a powerful earthquake has hit albania the defense ministry says at least 6 people have been killed 6.4 magnitude quake struck north of the capital to run your storage is a call on people to stay out of their houses. armrests in eastern democratic republic of congo has continued to choose they would call set alight and armed men on the streets 4 people including a soldier were killed on monday in beni as protesters stormed the u.n. compound angry and persistent attacks by armed rebels. well the election in the united kingdom is less than 3 weeks away and for some people their vote is going to be influenced more by climate action and environmental policies than the usual economy jonah hall reports from a region that's still reading from flooding. the flooding that hit doncaster in the north of england this november inundated homes and farmland affecting hundreds of people it should have been a once in a generation event no longer. for 2 years. exploded in 2007 and then 12 years later it. sounds as. if this is the environment yes what sets these floods apart from the last time it happened

let's go to james andre at the french defense ministry. details do we have on the circumstances of this crash? we will have more details later. a press conference is planned p.m. today. 2 the chief of staff and the ministry administrator will be addressing press. yesterday in in mali, there was an opportunity at the defense ministry pickups and motorbikes and jihadists in the area where the french military are very engaged at the moment following a terrorist lian army.the ma helicopters were sent to give reinforcements to troops on the grounds that were engaged and the helicopters were two different kinds and they were eached and collided with other killing 13 soldiers. -- it is a heavy loss for the french near you have to go to the war in 1983 to find a o ofwhere that amount casualties. that was in lebanon. helicopters?are james: they are extremely important, simply because france sahel.loyed 4500 men in , the commander said, we cannot be present everywhere but we can be everywhere on this huge area in continental europe. we can be anywhe

there it is defense ministry it says soldiers have been attacked in a jungle ambush near the border with were under what's reported to be the largest attack in years up north of the commercial capital which in buda at least 8 soldiers were killed and dozens more are missing no armed group has claimed responsibility. chile's president admits security forces have committed abuses during the past month about to government unrest sebastian pinera no impunity the police using excessive force on iraq has more now from the capital santiago. on monday thousands took to the streets in sheila's capital sent the agony protesters commemorated one month since the unrest began nationwide but demonstrations like these are taking place almost every day across. so more incidents involving police using violent tactics to disperse crowds and their lives and it would seem to say the level of violence of this government with our president there's almost a pandemic of people who have lost their eyes or have been the one not only that there are people who have been tortured or have disappeared it's almost like

turkey's defense ministry says at least 8 people have been killed in a car bombing in northeastern syria ankara blames the kurdish y. p.g. for the attack turkish troops took control of tel last month from kurdish forces after u.s. troops pulled out at least 13 people have been killed across india and bangladesh after cyclon bauble tore through a coastal areas in the bayou of bengal when speeds reached 120 kilometers per hour closing down ports and airports in both countries those are the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera afterwards. foreign help on the front lines of libya's civil war the united nations accuses several nations of violating and. how outside powers redrawing the battle lines of this conflict and can they be stopped this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm mr. foreign powers on making the fighting in libya's civil war even less a draft u.n. report is accusing several nations of violating. amplifying what it calls a prop.

the turkish defense ministry blames kurdish y p g fighters who it regards as terrorists but there has been no claim of responsibility from any group turkey and syrian rebel allies have mounted 3 separate offensives in northern syria against kurdish militia what we will see is more of these incidents. as the confusion over who controls walt who is responsible for what and who is saying was becomes ever more increased over time. the injured are being treated in hospital civil defense workers say they're trying to identify the bodies of those killed. victoria gate and be al-jazeera. sri lanka's former defense chief got a buyout rajapaksa is sitting close to the 50 percent threshold he needs to win the presidential election so just premadasa rajapakse as main rival is up 44 percent with a vote saw rising religious tensions and a slowing economy identified as the key issue is muslims who make up 10 percent of the population say they face her still a t since attacks on churches and hotels in april that killed more than 250 people bernard smith has more now from colombia. there's been a typi

turkey's defense ministry says at least 8 people have been killed in a car bombing in northeastern syria the attack took place in sort of village south of the border town of tell turkey is by me attack on the kurdish y.p. jeep turkish forces launched a military incursion last month to clear the border region of kurdish fighters the offensive was halted after a deal was struck with the united states and russia. at least 6 people have been killed and more than 30 injured during anti-government protests in baghdad this according to the iraqi human rights commission more than 300 people have been killed since the demonstrations 1st began on october the 1st over government corruption and a lack of jobs in the country. iraq today with the headlines this hour coming up next on al-jazeera witness one news after that from. the prime minister to. michigan to the british on the 31st about turnabout making this country the greatest place critics departure is delayed. follow the drama of bricks it on al-jazeera. it. was double standards of generals you know sort of thing but. if you want to give them

