attention is turns towards the groups in italy province which are affiliated will with al qaida now they've gone by various names over the years that used to be called al nusra the syrian army basically says that it has surrounded the the main parts of the group of fighters formerly called al nusra in an area to the east of the main highway that links aleppo with the cities further south like damascus and how much russia says that the surrounding of these group fighters in this area of eastern the is basically the beginning of the push to eliminate them and it says that it's helping the syrian army forces and the militias that have been operating alongside the syrian military with that task and of course this is part of a wider push by the syrian military to take on the remaining rebel groups that are in that province the largest of the rebel provinces still left or right laurie thank you very much for that that is roy challenge joining us live with all the very latest from moscow thank you. but don't move on to other news now u.s. vice president mike pence is an israel for talk

and al qaida all of which are active in that region. our correspondent lisa lewis is in paris and she has been following that meeting she sent us this report that jay five the hell member countries and france announced today a second mission of their joint anti terror force now that comes after a first mission late last year a patrolling mission but about this new mission we know very little actually because as they put it themselves they didn't want to threaten the success chances of this new mission now what they wanted to show here they and what that defense minister has sat as well is that this anti terror force was on its way to be fully operational in two thousand and eighteen however they didn't talk about every crucial point and that is money so far that g five member countries and they're supporting countries have gathered about three hundred million euros but they will need more than four hundred million euros for their operational budget and and actually billions of years in the long run that's important for the africans to b

fighting with a number of armed groups including hyatt stuff sham which was previously affiliated with al qaida government commanders say troops are advancing on abu diaa who are base from several positions southeast of the city of aleppo they say they've now taken control of more than four hundred square kilometers of the aleppo countryside near the border with. two suicide bombers have struck during the morning rush hour in the iraqi capital baghdad killing at least thirty eight people more than one hundred others were wounded in the attack on a busy street market in altai around square it's the fourth attack in the capital in the past twenty four forty eight hours some of binge of eight has more. bodies were scattered all over the street in central baghdad two suicide bombers detonated their explosives during morning rush hour in tehran square dozens were killed and wounded. chocolate bars sold in the busy marketplace were scattered in the debris and blood. it's become a deadly routine as people of the iraqi capital quickly try to resume their lives. around square is a busy intersection in e

a coalition dominated by a front which declared its independence from al qaida could be used as a pretext to launch an all out offensive the russian military did say the main goal is to defeat that group in syria in two thousand and eighteen. people are worried pro-government forces want to storm rebels however believe the military campaign aims to recapture a military airport and lift the siege on to loyalist towns in the province whatever the objective the offensive continues to cause much suffering. to the polls in july to elect a new president and it's already shaping up to be a historic race it's the first time candidates can run without the backing of a party and pendants are vying for the top job. now what lies ahead for mexico and two thousand and eighteen. mexico's presidential elections are heating up led by leftist firebrand andres manuel lopez obrador he ran in and lost the past two elections now lopez obrador is riding a wave of public discontent to lead the pack of candidates to name most signals that. we haven't heard the possibility of ending we will stamp out corruption b

fighting for against a number of armed groups included hired the sham which used to be affiliated with al qaida government commanders say that they're now advancing on the base from several positions. they say they've now taken control of more than four hundred square kilometers over the countryside near the border with ip. now a walkway has collapsed inside indonesia's stock exchange building in jakarta causing widespread panic and injuries glass and other day be crushed down on to people in the lobby at least seventy five people were taken to hospital our correspondence that vasant is outside the stock exchange. many here are still shocked that this collapse could take place here in the financial heart. in the middle of dissenter a lot of people were injured because the small bridge here in the second power of the stock exchange collapsed just before the lunch break the trading had stopped but a lot of students were here from. visiting the building and they were on the small bridge at the mass and then level level just above the lobby when the collapse took place a c.c.t.v. footage shows very

