at least six people have died in a riot at a high security prison for eisel suspects.there has been told that several guards are being held hostage jail which is south of the capital jakarta security forces are trying to restore calm the unrest that follows the arrest of three suspect that i saw men accused of planning to attack jakarta as police headquarters. the having a baby in the a.j. area is a major risk for women the u.n. says more than one hundred die in childbirth every day the lack of access to health care means many expectant mothers have babies in their villages to reel in dugan reports now from ben or a state where a veteran midwife is trying to improve standards people in the village call her mama galley she's one of the oldest women living in this part of mccurdy in the jury essential when receipt i mean a garbo is her real meaning and she's hailed as a savior by the other women she sent in in the local language which means each additional breathing assistant or midwife. ameena as been delivering babies in her village for more than fifteen years. know th

at least six people have died in a riot at a high security prison for eisel suspects in indonesia al jazeera has been told that several guards are being held hostage at their proper jail south of the capital jakarta security forces are trying to restore calm in the rest follows the arrest of three suspect that eisel gunmen accused of planning to attack in jakarta his police headquarters. the ebola virus has reemerged in the same area of the democratic republic of congo where another outbreak was eradicated last year at least seventeen people have died in it because all the world health organization says two of them has that positive for ebola the show and doctors without borders are sending teams to help prevent the highly infectious disease from spreading. in mozambique sons of people have turned out for the funeral of opposition leader and rebel commander afonso black outta luck ahmed died of a suspect that heart attack last week at his rural hideout in central mozambique at the age of sixty sixty five he had the opposition renamo group and for almost four decades the funeral was a

an armed group inspired by eisel called the mao to to control of marly city last year the fighting that followed lasted five months at least a thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands more displaced many families say they fear they could be arrested i think maybe caught their missing relatives were part of the mounting group. in this mass grave hundreds of

iraqis will vote on saturday in their first parliamentary election since the defeat of eisel nearly a million security forces but members cast their ballots ahead of the voters they'll be needed to protect polling stations it's the fourth election since the u.s. led invasion opposed president sort of the same fifteen years ago parts of iraq people who were forced from their homes are struggling to recover they're cautious but hopeful that this election may bring about change. charles stratford reports from a refugee camp in northern iraq. mohamad schuchat and his family fled mosul in june last year during the battle against leisel their home was destroyed. like many of the two million people in iraq displaced by violence in recent years they live in a camp for the internally displaced yes we are asking politicians to look after everyone equally regardless where they are from and especially those living in camps we don't want charity we want to go home and we don't want money in return for our votes. the iraqi government says one hundred sixty six polling stations are being set up in s

anti-government fighters control twelve percent of the thirty five million population the resilient eisel and resurgent taliban on their spring offensive are facing thirty six thousand fewer afghan security forces this year no reasons being given for the significant fall that recruitment and retention of troops have been a problem for years i get a sense human rights commission says more than nine thousand civilians have been killed or wounded this past year up some arts organizations expecting a higher number of casualties this year along with a rise in the number of attacks jennifer glass al jazeera. so coming up on the program locked out of their own homes off the fleeing a battleground the syrian law that could deny people that basic property rights i'm breaking down sound barriers north and south korea take down loudspeakers they used to black propaganda. how i was there were plenty of hot weather into eastern parts of europe but elsewhere the temperatures starting to fall away now a lot of clouds spilling into that western side still western side of the med pushing up towards italy

anti-government fighters control twelve percent of the thirty five million population the resilient eisel and resurgent taliban on their spring offensive are facing thirty six thousand fewer afghan security forces this year no reasons been given for the significant fall that recruitment and retention of troops have been a problem for years afghanistan's human rights commission says more than nine thousand civilians have been killed or wounded this past year up some marks the commission's expecting a higher number of casualties this year along with a rise in the number of attacks jennifer glass how dizzy are. told from says he likes the idea of meeting the north korean leader at the place of last week's historic summit with south korea in the latest reconciliation with south korea has now begun dismantling huge loudspeakers that used to blair and north korea broadcast across the border you know that now from seoul. during times of heightened tensions here on the korean peninsula north and south korea have used the loudspeakers to broadcast propaganda messages across the border south korea'

