years that killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened broken as security problems with fighters affiliated with al-qaeda and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks. to kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 20 could and president ones to restore peace before the vote but his don't clear if his army is up to the task of public increase al-jazeera a project. well david also is a counterterrorism expert at global risk international and he says became a fast as government must address the root causes of the conflict. unfortunately yes we are more likely to see a lot of instability not just in book universal but in the entire outlook tuck a good marriage in which encompasses marley and the jet but also i think we would also have the same kind of trend in the live chat richard where you have to poke around islamic state of west african provence faction so i think you know the collapse of the physical islamic state you know has led to a massive flow through porous borders of experienced jihad based

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years that killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has. security problems with charges kenya did with myself regularly cross the border to launch attacks. to kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 2020 and president wants to restore peace before the vote but is still clear if his army is up to the task rabbit increase. a project. iraq's largest parliamentary bloc has nominated danny to be the next prime minister danny has been the governor of the oil rich province of basra since 2017 the shia candidates appointment has been rejected by iraqi protesters were calling for an independent candidate his nomination comes out the prime minister. resigned last month under pressure from government protests some of the fault in is in baghdad she explained why it's taken so long to nominate a candidate. well danny has now officially been nominated by the iranian backed corelation which was the cleric the largest bloc in parliament we've seen many names floated throughout the past 3 weeks but this was the 1st time that represen

years that killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened security problems with quietus kenya did with al qaida and i sell regularly across the border to launch attacks. killer fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 3 d. printing and president marco boring ones to restore peace before the vote but is still clear if his army is up to the task the public agrees al-jazeera object. thousands of syrians continue to flee the last rebel held stronghold of it led government forces have taken control of dozens of towns in the last week and are now pushing towards murat which lies on a key highway. you know the assault. may god take revenge on those who caused this what if we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for me to see i be god to punish them for displacing us because in all of this to humiliating us for god's sake we have big big alive. iraq's largest parliamentary bloc has nominated assad l.a. dhani to be the next prime minister aidan he has been governor of the oil rich province of us since 2017 th

personnel soldiers died when 2 how the cultures collided while pursuing islamist militants in northern mali china says u.s. naval ships and military aircraft will no longer be allowed to stop off at home called a beijing also known sanctions against several american n.g.o.s the retaliatory measures come after the u.s. are passed legislation last week backing pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. will stay in china for our next story beijing has put into effect new regulations that require people in the country to have their faces scanned when signing up for a new mobile phone for a new phone of russian banks didn't reporter rebecca riches can tell us will welcome rebecca so tell us about this new logo and how big a deal is this well out of a broader push by the chinese government to limit people's ability to remain anonymous online and offline as well it's a pretty huge deal basically anyone as you just said wanting to get a new mobile sim card then they have to in voluntarily basically surrender their identification it's almost impossible to live in china without a fine i mean pretty much

all to soon jihihadists in northern mali the militant viololence has soared in recent months it was the biggest single day loss to the french military in nearly four decadeds became the doubts about the effectiveness of france's foreign half thousand member. of boston box can in mali and for other countries in the sahel region. micro place diligent on a metal frarance's hihighest award on each coffin f ththe thirteen soldiers. trick n the red white and blue of the french flag georgian was at the ceremony. in the name of nation genetically in the fall of saigon down to the sacrifice. jamaican badan to the family's pain the volatility for me. to the parents grieving is not a home. people often allies and companions who have lost a loved ones the companion. keep it to the children orphaned by this tragedy the phone is a phone because saddam less often a- does the unborn children whose fathers have been stars in it gave a lot of this war. i promise the support of this entire country to don't today fellow soldiers. lift down then the players in the. present to france my american paying tribu

years that killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened working as security problems with fighters accumulated with al qaida and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks. kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 20 quid and president marco boring ones to restore peace before the vote but is still clear if his army is up to the task how it increase al-jazeera a project. syrian government troops have captured dozens of villages in the last rebel held province of idlib the territorial gains of a several days on a weeks of artillery artillery bombardment an airstrike supported by russia 130000 civilians have been forced from their homes already this month as winter temperatures fall the near freezing a too near freezing the world health organization is warning that around 12000000 syrians need medical assistance by the bubble but how can they do this to us even israel wouldn't do this this is so wrong 20 houses flood into the ground all at once how can this be possible there are no frontlines here jus

