it's not that easy to get -- to detain people. >> back to dusseldorf's maghreb district.espite police raids and patrols, the drug dealers and thieves are plying their trade. they're resourceful and just move to another staging point. the gangs make life difficult for local businesses and residents. a drug dealer recently smashed the windows of a bar frequented by moroccans. the local community is at a loss. >> they are not afraid of prison. for them, german prisons are like a hotel, and that doesn't worry them. >> police say half the criminals here are from morocco. until recently, only criminals who received prison sentences of at least three years were eligible for deportation. the german government is set to -- the german government wants to make it easier for asylum-seekers who commit crimes to be deported if they receive sentences of a year or more. but the deportation process is often complicated. >> morocco doesn't voluntarily repatriate many people. morocco says, yes, we have a repatriation agreement and we'll observe it, but only when it's certain that the people

al qaeda in the islamic maghreb is claiming responsibility for fatal shootings in the ivory coast.nmen killed 16 people. the same group claimed responsibility for attacks in mali and burkina faso last year. >>> questions about donald trump kept coming up during a cnn town hall for the democratic presidential candidates. hillary clinton and bernie sanders both spent a lot of time discussing donald trump. clinton said the republican front runner is bigoted. sanders said he is deceitful, calling him a pathological liar. >>> donald trump is hitting the road hard. and he's patting himself on the back for postponing his rally in chicago. >> reporter: days before the florida primary, drum was here rallying a crowd and taking aim at the home state senator marco rubio calling him an absentee politician, but even here in florida, he went after john kasich, and he overall planned events to add an event in ohio, he now thinks that john kasich is a bigger threat to his pro progress on the 15th than marco rubio. trump is coming off a very newsy weekend. he had to cancel an event on friday after

an african affiliate of al qaeda known as al qaeda in the islamic maghreb is claiming bt responsibility. a surveillance camera in the hotel shows an astacker carrying a machine gun. unesco site. nicholas haque reports. >> attackers came from my right to the left, they attacked two other hotels before entering this one, this is where they sprayed bullets right across here. midday on sunday there were so many people sun bathing here and they all fled inside the hotel. come with me here. they all fled inside the hotel to try ofind a spot, a save spot, this is when the ivorian forces came in. the al qaeda in the islamic maghreb claimed responsibility for the aarticulate. 500 french soldiers here and these resorts here on the coast are very popular with french ex-patriots living here in ivory coast. >>> refugees are evading authorities and wading through a river in macedonia. around 300 refugees including dozens of children have left the idomeny border camp in greece, about 300 kilometers from the macedonian border. found a break in the boarder fence. mohammad adow is in ido administrationen

al-qaeda in the maghreb claimed responsibility on an attack in a resort town in ivory coast. 14 civilians and two soldiers were killed. the justice minister has been sacked after making remarks about the prophet muhammad >>> french investigators called for changes to rules surrounding the medical confidentiality of pilots. it comes after a french inquiry into the germanwings crash. 149 people were killed after the pilot deliberately flew his aircraft into the ground. france's bea air accident investigation office said in its final report, that neither co-pil co-pilot or his doctors notified his employer about his health issues. they've asked the world health organisation to draw up rules on advising if it implementation kates public safety. and calls for patients with psychiatric problems be declared fit to fly >>> no one could have survived what happened on march 24th, 2015. germanwings flight 9525 disintegrated on impact. the debris, the bodies spread across two square kilometres of alpine hillside. the village is nearest to the sight. there is a stone memorial to the victims. the quest

an african affiliate known as al qaeda in the islamic maghreb is claiming be responsibility. moments later an attacker carrying a machine gun. the town is a unesco world heritage sight about 30 kilometers from the commercial center. s. nicholas haque is on the scene >> reporter: there's a flag there. security officers are trying to protect this spot. this is where they sprayed bullets right across here. midday on sunday there were so many people sun-bathing here and they all fled inside the total. come with mhotel. come with me here. they tried ofind a safe spot. this is when the ivoryian officials tried to secure. these resorts here on the coast are very popular with french ex patriots living here on i'veary coast. >> refugees desperately to crows the border from greece into macedonia are evading authorities and wading across the border. crossed the river at the town of chamilo about 300 meters from the macedonian border. authorities refused to stop and found a break in the border fence. macedonian police say they are taking steps to return several hundred who have achieved

