they are using low-power communications and it's sort of a base in beirut. if you pick these up, we have a site it was very complicated. we call them nature sees at the time and today they call them algorithms, but at the time i have stacks and stacks. >> in the process you start to zero in on basically the perfect killer. >> lebanese come aboard to 62. he'd gone to the battlefront when he was about 15 to study business affairs. don't tell me why. and then in 1982, he was recruited by iran and put on the front line in the side to start killing americans. >> this is continuous shedding american blood for 20 years. this is the israeli embassy. >> they set off the bombs in the department stores and in london. >> there was nobody like him in terms of simple capabilities to disappear into stale telephones and talk about misdirection. he was simply brilliant at what he did. so in a sense he is the white whale. he is the guide you hunted. >> don't ask me when does depp switched. we had a sealed arrest warrant from the department of justice and if we ever got in a p

let's get more from jane ferguson in beirut in neighboring lebanon. what more can you tell us about the effect of these astrikes? >> lauren, we have heard there from syrian state television this announcement that there were two strikes. since then, some activists on the ground inside syria have said that there are, in fact, more strikes than that. some say as many as a dozen or more at the minute the syrian government are saying just two strikes, but in those areas around dama and near the international airport. now, the syrian army did release a statement shortly after the attacks and in it, they said that those attacks were the response by israel to victories by the syrian army. they are referring to what they see as victories in recent days and weeks in variousaries across syria. they also said that they accuse the israelis of basically helping what they see as terrorists. they have said that before in the past when the israelis have conducted airstrikes in inside syria. they have also said that they will respond how they see fit. they haven't said

zeina, al jazerra, beirut. >>> cuba's president raul castro has stressed that his countries will could change its communist system despite closer ties with the united states. he also says cuba face a long and difficult struggle before the u.s. lifts a long-standing economic embargo. gabriel elizondo reports from huh van amount less than a week ago they were serving sentences for espionage in a u.s. jail now the cuban five as they are called are being greeted as heros to thunderous applause. they were leased as parts i've historic agreement announced this week between the u.s. and cuba. while everyone has been talking about what will change following the agreement. ube an president raul castro was keen to also remind people what will remain the same. >> translator: the economic system that will prevail in our country will continue to be based on socialist idealses in the entire countries reu6789 castro was quick to praise barack obama and the ground breaking nature of what was accomplished to reach an accord but also indicated that its implementation inside cuba would be left to the cub

office in beirut just to apply for asylum. minitel you they have spent their savings and can't find jobs. but it is not just economic hardships. the syrian government has powerful allics here. >> it's a difficult life. people are scared. as if one didn't need syria. in europe, we would be treated as human beings but this report of our country's accepting refugees is not true. >> people have lost hope. therefore more than a million refugees registered in lebanon. so far, the united states has resettled around 7 ,000 people since the conflict started. its a small percentage of those who need urgent assistance. >> it can be lengthy. it depends upon the individual country. but you believe, what we have to do is interview and determine who these people are and then, they go through certain security and medical checks before they are admitted to third country tries. we are also working to improve the processing. >> it couldn't have come any sooner for ismael's family. it means his children can return to school. but for these people,

let's get more details from jane ferguson, who is joining us on the line from beirut to tell what's you're hearing about this blast, jane? >> reporter: it would appear that a bomb inside the car, and it was an assassination attempt on a resident. not clear yet who that resident is other than a resident, not a military figure at this point. of course, just to give you background on the other side of the border, it there has been violence from syria ever since al nusra and isil came inside. ever since it's been very divided, and there has been a presence from the lebanese army as well as rebel groups inside syria. there are over 60,000 refugees. the residents who normally live there. it is a tense at times 37 and such explosions and bombings have been heard over the last year. >> even though, jane, just a couple of hours ago, in fact, the lebanese army tightened all the security into arsal and into arsal itself. >> that's right. they've been tightening security through the afternoon, and that is tightening from an already heightened situation. >> it is believed they're being held close to th