military report says the afghan government is continuing to lose ground to the taliban and eisel jennifer glass reports from kabul. special prayers for the dead this morning continues for the twenty five people killed in monday's twin bombing i saw attackers this is a scene being repeated in mosques all across the afghan capital on a hillside on the outskirts of the city sean mariah is being laid to rest one of nine journalists deliberately targeted in the attack especially in the leading the burial prayers says bloodshed is everywhere in afghanistan every day young people are being killed and afghans are tired of the ongoing conflict in all ten journalists were blown up on monday another was killed in eastern afghanistan it was the highest number of killings in a single day for the afghan media in an already dangerous environment media outlets were attacked that the buildings journalists have been attacked and now a group of media people in green zone of call the city were killed this means that security situation is getting worse and you do is in a in a in a position that if it goes lik

a chilling report on afghanistan's security a day off the twin bomb attacks killed dozens in kabul eisel and the taliban are gaining ground and celebrations in mexico as some members of the so-called migrant caravan are allowed to enter the u.s. . armenian opposition leader nicole passion has called on his supporters to launch a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience after the ruling party blocked his bed in parliament to become prime minister and declared the party's decision an insult to people tens of thousands of his supporters have been rallying in the capital yerevan after weeks of protests that. the resignation of the country's for mining town problem for a stable has made some errors and. this was not the result of crowd dialing out. the old day several weeks i've been waiting to. see how big that the republican party of the majority. of us were going to do what the people voted. for the only value they did is be voted a nickel for. the republican party have a localized recession six weeks a cut with the right candidate to say sorry day to vote but again this is all about how

people who were forced from their homes in the fight against eisel a struggling to recover their cautious but hopeful that this election may bring change reports from a refugee camp in northern iraq. mohamad schuchat and his family fled mosul in june last year during the battle against leisel their home was destroyed like many of the two million people in iraq displaced by violence in recent years they live in a camp for the internally displaced yes we are asking politicians to look after everyone equally regardless where they are from and especially those living in camps we don't want charity we want to go home and we don't want money in return for our votes the iraqi government says one hundred sixty six polling stations are being set up in seventy camps in time for saturday's parliamentary election campaign cheaps say candidates from a number of parties have visited but apart from the post there's little sign of election campaigning. only around twenty five families of the one thousand three hundred fifty living in this camp have returned to the areas they fled during the battle agains

a few hundred indonesians have joint eisel and those in that prison are either convicted or awaiting trial for involvement in attacks one of the prisoners demand was to meet the south brooklyn plead of isolation in tunisia a man. who is on trial for an attack in jakarta two years ago prosecutors say he planned the attack from inside prison and it when hubby has carried out research in twelve prisons holding terrorist conflicts he says in most cases guards are incapable of controlling the prison us let alone to to radicalize them but. those convicted on terrorism charges consider prison a place for them to study like an academy their university of jihad to them prisons are not considered a place where they will change their ideology they learn inside prison they recruit others. after their surrender the prisoners have been moved to an out of prison on an island in java but questions have been raised about how secure it is plans to build a top security jail especially for prisoners convicted of terrorism have been postponed for years while the hostage crisis has been resolved relativel

concrete action by the north for a permanent peace settlement a riot at a high security prison for eisel suspects in indonesia has killed at least six people being killed and several guards are being held hostage at the jail south of the capital jakarta security forces are trying to restore calm the on rest follows the arrest of three eisel gunman who are alleged to be planning to attack jakarta is police headquarters al-jazeera step boston is live for us in jakarta steph what's the latest. well this standoff here at the high security prison has been going on for seventeen hours between the highly trained and police with basically guiding the prison and inmates who all have been detained on terrorism charges so basically what happened last night a riot broke out the inmates broke through the door they broke out of the block managed to take hostage several police officers and also managed to take quite a lot of guns weapons and ammunition and what looks like happened after that is that these police officers have been killed why did mediately and one of them according to my sources is stil

and while it has not yet been clarified who is behind the attack we do know that small pockets of eisel are still left in that area the ministry stated that four russian servicemen did die in the attack two at the scene and five more were taken to the hospital where two more succumb to their injuries and that makes this one of the deadliest attacks involving russian servicemen in the country the ministry also stated that those who perished will be receiving commendations for their service and their sacrifice the russian military is of course currently present in the area and it is by is very capacity in the fight against terrorism for the syrian forces and during that fight we saw forty three terrorists and six of their vehicles were to take it out during the attack there is or has played a major role in the fight against terrorism in the country up until last november it was a major stronghold for eisel and was under blockade by them for years much to the detriment of those living in the city but in november of last year the city was fully liberated by the syrian forces who are backed

