country already suffering from a cholera emergency and natural disaster or hear from our reporter in kinshasa. sustained attacks by syrian government forces aided by russian as strikes are continuing on rebel held areas and a push by assad's forces and their allies in a province is causing a new wave of displacement about one hundred twenty thousand people have fled their homes in recent weeks but rather than finding places of sanctuary many continue to face danger. you know law you know a lot of what do we not know what to do you know the stuff i know that you know. that if you know law. but look at what the rock and al jazeera call shot these pictures while filming in a makeshift camp painted labeled as an attack happened they tell us that a missile hits very close to civilians including families from earlier bombing attacks in the nearby hama countryside al jazeera correspondent me laugh adel can be seen among men women and children desperately trying to find coverage that aid agencies working in syria say they're overwhelmed by the scale of need and they're warning that if the bombardment

of the nature of the disease since november at least thirty people mostly children have died in kinshasa alone. cholera is highly infectious also easy to treat if detected early but with a poor health system and financial problems doctors are overwhelmed a government international appeal for eight million dollars has not helped less than two million has been raised and first. on the leaf you countries in africa can deal with this situation like this by themselves this is why the government launched an appeal for help in november and declare a national disaster. so here health his focus on prevention talking to anyone they can about the importance of good hygiene and visiting centers like this one oddly enough. they're preparing themselves for more difficult times ahead in this rainy season catherine song al-jazeera kinshasa. aviation officials are investigating why a plane skidded off the runway at an airport in turkey the practices airlines flight had just landed in traps on near the black sea when it slid off the runway and plunged over the cliff edge something just a few meters above

of the nature of the disease since november at least thirty people mostly children have died in kinshasa alone. cholera is highly infectious also easy to treat if detected early but with a poor health system and financial problems doctors are overwhelmed. a government international appeal for eight million dollars has not helped less than two million has been raised and first. on the a few countries in africa can deal with this situation make a deal by themselves this is why the government launched an appeal for help in november and declared a national disaster so here health is focus on prevention talking to anyone they can about the importance of good hygiene and visiting centers like this one ali enough. they are preparing themselves for more difficult times ahead in this rainy season catherine sewing al jazeera kinshasa now the boss of the french dairy company alike teles has revealed the extent of a global sell the scandal after the firm was accused of trying to cover up the outbreak in a rare media interview about her best years says the it affects at least eighty three countries w

tear gas and gunfire kinshasa security forces killed five people taking part in an anti government called tests. in the port appears to wrap up the most controversial visit of his papacy. and argue the same as in doha with all your sports news world number one rafael nadal remains on course for glory at the australian open back plus all the other schools coming up into this news hour. with very warm welcome to the program the u.s. is calling for restraint from turkey and its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria and soldiers have entered the enclave of affray in part of an assault to drive a kurdish people's protection unit so why p.g.d. turkey's prime minister says the aim is to create a thirty kilometer safe so staff dekker reports from the turkey syria border. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under

to contain an outbreak of cholera or a fee is it could spread quickly in the overcrowded capital kinshasa the route to borne disease has already swept through many villages ravaged by conflict. and in german football kind of both produce a stunning comeback in a five go through with minds to spread a european chops. time have a home for a great to have you with us fresh protests have erupted in china's yeah as the north african nation marks the seventh anniversary of the. arab spring uprising that toppled its former dictator. ben ali now for the seventh day in a roach in his ears have taken to the street demonstrating against price rises and tax hikes as the government struggles to so deep rooted economic problems that many protesters say to finesse and to handed in the seven years since the revolution they claim that corrupt officials are to blame for the country's lagging economy. and ahead of today's demonstrations did obvious funny for china talk to the family of a man killed during a protest earlier this week. there's not much to do in the small challenge closer to the capital city o

kinshasa is the third most densely populated city in the world and it currently counts twelve million residents aid agencies and warning these floods and mudslides and likely to antagonize the waterborne and cholera outbreak in the capital and in previous weeks we registered around twenty cases per week on average right now we're getting more than one hundred cases each week in kinshasa nearly four hundred fifty have been registered the u.n. says the democratic republic of congo is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in twenty years the disease has killed over one thousand people over fifty five thousand cases reported across the country since july overcrowding unsanitary conditions and lack of clean drinking water these cases look set to rise. a must burial is taking place in one area after seventy one people died in violence between for lonnie has been and some as now this is a conflict that's been going on for a while where two communities find say the use of land to graze their cattle at least fifteen hundred people have been killed in violence last chair the killings have bec