they are using low-power communications and it's sort of a base in beirut. if you pick these up, we have a site it was very complicated. we call them nature sees at the time and today they call them algorithms, but at the time i have stacks and stacks. >> in the process you start to zero in on basically the perfect killer. >> lebanese come aboard to 62. he'd gone to the battlefront when he was about 15 to study business affairs. don't tell me why. and then in 1982, he was recruited by iran and put on the front line in the side to start killing americans. >> this is continuous shedding american blood for 20 years. this is the israeli embassy. >> they set off the bombs in the department stores and in london. >> there was nobody like him in terms of simple capabilities to disappear into stale telephones and talk about misdirection. he was simply brilliant at what he did. so in a sense he is the white whale. he is the guide you hunted. >> don't ask me when does depp switched. we had a sealed arrest warrant from the department of justice and if we ever got in a p

so on going fighting throughout the early part of this evening. >> jane in beirut, thank you for the update. iraq's government has agreed to end an oil dispute with the semiautonomous kurdish region, in exchange for the supply of 250,000 barrels per day. the government will also unlock 17% of the national budget or $12 billion al he kateed the deal will help the government get more money for it's fight against isil, with the government agreeing to give $1 billion for forces salaries and equipment. egypt's top -- dismissing murder charges against the former leader. the case was in relation to the killing of protestors during the 2011 uprising as well as corruption charges against him and his son. his security chief and top six commanders also had the cases dropped. a wave of protests and across much of egypt. al jazeera continues to demand the release of it's threw journalists who have now been detained in egypt. were jailed over false allegations that they helped the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions and jail sentencing. cep yeah's president ha

tho let's go to jane ferguson, life in the lebanese capitol, beirut.ny more details emerging on the strikes? >> reporter: a syrian army statement responding to the attacks. the general command for the artery said these attacks are in response to what he calls "recent victories by the syrian government troops." so strong lang in response saying that essentially, the israelis are responding to their own victories in the field. now, we are not hearing of any more casualties the syrian government are saying there have been no casualty ins both of these strikes. there is no response, still, from the israeli government. >> all right, jane ferguson live for us in beirut. thanks very much. let's head to shirina from west jerusalem. jane saying there has been no response as dpret from the israelis. tell us a bit more about what you are hearing and, indeed, what we have seen in the past in terms of israel's involvement in syria. >> reporter: well, what we are seeing basically is a lot of israeli local media basically quoting the syrian government as saying that

. >> zeina is now join from us beirut.roval has been given, but what needs to happen for the aid to actually get to these areas? some of which have seen no deliveries in years i believe. >> reporter: well, yes, now it's a question of logistics. according to the world health organization the syrian government has given them approval to reach opposition-held areas in the northern city of aleppo, as well as in the suburbs of damascus, as well as others. accord to this organization it will take a week before they reach aleppo and a few reach before they reach the country sides. this is a lengthy process. we have to understand there is fighting on on the ground and and thrauls a siege there is al, government-imposed siege surrounding the capital. people need the surprise. millions of people rely on hand out to his survive and that's according to the united nations. and as you saw in that report. diseases are spreading. so there is an urgency, but there is also difficulties on the ground, really the delivery of surprise to rebel

this is the very heart of beirut. this is a protest set up by relatives of lebanese army soldiers who have been abducted by i.s., the islamic state, and the other al qaeda-related group. these are protesting. they're sitting in, these people, relatives of the army soldiers being held hostage, whose lives are being threatened if the lebanese government doesn't release islamist prisoners from its jails. this shows the kind of complex drama into which she and her son may indeed have fallen unwitingly. they could be seen as a very valuable prize to be holding in this kind of hostage negotiation that's going on, and in a very tense way, because three of these soldiers have been put to death by their captors here in beirut. >> jim muir there. the leaders of hong kong's occupy protest movement have said they will surrender to the police and have been camping at the highest profile locations. the announcement follows a series of violent clashes. the protests first began in december, centered on the admiralty area. as well as