aing and the islamic maghreb claimed responsibility has been claimed for the attacks. french officials warned more attacks could be on the way in west africa. security forces are doing a re-enactment, trying to find clues as to what the security lapses were to ensure an attack like this doesn't happen again. this woman is looking for the young mother on the beach, >>> in the west bank three >>> immigration was high on the agenda as the foreign minister visited canberra. julie bishop, his answer counterpart, said they had a positive meeting. australia is pushing iran to take back rejected asylum seekers. iran will not accept people forced to return. >> i've also discussed matters of concern to australia. iran's recent test, we have discussed human rights issues, we had discussed issues relating to iran's reelingships with other countries in the region, particularly israel, saudi arabia and in yemen. overall, it's been a very positive discussion. we have touched on issues of concern to australia, particularly on defeating the people smuggling trade, and issues of illegal

margaretin the islamic has claimed -- in the islamic maghreb has claimed responsibility. this is the third aqim in months in west africa. ivorians fear that such a taxable to be a hard blow to local tourism. >> it is going to be very hard for us now. make a living here and i don't think tourists will keep coming. we are in a bad spot without them. a thatr: halloween following a visit to the second and emergency cabinet meeting -- following a visit to the second and emergency cabinet meeting and a three days of national mourning. catherine: id est in four months and one day since the attacks in paris that left 130 dead, and one more of the sites targeted by islamist militants has reopened its doors. 14 people were shot dead at this location on the night of november 13. the restaurant has since opened another location in the city as well. it opened its doors back in january. there is a last-minute push for votes in five u.s. states today. white house hopefuls are hitting the ground ahead of nomination votes on tuesday. florida, ohio, illinois, missouri, north carolina will

merkel is ahas been report ed by her the >> stewart: an al qaeda affiliate, al qaeda in the islamic maghreb or northwest africa, is claiming responsibility for today's terrorist attack in the nation of ivory coast. gunmen opened fire on three beachside hotels in the historic seaside resort town of grand- bassam. the country's president said 14 civilians and two soldiers were killed, and security forces killed six attackers. in neighboring burkina faso and mali, in recent months, islamic militants killed 50 people at hotels popular with foreigners. french aviation officials are recommending new rules for airline pilots, after concluding their year-long investigation into last year's crash of a germanwings airliner. the panel said today: "health care providers should be required to alert authorities when a pilot's physical or mental health could affect his ability to fly." investigators say doctors knew german pilot andreas lubitz was struggling with severe mental health problems when he barricaded himself in the cockpit and intentionally crashed into the french alps, killing all 150 people o

. >>> al qaeda and the islamic maghreb says it carried out an attack on a beach in the ivory coast, 14and two soldiers were killed. the government says six gunmen were also killed. >>> hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of brazil to demands the resignation of president dilma rousseff an estimated 450,000 people turned out in sao paulo and other demonstrations in rio and the capital brasilia. >>> the u.s. second of state has hit out at the syrian government accusing it of trying to disrupt talks aimed at ending the conflict. john kerry was speaking in paris the day before the government and opposition are due to meet. our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from geneva where those talks are scheduled to take place later on monday. >> reporter: just hours before the syria talks were due to start in geneva, u.s. second of state john kerry was in paris meeting with some of his european counterparts. he told reporters the cessation of hostilities now in place for two weeks, has significantly reduced the violent but one side was not complying. >> the syrian people strong

al qaeda in the islamic maghreb claimed responsibility for the attack. security forces are organizing a reenactment of the events, asking forces for as much information as possible, trying to assemble clues so something like this doesn't happen again. she hopes she's safe. nicholas haque, al jazeera, ivory coast. >>> jason rezaian was released in january after being held for 18 months on espionage charges. he met with the president at the state department. the visit comes on the heels of a new state department warning about traveling to iran. the warning reiterates and highlights the risk of arrest and die tension of u.s. citizens especially dual national iranian americans. >>> iranian government has come under fire for letting people in but german chancellor angela merkel says she will continue with her policy despite heavy losses in the election. al jazeera's dominic cain reports. >> monday morning and people are enjoying the late winter sunshine. outwardly life is going on as normal but politically the landscape has shifted. now nearly 1 in 4 people i

al qaeda affiliate in north after known as al qaeda in the islamic maghreb. mask the gunmen shouted "allahu akbar!," arabic for god is great. they were meeting in neighboring hotel where a i.q. stage ad similar attack in february. they told a conference here in washington about the group's capability. >> we're paying very close attention to groups like al-shabaab and al qaeda in islamic maghreb that is shows with attacks in burkina faso that it remains dangerous. reporter: they are offering december tails about the investigation into that ivory coast attack. bill: what about threats to host tells? reporter: this 11 page bulletin shared with fox news was sent out late last week t was not based on new credible intelligence that hotels in the washington, d.c. area should be vigilant because al qaeda related groups have stepped up targeting locations t lays out three scenarios, including like lone wolf shooters like what we saw in san bernanadino, suicide attacks like what we saw over the weaken and car bombs. nothing in the bulletin mentions concerns about immin