a victory of sorts for the eisel gunman fighting to keep children away from. al-jazeera northeast nigeria. rights groups are calling for justice for the young sidney's woman sentenced to death for killing her husband after he raped her no hussein's lawyers are appealing the decision cases attracted widespread attention to social media with the campaign justice for nora she was forced into the managed by her parents three years ago when she was just sixteen years old yes i mean husain is the global executive director of the activist group equality now the group's backing a petition supporting militants case. this is a travesty of justice from every angle that you can look at and it also shows all the various steps and bit sudanese laws and policy failed this young girl who had a very bright future ahead of her from the aspect of child marriage sudanese law allows girls right after puberty to be married off by their father has it allows for no matter to the rape exemption there's no medical rape recognized under the law there was the girl has to be obedient to a

again the canadian opposition leaders demanding to know what's being done about dozens of former eisel fighters who've returned now back to canada it comes after one of them admitted carrying out executions in syria in a new york times podcast. and you can do this you know can we hold a candle and i just kept looking down at his feet i don't want to look at his head and then. i kept thinking we killed them this individual described how we executed individuals by shooting them in the back of the hand he said that the people he was shooting deserved it and he said i know i won't be held accountable he said that a least twice while this caused some amount of controversy the former eisel fighter who goes by the name of who has confessed to taking part in execution style murders of sunni muslim men he said he decided to leave syria after his second killing for originally left canada in two thousand and fourteen to join the extremist group he was only seventeen there now he's back in toronto much to canadian employees surprise this guy is apparently in toronto canadians deserve more answers

house leader candice bergen wants to know what authorities are doing at about at least sixty former eisel fighters who have returned to canada comes on the heels of a new york times podcast in which a former jihadi give a detailed account of his killings in syria. this individual described how he executed individuals by shooting them in the back of the head he said that the people he was shooting deserved it and he said i know i won't be held accountable he said that a least twice former eisel fighter known as a. confessed to taking part in execution style murders of his sunni muslim men he said he decided to leave syria after the second time he killed a person who was left in two thousand and fourteen to join the extremist group when he was only seventeen years old he now lives in toronto as a canadian house members were told to their surprise this guy is apparently didn't try to kill aiden's deserve more answers from this government up so why doing something for. canada's public safety minister ralph goodale refused to provide details on the status of the x. i sell fighter however he in

the former eisel fighter known as who who confessed to taking part in the execution style murders of sunni muslim men he said that he decided to leave syria after the second time he killed a person who left in two thousand and fourteen to join the extremist group when he was only seventeen years old now lives in toronto as canadian house members were told to their surprise this guy is apparently in toronto canadians deserve more answers from this government up so why am i doing something i don't. have it is public safety minister ralph a good good ale excuse me refuse to provide details on the status of the ex i still fight or however he insists that canadians are safe and that security agencies are doing their job. the r.c.m.p. and all the related security and police agencies of this country are doing their job and taking all of the steps necessary to ensure that justice is inforced. aren't always under bruno who is a contributor to the geo political monitor dot com joins us now to discuss this a little bit further thanks for being with us here on r.t. international thank you do you

anti-government fighters control twelve percent of the thirty five million population the resilient eisel and resurgent taliban on their spring offensive are facing thirty six thousand fewer afghan security forces this year no reasons been given for the significant fall but recruitment and retention of troops have been a problem for years i get a sense human rights commission says more than nine thousand civilians have been killed or wounded this past year up some arts organizations expecting a higher number of casualties this year along with a rise in the number of attacks jennifer glass al jazeera. still had for us off our u.s. president takes to twitter angry over the online leaks of information relating to the basha collusion. iran large. and israel's prime minister is accused of recycling old accusations as he fails to prove that iran is reaching its nuclear deal. hello there we're still got quite a bit of cloud around in parts of the middle east at the moment well one weather system that's making its way from egypt drifting its way towards the east that's giving us a little bit of u

eisel fighters have attacked the afghan interior ministry headquarters in the capital kabul and he say a car bomb was detonated at the entrance and then several attackers managed to get inside the compound security forces battled the gunman for more than two hours before subduing them at least one policeman was killed during the attack thousands of jordanians are striking against government plans to raise taxes any businesses have closed as public and private sector employees staged a walkout the amendment's set to double the income tax base part of an economic program driven by the international monetary fund which aims to bring down public debt now to iraq where the electoral commission is saying it's cancelling the results for more than a thousand polling stations used in this month's parliamentary vote it says it has evidence of fraud at voting centers both in iraq and for citizens living abroad shall stratfor has more from baghdad members of the iraqi parliament called an open special session on monday following more allegations of fraud during parliamentary elections earlier this

