patty culhane. >> debaltseve. >> on wednesday pushed out by relentless bombardment and ground assault. and all this happened four days after a ceasefire supposedly began. the ukrainian wounded were taken to arteminsk and spoke about running a gauntlet of fire. >> there are no words to describe it. along the entire way we were hit. we left debaltseve around 5 a.m. and until this moment we were constantly under fire. >> the bottom bartment was carried out by this one several miles south. there were no shortage of tanks and armor. many feet the ukrainians need to be with ccialghts back to the borders of donetsk and luhansk region. after that we will see. >> in the near future i think what happened in illiv beingseisk will happen here. i can't imagine what will happen after that, time will tell. >> reporter: the loss of the town of debaltseve is a bitter blow. they had invested much capital both human and military trying to defend it. but the smoke that remains over the town is a small snors. the sprafts are adamant the territory was under separatist control. but with debilities debilitie

patty culhane washington. >> driver and two body guards were killed in the capital of kenya, shot the passengers at los range muchai end his parliament two years ago. >>> military air strikes ton sinai peninsula the military targeted the area of arich comes aweek after a number of people were killed and injured in the spate of attacks on security facilities and personnel in the north of sinai. >>> al jazeera journalist boasmed and mohamedbahermohamed and mohamed fahmy have now spent 406 days behind bars in egypt. peter greste has arrived back home in australia after being released earlier this week. baher and mohamed are still in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >>> teuns hasteuns hastunisia has a new prime minister. the first all term all elected government. >> in what's being seen as prime minister narendra modi's government common man party fez jamil is in new delhi with more. >> it's come down to a two person race. both are from the anticorruption movement of a few years ago and both have personal reputations of cutting down on corruption and cleaning up the sys

patty culhane, al jazeera washington. >> at least 8 rebels and 70 tries to broker a ceasefire. paul chadajan reports. >> once a thriving tourist destination, this part of aleppo is now a battlefield. in babelel that'sel nassir,. >> translator: this is partly because, country side to the city. >> on the outskirts of the city in the south every sort of weapon is used on both sides. the most serious fighting is on the road that leads to the western parts of the city which are controlled by regime forces. >> translator: our main duty here is to monitor the movements of the assad forces and how they mobilize their forces where they launch attacks. our mission is to liberate the area so we can move towards the industrial compound. >> reporter: the fighting in aleppo isn't just on these fronts. it's a deadly battle on 40 different fronts. and while each of the battling sides tries to make gains the u.n.-backed ceasefire plan looks unlikely. paul tradergian, al jazeera. >> the nigeria government claims it has killed more than 300 boko haram fighters in attempt to gather back land from

white house correspondent patty culhane has more. >> when it comes to foreign policy president barack obama's critics have latched onto one comment, that he doesn't have a guiding principle is slow to respond, he is responding to that with this national security strategy five years in the making. arguing the u.s. should not overreach or make decisions based on fear and it should try to avoid acting on its own. his national security advisor susan rice argued it's working. >> think for a minute where the world would be without decisive american leadership. ebola would be spreading throughout west africa and likely to far corners of the world. without us russia would be suffering no cost for its actions in ukraine. without us there would be no military campaign or 60 countries countering i.s.i.l.'s advance snrp she went. she went on to detail priorities stopping the spread of nuclear weapons energy, propping up failed states. the length of the list is a problem in and of itself. >> it's prioritization. strategy is saying x is more important than y so i'm going to focus my resources there

patty culhane, al jazeera washington. >> in nigeria more than 150 people taken hostage from the armed group boko haram have been reunited with their families in yobay state a month after being taken hostage. the victims say they were freed after refusing to follow the rules of boko haram. >> we told them, if they did not follow their ways we should go back an follow the greerch green and white flag. >> meanwhile nigeria's president goodluck jonathan, told the people that he is working to improve the capacity of the armed forces with help from neighboring countries. the philippine government says it has killed one of southeast asia's most wanted men confirmed dead in a government raid last month but his death derailed peace talks with the armed muslim rebel group he led. old fears from the muslim community have resurfaced. >> her husband was a fighter with the liberation front and was killed by government forces. >> my children have lost their father. my son saw his father's body lying on the ground. they still cry every day. it is still painful. his loss is irreplaceable. >> too lost

patty culhane, al jazerra washington. >>> thousands of argentinians have braved the rains to stage a mass protest. demanding answers over the my steer yeah shooting death of the prosecutor last month. alberto nisman was investigating whether president christina kirschner covered up eye ryne vinnie involvement in the bomb being i've jewish certainty 21 years ago. lucia newman has more from the capital. >> reporter: not even relentless rain kept 10s of thousands of argentines for marking one month since the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nisman. many of his colleagues, fellow prosecutors, led the march. angry that the government had refused to honor nisman. the sign says god may forgive them. but not the nation. >> translator: for once argentina wants to know the truth. there is too much political interference in the justice system. on the other hand, it is very suspicious that a prosecutor who precisely was investigating the president end up dead and no one knows what happened. >> reporter: the president has ridiculed suggestion that his she may have played a part in the prows

patty culhane, al jazerra washington? still to come on al jazerra. at one of america's biggest supermarket chains are happy. plus. >> reporter: reporting from. [ inaudible ] in the southern philippines, this is the scene of a recent encounter that left more than 60 people dead. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . >>> hello again, you are with al jazerra. a reminder of the top story recovering and the u.n. mediator mediator the mediator for yemen i should say says right political factions has agreed on a people's transitional council to help govern and guide the country out of its political crisis it comes after shia houthi rebels seized power earlier this month. crossing over to mo hal he had he's joining us from the south of yemen. first tell us what this announcement means really on the ground? >>

