talks in geneva. >> we are live in al jazeera hears in doha. hundreds of yazidis released by isil in northern iraq. joining the fight against boko haram, chad sense troops to cameroon to help combat the armed group. >> thousands rally for peace in ukraine as fighting between the army and pro-russian rebels intensifies in the east of the country. >> we'll begin with more breaking news out of libya where the self declared government in tripoli says it will not attend u.n. backed talks in geneva next week but is willing to negotiate if those talks are moved to libya. the rival eelected government has declared a ceasefire while the tripoli based government declared one friday. in the last three months, heavy fighting between militia's has killed 600 people. >> we are joined now from london. when we last spoke to you in the last hour, we talked about the problems that have beset libya right now. i suppose this is a testament to those problems when we hear that one of the self-declared ghosts said it is not going to take part in the talks if they're

>> translator: my name is melba and i live in 46 roeder street by geneva. so i'm opposed to this project mostly because with the last one, the last six months we have had damage done to our car, as well as i have had to raise the gate around my house, because i have people sitting there and using drugs. so i feel like a prisoner in my house because i have bars on the windows everywhere and always have to clean out front and see the remains of the marijuana joints there and always don't feel safe because people are around smoking and cleaning and i just don't feel safe. i studied child development and had child chair at my place and right now i only have two kids because they are leaving me and don't want to have their kids there with me. thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any other person in need of spanish translation? >> thank you. >> we'll take the piric speakers public speakers in need of chinesetranslation? if we could have first speaker come to the podium? >> translator: i am a neighbor that is in -- that is in opposition of this proposal i believe

they are surrounding areas are not geneva and mission and not excelsior, as mr. latterman brought up. i want you to consider these points when you talk about authorizing this club because you are affecting these people and their livelihoods. thank you. >> captain. >> anybody in the overflow room or in this chamber who need spanish translation, please come forward. >> and to ask the interpreter to make that announcement on the mic, please? >> and maybe possibly announcement also from the chinese term? >> once we have completed the spanish speakers we'll move to the chinese speakers. >> should we start with the chinese translation until we have some spanish-speakers arrive? we do have several speaker cards? >> yes. >> and again, just to reiterate, speakers will be afforded one minute. >> the first speaker -- >> are you in need of spanish translation? why don't you come forward? >> translator: my name is melba and i live in 46 roeder street

al jazeera in geneva, the u.n. says it has made progress in getting libya's warring factions to end the chaos. al jazeera understands that the parties involved in the negotiation have agreed to lift the siege of cities and create similar passages allowing to reach the libyan people. she joins us on the line now from geneva, we are obviously be great news, for the people of libya who have been caught in the fighting, what are the details do we have of these negotiations? >> well, the biggest question really is how meaningful is this process. when one site is in attendance and the other is not. not all of the factions have agreed to join this process. we know that libya has two parliaments, two rival armies. stores of pa lish shas who refuse to lay down their arms. we have seen governments fail. across the country, libya has failed in it's transition to democracy and that's why the united nations -- and that's why they are saying this dialog is a last chance for peace. but like i said, not all groups are here, the ge

the talks are being hosted in geneva. oil rich country has rival governments and parliaments as well as a number of armed militia fighting for territory. let's go live to zana hoda who is in geneva. we have been listening to what he hopes to achieve. how difficult of a task is this going to be zana? >> reporter: well this is going to be a long and difficult process, but at the same time the united nations is attaching great importance to this meeting, saying time is running out. this could be the last chance for peace in libya, before the country desends into greater violence. so the u.n. attaching great importance. but who is attending? like you mentioned several of libya's factions are here. a key player the general national congress which is based in tripoli, they see themselves as legitimate rulers. they are not here. they have expressed concern, really about the mechanism and the framework of these talks, and they said that they would meet again on sunday and decide whether or not to at-- attend. this question really

