food flicka who is eighty two is reportedly receiving medical treatment in geneva he suffered a stroke six years ago and has rarely been seen in public since authorities say the president does retain a firm grip on public affairs his opponents claim but flicka is too frail to lead the country they say algeria is being ruled by advisers in his name. and as the protests in algeria grow in strength they are being organized in large part on social media get out the reportage out great is here to tell us more shout how are people using their own line networks to rally and gain support we've been speaking to activists on the ground and what they've been telling us that the protests have been organized quite spontaneously through tools like facebook missin and what this means is that people are receiving chain messages in their personal facebook inbox from both people they know and people they don't know are in these messages contain instructions on where to go or to rally and we've got one of these messages to show you this was sent to us by an activist in algeria on the ground he's a screen

but flicka who will turn eighty two on saturday is reportedly in geneva getting medical tree. i meant he suffered a stroke in twenty thirteen and has really been seen in public since authorities see beautifully cut dusty to firm grip on public affairs his opponents have never claimed he's not fit enough to beat the country and that it is being drilled in his name by advisors down to some of the other stories making news around the world an official in southern nigeria says more than fifty people are missing after a leaky oil pipeline exploded and triggered a stampede the blast cause a mass caused a massive oil spill in bios a state on friday near the heavy polluted niger delta and inside a forest reserve the country's one of the world's largest oil producers. canada says it will allow the u.s. extradition case against twa way as chief executive mung one to proceed canadian authorities arrested the chinese technology companies see a photo last december at the request of washington manning is wanted in the u.s. for allegedly conspiring to violate u.s. sanctions on iran. in syria

food flicka who's eighty two is reportedly receiving medical treatment in geneva he suffered a stroke six years ago and has rarely been seen in public since zero thirty say the president does retain a firm grip on public affairs his opponents claim but flicka is too frail to lead the country they say algeria is being ruled by advises in his name. and as these protests in algeria grow in strength they're being organized in large part on social media did earlier report and shared readers here he's been following the story how are people using online media to rally for support well we've been speaking to activists in algeria and basically they've told us that these protests began quite spontaneously through tools like facebook messenger and basically what this means is that people were receiving chain messages from people they knew and people they didn't know in their facebook in boxes and these messages contained instructions on where to go or wish to gather and we've got one of these to show you this is a screen shot sent to us by an activist in algeria like i said it's giving instruct

foreign minister on foreign affairs but the flicka will hand over power to a democratically elected successor also called for discussions with the opposition party then in the early work the solution lies in dialogue that the algerian state is fully ready for dialogue moreover it is fully ready to welcome the representatives of the opposition and civil society as members a new government that is being formed. a constructive dialogue is the only way capable of finding successful solutions that meet people's expectations in the state's responsibilities one bosnian serb leader radovan carriage will spend the rest of his life in jail a un court re sentenced have been appealed trial overturning a previous term of forty years behind bars carriage it has been convicted for his role in the one nine hundred ninety five minutes a massacre more than a thousand muslim men and boys were killed in the genocide. well those are the headlines mostly the final hours is coming up next. cairo january two thousand and eleven revolution was in the air and on the streets . the uprising against the rule of

but flicka who will turn eighty two on saturday is reportedly in geneva getting medical treatment he suffered a stroke in twenty thirteen and has really been seen in public since authorities secret flicka does retain a firm grip on public affairs his opponents however claim he's not fit enough to leave the country and that it is being drilled in his name by advisers. now to some of the other stories making news around the world canada says it will allow the u.s. extradition case against wall ways chief executive man joe to proceed canadian authorities arrested the chinese technology companies c.f.o. last december at the request of washington mag is wanted in the u.s. for allegedly conspiring to violate u.s. sanctions on iran. heavy fighting is reportedly under way in the last may an enclave of the so-called islamic state u.s. backed syrian defense forces say they've moved in on the last pocket controlled by the militant group in the village of but guus suspected i as fighters and their families have been surrendering to s.d. of forces outside the town. north korean leader kim jong un