a coalition dominated by front which declared its independence from al qaida could be used as a pretextto launch an all out offensive the russian military did say the main goal is to defeat that group in syria in two thousand and eighteen. people are worried pro-government forces want to storm rebels however believe the military campaign aims to recapture a military airport and lift the siege on to loyalist towns in the province whatever the objective the offensive continues to cause much suffering. beirut. and north korea has reopened the telephone hotline with south korea for the first time in almost two years this comes ahead of talks between the two governments scheduled for tuesday reports this is the only official means of communication between north korea and south korea but for almost two years the north koreans have refused to answer the phone until wednesday when they placed a call to the south. kim jong un has given an order to reopen the hotline between the north and the south to contact south korea regarding a right time for talks and sending a delegation to the kyung chuan

pursue enemies to their source and that's really getting out the transnational threat of isis and al qaida the taliban and those types of borderless threats that we face and so the idea is it's better to fight them on their five yard line to use a football analogy than there are five yard line and so if we're if we're going to continue to support our national security strategy we have to have some way of getting at the enemy at their source and whether that's use and u.s. special forces whether that's use in other countries special forces or proxy units or military contractors the end result is we want to eradicate the threat at the source and deny sanctuary if we if we cut through all the noise of the last seventeen years the primary mission has been to kill capture al qaeda and deny sanctuary because they planned these missions against on during nine eleven. and sanctuary in afghanistan that was the very beginning and we sort of took our eye off that ball and i would agree. that we've really diverted especially with you know kind of the continuous selling of ok now we need to be over her

and the failure to settle the dispute may hamper efforts to quiet iceland groups are related to al qaida as well as counter iran's influence in the middle east. to a fifty and a un investigation into the blockade is found the g.c.c. crisis is negatively impacting the people of catarrh the national human rights committee said in doha says the report shows the blockade is illegal. that this report shows without a doubt that these procedures undertaking by the blockading countries are not mere diplomatic severing of relations they are not just an economic boycott these are unilateral abusive arbitrary measures that are impacting citizens and ex-pats in qatar. egypt's former prime minister ahmed shafik has ruled himself out of the running for the upcoming presidential election shafiq said in november that he intended to run the data they share but he's now pulled out of contention shafiq was widely seen as a serious challenger to president. a new york times report says shafiq could have been influenced by the government to withdraw from the race jamal reports despite being arguably the most

a coalition dominated by a front which declared its independence from al qaida could be used as a pretext to launch an all out offensive the russian military did say the goal is to defeat that group in syria in two thousand and eight. people are worried pro-government forces want to storm rebels however believe the military campaign aims to recapture a military airport and lift the siege on to loyalist towns in the province whatever the objective the offensive continues to cause much suffering. beirut. has been found guilty the u.s. court of taking part in a scheme to violate washington sanctions on iran kind of thriller and they fell those were accused of a tiller was the deputy general manager of whole bank the turkish state owned bank at the center of this scheme to launder iranian money in violation of u.s. sanctions a filler was one of nine people charged by u.s. prosecutors in the case but the only one to stay on trial his lawyers described him as a blameless pawn someone who was not. knowingly involved in any scheme to do anything they put the blame on his boss and reza zarar who w

a coalition dominated by a front which declared its independence from al qaida could be used as a pretext to launch an all out offensive the russian military did say the goal is to defeat that group in syria in two thousand and. people are worried pro-government forces want to storm and rebels however believe the military campaign aims to recapture a military airport and lift the siege on to loyalist towns in the province whatever the objective the offensive continues to cause much suffering sent to. beirut. israeli lawmakers have taken their first step to allow the death penalty for what they call terrorists a draft law in the knesset was passed that would. capital punishment a law that applies to people convicted of murder and incidents classified as a terrorist attack currently the death penalty can only be used if a panel of three military judges passes the sentence unanimously but the new legislation would see a death sentence handed down with only two out of three judges approval the bill requires three more readings before it becomes law. i think situations there's also simple logi

we've seen five six seven years ago when the french led an international coalition to cheese out al qaida and other ophelia to groups in northern mali before things like him down a little bit in that area. the syrian observatory for human rights says the bombardment of a damascus suburb is continuing despite a proposed cease fire this video uploaded to social media by the white helmets appears to show the aftermath of as strikes in the rebel held enclave of eastern groups or the volunteer group says at least thirteen people were injured in the overnight strikes on friday a spokesman for syria's opposition confirmed they had received an offer from russia for a cease fire deal. based in germany have broken up a demonstration against the current turkish military operation in the syrian region of a freend more than ten thousand people joined the demonstration in cologne where some protesters refused to remove banned flags showing kurdish leader. the images controversial police feared it could have caused the protests to turn violent a ten million dollar project to reassemble the so-called sta

