shrimp farmers in bangladesh could build traded systems through the embankment. the consequences of this has proven to be catastrophic during times of extreme weather. a cyclone struck several years ago. >> [speaking foreign language] >> during the course of the investigation, our team uncovered disturbing evidence and is just the legal chemicals are being regularly and routinely used in shrimp farms destined for european markets. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the household name is referring to is -- a cell one in bangladesh and over 80 other countries around the world. >> a broad spec drum. it has been around for years. it is a very old chemical. it is aimed at killing insects and preventing them from becoming pests. it is disastrous. it is an incredibly toxic chemical. it is one that affects nearly every element of the eco-system from snails threw two fish or amphibians all the way up the food cha. there's a hu number countries around the world. it is banned for regions best r reasons. my message to consumers who eat prawns, don't do it. >> it is not just a

his murder the first in a series of attacks against bloggers in bangladesh.hese convictions are the first of their kind. two students, one tried in absentia were given a death penalty, sim others convicted on charges related to murder. the head of a group prosecuted for in citing the crime was sentences to five years. the blogger and online activist network criticized the sentence saying we were surprised that the cleric that took the role got away with a gaol term. it appears the verdict aimed to protect some of the defendants. after nearly four months behind bars, a journalist has been released. he and a curd was working for vice news when he and his colleagues were rested. they were warning with a government. all three charged with working for a terrorist organization. they were quickly deported back to the u.k. on january 5th authorities released him but banned him leaving turkey. robert mahoney, the executive director said we are relieved he is free on bail:. >> a contentious law prompted the resignation of four journal lifts in poland, and complaints wi

. >>> universities in bangladesh have teachers walking off the job.e'll have that story coming up. >>> just eight years ago, he offered hope and promised change. u.s. president barack obama prepares to leave office, we ask whether he has achieved his goals. >>> a quick reminder of the top stories. food and medicine arrived they're syrian towns as part of a deal between aid organizations and rebels. talks aimed added reviving the peace pros in afghanistan took place in pakistan. it is hoped talks will be resumed with the toll ban. >>> south african students are protesting because hundreds of thousands of them are being denied the chance at a university education. they are demanding that the government do more to accommodate them. >> in germany, the interior ministers of the state of north ryan says he fierce criminals are entering the country alongside refugees. foreign men have been accused of attacks against women in the state's largest city on new year's eve. police received more than 500 complaints, half of them involving allegations of sexual assa

. >> well, thousands of professors at dozens of public universities in bangladesh have gone on strike. they say is indefinitely. it's because of a long running dispute over low pay and students are gaming of poor facilities compared to private universities. we have reports. >> this professor remembers toiling in this very laboratory during his student days. the lab is cloaked in nostalgia for the head of department in the university. however his fond memories do not blind the professor from a glaring reality. >> we are always buying cheap. one of thigh students failed an experiment three times even though she did everything right. the chemicals were fake. >> professors and other teachers have been complaining about funding and their pay for several months. on monday around 15,000 professors at 37 public universities across bangladesh began an indefinitely strike leaving students without any classes to attend. >> bangladesh's public universities provide an important low cost alternative to private institutions. but one student from all over the country arrive on campus, we find that ke

and a magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits northeastern india and bangladesh is also effected. ♪ but first at two sunni mosques we understand have been attacked in hila that is just south of the iraqi capitol baghdad. no one so far claimed responsibility for the attacks and they of course follow saudi arabia's execution of the prominent shia cleric al--nimr and the latest from abraham who is in the iraqi capitol baghdad and tell us what more you know about these attacks. >> according to more than a security source from the providence located just south of baghdad the source said three attacks happened and three separate places, almost at one time around midnight yesterday night. attacked three mosques and one of them in the downtown of the capitol of hella and the other one in the neighborhood which is north of there and another one east of bobbel and the attacks came as the source said at one time. one of the mosques and the dome of the mosques were totally collapsed. >> and of course this comes at a time of increased tension as saudi arabia cuts diplomatic ties with iran, is that tension be