but flicka who will turn eighty two on saturday is reportedly in geneva getting medical treatment he suffered a stroke in twenty thirteen and has really been seen in public since authorities say beautifully cut does retain a firm grip on public affairs his opponents however claim he's not fit enough to leave the country and that it is being drilled in his name by advisers. let's get more on the story now and for that i'm joined in the studio by bashir a room from d.w. arabic thanks for joining us bashir so do these protests actually pose a serious threat to the beautifully regime well of course they do with the biggest the most freshens and since the the early ninety's ninety's and that time the regime reacted with a massive crackdown which resulted in the civil war with over a quarter million of that and more than twenty thousand missings until today and as the anger grows these days you can see member. important members of the regime like prime minister. trying to threaten the people. drawing parallels between the civil war and what's happening today also parallels drawn to the civ

this is not what the algerian government all president up there as he's but the flicka are hoping for the streets of the capital and other algerian cities once again crammed with protesters demanding that the president steps down immediately as well as other critics who want a complete change of government. both of leka has been in power for twenty years he's been credited with revitalizing algeria's economy and ending fighting with armed groups in the one nine hundred ninety s. which killed tens of thousands but he's now eighty two and his health has been poor especially since suffering a stroke six years ago his critics say he's become little more than a front man for business and military figures who his opponents say really run the country. balling oil prices badly hit algeria's economy jobs particularly for young people are scarce after four terms of a beautifully presidency some young algerians are taking their protests on why you want to be me. we need to be me and you will be. the only i've known in my life one president. i want change immediate change is they spent listening

flicka. epidemic fears in mozambique is the number of colored cases in the wake of some twenty day doubles in forty eight hours. plus a struggling economy is the biggest issue on their minds as millions of turkish voters head to the polls in local elections. so three palestinian teenagers have been killed and more than two hundred forty people injured during a day of protest in gaza it happened as tens of thousands gathered at the fence that separates gaza from israel to mark a year since the start of week the protest known as the great march returned and hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of mohamed song. and a twenty one year old palestinian who died on saturday after being shots while protesting near the barrier fence to. palestinians are demanding the right to return to the lands from which their families were violently expelled during the founding of israel in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight they also want an end to israel's twelve year blockade of gaza now jem june has

this is not what the algerian government all president out there as he's but the flicka are hoping for the streets of the capital and other algerian cities once again crammed with protesters demanding that the president steps down immediately as well as other critics who want a complete change of government. both of leka has been in power for twenty years he's been credited with revitalizing algeria's economy and ending fighting with armed groups in the one nine hundred ninety s. which killed tens of thousands but he's now eighty two and his health has been poor especially since suffering a stroke six years ago his critics say he's become little more than a front man for business and military figures who his opponents say really run the country. balling oil prices badly hit algeria's economy jobs particularly for young people are scarce after four terms of a beautifully presidency someone all jittery and taking their protests on why you want to be free. we need to be me and you will be. the one in film i've known in my life one president. i want change immediate change it's tough for y

you to go back in your mind to then did you expect that you'd have a moment three weeks song with flicka saying he's standing down. yes yes unfortunately it was expected it was expected that the all jam people it was expected by the pop this just that it was expected by vietnamese to have to know about l.g.'s history because that's not the first sad that the regime needs to using the demands for chair and the people's demands for chiang chant and using them in order to stay in power at the so in one thousand sixty two when they imagine the last of the what would you call commandments in favor of the military commandments. so in ninety sixty five when a president submitted to him took over bimbette and then explaining that their country needed reforms their deeds so in ninety nine after the riots of the one nine hundred eighty eight. there are far more freedom and there is no answer of the regime was dead they will have the milk tea party and it's the parts of the stamp. to let. you use data in order to staying power and to have the minute to reach command and stay on control of the situa

