i'll just zero the refugee camp down with the people fleeing the eastern democratic republic of congo reporting a surge in rapes killings and abductions by armed groups the u.n. says the violence has pushed more than ten thousand people into neighboring uganda since the beginning of december malcolm web joins us now live from the new york abandon refugee transit camp in uganda you can tell us more malcolm. that's right there are three thousand people here at the moment everyone that we can see here is arrived within the last three days having sled their village of villages in the eastern democratic republic of congo because of the spike in violence you just mentioned we went up to the border and spoke to some of the new arrivals and accompany them on their journey here let's take a look at our story now. rebecca salami says many of her neighbors have been killed or raped in recent weeks armed groups keep attacking have village in the democratic republic of congo that's why she's walked here to neighboring uganda with her family they met by ugandan soldiers near the border. when you go

that i resign immediately people fleeing the eastern democratic republic of congo reporting a surge in killings rapes and abductions by armed groups the u.n. says the violence has pushed more than ten thousand people into neighboring uganda since the beginning of december. a court in brazil is upheld a conviction against former president louis ignacio lula da silva for corruption and money laundering it's a major setback for his plans to run again for the presidency but he insists he will contest october's election officials in turkey are disputing the white house's version of a phone call about its offensive against kurdish y p g fighters in northern syria the white house says that president donald trump urged his turkish counterpart to curtail ankara's campaign in africa which is now at its sixth day but he says trump did not force concerns of escalating violence when you see here on i was here right after the stream next. zero. where every you. ok and you're in the stream today as part of aspect from the sundance film festival you'll meet some brilliant young mind set to change the

from doha also coming up on the run a spike in violence forces thousands of people to flee the democratic republic of congo. a morning commute in italy turns into chaos leaving two people dead and dozens more injured. egypt marks seven years since the revolution the pled to hosni mubarak's downfall. government has received a big blow to the credibility of its handling of the hinge refugee crisis a former u.s. diplomat has quit an international advisory board aimed at resolving the turmoil in rakhine state bill richardson who was once considered a close friend of aung san suu kyi she accused the meum alida of lacking moral leadership on the issue he branded the panel set up by suchi a whitewash calling it a cheerleading operation for the government. i was very unhappy and distressed by down sunset she reaction to my plea that this issue of the reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly and that brought almost an explosion on her part. saying there were issues relating to the official secrecies act that this was not my charter as a member of the advisory board and the very heated exchange

is unicef acting representative of the democratic republic of congo joining us live via skype from can charge a very good to have you with us on al-jazeera thank you for your time we know that it was already a bad situation for children in the car side of region tell us about what you're hearing about the conditions for people there. thank you very long. giving us the opportunity. because i was actually. a problem. we know was that more going born in change children in the regime day before you display years due to officials disease. and also due to chronic malnutrition so you can imagine what is done which as you praise the community it. would be a good culture of. destruction so if one of. us where there was you know you greet. it certainly sounds like the maids a very quick way to a mention of the number of people who are affected so what does unicef and other aid organizations are doing to help those in need and do they have the resources they mean. that we can step from partners are we done before front of responding to this problem even prior to the crisis for example in two thou

aid workers warn the conflict in the democratic republic of congo has left three million people at risk of starvation. in kenya over allegations of male staff sexually assaulting new mothers at a flight ship hospital. i don't want to recruit beautiful thing destroyed. toto's fantasy drama the shape of water leads the oscar race with thirteen nominations. so over the last challenge is seen as a potential threat to the reelection of egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi has been detained by the military and has called off his campaign for the military chief of staff sami anon for me declared his intention to run as a presidential candidate in the march elections on saturday in a televised statement the military said that anon had announced his bid without obtaining the correct permits he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the database to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them said the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest. the main conce

to the democratic republic of congo now where air. aid workers are warning of mass starvation because of conflict they say three million people in the car fire region don't have enough to eat and clothing four hundred thousand children are fighting between the army and rebels has meant farmers have been unable to plant crops for several years as katherine sawyer reports. of two year old couple go to his mother more baca and three siblings spent two months on the route from their village to. capital kananga with little to eat they had fled the fighting between government forces in the combine and supper rebels which was adding to communal conflict that already existed it's been a month since they arrived and both mother and son still have symptoms of malnutrition. it was very hard walking so long with my children at some point i couldn't walk at all if it wasn't for the help of the people we were with in the forest i would have died. i ten that the nutrition center mothers bring their children to get weighed and for food and medicine s

