. ♪ >>> i'm shiulie ghosh, you are watching al jazeera live from doha.lso coming up, the united states increasing security around the world as it prepares to release a new report on thousand the cia tortured suspects. >>> a show of unity, gulf countries meet to discuss growing security threats in the middle east. >>> and global deaths from malaria have halved since the beginning of the millennium, saving millions of lives. ♪ >>> well let's get a news update first from sinker ball b bob -- zimbabwe. the president has fired his deputy. she has been accused of treachery and corruption and of trying to unseat the president. she was one touted as likely to succeed the 90-year-old president. what is the president saying about this alleged conspiracy? >> reporter: well, he is right now in a cabinet meeting, and he said the deputy and 11 others have been fired for trying to remove him from office. he says he has evidence that she met with u.s. firms, and they plotted a plan of how to try to remove him. it has been big news here for a couple of weeks ago. she wen

competitive european football match to be played in the middle east will be held in the capitol of dohan under two hour's time. it is certainly not the first time this fixture has been held abroad. beijing has hosted the match three times since 2009. back in 1993 washington hosted ac milan. >> well, richard parr is at doha at the stadium where monday's match is taking place. richard, the real question is why qatar for the super copper. >> reporter: jo, we're 90 minutes away from a game that should have been played four months ago. they had asked for the game to be postponed back in august because they had the game in the champions league qualify. it's a match that they ultimately lost, but this works out beneficial for both qatar and italy. qatar said we'll host it in december for you. it gives them a chance to showcase some of the world's best players. juventus with carlos tevez and giorgio kirilini. and there are really big names and it's a chance for qatar to say, look, we can have these players on this pitch in our country just like we'll have in seven year's time for the world cup.

. >> the top names in opera have been honored at the ross car della lirica in doha.hey are acue for the qatari organizers. it is the first time that the events have been held outside of italy. >> the brightest stars of the opera world lighting up doha's night sky. >> bruno, who cut his teeth in the 1980's showed the audience how it's done. [♪ singing ] >> but the opera oscars is about developing new talent. >> at 23 he is the youngest professional tenor in italy. >> with opera it's the wrong approach all over the world that it is connected with something old, and the singer of opera has to be a man or woman of a certain age. i'm only young, but i've had an opportunity to have children come and listen to opera in school. and i saw the faces of children, and they loved it. it should be more approachable. >> in all eight awards were handed out including the coveted baritone of the year. the caliber of talent, a coup for qatar. >> qatar makes no secret of wanting to raise its profile on the music scene, and do had doha is a constant destination. they refuse to say how mu

it comes at the annual summit who are gathered in doha. zimbabwe's president has fired his vice president. joyce was once touted as a successor for the 90-year-old president, she denied plotting against him. businessman kidnapped in mali three years ago is now free. he was snatched in november 2011 by armed men believed to be limpinged to al quaida. last year 19 french citizens were held hostage around the world, now there are none, as he is the final one to be released. our hostage our last hostage is free. i just heard the good news from the president. who will be making a statement when serj arrives as he has not arrived yet, and i would like to thank him, who invested himself a lot in helping us free our hostage. al jazeera has more now from paris. >> a french military aircraft is on it's way to bring back serj. his daughter is onboard that aircraft, and we are expecting he could be back in paris as soon as wednesday. where he will be reunited with other members of his family and also received at that base. now, the president referred

i'm in doha with the top story on al jazeera.id the cia torture al-qaeda suspects and lie about it? a report detailing the agency's brutal interrogation techniques is about to be released. >>> zimbabwe's leader, rob mugabe sacks his vice president. >>> and a plea around the world to take in more syrian refugees. >>> and how millions of deaths from malaria have been prevented. ♪ >>> well the u.s. senate is about to unveil a report on the interrogation techniques used by the cia after the 9/11 attacks. only a censored version of the document was allowed to be published, but it is still expected to give us the clearest picture yet. while u.s. officials who have read the document say it details the use of sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation, and simulated drowning on suspects was more brutal than previously admitted, and the report says these techniques failed to produce life-saving information. and it suggests the agency lied about the covert program to the government. >> this is the most transparent administration in history. >>