flicka was elected president in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine. but after suffering a debilitating stroke six years ago he's rarely seen in public and hasn't given a speech in years here he is in twenty seventy two frail to cast his file it without health. demonstrators say he's too weak to leave. it's widely believed the country's really run by a group of military and civilian advisors who failed to find a successor to ensure the continuity of the country's leading party but national liberation front the parties repeatedly said the elections will be free and transparent beautifully kept presided over the end of the bloody algerian civil war in two thousand and two and a return to international affairs following decades of isolation but demonstrators say it's time for algeria's longest serving head of state to retire from politics neve barca al-jazeera. george of a is an algeria specialist and he's a lecturer a cambridge university is a center for international studies he says people aren't just protesting about the president the social economic c

to apply article one hundred two of the constitution to remove the president of the lazies pretty flicka from office said day after millions took to the streets nationwide demanding political change. the number of cholera cases in mozambique to cycling to city better as risen to two hundred seventy one the country continues to deal with the aftermath of cycle and it which hit to more than two weeks ago damage to water and sanitation infrastructure has raised fears about containing a potential epidemic. now does or has seen a draft of the communique that leaders are set to release after the arab league summit in tunis on sunday it mentions a unified response to what's described as the trumpet administration's unlawful recognition of israel's sovereignty over the occupied golan heights the group that calls itself the libya quartet has been meeting on the sidelines of the arab league summit it failed to reach any major breakthrough but pledged to continue working to reconcile libya's warring factions. as more from choose this isn't the first time the international quartet has convened to tr

algeria has seen the biggest demonstrations against president to flicka since protests began two weeks ago the eighty two year old has ruled out syria for the past twenty years and is in poor health but he wants to run for a fifth term and upcoming elections now the demonstrations were mostly peaceful but police used tear gas to block the road to the presidential palace and in several other areas of the capital state t.v. says almost two hundred people have been arrested. a force of blue helmets and riot gear pushes forward into the streets of algiers the police fired tear gas and the crowds of demonstrators ahead. armored police vehicles plows through the streets as protesters throw stones in defiance of the ruling government . for two weeks running demonstrations have become a common sight on the streets of algeria's capital city but now the movement has grown larger than ever before with tens of thousands of algerians demanding president abdelaziz bouteflika not run for a fifth term many say they've had enough of the current government and their appetite for protest is undiminished.

flicka was elected president in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine. but after suffering a debilitating stroke six years ago he's rarely seen in public and hasn't given a speech in years here he is in twenty seventy two frail to cut his file it without health. demonstrators say he's too weak to lead. it's widely believed the country's really run by a group of military and civilian advisors who failed to find a successor to ensure the continuity of the country's leading party but national liberation front the parties repeatedly said the elections will be free and transparent when he's not on the stand it is not him who really is the. it's the group behind the group in the presidency backed up by the cynical economic burns the reading business. and the army and the security. who are trying to force one regarding their own choice to guarantee no continuity in power and that's when a jury was reviewed to beautifully kept presided over the end of the bloody algerian civil war in two thousand and two and a return to international affairs following decades of

algerians have taken to the streets in their thousands to vent their rage at the country's leader who to flicka has officially submitted papers to stand for reelection police were called out to disperse protesters who tried to block access to the constitutional council where political candidates must register the algerians living in france also really didn't the thousands demanding that too to flick a step aside and allow free and fair elections. which it flickers opponents say he's no longer fit to lead due to his poor health and chronic corruption. these are. the people who govern we don't even know who it is they're in the shadows big mafia big everything so you have to stop after a while you just have to stop we need justice we need equity we need clarity we need a republican we need democracy and we need freedom. but. there are no transparent elections in algeria it's the administration that does everything elections are rigged to have transparent elections the environment must be able to free it and they must be active political parties in a public space is a lost cause the press is not i

you to go back in your mind to then did you expect that you'd have a moment three weeks song with flicka saying he's standing down. yes yes unfortunately it was expected it was expected jam people it was expected by the point this just that it was expected by vietnamese to have to know about l.g.'s history because that's not the first sad that the regime needs to using the demands for chant the people's demands for chiang chant and using them in order to stay in power at the so in one thousand sixty two when they imagine the last of the what would you call commandments in favor of the military commandments. so in ninety sixty five when a president submitted to him took over bimbette and then explaining that their country needed reforms their deeds so in ninety nine after the riots of the one nine hundred eighty eight. there are far more freedom and there is no answer of the regime was dead they will have the milk tea party and it's the parts of the stamp. to let. you use data in order to staying power and to have the military command and still in control of the situation ok sure that's n