there is a growing sense of urgency in beirut right now.ilies of those being held captive say they are regularly contacted by the groups holding their loved ones telling them they will be killed if the government doesn't give in to their demands. among those demands is their release of rebel leaders family members, the lebanese government recently announced it detained to women and children related to fighters with al-nusra and i.s,i.l.. it was hopped they could be used as a bargaining chip to free the captured soldiers and one of those women is the wife here, a senior al-nusra commander and released this video on friday morning calling for her release and that of his two children. the family of the killed hostage has set up checkpoints around their village threatening anyone linked to the syrian groups and further heightening tensions at an already uneasy time, jane ferguson, al jazeera, beirut. >>> meanwhile inside syria heavy fighting in the city where the rebellion against bashar a al-assad began four years agree ago and unsiege from go

al jazeera, beirut. >> egypt's intelligence chief has been sacked and replaced. sources within egypt's military say he was replaced because of health reasons. the national security chief will be sworn in on sunday. al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have been in prison in egypt for 358 days. they were charged on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> u.s. president barack obama has condemned the murder of two new york city police officers. the man approached the police officers' car and shot them through the window while they were on patrol in brooklyn. do you have any more information here? what prompted this shooting? >> the authorities say they think they have pieced together the chain of events. it happened not far from washington, where they went to the home of an ex-girlfriend and shot her and wounded her. he posted on instagram his intention to kill police officers, quote, i'm putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours, we take two of theirs. h

. >> jim muir there in beirut, thanks very much. we have with us a consultant fellow at the think thank and he was a former officer. what's the clearly i.s. saying they shot the plane down but that may not in terms of what actually caught here. >> it's possible that they had a technical malfunction and it's possible the aircraft was injured or affected by its own debris. it's not uncommon for air traft that there may be all sorts of reasons why it's gone down but the point is it's down. so there is a political as well as a military challenge here now. >> yes, exactly as jim was and it be absolutely certain used for the pilot for whatever legion they think they can gain. i'm not sure if they'll be able to dissuade the jordanians as do many of the gulf states. so i think to give up now would be a very strange thing to do. so i don't expect them to back down. >> mike: yesterday the jordans pb than my dishes. >> this is for thes their hand. >> the reason the jordans have inside the company, several people who it personal and it's very l

in the director of the carnegie middle east center in beirut joins us live from london. thank you for making time to talk to us. explain to us: why do you think syria would agree to peace talks in moscow now? >> reporter: syria is not actually agreeing to peace talks. this is not a serious endeavor on the part of russia. the national syrian coalition has declared russia, in fact, does not have a plan for peace talks. this is just, i think, an attempt by russia to show that the syrian government is interested in peace talks knowing very well that no one credible within the syrian opposition would agree to this. therefore, it will use this as a pretext to put the blame on the syrian opposition as opposed to the syrian government for why the conflict will go on. >> there are opposition groups that are in syria. we are about to speak to or hope to speak to someone from the opposition group in damascus. do you think they will be attending if the opposition groups outside of syria are not attending, do you think those in damascus will be attending these talks? >> reporter: >>

based in tel aviv, beirut and paris.med correspondent, covering five presidents jimmy carter ronald reagan, both bushes and bill clinton. >> the many chapters of his career are part of his memoire. written before he died last year. shared with us by his wife who we met while working here at washington bureau and nancy joins me now. >> it is great to see you. >> wonderful to be here. >> the story of your life with john. your romance and you are in the newsroom. it's good to have you back. with so many chapters what was so memorable? what defined him? the white house correspondent, the anchorman? >> because of his boyhood in kings port tennessee, i have to say the civil rights movement. i have just seen the film selma, but i think it really defined him not only about where he was from in the south, but how to be a journalist and how to want to get involved and maintain a distance and get it right. >> the story that really catapulted him to washington fame was when he was the only correspondent that night at the white house

office of beirut to apply for asylum. many tell you they have spent their savings and can't find jobs. it's not just economic hardships, the syrian government has powerful allies here. >> it's a difficult life. people are scared. in europe, we are treated as human beings. all the reports about count ris is not true. people lost hope, there's more than a million refugees settled in lebanon. it is a small percentage. number of those that need urgent assistance. >> in terms of the process, it can be lengthy, depending on an individual country we have to interview and term who the people are, they have to go through security and medical checks before being admitted to third countries. we are working to improve the processing. >> it couldn't have come sooner for the family. moving to denmark means the children can return to school. moving is a hard decision. >> translation: we have a choice - go hungry and live the security or safe and able to eat. >> reporter: they don't have a third schois. choice, even they they prefer the