in the democratic republic of congo catholic worshippers pray this sunday they pray with a political purpose they want president joseph kabila goal i think it was last week was a very good day these guys think it was time for. their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says congolese security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched off to mass twelve also boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches. the hospitals filled with protesters once more so it goes on the mind that i was if you term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belong in the senate give the others the opportunity to lead maybe they'll do it better than you did. catholic bishops brokered peace talks between the opposition and government with the agreement that could be low would leave office at the end of twenty seven tame but

on the edge of crisis on the run a spike in violence forces thousands of people to flee the democratic republic of congo plus. i'm challenging and london looking at the way of one of the greatest living photographers of our time a master of manipulation. the new military front opened by turkey in the syrian war could further complicate the un backed peace talks in vienna for the past six days turkey's been attacking y. p.g. kurdish forces in the golden syrian region of afrin they want to push the fighters who they say are terrorists from the area and create a buffer zone along turkey's border the un special envoy for syria says the ninth round of talks come at a very critical time in the conflict let's go live out of the al-jazeera is what a need is there so hala who is in vienna so far. well certainly. both delegations are here in vienna and the government delegation actually arrived at the u.n. building behind me just a short while ago in a chewed starting talks with the u.n. envoys to funded mistura then later in the day you will have the opposition delegation coming here and holding its fir

people fleeing the east of democratic republic of congo say they escaping a surge in rapes killings and abductions by armed groups the u.n. says more than ten thousand people have arrived in neighboring uganda since the beginning of december others are as malcolm webb says send this report from refugee transit camp in uganda. rebecca says many of her neighbors have been killed or raped in recent weeks armed groups keep attacking her village in the democratic republic of congo that's why she's walked here to neighboring uganda with her family they met by ugandan soldiers near the border. when you go to pick your crops or go to the forest for firewood if you're a man they kill you and if you're a woman they'll rape you that's why we came here. along with other new arrivals rebecca continues her journey in a u.n. truck the u.n. says more than ten thousand people have arrived here in the last month leaving a spike in the violence. everyone we spoke to says they don't know which armed groups are attacking them or why. they say the fighters carry guns wear uniforms and speak languages from al

is investigating last month's attack in the democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen tons of men peacekeepers here in suspects the allied democratic forces ugandan on the group was behind the attack. zambia has launched a major military operation to stop a cholera outbreak more than fifty people have been killed in just over three months the u.n. is providing two million vaccines and beds for sixteen hundred people victoria case and he has more. extreme measures to contain a national health crisis this is the barricaded zambia's capital lusaka street sellers pitching in to help the military close off one of the city's crowded marketplaces that have become a breeding ground for cholera before the unsettling season there are those petition ready to terminate but recovered in season is getting. deeper into a period where there will be prodded more doesn't see the world this is a government decided it needed discredited reports on thirteen defeat that the outbreak began at the end of september with bacteria showing off the shallow wells in two densely populated areas on the outski

protests intensify in the democratic republic of congo demonstrates. the president to resign immediately. and from serena to the super bowl we'll take a look at some of the sporting highlights of twenty seventy one abstain. from flowing on in wins to an enchanting breeze in the. hollow we've got some rather blustery showers pushing into the eastern side of the mediterranean that the moment little clutch of storms just fades filter in that award cypress affecting a good part of it is that makes its way further east was ready to snow over the mountain so some wet weather coming into lebanon jordan northern parts of syria a few showers there for baghdad further east is talking loudly falling dry twelve celsius in kabul either the next couple days to ourselves just two for tehran on tuesday wintry mix a little further north that will see some prices sky just coming back into baghdad across the the western side of the region back over towards the levant fun and try to across a good part of the arabian peninsula we have the early morning mist and focused aro