at least 19 people have been killed in a car bomb attack analyst in syria the turkish defense ministry says the attack was carried out by syrian kurdish fighters but there's been no claim of responsibility . reports. was the car bomb exploded in a busy residential area in the turkish controlled syrian town of al-bab this was the chaotic scene moments afterwards residents who've enjoyed more than 8 years of war have had enough. and. we were walking and suddenly we heard an explosion haven't you had enough of this for a decade isn't it enough that you've made us homeless you've attacked our dignity isn't it enough that you slaughtered us you've made us go hungry why do you want us to go where do you want us to migrate to. the lead up to the attack was captured on this office security camera people going about their everyday lives until this. we were over there when the car exploded i came to check on my father and i shot we saw people burning on the floor and others were blown away. the turkish defense ministry blames kurdish y p g fighters who it regards as terrorists but the has been n

back you're watching al-jazeera with me say hello rob a reminder of our top stories turkey's defense ministry has accused kurdish armed forces of a car bomb attack that killed at least 13 civilians including children in northern syria about 30 others were injured in the attack near a market in tel aviv. also please have fun tear gas and use water cannons on protesters in chinese capital santiago people angry about low income public health care of the growing gap between rich and paul and trade negotiations of fears of escalating u.s. china trade war likely to dominate 2 days of the ask him something to bangkok members of the southeastern asian block are hoping to finalize a major free trade deal. tens of thousands of iraqis have joined other mass protests in what's now the largest uprising since the fall of the former leader saddam hussein in 2003 this was the scene in central baghdad where anti-government demonstrators rallied in the crease square that angry about economic hardship corruption or what. call interference from iran of the us bold a $250.00 people have been killed since the prot

the turkish defense ministry blames kurdish y p g fighters who it regards as terrorists but the has been no claim of responsibility from any group turkey and its syrian rebel allies have mounted 3 separate offensives in northern syria against kurdish militia what we will see is more of these incidents. as the confusion over who controls walt who is responsible for what and who is saying was becomes ever more increased over time. the injured are being treated in hospital civil defense workers say they're trying to identify the bodies of those killed. victoria gate and be al-jazeera. yemen's transport minister has criticized the paris sharing deal signed last week with separatists in the south so there are just one these said this a deal brokered deal threatens the legitimacy of his own government's job one e was targeted in a car bomb attack just hours after an initial deal was announced the riyadh agreements aims to end months of violence between government forces and fighters large fires have been burning around hong kong university after protesters hurled petrol bombs towards police se

let me say 8 civilians have been killed by a car bomb in syria according to turkey's defense ministry happened in sanaa village south of the long syria's northern border with turkey turkish troops sent turkey backs rebels took control of tel abbey at last month from kurdish forces after u.s. troops pulled out elsewhere in syria 7 civilians have been killed in explosions hit rebel held areas in italy province. to have been carried out by the syrian military or their russian allies. in cambodia a prominent opposition figure kemp's o'connor has been released from house arrest a 2 years after he was charged with treason but he is still banned from politics and is also barred from leaving the country when he has our report. 2 years after opposition leader kim carr was arrested jailed and then placed under house arrest a cambodian court has released him his daughter who is also an influential member of the band opposition cambodian national risky party hopes this is just the 1st step. i hold that petard against him will be dropped and i hope that his political rise along with the political

you see in human are just santiago all turkey's defense ministry says at least 8 people have been killed in a car bombing in northeastern syria a tack took place in the village south of the border town of. turkey has blamed the attack on kurdish y.p. g. forces turkey launched a military incursion last month to clear the border region of kurdish fighters if and so it was halted after a deal was struck with the united states and russia well elsewhere inside syria 7 civilians have been killed after explosions hit rebel held areas in italy a province is thought to have been carried out by the syrian military or their russian allies now to iraq at least 6 people have been killed and more than 30 injured in anti-government protests in baghdad this according to the country's human rights commission security forces have used tear gas and live ammunition to try to clear protesters from the capital more than 300 people have been killed since the demonstrations began on october 1st of a government corruption and a lack of jobs amnesty international has described the situation as a bloodbath. well i