deserved it and he said i know i won't be held accountable he said that at least twice the former eisel fighter who goes by the name parent who confessed to taking part in execution style murders of sunni muslim men he said he decided to leave syria after his second killing saif originally left canada in twenty fourteen to join the extremist group he was in the seventeen at the time but he is now back in toronto much to canadian m.p.'s surprise and dismay. this guy is apparently in toronto canadians deserved laureate's is from this government absolutely doing something stupid right. canada's public safety ministers refused to provide details on the former i still find his current status but he insists that canadians a safe and that security agencies are doing their job best they can a thought about this melisande bruno he's a contributor to geo political monster dot com is basic thought about this is that western governments policies toward syria what's encourage people to become extremists in the first place. many western governments have taken a very ambiguous lie at best and at worse

a riot at a high security prison for eisel suspect. has killed at least six people being told that several guards are being held hostage at the jail south of the capital jakarta security forces are trying to restore calm the unrest follows the arrest of three suspected gunmen who are accused of planning to attack police or cool. prison in the into the sea and capital can you tell us. well we still have an ongoing hostage situation here. one of the best security presence here in indonesia police have now confirmed that the one hostage still alive and five have been killed by inmates who. have been negotiating with these inmates. it's not clear exactly what how these negotiations but what i heard is that one of the they want to meet their leader. and was actually. planning an attack in two thousand and sixteen basically. so basically also this shows the security situation with a. mobile phone. or a riot. for mobile phones and also a laptop and inside this very same prison riot and also a hostage situation is still. not. trying to solve t

canada's public safety minister refused to provide details of the former eisel fighters current status but he went on to insist that canadians are safe and that security agencies are doing their job another thought on this alexandra bruno's commentator and contributor to the geo political monitor dot com he thinks western governments policies towards syria or have encouraged people into becoming extremists in the first place. many western governments have taken a very ambiguous lie at best and at worst say france united states great britain have to get wrecked lying in antagonizing the syrian regime making it seem like it was ok to go and fight for isis given that we were fighting evil regime so so definitely should not be surprised of blowback but at least sixty such fighting it will come back from fighting in syria rather than putting fighters in jail and the sort of deep breached this story and has come out in parliament particularly people conservatives particularly certain provinces don't like trudeau will definitely make. this into a bigger story and i'm sure that trudeau will pr

the offensive will begin around the lake chad area hosting the group's faction which is linked to eisele more than two and a half million people have been displaced in the fighting between the group and the nigerian government forces mike edge of four is the former director of nigeria's security services he joins us now from mike edger for have the security services in nigeria failed. i would. have room for improvement. if you know this war before this is over begin to appreciate people should have prosecuted forces. launched now to the front of these according to the military is now being launched. i think we should be able to achieve a result but my judgment actually is that. each time these operations are launched. we begin to wonder i would have actually defeated the insurgency asked him by a government record out sometime ago. but. technically if you take this image that they really do want to do so operation so i had to guess where how to challenge we the new war is always focused on the long term this is a nice metric or that doesn't have to be given a timeline so that's one of it

a few hundred indonesians have joint eisel and those in that prison are either convicted or awaiting trial for involvement in attacks one of the prisoners demand to meet the south brooklyn plead of isolation in tunisia. who is on trial for an attack in two years ago prosecutors say he planned the attack from inside prison and it when hubby has carried out research into prisons holding terrorist convicts he says in most cases guards are incapable of controlling the prisoners let alone to to radicalize them but. those convicted on terrorism charges consider prison a place for them to study like an academy or university of jihad to them prisons are not considered a place where they will change their ideology they learn inside prison they recruit others. after they surrender the prisoners have been moved to an out of prison on an island but questions have been raised about how secure it is plans to build a top security jail especially for prisoners convicted of terrorism have been postponed for years the hostage crisis has been resolved relatively smoothly a lot of questions remain how c

at arm's reach not trusting the security forces to ensure their safety a victory of sorts for the eisel gunman fighting to keep children away from class. al-jazeera the east nigeria. at least one person has been killed after sri men attacked a mosque near durban in south africa the attackers entered the mosque after midday prayers armed with guns and knives they slit the throats of three worshipers before setting the place on fire and fleeing the scene police say the motive of the attack is still unknown. the british government has apologized for its role in the kidnapping of a libyan dissident who was later tortured the u.k. ambassador to turkey gave a letter of apology to abdel had. from the british prime minister to resign me belhaj and his wife fatima. ducted by british spies in thailand in two thousand and four and were suspected of having links to al qaeda they were returned to libya where they were tortured by moammar gadhafi government a u.s. military investigation into the deaths of four american soldiers while still in rishon in the share has found widespread problems across a