since authorities say the president does retain a firm grip on public affairs his opponents claim but flicka is too frail to lead the country they say algeria is being ruled by advisers in his name. announced to turkey where foreign journalists are finding it increasingly difficult to work many of them are having to wait longer than usual to get the accreditation needed to do their jobs and two german journalists have been denied work permit extensions without any justification being offered. they only wanted to work as foreign correspondents in turkey but on thursday afternoon in istanbul several german reporters were thrown out of a regular news conference about turkey's economic ties to the e.u. that sparked protests in berlin extended submitting to even close contacts with the turkish authorities over this because it's clear that press freedom is of paramount importance and it's essential that journalists are allowed to do the job freely. kerman the german foreign minister who's traveling in africa appealed to his turkish counterpart but without success. but early evening the press accre

zero thirty said the president does retain a firm grip on public affairs his opponents claim but flicka is too frail to lead the country they say cheerier is being ruled by advisors in his name. and when his latest saturday fixture as have all played out and barring munich have gone equal top of the table that's after the defending champions thrashed five one in the late game such as disastrous season continued with a foreign mil loss to decide off frankfurt struck a late to defeat fellow european hopefuls hoffenheim bottom plays nuremberg lost one nil at home to rb like take leverkusen beat fiber and heart of berlin defeat at mines on friday night leaders dortmund suffered a shock defeat and out spoke and on sunday stood guard host hannover and braman travel to last work. there's d.w. news next up world stories the week and reports from member you can stay up to date around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com i'm nicole fairly think i'm going. to. earth a home for saving googling to just tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect

more than a week it's been same as an attempt to quell protests against anything president could flicka students have been at the heart of demonstrations opposing his bid to run for a third fifth fifth term in office. fourteen people have been killed in a plane crash in central colombia a local man and her family were among the victims emergency services suggest engine failure could have caused the propeller plane to crash. over notes when of venezuela's excuse me opposition leader. who has called for a nationwide march on the capital caracas it's the latest round and his power struggle with socialist president nicolas maduro who claimed on saturday that attempts to overthrow his government had been to feted as well and has been crippled by a nationwide power outages with one n.g.o.s reporting that fifteen patients had died in hospital because the blackout meant they couldn't get dialysis. with one of venezuela's worst ever power outages entering a fourth day tensions have been running high and tempers fraying. now that a riot is about to kick off because of the blackout not because i'm

flicka was elected president in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine. but after suffering a debilitating stroke six years ago he's rarely seen in public and hasn't given a speech in years here he is in twenty seven t. too frail to cast his ballot without help. demonstrators say he's too weak to lead . it's widely believed the country's really run by a group of military and civilian advisors who failed to find a successor to ensure the continuity of the country's leading party but national liberation front the parties repeatedly said the elections will be free and transparent. the standard is not here who really is the. it's the group behind the group in the presidency backed up by the cynical economic burns the leading business. and the army and the security. who are trying to force their own choice to guarantee no continuity in power and that's a large areas really object to beautifully kept presided over the end of the bloody algerian civil war in two thousand and two and a return to international affairs following decades of isolation. but demonstrat

president optimises who to flicka has been in power since one thousand nine hundred nine and is reportedly in full health. swedish climate activist a gratitude book has a joint strike from students in the german city of hamburg people from around the world have rallied behind these sixteen year olds fridays a future movement and walking out of class isn't one of them politicians it takes trying to action on climate change. and saudi arabia has stripped citizenship from the son of the late to al qaeda leader osama bin ladin the action against homs of bin ladin comes after the united states offered a million dollar reward for information about his whereabouts officials believe he's based near the afghan pakistani border and that's easy emerging as one of al qaeda is leaderless the islamist militant group brought down the world trade center in the nine eleven attacks in two thousand and one. today's al qaeda is not stagnant it's rebuilding and it continues to threaten the united states and our allies in recent years the world's attention understandably has been focused on the isis threat al q