. >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from doha, i'm jane dutton >>> also ahead - human rights watch says hundreds of muslims are trapped and living in fear >>> a city divided - new york's police department says it's in a state of war after the killing of two officers. plus... >> i'm paul brennan in bucharest to meet the king of the sewers - the homeless people who live under ground. >>> first to tunisia where the candidate for the secular tunis party is claiming victory in the historic presidential election. beji caid essebsi's claim has been dismissed by his rival moncef marzouki, who says it's too early to call a winner. jamal is in tunis. what is going on? >> people are waiting to find out official results. the early indications is that beji caid essebsi is the victor in this historic election. however, the electoral commission as well as his opponent are yet to concede defeat or announce or confirm that result. despite that, there is ramifications to the elections, and to discuss those further i'm going to bring in political analyst youcef sharif. historical elections. the first

. >> al jazeera's doha headquarters parking an anniversary we find hard to absorb. reporting arrests of three of the network's journalists in cairo. then 12 months behind bars for just doing their job!

. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm elizabeth in doha, ahead in the program, claims victory inisia land mark presidential runoff but opponent says it's too early to say who has won. lundz of -- hundreds of muslims are trapped in central african republic, meeting homeless community living in sewers and tunnels. and ten years off from the indian ocean tsunami we meet a victim who is changing lives for the better. ♪ we begin in tunisia where the candidate for the party is claiming a victory for the country's historic presidential election. but the claim has been dismissed by the rival and says it's too early to call a winner and official result is expected later on monday. let's go to our correspondent jamal joining us from the tunisia capitol tunis so abdel-fattah el-sissi is saying one thing and the other saying it's too early, what is the mood the capitol tunis, jamal? >> well, elizabeth, great anticipation, essentially people are waiting and hopes to find out who will be the next president and it is a significant election to say the least, obviously not at least because for mi

i'm elizabeth dorano in doha. these are the top stories. jordan says it will do whatever it can to make i.s.i.l. release one of its fighter pilots. u.s. rejects, saying it crashed. >>> in the state of missouri, another black teen aimer was shot. michael brown was killed by a police officer in august. >>> pakistan prime minister nawaz sharif, says terrorism cases will now be tried by military courts. >> explaining how the courts will work. >> well, as far as how the military courts are concerned, these are only for two years. and this is how most of the political parties have agreed. and they've also said that these would be restricted to very hard criminals and the ones who have been engaged in terrorism, you know, very hard terrorists and these would not be applied politically because there is a fear that these could be also applied to political sort of are opponents and so on. so has the hammer leadership. actually it was the army leadership that was really forted to have these courts, our experience in the past of has been that these civ

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. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm businesslet in doha and coming up, in the next 60 minutesesperate delivery and the world health organization go ahead to deliver medical supplies to thousands of syrians. the battle of sinjar, iraqi, kurdish forces closer to breaking the siege which trapped thousands of people. final votes being counted after record turn out at the poles and kasmeed and penthouse to prison and the hong kong billionaire sent to jail for corruption. ♪ we begin in syria with thousands of people trapped by fighting could soon get much-needed aid, the world health organization has approval to deliver supplys to parts of aleppo and damascus and diseases on the rise in the areas as dana reports and a warning you may find some pictures in her report disturbing. >> reporter: hygiene-related disease on the rise in syria, this girl diagnosed with a parasite infection spread by flies. according to doctors cases like these show how the crumbling healthcare system and the worsening living conditions especially in rebel-held areas are affecting people. >> translator: we ha

. >> reporter: after a diplomatic rift the air is clearer and doha is now the venue for what seems a annual summit for the gulf corporation council and departure of ambassadors from bahrain and others and accused them of destabilizing the region and giving opponents for fellow gulf states and after 8 months a dispute was settled but yet to be made public, they say there is a big need for gcc unity with growing conflict of islamic state and the lavont, gulf states the joined a u.s.-led coalition with air strikes against i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria, the doha summit may agree on forming joint military command and could mean a gcc military commander being appointed initially to coordinate action with their partners and could also be new measures to improve security in the gulf states themselves. but some commentators believe that taking the fight to i.s.i.l. shouldn't be at the expense of opposing syria's bashar al-assad on the battlefield. >> translator: bashar assad should step down because it's not god to have bashar al-assad in power and topping our forces to fight against islamic sta