. >> libya's rivals say there could be talks in geneva next week. australia celebrates 100 years of suffering. >> a woman links two violent ends in paris. >> hayat boumeddinens girlfriend of amedi coulibaly who took hostages on friday, the siege ended when the police killed amedi coulibaly. he's linked with cherif kouachi in in the attack of charlie hebdo. cherif kouachi's spouse has called more than 500 times hayat boumeddiene, this shows strong and permanent links between the two couples. >> more than a deck code here the joggers would have included cherif kouachi and other like-minded young men. the police thought they dismantled the group in 2005. the fact that these men have been known to have actively supported violent groups for years is uncomfortable to say the least for french security services. as bodies are removed from the jewish supermarket where one of friday's two sieges came to a bloody end. the police here are have to answer questions, are there any remain that pose a threat, how did they let them slip through their fingers, and are

libyan envoy flew into tobruk to get all the parties to meet in geneva. first, he told former general haftar who commands a force loyal to the internationally recognized government in tobruk. >> we have to stand besides this man in order to achieve peace in our land and stop the bloodshed of our brothers, but which brothers? >> haftar's rivals are these men, based in tripoli they set up another government, libya's supreme court recognizes tripoli as the legitimate one. the situation is complicated. there are now two parliaments backed by their own militias, but at last they've agreed to meet. >> we discussed the presumption of lie doing process. the u.n. is suggesting that the geneva host the libyan dialogue. >> and form an unity government, adopt a permanent constitution, and stop the fighting. that could be the greatest challenge. gangs of heavily armed fighters are fighting for the control of money, oil fields. on tuesday the last foreign airline operating in the country suspended flights. libya has become a dangerous unpredictable place staggering fro

backed talks in geneva next week but is willing to negotiate if those talks are moved to libya. the rival eelected government has declared a ceasefire while the tripoli based government declared one friday. in the last three months, heavy fighting between militia's has killed 600 people. >> we are joined now from

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s attempt to go reject and scuttle the geneva talks. yet on the other hand, it's more complex than your news story presented, because the g.n.c. is not the self-declared government of tripoli. it's libya down, which is a coalition of militia's and local councils that has power in western libya. it's libya dawn that in august took over the conquered tripoli and kicked out the militia. the g.n.c., the former parliament was ream posed because of libya dawn lil alicia and local council power. if members of libya dawn and the important local council that is make it up are willing to go to geneva and to promote the talks it doesn't really matter if the g.n.c. is against it. the g.n.c. is an irrelevant body not legitimate inside or outside libya. it lacks sovereignty. it isn't even a self-declared government so by not following along with what its political patrons are saying, i think the g.n.c. will become irrelevant, but the talks will go forward in geneva. libya indigenous efforts at conflict negotiation tribal reconciliation failed and tha

how they'll agree on an unity government when some factions chose to stay away from the talks in genevane of libya's two parliaments a few days ago it did say it was open to dialogue but expressed reservations on the mechanism pus in placemechanism put in place. >> because libyans are one. they're one people, and they have to agree to reach an agreement to bring them together. there is no different between eastern libya western northern or southern. >> you but for the special envoy talk is not enough. >> people who want war and not peace, i think it has to be very clear that after some time making a huge effort to bring many people from many different realms to the table their time is finished. and the international community and i'm in touch with the most important international regional actors and in touch with the representatives of the security council and international community for those who want war will have no more patience. this is very clear. >> libya now has rival parliaments, two armies, and scores of militias. each faction says it is the legitimate rulers. the envoy said t

s libya envoy flew into tobruk to meet in geneva.first general haftar, loyal to the recognized government in tobruk. >> we have to stand besides this man in order to achieve peace on this land and stop the bloodshed of our brothers, but which brothers? >> and against their rivals in tripoli where they've set up another government. the situation is complicated. there are now two parliaments backed by their own militias, but at last they've agreed to meet. >> the u.n. is suggesting that geneva host the dialogue. >> reporter: the aim of the meet something to form an unity government adopt a permanent constitution and stop the fighting. that could be the greatest challenge. gangs of heavily armed fighters are battling for the control of territory, money and oil fields. tripoli's main international airport is closed, and on tuesday the last foreign airline operating in the country suspended flights. libya has become a dangerous and unpredictable place staggering from crisis to crisis. the u.n. wants to avoid a civil war, but things have g

