democratic organization says the protest was sparked by government attempts to close a muslim community school the u.s. embassy in eritrea reported gunfire at several locations in s. lar on cheese day earlier we spoke to salon kidani who is the director of the human rights group release eritrea she says protests in the country are on heard of i think it's about control. of the life i don't think it's about religion at all whatsoever because if it was religion it would have been done in consultation with the people and getting the people on board i think this is a draconian measure to yet again control of the eritrean public and squeeze out any public snarl where shootings were were heard in the streets separate shootings and even when children were coming out of school equally nursery school children very small children and young people chased through the streets of us tomorrow. and complete pandemonium protests are not just rare enough announcement i've never seen or heard of protests since eric has independence or maybe even before that so this is this is a very unique and maybe even a one o

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far democratic organization says the protest was sparked by government attempts to close a muslim community school. at least twenty six people have died in an air strike in northern province in yemen a stronghold for who see rebels a plane struck a hotel in a market in the so hard to street near the saudi border the saudi led coalition says it's investigating the strike the palestinian hamas movement has handed over the ministries of control of three border crossings to the palestinian authority will now control the palestinian side of gaza's border with israel into egypt and they have been protests in the occupied west bank to mark the hundredth anniversary of the balfour declaration the palestinian authority says it's planning to sue the british government over the policy statement that pave the way for the creation of israel. you're up to date with all of our top stories a full but isn't coming up for you in the twenty five minutes time but that's off the witness which starts now stay with us. well i think. it. is. no more definition to be. not a settler thinking of setting aside a kind of is i

democratic organization says the protests were sparked by government attempts to close a muslim community school the u.s. embassy in eritrea reported gunfire at several locations yes maher on tuesday so i'm good and is the director of the human rights group release eritrea she says the government's response was very heavy handed i think it's him years that they should that they should take arms against effectively high school students and their parents that's how it started out so i think they're taking it extremely sit in your article is seriously actually to shoot at. children that's what they're doing but also there has been funny responses on twitter there hasn't been any. acknowledgement or any official. statement pertaining to this but on twitter the information minister actually tried to play it down and accuse the people who were actually breaking it into the international news iran's supreme leader has told the russian president they must step up cooperation to isolate the united states and help stabilize the middle east that to me putin met ayatollah ali khamenei during a one day visit

democratic organization says the demonstrations were sparked by government attempts to close a muslim community school. the palestinian hamas movement has handed over ministries have control of three border crossings to the palestinian authority the p.a. will now control the palestinian side of gaza's border with israel and egypt the handover is part of deals between hamas and fatah brokered by egypt in october but the handover may not mean an end to the blockade of gaza. and other developments have been protests in the occupied west bank to mark the hundredth anniversary of the balfour declaration palestinian authority says it's planning to sue the british government over the policy statement that pave the way for the creation of israel. there's more on that story and everything else right here al jazeera dot com for the latest comment analysis and video on demand you can watch us live right there as well inside story is coming up next the news hour is after that so all see you in about twenty five minutes time. what happens when the oil runs out rich gulf countries are being warned the future is ble

democratic organization says the demonstrations were sparked by government attempts to close a muslim community school i mean protests in the occupied west bank to mark the one hundred year anniversary of the balfour declaration palestinian authority says it's planning to sue the british government over the policy statement that paved the way for the creation of israel. at least twenty six people have died in an air strike in northern sound our province in yemen a stronghold for who he rebels the planes struck a hotel in a market in the so hard district near the saudi border saturday at coalition says it's investigating the strike. iran's supreme leader has told russia's president they need to step up cooperation to isolate the united states and restore peace in the middle east ayatollah ali khamenei is reported to have made the comments during trilateral talks with resume putin and azerbaijan's leader in tehran the war in syria and twenty fifteen nuclear deal dominated the talks. you stay with us faultlines is up next why for now. it's u.s. president donald trump visit to asia the goal is to forge re

practical one as ation says the demonstrations were sparked by government attempts to close a muslim community school and the protests in the occupied west bank to mark the one hundred year anniversary of the balfour declaration you know forty says it's planning to sue the british government over the policy statement that paved the way the creation of israel. at least twenty six people have died in an air strike in northern province in yemen a stronghold for hoofy rebels the planes struck a hotel in the market in the so hard district near the saudi border a saudi led coalition says it's investigating the strike iran's supreme leader has told russia's president that they need to step up cooperation to isolate the united states and restore peace in the middle east ayatollah khomeini is reported to have made the comments during trilateral talks with about amir putin and azerbaijan's leader in tehran the war in syria and the twenty fifteen u.k. deal dominated the talks with putin labeling threats by the u.s. president to withdraw from a deal as unacceptable to say the stream is next. to that i phone or.