you're watching al jazeera live from doha with the latest on that breaking news. also on the program nato ends its 13 year mission in afghanistan. mass flooding in asia, more rain is underway. we begin with breaking news, search and rescue operation has been launched in the sea of dmiecialindonesia after an airasia plane lost contact with control. carrying up 162 passengers and crew from surabaya. scott heidler what more can you tell us from bangkok? >> 8510, about 35 minutes into its flight when it dropped off radar. they are engaged in a search and rescue mission that's been going on now for several hours. the plane dropped off radar over 6 hours ago now. they are in the east java sea. airbus 320 series. now this aircraft can be outfitted for low craft airlines to seat up to 180 people but we know it is less than that on board. most of these people on board are indonesians someone from france this from airasia itself. singapore where this aircraft was bound military air force and aircraft are also going to be involved in this search and rescue. what's most likel

hello, we have the latest news in doha. a series of executions expected in pakistan after the ban on the death penalty is lifted. the government is set to hang dozens o. >>> arab oil forces are confident that price will recover soon after the fall over the past six months. >> beji caid essebsi has won the tunisian presidential election. defeating moncef marzouki. he is the first president to be freely elected since 1956. we have this report from tunis. >> reporter: the country's first democratically elected president. the results coming out announced by the election commission, and there was roughly 10% difference in votes for the 88-year-old essebsi and marzouki. there were parties who did not put their full weight behind any specific candidates have been calling on people to remain calm. this is a moment that people should be joyful. the tunisian people once again have demonstrated the ability to transition to democracy regardless of who the tee nissantunisians wanted to win the election, this calls for joy. it is importa

. ♪ you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha.ore than 30 people are killed in the yemeni city of ibb. >>> almost a thousand migrants abandoned by smugglers are rescued by the italian coast guard. >>> and new year celebrations begin around the world. this is the scene in thailand as they welcome 2015. ♪ >>> if you agree, raise your hand. those were the words of the palestinian leadership as they signed a treaty applying to join the international criminal court. it was one of over20 international treaties signed by the president. the decision followed the u.n. security council's rejection of a move to end israeli occupation. james how significant is this move? >> this is something the palestinians have been threatening to do for a very long time. they have thought about it. they have been worried about doing it because they knew there would be international repercussions, but they have now finally taken this very important step which could pave the way, eventually to things that have happened in israeli and palestinian territory, b

only recently returned to doha after a diplomatic row over support the the muslim brotherhood. the gulf countries depend on unity and we need to get rid of sectarian rifts. terrorism in our age, and our region in particular, and the challenge terrorism puts on every one of us necessitates the community to work collectively and adopt the measures in order to get rid of terror stitch to deal with the real reasons that the political social and economic reasons for such terrorism. we need to pay attention to the fact that violence and oppression, and the lack of security will lead to this. >> so that's what was happening what is happening right now, in fact also our other top story more in just a moment, stay with us. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> binding them ahome. cunning around the word taking in more than 100,000 syrian refugees.

live in doha. our top story. journalists here in the al jazeera newsroom and around the world stand in solidarity with our jailed colleagues in egypt. >>> the missing passenger jet is at the bottom of the sea said the head of the indonesian air rescue category. >>> all 473 survivors of the ferry in the adriatic sea are rescued. >>> and greece snap election, could put the far left saritha 52 power. saritha into power. >>> from london, to sydney, to san francisco. journalists around the world have stopped work and called on egypt's government to set our colleagues free! it was a year ago today that peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested and imprisoned. andrew simmons has their story. >> reporter: al jazeera's doha news center marking an anniversary the staff feels hard to absorb. it was one year since a phone call to the news desk. then 12 months behind bars, just for doing their job! right across the world vigils were held in newsrooms and protests at the false charges against correspondent pe

in doha. journalists in the al jazeera newsroom and around the world stand in solidarity with our jailed al jazeera being colleagues. >>> this hour eight people die on a blazing ferry off the coast of italy. and greece heads for a snap election that could put the far left into power. from london, to sydney, to san franciscan journalists around the world have stopped work and called on egypt's government to set our colleagues free. it was a year ago today that peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested and imprisoned. andrew simmons has their story. >> reporter: al jazeera's doha news center marking an anniversary the staff here and in the rest of the world find hard to absorb. it is now one year since a phone call to the news desk reporting the arrest three of the network's journalists in cairo. then 12 months behind bars. for just doing their job. right across the world there were newsroom vigils and protests outside egyptian embassies. a trial in cairo had failed ocome one a