protests intensifying democratic republic of congo demonstrators want the president to resign immediately also. looking at live pictures from new york where they are saying goodbye to twenty seventeen to twenty eighteen celebrations as the world rings in the new year. north korea's leader kim jong un has threatened the united states but also reached out to his neighbors in the south he made the comments in his annual new year's address kim says has weapons capable of reaching the top you. mainland and the launch button is on his desk he also warned washington that in twenty seventeen north korea had completed its push to become a nuclear force that it's time to start mass producing nuclear warheads but the defiantly that made someone usually friendly remarks about south korea saying the path of dialogue with seoul is open and that he hopes ties improve between both countries. we should actively create an atmosphere to move forward with the national reconciliation and reunification improving ties between the north and the south is an urgent issue that not only the north and south want but

secretary general is edging president joseph kabila to step down from power in the democratic republic of congo amid violent anti-government demonstrations security forces killed at least seven protesters on sunday in rallies against his rule. now in all the stories we're following thousands of people have marched in hong kong to express their frustration at china's tightening grip on the territory they cues beijing of eroding freedoms which were guaranteed when british colonial rule ended twenty years ago and is difficult paula reports many fear two thousand and eighteen will be a knowledge disappointing it for the damn democracy movement. defend hong kong the theme for this year's rally those taking part say the protest has particular resonance after year when people's rights were violated repeatedly israel because about history because. we see the dettori asia use in the rule of law in hong kong so we believe we should stand here to protest their future the various posters depict their grievances they are protesting against the jailing of three young pro-democracy student leaders an

the democratic republic of congo races to contain an outbreak of cholera there are fears it could spread quickly in the overcrowded capital kinshasa to waterborne disease has already swept through many villages ravaged by conflict. and then a german football handover produce a stunning comeback in a five goals tour in a with minds just for a european challenge. time and a home for good to have you with us fresher protests have erupted in china's yeah as the north african nation marks the seventh anniversary of the arab spring uprising that toppled its former dictator ben ali now for the seventh day in a roach museums are taking to the street demonstrating against price. rises in tax hikes as the government struggles to so deep rooted economic problems many protesters say they have been left empty handed in the seven years since the revolution they claim that corrupt officials are to blame for the country's lagging economy. and ahead of today's demonstrations d.w. funny for china talked to the family of a man killed during a protest this week. there's not much to do in the small challenge

in the democratic republic of congo are catholic worshipers pray this sunday they pray with a political purpose they want president joseph kabila goal setting was asked was very basic these guys looking to get things started. their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says kong security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched off to mass twelve a lot of boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches. the hospitals filled with protesters once more so it goes on monday i would say if your term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belong in the senate give the others the opportunity to lead maybe they'll do it better than you did. catholic bishops brokered peace talks between the opposition and government with the agreement that could be low would leave office at the end of twenty seven tame but he's

is investigating last month's attack of the democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen tanzania and peacekeepers the un suspects democratic forces in uganda and the group of being behind the attack. and orthodox christians around the world are celebrating the christmas holiday five west bank city of bethlehem palestinian christians are marking the day with parades and a mass the eastern orthodox faith follows the old julian calendar which puts the birth of jesus christ on or near the seventh of january the united nations has condemned a recent series of death sentences in egypt with twenty people reportedly executed in the past two weeks human rights office expressed concern that the use of military courts to try civilian. we're seriously concerned that in all of these cases due process and fair trial guarantees do not appear to be followed as military courts typically deny defendants rights accorded by civilian courts reports also indicated the prisoners who were executed may have been subjected to initial inforce disappearance and torture before being tried now the latest repo

is investigating last month's attack in the democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen tanzania and peacekeepers u.n. suspects the democratic forces uganda and armed group were behind the attack election officials in honduras say there's not enough evidence to overturn results of november presidential election president won a london hand as was declared the winner last month after he narrowly defeated leftist candidate salvador nasrallah despite claims of voter fraud. those are your headlines we're back with more news here on inside on al-jazeera that's after inside story. look at the economic reasons behind the middle east's. new year. with. the chief global economist at u.b.s. what's his dangerous idea. this time. the. meeting.