at least 8 civilians have been killed by a car bomb in syria according to the turkish defense ministry the attack happened in a village south of 10 along syria's northwestern border with turkey turkey launch a military offensive against kurdish y.b. g. forces last month elsewhere in syria 7 civilians have been killed after explosions hit rebel held areas in italy province the attackers sought to have been carried out by the syrian military or their russian allies. by 25 years after the signing of a peace treaty between jordan and israel the jordanian government has refused to renew a clause that allowed israeli tourists and farmers at least a free access to 2 large stretches of its territory that area runs along the border between the 2 countries as bernard smith reports it's another sign the relationship is under strain over israel's treatment of the palestinians. there may be a peace agreement between jordan and israel but it's under considerable strain. so these are some of the last israeli tourists to walk across the border without passports to visit jordanian sovereign territory t

the turkish defense ministry blames kurdish y p g fighters who it regards as terrorists but the has been no claim of responsibility from any group turkey and its syrian rebel allies have mounted 3 separate offensives in northern syria against kurdish militia what we will see is more of these incidents. as the confusion over who controls walt who is responsible for what and who is saying was becomes more increased over time. the injured are being treated in hospital civil defense workers say they're trying to identify the bodies of those killed. victoria gay to be al-jazeera. there's been violence impact. on the 1st anniversary of the yellow vest protest movement police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of demonstrators after they built barricades and set fire to cars and rubbish bins the movement began over rising fuel prices and the high cost of living and quickly grew into a wider revolt against president michel. it was meant to have been a moment for the yellow vests movement to shine again after a dramatic drop in support at weekly rallies for the movement's 1st anniversary

explosion occurred in the turkish controlled town of al-bab which is there a leper the turkish defense ministry says the attack was carried out by syrian kurdish fighters but there has been no claim of responsibility from any group turkey and its syrian rebel allies have mounted 3 separate offensives in northern syria against kurdish militia and of each. i think that what it tells us is that we have a very confusing and complex situation where there is no overall control in the state we've got as you pointed out several players the russians the so the syrian regime the turks and also some others who are involved in the state and whenever you get this lack of governance and control as we discovered in iraq and in the honest down you create a situation where terrorism. is rife where you will have these sort of events happening and so what we will see is more of these incidents. as the confusion over who controls what who's responsible for what and who is saying war becomes. overmore increased over time so i think the solution to this really has to be to restore the territorial 'd. and governance

soon after the car bomb tore through a marketplace in tel aviv the turkish defense ministry laid the blame with kurdish fighters. it's one of the front lines of the turkish military incursion launched last month an incursion that's driven kurdish militias and residents from the area turkey says the operation is necessary to secure its borders and enable the safe return of syrian refugees. but it means an uncertain future for the syrian kurds who took to the streets of their defacto capital commish lee on saturday to voice their opposition. among the call on the international community to help us bring back the displaced to the villages and to the towns of russel honore and tell thomas and to dr taqi from all that and that is by jodi magnetic of humanity mitigated by jodi of what syria's kurds are concerned the turkish plan to resettle refugees in northern syria is actually an ethnic cleansing operation designed to push them out of the area they've now lost control of there some a ton of this region and fear what may come next. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other storie

gathered to call for the ousting of president nicolas maduro they attempted to march on the defense ministry but were blocked by security forces opposition leader why don't last week initiated a new wave of demonstrations and toppling jiro. thousands of police march to portugal's polman on thursday to demand better pay and conditions starting salaries for the national guard on the around 2 thirds of those paid in poland france members of a far right association called of the mentos are among the demonstrators. u.s. lawmakers have wrapped up the public impeachment hearings against president donald trump. witnesses david holmes and fiona hill both gave compelling evidence the political counselor hung's told how he overheard trump's disputed telephone khobragade being an investigation into them into his democratic rival national security official hill's dismissed theories about ukrainian interference in the 2016 us election if found guilty in a majority vote in the house trump will face and then he's been trial in the us center. or we asked our correspondent in washington if the democrats are r