democratic organization says the protests were sparked by government attempts to close a muslim community schooli mean protests in the occupied west bank to mark the one hundred year anniversary of the balfour declaration palestinian authority says it's planning to sue the british government over the policy statement that pave the way the creation of israel. the palestinian hamas movement has handed over minister to control of three border crossings to the palestinian authority authority want to control the palestinian side of gaza's border with israel and egypt the handover is part of deals between hamas and fatah brokered by egypt in october that handover may not mean an end to the blockade on gaza israel still controls the flow of people and goods through most of gaza's crossings. at least twenty six people have died in an air strike in northern province in yemen a stronghold for who he revels the planes struck a hotel in a market in the so hard a street near saudi border saudi that coalition says it's investigating the strike . there's a top stories today with al-jazeera as a witness continu

rights democratic organizations says the protest was sparked by government attempts to close a muslim community schoolthe u.s. embassy in eritrea reported gunfire at several locations in a. day. also long kidani is the director of the human rights group release eritrea she joins me in the studio now thank you very much for taking the time to come and speak to us how important is it that this kind of protest is even taking place in eritrea and then also the fact that people willing to upload the footage and share on social media it's extremely important the last time civilians. attempted to protest in eritrea i remember was in two thousand one and that was university students at the time and it was relatively contained within the university communities this is high school students and their parents and it's in the streets of us tomorrow and pretty just were taken and applauded and shared and people didn't mind that they would seem to be doing this so it's very significant when you say that the people that were uploading the footage how is it that because they live in very difficult conditions and freed

school district and the union. >> this can be a great experience for everyone how we can educate folks to better understand the muslim community. >> the alum rock union school district responded saying in part today's negative political climate at the national level continues to poison classrooms throughout our nation and that we will never tolerate any behavior that makes our students or team members feel marginalized. the teacher said several students were identified and later suspend. another was moved schools. she hopes for more immediate action. >> it was very traumatic and to be in a place -- in a safe place where i work and a place where i would be loved for what i do. >> reporter: the school district spokesman said he could not share what type of discipline those students received. reporting live in san jose. >>> thank you, ian. developing that the hour, north korean has tested what it's called a new, more powerful long-range missile. the pentagon confirmed it did go higher than other tests, lantding 600 miles away but that it could have reached the u.s. east coast if fired on a lower path. this comes just one week aft

injury over safety as americans it's getting the safety of american muslim kids in school muslim workers even members of the muslim community in the military still no matter how hateful the president's actions may be his position reflects the views of millions of americans. that helped him win the white house kimberly helped get al-jazeera washington well earlier i spoke to jordan today i want to who specializes in islam flowbee and an associate at georgetown university's bridge initiative many of the people that have worked in this administration have also worked previously with anti muslim organizations in the united states whether that's steve van in steven miller kellyanne conway sebastian gorka mike flynn all of these people have worked with with anti muslim groups and those same groups have have praised the president's agenda on these issues and have actually encouraged the types of steps that he's taking in the rhetoric that we hear from him on social media and elsewhere well we've at least seen a correlation between his rhetoric during the campaign and a major rise in hate crimes in the united states so according to

our safety as americans it's in then during the safety of american muslim kids in schools and more cars even members of the muslim community in the military still no matter how hateful the president's actions may be his position reflects the views of millions of americans. that helped him win the white house kimberly hellcat al-jazeera washington. and they see news has fired matt lauer the longest serving voice of the network's highly rated morning news program over an allegation of sexual misconduct a surprise announcement to employees came shortly before it was made on air on wednesday morning john hendren reports rockefeller plaza the growing wave of workplace sexual misconduct allegations he's claimed another television on and it has this is a sad morning heard today at n.b.c. news n.b.c. news is fired popular morning presenter matt lauer in which co-hosts of anna guthrie an ounce the new going on. we can say is that we are heartbroken i'm heartbroken and now in a memo to staff n.b.c. news president andy lack said an employee filed a complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace lax said while it was t

school district and union. >> this can be a great learning experience for everyone in how we can educate folks to better understand the muslim community. >> reporter: the allim rock community school district responding in a statement, saying in part, today's negative political climate at the national level continues to poison classrooms throughout our nation and that we will never tolerate any behavior that makes either our students or team members feel marginalized. the teacher says several students were identified and later suspended. another was moved schools. she hopes for more immediate action. >> it was very traumatic to be in a place, in a safe place where i work, in a place where i have a deep love for what i do. >> reporter: ian cull, nbc bay area news. >> happening today, the city of santa clara expands its effort to keep children safe in their travels to and from school. the safe routes to school program typically runs through the month of october, but this year they are kicking it up a notch, launching phase two of the program. students today will demonstrate safe traffic procedures. >> a follow-up, oakland's police chief