so the democratic republic of congo now the military has launched an operation against a suspected of killing fifteen in tanzania and peacekeepers in december troops are targeting members of the allied democratic forces near the town of benny in north kivu province shallop ballasts reports. the beginning of an offensive by congolese troops on rebels hiding on the border the ugandan group known as the a.d.f. killed fifteen peacekeepers in an ambush on a un base in north kivu province in december it was the biggest single loss of peacekeepers in nearly a quarter of a century those killings triggered this response. vehicles transported three hundred troops to the area with tanks and armored vehicles to port said. we decided to launch an operation against the i.d.f. and all other armed groups in the area this is the last operation and we are prepared to fight to the end so we can restore security and peace in the region. the congolese hope it's the last but it certainly isn't the first here is a joint u.n. and congolese task force starting an offensive against idea fighters back in twenty

but of a more real frantic of the protesters in the democratic republic of congo unites catholic leaders against the country's president. however we've got plenty of crisp once a sun shine across much of north they say we had some snow across the northeast of china recently lost a clear skies coming through now and that's produced a very pretty picture in the same province where we've got the arrive on the trees and the snow fails as in clear blue skies coming through behind on the chilly side certainly feeling rather cold at least the winds not too strong but minus to the top temperature there for that of our stop plus two for pyongyang four degrees celsius four so not seep out across much of japan and we will see some rain and some statement to the north of the country as we go when it's a monday temperatures in tokyo getting up to around eleven degrees celsius a touch woman that for shanghai at thirteen degrees celsius was the sunshine there across southern parts of china and it stays that way as we go on into monday getting up to around twenty celsius there in hong kong again with so

people have died in anti-government demonstrations organized by catholic church leaders in the democratic republic of congo around sixty nine have been arrested the protesters say president joseph kabila is violating the constitution by staying in office beyond his term. germany's social democrats have voted to go into formal talks about a grand coalition government with angela merkel's conservatives party delegates narrative prove the staff at a conference in fawn summit argue they shouldn't prop up an album out of government she's been on able to form a coalition since the elections in september jordan's king abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the trumpet ministrations decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital might be and says the u.s. still believes in a two state solution to the israel palestine conflict and in the last half hour he's just touched down in israel ways expected to receive a mixed welcome. pope francis is wrapping up his south american told with a final match in lima actually a million people are expected to attend th

families to return home to the democratic republic of congo bought the piece last. gunmen have stormed the office of the save the children aid agency and east of the attack began with a suicide bombing at the front of the compound and two gunman still inside we will be live in a moment off victoria report. the attack began with a bomb exploding near the entrance of aid organization save the children in jalalabad security forces were quickly on the scene and gunfire was exchanged. afghan special forces have been called in to help so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack jalalabad is the capital of nanga ha province on the border with pakistan the area has become a stronghold for islamic state of iraq and the levant. backed by u.s. as strikes afghan forces have successfully targeted eisel and taliban fighters bought attacks on civilians continue coups in heavy casualties the attack in jalalabad comes just days after taliban fighters killed eighteen people at the intercontinental hotel in the capital kabul the afghan intelligence service blamed the pakis

the democratic republic of congo faces political uncertainty over. accusations of human rights abuses by government forces security crises and protests by the catholic church and opposition parties president joseph kabila is looking increasingly isolated at home and a brute and his chosen now to give his first news conference in sixty is probably the most important thing is not this is a. thing it's you can organize elections whenever you want. them. to day to day after tomorrow. but question more important is what happened to. manage to. do you have killed. you have stability ability stability in order for the country to go. on sunday police clashed with protesters calling for electoral justice the demonstration had been organized by the catholic church six people were killed eight other people died in similar protests on new year's eve. leaders have overstepped their rule do you think he's got the in the catholic church rejected election results in two thousand and eleven. nowhere in the bible is it written that jesus presided over an electoral com

leaders of the catholic church of the democratic republic of congo have vowed to continue fighting for justice following violent protests for months demonstrators have been demanding president joseph kabila step down the church has organized a. many of those rallies compared us to expire a year ago catherine sawyer reports from the capital kinshasa. catholic faithful in kinshasa hold a mass for people killed by police in reason political unrest the charge had called for protests a new year's eve after the expiry of a political deal between the ruling party and opposition signing to sixteen when the presidential election failed to happen the politicians had agreed to for the poor last december that did not happen either the deal had been brokered by the catholic church was shocked and ashamed by the. disorder and. victim or why desire to hang on to power at a cemetery a distance away for tacky to shake and his friends carry his father's body for burial joseph attacker was a staunch catholic they say he tried to seek refuge in the church a police kept shooting levy him in every human bei