have been killed in a car bomb attack on a syrian syrian town bordering the turkey the turkish defense ministry has blamed kurdish fighters for the attack on behalf of the thai was captured by turkey last month when i go north an offensive to push kurdish forces out of northeastern syria . an attack on a militia posted northeastern mali has left $53.00 soldiers and one civilian that authorities believe the assailants a link to the so-called islamic state and are likely to have fled towards the nearby border with the jap this is the 2nd major assault on the country's military inside a month. based in german city of dresden has become a node in recent years for anti muslim protests and xenophobia this week the city council passed a resolution stating that it was dealing with what it called a nazi emergency it was proposed by a member of a satirical party but what is a serious political initiative or a symbolic stunt dresden capital of the state of saxony is famous for its cultural attractions but the city is also known for images like this you see i believe a far right racist organization called

gathered to call for the ousting of president nicolas maduro there they attempted to march on the defense ministry but were blocked by security forces opposition leader one last week initiated a new wave of demonstrations aimed at toppling my hero. u.s. lawmakers are hearing more testimony on this the 5th and final day of the public impeachment hearings against u.s. president donald trump key witnesses david holmes and fiona hill both gave compelling evidence today political counsellor holmes told how he overheard trump's disputed telephone conversation regarding an investigation into his democratic rival joseph biden national security official hill dismissed conspiracy theories about ukrainian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election now if found guilty in a majority vote in the house us president trump will face an impeachment trial in the us senate all right let's take the story now to washington where he used carla blanker is following the story for us good evening to you carla so how significant are the testimonies that we heard today from fiona hill and david holmes given yesterda

gathered to call for the ousting of president nicolas maduro they attempted to march on the defense ministry but were blocked by security forces opposition leader. last week initiated the new wife demonstrations and the toppling. u.s. law my kids have wrapped up the public in page when hearings against president donald trump. key witnesses david holmes and fiona hill both gave compelling evidence of the legal counsel hunch told how he overheard trump's disputed telephone call regarding an investigation into his democratic rival national security official hill dismissed theories about ukrainian interference in the 2016 u.s. election if found guilty in a majority vote in the house trump will face and in each month trial in the u.s. senate. well we asked our correspondent color blake in washington if the democrats are ready to move proceedings forward and if the testimony so far is enough to persuade republicans to change their mind about the president from what we have heard from pelosi saying that the evidence against trump is clear we can reasonably assume that yes democrats are ready to mov

13 people have been killed in a car bomb attack on a syrian town bordering turkey the turkish defense ministry has blamed kurdish fighters for the attack on i've been at the time was captured by turkey last month when i launched its offensive to push kurdish forces out of northeast and send. an attack on the militia post in northeastern mali has left $53.00 soldiers and one civilian dead authorities believe the assailants a link to the so-called islamic state and unlikely to have fled to towards the nearby border with news yeah this is the 2nd major assault on the country's military inside of months. protesters in iraq have taken over a deserted building in baghdad as a focus for their dissent the growing movement began weeks ago on social media fueled by anger against and government corruption and has in mind for basic services. and israel has carried out air strikes against the militants a training camp in the gaza strip said the rates were in response to 10 rockets fired at israel from gaza most of which were intercepted palestinian say one man was killed in the israeli strikes. now the gov

some still have warnings and we feel is 38 soldiers and burundi have been killed in what the defense ministry is describing as the largest attack and years dozens more missing after the jungle ambush near the border with for wanda no group has claimed responsibility for an explosion in a coal mine in northern china has killed at least 15 people and injured several others 35 miners were working underground in shaanxi province when the gas blast happened well those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us the caliph is coming up next thank you very much for watching it's. the caliphate. a form of rule in islam. that lasted for almost 13 centuries. from the death of the prophet muhammad. to the overthrow of the last ottoman caliph in 1924. the arabic term for caylee is $25.00 which actually in essence simply means a successor or a deputy. the ruler of the islamic world would call himself clifford resort in law the success of god's message. through the centuries. the title of caliph is a term that has been used. under the time abuse. in june 2014. a militant group calling itself the islami

gathered to call for the ousting of president nicolas maduro they attempted to march on the defense ministry but were blocked by security forces opposition leader one why does last week initiated a new wife at demonstrations i am to toppling but you are. thousands of police march to portugal's parliament on thursday to demand better pay and conditions starting salaries for the national guard around the around 2 thirds of those paid in poland and france members of the far right association called movimento 0 among the demonstrators. this was a unveiling of its 1st if a pickup truck has taken an interesting twist at the launch party in los angeles seen a long must claimed it wouldn't scratch. an assistant broke through windows of the futuristic looking vehicle on stage. it was low micah's of wrapped up the public impeachment hearings against president donald trump he witnesses david holmes and fiona hill both gave compelling evidence political counsel holmes told how he overheard trump's disputed telephone cold robot regarding an investigation into his democratic rival national security offici