catholic faithful in kinshasa hold mass for people killed by police in reason political unrest the charge had called for protests a new year's eve after the expiry of a political deal between the ruling party and opposition signing to sixteen when the presidential election failed to happen the politicians had agreed to for the poor last december that did not happen either the deal had been brokered by the catholic church i. and by the. disorder and. the victim or why did. i descend a distance away for tacky to shake and his friends carry his father's body for burial joseph attacker was a staunch catholic they say he tried to seek refuge in the church the police kept shooting him in. every human being is seconds it's the responsibility of the government to protect people. he was one of more than forty million catholics in the country that's more than half the population with such a big following many people feel that the church has the power to push for political change many callie's are increasingly looking towards the catholic church for guidance in this difficult times they hope that th

kinshasa is the third most densely populated city in the world and it currently counts twelve million residents aid agencies and warning these floods and mudslides and likely to antagonize the waterborne and cholera outbreak in the capital and in previous weeks we registered around twenty cases per week on average right now we're getting more than one hundred cases each week in kinshasa nearly four hundred fifty have been registered the u.n. says the democratic republic of congo is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in twenty years the disease has killed over one thousand people over fifty five thousand cases reported across the country since july. unsanitary conditions and lack of clean drinking water these cases nic set to rise. at least seventeen people are dead to often mudslides cheered by heavy rain destroyed homes and swept away cars in southern california a massive rescue operation is underway to find more than a dozen people who are still missing and to reach hundreds of others stranded in the disaster zone rob reynolds reports from one to change. the day after disaster

the tear gas and gunfire in kinshasa security forces killed six people taking part in an anti government protest. with the u.s. government shutdown for a second day republicans and democrats in the senate trade blame for the deadlock. the u.s. is calling for restraint from turkey in its operation against kurdish fighters in the northern syria its soldiers have entered the enclave of plane parts of an assault to drive out kurdish peoples protection units a y p g turkey's prime minister says the aim is to create a thirty kilometer safe zone stuff decca records from the turkey syria order. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish president brigitte type edging defiant as he addressed a large crowd in the city of course. this is a national struggle and then this national struggle will crush anyone who stands against us let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack a free to

of the nature of the disease since november at least thirty people mostly children have died in kinshasa alone. cholera is highly infectious also easy to treat if detected early but the poor health system and financial problems doctors are overwhelmed. a government international appeal for eight million dollars has not helped less than two million has been raised. on the few countries in africa can deal with this situation like deists by themselves this is why the government launched an appeal for help in november and. so here health with his focus on prevention talking to anyone they can about the importance of good hygiene and visiting centers like this one are. there preparing themselves for more difficult times ahead in this rainy season catherine song al-jazeera kinshasa but francis has held a special mass tomorrow a wild day of migrants and refugees at a time when there are more displaced people than ever before according to the un's refugee agency more than sixty five million people have been forcibly displaced twenty two and a half million are refugees more than a quarter of them

joins me live from the congolese capital kinshasa the ongoing military operation seems to have nowhere did cite as sort of the a.d.f. continue to be afforded the side of the d.l.c. or forward he is but one wonders what is. absolutely but let me first start by saying so he'll that we've just had a conversation with a military spokesperson in that ongoing operation and he said that they have made initial contact with all the fighters in the forest of the military that thing of course it's very difficult to independently verify some of the information about also spoken to people in beni who told us that yesterday they've been hearing explosions and gunshots as well now back to your question this is a group that has its roots in western uganda where it was started in the ninety's to. what a very very vague islamic ideology right now it's not even clear what the group is fighting for anymore it was rooted it was uprooted from uganda and in the our thief stealing the ninety's and has caused massive devastation in beni and areas around penny so a lot of people in beni hoping that this operati

many homes all of this during a major cholera outbreak catherine sawyer reports from the capital kinshasa it's hard to imagine just a week ago holmes a student here this is a neighborhood on the outskirts of kinshasa when floodwaters came crashing down from a nearby river many people didn't even have a chance to rescue their loved ones and belongings. months shows me what you mains of the two bedroom house he shared with his wife and three children he says he knows he should take his family to higher safer ground but they're still here despite the obvious danger for. i am afraid because he still leaning but they don't have any money to move them we've got no help from anyone moving from here means lending the house. but the rains are expected to continue for the next three months and this means more trouble for country that is facing a cholera outbreak the worst in two decades about a thousand people have died since last year more than fifty thousand from across the country have so far been affected. the government has declared cholera a national emergency and set up treatment centers the

