hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton. solidarity with al jazeera staff jailed if egypt for one year. greece's parliament fails for oa third time to elect a president forcing new elections in athens. (t) rescue operations continue, 24 hours after the ferry's catching fire off the coast of italy, many are still trapped. >>> the plane flight qz8501, was on its way to singapore from the indonesiaian city of surabaya. scott heidler has the latest from surabaya. >> another anxious day of waiting. in the morningful they got a private briefing from search and rescue officials in the surabaya airport where the plane took off heading to singapore. just after first flight, more aircraft and more ships were sent to a nearly 200 kilometer stretch of the java sea looking for any sight of the airport. australia has joined malaysia and singh more for searching. >> it is easier tan underwater location but our evaluation of the coordinates we have received suggests its underwater. our presumption is the aircraft is under the sea. it can be

i'm jane dutton. other stories making their way on the news in al jazeera, grand jury fails to charge a police officer in the choke hold death of a black man. >>> kurdish fighters killing i.s.i.l. what could amount to a war crime. >>> deep space, test flight of orion. >> we begin in russia's chechnya region, fighter fighters attacka traffic post in the regional capital grosne and then stormed a publishing house which was set on fire. let's look at the troubled history of chechnya. two wars, first in 1994 to 1996 and the second from 1998 to 1992 in. in october, fiv 1999. >>> peter sharp joins us live from moscow for the latest on this. what are you hearing, what happened peter? >> well, jane the details are still coming in. we understand that late yesterday afternoon, this was from police reports, a group of about 15 suspected islamist militants took over three cars in a village of about 50 kilometers in grosne, their purpose unknown. when they stopped at a roadblock gun fire took place and at least th

hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton, also ahead - ukraine's parliament votes towards an n.a.t.o. membership >>> from penthouse to prison, the hong kong billionaire sent to gaol for corruption. plus... ..lift off. we look at president vladimir putin's plan to revise his nation's space industry. >>> we begin in syria where government jets carried out a series of strikes. schools have been hit and many children killed. the school in the rebel held area juma was attacked. five were killed, children. barrel bombs had been dropped on a school. seven children were killed. it follows an air strikes in a school bus. four children were killed, 15 wounded. zeina khodr has more from beirut. >> over the past 24 hours there has been poor incidents in which five schools, along with a school bus were targeted by syrian government air strikes. what we understand from activists on the ground is that children were killed. we do not know if the schools were deliberately targeted, but they were in opposition-controlled territory. the government controls the skies and air power has

. ♪ >>> welcome, you are watching al jazeera, i'm jane dutton in doha.ussian opposition leader calls for putin's government to fall after receiving a guilty verdict in a political charged trial. >>> shots fired outside of the presidential palace in gambia while the president is abroad. >>> and kurdish peshmerga fighters hold off isil fighters from the oil rich city. ♪ >>> we begin with the latest developments on airasia flight debris and bodies have been shotted in the java sea off of indonesia. the indonesian president has offered his condolences to the families. he spoke to the nation from where the flight took off. several bodies have been recovered. scott heidler has the latest. >> reporter: on the third day of waiting, finally news of their loved ones but not the news they wanted. >> translator: we will find things belongings bodies of the passengers of the plane, and we are sure that everything will be brought back into our base. >> reporter: they found the debris in bodies in sector seven, one of 13 areas being searched on tuesday. it was just 10

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

. >>> welcome to al jazeera, i'm jane dutton, live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead. >> confronting i.s.i.l. in iraq. kurdish forces set their sites on the town of sinjar. health checks overshadow elections in liberia, plus... >> i'm phil lavelle back in the 1950s. that's how it feels with all of this old equipment. find out how these machines are helping to set new record for vinyl records. >>> we begin in tunisia, the home of arab spring, where people are casting their ballots in historic presidential votes. sunday's run-off is the final step in the transition to democracy. peep are choosing between two capped date, beji caid essebsi, is the candidate for the secular party. he's 88 and seen as an establishment figure from the former regime. critics say he was too old for the job. supporters point to his experience, and a broad coalition behind him. beji caid essebsi won 40% of votes in the first round. his opponent. interim president andrei markov is the candidate of the revolution, overthrowing the dictators and ben army. markz moncef marzouki is a huma

i'm jane dutton. coming up in the next 60 minutes - the final step in the road to democracy. tunisians vote in an historic run off. [ gunfire ] >>> confronting i.s.i.l. in iraq. kurdish forces set their sites on the town of sinjar >>> environmental stunt that backfired. greenpeace appears in court in peru for trampling over

. ♪ ♪ in hello i am jane dutton.er stories making the news, heavy fighting as isil fighters move in on a military air base in the extr strategic syrian ci. australian parliament passes controversy hal legislation that will impact thousands of migrants. >>> plus why climate change is forces nation to his look at the impact on security at home and beyond their borders. ♪ ♪ >>> those stories and more in a moment but first let's go to india after admin officer kashmir where it's been reported that fighters tried to storm andy january army camp. the attack now believed to be over. at least three end january soldiers, two indian police officers and two fighters have been killed. this update from new delhi. >> reporter: the attack started at 3:30 in the morning. a group of heavily-armed gunmen reportedly stormed an army camp in the town. now, the town is very close to the line of control between pakistan and india. the heavily-armed gunmen started firing on this artillery regimen and the operations, according to the ministr