protests meanwhile all workers have joined the movement that forced president out there as is both a flicka to end his bid for reelection hundreds of joint strikes and rallies a posse of rommel a town close to one of the world's largest gas fields protesters want elections to be held on time next month they were delayed by a vote if they come after removed himself as a candidate. and all jerry and paris have resumed their protests to call for change hundreds are gathering around the symbolic a million monument to the past in the republic one protester's said algeria has been ruled by what he called a plundering mafia for sixty years. still ahead on al-jazeera we're going to tell you why students in nicaragua defied the president's ban on protesting. we got some right in the forecast the central parts of china over the next day or two but not really too much to speak of you see what the main area of cloud is and that's going to push towards the east coast for monday fun to dry for hong kong twenty five celsius maybe touching the twenty seven as we go on into tuesday and by cheese day that ar

flicka was elected president in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine. but after suffering a debilitating stroke six years ago he's rarely seen in public and hasn't given a speech in years here he is in twenty seventy two frail to cast his final it without health. demonstrators say he's too weak to leave if it's widely believed the country's really run by a group of military and civilian advisors who failed to find a successor to ensure the continuity of the country's leading party but national liberation front the parties repeatedly said the elections will be free and transparent beautifully here presided over the end of the bloody algerian civil war in two thousand and two and a return to international affairs following decades of isolation but demonstrators say it's time for algeria's longest serving head of state to retire from politics neve barkha al-jazeera security forces in somalia have shot dead three fighters ending a standoff following a bomb attack on a hotel in the center of the capital of fighters held out for several hours in a building ne

which had been what does that mean when they announce the buddha flicka is not running for a fifth term future but that he is adding another year this is what he wanted from the beginning to postpone the elections and have another year we don't want that we want to put a freak and his clan to give up power to get a good feel it all but it. has suffered a severe stroke in two thousand and thirteen and it's really appeared in public since monday to viet footage of the ailing president in the meeting that included nordin baduy the current interior minister who is not considered part of part of because in a circle has been named the new prime minister. that's being seen as a sign that the old guard might really be releasing its hold on power. here in germany the trial of an iraqi asylum seeker accused of the rape and murder. a fourteen year old girl begins today prosecutors charged the twenty two year old suspect ali being attacked and killed the victim in the city of responding last year and then fled the family to iraq german federal police eventually brought him back with the help of rac

algeria's army chief has renewed his call for the president abilities bootsie flicka to be declared unfitfor office. says while most people support the plan to trigger article one hundred two of the constitution there is resistance he says people opposed to his proposal have launched a campaign against the military on friday millions of algerians rallied to demand an overhaul of the political leadership the biggest protests in six weeks of unrest said to me. the position taken by the algerian military has always been within the legitimacy of the constitution and has always upheld the interest of the algerian people above all it is always seen that the solution to the crisis count be anything other than the implementation of article one hundred two of the constitution. is an algerian journalist and he says the army chief is trying to secure support for his proposal. it's like an astonishing development openly this is a public infighting between the factions of of the regime army on one side and. because his broader mainly gates today in his mid this meeting the chief of staff of the army o

which had been what does it mean when they announce the buddha flicka is not running for a fifth term truck that he is adding another year this is what he wanted from the beginning to postpone the elections and have another year we don't want that we want to put a freak and his plan to give up power to michigan to boot from it all but. the fleet has suffered a severe stroke in two thousand and thirteen and israeli appeared in public since monday algerian to viet footage of the ending present in the meeting that included nordin but do we have the current interior minister who is not considered part of beautifully because in a circle has been named the new prime minister. that's being seen as a sign that the old guard might really be releasing its hold on power. and joining us now from algiers is sophia nasr journalist following events there and morning so here are the celebrations we've been seeing in algiers premature and well beautiful really leave office. the regimes that we've seen yesterday nights are definitely mature and what we've seen yesterday night were several excellent tho