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> millions of vietnamese have been affected by wartime poisening. the fact that so many need long-term care is a major challenge to the country. it is often said to act as a break in it's long-term economic development. vava, the vietnam association of victims of agent orange was established after the war they represent health services and fund raises for their long-term treatment which costs tennessee of millions of dollars every year. the money comes mainly from the vietnam government. r, ngosnd chair at this. little if any of this care has been forthcoming from the u.s. government or from the dozens of manufacturers of toxic herb sid

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office in beirut just to apply for asylum.any of them tell you, they have spent their savings and can't find jobs. it is not just economic hardships. the syrian government has powerful allies here. >> it's a difficult life. people are scared. being in lebanon as if one didn't leave certain 8. in the europe, we would be treated by human beings but this about countries accepting ref uming ease are not be true. there are more than a million dollars registered in lebanon. so far, the u.n. has resettled 7,000 people since the conflict started. it is a small percentage of the number of those who need urgent assistance. >> in terms of the process, yes, it can be lengthy. it depends upon the individual country. but usually, what we have to do is interview and determine who these people are and then they go through certain security and medical checks before they are admitted to third countries. but we are also working to improve the processing. >> it couldn't have come any sooner for ismael's family. move to go denmark means his childr

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. >> jim muir in beirut, thanks very much. >> let's talk to our consultant fellow at the united think tank and was a royal officer. thank you for being with us. clearly this event has happened. but we don't know what happened. >> it's possible the aircraft had a technical malfunction. it's also possible it was injured by its own -- it's not uncommon for an aircraft to drop a bomb so low, that debris from that bomb can affect the aircraft. but the point is it's down and they've captured the pilot and so there is a political as well as a military challenge here now. >> exactly, as jim was saying. already they are pumping out pictures and using it as propaganda and they'll use the pilot for whatever leverage they think that they can actually gain. >> yes. i'm not sure they will dissuade the jordanians from continuing. if they back down now, they may as well give up. the jordans are involved because they see the i.s. as a threat to them, as do many of the gulf states. so i think to give up now would be a very strange thing to do. so i don't expect them to back down. >> and yet the jordani

sag that a case can be built on >>> let's go to jane ferguson joining us from the lebanese capital beirut. jane, tell us the likelihood that these women and children will be used as a prisoner swap? >> well, that certainly is boning the hope and the interior minister who criticized the way this was handled acknowledged that they could be used as part of a prisoner swap. it's worth putting the comments in context. the high-fractured lebanese politics can be here. he is from a group, a political group that could be seen as anti-syrian regime, and who may see the military that rescued the women as pro-hezbollah. there is a push for the next decision, whatever it is, whether or not they use the women as a bargaining chip, if they do not release them, depending the release -- demanding the release of the soldiers. they came out in a written statement saying whatever moves they do make, it will be unified. it is important, that all groups in the political spectrum agree a unified result. whether or not the women are used as a negotiating tool or whether they are release. there has been pressure

jim muir, bbc news, beirut. >>> pakistan is to set up military courts to speed up terrorism-related casesif said the move would help ensure terrorists pay the price for their heinous acts. he's also introduced other measures, including a ban of militants appearing in the media. >> translator: criminals involved in terrorist incidents in the past took advantage of weak laws to avoid a penalty. therefore, special courts are being set up under the supervision of the military officer, so those who commit such crimes should be brought to court without delay. these special courts will start to function now for the next two years. >> prime minister nawaz sharif speaking there. >>> now, 500 people are due to be executed in pakistan over the next few weeks after a moratorium on the death penalty was lifted last week. one of them is a man who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter as a minor in 2004. our pakistan correspondent shaimaa khalil has the details. >> reporter: a family in distress. their youngest member on death row for ten years. he was 14 when he was allegedly tortured into confessi