gulf of aden which is one of the busiest which is also going to pay the way for groups like isis or al qaida a q a p to stage a comeback in those areas because historically speaking to them when they see violence they step in and they take control it's a very it should be really a situation to monitor particular by the international community and certainly a potential worrying development as well for the moment touching thank you. russia's efforts to host talks old syria's political future of had a rocky start in the result of sochi its foreign minister was interrupted several times while he read a message from president vladimir putin to the delegates i. will soon opposition members yelled out at certain address your jets are bombing our people moscow is an important ally of syrian president bashar assad syria's main opposition groups and the kurds are refusing to attend the talks you should use. today we have all conditions to turn the tragic page of syria's history considering all the latest achievements a dialogue between various syrian factions is necessary to reach a political solution

mistakes that were made in two thousand and eleven when a premature departure from her iraq allowed al qaida in iraq to survive and eventually morph into isis it was that vacuum that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations to wreak havoc on the country is very forces have reportedly killed a palestinian man injuring a raid in janine in the occupied west bank israeli media are linking it to the search for the killer of a rabbi who was shot a week earlier an exchange of gunfire was reported on the number of palestinians a set of being injured north and south korea will march under a unified flag at the opening ceremony of next month's winter olympics they'll also field a joint woman's ice hockey team for the games until chang in south korea pope francis is urging chile's indigenous people to end violence in their struggle for more rights he's held a mass in the out of kenya region which is at the center of a centuries old conflict with the governments and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story see in half an hour by. some call it the business of

same mistakes that were made in two thousand and eleven were premature departure from iraq allowed al qaida in iraq to survive and eventually morph into isis. it was that vacuum that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations to wreak havoc on the country while turkish military chiefs are in russia seeking support for their plot attack on a kurdish controlled enclave inside syria turkey is not threatening the main area controlled by the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces in the north east of syria but it has said it will attack the enclave around the city of afrin in the northeast of the country where they're offering is held by kurdish y p g fighters who dominate the s.d.f. russia also has forces in the area seventy deca reports now from antakya on the turkish side of the border where turkish tanks have been massing this week the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border president russia has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there's been sporadic shelling after the mines in the north west of s

a coalition dominated by a front which declared its independence from al qaida could be used as a pretext to launch an all out offensive the russian military did say the goal is to defeat that group in syria in two thousand and eight. people are worried pro-government forces want to storm rebels however believe the military campaign aims to recapture a military airport and lift the siege on to loyalist towns in the province whatever the objective the offensive continues to cause much suffering. called unjust and scandalous. turkish banker for violating sanctions against iran it says the court use fake evidence to find. others guilty of money laundering. and others who are accused of moving billions of dollars of iranian money for u.s. banks disguised as food and gold sales. head to the polls and elect a new president and it's already shaping up to be a historic race it is the first time candidate can run without the backing of a party meaning dozens of independents are vying for the top job they've been mercer looks now at what lies ahead for mexico and. mexico's presidential elections ar

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in guantanamo bay cuba you and i am asking congress to ensure that in the fight against isis and al qaida we continue to have all necessary power to detain terrorists wherever we chase them down wherever we find. and in many cases for them it will now be one time a day one thank you and i thought the same time as of a few months ago our warriors in afghanistan have new rules of engagement thanks to a long with their heroic afghan partners our military is no longer undermined by artificial timelines and we no longer tell our enemies our plans to a last month they also took action indorsed unanimously by the u.s. senate just months before. i recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel i'd be . shortly afterwards dozens of countries voted in the united nations general assembly against america's sovereign right to make this decision and twenty sixteen american taxpayers generously sent those same countries more than twenty billion dollars in aid that is why tonight i am asking congress to pass legislation to help ensure american foreign assistance dollars always serve american interests and