their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says kong security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched off to mass twelve a lot of boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches. the hospitals filled with protesters once more so it goes on monday i would say if your term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belong in the senate give the others the opportunity to lead maybe they'll do it better than you did. catholic bishops brokered peace talks between the opposition and government with the agreement that could be low would leave office at the end of twenty seven tame but he's still in power and now the catholics and the opposition are united shall you see me coming in shooting one because it is not it is simply because we are coming we have come here in order to wait for a fall when mission. opposi

they attended mass in kinshasa, and then the leader of the 0pposition gave a speech. the people to resist and we need to think of alternatives. this violence isa think of alternatives. this violence is a repeat of tensions erupt in time and again over the past year. more than 50 people were reportedly killed in anti—government protests between april and october. there are concerns this volatility will persist. pablo uchoa, bbc news. with celebrations going on around the world to celebrate the arrival of the new year, hundreds of indonesian couples have taken the party theme one step further by tying the knot in a mass wedding. with theirfamilies, they gathered in a large tent in the capital, jakarta, before signing marriage certificates in front of government officials. david campanale has more. as fireworks lit jakarta's sky to mark the arrival of the new year, over 400 couples gathered to celebrate the turning of a new chapter in their lives. though hundreds of couples were involved, individuals made their day special by wearing elaborate traditional indonesian outf

and a natural disaster we'll hear from our reporter in the capital kinshasa. also twelve million boxes of baby milk and eighty three countries has recalled the true scale of salmonella scandal is beginning to emerge. and how a slip of the finger apparently triggered fears of an incoming missile strike on hawaii. the day sports including the super bowl champions take a step closer to defending their title as the patriots rout the titans to reach the a.f.c. title game. welcome to the news hour sustained attacks by syrian government forces aided by russian air strikes are continuing on rebel held areas activists say one hundred seventy nine people have been killed in the besieged damascus suburb of eastern guta in the past two weeks and further north in it labor pushed by assad's forces and their allies is causing a new wave of displacement about one hundred twenty thousand people have fled their homes in recent weeks rather than finding places of century many continue to face danger. no la la la da da da we. don't know that he'd. be up. your law. well al jazeera

after a morning mass at the main catholic church in kinshasa washee pairs begin their latest protest march carrying twigs their rosaries and bibles they are angry that a charge broke a political deal between the ruling and opposition parties that could have seen a presidential election held last december has not been on that they did not go far police had blocked the road refusing to allow them to move forward and when the marches stood their ground this happened. police and presidential guards against stone throwing protest as several people were killed others injured some with gunshot wounds to the obviously we have the right to march we were following the instructions. it was a piece of protest but the police would not let us. in the east of the country police gas inside this church the service had just ended and the faithful were about to start their protest several people here also injured oh i do not want to go oh my god i don't respect people's rights. is even throwing tear gas into the church we will not accept kabila he must go his mandate is over. on new year's eve there wa

after attending mass in kinshasa, the leader of the opposition called on his countrymen to take a stand to think of alternatives. sunday's violence is a repeat of tensions that have erupted time and again over the past year. more than 50 people were reportedly killed in anti—government protests between april and october. and there are concerns this volatility will persist. pablo uchoa, bbc news. as fireworks lit the sky in jakarta to mark the arrival of the new year, over 400 couples gathered to celebrate the turning of a new chapter in their lives. though hundreds of couples were involved, individuals made their day special by wearing elaborate traditional indonesian outfits and head dresses. just hours before midnight, the mass wedding commenced with the arrival of the governor of jakarta. it was the cost of the marriage ceremonies he had come to resolve. the city government raised funds to make a legally binding marriage possible. allowing children of these unions to also be recognised. the funds also stretched to cover the indonesian wedding tradition of exchanging token gold dowrie

this streets in the capital kinshasa has now been cleared but it has been an all day huge presence of police and president the presidential guard against stone throwing protesters we saw priests and washing because from this main catholic church in the city dispatched by police using tear gas as they marched along with the rules are by walls and tweaks in their peaceful protest in the east police lopes tear gas inside a child several people injured there is while a lot of people are very frustrated with the political situation in the country and they're looking more to the charge for guidance and leadership if you remember the charge brokered this political deal between the opposition and ruling parties back in play to sixty in the deal was to see an election a presidential election in the last december that did not happen the deal has expired that's why the catholic church leadership he's so angry and saying that they are going to continue calling on their faithful to come out in peaceful protest too demanding for electoral justice demanding full of politicians to respect the constit