-response offered talks began in geneva but the tripoli leadership wasn't represented.ow, the two main players each announced a cease-fire that's renewed on theptimism. >> it's the xwichings of the many months u.n. process to attempt to bring together the rival sides who constitute the tripoli government and the tobrook government. one of the conditions is both sides agree to a cease-fire. however, it's only moderately promising because within the tripoli action known as "libya dawn," some actors, main malitias have agreed but others like salif badiosukojuma or junsora have not agreed. >> reporter: they have warned this could be libya's last chance to avoid a civil war? >> the country is close to total chaos. and that if they miss this opportunity, it's very difficult to imagine that there will be a situation in the country that will allow easily to started a new process. >> medics in benghazi say at least 600 people have been killed in the violence in the past three months along. a deepening divide between two sides who both claim the right to rule the country. kim van

says talks in geneva between libya's warring factions are making progress, al jazerra understands theyreed to lift the siege of cities and create humanitarian passages allowing aid to get through. the u.n. brokered talks between trip tripoli and the par parliament. they warn that the negotiations won't have any impact unless leaders of all armed groups are directly involved and some key players are not involved. zeina khodr have more from gentleman neave 5678 the transition to democracy in libya have failed. we have seen successive governments fail to impose state authority across the country. now the unites nations says time is running out and the only option we have is to push forward this political process. in fact, they said that this is the last chance for peace but the biggest question is, will this process be meaningful. will it be effective since not all rival parties are here. absent is the general national congress. this is the tripoli based parliament that is not recognized by the international community, also not here powerful armed groups on the ground. the factions who ha

joining us from geneva, thanks for being with us. your response as a w.h.o. to the criticism that you were in fact too slow to respond to the ebola outbreak. 8,605 people were killed. >> thank you very much for having me on your program. the truth is that w.h.o. responded from the very beginning in the same manager it would respond to any outbreak, as it has been done in the past, so we have teams of experts to guinea as soon as the first case has been confirmed. now, where we were wrong like everyone else, was somewhere in may, when everyone thought that this outbreak is going to go down while in fact, transmission chains were continuing. then while the situation escalated in june and july, and the virus was going into different areas of free countries, w.h.o. realized that we do not have sufficient capacity to respond on our own and this is basically when we had to call for a greater u.n. involvement and a u.n. mission has been called in. we are really now looking and member states who are discussing just behind my back in executive boardroom, looking how t

s libya envoy flew into tobruk to get all of the parties to meet in geneva.first former general haftar commands a force loyal to the internationally recognized government in tobruk. >> we have to decide meet to achieve peace. >> these men based in tripoli they set up another government, libya's supreme court recognizes tripoli as the legitimate one. the situation is complicated. there are now two parliaments backed by their own militias, but at last they've agreed to meet. >> we've discussed the dialogue process. >> reporter: the u.n. said that the aim of the meet something to form an unity government, adopt a permanent constitution, and stop the fighting. that could be the greatest challenge. gangs of heavily armed fighters battling for control of territory, weapons money and oil fields. tripcally's international airport is closed, and on tuesday the last foreign airline operating in libya has stopped. things have gotten so bad they no that know that not much time is left. >> isil fighters have struck kobane. well, a number of syrian soldiers have reportedly

talks will be held in geneva. as nicole johnson shows us the news comes as gun battles erupt across the country. >> reporter: there's not much left of so-called arab spring. the early days following the downfall of muammar gaddafi has been replaced by this. gungun >> reporter: gangs of fighters battling for control of territory and weapons. after having a taste of power many of the rebels who took down muammar gaddafi are reluctant to give up the guns and go home. the united nations keeps trying to get all the sides to talk. >> it is important to ceasefire, to stopthe fire so political dialogue can start >>> before anything starts libya needs to sort out its government. right now there's two parties, an internationally recognised government in tobruk and one in tripoli, which the italy supreme court ruled is the legitimate one. the situation is complicated and is ripping libya apart. >> translation: we have to stand beside this man to achieve peace on the land and stop the bloodshed of our brothers. >> reporter: t