turkeys defense ministry saying that at least 8 people have been killed in a car bombing in northeastern syria the attack took place in sort of village south of the border town of. turkey has blamed the attack on the kurdish y.p. jean turkish forces launched a military incursion last month to clear the border region of kurdish fighters the offensive was halted after a deal was struck with the u.s. and russia meanwhile at least 6 people have been killed and more than 30 injured in anti-government protests in baghdad this according to the iraqi human rights commission security forces have used tear gas and live ammunition to try to clear protesters from the capital more than $300.00 people have been killed since the demonstrations began on october 1st of a government corruption and a lack of jobs amnesty international has described the situation as a block off. and exit polls show remaining as president klaus your highness has won the most votes in the country's presidential election but he's not gained enough support to avoid a runoff later this month your highness will likely face the so

by the are 2031, germany's defense ministry monitor the defense is it to equal 2% of the gdp.gone up but it is still global news 21st day on air and at tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >> trade war rollback. at the u.s. and china have agreed to lift some tariffs on each other if the two countries reach a phase one deal. at the u.s. confirmed the initial report -- commerce had said the tariffs would be as progress ises made. our next guest represents a state where manufacturers are -- and are working for bipartisan legislation which would give congress more power to curtail the tariffs. now we welcome the democratic senator of delaware. >> have you heard anything about the possible rollback? recovering, every week i visit businesses large and small. if we can get some certain predictability that is a good thing. we should have never pulled out of the transpacific partnership in the first place. leading it, china was on the outside. we should have never gotten out of it. game, itto play this is just cr

at least 13 people have been killed in a car bomb attack on a syrian town bordering turkey defense ministry has blamed kurdish fighters for the attack in that taleb yad town was captured by taki last month when and car launch an offensive to put.

to his defense ministry says at least 8 people have been killed in a car bombing in northeastern syria the attack took place inside the village south of the border town of. turkey is by me attack on the kurdish y.p. jeep turkish forces launched a military incursion last month to clear the border region of kurdish fighters the offensive was halted after a deal was struck with the united states and russia at least 6 people have been killed and more than 30 injured during antigovernment protests in baghdad this according to the iraqi human rights commission more than 300 people have been killed since the demonstrations 1st began on october the 1st of a government corruption and a lack of jobs and the country. iraq today with the headlines this hour coming up next on al-jazeera it's witness and then news after that from doha. the prime minister ok. mission to give him a break take on the 31st about turnabout and making this country the greatest place of all or britain's departure delays but how about follow the drama the brick sit on al-jazeera. the. status of generals he knows or didn't t

the 92 6.4 earthquake crumbled several buildings killing at least 16 people at the defense ministry said hundreds more were injured and 20 survivors have been rescued from the women's. >> dramatic video showing rescuers working to free a child from the rubble and that child is now recovering in the hospital. >>> a beef a brief scared this morning at the nation's capital in a small plane entered restricted air please. the white house was placed on lockdown in the all clear was given after 30 minutes. in the impeachment inquiry the white house appeal the judge's ruling would could compel don mcgann to testify. the judge rejected the claims of immunity for staffers and the president responded on twitter to see in part he will love to have mike pompeo, rick perry, mick mulvaney, and others testify about the impeachment hoax. >>> this holiday season kpix 5 is teaming up with food banks to help neighbors in need. it is our food for bay area families drive . michelle griego is live at whole foods market in santa rosa with more . >> i have some very special guest with me but first up is bj and g

caster was going to go on that line of questioning about vindman being offered a job at the defense ministry in ukraine. he seemed to walk just up to the line of oh, you know, it's pretty interesting. that's a pretty big job for someone like you. must have been a big honor. who did you tell about it? were you worried about a conflict of interest when you came back? he did not go right out there and accuse lieutenant colonel vindman of having any kind of secondary loyalty, but he left it just sort of sitting there with anyone who might want to pick up the baton and run with it when we go back. that is a very delicate thing for a member of congress to touch to sitting active duty lieutenant colonel when they come back. kaster left it just right there. >> let's just be blunt about this, it's reprehensible line of questioning, but it is one that they were perhaps inspired by on some of the president's favorite programs. laura ingraham, john yoo, suggested that colonel vindman because he speaks ukrainian and russian might be a spy. this is out there, and we should out it. this is the smear campai