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jane ferguson is monitoring the story from beirut. what more do we know?> reporter: we know two airstrikes took place in and around the damascus area and in the area close to the international airport as well as another area where there is a smaller airport nearby that those were both targeted in this attack. news came through. attack just over two hours ago. since then, a statement has been released by the syrian army who said that this, these attacks, were in response to what they called victories across syria in recent weeks in areas like aleppo, diazora and dera. they have responded with very strong lang saying that this is evidence that the israelis are supporting what they call terrorrists. they have also said that they will respond how they see fit. but they have said that before in other cases when there have been such airstrikes. they haven't responded militarily towards israel. at the moment, they are saying they will respond but there hasn't been any response yet. >> jane ferguson in beirut, thanks. israeli airstrikes are the latest in a series

let's go to zana on the line joining us from beirut and lebanon and approval has been given but thatfic is not the only obstacle to getting aid into these places, is it? >> no, it's a question of logistics as well according to the world health organization and probably will not be able to deliver aid to the opposition-controlled areas in aleppo city not before a week or probably a few weeks before reaching ba -- baseiged areas and it's not just fighting on the ground but approval and what the w.h.o. said is they want to be able to deliver more regularly, yes, they have delivered more aid in 2014 than they did in 2013 but what they want is more access because millions of people really rely on aid to survive, not just medical supplies but food as well and we know the healthcare system has been crippled in syria, lack of doctors, people who suffer from chronic illnesses are not able to get any medicine, lack of electricity for example and diabetes patients cannot store their insulin so it's a worsening problem. >> reporter: meanwhile we know the u.n. on board syria has been talking abou

paul brennan reporting for us from brussels on that meeting taking place there, crossing over to beirut speaking to joseph, a senior commentator with the "gulf news." thanks for being with us. paul brennan, just a moment ago outlining what's taking place in brussels right now saying there are five points being put on the table, military strategy being discussed, how to stop the flow ofphon fighters are these 60-plus countries as well as the united states on the right track to achieving their own goals when it comes to isil? >> when you have 60 countries in a coalition, you must necessarily organize them. you cannot have 60 commanders running a major operation like what we are seeing now against isil. but this is easier said than done. you cannot have each individual country deciding for itself. there are military questions that need to be resolved, obviously. but, there are also the issue of foreign fighters, mostly europeans, that are trekking slowly through turkeytion, going through syria and iraq trying to fight. but more important, i think they are poo behind closed doors, serious i

reporting from beirut. the israeli military says it has deployed tank fire and an airstrike on target in gaza after its troops came under attack by palestinian snipers on patrol on the israeli side of the border. the islamic militant group hamas says one of its members has been killed. on friday, gaza militants fired a rocket at israel. that prompted an israeli airstrike in retaliation the next day. the first one since the 50-day war this summer. the film that provoked the massive cyber hacking of sony pictures is due to come out after all. the release of "the interview" was canceled following the attack and threats from anonymous hackers. the fbi is convinced north korea was behind the sony hack. and that film, seth rogen and james franco played journalists recruited to assassinate north korean leader kim jong-un. barack obama says he was happy on hearing the news of the release. saying it will let people make up their own minds about the movie. mark thompson has more. >> hello, north korea! >> and last-mi

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jean ferguson has more from beirut. >> reporter: now the lebanese government have held security meetings emergency meetings over the weekend to try find out how they can move forward with these mediation efforts. sunni religious leaders have volunteered a proposal that they could go ahead with mediation efforts but the government in lebanon have not made public how they plan to continue with efforts to secure the release of these hostages. now that governmental comes under increasing pressure with such incidences. it is a very frank i'll coalition of a broad spectrum of political stances in lebanon's fractured political landscape. two groups, one hezbollah and their supporters, who fight for and stand firmly with the assad regime, and other who are sunni against the assad regime. when you consider those are together in a government it is clear that that fragile government will come under increasing pressure as the war in syria continues the affect politics inside lebanon. >> the lebanese capital sana sa- the yemeni capital sanaa houthi vebles. >> sheltering from the storm. we meet some o