they are mediating the talks set to take place in geneva. also in geneva american and iranian officials will be meeting ahead of talks resuming next week. the u.s. secretary of state will meet with his iranian counterpart, the foreign minister. he said the talks should provide guidance on a comprehensive deal by july. >>> meanwhile, egypt's foreign minister is confronted by members who held a demonstration in for of three al jazeera journalists. he was on a visit to nairobi, where peter greste was based. he and two others mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been in an egyptian prison wrongly accused of broadcasting false news and aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges rejected. >> there's more for you on the al jazeera newshour. >> who would want to have sterilisation now? no one wants to die >>> what next for india's planning family programme after a clinic killed 18 women. >> this goal was 23 years in the making. we are at the asian cup. >>> the u.n. is dealing for help to deal with a cold spell that swept the middle east.

al jazeera geneva. >> a former two-time presidential candidate mitt romney is getting criticism fromhis own party for exploring another run in 2016. david shuster in power politics up next, and a live look. two mountain climbers close to making history in yosemite. their story coming up. president obama wants to increase internet speeds across the country. he's asking the federal communication to override some broadband network. he said the faster broadband is vital to growing the economy. >> in the 21st century in this age of innovation and technology so much of the prosperity that we're driving for depend on our digital economy. it depends on our ability to connect, and to shop and do business and discover and learn online in cyberspace. >> the announcement is part of a series of tech initiatives that will be unveiled in the state of the union address next week. in today's power politics the effort by mitt romney to built a period presidential campaign is evoking reaction particularly from some of his 2016 rivals. david shuster with more on this. >> kentucky republican senator rand

office in geneva. the statement coming from the united nations. spanish diplomat heads up the u.n.onciliation process. we don't have much more detail it's just coming in. i'm reading now that they are hoping to - i'm not quoting here - they are hoping to create a conducive dialogue. it's early steps. the positive beginning for a new process regarding the situation in libya. they have got to rival governments. one in the east of the country, one in libya, and they have corresponding rival militias with more developments and the rest of the news at al jazeera. >> still to come - it's the fall out from how paris's situation begins. >> we'll take you inside the hospitals >>> i'm andrew simmonds in chile following the dakar rally, this is where the desert meets the pacific ocean. i'll report on why some people are not happy about the rally coming to town. >>> hello again. welcome back. these are the headlines - within the last few minutes, libya will hold a new round of talks in geneva. lib libya is under the control of two rival factions, one is in tripoli, the other in the east in tob

another round of nuclear talks in geneva. iran and world powers met for a second time since failing to meet the deadline. limited progress was made. the u.s. secretary of state held meetings with the iranian foreign minister and warned congress not to impose new sanctions on iran. officials are protesting a reluctance to cut oil production. oil prices plunged 60% since june. despite this o.p.e.c., including saudi arabia wants to retain output >>> shots were fired outside the home of vice president joe biden last night in delaware. the secret service said the gun fire came from a passing car outside the secure perimeter of the residents. the agency investigated. >> president obama, state of union address will focus on tax reform proposals that will benefit the middle class. the president will outline tax breaks as well as new rules for the wealthy. the white house says the changes to the code can generate 320 billion over 10 years. some of the changes include closing a loophole protecting assets from taxation increasing the ta

i pass by the geneva mission area almost every single day. it's where i community. i have always seen security guards not just in front of the two cannabis clubs, but the whole entire block, the whole upper block, lower block and i have never smelled anything. i support spark because they care about the community and they are a non-profit. that would be good for me and my neighbor. thank you, i support this. >> public speaker: i'm anna. i have lived near sparks my whole life. they are always super clean and super helpful and they make me feel safe. i would say that i would gladly greet them into my neighborhood because i know it's not just a club. it's a place to heal and a lot of people in my neighborhood can use a great safety place because i know there has been concerns due to the other ones. even though she said before i have seen security guards go all around the neighborhood. a lot of my friends live in the same area and they are always getting asked by security guards if

joining us at a geneva.ss correspondent, caroline hyde. >> preventing corporate data leaks. cyber attacks are not going away. will 2015 mean more spending on cyber security? ♪ >> welcome back. 44 minutes past the hour. you are watching "the pulse," we are live from bloomberg's london headquarters. >> from sony to the german government, hackers heart business around the world. let's bring in good technology ceo, christy wyatt. 2014 will go down as one of the years where we realized the full extent of the hurt cyberattacks can bring. is there anything we can take away? >> 2014 was just the beginning of the conversation. i do not think it has truly been internalized. what the full breadth of opportunities are for the hackers. i think you will see the conversation escalate and, of course spending. the conversation cannot just be about spending. you will seat 1000 companies talking about 1000 fear factors. you have to think about what is the risk you are trying to protect yourself from and what is the most effect