still ahead here on al-jazeera violence breaks out during anti-government protests in the democratic republic of congo class. i robot prided on the whole province with the solar panels that are helping china floats to the top of the green digitally. hello there we've got an awful lot of wintery weather across the us at the moment it's all thanks to this weather system here galloping its way towards the east but if it does so strongly up a lot of mild air ahead of it so here we're seeing a lot of rain rather than snow and so any snow that's on the ground will melt and things will get a little bit waterlogged in places the northern edge of this system though that's still going to be giving us some snow until eventually begins to move away towards the north so for toronto we'll see things turn will slushy and then to rain as we head into choose day towards the west we've got another weather system there that's piling into the northwest impulse the states and the southwest in parts of canada bit further towards the south as for some of us a pretty wet over parts of cuba and across the bahamas lot

impact on his political ambitions and an uneasy truce allows families to return home in the democratic republic of congo but can the peace last. save the children has suspended operations in afghanistan in response to an attack on its offices the gunmen stormed the aid agencies compound in the eastern city of jalalabad after a suicide bombing just outside two security guards in a civilian died in the attack with several others injured i still has claimed responsibility jennifer gloss has more from the capital kabul. a harrowing day for several dozen people trapped inside the offices of save the children the attack happened at nine o'clock in the morning and it wasn't until more than eight hours later the security forces were able to rescue those trapped inside the building in the meantime they exchanged gunfire and grenade blasts were heard inside the save the children office in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan save the children has decided to suspend its operations across the country it affects one point four million children here in afghanistan a country that is heavily dependent on internati

protests demanding the resignation of the president of the democratic republic of congo of turn violent i've placed seven people were killed and dozens arrested by security forces after catholics called for peaceful demonstrations shelob ellis reports. the in the democratic republic of congo catholic worshipers pray this sunday they pray with a political purpose they want president joseph kabila goal setting was fantastic he was very good these guys looking to get. started. was. their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says congolese security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched after mass twelve a lot of boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches was the hospital is filled with protesters once more so goes the human that always says if your term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belon

not the place to discuss the country's internal affairs the un is investigating last month's democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen tanzanian peacekeepers the u.n. suspects the allied democratic forces are ugandan armed group was behind the attack . for the latest report on some of the biggest stories off the year we take you to a refugee camp in bangladesh it's now home to hundreds of thousands of. who fled violence and. the un accuses me on mars government of textbook ethnic cleansing which denies. reports on what the refugees face in the year ahead. with their three children across the border from. they joined the more than six hundred fifty thousand refugees who fled the military crackdown on the region in rakhine state in western myanmar she says her husband was killed as they tried to flee. there not that i'm good but it we couldn't go anywhere because there was heavy fighting from all directions and my husband was shot dead by security forces there are very few people he still remain here they try to go to the forest and river fishing but the military does not allow them they sa

fighting between police and anti-government protesters in democratic republic of congo has killed at least six people. more than a million people gather as pope francis holds a final mass improved ending his controversial tool of latin america. the u.s. is urging turkey to use restraint in its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria turkey soldiers have entered the own flavor of a free in part of an assault to drive out kurdish people's protection units or why p.g. turkey's president is vowing to crush the group which he views as a terrorist organization stephanie decker reports. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish president dredger type edges defiant as he addressed a large crowd in the city of course on. this is a national struggle and then this national struggle will crush anyone who stands against us let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attac

the democratic republic of congo unites catholic leaders against the president. hello the weather is pretty quiet now across central and southern parts of china so some pleasant sunshine coming for many thirteen celsius there in shanghai the south westerly breeze nineteen degrees there for hong kong maybe a tad warmers to go on in some states and nothing much to speak of here little bit of cloud just around the south china sea pushing towards central parts of vietnam so a possibility of one of two shabbas here and i do want to show as to just drifting their way into sri lanka into the fosse south of in the visibility problems do remain in place further north across the northern plains even though we do have something of a rather more brisk breeze coming into new delhi hoping to improve things slightly but we could still do with a stiffer wind than that twenty one twenty two celsius there for new delhi then karate gets up to around twenty eight degrees and still as you can see want to show is that just like the colombo thirty one celsius now we're not quite as war

