al jazeera, southern russia. >> the mining company is slashing 85,000 jobs, two thirds of the workforce saying it's responding to plunging commodity prices. the company share price dropped 8% in the wake of that news. it is the fifth biggest mining company in the world. >> brazil's congress is due to meet to discuss whether the president should be removed from power. we have this report. >> this is the presidential palace. monday, the president rousseff said if the impeachment proceedings are going to progress, she wants them to progress quickly. she says right now she has enough support to block it. this is her concern. the congress is about to go on a recent. it would last from a few days before christmas until early february and could give her rivals enough time to garner support both within the congress and on the streets. >> in an economic and political crisis like the one the country is going through, it's important that the congress is convened. >> the request to impeach the president is dominating media coverage. on this mag dean cover, the man leading the effort and the preside

phil: the self-proclaimed islamic state has claimed responsibility for an attack in southern russia. the jihadist monitoring group attacked what was a gathering of russian intelligence agencies. a winter storm has covered istanbul in snow. traffic jams and flight cancellations. snowfall led to school closures and ferry services levels been canceled. cleanup operations have begun in britain. storms swept over large parts of the country. extensive flooding in both. it can cost 4 billion euros. major storms in the north sea have also been making their mark. more than 400 employees in the oil fields. the accident killed one person on wednesday. >> fierce winter storms blast across the north steep -- the north sea. a freak wave struck a platform. heading in the direction of conoco phillips and b.p. rigs. the barge eventually missed the rigs. emergency measures had to be taken. >> the situation has become a lot worse for us. it has been decided to totally remove all staff. there will be no people left. >> bp says it takes 24 hours. phil: one of america's best-known entertainers has appeare

investigating the cause of a psychiatric hospital fire that killed 23 patients last night in a village in southern russia. the fire broke out around midnight, and it took firefighters three hours to control it. most of the patients who died were elderly and asleep in their beds. two dozen more were treated for smoke inhalation or burns. wikileaks founder julian assange will finally be questioned by swedish prosecutors about rape charges brought against him in 2012. the interview will occur inside ecuador's embassy in london, where assange has been living under a grant of political asylum for three years. assange has avoided extradition to sweden, which he fears could extradite him to the u.s., if he were charged for publishing a trove of classified military and diplomatic documents five years ago. >> sreenivasan: governments from europe, africa, and the middle east are calling for all sides in libya's four year civil war to agree to a ceasefire. delegations from 17 countries, including the united states, met in rome today with 15 representatives of libyan factions. they discussed a united nations plan to

al jazeera in southern russia. >> rights groups in south africa, are raising awareness of violence againstomen. they are focusing on a custom court, which involved the abduction of young girls who are then forced to mary older men. was given access rare access indeed to a community in the eastern cape where they are trying to put an end to this. >> it is the actionnish duction of young virgins by older men for marriage. but they never thought it would happen to them. they were 14 years old, when they were taken away from home, and married. the parents told them to try and make their marriages work. >> . >> they exploit the good in the country, and rebels of this culture of rights. and especially by attracting young girls. force them into a marriage especially with very old partners. i managed to keep him off me, but he held me down, and raped me. it was so painful. i have never been able to leave them. >> she is practiced in hser credit, many people don't get caught, but there have been a few convictions. >> one many has been sentenced, 15 years and another one, -- and we have seen -- in b

it was caused by a gas leak on the 7th floor of the building in southern russia.ht people were september to hospital and over 150 residents were left homeless, much of the building's exterior wall on one side was blown off. talk to end the war in yes, ma'amep have broke off without agreement but with a promise to meet next month. negotiators said they haven't yet agreed on a deal. the u.s. special envoy has confirmed new peace talks will begin early next year. emma hayward reports. >> reporter: that's what a cease-fire looks like on the ground in yemen. each side has accused the other of violating tuesday's truce e, nerveotiated united nations talks in switzerland. the meeting there if you know issued with no deal to end the war, only agreement to meet again in january, this name ethiopia. >>> it's very worrying for me. i think we will achieve a cease-fire in the coming days. >> in recent days, forces loyal to yemen's president hadi have been making gains. proceed government forces say they are advancing toward the caltol. >> we entered the province from every dir