they've killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened as security problems with crisis are clear to them and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks thousands of syrians continue to flee at the last rebel held stronghold of it lead a major offensive there is intensifying government forces have taken control of dozens of towns 16 people have been confirmed dead after a powerful storm tore through the central philippines typhoon pan phone made landfall on tuesday it's weakened and has crossed into the south china sea well those are the headlines next up the bottom line. tool to use their own we were told to get to the bit to ration has this been addressed by tookie we listen to what these the proposal. for a couple of you know we meet with glued to news makers and talk about the stories that matter to 0. hi i'm steve clemons and i have some questions as we say goodbye to 2019 what were the big stories that affected us this past year and what are the big issues that may hit us in 2020 let's get to the bottom line.

years that killed more than 700 people with have a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has. security problems with fighters kenya to the i so regularly cross the border to launch attacks. or kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 2020 and president marco boring ones to restore peace before the vote but is still clear if his army is up to the task of a decrease al-jazeera applejack now this is only the latest in a series of recent attacks on military personnel in west africa region where mali and booking a fossil have faced the most number of attacks earlier this month 71 soldiers were killed on a military base in asia as west and in mali at least 53 soldiers were killed on a military post in november it happened just weeks after 2 other raids on military bases which left dozens of soldiers dead also that month at least 37 people were killed in book enough when gunmen ambushed a military convoy transporting minors to work. is visiting senior fellow at the center for africa at the london school of economics he says the region is being challenged by all

years that killed more than 700 people with have a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened brokenness security problems with fighters are cleared it with al-qaeda and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks. kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 20 quid and president marco boring ones to restore peace before the vote but is still clear if his army is up to the tosk how to crease al-jazeera a project. in syria government troops have captured dozens of villages in the last rebel held province of idlib the territorial gains over several days following weeks of artillery bombardment and airstrikes supported by russia 130000 civilians have been forced from their homes already this month as winter temperatures fall to near freezing the world health organization is warning that around 12000000 syrians need medical assistance but. how can they do this to us even israel wouldn't do this this is so wrong 20 houses flattened to the ground all at once how can this be possible there are no front lines here just civilians i have got to punis

years that killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern malias worsened working as security problems with fighters accumulated with al-qaeda and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks. brooke you know fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 2020 and president marco boring ones to restore peace before the vote but his don't clear if his army is up to the task of a decrease al-jazeera applejack. police india are being accused of using an old frys to excessive force against protesters at new delhi's jameel university 2 weeks ago an independent investigation by a civil rights group found offices indiscriminately beat the demonstrators destroying public property and arrested people unlawfully police are also accused of intimidating and firing on protesters in uttar pradesh where 18 people were killed the demonstrations are in tunis a distant mall that's been labeled as and muslim and thousands of protesters in various cities joined the latest protest against the law dozens of arrests have been made after protests as chanted

years they've killed more than 700 people with hover 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened security problems with charges accumulated with al qaeda and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks . kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 20 committee and president marc ones to restore peace before the vote what is still clear if his army is up to the task a public increase al-jazeera a picture. or now to developments in iraq protesters there have rejected the nomination of assad l.a. danny as the country's next prime minister a lay down he has been the governor of iraq's richest bus or a province for the past 2 years but despite its oil wealth buster has poor infrastructure and i lay down has been accused of not doing enough to improve life the people there are fears his nomination was influenced by iran because his name was put forward by one of the biggest iran backed groups in iraq e politics with a nomination follows 3 months of violent nationwide protests that eventually saw the resignation of the former prime minister. in late