we do know al qaida still three s. when. we didn't know. but the point is we had to agree there's only one way to discover. that is to me. striking feature. of the discussions. which will have head. during the last three days. has been the act cordiality. we have had. discussions on sensitive not. in a spirit of conciliation and understanding despite the signature of a peace agreement for months later the relationship between de klerk and monday l.-a was tainted by violence around the often lethal conflict had broken out in various regions of south africa particularly in causing confrontations erupted to between a.n.c. supporters from the closer ethnic group and supporters of the i f p the in qatar freedom party made up of zulus and led by monk to buthelezi. not just that is the places that. could not in the lead us the people who can only see that the beginning of a real discount. more people got killed in south africa between one thousand eight hundred nine and one thousand nine hundred four done were killed by a potted forces in the enti

a coalition dominated by a front which declared its independence from al qaida could be used as a pretext to launch an all out offensive the russian military did say the main goal is to defeat that group in syria in two thousand and eighteen. people are worried pro-government forces want to storm and libyan rebels however believe the military campaign aims to recapture a military airport and lift the siege on to loyalist towns in the province whatever the objective the offensive continues to cause much suffering sent to. beirut mexican's had to the polls and elect a new president and it's already shaping up to be historic race it's the first time candidates can run without the backing of a party david. what lies ahead for mexico twenty eighteen. mexico's presidential elections are he led by leftist firebrand andres manuel lopez obrador he ran in and lost the past two elections now lopez obrador is riding a wave of public discontent to lead the pack of candidates to name most. we haven't reached the possibility of ending we will stamp out corruption. from the center right national action p

frustrated with their performance in terms of dealing with groups such as last carry the taliban al qaida other affiliated groups the hakani network because the u.s. has been very very vocal about it although not so much in the according to the media here in the past year in fact back in august there was the hold up of some thirty two billion dollars in military aid because the u.s. was not happy with as long as was efforts to try to deal with these groups and to try to neutralize them and so the reiteration that the money made out ever be dispersed is something worth noting in islam a bad economy coincidence and this is the way that pakistan cut off funds to signing is this going to be enough to a paste on the charm it probably won't be enough so and that's because mr saeed is no longer under house arrest much less serving time in a pot to stand in prison the u.s. does have that ten million dollars reward out for his arrest and capture because the u.s. has accused him of masterminding the two thousand and eight attack in mumbai in which at least two americans were killed and so the u.s.

a coalition dominated by front which declared its independence from al qaida could be used as a pretext to launch an all out offensive the russian military did say the main goal is to defeat that group in syria in two thousand and eighteen. people are worried pro-government forces want to storm the rebels however believe the military campaign aims to recapture a military airport and lift the siege on to loyalist towns in the province whatever the objective the offensive continues to cause much suffering and. beirut. no way is banning weapons exports to the united arab emirates of its participation in the war in yemen the u.a.e. is a key member of the saudi led coalition fighting heathy rebels in the country the coalition has imposed a blockade on yemen leading to widespread food shortages in a major health crisis the u.n. estimates more than five thousand civilians have been killed since the conflict began in two thousand and fifteen in recent weeks the saudis have allowed some humanitarian aid to flow into yemen but is natasha good name reports people in the port city of data set littl

that was in two thousand and fifteen that move forced president had into exile another player is al qaida it's been present in yemen prior to the two thousand and eleven popular uprising against president has there been a jew behind him is a yemeni opposition m.p. and former health minister he joins us on the phone from istanbul good to have you with us first of all can the forces loyal to the retain control of aden how concerned are you. i hope so really thanks for even if you really are very sorry for those who have been killed or injured to get it actually started for no. real has. to. contradict to be solved by force but really the good news is that. i mix by also been governor to stop clashes and ordering forces to. come i hope similar orders to be made by. the killer to be on pay them. during previous events nine hundred eighty six two thousand. two hundred. casualties. seem to be wise enough. to force. in the same time to stick. with only. cause and strategy in a them all right thank you very much for your understanding of what's going on that and perhaps talk later more about yeme

we've seen five six seven years ago when the french led an international coalition to cheese out al qaida and other affiliated groups in northern mali before things quite in down a little bit in that area a former chief of egypt's anti corruption watchdog has suffered injuries from what his lawyer says is a failed kidnapping attempt pictures on social media show his sham going in now with severe injuries he was an assistant to former presidential candidate sami anon who was arrested last week and barred from running for office the interior ministry says he was injured in a dispute and linked to a car accident. egyptian authorities have extended the detention of al-jazeera journalist mahmud hussain for the eleventh time he'll be held for an extra forty five days without trial it's now been more than a year since he was arrested and jailed in egypt hossein is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny he has repeatedly complained of mistreatment while in prison african leaders have gathered in ethiopia's capital for the i know summit of the afri