muslim community, as a whole, also has a peculiar position in italy. despite more than a million followers living here, islam is not recognized as an official religion, which makes opening schoolsmmunity centers more difficult. the minaret at the grand mosque is the only symbol of muslim faith you'll see in the roman skyline. but one leader says that's all the more reason for muslims to be peaceful, with hopes of winning over government skeptics. so to be a good muslim, you said, you also have to be a good italian? salah ramadan elsayed: yes, according to the koran. scott: imam salah ramadan elsayed says efforts to maintain a peaceful reputation for muslims in italy is critical work. and sometimes that work takes him behind bars, where radicalization can occur. salah ramadan elsayed: it's very important to the imam to visit prisoners, to reach them. you are eating here and you are drinking the water of italy, so you must be loyal to italy. scott: so you're saying that by going to prisons, by speaking to people and teaching them not only to love islam, but also to love italy. salah ramadan elsayed: yeah, to be integrated. scott: it prevents radicalization, it prevents attacks? s

safety as americans it's in the enduring the safety of american muslim kids in schools muslim workers even members of the muslim community in the military still no matter how hateful the president's actions may be his position reflects the views of millions of americans. that helped him win the white house kimberly helped get al-jazeera washington well let's get more on the smeller joined by jordan to marry dufner a writer who focuses on islamophobia she's the author of finding jesus among muslims and an associate at georgetown's bridge and i should have she's joining us live from washington d.c. very good to have you with us on al-jazeera what did you make off the president sharing these videos on twitter were you surprised at all. well initially i was surprised because i think like most people when you see a major political figure using fake information to incite fear and hatred towards towards a community of people that surprising but on the other hand it shouldn't be surprising to us because it's quite in line with the track record of the president and his administration whether it's you know the call to ban muslims

safety as americans it's in the enduring the safety of american muslim kids in schools muslim workers even members of the muslim community in the military still no matter how hateful the president's actions may be his position reflects the views of millions of americans. that helped him win the white house kimberly helped get al-jazeera washington british prime minister to resign may is facing a backlash over reports that she's ready to pay what the european union is demanding to settle the divorce bill between the two there are reports that could total fifty three to sixty five billion u.s. dollars the e.u. has given britain until monday to make an acceptable offer for a financial settlement and in barber has more. will the european union be getting sixty five billion dollars from britain will it be far less will both sides have been stressing a final figure hasn't been agreed but pressure is mounting on the british government ahead of an e.u. summit in mid december we're hoping very much that the offer that the promise is able to to make at that council be one that guarantees sufficient progress i think that that's wha

news4's chris gordon live now outside lake braddock high school to explain how the muslim community is responding. chris, what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, leon, tonight the nation's largest muslim civil rights and advocacy group is issuing a statement sending it out by e-mail saying it supports the disciplinary action taken against the teacher who allegedly removed the muslim student's head scarf. the student at lake braddock says she's infuriated, upset and shocked. she tweets, so my hijab was ripped off my head by a teacher i appreciated and valued. i was in the middle of a conversation with my friend and he came up from behind me and pulled it ofoff. the student ran to a rest room and called her parents. they contacted the school and a local mosque to horrifying. >> reporter: asia prime is the woman's program director at the islamic center. she said the hijab is worn to identify as a muslim. it's an expression of religious modesty. >> and if there is any part of my body that i choose to cover, my body is my business and her hair is her business. >> reporter: fairfax county p

news4's chris gordon outside lake braddock high school to explain how the school and the local muslim community are reacting. chris? >> reporter: well, wendy, news4 was first to report this story. a popular teacher with 27 years of experience placed but some of the students here are saying this incident may have happened by accident, that the teacher was trying to remove the muslim student's hoodie, and was embarrassed when her hijab came off. students leaving after school disagree over the teacher's intent in pulling off the muslim student's hijab. >> i don't think he meant harm because she had a hoodie on. he was trying to follow the rules. he was just joking around. he's a really nice guy. i feel like it's not right what he did, but he didn't mean it. >> reporter: the student at lake braddock says she's infuriated, upset and shocked. she tweets, so, my hijab was ripped off my head by a teacher i appreciated and valued. i was in the middle of a conversation with my friend and he came up from behind me and pulled it off. the student ran to a rest room and called her parents. they contacted the