the turkish defense ministry blames kurdish y p g fighters who it regards as terrorists but there has been no claim of responsibility from any group turkey and syrian rebel allies have mounted 3 separate offensives in northern syria against kurdish militia what we will see is more of these incidents. as the confusion over who controls walt who is responsible for what and who is saying was becomes ever more increased over time. the injured are being treated in hospital civil defense workers say they're trying to identify the bodies of those killed. victoria gate to be out there. yemen's transport minister has criticized a power sharing deal signed last week with separatists in the south. said the saudi brokered deal threatens illegitimacy of his own government job when he was targeted in a car bomb attack hours after an initial deal was announced the riyadh agreement aims to end months of violence between government forces and u.a.e. backed fight is. there's been violence in paris on the 1st anniversary of the yellow vests protest movements police fired tear gas and water cannon and hu

it's one of the word that's coming out from the defense ministry and that remarks are confusing really conflicting what do we know. well let's look at the big picture 1st we know that according to the iraqi human rights commission at least 325 people have killed more been killed in the protests began and more than 15000 people have been injured many by tear gas canisters i have seen gruesome images of tear gas canisters lodged in people's skulls and stomachs there are so many people walking around talking we are square with the edges as a result of wounds from tear gas amnesty international released a report saying that it had documented at least 5 deaths in baghdad that they say were a result of security forces using what it called quote military grade tear gas grenades intended to kill not disperse protesters that these tear gas grenades were being thrown directly at the heads and bodies of protesters something we have confirmed on the ground over and over again so michelle initially we spoke to the government about this amnesty international reports it conducted an investigation and

at least 1000 people have been killed in a car bomb attack in ne in syria the turkish defense ministry says the attack was carried out by a syrian kurdish fighters but there's been no claim of responsibility victoria guess and he has details on that was the car bomb exploded in a busy residential area in the turkish controlled syrian town of al-bab this was the chaotic scene moments afterwards residents who've enjoyed more than 8 years of war have had enough was enough that i met him and we were walking and suddenly we heard an explosion haven't you had enough of this for a decade isn't it enough that you've made us homeless you've attacked our dignity isn't it enough that you slaughtered us you've made us go hungry or do you want us to go back to you want us to migrate to. the lead up to the attack was captured on this office security camera people going about their everyday lives until the. we were over there when the car exploded i came to check on my father and i shot we saw people burning on the floor and others were blown away. the turkish defense ministry blames kurdish y p g fi

turkey's defense ministry has accused kurdish armed forces of a car bomb attack that killed at least 13 civilians including children in northern syria about 30 others were injured in the attack near a market in the end. meanwhile turkey is threatening to send all eyes will scientists that it's time should back to their home countries interior ministers silliman sulu says that europe must do more to repatriate its nationals. we are not a hotel for anybody's eisel members it's not possible to accept this we have agreements with all these european countries and in these agreements it says to send them back but this deprivation of citizenship is a new method you are on your own this is not acceptable for us i'm stating clearly that this is also a responsible what am i going to do with your terrorist police to find tear gas and used water cannon on protesters in chile's capital santiago people are angry about the low income paul public health and the growing down between rich and poor really are lots of america to lucy and human got caught up in the demonstrations while talking to lauren

syria explosion occurred in the turkish controlled town of near aleppo the turkish defense ministry says the attack was carried out by syrian kurdish fighters but there's been no claim of responsibility from any. counting is underway in sri lanka's presidential election former defense minister go to buy a rajapaksa is locked in a close fight with current housing minister sabri just premadasa minority groups fear the return of rajapaksa but the present government is expected to be punished for its handling of the suicide bombings in april which killed hundreds. these are the top stories stay with us the listening post is next looking at the role of twitter in the arab world and i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour thanks for watching. the 1st time knees are accusing somebody of this by that. is that it's true if you look. at us like. there's the acts that were at this. critical of the saudi government. alone which are just burning your at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week enemy agents within a court case in the us threatens to ex