when islamist extremists took n control of theive northern mali in 2012, tinariwen refused to obey theone band member was briefly kiapped. >> ( translated ): we know that some people in the u.s. say wrong and negative things out us, but we do not feel anything about them, because they are ong. >> reporter: and most people in wake forest univerenioree. yasmeen shaltout grew up here, after her familyeft egypt when she was two years old. >> i'm constantly surrounded by people that are very welcoming. >> reporter: she'satched the muslim community grow just within her lifetime. >> they used to get together at a local house, and then the church space w bought and converted into a mosque when the community started growing out of that house. we've added new parking space, new building for a sunday school, so that expansion is even viewed in the physical expansion of space to accommodate more people. >> reporter: but that expansion in the tarheel state has created tension. in 2015, a man in nearby chapel hill murdered three college students-- all musms. shaltout said it was a reminder here is s

where there are media also like gold in northern blocking off or so or perhaps in mali look at advantage of fact but it's essentially about the fight for potentially you know that she actually meant a religious jihadist i didn't ask well for your insight michael thanks so much for joining us from kent really appreciate your time thank you thank you. well here on the al-jazeera news hour including christian leaders in iraq. in solidarity with the victims of the protests. and the hectic holiday kicks off in the english premier league as one manager calls the fixture list. story later. over to south asia now where police in india are being accused of using authorized excessive force against protesters and new delhi is jummy a university her own 2 weeks ago an independent investigations the office is indiscriminately demonstrators destroying public property and arrested people unlawfully also being accused of intimidation and firing on protesters in pradesh where 18 people were killed the demonstrations are against a new citizenship law that's been labelled as anti muslim let's cross over to

years that killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has. security problems with 5 just kenya did with al qaida and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks. to kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 2020 and president wants to restore peace before the vote but it's not clear if his army is up to the task the public increase. object. let's not so to come on the news hour including critics fear more discrimination against muslims in india as the government unveils plans for a population register. the christian holiday of christmas is recognized in muslim majority for the 1st time in 8 years and in sports the financial threat hanging over english teams in part 2 of our feature death of a football club. now iraq's largest parliamentary bloc has nominated a donnie to be the country's next prime minister but despite governing the oil rich province of 2017 the shia candidate has been rejected by iraqi protesters who are calling for an independent candidate his nomination comes out the prime minister. resigned l

they've killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened security problems with quietus of kenya did with al qaida and i sell regularly across the border to launch attacks. fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 20 committee and president ones to restore peace before the vote but his don't clear if his army is up to the task of public increase. well for more we can speak now to david autor he's a counterterrorism expert at bible rescue international and joins us now from belfort and from whence we just tearing in addresses report there about the the cycle of violence in the region. do you see the situation getting worse are we likely to see more instability in the region in 2021 fortunately yes we're more likely to see a lot of instability not just in brooklyn across all but in the entire takuma region which encompasses mali a new jet but also i think we would also have this same kind of trimmed in dilute charge region where you have the book islamic state of west african provence faction so i think you know the co

they've killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened working as security problems with fighters accumulated with al-qaeda and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks. fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 20 could and president ones to restore peace before the vote but is not clear if his army is up to the task of public increase al jazeera a project. or david autor was a counterterrorism expert at global risk international he says but enough fast as government can't win the fight against armed groups with military force alone. unfortunately yes we are more likely to see a lot of instability not just in booking of hussle but in the entire look takuma region which encompasses mali and the jet but also i think we would also have the same kind of trend in the live chat region where you have to poke around islamic state of west african province faction so i think you know the collapse of the physical islamic state you know has led to a massive flow through porous borders of experienced jihad based who

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well basically it's hard to say who which group carried out this attack but we know in the northern part of mali there are several armed groups operating there from al qaida to others and locally grown . groups that are active in this particular region so it's thought because the army they need also said that right now they feel that some of them have escaped across the border probably referring to the border with mali because in itis is not far away from the border with mali however on the other side of nizkor we also have seen the uptick in violence from boko haram which started in nigeria by the way more than 10 years ago we've seen how they have carried out several attacks in that particular region but what people suspected now are those groups armed groups operating along the mali corridor and they believe that probably they have links to al qaida and other. extremist groups that have been known to have operated in that area over the last 7 or 8 years and that it's also just days before some as in france that's meant to discuss the future of the french military's deployments in the region w