. >> a call to respect muslim beliefs was made by the foreign minister in geneva. >> sanctity needs to be respected. unless we learn to respect one another, it will be difficult in a world of different views and civilizations, we will not be able to engage in a serious dialogue. >> in france, the journalist insist cartoons are an important aspect of free speech. >> turkish prime minister condemned the publication of the latest charlie hebdo. freedom of the press does not equal freedom to insult, calling the front cover a grave and provocation. he said hard -- he said turkey would not tolerate insults to the prophet. let's look at another story we are covering. the pope has landed in the philippines. the five day stay will include a giant mass, expected to gather some 6 million people. >> it is like a welcome the sitting a rock star and the some friends have been saying the beatles when they first arrived here in the 1960's, and even justin bieber a few years ago well, the pope is a rock star in this country. there are about 100000 and countless more lined up the streets. hundreds of th

backed talks in geneva next week but is willing to negotiate if talks of moved to libya. the rival government had declared a ceasefire sunday while the tripoli based government declared 12 days later. >> a bomb blast in egypt's sinai peninsula injured four egyptian soldiers. a device was planted inside a military vehicle. the soldiers were transferred to a hill father hospital. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three colleagues that have been imprisoned in egypt for 387 days. the three were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they deny. an appeals court has ordered a retrial in cairo. >> mali declared free of ebola. 8,500 people have died. the number of new infections across countries is falling. >> a year after the ebola outbreak took hold in west africa there are still people dying every day and there are still doctors risking their live to say help them, but now some good news has come out of mali, an indication that perhaps all the hard work is paying off. >> after 45 days with no new cases, i declare today january 18

. >> what should we make of the peace talks in geneva and there for a start? >> i think that's a key question. you have to start off with the political leadership of course but the political leadership of the rival governments in tripoli has not taken part. i interviewed the prime minister, the nominal prime minister of libya in the west and said he hadn't even been invited to this. you have a problem not all political parties are represented. the main problem, i think, the militias, the men who really hold power in libya, are also not represented. there is plan to try to bring them on board. without feeling they have a shared interest in coming together working together in some kind of peace process and they'll all get something from it crucially, it's hard to be optimistic. >> that's quite difficult to see at the moment. that's the first time you've been back since gadhafi's demise. what's it like in terms of getting around? you said it's not syria. what's it like? >> no. the news is covered by attacks like yesterday and reports like aleppo. it isn't going t

. >> reporter: how likely is it that this will impact the current talks going on in geneva?overnments have come out and tried to attempt to get some kind of political point scoring among both governments. the gnc has come out and said this is the work of the former regime. and it has come out that this is just a case and story of the muslim brotherhood. and they are all part of the same branch and tree. so in that sense it really really damages the fragile currency of the legitimacy of these talks. what needs to be happening is that [ inaudible ] agree upon the vital solution that come to create the sensibility that -- >> but when you say -- when you say -- when you say -- create that sense of stability, what exactly needs to be done? what are you talking about here? >> well obviously both sides need to come to the understanding that operation dignity and operation dawn are not about fighting the former regime or fighting a war on terror they are about political scores political point, and really about trying to wrestle control of the financial and military assets of that co

as such, he was applying the geneva conventions.d in general dunleavy replaced him, followed by general miller. general don leavy has, under oath said that he got his marching orders directly from the president of the united states requiring him to meet in person once a week with secretary of defense donald rumsfeld and general dunleavy and his successor general miller have both repeatedly characterized guantÁnamo as an anarchist battle lab. >> what does that mean? >> the best thing we are been able to figure out -- that phrase caught everyone's attention. the first thing we looked into was, what were the experiments? we were able to find and discover some of the laboratory experiments were there, including giving them drugs that would cause psychotic breaks from to 30 days as soon as they arrived, and a variety of other things that were given to them over a long period of time. >> which had never been used in any context before. >> they claim the drug was to use for malaria. there is no malaria in guantÁnamo or cuba and every perso