thwe have more from beirut. >> reporter: his death signals the lowest points since this hostage crisis began in august. one of several dozen members of the leib niece security forces being held by al nusra front and isil. they wereed during th the raid. for months desperate relatives of the hostages have been protesting. when the news broke of the latest killing, she shut dow --they shut down the road. this man is afraid his brother is next. >> i have been on the streets and receiving threats that my brother is going to be killed. who should i hold responsible? who is to blame? there is only god. we have reached the end. >> in the past they removed the families but they let the families protest. they say they're regularly contacted by the groups holding their loved ones, saying that they will be killed if the government does not give in to their demands. >> among those demands are the release of families members. the government announced it had detained two women and children related to fighters with al nusra and isil. it was hoped that they could be used as a bargaining chip to free t

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. >>> al jazeera, beirut. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalist who is have been imprisoned in egypt for 350 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their convictions. they were sensed to seven years in prison. bader mohammed was give an extra three years for having a spent bullet in his possession which he had picked up at a protest. >>> in hong kong protesters are asked to leave the streets instead of being forcefully removed. the police arrested nearly 250 activists and cleared most of the protest sites on thursday in central hong kong. the protest was demanding open nominations in the city's next selection. beijing would allo only allow pre-screened candidates. >>> in our second part of our series on rural healthcare, we travel to uranga where one corporation is offering help with a motorcycle. >> this woman is feverish and ill. chigg ers are common in many areas and caused by poor hygiene. >> it's all over my legs and hands. my legs are p

our regional correspondent in beirut reports. >> we do not know where she was to this point before sheas detained. while she was with her husband. bear in mind abu bakr al-baghdadi was himself pointed in airstrikes on the 10th of november. that would seem to be confirmed by iraqi security sources. a close aide was killed. if this woman was fleeing for her safety, it would not be a wise place to go. in kurdish and shia areas she would not be safe. if you look at other countries ordering syria, turkey, jordan and lebanon. there have been pockets of support in lebanon, even if they happen small. think back to fighting in the northeast of the country and more recently between the lebanese security forces and isis and the nusra front. in tripoli, forces fought what they described as islamic state aligned militants. there are some pockets of support here for the islamic state group. the rationale may have been that she could go somewhere where there would be a small network she could rely on for support in fleeing for her safety. >> reporting from david. here in france, the parliament is vot

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fightal shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> march 2011 an earthquake in japan set off a tsunami, triggering a meltdown of three nuclear if power plants in fukushima. 311. >> translation: the media are responsible for unnecessary exposing people to radiation. it's not only the responsibility of the government, it's also the responsibility of the japanese media who didn't report event or tell people the facts. >> the media couldn't judge whether this information was correct or not. they didn't want to give the public wrong information because of the dangerous situation. >> a dangerous situation that japan's media were accused of making worse. viewers were told that the amount of radi

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fightal shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> we were talking to a young lady saying she just wanted her voice to get out there. >> by the thousands, they're sending their government a message. >> ahead of 'em is a humanitarian crisis where tens of thousands of people are without food, water, shelter. >> a special one hour look at global attacks on free press. tomorrow 9:00 eastern. on al jazeera america. >> we are in the middle of a lot of stores. the economic crisis, the whole european economic crisis and the media crisis. >> translation: we have gone through a difficult situations where many very experienced journalists lost their jobs as a result of the austerity measures, these a

. >> favorite is my -- beirut is my city. ♪ >> welcome back. you're watching "abc world news."dlines this hour -- airasia has confirmed the degree found in the sea belonged to a passenger jet that disappeared on sunday. a two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother in a walmart store in the u.s. state of idaho. let's take you back to the un security council in new york approaching past 5:00 in the evening there. we expect the security council to vote on a draft resolution on palestinian statehood which is almost certain as we understand to be defeated in the face of strong u.s. opposition. we are currently awaiting that vote to take place. security council member jordan requested th-- vote. it sets a 12-month deadline for a final peace deal with israel paving the way to a palestinian state. as soon as we get more developments out of the u.n. we will let you know here. a ferry disaster in the adriatic sea may have claimed many more lives that have been confirmed so far. a criminal investigation is underway, and prosecutors say illegal stowaways were found among thos