we've seen five six seven years ago when the french led an international coalition to cheese out al qaida and other ophelia to groups in northern mali before things quite in down a little bit in that area politicians in iran are due to visit some of the demonstrators being held in the prison after the recent wave of protests that promising to investigate reports of torture and deaths and police custody saying the savea reports from tehran. in the weeks that followed anti-government protests iran security forces and police detained thousands of suspected demonstrators most have been interrogated and released some made to sign a pledge. promising never again to participate in unrest were damaged public property almost everyone tried to contact even those who marched in favor of the government declined to speak to us many said they worried they might say the wrong thing and lend themselves in a prison cell by coincidence or by design government actions following opposition rallies have created an atmosphere of fear and speaking publicly is seen as an act of courage. of the in a judge is the

hundred forty people dead across france the attack of the stores atheist magazine it was claimed by al qaida it was targeted for printing cartoons of the problem prophet mohammed the most difficult to do i do not always agree with it and i do not find it always very funny but i defend charlie of those freedom of expression. it's a special day of commemoration and also of testimonials from civilians elected officials writers and politicians who come to explain what charley is to them what is this freedom of expression and criticism that must be preserved for all still ahead here on the news hour why the status of refugees out by his younger brother could become a key issue in coalition talks in germany. plus millions of all thoughts christians celebrate christmas across the globe i did sport the world's most dominant skier setting new standards ahead of the winter olympics do stay with us here on our set . from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. welcome back we're scenes and quite heavy rain developing across southern and eastern parts of china extending all the way from

we've seen five six seven years ago when the french led an international coalition to cheese out al qaida and other ophelia to groups in northern mali before things like in down a little bit in that area. the syrian observatory for human rights says the bombardment of a damascus suburb is continuing despite proposed cease fire agreement this video uploaded to social media by the white helmets appears to show the aftermath of as strikes in the rebel held and play of. the volunteer group says at least thirteen people were injured in the overnight strikes on friday a spokesman for syria's opposition confirmed they had received an offer from russia for a cease fire deal. while un peace talks in vienna have wrapped up with little progress and the syrian opposition says it will not send a russian backed summit to be held in sochi next week al-jazeera is harder abdel-hamid is in vienna she spoke to a member of the opposition delegation and he explained the position. this round in vienna was meant to be a real test for the commitment to the implementation of us you could go to the solution two to

fighting the saudi led coalition since twenty fifteen and are in control of much of the north of yemen al qaida is another key player the armed group has been present in yemen for decades and has seen a resurgence in c. twenty eleven uprising against the late president of yemen abdullah salim let's bring in. yemen extensively for us and is keeping a close eye on the situation there right now as we've seen the house from a very complicated complex battlefield in yemen with several several different doctors let's begin with what's happening in aden right now you've got forces backed by the u.a.e. saying they're in. until of aden they fought against forces backed by thousand arabia but the u.a.e. and saudi arabia is supposed to be part of the same coalition in yemen so what's happening here and now significant a moment is this it could be that the saudis and the embassies are colliding over who should have biggest say in south yemen although the you know the saudi arabia remains the biggest regional player in the area but what we see on the ground is a totally different reality which is basically

and instability or fragmentation in the southern part of yemen could pave the way for groups like al qaida which is one of the most aggressive groups operating in the area to gain war foothold there it could also lead to more instability and this is something that the international community has been concerned about for quite some time if the fighting continues different factions. fighting for different political agenda this is going to be very dangerous for saudi arabia on one hand but also for the united states of america and for the international community to see what happens certainly in the coming hours and days thank you well other top story that we're following today and that's russia's efforts to host talks on syria's political future that had a rocky start in the resort town of sochi and its foreign minister was interrupted several times when he read a message from president vladimir putin to the delegates. syrian opposition members yelled out a lover off your jets a bombing our people moscow is an important ally of syrian president bashar al assad and syria's main opposition grou