back talks in geneva next week but willing to negotiate if the talks are moved to libya. elected government in tabrook declared ceasefire on sunday and tripoli based government declared one two days earlier. a bomb blast in egypt in the peninsula injured four egyptian soldiers and say a device is placed inside a military vehicle, very close to the city here and soldiers transferred to a military hospital. egyptian officials say two leaders of the group were killed in military raids in sinai and accused of dozens attacks on security forces in the region and posted a video friday showing the operation which three people were arrested. and city mohamed morsi criticized successor and presenting defense at his trial and he is facing charges accused cici of removing him in a coup and killing protesters during 2011 uprising that toppleled mubarak and the trial is adjourned until wednesday. al jazeera demands release of colleagues now in prison in egypt for 38 seven days fahmy and greste and mohamed were falsely accused of helping the muslim brotherhood and they deny and appealed

tehran's announcement after the secretary of state visit to geneva pushing forward talks of the nuclearogram. iranian-american jason rezian will affect the deal with iran. >>> four of the senior managers oversees technology and public an affairs are forced out after the scandals at the white house. the acting director says change is necessary to get a fresh perspective on how we do business. >>> house republicans on the offensive passing the legislation on overturning the executive action on immigration and remove protections for so-called dreamers. immigrants brought illegally to the country as children. speaker john boehner says the overreach of the president left the house with no alternative. ten gop members voted against the final bill. >>> if you have questions about filling out tax returns, do not count on the irs for help. the taxpayers will bear the brunt of irs budget cuts with customer service expected to be the worst in more than a decade. it is not likely to improve. republican lawmakers want to cut the irs budget by $346 million. >>> time for an early start on your money.

ukraine the evil must be 100% punished pched we will initiate negotiations in the g7 format with geneva formt. >> petro poroshenko there. s. >>> a gambler four years ago opened an unusual museum. andrew thomas went to ho bart to experience the wonderful exhibition for hymnself. >> it has a fat car acknowledge egyptian antiquities and machine that eats food and hours later defecates. the story is more incredible than what's in it. even this, a room of books without any words. >> we call it white library but it's actually called untitled, which is probably the right flame for 6,000 blank books. >> david walsh is a professional gambler who studied gambling markets for more than 30 years. big disciplined bets have won him tens of millions more than he ever lost. >> the principle is the same, if the orders of the event are more likely than payoff vinyl you'll win. >> he started an art museum. it's become a hit. the biggest paid for attraction in tasmania. it's been build into the hillside underground like a layer. >> i built that museum to teach myself about museums not to entertain anyone e

the talks are scheduled to take place in geneva next week. >>> interpol has put ukraine's former president on the international wanted list. viktor yanukovych has been living in russia since being ousted by massive protest against his rule almost a year ago. ukraine has accused yanukovych of embezzlement and wrongdoing. we have more from the capital of kiev. >> themisappropriation embezzlement and corruption behavior in a position of trust. it's interesting that there is no mention at all had possible charges of murder and manslaughter related to the deaths of protesters here in the main part of the up rising 11 months ago. clearly it's not possible at the moment for ukrainian prosecutors to bring enough evidence to bear with interpol to bring charges for that. that said issuing this red notice against president yanukovych will be seen as as a major progress by the government. there has been a lot of inter-departmental finger pointing that has taken so long. just a month ago interpol refuse refused to put former president presidentan slowpresident yanukovych on the list. and its rush where

the talks are scheduled to take place in geneva next week. >>> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalist who have been in egypt for for a year. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have been accused of spreading false news and aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood by al jazeera denies. their retrial may begin in a month. >> turkey's security said that a gunman from france crossed into turkey last thursday. hayat boumeddiene is believed to arrive in turkey before the attacks. she is believed to have arrived a day before four people were killed in a hostage taking in paris. >>> a group has been planning attacks with detainees held at a prison in beirut. security agents stormed the detention center early on monday. even though they blame isil, the al nusra front claim they were behind the attacks. nicole johnston has more from tripoli. >> reporter: this is an alawite community. they are in direct opposition with their neighbors in tripoli. the majority sunni muslim, and they're supporting syria's rebels. relations between the two communities here have bee