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zeina khodr has more from beirut. >> over the past 24 hours there has been poor incidents in which five schools, along with a school bus were targeted by syrian government air strikes. what we understand from activists on the ground is that children were killed. we do not know if the schools were deliberately targeted, but they were in opposition-controlled territory. the government controls the skies and air power has given them advantage and they usually target rebel-controlled territories six not to allow the rebels to govern there. it's a way where - for them to retaliate. we know the attacks were in idlib. and a few days ago the government suffered losses, and they lost military bases in idlib. children are being killed. it's not only the fighting and the violence, we understand from international organizations that in rebel controlled areas diseases are spreading. the world health organisation has been appealing for the government to allow it more regular access to deliver much-needed supplies. now that it has the approval, the organization says it will take time for logistics to

zeina khodr, al jazeera, beirut. >> iraqi army has been engaged in furious fighting as they try push out i.s.i.l. from the anbar province. security forces are being backed by tribesmen on the ground. >>> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists who have now been detained in egypt for 352 days. baher mohamed, mohamed fahmy and peter greste protest against their sentences. >>> the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has rejected criticism of police raids, he told the eu to keep its opinions to itself. zoman newspaper is among 20 detained. journalists and producers have also been arrested as police search the offices of a newspaper and tv station. >> translator: this is a protest of normalization. this process is the planting of the seeds of the new turkey. those who try oget involved in dirty business and dirty relations with the hope of returning turkey to its old days are getting the necessary response and will continue to get it. >> still to come this half hour. >> i'm tim lavelle in london where you would struggle to get a huge tin of beans for 2 pound

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> typhoon hagapit hits the philippines. and it's not done yet. we'll have a live report. hello, in doha, also ahead in the program the syrian government is accused of using chlorine gas against i.s.i.l. fighters in the eastern city of izor. >>> mexican authorities say they have discovered the identity of one of the missing stude

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. >> al jazeera's jane ferguson is in beirut, saying the women may be used in a deal. >> reporter: even the interior minister who criticized the way this was handled acknowledged that they could be used as part of a prisoner swap. it's worth putting the comments in context. fractured lebanese politics can be. he is from a political group seen as anti-syrian regime, and who may see the military who arrested the women as pro-hezbollah. it can be an expression of how fractured politics is. there is a push for the next decision, whatever it is, whether or not they use the women as a bargaining chip. if they do not release them and demand the release of the soldiers. the government said after an emergency meeting, they came out and said in a written statement, whatever moves they make, they'll be unified and that is important, that all groups of the political spectrum in the government decide and agree on a unified approach. whether or not those women are used as negotiating tools from now on, or whether they are released. there has been pressure from some sunni religious leaders who called

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. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. kurdish forces battle to capture of shef sinjar from isil. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, you are watching al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead, the polls are open. true neatunisians vote for theit freely i elected president in a run off. >>> the revolution will go on, cuba's president says a better relationship with the u.s. won't change the island's communist system.

. >> but with very little aid coming from the capital beirut and the international community, the localresidents are overwhelmed. abdelhadi shahimy is a community representative for saadnayel. he complains about the financial outlook. >> prices in our village have tripled. the sewage and water supply aren't working, the schools aren't adequate. we just don't have any more room. the crisis has affected everyone, and we need international help and strategies to overcome it. >> no one knows how long the conflict in the neighbouring country will go on. and yet refugees like hussein would rather be back home sooner than later. there are simply no prospects here. >> i come from there, i grew up there, and all the people i know are there. >> hussein and his family have resigned themselves to a long exile in lebanon, a difficult time for syrians and lebanese alike. >> a small number of other syrian refugees, under 5% have found temporary refuge in europe. there are three main roots. north africa to southern europe via the mediterranean, the eastern mediterranean route and a third one via the ba