second largest city earlier this month the suicide blasts were carried out by two families linked to eisele scott hiders more from jakarta. sweeping changes to indonesia's anti-terrorism laws passed here in parliament on friday no this came after a late night negotiations through late thursday evening focused primarily on the definition of terrorism there the government and parliamentarians had a different view of what should be defined as terrorists and terrorism that was the gap was bridged and they were able to take this legislation to the floor here in parliament on friday the new laws really focus on a few things one primarily is the prevention of terror attacks that's were previous laws were a bit weak here in this country that focuses on people who are associated who pledge allegiance who have been trained by terrorist organizations they can now be charged before an actual event has taken place a terrorist attack has been taken place but also even if they're plotting it they're able to now the government here in the legal system is able to bring people in and charge them for that so

another eisel bombing last week killed at least sixty people and injured one hundred ten afghans lined up to register to vote with the target not only in kabul but elsewhere too in kandahar in southern afghanistan a suicide car bomb attack on a nato convoy killed at least eleven civilians including children several nato soldiers and afghan policeman were injured the afghan president has described these attacks as were crimes terrorist acts in conflict with islamic values and human rights and the afghans blame the government for not doing enough to prevent them jennifer glass al jazeera kabul. the delegation from. the u.n. security council is in myanmar to assess the crisis fifteen delegates met me and my leader aung san suu kyi in the capital before traveling to rakhine state around seven hundred thousand range of muslims fled to neighboring bangladesh after a military crackdown last year the un is putting pressure on me on mine to allow refugees to return safely pigeon racing seems has taken off of the tropical either the sri lanka many locals have found a way to unwind and feel the o

source successful outcome for three main shia led blocks in iraq's first election since the defeat of eisel market as we are. there are frauds and problems that took place and that is seeing into the made by parliament today i personally support the set of the interest of the political and the process in iraq and that must be implemented prime minister hyderabadi warned in his weekly news conference a potential political instability if demands for recounts continued and had them shape we're checking all violations and complaints i must say that the political process is important we can't get into a political vacuum parliament is only left with thirty days to finish its legal term and the new parliament must take effect after that without a new parliament in place will be a constitutional gap on wednesday parliament's special session continued. twenty eight parliamentarians put together a draft law for a complete to recount of votes across all of iraq and for it to be supervised by the iraqi judiciary and the u.n. mission in the country iraq's independent election commission cancelled result

a neighborhood near the yarmouk camp that area is still held partly by rebel fighters and also by eisel or the syrian president bashar al assad has denied in a new t.v. interview that his forces were behind a chemical weapons attack in duma of last month more than forty people were killed in the area which was held by rebels at the time but is now under government control denied his military has chemical weapons we don't have any chemical arsenal things we give it up in two thousand and thirteen and. international agency for chemical. weapons the made investigation of this and it. is clear or documented that we don't have. new prime minister says the country's king has agreed to pardon a jailed leading opposition figure on what abraham immediately dr mahathir mohamad also told a news conference he would reveal his cabinet on saturday the ninety two year old was sworn in after a shock when they swept the opposition to power for the first time in the country's history on what is currently serving a jail sentence after being convicted of sodomy when he joins us live from kuala lumpur where

by force people in afghanistan are remembering those who died on monday in a twin bombing in kabul eisel says it carried out the attack jennifer glass has more. the morning continues here in afghanistan there will be prayers in mosques across the city for those twenty five people who died in twin eisel bombings on monday morning that injured of that also injured more than forty nine people this is the second i saw a bombing here in kabul in just over a week last sunday an attack on a voter registration center killed almost sixty people and wounded more than one hundred and ten and the attacks continue in eastern afghanistan or early tuesday morning a bombing targeting a provincial council member killed his bodyguard injured several other people and the fighting continues in eastern afghanistan as the bombings were happening here in kabul afghan security forces and want to american were killed in fighting in eastern afghanistan that is the ice will stronghold and there was a car bomb on monday in the south which is the taliban stronghold the taliban announcing the start of their spring of