is where some of libya's rival factions have been meeting for days, far from their home country in geneva. then on thursday came news that that position was shifting. >> translator: the general national congress announces that it will end our participation in the national dlieg and outdoors dialogue and it will be held anywhere in libya. >> if that happens the u.n. special envoy to libya for months has been trying to bring the rival factions together. >> it is a very positive step, very constructive, very good spirit i'm sure you have seen how these mayors who come from a long way from different camps different views some of them are coming from areas where they are fighting and all of them in very good spirit are working together. >> reporter: libya's political and military divide pits the west and the east against each other. controlled by the general national congress and the libyan dawn coalition. to the east, the recently elected parliament in tobruk. and based inning benghazi, bengdzbenghazi has seen fears fierce fighting. boycotted all efforts for peace talks. dominic kane. al jaze

analysts say this attack could derail peace talks taking place in geneva. >> both governments have come out and attempted to get political scores and political point scoring amongst them. they have come out saying this is the work of the former regime and it's already coming out from members of the hor. this is a case of the muslim brotherhood and other islamists in charge. >> in july libya dawn took over the airport. but the attack on this luxury hotel is a reminder that the situation on the ground is dangerous. victoria gazenby al jazeera.. >> in kobane a day after kurdish fighters say they liberated the town. the majority of kobane's population escaped to neighboring turkey after u.s. launched nearly daily airstrikes in october. some tried to go home but found themselves being tear gassed by soldiers and found it too unsafe to return. it's too early to say mission accomplished as isil has a presence in areas around kobane. >>> two rockets have been fired from syria into the israeli-occupied golan heights. there was no claim for responsibility but israeli media requested army forces s

of school and another ncd within the excelsior mission near the intersection of mission street and geneva. a map was enclosed with your commission packets which discloses these areas. up up to two more ncds would be located that [speaker not understood] currently three ncds are in operation in the neighborhood and two applications are pending including the subject property. there are other neighbors with other relatively high concentrations of ncd including soma, mission with 6 ncds and the outer commission with three. according to dph staff there are 28 active ncds in the city. due to zoning rostrictions the location of ncds is limited to neighborhood-commercial district causing the concentration to feel much denser in the outer exexcelsior neighborhood and in con from the and ncds are permitted to locate nearly anywhere in the soma district. while staff and police department have received correspondence and comments expressing concern about the existing and proposed [tph*-bgtd/]s, enforcement staff recounted no formal complaints have been received from the neighbors or police department

let's explain more with our geneva correspondent, imogen. what has happened?hemselves that question. we know the swiss national bank took the decision 3 1/2 years ago to peg the frank to the euro at a level of one frank 20 to the europe. now, that was to protect swiss exports. over 60% of swiss exports going to the european union, during the euro zone crisis. now, today, the swiss nationalback has said we don't need it anymore. the franc is not as overvalued as it was and we think its peg sun justified. the market have reacted in a very different way. as you said, the franc has soared. swiss exports up 25% more expensive. a holiday in switzerland just got 25% more expensive. traders in zurich are describing this as carnage. there's a funny little hashtag trending on twitter, called franc francageddon. >> does this suggest that those in switzerland bank basically believe that for example, the european central bank is about to do something big. because they're worried about the value of the euro, and that could be impacted if the european central bank launched f

analysts say the latest attack could derail peace talks happening in geneva:. >> both governments came out trying to attempt to get a political point scoring amongst both. the g.n.c. said this is the work of the former regime and it's already coming out from members of the hor, that they say that this is a case of the muslim brotherhood, and the other islamists that are in charge. in july foreign airlines had the rebels take control of the air force. flights resumed on saturday. the attack on the hotel is a reminder that the situation on the ground is still dangerous. >>> a bomb attack near a police station in the egyptian city of alexandria killed one and injured two more. police discovered three other devices in the area. in a separate incident attackers threw molotov cocktails in the city setting that on fire. >> here at al jazeera, we demand the release of our three colleagues imprisoned in egypt for 396 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. earlier this month egypt's court ordered a retrial >>> the