i am elizabeth in doha. also on on the program.rra leone imposes a two-week lockdown in a remote region after a surge in ebola infections. >>> fears of an ecological disaster in bangladesh after an oil spill. >>> and north korea accused after a haka tack which laid bare company secrets at a major hollywood studio. ♪ ♪ >>> the head of the cia has defended their techniques. he says they acted within the law and says information from detainees helped track down osama bin laden. patty culhane reports. >> reporter: in unprecedents news conference, a sign of just how much pressure the cia feels. their director invited the media to their head quarters to try to explain the torture that happened at secret prisons like this one. 119 men held. 26 of those were innocent. >> in a limited number of cases agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized, were abhorrent and rightly should be repute 80ed by all. >> reporter: but because of the 500 plus page report we know what the cia bosses authorized. confinement in a w

i'm election puranam in doha. the presidential candidate for tunisia's secular party is claiming victory in the run-off boat. beji caid essebsi's claim has been dismissed by his rival moncef marzouki who says it's too early to call a winner. official results are expected on monday >>> human rights watch says muslims in the central african republic are trapped in enclaves, facing hunger and disease. they face violence if they leave and u.n. peace keepers are not providing security assistance >>> cold weather and fog forced flights to be cancelled and trains delayed in new delhi. it recorded its coldest temperature in five years monday >>> oil producing countries in the arab gulf say they will not cut output levels to lift oil prices out of a slump. saudi arabia and other states are meeting in abu dhabi. the fall in prices had a huge impact on other countries that depend on oil exports to keep the country afloat. i have this report. >> reporter: saudi arabia is the world's biggest exporter of oil. it accounts for ar

welcome to aas live from doha. also, ahead, tension in eastern lebanon after the al-qaeda-linked al nusra front killed a captured policemen. a typhoon making landfall. 600,000 people have left homes for safer ground. plus from switchboard operator to first lady, the wife of z zimbabwith way takes another step on the political ladder to power. >> we begin in yemen where two al-qaeda hostages have been killed in a failed rescue attempt. american for theo journalist and teacher pierre tais kochi were killed. u.s. president barack obama has killed the deaths as barbaric. >> reporter: it was the second time u.s. and yemeni forces tried to rescue luke somers along with pierkorki held alongside him. they said they found them but neither made it out alive. >> the rescue operations started early morning saturday and they wanted to rescue him, but the al-qaeda was very alert and they, one of my sources told me they started to king him and they tried to skaim with him but the operation was very strong. they were surrounded. s

live from our head quarters in doha. also address.er a long wrangler and four drafts ideal of sorts is reached in peru on ways to curb co2 emissions. japan heads to the polls in a snap election abe says is a ref remember doesn't on his economic policies. and building on the moon, sounds like science fix, but it's closer to fax than you think. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin in haiti where prim minister has bee has he resignsr months of protests. demonstrating are calling for long-delayed election electionsy all juan to the president to step down. dominick kane has more. >> reporter: in recent weeks, protests like these have sprung up in the asian capital. now they are spread to go other cities. the people are calling for the government of the president to fall. no magic wand can save them. there is no way they can be saved. >> reporter: on friday the president said he would he accept the resignation of his prime minister as part of a plan to reach eye new consensual government. the president's problem is no elections in haiti for three years. the te

. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour, i'm here in doha, these are the top stories on al jazeera. secret prisons and torture did not work - the u.s. senate report slams the c.i.a.'s interrogation techniques. [ explosion ] >>> iraq asks for more help from the u.s. in the fight against i.s.i.l. a special report on the iraqi forces battling the group >>> lisa zimmermann's president -- zimbabwe's president calls an emergency meeting to replace the deputy he sacked. plus... >> i'm nick clark off the coast of peru, in the abaund unt water where -- abundant waters where there's a looming threat to marine life >>> the united nations and human rights groups are causing for u.s. officials to be procuted for their role in interrogation -- prosecuted for interrogation techniques, following tore future practices at hidden sites around the world, and no useful intelligence was gained from torturing prisoniers. >> reporter: hundreds of pages of evidence of what happened to 119 men detained in secret prisons, like this one in lithuania. >> the cia programme was more brutal than people were led to

♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra live from doha. i am elizabeth. also address.er a long night of wrangler and four drafts, ideal of sorts is reached in peru on ways to curb c on. two emissions. >>> japan heads to the polls in the snap election abe says is a referendum on his economic policies. and a mouse and a mist rim the story of a long-lost painting which reappeared in the movies. ♪ ♪ >>> the prime minister of haiti has resigns. it comes after months of violent protests in the capital port-au-prince, demonstrators are calling for long delayed elections and for the president to also step down. dominick kane has more. >> reporter: in recent weeks, protests like these have sprung up in the haitian capital. now they are spread to go otherr cities. the people are calling for the president and prime minister to fall. >> translator: no magic wand can safe lamont. or martelli. there is no way they can be saved. >> reporter: on friday, michelle had said that he would accept the resignation of his prime minister as part of a plan to reach eye new consensual government

andrew simmons, al jazerra, doha. >>> meanwhile the u.s. second chuck hagel has arrived in baghdad for talks with a rack i official on his the fight against isil. peshmerge forces are carrying out their ground offensive against the group. kurdish fight verse been lighting up the battlefields to protect themselves from attacks. a report from the iraq-syria border. it's a tactic that was previously use ed by the u.s. army in korea and vietnam. >> reporter: an isil attack at night without night vision equipment the kurdish fighters are blinded and defenseless. isil fighters are using the cover of darkness to both lawn were artillery attacks and to sneak up on peshmerga position to his kill or abduct them. after taking the main border crossing, the peshmerga know how crucial it is to keep control. general realized the best way do that was by lighting up the darkness. the just majority of the attacks here on the frontline have been at night. so the general here as come up with this ingenious idea of using floodlights to light up the battlefield

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazerra live from doha. i am elizabeth. also ahead.s of pro sad owe but little fund an exclusive report on the police recruits it's hoped will bolster the fight against isil in iraq. two bomb attacks killed dozens of people in northern nigeria. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. slams north korea's human rights record describing life there as a living nightmare. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin in syria where thousands of people trapped by fighting could soon be getting much-needed aid. the world health organization says it's been given approval to deliver tons of medical surprise to parts of aleppo and damascus. infectious diseases are on the rise in those besieged areas as zeina reports, and a warning you ma i find some pictures in her report disturbing. >> reporter: hygiene-related diseases are on the rise in syria. this girl was diagnosed with a parasitic infection that is spread by flies. according to doctors, cases like these show how the crumbling and worsening living conditions in rebel-held areas affecting people. >> translator: we have no pesti

speaking us to in our doha studio. let's get more on the situation and mike daniel is managing director of aviation inside and a former aircraft investigator. joining me now via skype from the honolulu on the u.s. island of hawaii. mike, thank you so much for being with us. now, what we do know is that the last known contact with the flight was 42 minutes in to the flight. given that there was bat weather, as we have just been speaking to. richard about just explain to us what would have been going through the pilot's mind or what procedures would he have been undertaking in 0rd to order to try to stabilize the plane in such a situation? >> let's first start with the a320 which is equipped with weather radar. so when the pilots are flying along at their cruise altitude and get indications of severe weather ahead of them. what they want to do is -- if they are also experiencing turbulence is to request a deviation from the flight path either left or right in this kaza apparently they requested a deviation of altitude to

. ♪ >> the brightest stars of the opera world lighting up doha's night sky. >> bruno pektiko who cut teeth at the escala theatre showing the audience how it's done. >>> the opera ausc-arizona is about encouraging new talent, too, about this star who broke on to the opera scene just 4iers ago. and constanzo who at 23 is the youngest professional tenor in italy >> translator: with opera, it's the wrong approach that it's connected with something old and the singer has to be a a man or a woman of a certain age. i am only young, but i had the opportunity to see children coming to listen to opera at a school, and i saw the faces of the children and they loved it. so, it should be more approachable. >> in all, eight awards were handed out including the coveted baritone of the year. the caliber of talent, a coup for qatar. >> qatar wants to raise its profile on the international music scene and establish doha as a cultural destination. organizers refuse to disclose just how much this event cost but it's clear this is seen as an investment the man in charge of attracting foreigners to this l

. >>> welcome to the newshour, i'm here in doha. these are the top stories - ayr goes missing over the -- air-asia plane goes missing, 132 on board. 30 years on n.a.t.o.'s mission in afghanistan comes to an end, we look at what changed on the ground. malaysia's government pledges more than 100 million to help victims. plus... >> i'm nick spicer in berlin. at a place for young classical musicians. >>> we begin out of asia where passenger jet has disappeared. air asia left indonesia airport at 5:20am local time en route to singapore. it lost contact with a ground control 42 minutes after takeoff. we have this report. >> reporter: at the airport in surabaya, people await news of their loved ones. 162 passengers and crew were on board air asia flight qz 8571. it lost communications with traffic control. >> translation: i hope for a miracle. may god save them all. i should have been with them. i cancelled. i had something to do. i have two friends and five family members. >> reporter: indonesia's disaster management authority set up a cr