london also coming up algeria is ruling party box the military's call to declare president thing to flicka sit for office. the first color of cases are confirmed in berra the mozambican port city devastated by cycling e.t.i. . and the e.u. parliament overwhelmingly approves a ban on single use plastic products like stores cutlery and coffee pots. and so britain's prime minister to resign may has promised me. embers of her party she'll step down with her tail on leaving the european union is delivered she didn't give a timetable but said should resign before the next phase of threats that negotiations will right now british members of parliament voting on eight other bricks at options as they try to find an alternative to may's twice defeated withdrawal agreement for positions have taken control of the brics it debates to hold these so-called indicative votes let's go live now to out as there is paul brennan who's outside the british parliament so poor tourism a announcing earlier that she is ready to quit if her deal is delivered but what difference might this actually make. the expectatio

government for the sixth straight week they're calling for the resignation of president happen as is the flicka and an overhaul of the entire political system. four days after the disputed election and the camorra as islands at least three gunmen have been killed in a shootout with the military it happened near the capital moroni local reports say the men were a group of soldiers accused of attempting a crude and separately presidential candidate suddenly he mohamad has also been arrested well those are the headlines on al-jazeera radicalise us is coming up next . in the. and i think it will be one of them. with. the world they do considering you will then live with it and was never going to be there when the. show would leave them a way to get out of a little bit you know of the somebody. to be out there with and have him out of my nose and voted with. me i'm one of those if. you're going to come with. a gun going to. be. a. god. or god. your moment in the gulf with. all of them all with. the whole game sure we're going to hold that deal. with him also that that's on the. strength although it'

but does he have to die before real political change because i don't think it's going to be because flicka we have a system of competing cliental this networks and beautifully come managed to kind of maneuver or marginalize. over some of these other networks and i think now we have the other networks struggling to come back so i think this is what some of the protesters very well understand that if they want system change. because leaving or being forced to leave is not going to to change the system at all you have a very young population that one would think that that would be a good omen for the future of the country is well you have economic you have of course the problem of unemployment that you have everywhere but you see you see a very mature and very interesting young population that has the collective experience or memory of the civil war they didn't experience themself but it is in the collective memory so this is also one of the reasons they have been so constructive in a way in these protests so creative so so peaceful and i think that's a chance but at the same time algeria has

trying to calm concerns about his potential reelection but flicka has formally put forward his name for a fifth term in office to spite the widespread protests but he has vowed that if he wins next month's vote he will call early new elections and then won't run himself believe the president is in switzerland right now receiving medical treatments the latest now from. students in algiers telling their president it's time to go. the protesters wanted the constitutional court to stop abdelaziz bouteflika standing for a fifth term in next month's election. police fired water cannon in the capital as the crowd swirls. around. the protests have been echoed in places like france thousands demonstrated in paris on sunday as well as in other cities we are all mobilizing through for example today being many be going up against their fixed mandates but also against the system they have taken our country away from us president buttafuoco who's eighty two has used a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in twenty thirteen and is rarely seen in public he recently travelled to switzerland for medical c

year old president has formally put forward his name for a fifth term in office abilities but to flicka has been facing growing protests against this rule now he's trying to appease algeria and saying he'll call early elections if he wins next month's vote. has details. demonstrators marched late into the night in protest against algeria is long time leading up to the cease beautifully kind of al-jazeera content apparently very francis pictures posted on social media showing hundreds. earlier students told the president it's time to go the protesters wanted the constitutional court to stop but to flick a stand in for a fifth term in next month's election in response to the protests beautifully because campaign manager it signaled the president will not rule for long if he wins a post election where in one year there was some mean one doubt i pledge to organize early elections to be set up by the independent national conference i pledged not to be a candidate in that election. before that announcement police fired water cannon in the capitol as crowd swelled protests have been echoed in