he was convicted for commanding a militia which committed murder and rape during bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. our correspondent reports from dakka. >> reporter: the charges against the man make for grim reading. the former chief of the largest political party was accused of setting up a military unit that collaborated with the pakistani army in large-scale murders targeting the country's hindu minority. for war crimes, the prosecutor says he is the last one in the dock >> he was the mastermind, mastermind of killing. not only that, from the very beginning he was the man who connived the army. >> reporter: not everyone is pleased with the verdict. supporters of him have in the past taken to the streets in violent protests. the police responded in force. more than 500 people have been killed so far in clashes related to the trial. a sustained crack down on the opposition has meant that lately the reactions to the verdict have been more subdued. >> reporter: none of his family members in bangladesh are willing to speak to the media for safety concerns. it's not just relativ

the driver saw that the train is coming. >> with thousands of unregulated crossings around bangladesh rail safety is a huge problem that will take coordination between different government agencies to solve. in the meantime, he's showing that one person's ideas can make a difference. >> now british pilot has completed her three-month journey from the u.k. to australia in open cockpit bi-plane. she landed in sydney on saturday. theshe flew her plane threw 24 countries and 50 fueling stops and following the plight of pioneer amy johnson. >> you fly something like this low level halfway across the according seeing all the landscapes, geography, and very few people get to fly like i did. >> now time for all the sport, and we'll cross over to the guy who has the brightest tie on television. >> let's get go to england where the defending champions arsenal's dream of a third straight title is being tested by sunderland. they haven't lost in this competition, the fa cup in nearly three years. but in this match they're behind the 17th minute when and again one minute before halftime. rick ha--

six people were killed in impal, the capital of manipat state, five people died in bangladesh. the 6.4 earthquake was felt as far away as nepal and myanmar. fez jamil has the story. >> it happened in the middle of the night, people were jolted out of their beds, people were screaming crying, one person we spoke to this morning said a heavy bell at a temple nearby started ringing because of the sheer amount of shaking going on. there hasn't been a report of a lot of damage however the rural parts of the state have poor connectivity even without the earthquake happening, the information is still trickling in. the capital itself which has a quarter million people as residents has reported at least one building collapse. there are reports that there may be workers underneath and local rescue teams are checking that now and rescue teams from the region are still on their way to the area. >> thousands of syrian refugees are enduring wintery conditions in lebanon. snow has begun falling in the becca valley region. 200,000 are especially at risk in the cold weeks and months ahead. >> w

people in bangladesh's capital, dhaka, rushed out of their houses, and took to the streets for safety following the earthquake. dozens of people were injured, and at least six people were killed. nigel: nearly 175,000 people are petitioning the president to pardon a convicted killer featured in a netflix documentary series. the show "making a murderer" focuses on the trial and his nephew. a jury found the two guilty of the 2005 murder of teresa halbach in wisconsin. both men maintain their innocence. the series raises many questions about the evidence used to convict the men. if the petition gets enough signatures by january 19th, the white house will have to respond. a new, massive television is coming to the tech market. it is a 98-inch 8k television. gabrielle: where do you put that? nigel: in my living room. lg will announce the new top of the line tv at this week's consumer electronics show. the company says it is about to go into production. lg calls it "super ultra high definition," and it will have four times the resolution of a 4k tv. gabrielle: i will get you some snow inste

. >>> authorities have gone on a strike in bangladesh where they say is indefinite.dents are complaining of poor facilities compared to private universies. al jazeera's maha satta reports from daca university. >> professor remembers toiling in this very laboratory during his student days. the lab is cloaked in tribute. but the lab is under equipped at out of date. >> we end up buying a lot of low grade soil for experiments, one of my students failed three times even though she did everything right because the chemicals were fake. >> around monday 15,000 professors at 37 public universities across bangladesh began an indefinite strike. >> bangladesh's public universities provide an important low cost alternative to private institutions. but once students from all over the country arrive on campus they find that keeping cost down has its own price. >> in the first year dorms in taka university, more than 20 students are cramped into rooms sandi for four people buassigne. >> our plan is that instead of sleeping, a group of us will explore while singing all night. we'll