in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, election results are in for tunisia. declared the win are of the presidential runoff ballot. afghans saying the government is not doing enough to keep the taliban out of their towns. confident oil price will rebound soon, despite a steep fall over the last six months. controversy among lawmakers. fcts'pakistan apt government any are fighting on two -- pakistan's government and army are fighting on two fronts. after a de facto ban on executions was lifted, this comes in the wake of a school massacre in peshawar, most of them children. kamal hyder has the story. >> the government was certain it would carry out the executions after 55 on death row, anticipation that those executions will be carried out despite the fact of the taliban, pakistan, and another interesting development protesters who have been gathering outside the red mosque,ing also supporting some elements among pakistan who were against people of the country has continued outside the red mosque. although the protest has contained, the momentum is still on. th

i'm in doha our top stories, palestinian leaders consider their next step after a motion demanding thend of israel's occupation fails at the u.n. >>> more than 30 people are killed in a suicide back in the yemeni city of ibb. >>> and more than a thousand migrants are res -- rescued by the italian coast guard. >>> this is the scene right now in japan where 2015 is just beginning. ♪ >>> palestinian leaders say they will not allow the world to forget their cause. after the u.n. security council voted against a draft resolution for an end to israeli occupation. thousands have gathered in ramallah. fattah's leader is meeting with senior officials and he is expected to announce the palestinian authorities next step soon. we'll have reaction from james bayes in london in a moment but let's first head to our correspondent. tell us about the next step and about the options for the palestinian leadership. >> reporter: that's right, marian. but let me just first describe where i am right now. i'm at the headquarters of the palestinian leadership. in the distance there, you can see the tomb of the

i'm elizabeth puranam in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes - an 18-year-old black man, shot and killed by lis at a st louis -- police at a st louis police station. -- petrol station >>> and taking back for territory from i.s.i.l. >>> stopping the illegal weapons trade - a global treaty has come into place - can it work. ? >>> and a syrian refugee who went from beginner to concert pianist in 18 months >>> we begin with breaking news. we are getting reports that a palestinian has been killed by israeli fire in southern gaza. so palestinian sources say that one palestinian has been killed from israeli tank shells fired in east khan yunis in gaza. we'll get you more on that. i know we are hoping to cross to our correspondent in jerusalem. more on that as we get it >>> let's move on to other news much a black teenager has been shot and killed by police in the u.s. state of missouri. the incident happened in st louis - the same city where unarmed teenage michael brown was killed by a white police officer in august.

i'm here in doha. coming up, government air strikes kill syrian children as schools and mosques are bombarded. the votes are counted in indian-administered kashmir, and india's ruling party makes a major gain >>> a move by ukraine's parliament that russia is counter productive. making money and christmas cheer. one of the poorest countries is crafting economic success. >>> we begin in syria where government jets struck schools and mosques in a battle against fighters from islamic state of iraq and levant. activists say air strikes targeted the cities of raqqa, duma and idlib. a warning - some viewers may find the images in the report did you agree. >> reporter: this injured girl is afraid of needles as her mother tries to reassure her. another syrian child caught up in a war fought by grown-ups. this is the aftermath of a syrian government strike in duma that hit a school. activists uploaded these videos, showing staff at a makeshift hospital, instructing to cope with wounded children. many pieces of s

. >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the newshour. i'm jane dutton. coming up in the next 60 minutes - the final step in the road to democracy. tunisians vote in an historic run off. [ gunfire ] >>> confronting i.s.i.l. in iraq. kurdish forces set their sites on the town of sinjar >>> environmental stunt that backfired. greenpeace appears in court in peru for trampling over world heritage site. >>> plus, why gangs and not the government are providing free lunches for hungry children in new zealand's schools >>> we begun in tunisia, the home of arab spring, where people cast their ballots in an historic presidential vote. sunday's run off is the final step in tunisia's transition to full the democracy. people are choosing between two candidates. the 88-year-old is the candidate for the secular party. and is seen as an establishment figure of the former regime. critics say he's too old. supporters point to his experience and a broad coalition. essebsi won 44%. his opponent is moncef marzouki. we are joined from tunis. how is the voting going? >> there i