. >>> al-qaeda in maghreb is claiming responsibility for an attack at a resort in the ivory coast, several gunmen opened fire on beach-goers killing 14. al-qaeda claimed responsibility for that attack, the third of its kind since november. we have more from neighbouring nigeria. >> the gunmen were apparently roaming on the beach. it's not clear how they penetrated the hotels, whether they just walked in. these are the questions to be asked of the government and security services. the ivory coast has manage d to rebuild its image since the 2010-2011 post-election violence semicivil war. we have seen a huge return of ivorian people to the ivory coast, people coming back. just last week ivory coast was named as the best investment destination in west africa. and, of course, as we know from the attack, it's a popular destination, a popular tourist destination. people will be asking about the preparedness of the hotels, was, givem the geographical location of countries like mali, and burkina faso, were the security forces on alert for something like this or not. these are questions that will be

by al qaeda in the islamic maghreb is claiming be responsibility. new footage has emerged, showing a bar clearing and moments later an attacker cear carrying a mace gun. the be attack was 30 miles east of the commercial hub. nicholas haque joins us. >> security forces are going to try to secure this exploifer that's still herexplosivethat's. this is where they sprayed bullets right across here. midday sunday there were so many people sun bathing here and they all fled inside the hotel. come with me here pfn if all fled inside the hotel to try to find a spot, safe spot. this is where the ivorian officials attacked. there are 500 french soldiers here and these resorts here on the coast are very popular with french ex patriots living here in ivory coast. >> still ahead here on al jazeera: we'll tell you why the next few days will be crooubl in the race for president of the united states. plus, why 65 miners have taken to the streets pollution. >> i'm town ya, child supporting academics success at this riding economy. f f >> these people have decided th

maghreb in the islamic has claimed responsibility. it protests was stationed at the country's long the balkan route closed their borders. about 12,000 people are living in a makeshift tent camp that was drenched with rain over the weekend. the refugees called for german chancellor angela merkel to pressure other countries to open borders. back in germany, the german chancellor faced a major setback as an anti-refugee party made historic gains in regional elections, entering state parliament in all three regions that voted. the elections were seen as a rebuke of her policies, allowing one in one million refugees to enter germany in the past year. israeli air strikes in gaza have killed two palestinian children. a 10-year-old boy and his six-year-old sister. palestinian officials said yes he abu cu's a was killed by trap -- said yes seen abu coosa -- khoussa wasabu killed by trap eyes he slept. his sister died in a hospital. police on okinawa have arrested a u.s. navy seaman accused of raping a japanese tourist as she slept at her hotel

communities that exist in this vast area, that we've been talking about even i before al-qaeda and islamic maghreb, and as was pointed out we were not paying attention. but conditions that spawned the creation of those sorts of activities still exists. so how are we to address it? what are the lessons learned? we have built great systems to deal with the security aspects, intelligence and fusion centers and sells, sustained engagemen engagements, combined and joint operations to address threats, the use of our special operation forces, the use of our conventional forces. i offer that same engagement is important across this arc of instability and other areas as well. what is our sustained developmental engagement? what is our sustained diplomatic engagement? you hear other members of the panel talk about the role about the various countries that north africa played in helping build security, what they are doing. i offer some of it will be done by having better trained intelligence, integrated intelligence, better sharing of intelligence. some of it will come by having better trained and efficiency

addition to the foreign fighter dilemma, what are your thoughts and considerations in the broader maghrebwhere clearly, france has been a target of terrorist activity in the past? so any figures you can leave with us to give us a sense of scale and scope, and then secondly, since we're at a university, i'm going to ask for you to grade a couple things. firstly, to grade the cooperation between the internal and the external services in france to be able to get a full rich picture of the threat environment. so how are your internal security services working with your external intelligence services. then how would you grade your relationship with the eu in particular, with information sharing and some of the need to integrate data bases with your eu partners at the borders, and then finally, of course, the relationship with the united states. i think the hybrid nature of the foreign fighter threat has really changed. it's not -- we used to think here we have to worry only about returnees or we have those that are inspired jihadists, inspired in the united states. you are starting to see a hy