there are reports that bangladesh has been affected. the u.s. gun lobby prepares for battle as obama p president obama tries to bring in stronger control measures.strongercontcrr control measures. chinese stock markets of plunged as much as 8% and trading has been stopped for the day. ininvestmentors reacted to the latest signs of economic slow down in china by selling off shares. those worries appear to have spread to other markets. the prices in market and hong kong has also fallen. our correspondent in beijing. why do we think, then, that this plunge has occurred in the chinese market? >> reporter: well, most analysts you speak to say that they believe it's more poor factory activity data. in other words, china is making stuff the rest of the world seems to no longer wants. manufacturing output has continued to contract for the fifth consecutive month. also the chinese currency is continuing to weaken. it is the symbolism of it all today that really matters because this was the full day of trading in 2016. the government had put in place a ne

a mexican brought this culture to the area >>> to bangladesh where an engineering student is hoping his invention will improve rail safety. these show an average of 70 people are killed by trains every month last year. >> reporter: the tracks don't inspire much confidence. many are decades old. some were laid during british colonial rule before 1947. worried from reading frequent news reports of derailments, this robot was built. it sends an alert message with location coordinates to the nearest station. >> translation: right now all the maintenance work and check ups on our rail tracks are done manually. you need a huge amount of man power for that. the department doesn't have enough employees, so we're trying to introduce this system. >> reporter: lack of maintenance is not the biggest problem in bangladesh. a large number of tracks run threw chaotic marketplaces and the middle of these slums. it is a danger for people around. in 2015 police say an average of 70 poo people died each month after getting hit by trains. he says he has seen 50 to 60 accidents during the 28 years he has be

three people died in neighbouring bangladesh. pro democracy leaders in hong kong are urging the government to investigate the latest disarpance of a fifth employee. the publisher specializes in political books that are banned on mainland china. a journalist based in hong kong says lee's disarpance has raised concerns about a crack down from the mainland. >> this is very, very chilling indeed because the assumption always was that in hong kong you could publish what you like and that there would be problems on the other side of the border, but if you were here, nobody could come over here and nobody would arrest you. the officials are being very silent. the only reason we know about this because of a phone call made by his wife in which he sort of indicated that he was on the other side of the border. she says she had no idea that he was leaving. i mean, he has been missing since wednesday. the other colleagues of his have been missing for a much longer period of time. so why are they on the other side of the border medicals there

promised safety reforms have not been made in bangladesh.two years after a clothes factory killing more than 1100 workers, the court is waiting to here the plight of employees who are challenging the conditions that they're forced to work in. >> reporter: at the end of the harrowing two weeks, this woman returned to work exhausted from a miscarriage. the gorment worker found little sympathy among her bosses. instead she says she was fired for taking time off. since then her days have been spent in court. few of these hearings have been in the labor court where she is suing her former employers for wrongful termination. instead sympathy has been named as a defendant in multiple cases from kidnapping to financial fraud. part of the strategy she says to intimidate her. >> translation: they accused me of kidnapping babies. they went to my village and told my parents in an effort to scare me. they accused me, my husband and my brother. they put false charges against us in court >> reporter: meanwhile, her labor court case remains stuck with littl

it tries to introduce an automated system. >> it's a real problem for bangladesh. >> a large number of trash runs through the marketplaces and the middle of busy slums. it's a danger for the people around. in 2015 police say an average of 707 people died each month after getting hit by trains. >> 50 to 60 accidents have been seen since sitting up shop. and he has recovered 10 dead bodies with his own hands. >> translation: some wander on to the tracks, talking on their phones. some are absent-minded. some have had arguments with girlfriend, looking to end things. >> railway police say a proliferation of properties with vehicles stuck on the uneven tracks. >> damaging accident for this reason. they start inside the real track. the train came. the driver saw the train is coming, but he could not move. >> with thousands of crossings throughout bangladesh, real safety is a huge problem that will take coordination between different government agencies to solve. >> in the meantime, this man is doing his best to show one person's ideas can make a difference. >>> time for the sports news. >> y