anti-government fighters control twelve percent of the thirty five million population the resilient eisel and resurgent taliban on their spring offensive are facing thirty six thousand fewer afghan security forces this year no reasons being given for the significant fall that recruitment and retention of troops have been a problem for years afghanistan's human rights commission says more than nine thousand civilians have been killed or wounded this past year up some arts organizations expecting a higher number of casualties this year along with a rise in the number of attacks jennifer glass al-jazeera. and investigation in brazil as uncovered allegations of he is of abuse of young gymnasts by a former coach who denies the accusations to hold them boards. dozens of brazilian gymnasts have accused the former coach of the national team of sexual abuse among them the pan american games gold medalist but. that psychological pressure on a ten or eleven year old boy he sent for me and when i went to the bathroom and told me to take a bath or relax ok i took the bath and suddenly he entered into

off camera tell us that when eisel took control of mosul in two thousand and fourteen many among the city's predominantly sunni population believed eisel may improve their lives up to what they describe as so many broken promises by the bank that government but they say that quickly changed when they began to experience the brutality of life on the. fled the fighting in mosul in july last year she blames the government. and the suffering she and her family enjoy in the camps. we only want to go home it's inhumane living here the other day it rained in our tent flooded we're only asking politicians to rebuild their homes this is the least of all human rights it's the fault of the government that brought this calamity on us. winning the trust of mosul sunni population is going to be a major challenge for the new government if it is to prevent iraq's sectarian divide getting wider. from the hammered and hundreds of thousands of people like him the first step towards winning that trust would be rebuilding their home so they can start rebuilding their lives. strafford al jazeera sunshine

eisel has claimed responsibility for a double suicide attack in central kabul which killed twenty five people and injured dozens will die journalists were amongst those killed make it the worst day for media in two thousand and one shot of a glass as well from kabul i know of only. the first suicide bomber was on a motorbike i saw says the target was intelligence headquarters but the explosion killed civilians and policeman in the street every day added the limb for policeman and from district nine who were at the front line were among those matson and three policemen were wounded as well emergency workers rushed to the scene to aid the wounded. afghan cameraman reporters and photographers who come to cover the news became part of the story when a second suicide bomber disguised as a journalist blew himself up among such attacks could create existential threats against press freedom and freedom of expression in afghanistan which is considered one of the biggest achievements of the country in the past seventeen years afghanistan has got the most vibrant media in the region this is suppo

at least eight suicide bombers took part in the attacks overall which one of which was claimed by eisel the other claimed by the taliban jennifer classes in kabul she spoke to us about what the government is doing about the growing number of attacks in afghanistan. but interior minister went on television actually to defend his police forces and his security forces now he says in his defense the interior ministry doesn't have enough of the intelligence equipment to try and prevent these attacks and he says that the attackers are getting help from outside from from organizers outside of afghanistan he says the intelligence services do have some of the equipment needed to try and slow these attacks but the interior ministry has a lot to take care of they're trying to they're trying to protect voting centers to try to protect embassies they're trying to protect ministries and we just learned in the last couple of weeks the scope of the afghan security forces are actually down by more than thirty five thousand over last year that's army as well as police and security forces so it's an uphil

anti-government fighters control twelve percent of the thirty five million population the resilient eisel and resurgent taliban on their spring offensive are facing thirty six thousand fewer afghan security forces this year no reasons being given for the significant fall that recruitment and retention of troops have been a problem for years at dentist and human rights commission says more than nine thousand civilians have been killed or wounded this past year up some marks the commission's expecting a higher number of casualties this year along with a rise in the number of attacks jennifer glass al jazeera kabul. joining us from washington d.c. is omar samad a former senior advisor to the chief executive of afghanistan adel adel away appreciate your time very much so these soft targets are really called as such because they're easy for armed groups to hit the targeting specifically of this many journalists what is the bigger message the bigger goal of what these groups are trying to do. well listen the attacks take place against civilians of all sorts this particular one yesterday was ini

that was claimed by the taliban at least six people have died in a riot at a high security prison for eisel suspects in indonesia al-jazeera has been told that several guards are being held hostage at the jail which is south of the capital jakarta going to have more on all those stories in half an hour stay with us though coming up next on his ear witness. but as a judge decide who a political hitler took a single death from the us of folks well. some of them is. overwhelmingly in this city at two militias some. say that tension is. going to have both gone because the fish and sheen have mattie's period. and money's been days of head and neck of us. he's got you. we've. seen many cases heard of she if she if she was just. using. the most i was going to be mad if. you got such a lot of stuff please lou we'll send you the latest news you fellows. the police live with. chad and she has. been hellish you know. listening to. this kind of our facial. but also going to show me you can tell from the. top of foot. do you know what i was looking. that was a. i know that it's got us from the. left is