, and especially things like the prevent duty they create this idea that muslims are suspect community and teachers in all schools especially legal aid. i was denied legal aid, i had to fight this myself two years. the reason was given, even though i financially qualified, the reason given was that i was too educated for it. to reiterate the tribunal found you should not have been sacked for raising the issue that you did, but they have not upheld the religious issue. which i am appealing. the nursing and midwifery council said there has been a 90% fall in the registration of nurses from the eu. there has been a fall in the numbers already registered. the department of health says they are increasing nurse training places by 25%. we can talk to stefanie aitken, the deputy director of nursing at the deputy director of nursing at the royal college of nursing. and we can speak to the membership organisation for nhs acute hospitals, community, mental health and ambulance services. joining me now from chesterfield is joan pons laplana, who's been a nurse for 20 years and worked in the uk for 17. joan is seriously conc

rohingya muslim minority community as mass ethnic cleansing and he said his home city had honoured aung san suu kyi but now she had shamed dublin. the church of england is telling its schoolstjudgment. the updated guidelines aim to prevent children being bullied because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. here‘s our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir. dressing up is notjust a favourite activity for the reception class at this london church primary school, it‘s also part of the curriculum designed to encourage individuality and discourage bullying. the church of england has updated its advice for its a700 schools to protect children who may be considering transition from one gender to another. being an individual is very important and respecting everybody‘s right to be an individual is very important to us. so if children aren‘t themselves then they cannot be free to learn, and that‘s key. the new guidelines say children should be allowed to try many cloaks of identity without being labelled and that a child may choose the tutu, princess‘s tiara, or a fireman‘s helmet without expectation or comment. today‘s guidance is designed to prevent bullying in

muslims in the neighborhood. at a nearby madrassa, an islamic religious school, funded by non- government sources, including help from individuals abroad and within their community. a local imam is training young boys to read the quran and practice islam. what do you think of young girls and women surfing? >> ( translated ): the issue of girls surfing, to me, isn't a good thing. girls are meant to be covered so that boys can't see them. girls have been told to stay out of boys' sight. girls are respectful beings and they have been asked to stay hidden. so if girls are surfing and go into the ocean, then a lot of people can see then and that's a sin. it's not good. >> reporter: how should women behave according to islam? >> ( translated ): no i'm not scared i used to be scared at first but not anymore. >> reporter: in just a few days there will be a competition sponsored by an american missionary, called surfing the nations. hundreds of people will be watching, including the judges. sobe meheraz, and soma are the best surfers among the girls. the top winner will receive $248.00 and a used surfboard. the girls could use the cash-- they all live in the slums. they

you're a muslim american, maybe you're a 10-year-old and you're going off to school today with your little dora the explorer backpack. what conversations are you having and is happening in your communitye president is saying something about your faith, suggesting you're a danger because of the way you believe and practice your religion. it's a real problem. david duke, you talk about people embracing this. it's david duke, right? he was a grand wizard in the kkk and he is praising this president. this is a real i think sad moment for a lot of people. a real dangers i think trend that we've seen from this president. demonizing people who he thinks aren't exactly american. aren't entitled to the same sort of respect as other americans. >> when i saw those anti-muslim tweets this morning, i quickly, at least in my mind, went back to what the president said about islam during the campaign. this is what he told our own anderson cooper in march of last year. listen to this part. >> i think islam hates us. there is something -- there is something there that -- there is a tremendous hatred there. there is a tremendous hatred. we have to get to the bottom of it. there is an unbelievable hatred

muslim community fear unwarranted retaliation. >> enough is enough. we cannot be singling out one community because of an of one person. noah was taken to the hospital after the attacker's truck plowed into his school bus. >> a really loud banging sound on the bus and i started to cry. >> of the eight who died, five were from argentina. meanwhile federal law enforcement officials are combing through the suspect's iphone for clues and even looking into a wedding he attended. while police in new york are setting up hundreds of concrete barriers to prevent future attacks and metal barricades for sunday's marathon. >> you will see a rot of police presence. not alarmed by that. they understand it means they're safe. >> as runners gear up for the road ahead, another community is also trying to move forward. >> i will stay strong to my faith and stay strong in my belief in humanity and let that surpass everything else. >> reporter: one of the new jersey victims who decide is having his wake held today. this as police set up more police presence and are on high alert ahead of tomorrow's marathon which kicks off at 8:30 in the morning. >>> some other headlines. newly released government documents reveal an

muslim minority community as "mass ethnic cleansing." the live aid organiser said his home city had honoured aung san suu kyi, but now she had appalled and shamed dublin. the church of england is telling its schoolsmophobic bullying in its schools three years ago. today, those guidelines are being updated to include bullying against children and adolescents who identify as transgender or bisexual. it comes after a controversial case on the isle of wight where one couple withdrew their son from a church of england primary school because another pupil asked to be accepted as transgender. 0ur child came home from school one day and said, "daddy, i am confused." there was a boy in his class who is sometimes coming as a boy and sometimes coming as a girl. we were concerned about that because it is very confusing. how do they deal with that? let us remember, these are primary school children, they are six years of age. but the new guidance stresses children should be able to play with what it calls the many cloaks of identity. it says children are at the trying—on stage of life, so no labels need to be fixed. and the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, writes in the new guidance... but the church i