three people died and dozens more injured in neighboring bangladesh. >>> billions of dollars have been wiped off the value of tock market shares worldwide after the latest signs of economic slowdown in china. chinese stocks plunged by as much as 8%, automatically triggering a suspension in trading. those concerns are spreading globally. europe be stock prices sharply lower, as well. here's a look the at the scale of that selloff in china. it forced a trading hold in more than $7 trillion worth of stocks, futures and options. it's the new test for circuit breakers designed to shut down trade when losses reach 5%. our china correspondent adrien brown has more from beijing. >> well, this was the worst start ever to the trading year on the shanghai and sheen dozen stocks markets, the blue chip index which measures the performance of china's top companies. a new system was supposed to contain market volatility. when the market's fell by 5%, trading was temporarily halted for 15 minutes. trading then resumed but the index then fell by more than 7%, so it seems that a system that was brought

none of his family members in bangladesh are willing to speak to the media because of safety concerns. it is not just the relatives, but lawyers representing the men on trial say they've been followed, harassed and arrested. his lawyer and the president of the supreme court bar association says the tribunal is targeting the wrong men. >> everyone knows what the pakistan army has done in 19671. they-- 1971. they have admitted the offences of murder, arson, rape and mass killing. they're left off. >> reporter: the pakistan government denies any war crimes were committed in 1971. in the meantime, he is already in custody and supporters of the war crimes tribunal desperate to finally get some justice for the crimes of the past are happy to set their sites closer to home-- sights closer to home >>> a vatican newspaper has criticized the magazine "charlie hebro." as part of a specialed addition marking the one year attack, it has a bearded man representing god with a gun over his shoulder. a company in spain is working on ways to make hot air balloons greener. our technology editor visited

the collapse of the plaza factory in 2013 in bangladesh's capital killed over 1100 people. the tragedy highlighted the poor conditions of workers in the garment industry. since then not much has changed and workers wanting to challenge the conditions are still waiting for the labor courts to hear their cases. >> reporter: at the end of the harrowing two weeks, this woman returned to work exhausted from a miscarriage. the garment worker found little sympathy among her bosses. she was fired for taking time off. since then her days have been spent in court. few of these hearings have been in the labor court where she is suing her former employers for wrongful termination. instead she has been named as a defendant in multiple cases from kidnapping to financial fraud, part of a strategy, she says, to intimidate her. >> translation: they accuse me of kidnapping babies. they went to my village and told my parents in an effort to scare me. they accused me, high husband and my brother. they put false charges against us in court >> reporter: meanwhile her labor court case remains stu

. >>> bangladesh's supreme court upheld the death sentence imposed on the former head of the country's largest islamic party. he was convicted for commanding a militia that committed and raped during the war of independence in 1971. we have this report from dhaka. >> the charges make for grim reading. the former amir or chief of the army, bangladesh's largest political party, was handed the death sentence for committing war crimes in 1971. his army is accused of setting up the militia, a paramilitary unit collaborating with the pakistani army in large scale murders, targetting the hindu army and intelligence here. >> for war crimes, it is the last key defendant left in the dark. >> he was the main planner, the mastermind. the mastermind of killing intel ects. he was the man who was in the local army. >> not everyone was pleased with the verdicts. supporters in the past have taken violence protests. >> the police responded in force. more than 500 people have been there so far in clashes related to the trial. but the crackdown on the opposition meant that lately the reaction to the verdi

three people died and dozens more injured in bangladesh. more from new delhi. >> reporter: the earthquake struck about 30 kilometers west of the capital. it happened in the middle of the night. people say they were jolted out of their beds, people running out of their homes screaming, crying. one person we spoke to this morning had said that a bell started ringing just because of the amount of shaking that was going on at a church. there hasn't been a lot of reports of damage. the real parts of the state have poor connectivity to begin with even before the earthquake happened. so getting information from those areas is still only now trickling in. the capital itself, which has about a quarter million people as residents, has reported at least one building collapse. there are reports that there may be workers underneath. the local teams are checking that. rescue teams from the region are still on the way to the area area >>> still to come here at al jazeera, fears that beijing could have had had a hand in the disappearance of a fifth employe

the materials were fake. >> on monday around 15,000 professor at 37 public universities across bangladeshegan an indefinite strike leaving students without any classes to attend. >> bangladesh's public universities provide an important low-cost alternative to private institutions. but one student from all--but once student arrive from all over the country on campus finds that keeping costs down have its own price. >> more than 20 students are crammed into rooms assigned for four people. it's a big adjustment for many of these freshmen who try to make the best of the circumstance. >> our plan is that instead of sleeping a group of us will go out around 2:00 a.m. and explore our campus while singing songs all night. we'll sing to the canteen and the student center. we'll climb some coconut trees. we're all friends. we'll manage to have fun. >> only by the third year are the students assured of less cramped conditions. but even them eight of them could easily have to end up sharing four beds. >> if you're sick, you can't turn the light off when you need to, if you have an exam you can't stud