. $9 billion will be set aside to fight islamic state of iraq and the levant, patty culhane with this report. [applause] >> there is very little the president and the republicans who control congress agree on. that is especially true when it comes to money. >> i cannot believe we are here again. >> this place is a mess. >> reporter: previous budget fights have shut down the government led to files over the national debt, it's ugly and should be even worse. that's why president barack obama wants to increase spending by 7%, about $75 billion and in these hundreds of pages he also calls for raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations. but before even reading one page the republicans said no and they have shown they are willing to use the budget again to force the president's hand saying they won't fund the dpaft homeland -- department of finance homeland security if the president doesn't change his immigration policy. the president says he won't change his plan. in a trip to the department of homeland security, he rained republicans they will take the blame for the fallout. >> as one

check in with patty culhane.us about this summit. >> reporter: and if you'll excuse the deeping in the background, they are clearing the four inches of snow that they got a couple of days ago, of course. but one of the problems with this summit one of the things the white house hopes to overcome is this feeling of mistrust between muslim communities and the federal government. we have seen outreach before that actually turned out to be intelligence gathering. kimberly traveled to one of the cities being highlighted to take a look at the issue. >> reporter: this woman fled somaliia, her only goal was to flee the conflict. but now she worries that she and others are being targeted by isil-recruitment videos. >> we are most vulnerable because we have enemy -- i can't call anything else other than enemy, waiting for our kids to take. >> reporter: the fear that the children in this community will leave to fight with isil is real. since july 7th people have left to travel to syria, and have since been charge. the obama

. >> white house correspondent patty culhane has the story. >> slow to respond. he's responding to that with this national security strategy. five years in the making. arguing the u.s. should not overreach or make decisions based on fear. and it should try to avoid acting on its own. his national security advisory susan rice unveiled the proposal and argued it's working. >> think for a minute where the world would be today without decisive american leadership. ebola would be spreading throughout west africa and likely to far corners of the world. without us, russia would be suffering no cost for its actions in ukraine. without us, there would be no military campaign or 60 countries countering i.s.i.l.'s advance. >> reporter: she went on to detail the national security priorities and it's a long list. protecting the home land its people and u.s. allies. prevent be economic slow downs stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, preventing climate change and energy disruptions and preventing are states. the list is a long one. >> a strategy is a way of saying x is more

patty culhane explains. >> reporter: millions lobbying in a heated debate in congress and a bill for the pipeline has been vetoed. the weight continues. the u.s. president laid out the criteria for approval. >> our national interest will be served. only if the project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution. >> the u.s. state department said the canadians sands would be developed, pipelines better than trains move it. now the environmental protection agency weighed in saying maybe not. because of a drop in oil praises it wouldn't be possible. in this letter tar sands create 17% more greenhouse gas than other crude. it would be equivalent to adding 5.7 million cars or 7.8 coal-fired plants. it's not about the environment, but economics says the president. some believe the bottom line is it's more about politics than impact the final decision will have. >> i think it's more symbolic for politics than the economics, and this terms of differences in united states' ability to perform. >> reporter: the fight over keystone may be settled soon. it's a first clear in

patty culhane, al jazeera washington. >>> the agreement of greece, from defaulting on its debts. the list of measures put forward includes a range of antiausterity policies including free electricity, health care, food and public transport for the poorest. greece wants to offer aid for those on low pensions and stop homes from being repossessed. it plans to pay for these reforms by tackling tax evasion and corruption. and make the government more efficient, cutting the mum of ministries and cutting the number of official cars. john siropolous has more from athens. >>> one of greece's addition possessed at 40 she has lost her bookmaker's shop and owes the tax man 35,000 that she cannot pay. she is underwhelmed by alexis tsipras's reforms. >> he has given us hope that will regain our honor but how are they going to go back on all that their predecessors have signed? if you go back on the bank, they will take your house. >> having vowed not to, it has prom nebtly includedprominently much of this has been promised before. will have an uphill battle convincing creditors that it will r

we go to patty culhane in washington, d.c.summit about extremism, and the white house is being very careful to use that word. >> exactly. they call it a summit to combat violent extremism. and there have been a lot of commentators who are saying it should be islamic extremism. i don't want to point out, we did just hear from a member of the anti-defamation league who said that 95% of terrorist attackses have been carried out by right-wing extremists. but it's aimed at stopping the islamic state of iraq and the levant, boko haram, and al-qaeda. they say they isil does not represent islam. and that isil is trying to paint this as a u.s. war against islam, and that is not the case. and they have been criticized domestically by religious groups that say just focusing on islam will only increase the fare of muslims in america and islamaphobia. >> how does this feed into the idea of building relations with muslim communities? >> reporter: that's exactly the focus, but federal firms will tell you they know they have a huge challenge.

patty culhane reports. >> reporter: this summit was called for last year. the obama administration said the attacks in canada australia, paris and copenhagen gave the issue new urgency. president obama took to the stage and went to great lengths to ensure that his fight was not reliagean. >> we are not at war with islam. we are at war with people who have perverted it. >> reporter: officials have been careful not to use the words islam extremist. that has some activists concerned. >> we are concerned about the effects and backlash that this would have especially in light of the recent crimes that we have seen across the nation. >> reporter: the white house is trying to avoid muslim communities, they believe that when they are excluded from society, they will have sympathy. the aggressive government and surveillance after the 9/11 attacks strained the relationship a fact openly admitted here. >> we reinforce the narrative that america is at war with islam, when we appear to environment our own environments regarding surveillance, when we mix surveillance and