how to keep driving ebola out of the effective countries will be the topic of a special session in geneva on sunday. erica wood, al jazeera. >> turkey's president is chairing his first cabinet meeting, which critics say is another sign of president erdogan's increasing rule. he said he had a right to attend the cabinet meetings, but his two predecessors did not do so. they say that erdogan is trying to bring in an authoritarian presidential system. >> he wants to show that the prime minister is not enough to governor the government cabinet. on that case actually i have two questions, one of them is to president erdogan in his time of--before why he doesn't make this kind of chair of prime ministers. he does not head this type of meeting before. on the night of the president my second question is that he has to show that he is prime minister or is he a public prime minister. he has to prove himself. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three colleagues who have now been in prison in egypt for 387 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were falsely accused of

lit candles in geneva and bowed their heads in buenos aires. a global reaction to a bold attack against the media. these images show the conclusion of the assault. the gunman wounded a police officer making their escape. then as he lay defenseless on the sidewalk they shot him again. moments earlier they stormed the offices of the publication "charlie hebdo" and opened fire. they killed journalists and the guards hired to protect them. others were wounded or survived by taking cover. it was a slaughter inside said this police union official. french authorities say the suspects abandoned their escape car. one of them had spent time in jail on terrorism charges. the authorities say one suspect shouted "god is great" and "you are avenging the prophet for them." just before the attack, editors had produced a caricature of a militant saying, still no attacks in france, we have until the end of january to convey our wishes. the editor-in-chief created the cartoon. he had been under protection but was among those killed. for years he and others at the

united nations launched a new round of talks in geneva last week. >> early results in zambia's presidential election show the ruling patriot ok fund candidate slightly ahead. the election was called after the president died in office last year. police fired tear gas at some opposition protestors who believe the result was rigged. >> there is much more to come still this half hour. we'll look at a new medical test that could make it easier to diagnose heart attacks in women. >> high level talks continue in cuba we'll gauge the reaction of the business community and more than 1 million cuban americans that call south florida home. >> welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. let's update you. 13 people have been killed by a strike on a bus in donetsk. the city is a pro-russian separatists stronghold. it happens after hours for calls for a ceasefire at talks in berlin. >> an egyptian court ordered the release of the two sons of former president muck remember. they are to be retried in a corruption case. their lawyer said they should be released because they weren't being tried in any other cas

talks will resume in geneva next week. al jazeera continues to demanned the release of its tleel journalists who have been i am prindzed in egypt. they were wrongly accused broadcasting false nupz and helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they deny. an appeals court has ordered a retrial that could begin within a month. they have filed requests for them to be deported from egypt. boko hamar carried out a cross border raid kidnapping 60 people. the attack took place in villages in the far north of cameroon. the i amration minister says the assailants ransacked and burned houses. >> attacked a village and they destroyed destroyed. residences. they killed three people and many people children. hostages. to get rid of them by fighting them to the end. >> the latest boko hamar cross border raid comes as nigeria's neighbors tried to build support for a broader coalition. erica wood has more. troops from chad rolled bio their way to join soldiers from neighboring cameroon and nigeria. this is the beginning of a major j

this is a question of what is going to be the business model for mission street in the excelsior and geneva avenue. i ask you whether or not the community that has tried to be here so many times over the last several years that has not the interest of making a dollar out of it, not the interest of moving product would like to hear from you that you have just had your fill of it and will stop. this does not stop sparks from being compassionate or providing that service from their present location. thank you. >> public speaker: hello, my name is henry. i think it's rude for others to vote on areas that the not theirs. the planning commission needs to take into consideration the residents, we are the ones who live in this neighborhood. please stop the clustering. don't ruin our community. thanks for your time. >> public speaker: good evening, my name is nancy. i have lived in the excelsior for many years. we need things for families to do and to live a happy life in the excelsior. we have enough is enough. we have taken the burden, we've taken one for the team and has the 3 mcd's. put them els