. >> still ahead in this news hour, robotic reinforcement, hoping to improve bangladesh's dismal railfety record. in sport it's been a long way for the international champion. >> the police in bangladesh that an average of 70 people were killed by trains every month last year. but an engineering student's invention might help improve rail safety in the country. we have reports now. >> thmany are tracks are decades old. many from during british rule in 1947. in this robot it senses cracks and derailment potential sending alerts to the nearby station. >> the large number of crashes came through chaotic marketplaces. it's a real danger. on average 70 people died each month in 2015 after getting hit by trains. >> some people are wandering on the tracks talking on their phones. some are just absent minded. some have had argument with a girlfriend and are looking to end things. >> railway police say a proliferation poses another big threat with vehicles getting stuck on its uneven ground. >> request thousands of unregulated housing in bangladesh, in the meantime he is doing his best to show

erik schatzker reporting from bangladesh.g up house, the development of self driving cars, proposing $4 billion over a period of 10 years for pilot projects, including the program to test self driving cars by invested in technologically connected roads. earlier this week, i sat down with google x founder. transportation as a service, the scale is different from owned cars. most of us who own cars, we almost never use them. they produced costs by sitting in the garage. service is about a quarter of what it would be for a human owned and driven car. coming up, we are wrapping up the volatile week that was. that is next. ♪ emily: it is time for the week in review. i am joined by our venture johnson,ditor, cory and our guest host. cory: the stocks -- autonomous cars, cars, cars, cars. what we saw from ces was stocks the thoughtbecause was they would be the beneficiaries of what was going on inside the car. what we have seen this week, those stocks have sold off like a last year's fat. -- last year's fad. emily: i am more excited

a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits northeastern india and bangladesh is also effected and barack obama'sest 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 and dragged down the european markets and here is a look at the sell off and the worst ever start for chinese shares forced a trading halt of $7 trillion of stocks, futures and options and the first test for the country's new market circuit breakers designed to shut down when losses reach 5% and let's go live now to our correspondent adrian brown in beijing and first of all what

in rural bangladesh, communities are learning the real value of empowering women. this film from "save the children" shows that giving girls a voice can be the most powerful solution of all. woman: shilpi's father died when she was very young. her mother worked as a maid to support shilpi and two younger sons. she earned only enough to feed them one meal a day. when "save the children" started the "girls' voices project" nearby, shilpi joined. she met with other teenage girls to build self confidence and learn new skills like making a budget and saving money. shilpi realized she could help support her family even without working outside the home. she started her first business weaving mats. narrator: around the world, communities are coming together not only to save the lives of mothers and children, but to improve them, to give women real opportunities to change the courses of their lives. basic healthcare can solve the most urgent crises, but a bigger sea change, one that empowers women to learn, to marry later, and to decide when to have children will ultimately

delphine: i want to, blasphemy, allegation, free speech all of the world in bangladesh and russia. we are talking about half the world pass countries. they have laws penalizing black this -- blasphemy. eight countries are members of the eu. we think of bangladesh and saudi arabia, where a blogger was sentenced for insulting islam to 1000 lashes. we are talking about that against self-censorship. >> lest we forget, just this year, we have had people in bangladesh hacked to death in different circumstances for raising questions about religion. the intimidation is not, as you note, limited to journalists being afraid. now, anyone who speaks out. >> let's not just focus on islam. these anti-blasphemy notions infect all sorts of national laws. in october of this last year, the polish supreme court upheld a fine against a woman who said the bible was written by people drunk with wine and smoking some stuff and she believes more in dinosaurs than the bible. that was upheld as being an acceptable law. the monty python classic "life of brian" was banned in certain color -- in certain countr