more skeptical interpretation a lot of the people you speak to here think the powerful people in kinshasa or in the capital are trying to stoke the complex to make an election very difficult or even impossible to hold marcum do we know any more about which group or who it is that's behind the violence that's forcing these people to flee their homes. one thing it's worth bearing in mind that i released in congo in spite of being extreme poverty in all of those villages one thing that you never see with the armed groups is a shortage of ammunition they always very well armed and well equipped with no bullets actually that means in spite of an arms embargo bullets are being manufactured in other countries and brought in that means you never intended for us dollars that we the hard tyrant says and that point pretty clearly towards the involvement of powerful people who have access to these things and able to do these things if you ask any of the people here from those villages they'll have no question that they're a powerful political figures behind these that these armed groups the long grou

from the capital kinshasa.catholic faithful in kinshasa hold a mass for people killed by police in reason political unrest the charge had called for protests a new year's eve after the expiry of a political deal between the ruling party and opposition signed into into sixteen when the presidential election failed to happen the politicians had agreed to for the poor last december that did not happen either the deal had been brokered by the catholic church. and. society the victim or why did. i descend miter a distance away for tacky to shake and his friends carry his father's body for burial joseph attacker was a staunch catholic they say he tried to seek refuge in the church the police kept shooting him in. every human being. it's the responsibility of the government to protect people. he was one of more than forty million catholics in the country that's more than half the population with such a big following many people feel that the church has the power to push for political change many callie's are increasin

of the nature of the disease since november at least thirty people mostly children have died in kinshasa alone. cholera is highly infectious also easy to treat if detected but the poor health system and financial problems doctors are overwhelmed. our government international appeal for eight million dollars has not helped less than two million has been raised. on the a few countries in africa can deal. by themselves this is why the government launched an appeal for help in november and. disaster. so here health workers focus on prevention talking to anyone they can about the importance of good hygiene and visiting centers like this one are. they're preparing themselves for more difficult times ahead in this rainy season catherine song al jazeera kinshasa. and zambia is also fighting to bring an outbreak of cholera under control after at least seventy two people have died government says it's made enough progress in some emergency measures but not in one suburb of the capital or soccer where there was rioting on friday and yama is where the outbreak began and a focal point for the governm

after a morning mass at the main catholic church in kinshasa washy players begin their latest protest march current tweeks their rosaries and by polls they are angry that a charge broke a political deal between the ruling and opposition parties that could have seen a presidential election held last december has not been on that they did not go far police had blocked the route refusing to allow them to move forward and when the marches stood their ground this happened. police and presidential guards against stone throwing protest us several people were killed others injured some with gunshot wounds to the obviously we have the right to much we were following the instructions. it was a piece of protest but the police would not let us. in the east of the country police gas inside this church the service had just ended and the faithful were about to start their part has several people here also injured oh i do not want to go nobody i don't respect people's rights. is even throwing tear gas into the church we will not accept kabila he must go his mandate is over. a new year's eve there was

of the nature of the disease since november at least thirty people mostly children have died in kinshasa alone. cholera is highly infectious also easy to treat if detected early but with a poor health system and financial problems doctors are overwhelmed. our government international appeal for eight million dollars has not helped less than two million has been raised and. only few countries in africa can deal with this situation like this by themselves this is why do government launched an appeal for help in november and declare a national disaster. so here health who it is focus on prevention talking to anyone they can about the importance of good hygiene and visiting centers like this one oddly enough. they are preparing themselves for more difficult times ahead in this rainy season catherine song al-jazeera kinshasa well the world health organization has called cholera a disease of inequity is a vaccine almost three million people every year of those cases nearly one hundred thousand are fatal the bacteria spreads through water contaminated with human waste which means most deaths oc

was their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says kong security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested the one year on they marched off to mass twelve also boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches was the hospital is filled with protesters once more so goes the human that i was saying if you term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belong in the senate gives others the opportunity to lead maybe they'll do it better than you did. catholic bishops brokered peace talks between the opposition and government with the agreement that could be low would leave office at the end of twenty seven tame but he's still in power and now the catholics and the opposition are united i'll just make a coming and shooting one because it is not just simply because we are coming we have come here in order to have ways to pray for all

demonstrators who died in recent protests security forces killed at least seven people in the capital kinshasa on new year's eve the demonstrations on friday were organized by catholic activists who've been protesting against president joseph kabila as refusal to step down from office for indian supreme court justices have held an unprecedented press conference to criticize the chief justice the q some of bias and allocating judges to cases and they also raise concerns about procedures to hire and promote judges the judges said all this presents a danger to democracy in india the chief justice has not responded yet facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has announced changes to the way the platform's news feed is filtered in the coming months it will start prioritizing posts from family and friends it's like a brick said he wants to make the facebook experience more meaningful for its two billion members he says the explosion of branded content in recent years has crowded out personal moments it's also concerned about state influence social media analyst jacob silverman says the changes could be bad