still ahead on al-jazeera the warring impact of flooding on a cholera outbreak in democratic republic of congo. last colombia's peace process with its last active rebel group is in danger of falling apart. i know that we've been hearing about all the snow across parts of europe but there's also been some very exciting ice sculptures as well these pictures are from the southern parts of germany is in the mountains and you can see the ice there that's collected this is what happens with two days of freezing rain and quite a stiff wind now clearly that's beautiful but if you want to move your car might be a bit of an issue and it also might be an issue if you were to read the sign post so things are changing across europe and fortunately they're improving this whole system is edging its way eastwards and under that there's not a great deal of very heavy rain behind it that's also something of a break and it looks like generally things are calming down in the south so things are going to start winding up again as we head through thursday and into friday that's what we've got this is larry

the start of a new day in the democratic republic of congo. behind the village is done and. satellite images have revealed the existence of a peach vault here in the forest. biologists say it's one of the most important ever discovered that's why a team of british and congolese scientists have embarked on a joint research project getting to the peak both involves an arduous hours long hike through the swamp everything is soaking wet english geography simon lewis has been surveying head for years trying to better understand the development of the bog which began forming tens of thousands of years ago made up of decomposed plant material the piece held some surprises for the researcher is that this is peak bodies so this is the partially decomposed plant matter that in a store of carbon. needs is now sampled every fifty centimeters and this is to me just to training tuesday one of the surprises that we thought the paint here would be maybe fifty centimeters maybe one meter maximum and actually we've got much deeper so that suggests that potentially we haven't done all the work

and the democratic republic of congo protests calling for the president's resignation turned violent. how i want to find start to the new year for good parts of southern china but central i was seeing a little more cloudless cloud will they cannot possibly go on into the middle of the week some really heavy rain setting in by this date snow across northern parts some very heavy rain just pushing its way towards shanghai temperatures of around twelve degrees celsius come further south not too bad in hong kong although it will turn increasingly cloudy just along the southern fringes of china by this date not too much cloud in the forecast across south asia and i was certainly that is the case for india with light winds it does mean more fog problems right alert has been issued across the northern plains of india because we do have the folk which has returned to the region rather more clout though as you can see into me and unusually wet weather continuing here through tuesday and going on into wednesday but hopefully by weather station turned a little drier and brighter much of india as

five protesters killed in the democratic republic of congo catholic leaders say president kabila is violating the constitution by staying in power. on symbol of pride now and i saw efforts for a bicycle comeback in china face a bumpy ride. welcome to the program turkey has begun its ground assault on a kurdish enclave in northern syria the campaign is aimed at fleeing it's held by kurdish why forces are backed by the u.s. but considered terrorists by the turks tanks moving across the border aiming to carve out what. he calls a thirty kilometer a safety zone and this follows a day of strikes and artillery fire that y.b. g. activists say has killed at least six people speaking to supporters in the turkish president recipe for the one says he's anticipating a quick resolution to the campaign so he took a small from the turkey syria border we're hearing heavy artillery outgoing from turkey into syria which is just in the mountain behind us is been happening really throughout the day also we've been hearing jets in the sky in this columns as the ground offensive is now well underway we understand

civilians have been blocked from escaping an uneasy truce allows families to return home in the democratic republic of congo but can the peace last. and a health crisis in indonesia's remote part for province where a measles outbreak is feared to have killed hundreds of people we have an exclusive reports. a low out top story this hour save the children a suspended operations in afghanistan after three of its employees were killed in an attack on its regional office government stormed the aid agencies compound in the eastern city of jalalabad after a suicide bombing just outside four others were injured in the attack which has been claimed by ice will jennifer glass has more from kabul. a harrowing day for several dozen people trapped inside the offices of save the children the attack happened at nine o'clock in the morning and it wasn't until more than eight hours later the security forces were able to rescue those trapped inside the building in the meantime they exchanged gunfire and grenade blasts were heard inside the save the children office in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan save the childre

hundreds of thousands of people are returning home in the democratic republic of congo after months and hiding the fighting between the army and rebels from the region broke out in august two thousand and sixteen killing more than three thousand people since its catherine sort of approach from casaya people are worried a fragile peace could end at any time. these former child soldiers relax at a rehab center in concise central fighters supporters kooks of come in and supple a rebel group that has been fighting government forces since twenty sixteen mark is seventeen years old he joined the group to avoid the consequences of not joining his in his friends get beaten up or even killed for resisting he was also afraid of government soldiers. i joined as a title my fist rule was burn the house when we attacked then i was poor wanted money it would look i was for a lot rested and spend six months in jail before i was rescued by the un forces. fighting increased after police killed a traditional chief who was critical of president joseph kabila as government in the mineral rich region with a