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello you are watching al jazerra i am jane dutton in dough happen. also in the program. polls are open tunisians vote for their first freely-elected president in an historic run off. >>> the ref lines will go on, cuba's president says a better relationship with the u.s. won't change the island's communist system. >> when the kids smile and say thank you very much. with a full tummy that's enough for us. >>> tough love we neat the new zealand gang helping hungry kids. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin in northern iraq where kurdish tosses are batting to capture the town of sinjar from the islamic state of iraq and the have land. early he had in the week the kurds known as peshmerga managed to improve the situation for people trap odd sinjar mountain. thousands of ethnic yazidis have been stuck there for months surrounded by ice it's fighters. we can cross there now to mohamed, what's the latest now as far as the fighting is concerned? >> reporter: well, jane, reports coming to us from sinjar say that heavy fighting is still going on in the town with peshmerga forces supported by ethic yaz

i'm jane dutton in doha. >> the russian president looks at the dismantle of russia and won't allow it the rebel strike in

i'm jane dutton in doha. >> the russian president looks at the dismantle of russia and won't allow it. >>> the rebel strike i. >>> a police officer who choked a man to death. >>> the u.n. warns that 2014 is set to be the hottest year on record. >> president vladimir putin said he will not allow the west to dismantle his country like the yugoslavia. he angrily hit out against u.s. policy. western sanctions along with tumbling oil prices, the ruble fell even as he globe these sanctions are harmful, even those who are imposing them. this is not just a nervous reaction on the part of the e.u. and the united states, the changes in ukraine and questions of crimea. if this were not so then they would have throughout of some other reason to hold back on russia. it's been the plight of our country for many years. when anyone thinks that russia is too strong or independent, then these instruments are applied. >>> while the russian president was speaking, rebel fighters attack a local press building in gross grozny. let's talk with peter sharp. he's live in moscow. peter, he had little to say on

jane dutton is up with us next with another full bulletin of news. >> from stage to screen oscar nominatedctor ethan hawk >> the theatre has always bee my first love... >> separating art & politics >> if you have an agenda with people... you sometimes don't see the truth >> and the lifelong influence of his mother >> she was worried i was gonna be a spoiled brat and not see how complicated the world was >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> bodies and debris from the missing airasia plearch have been located inplane have beenlocated in the java sea. >> welcome to al jazeera i'm jane dutt ton. other stories making the news. russian opposition leader alexi navalny receivesverdict in a politically charged trial. >>> oil rich iraqi locations. >> i'm

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

i'm jane dutton, in the next 60 minutes - anti-taliban sentiment brings thousands on to the streets in pakistan. the government sets up strikes against the group. kurdish forces in iraq take more ground in iraq and say they edge closer to i.s.i.l. also... >> the c.i.a. would love it if you two could take him out >>> president obama slams sony for putting a movie about kim jong un, and plans to punish north korea for its alleged cyber attack. >> plus... >> we are days which way from industry. there's one industry set to do well. can you guess what it is. find out shortly >>> we begin in pakistan where the government stepped up its military campaign against taliban fighters. the mastermind of the attack may have been killed in an air strike. responsibility has been taken, and more attacks would be targetting military families. it's thought he may have been one of more than 21 taliban fighters killed in air strikes. military has carried out a ground offensive on the outskirts of peshawar, and another five taliban fighters are believed to have been killed in that attack. it's four days sin

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

. >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from doha, i'm jane dutton >>> also ahead - human rights watchmuslims are trapped and living in fear >>> a city divided - new york's police department says it's in a state of war after the killing of two officers. plus... >>

. ♪ ♪ in hello i am jane dutton.g the news, heavy fighting as isil fighters move in on a military air base in the extr strategic syrian ci. australian parliament passes controversy hal legislation that will impact thousands of migrants. >>> plus why climate change is forces nation to his look at the impact on security at home and beyond their

i'm jane dutton.ther stories making their way on the news in al jazeera, grand jury fails to charge a police officer in the choke hold death of a black man. >>> kurdish fighters killing i.s.i.l.

. >>> welcome to al jazeera, i'm jane dutton, live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead. >> confronting i.s.i.l. in iraq. kurdish forces set their sites on the town of sinjar. health checks overshadow elections in liberia, plus... >> i'm phil lavelle back in the

hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton, also ahead - ukraine's parliament votes an n.a.t.o. membership >>> from penthouse to prison, the hong kong billionaire sent to gaol for corruption. plus... ..lift off.

. ♪ >>> welcome, you are watching al jazeera, i'm jane dutton in doha.ussian opposition leader calls for putin's government to fall after receiving a guilty verdict in a political charged trial. >>> shots fired outside of the presidential palace in gambia while the president is abroad. >>>