lay its body to rest the latest casualty after five days of heavy rains poured through the capital kinshasa last week. we're really very sad today my sister lost five children because of the rain she's inconsolable we will bury them today we thank everyone who came to support us. away from the crowd these mothers sit together offering some comfort to each other as their children are buried their neighborhood stands in ruins as more fortunate dig through the debris seeking my sister my son dishes like this all i have left are those two chairs that you see over there everything is gone if i had not been at home i would have lost my children but because i was at home i was able to get out with my children. over five thousand people have been left homeless and anger is mounting against the government who they accuse of doing little to protect them from the devastation of . these the floods the pruett such misery the trench of showers coupled with the poor sewage system flushed makeshift shanty homes down the city's lights will start to say most of the deaths were caused by drownings and landsli

while demonstrators in the capital kinshasa have been calling on president joseph computer to step down they're angry over his refusal to leave what his term ended a year ago he then promised elections by the end of this year but they've been delayed until next december. time we've never had peace in this country nothing works we don't eat well president kabila is still young and he can leave his place to someone else and come back later if he wants he's worked it out already it's enough we don't want him he should go and rest. even the president the bhutto dictates you could much peacefully today we just don't understand anymore we are really tired of could be there seventeen people have been killed in an attack at a funeral in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad that happens people gathered for the funeral of a form of district governor no one is claimed responsibility for the attack customs officials in south korea have seized a panama registered vessels the suspected of transferring oil to north korea the second ship held for allegedly violating international sanctions on friday so

mudslides and a tarantula rainstorms have left at least forty four people dead in the congolese capital kinshasa well authorities say victims were killed by collapsing walls and by drowning many homes in the city of ten million a built on hillsides where a lack of drainage systems makes them vulnerable to flash flooding. that two jets collided on the ground at a toronto airport on friday setting the tail of one of the aircraft ablaze. but an eyewitness on board captured the moment when part of the plane exploded no injuries have been reported and an investigation into the incident is currently under way. a new tell all book about donald trump's presidency is flying off the shelves in the united states the book entitled fire and fury has been published for days ahead of schedule despite attempts by the president's lawyer to stop it us a secretary of state rex tillerson rejected characterizations in the books saying he has never questioned the president's mental fitness and trump tour into author michael wolff claiming the book was full of lies the book the us president could not stop from hitting

church as an activist called for peaceful demonstrations across the country including the capital kinshasa. pope francis is wrapping up his tour of latin america with a mass in the peruvian capital lima the pope addressing some one million peruvians at a military air base asked them to look into their hearts for genuine happiness and love the pontiff trip to latin america has been the most contentious of his papacy after he defended a bishop who faces sexual abuse allegations in two lay. there has also been widespread outcry over the vatican's in action over similar scandals and pope francis tried to move beyond the controversy on the last day of his visit. samoan people gathered here in peru to bid farewell to the pontiff. at his final mess francis once again voiced his support for the poor and weak. a society that doesn't accept those who suffer and is not capable of sharing and easing their suffering through compassion is a cruel and inhumane society is. the royal. francis words coming after a challenging and contentious visit his sixth two inlets in america triggered unprecedented ange

let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world in the congolese capital kinshasa residents of a shanty town of picking up the pieces after at least forty four people died in mudslides interventional rainstorms authorities say victims were killed by collapsing walls and by drowning only homes in the city of ten million are built on hillsides where lack of drainage makes some foldable to flush. france's president emanuel macro has told his turkish counterpart raja tired that democratic countries must respect the rule of law in the fight against terror posing presenter the one in paris president mark owen was discussing the fate of thousands of students teachers and journalists being held in custody in turkey. the so-called truce village in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea will be the site of the first formal talks between the countries in more than two years the discussions set for tuesday could pave the way for north korean athletes to attend the forthcoming winter olympics in south korea. here in germany hungary's prime minister viktor orban ha

where demonstrators in the capital kinshasa have been calling on president joseph kabila to step down they're angry over his refusal to leave when his term ended a year ago he then promised elections by the end of this year but they have been delayed until next december. time we've never had peace in this country nothing works we don't eat well president kabila is still young and he can leave his place to someone else and come back later if he wants he's worked it out already it's enough we don't want him he should go and rest. the president the bhutto dictator you could much peacefully today we just don't understand anymore we are really tired of could be there seventeen people have been killed in an attack on a few dollars in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad that happened as people gathered for the funeral of a former district governor claimed responsibility for the attack earlier this week i still said it was behind the killing of at least forty one people at a shia cultural center and kabul now customs officials in south korea have seized upon him a registered vessel vessel su