violence breaks out during anti-government protests in the democratic republic of congo. through tranquil rave you can you. do not. and if it means going to live. hello there we've had a fair amount of unsettled weather across the middle east recently one weather system in the eastern part of our map spiraling its way through parts of iran gradually edging its way eastwards but this one is largely fizzling out now so just a few outbreaks of like to rain and snow with it makes its way across afghanistan there on monday instead we're seeing some wetter more active weather towards the west and look what's happening over turkey some strong winds and heavy rain and for some of us some snow at times as well in the systems still with us as we head through choose day vote on tuesday it's pushing further south so many of us through lebanon are likely to see some of the heavy rain as well high rather murky and cool conditions here before the towards the south of course we had a bit of a dust storm here in doha that's cleared away there and twenty three degrees will be the maximum o

soldiers in the democratic republic of congo have launched an offensive against an armed group suspected of killing fifteen un peacekeepers the group calls itself the allied democratic forces and is based mainly in northern keevil province shallop ballasts reports. the beginning of an offensive by congolese troops on rebels hiding on their border the ugandan group known as the a.d.f. killed fifteen peacekeepers in an ambush on a un base in north kivu province in december it was the biggest single loss of peacekeepers in nearly a quarter of a century those killings triggered this response. army vehicles transported three hundred troops to the area with tanks and armored vehicles to port said. we decided to launch an operation against the i.d.f. and all other armed groups in the area this is the last operation and we are prepared to fight to the end so we can restore security and peace in the region. the congolese hope it's the last but it certainly isn't the first here is a joint un and congolese task force starting an offensive against idea fighters beckon twenty fifteen. originally ugan

we're doing it in democratic republic of congo.ur disappointment is that it's not being used more widely. we can't put it in the back of our minds, especially when there's something that we can do. we're very good at looking at something new, some new technology, some new medicine, and we forget that here's medicine that can protect a woman from a fatal disease and can protect her family from losses and nurture and can protect a child from hiv as its transmitted from mother to infant. and it's inexpensive and simple to use. we need to look at that and say, "why aren't we doing it? why have we lost this vision, this compassion, of what is happening in this country to some extent and certainly much more severe..." >> i know that you're taking a leadership role in this, because you want to see this stop. you've been seeing it for your entire career. you told me a story off-camera about how bad the violence is with military troops going into villages. >> what's interesting is, you know, we sometimes think that people are not educated a

a new threat in the thousands of people who lost their homes to flooding in the democratic republic of congo. and i'm peter salmon in doha with all the baseball to news as liverpool bring of manchester city's twenty two game unbeaten english premier league. with a four three victory at anfield. hello welcome to the program we begin this news hour in syria where a new wave of attacks by syrian government forces and their russian allies is forcing thousands of syrians to leave their homes around one hundred twenty thousand civilians have been displaced in rebel held province in recent weeks but instead of finding safety they continue to face danger. no law no law on top. of their own no the freedom. that if you know law. an al-jazeera crew is filming in a makeshift camp in a live when an attack happened they tell us a missile hit very close to civilians it escaped earlier bombing attacks in the nearby how country side al-jazeera correspondent maillard father can be seen among men women and children desperately trying to find cover. well aid agencies are saying that they are overwhelmed b

million south sudanese fled to uganda some eighty thousand others have sought refuge in the democratic republic of congo simona full time travel to the border town of that you see right behind me and sent us this report. and new day a new country and hopefully the beginning of a better life the south sudanese refugees have just crossed the border from south sudan to the democratic republic of congo they fled fighting back home grabbing whatever belongings they could carry. but what to get here we have had to come through the bush. we were trying to avoid the roads because of the soldiers. it was exhausting and there was noise food for the children. are going to they've reached safety but their life in congo is off to a rocky start this group of refugees has been stranded at the border for several days waiting for registration and transfer to a refugee site many have tried walking the seventeen kilometers to the nearest refugee camp but say that congolese soldiers are demanding payments if you see with your eyes. as you see with your eyes we are now suffering if they allowed us to go on foot we'