to algeria now where the chief has renewed his call for president dr lizzie's beauty flicka to be declared unfit for office the guides said while most people supported the plan to trigger a call wanted to have the constitution there is resistance he says people opposed to his proposal have launched a campaign against the military on friday hundreds of thousands of algerians marched across the country demanding a complete overhaul of the political leadership it was the biggest rally since the unrest began six weeks ago said to me. the position taken by the algerian military has always been within the legitimacy of the constitution and has always upheld the interest of the algerian people above all it is always seen that the solution to the crisis count be anything other than the implementation of article one hundred two of the constitution and number one column has more now from june it's in neighboring tunisia. very strong words from the chief of the army he was speaking to a group of officials at the defense ministry and he was saying that the protest movement has been hijacked by a small

this is news coming to you live from berlin algerian president put the flicka faces fresh calls to step aside demands that the ailing president be declared unfit to rule the country's powerful army chief after weeks of protests will that move into the nation's political crisis also coming up turkish president read.

plan to declare the president unfit to rule the constitutional council is asking abdulaziz beauty flicka to resign their protest as an opposition parties say they want the entire regime removed multis armed forces have taken control of a merchant ship hijacked by migrants who were on board the vessel has not been to school to malta the one hundred eight people had been rescued by the ship's crew and believed to have taken control off that realizing they're being taken back to libya british parliament has failed to agree on an alternative to prime minister to resign may's bricks it plan and peace rejected eight options for the country's withdrawal from the european. syria's state news agency is reporting a number of s. strikes that have hits the northern city of aleppo syrian arab news agency says it was an israeli attack and syria's defense has intercepted several missiles videos have been shed on social media showing explosions in. the u.n. security council has been discussing u.s. president donald trump's recognition of the occupied golan heights as israeli territory and it has been me

it's to algeria now where president abdullah seized by the flicka has returned home after a two week stay at a swiss hospital the eighty two year old had been receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed condition there but if life is returning as protests grow in algeria or his intention to run for a fifth term. many of those who joined the march through the algerian capital algiers on sunday with students and even schoolchildren like these many schools as well as businesses remained closed as part of a general strike called to protest president beautifully his plan to run for a fifth term in office. was there since i was born the only president i know is beautifully cow i would like to have another one he did not mention at the last march on friday everyone was protesting young old men women this is because we are all against the fifth ted was. eighty two year old beautifully can has been wheelchair bound since suffering a severe stroke in two thousand and thirteen he's ready appeared in public since. sunday's protests coincided with the ailing president's return from switzerland

to try to calm demonstrations both of flicka says he won't seek a fifth time next month's presidential election has been cancelled but no you didn't has been set former interior minister not a dean but we has been appointed as the new prime minister and plans to head a technocrat government should. the mix we have seen all parts of algerian society i assure you wants to get in we are already determined our desire is strong and our doors are open to discuss and exchange visions of the good it's like a government says it will keep the protesters demands but demonstrators say that we is a beautiful. and the political system has been manipulated to allow the president and his backers to stay in power one step forward would be to reveal now who is. one of the persons who have been removed from his into arised i mean this is brother still running the show. are the security people still running the show or the new prime minister really a person who has authority. the protesters fear the government is saying it will listen but nothing will change you know jeery. not matheson. now the u.s. secr

to try to calm demonstrations both of flicka says he won't seek a fifth time next month's presidential election has been cancelled but no you didn't has been set former interior minister noted in bed with. he has been appointed as the new prime minister and plans to head a technocrat government should. the mix we have seen all parts of algerian society i assure you want and we are ready determined and our desire is strong and our doors are open to discuss and exchange visions for the good it's like a government says it will heed the protesters demands but demonstrators say that we is a beautiful. and the political system has been manipulated to allow the president and his backers to stay in power one step forward would be to reveal now who is. one of the persons who have been removed from his into arised i mean this is brother still running the show. are the security people serving this show or the new prime minister really a person who has authority i. the protesters fear the government is saying it will listen but nothing will change. al-jazeera. still ahead for you on the pylon eigh

to try to calm demonstrations both of flicka says he won't seek a fifth time next month.