you have been in bangladesh. erik: it is true.nt is to show there is a new type of philanthropy in the world and not about giving money away but investing in technologies that improve the lives of poor people. bill gates is huge on it and he company ind on this bangladesh and that is why i went there, to have a look. capital of bangladesh is home to poverty, and this , andic -- endless traffic one of the fastest-growing financial services in the world. it is called bkash. setting up a bkash is free. all you need is a mobile phone .nd 100 million bangladesh and electronicle payments are excessively affordable, and that is why the bill gates foundation is a bkash investor. thinking this cheap can change lives in the country this poor. fundamentals more than i realized, and there have been attempts with finance cooperatives, but the transaction fees were too high. until we get those services down with no fees onto the cell phone, then banking will ultimately be for those who are better off. erik: the ceo and his brother founded bkash

a domestic conspiracy doing on to destroy bangladesh's sector. can't say for sure if they are involved in it but it is certainly a possibility. >> meanwhile, they serve as a warning to others. to think twice before eventing a battle they might not have the resources to win. al jazeera, bangladesh. >> thousands of protestors have rallied outside the parliament, demanding an election after lawmakers appointed the third prime minister in less than a year. in the hope of ending months of political deadlock. >> italy's prime minister is cracking down on public sector workers in his right to tackle corruption. under new rules. those found guilty will face immediate dismissal within 48 hours. the highlighted cases are people were going into work, and then leaving to go about their private business. a notoriously sector. where am i going has been unpopular since star wars and it's just a new italian box office record taking $63 million in just three weeks. >> including andy murray doesn't take long to get past his second round opponent. malaysia health e

to, blasphemy,t all ofion, free speech the world in bangladesh and russia. we are talking about half the world pass countries. they have laws penalizing black this -- blasphemy. eight countries are members of the eu. we think of bangladesh and saudi arabia, where a blogger was sentenced for insulting islam to 1000 lashes. we are talking about that against self-censorship. >> lest we forget, just this year, we have had people in bangladesh hacked to death in different circumstances for raising questions about religion. as youimidation is not, note, limited to journalists being afraid. now, anyone who speaks out. >> let's not just focus on islam. notionsti-blasphemy infect all sorts of national laws. in october of this last year, the polish supreme court upheld a fine against a woman who said the bible was written by people drunk with wine and smoking some stuff and she believes more in dinosaurs than the bible. that was upheld as being an acceptable law. the monty python classic "life of brian" was banned in certain countries. certain in norway and sweden, th

we're getting new information on damage, not just in india but in neighboring bangladesh. >>> and new information on assaul >>> facebook and mark zuckerberg's post about how he wants to create his own digital assistant with artificial intelligence. he said he wants to voice control everything in his home. wouldn't that be nice? buzzfeed drew attention to the comment in a post here. a woman told mark zuckerberg she wants her granddaughter's to date nerds. he said she should encourage them to become nerds and inventors. >>> and chris brown is facing charges in another assault case. brown is being investigated for battery in las vegas after a woman said he hit her and took her phone after she tried to take a picture of him. >>> and star wars is creeping up on "avatar" to be the highest grossing movie of all time. "avatar" made $760 million during its time in movie theaters. after this past weekend, "star wars" made $740 million, that's >>> developing now in india, the death toll is rising following a huge 6.7 earthquake. 8 people died when the earthquake shook the far eastern part of ind

. >> new video shows two suspects fleeing down the streets after attacking a bangladesh man friday evening. >> he doesn't speak english but believe he was the victim of a violent hate crime. he spoke to us through a translater. started to punch me in my face. a couple punches in my face, my nose, my head and in the side of my head. >> he was walking his 9-year-old niece home after school when he said two masked men described by police as teens began yelling at him. >> they were yelling isis. >> then they alenledly beat -- then they allegedly beat him until he was unconscious. >> my niece was shaking from spear. -- from fear. >> this is a pick ture of him in the hospital. >> ramon is not affiliated with isis. >> she's a simple man. >> the attack was on unprovokes and said he believes the attacker singled him out for the traditional muslim clothing he wears. >> he was targeted for his muslim faith. community are outraged about it. >> reporter: they will hold an antiviolence rally this morning. >> thank you. >>> happening today, a rookie police officer goes on trial for gunning down an unarme