officers have been killed and six other people have been injured in the apparent coordinated attack eisel has claimed responsibility for the blasts jennifer glass has more from kabul. there were for a while a number of suicide bombers holed up in a nearby building special forces assaulted that filled building long volleys of gunfire and now that appears to be over and people who were trapped in neighboring office building and villas are now being allowed to leave across town in the west of the city by police station of thirteen that assault also over as well that also went on for a number of hours this is the latest in a series of a ball here really that has many afghans very concerned about their safety and about their security and as you say eiffel has claimed responsibility for these two attacks complex attacks clearly very well planned out and clearly very ambitious police station in district and is very heavily fortified as as is the one in district thirteen and yet they fought afghan police and special forces for several hours many people are wondering whether i so has any help from

strong key players on the ground like say for example the force of the armored groups that defeated eisel in the west of libya especially in the city of sirte it also those who. the opponents of engage in that have to are not also represented and also. their eminence of the. general national congress also are not represented in that conference so the idea of representation here is a key word today and also the idea of elections parliamentary and presidential elections many people believe that it could be the solution to the ongoing crisis in libya or at least part of the solution but it is not new france is inviting those legal rival politicians to come to a consensus to end the libyan crisis but the idea of elections is not new it was suggested by the u.n. envoy to the get a sense at the security council in september last year. in terms of an action plan submitted by of us but they're conducting election is by the end of this year it could be part of the solution but many people here and many keep key players say that it cannot be conducted in libya before adopting the new draft constitu

in the fight against terrorism in the country up until last november it was a major stronghold for eisel and was under blockade by them for years much to the detriment of those living in the city but in november of last year the city was fully liberated by the syrian forces who were backed by russian airstrikes bring us up to date on the breaking news on the. thinking. a highly symbolic step was taken by north korea that destroyed its nuclear test site in front of the world's cameras on thursday r.t. correspondent was among the journalists invited to witness the facility being decommissioned. for individually international airport as you can see behind me we're being greeted like celebrities who have bills to go to the north korea thing is we aren't even exact usual as to where exactly we're headed. so you will counsel and that what's the first thing you expect to see it's a bustling crowd people pushing and shoving it's the taxi drivers offering belsen overpriced services well check this out nothing of this sort here it's just an empty parking lot and three buses that will take us to th

sunni population believed eisel may improve their lives up to what they describe as so many broken promises by the bank that government but they say that quickly changed when they began to experience the brutality of life on the. fled the fighting in mosul in july last year she blames the government. and the suffering she and her family enjoy in the camps. what did you not. only want to go home it's inhumane living here the other day it rained in our tent flooded we're only asking politicians to rebuild their homes this is the least of all human rights it's the fault of the government that brought this calamity on us right mingling. winning the trust of mosul sunni population is going to be a major challenge for the new government if it is to prevent iraq sectarian divide getting wider. and hundreds of thousands of people like him the first step towards winning that trust would be rebuilding their home so they can start rebuilding their lives. camp in iraq. well ismail also known he was a brigadier general in the iraqi army he also served as iraq's defense attache in the us and he's joining

in iraq from petraeus has general election since the fall of eisel but will the result lead to change for its porous people. on the night continue their golden round and i saw his pale details coming up with inspire. from long flowing i mean we had this to an inch on t.v. that's it pretty soon you're. we have some quite spectacular weather over parts of europe at the moment all the way from moscow to manchester the weather conditions are looking really fine the sun has been out in paris france there and see people enjoying conditions on the walk we've got fine weather in geneva and even over in minsk we've had plenty of sunshine of last twenty four hours and to top it all off today is a national holiday in the u.k. still enjoying fine weather conditions there although been having a field day with this off they're talking about traffic jams people complain about queues on the roads and general rush to get out and enjoy that fine weather while it last well it will last for the day or so but we will find colder weather pushing as that cold front begins to drift in from the northwest but