mali,efforts in northern there aree regular protests against them, with some saying they are a new colonialce with economic ambitions. should let others try -- for example, russia. their presence is a hindrance. they need to leave. reporter: the ability of french and regional armies to stotop attacks has only compopounded disappointment, and d conspiracy theoeories abound. a malian politician said they should stop being treated by a childish leader like macron.n. if thendering operation's days are numbered. genie: many talking about the strike sitting france today. while that may be true for t the french city of lyon, it has not stopped the e festival of lilig. installationsight projected onto around 30 famous sites in the southern french city. last year, close to 2 million people turned out to see the beautiful lights. we are not sure how many out-of-towners will be able to make it there this weekend in the midst of the mass strike. genie: that is our top story for you today. france has been hit with its biggest strength in decades. the apple tower is closed. nearly half of french public s

mali he says is frequent cross border fighting involving. basically it's hard to say who which group carried out this attack but we know in the northern part of mali there are several armed groups operating there from al qaida to others and locally grown. groups that are active in this particular region so it thought because the army the army also said that right now they feel that some of them have escaped across the border probably referring to the border with mali because in artists not far away from the border with mali however on the other side of news year we also have seen the uptick in violence from. boko haram which has started in nigeria by the way more than 10 years ago we've seen how they have carried out several attacks in that particular region but what people suspected now are those groups armed groups operating along the mali corridor and. they believe that probably they have links to al qaeda and other. extremist groups that have been known to have operated in that area over the last 7 or 8 years. in an exclusive interview with al jazeera russia's special envoy to syria has denied they have been more attacks on civilians in t

muslimeen and unsound rule islam both are al qaeda affiliates they operate in northern working or faso on the border with mali the group i saw in the greatest horror has been launching attacks in each area since the end of 2016 book or rahman i saw in west africa still operate from northeastern nigeria near the border with me share and shot and with the defeat i saw in iraq they are concerned some of its fighters may move through libya and on to the cyo. well let's bring in our guests now in paris. president and c.e.o. of the africa international media group and joining us on skype from oslo stick ya hanson author of horn and rift fault lines of the african jihad welcome to you both thank you for being on inside story. in paris see crisis in the sa is not an african crisis that that's been ignored by the rest of the world quite the contrary there currently 17000 international troops in the region to deal with the threats posed by armed groups why has it been so difficult to contain the violence. that's exactly the question everybody is asking now. while france has been acclaimed when it intervene intervened i

cannot be driven because we are trying to destroy and liquidate either in mali of a crime to give ahmed training. in northernsyria. it really is a world gone mad but oddly enough you have to be in syria to realize how mad it is . when you're angry and i'm getting around you really think of the news coming out of washington like americans are living in a kind of fantasy world of no relation to monitor where i'm going to reply i was. trying. to say. sure. today there are good terrorists and bad the bad terrorists those in yemen who the united states deems to be a threat the good terrorists those who are in syria the joke here is we've been there before. i mean if you consider the i'm going to start story they have learned nothing. today if i see that the saudis are giving money to groups that are in syria that are not only models so the. it would say you want a conspiracy theory is what i'm just trying to say is in the moment of the contemporary this grammar. of dangerous politics sounds insane was that you you have a. pattern. to what appears to have been a conspiracy at the time. when documents appear duns o

migrants has sunk off the coast of mali tamia at least 58 people have been killed most of them from the gambia dozens swam to shore survivors are being treated in the northern mauritanian city of why deeble a boat was sailing towards the canary islands a spanish territory globally more than 2600 migrants have died at sea so far this year according to the international organization for migration but the number of deaths is down compared to 2018 al-jazeera as mom advice is in more tenuous capital chocked with more. but about $83.00 people managed to swim to the shore and they were found by the military police outside the northern city of and why they without was the early evening hours yesterday those people gave more news about what happened that boat capsized off the shore. about 10 days being stranded running out of fuel and so on so they gave more details and scores of people at least dozens of people are still missing they are supposed to be of course dead women and children where on the boats coming from gambia the majority of the migrants from the country of gondor that's a small nation west africa one of those poor countries that supply this migration