and we meet those hoping to include bangladesh's record. in sport, the world number one starts the new year in peak form. all the action from the tournament. please stay with me. >>> welcome back, you're watching the al jazeera newshour with me. a reminder of the main stories, aid agencies trying to get food and medicine in syria say that the first will arrive on sunday. images of emmance pated bodies lead to an outcry >>> in iraq, aid workers say the world must not forget the suffering of thousands in the camps. they are facing a tough winter without food, warm clothes or fuel >>> and police in mexico recaptured druglord joaquin guzman. six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison. he was caught in his home state of sinaloa. >> returning to a main story, and the g.c.c. meeting over escalating tensions of iran and saudi arabia. joining us now is a saudi arabia writer and political commentator, live from riyadh. thank you for your time. so this meeting in riyadh is described as an extraordinary meeting. what is the objective af

how this device could help improve bangladesh's dismal rail safety record. imagine flying from britain to australia in this. one woman has just done it and we will find out what it was like. also what happens when trucks race on snow. all that's coming up in sport with robin. >>> the syrian government has told the u.n. that it is ready to take part in talks with the opposition later this month. meanwhile eight agencies say the first food and medicine trucks should arrive in the besieged cities in syria on sunday. other top stories this hour in iraq aid workers say the world must not forget the suffering of thousands of people in displacement camps. they're facing a tough winter without enough food, warm clothes or fuel. interference in saudi's internal affairs. attack on the saudi embassy is going to lead to more hatred in the region. german chancellor is calling for tougher immigration laws after attacks on women in cologne on new year's eve. arabs and north african men were involved. the chief of police has been suspended and accused of mishandling the cas

it affected mien mien and bangladesh. a new lee constructed building and several other structures were damaged. three people died. dozens more were injured in neighboring bangladesh. >> billions of dollars have been wiped off after the latest signs of economic slowdown in china. china ease stocks plunged by as much as 8%, automatically triggering. those are spreading globally. european and u.s. stock prices are lower. a china correspondent has more from beijing. >> this was the worst start ever to the trading year on the shanghai and shenzin stock markets, the blue championship index which measures the performance of china, top 300 countries. a new system was being used on monday which was supposed to contain market volatility. so when the markets fell by 5 first trading was halted for 15 minutes but then fell more than 7 percent. a system that was brought in to calm things down actually had the reverse effect. why is the market down? a number of factors. data among those showed manufacturing output had contracted for the

pakistani, bangladesh food.f eighth street. >> why oaxaca, is that just the way it worked out? >> yeah, you know how it goes. one guy showed up. filipino fast food just behind us, and a bunch of riffraff in between. >> filipinos are proud of their food. underrepresented. >> i think they're going through what we went through, where the glass hasn't been broken yet, to translate it, but keep the core and soul of it, but it tastes delicious. >> a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain jollibee. laugh all you want but ask any filipino, they love the drive-through for this speciality spam thing, but it's the desserts where it gets really crazy. decisions, decisions. >> here we go. we'll take one aloha burger, and one spam little big bite. let's do a halo-halo. that's it. >> oh, look at that. what is that? >> that's halo-halo. >> oh, yeah. halo-halo. dig deep and you hit delicious stratas of red beans, white beans and chickpeas, cubes of red and green jell-o, coconut, shaved ice, and is that flan? it mak

. >>> doctors in bangladesh are trying to cure a man suffering from a rare disease known as treeman disease. the mother of the 25-year-old patient says this dezeen started off as a -- disease started off below e knee and turned more serious when his hands and legs projected tree like growths and there are two ther cases of the disease i the world. >>> all right. coming up after the break, it's been a gorgeous start to the weekend here across what to expect for the sunday minutes. avo: when laquinta.com sends craig wilson a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what he becomes? client: g2eat proposal! let's talk more over golf. craig: great. client: how about over tennis craig: even better. avo: a game changer! aog safe and sound back home with his family after being rescued from an icy lake in virginia. the owners were@ tubing down the lake but when he walked into the ice he fell through it yesterday. aww. glad he is doing better. emergency crews were able to hoist him up and out of the friezing cold -- freezing cold water and worked quickly to warm him up. the lake was