a riot at a high security prison for eisel suspects in indonesia has killed at least six people as he was being told that several guards are being held hostage at the jail south of the capital jakarta polls are now closed to malaysia and what's being billed the country's tightest ever election prime minister najib razak ruling coalition is likely to win the most seats his main rival is ninety two year old mahathir mohamad the leader of the opposition alliance and the saudi military has intercepted missiles above riyadh according to saudi media earlier loud explosions have been heard in the capital who the rebels in neighboring yemen say they launched the missiles against economic targets in riyadh the city's been targeted by the who these several times in recent months james up here with the news are for you on al-jazeera a little over twenty five but it's what after slavery a twenty first century evil next. the town. for three hundred years the most powerful nations on earth grew rich and strong go on the profits of the slave trade over twelve million men women and children were also

month's parliamentary vote says it has evidence of fraud the ballots may have to be recounted manually eisel gunman launched a brazen attack on the afghan interior ministry headquarters in the capital kabul one policeman was killed and five others were injured before the attackers were killed by afghan security forces those are the headlines today with us here not just there are people in power is up next they'll be more news for you after that. the i.m.f. said riyadh's a breakeven oil price of twenty eighteen is likely to be around eighty eight dollars a barrel why is argentina again turning to the i.m.f. to help now we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. to directrix this move goalkeeper places the cost of his fighting to succeed from neighboring serbia in two thousand and eight possible declared its independence and this year's celebration to extend the right of those serbia still kind of sovereignty and relations to strained amid complex claims time atrocities and ancient greeks and then a mysterious death toxic cocktail a

a riot at a high security prison for eisel suspects in an asia has killed at least six people al-jazeera has been told several guards are being held hostage at different jail south of the capital jakarta security forces are trying to restore calm steadfastness more from near the prison in depok. it's a serious blow to the highly trained anti terror police brigade after several of their members have been killed during a hostage situation at one of the best protected prisons in the country it all happened after a group of inmates managed to break out of their cell block and get hold of weapons and ammunition one of the demands of the inmates is to be released as soon as possible and also to meet with among. the self-proclaimed leader of eiseley in indonesia who is currently on trial for an attack in jakarta in two thousand and sixteen prosecutors say he planned this attack from behind bars the situation at the highly protected prison raises a lot of questions about the notoriously overcrowded attention sanderson indonesia were often mobile phones and laptops can still be found a similar ri

anti-government fighters control twelve percent of the thirty five million population the resilient eisel and resurgent taliban on their spring offensive are facing thirty six thousand fewer afghan security forces this year no reasons being given for the significant fall but recruitment and retention of troops have been a problem for years at dentist and human rights commission says more than nine thousand civilians have been killed or wounded this past year up some marks the commission's expecting a higher number of casualties this year along with a rise in the number of attacks jennifer glass al-jazeera will. pull your head of the news hour including. celebrations in mexico as the first of the so-called vibrant caravan across the border into the u.s. . allegations in brazil of sexual abuse against young gentleness by a former coach. and sport the tissue or tribute from a hopeful is tensions ahead of their champions league tie with liverpool. the u.s. nuclear watchdog a skeptical about the israeli prime minister's latest allegations regarding iran's nuclear program i.e. a says there were

anti-government fighters control twelve percent of the thirty five million population the resilient eisel and resurgent taliban on their spring offensive are facing thirty six thousand fewer afghan security forces this year no reasons been given for the significant fall but recruitment and retention of troops have been a problem for years i get a sense human rights commission says more than nine thousand civilians have been killed or wounded this past year up some marks the commission's expecting a higher number of casualties this year along with a rise in the number of attacks jennifer glass al-jazeera. south korea china and japan will hold a trilateral summit in tokyo next week the latest move in a diplomatic wildwind centered around north korea gathering follows a historic into korean summit last week when lungi in and kim jong un vowed to pursue denuclearization and the last thing peace treaty you know about reports from seoul and how measures are already being taken to ease tensions. during times of heightened tensions here on the korean peninsula north and south korea have used the

seven seats he's known to have close ties with iran and headed a coalition of armed groups against eisel the incumbent his victory alliance trailed in third place before tea two seats the elections in iraq were marred by record low turnout but they were free from serious violence let us speak to ahmed rushdie who's a senior foreign policy advisor to the rocky parliament and he's joining us live from baghdad thanks for taking the time to talk to us what do you make then of the fact that more than a thousand polling stations and the voting that took place there have now been canceled and there has to be a manual recount. well actually this is supposed to be happening previously because there are so many claims before the election saying that the digital instruments that are supposed to be for the elections that are supposed to be used in the elections actually there are so many claims saying that it's not functional it can't be heard and so on so it's the responsibility of the committee itself to say we have a problem in the in those instruments now i heard saying that no they are cancelin