i'm live from our headquarters in doha.oming up on the program, still no deal in peru as countries try to hammer out a global climate agreement. london's air space is fully reopened after a technical problem forced traffic control to impose restrictions. >>> fighting isil amid falling oil prices and an struggling economy, but iraq's finance minister says the armed group can and will be defeated. >>> and lockdown in sierra leone amid concerns the ebola virus outbreak may be more widespread than expected. >>> the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, is warning of a global tragedy unless a deal on climate is reached. international negotiators have been in peru for the past two weeks to try to hammer out a treaty. in that summit will not wrap up on friday as expected, as long-running issues threaten a deal. nick clark joins us from peru east capitol, lima, the summit has been extended. what is the likelihood of all members reaching a consensus? >> reporter: well, they all want consensus of their own, but whether or not they'll

that's it for me and all of the team here in doha.ow. ♪ >> >>> sharp definitions over president obama's moves to normalize relations with cuba >>> it will take years to turn the tide against terror groups in iraq >>> why are colleges showering perps with huge gifts? >>> i'm antonio mora, this is "consider this," more of those stories ahead. >> the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. >> we hope in the normalization

coming up in 2 minutes live from doha, the new developments on the i.s.i.l. in iraq >>> we leave you with live images in belgium, where there's ceremonies marking 70 years of the battle of the yver. thank you so much. we hope you are having a wonderful morning. >> tuesday, the landmark series concludes. >> i'm on a mission that i have to keep this business going. >> an intimate look at middle class families. >> i panicked because, how we gonna pay that? >> the issues we face. >> there's no way to pay for it. >> fighting to survive. >> she's like my role model... as in perseverance. >> building a better future. >> it's coming together little by little. >> real life solutions you can't afford to miss. >> we're making it the best that we can. >> "america's middle class - rebuilding the dream". >> tuesday. >> 7:00 eastern. >> only on al jazeera america. real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, m

we're in doha our top stories this hour. a suspected taliban stronghold, killing 21 fighters. >>> fighting in ramadi as the u.s. tries to persuade sunni tribes to help the iraqi forces. >>> in the line of fire the number of attacks and civilian deaths on the rise in afghanistan. plus... >> i'm rob

. >> doha's news center marking the anniversary that the staff here and the rest of the world find it hard to absorb. it's been one year since the phone call to the newsdesk reporting the arrest of three news work journalist who is were just doing their job. >> all the charges against correspondent mohamed fahmy bader mohammed, and peter greste were false. mahmy's wife speaking in desperation. >> my life is wrecked, and so are the lives of our children. the head of our family has been in prison for a year for no justification or crime. >> peter greste's family has spent christmas day in egypt getting an hour and a half to visit their son. >> he is truly amazing the way he has been able to draw upon his reserves of resilience, strength and, in fact, inspire us all to carry on. as we all know this has been a very very long struggle. >> it's a struggle that will carry on with journalists from other media organizations helping in the campaign. >> i think a lot of journalists and a lot of people have been appalled at the three people, three men simply doing their job. who ended up in priso

. >>> this is al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead. forces launch another attack on the syrian town of kobe nee. >>> violence, against the mexican president as his approval ratings reach an all time low. >>> burning for fuel, with devastatings consequences for environment. >>> hello, gunmen have killed 36 workers on an attack on a quarry in kenya's are mondehan are province. katherine soy jin joins us. who's claimed responsibility? >> darlene, let me start out by saying the 36 bodies have been moved from the scene and are now in the mandera town. this attack happened at about midnight. the work has most of them who are not residents of mandera, they come from other parts of the country to mandera, they were sleeping at that time when the gunmen about 20 of them surrounded them and ordered everybody to get out of their tents and they lined them up and shot many of them. some of them we're told were beheaded as well. a person i was talking to at the scene said he saw two decapitated bodies. there were passers by, five of whom said they h

. ♪ >>> hello there, welcome to the news hour, live from doha, i'm shiulie ghosh. our top stories.aliban attack an army-run school in pakistan. at least 130 people are dead, most children. >> reporter: there were six or seven attackers and they were turning the classrooms and shooting students one by one. >>> hundreds of billions of dollars are wiped off of the value of russian's economy as the ruble crashes to a new low, and share prices plunge. >>> plus -- >> how can someone like that be entirely at large in the community? >> australia's prime minister asks why the sydney siege attacker was not on a watch list despite being known to the authorities. ♪ >>> at least 130 people, most of them children have been killed in an attack on an school by the pakistani taliban. witnesses and police have described how gunmen wearing suicide vests entered the classrooms, and started shooting students where they sat. a siege lasting several hours, ended the deaths of all of the attackers. the prime minister has announced three days of mourning. the school is located near several government and m

hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton. solidarity with al jazeera staff jailed if egypt for one year. greece's parliament fails for oa third time to elect a president forcing new elections in

you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. let's recap our top story. a siege in australia continues. these are the pictures we have from the scene of the hostage taking. you can see two female hostages managing to escape from the building. we don't know how many hostages are still trapped inside. a second female hostage emerging, she's wearing an apron, perhaps an employee at the cafe where the hostage taking has been unfolding. here we see three hostages emerging from the building. that in total brings the number to five hostages who managed to escape from the building. there is a police presence on the scene. contact with the gunmen has been established. we know that no one has been armed or injured, but we still don't know how many hostages from trapped inside. israel is calling for an end to the occupation of the palestinian territory. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will meet with secretary of state john kerry on monday. >> israel stands as a solitary island in the wake of the islamic extremism washing over the entire middle east. we sto

. ♪ >>> hello there, good to have you with us, welcome to the news hour, live from doha. shiulie ghosh. football's governing body agrees to release a full version of the world cup corruption report. >>> kurdish forces in iraq say they have broken the siege of sinjar mountain, claiming their biggest victory yet over isil.

hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha. also ahead.aiti's prime minister resigns as anti-government protests spread across the country. police in turkey detain eight linked to an exiled cleric. building on the

live from our head quarters in doha. the top story this hour, hostages held 16 hours in a cafe in sydney. the battle in libya. major disruptions in del jim as labor union--in belgium labor unions strike. >> we begin this news hour in australia's largest city sydney, where the time is now 2:00 in the morning. a hostage take who are has been named abeen--a hostage taker who has been named . >> the new south wales parliament was evacuated as well as the supreme court building. other major buildings nearby include the world famous sydney opera house around 200 meters away. we have live pictures coming to us from sydney. the police are guarding that entrance to the cafe. andrew thomas has the latest. >> they're saying that the name of the hostage taker is man haron monis. he is an iranian immigrant to australia. he has in the past been convicted of sending hate letters to families of dead soldiers killed in afghanistan. more recently he has been charged with the murder of his ex-wife, and he has also been charged with a numbe

i'm in doha our top stories, palestinian leaders consider their next step after a motion demanding the of israel's occupation fails at the u.n. >>> more than 30 people are killed in a suicide back in the yemeni city of ibb. >>> and more than a thousand migrants are res -- rescued by the italian

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 students. >>> and the government celebrates its 250th birthday. >>> at least 700, 000 people in the philippines have been evacuated as typhoon hagapit makes landfall. knocking out power and toppling trees. the slow moving storm is currently hovering over suma province. will make its way west. andrew thomas, we know during typhoon haiyan, the government obviously hoping that those mistakes are not repeated this time around. >> they're absolutely determined to do better this time around. 150 volunteers are producing about 10,000 family ration packs every 24 hour period. things like sardines, rice and should be sustaining a family for two days. this should not be the only distribution center. a lot of criticism last time around for typhoon haiyan, was to augment more regional distribution centers. this tops up those sources. so that's one way the philippines

. >> we're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. >> since i was employed. >> kenya's secret hit squads undercover police admit to killing radical muslims without trial. an al jazeera exclusive. plus kurdish forces fighting isil on the iraq-syrian border have to change their tactics with winter approaching. and bracing for the storm. typhoon weakens in the philippines, but still forces millions in manila to take cover. >> we begin with breaking news from lebanon. that's where there has been an explosion on the board with syria. 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

coming up in the next 60 minutes from doha: desperate to leave - we report on the plight of some of iraq's vulnerable people as war rages around them. one of al qaeda's senior commanders in pakistan is killed in a u.s. drone strike. >>> hundred of thousands seek shelter as typhoon hagupit batters the philippines. >> i'm andrew thomas at an aid distribution center in manila. will the understood get to where it's needed most? fast? >> in sport, details of a goal-scoring record for cristiano ronaldo, and why it's not just tiger woods golf game breaking down - the world number one in last place at his own event. >>> our top story out of iraq, where there has been more air strikes, suicide attacks and misery. there are signs the war is turning against i.s.i.l. french fighter jets conducted bombings against the i.s.i.l. group held town of barb eka. several strikes killed 50 fighters. kurdish peshawar forces say they are ready to launch a ground offensive. let's go jane araf joining us live from baghdad. what does retaking barb eka many -- mean in the fight against i.s.i.l.? >> it's a step toward