doctors in bangladesh are trying to help curere a man suffering from a rare disease known as the tree man disease. the mother of the 25-year-old patient says the disease started off as a m me below his knee but turned more serious with his hands and legs projecting tree-like growth as you canee in the video. doctors say there are two other cases of the disease,, one in indonesia and the other in romania. >> carlos: how d d we follow that? >> will man so, the mercedes bans sportss report. all stars having a blast tonight. we'll show you yager himself all-star skills competition. >> will: time out for a mercedes benz sports report. plea players representing the week at all-star week in nashvill guys having fun at the skills competition. moment of the night leaved to yager sort of belonged to him. the montreal comens, he dressed up as yaeger complete with the jersey, the mull et and the salute. that's funny. got the most votes and won the event. he loved all of that. he took off his jersey. now had the famous space hoody. he did n win, though. and then during the shootout single stop. di

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doctors in bangladesh are trying to help cure a man suffering from a rare disease known as the tree man disease. the mother of the 25-year-old patient says the disease started off as a mole below his knee but turned more serious with his handsnd legs projecting tree-like growth as you can see in the video. doctors say there are two other cases of the disease, one in indonesia and the other in romania. >> carlos: how do we follow that? >> will man so, the mercedes bans sports report. all stars having a blast we'll show you yager himself all-star skills competition. >> will: time out for a mercedes benz sports report. plea players representing the week at all-star week in nashville. competition. moment of the night leaved to yager sort of belged to him. the montreal comens, he dressedup as yaeger complete with the that's funny. got the most votes and won the event. he loved all of that. he took off his jersey. now had the famous space hoody. he did not win, though. and then during the shootout challenge roberto made every single stop. did not allow a single goal. helped the eastt win and

. >> i am from bangladesh. it is a very warm country. it never snows. >> driving conditions were rough at times. tow truck operator brad had a busy day. >> hit the brakes. they lock up. your best bet is to put it in neutral. >> this guy fears nothing. >> we found william, a seasoned snow veteran with good advice. >> stay home and eat snow cream. that's right. >> that is what everyone needs after a day like today. once again, 2.5 inches of snow. it is powdery. let's go to my colleague standing by in virginia beach. jason. jason: we started with the snow around 11:40, but now it has all turned to rain. we have wet streets out there. it is not bad for drivers. very light traffic. the roads are wet. when the snow started to come down, it caused everyone to rush to the hardware store. we stopped by over at fairfield of stuff on stock. people were trying to get their shovels and their sand and all of the heating equipment they needed. it really was a rush to get to the store this morning. as soon as it opened, and by around 2:00 this afternoon

[music] announcer: dhaka, capital of bangladesh. there are ready 13 million people here.that is set to almost double in the next decade, making this city one of the most densely populated places on earth. all these people are coming to dhaka because their rural homes arbeing deroyed. atiq: bangladesh is the front line state of climate change because of the multiplicity of impacts. announcer: cyclones, bursting rivers, torrential rain fall. climate change is felt here more than anywhere else in the world. climate refugees from all over the country are poing into dhaka fleeing for their lives.

struck before dawn in a remote part of the northwest near the border we're told with myanmar and bangladesh far at least five people are reported to have died most buried under collapsed buildings. you can see why looking attives. more than 100 others have been injured. >>> residents of kentucky, tennessee and other states further south are bracing for miss river flooding. the crest has moved beyond southern missouri and illinois leaving behind this destruction, disruption and death. a 25th fatality confirmed yesterday when the body of a teen was recovered. he and a friend tried to drive through a flooded area last week. >> let's move to the campaign trail now and donald trump is speaking out after he appeared in a terrorist recruiting video. trump says it comes with the territory when the you're the front-runner, and he has to say what he has to say. instead, he's blaming hillary clinton. claiming she created isis when she was secretary of state. trump also blasted bill clinton who campaigns for his wife for the first time today calling him a degenerate who failed to help her win eight yea