of iraq at all you know either before or after the invasion and staying in iraq now the dutch defense ministry has admitted for the 1st time that airstrikes it conducted there in 2015 led to civilian casualties. we have announced the location date and time of 2 bombings by dutch sixteen's in iraq the dutch government established civilians was certainly over every probably killed here are the 2 airstrikes in question the 1st took place in june 2015 when i saw a bomb factory was targeted it caused secondary explosions that killed more than 70 people including civilians 3 months later in mosul a civilian house was wrongly identified as a terrorist headquarters that that strike left 4 people dead these tragic incidents make up just a minute fraction of the cases where civilians have been caught up in deadly aerial operations in iraq. now over the 1st 3 years of the campaign the us led coalition is accused of killing nearly $3700.00 civilians in airstrikes that is according to the non-governmental group iraq body count coalition was comprised of 59 members not all of which though took part in direc

military convoy comes under fire in syria from turkish backed militants this according to russia's defense ministry look at how the group including fiercely promoted by america has now turned on washington. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right in yet another twist in the deceased jeffrey epstein leaked video shows a.b.c. news presenter amy robach off air claiming the network had explosive interviews on the convicted pedophiles predatory behavior more than 3 years ago but chose not to run the content and also implicated high profile figures including britain's prince andrew and bill clinton here's a look at that footage obtained by transparency group project. unbelievable what we have claimed we have everything. i tried for 3 years to get on to no avail and now it's all coming out. of revelations and i'm preaching. i'm so pissed right now that every day i get more and more pissed because i'm just like. it was what we had it was on real other women. get. served 13 month sentence in 2008 for prostitution related charges involving a minor later he faced a dozens o

russia has test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile a video released by the country's defense ministry shows the total i am being launched from the country's cup of steam your firing range the ministry says it successfully reached its target in kazakhstan. and south korea came a pop star in june young has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for raping a woman with another a pop star he also secretly filmed the rape and shot the video online ok pop star troy a young woman had was sentenced to 5 years in prison. rescue crews in albania are winding down their operation to find survivors of tuesday's deadly earthquake the operation is now focused on a collapsed beachfront hotel in the port town of $1.49 people have been confirmed dead across the region rocked by the 6.4 magnitude quake. well next we head to a monster where the prime minister jewess of muscat told a huge is colleagues that he will resign his position had been threatened by the political and legal crisis brought about by the probe into the murder of journalist duffy karunya who was investigating government corruption when sh

russia has test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile a video released by the country's defense ministry shows the total ammo being launched from the couplet sinjar firing range the ministry says it successfully reached its target in kazakhstan. and the number of people killed in weeks of anti-government unrest in iraq has now surpassed 400 that's according to police and medical sources who say the majority of victims were unarmed protesters nationwide demonstrations raging since early october have been fueled by anger over government corruption and on the employment. of u.s. president donald trump says he has restarted peace talks with the taliban 3 months after breaking off negotiations that announcement came during a surprise presidential visit to afghanistan where he celebrated the thanksgiving holiday with american troops it is trump's 1st visit to the site of america's longest war after talks with the afghan president ghani trump said the taliban was ready to commit to peace you know the taliban wants to make a deal and we're meeting with them and we're saying it has to be as usual

students gathered to call for the ousting of president nicolas maduro attempted to march on the defense ministry but were blocked by security forces opposition leader want wydow last week initiated a new wave of demonstrations aimed at toppling the dural. vhong congress police chief is urging a handful of protesters holding out inside a university campus there to give themselves up peacefully they occupied the polytechnic university over the weekend but their ranks have been dwindling since then now that's us mainland chinese authorities keeping ever closer watch on developments there beijing has issued a series of increasingly tough warnings against the protesters and although it hasn't directly intervened authorities have been targeting individual protesters w's mathias building up met up with one of them who says he was arrested coughed and hooded at the hong kong china border. it started like a routine business trip and indeed in china secret detention system stanley was crossing the border to mainland china when he was still. would a police searched his phone and questioned him for several

ashraf ghani announced the swap last week. 8 soldiers in burundi have been killed in what the defense ministry is describing as the largest attack in years dozens more are missing after the jungle ambush near the border with rwanda no armed group has yet claimed responsibility for an explosion in a coal mine in northern china has killed at least 15 people and injured 7 others 35 miners were working underground in shanshu province when the gas blast happened but those are the headlines the news continues here on our jazeera after inside story station that's a lot. for some and a war criminal for others for lanka's new president to go to buy others a part is sworn in but is he the right man to diffuse ethnic divisions and fix the economy this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. sri lanka's new president is positioning himself as a strong man who can fix the nation's most challenging problems promises by a good as a boxer to improve security and the struggling economy gain support of the ballot box but tickler from the scene had a buddhist majority but his swearing into office highligh

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