. >> police in southern russia are launching an investigation into animal cruelty. >> anapka is eveno stay at the prestigious kremlin riding school in moscow where she receives royal treatment. >> fresh vegetables, people are giving her a massage every day and people love to give her attention. >> as for the parasailing businessman, anna believes there's a good chance he won't be held accountable for his actions because of russia's weak laws on animal cruelty. >> i spoke with him many times. he can't even say, i apologize. he is not even feeling sorry about that. he thinks it's all right. he thinks it's funny. >> the donkey story may be a youtube phenomenon. to anna it was more than a news story, it was a chance to do good. >> i had opportunity to rescue donkey, this animal. and as a human being, you know, to do something good, i'm happy about that. and i really care about her, even now. we spend a lot of time together. she's like my family now. about six months after the rescue, the donkey dies of a heart attack. >>> a bold granny, brazen robberies and some of the most bizarre situa

it's part of the government's first major offensive in southern syria since russia joined the fight athe end of september. >>> well, syrian observatory for human rights said that moscow strikes on syria have killed civilians, a third were children. russia has denied its air campaign has been hitting civilians. we've been following the story and have this report in turkey. >> it all started with intense airstrikes by russian fighters jet paving the way for government troops to advance towards the opposition stronghold. the rebels say that despite the losses, they are regrouping and they are planning towards a counter offensive to push the government troops out of the area. the area is very crucial for the area and the rebels because of a strategic route that connects the city of damascus. president bashar al-assad has always been concerned about rebel groups present. now there are different factions operating. the al-qaeda-affiliated al nusra front, but there are factions that were trained and equipped by the americans. we don't know whether they will pull out further south or this is q

it's part of the government's first major offensive in southern syria since russia joined the fight in september. >>> well, the observatory for human rights say that russia's strikes on syria hav, 792 of the dead, more than a third, were civilians, 180 were children. russia denied its air campaign is hitting carefullan. ash har quaraishi has been following the story and sent this report from turkey. the rebels say that despite the losses, they're regrouping, and they're planning towards a counter offensive to push the government troops out of the area. for the rebels it has been a platform from where they could easily send weapons and fighters. so they provide a boost to the opposition. this is where he has always been concerned about rebel groups. now, there are different factions operating there. the al-qaeda affiliated al nusra front. but there are factions affiliated with the syrian army. some of them were trained and equipped by the americans. we don't know if they'll pull out further south or if they're trying create groups. >> sweeping and clearing operations are under way on th

and it's part of the government's first major offense nif southern syria since russia joined the fighte end of september. the syrian observatory for human rights says moscow's strikes on syria have killed more than 2,300 so far. 792 of the dead, more than a third, were civilians, 180 were children. russia has denied that its air campaign in support of assad's government is hitting civilians. hashem ahelbarra has been following the story and sent us this report from turkey. >> reporter: it all started with intense air strikes by russian fighter jets paving the way for government troops to advance towards the town, which is an opposition strong hold. the rebels say that despite the losses, they are regrouping, and they are planning to launch a counter offensive to push the government troops out of the area. the town and the whole area is very crucial for the government and the rebels because it's in a strategic route that connects dara and the capitol damascus. for the rebels it has been a platform from where they could easily send weapons and fighters to provide and boost the presence o

russia. >> you're absolutely right. the president did meet with president erdogan of turkey. they've had several conversations. they met just two weeks ago when the turks hosted the g20 summit in southern turkey. the subject of since then has been the insipient conflict between russia and turkey a the russian war plane allegedly flew over turkish territory for just a brief 17 seconds before it was shot down by a turkish f16. vladimir putin said the turks are in a cover up to prevent the world from knowing they are buying oil from isil, from areas it controls within syria and iraq. president obama also has been trying to cajole and twist the arm of vladimir putin to focus russian airstrikes on the fight against isil and not many of the groups opposed to the assad regime. here's a little more of president obama at that press conference. >> first of all on mr. putin, i don't expect that you're going to see a 180 turn on their strategy over the next several weeks. they have invested four years now in keeping assad in power. their presence there is predicated on propping him up, and so that's going to take some time for them to change how they think about the issue. >> very interesting comm

upon, they mentioned the presence of military advisors, and we know that russia has gone and grabbed crimea, destabilized southern and eastern ukraine, and would not have happened without russia, the sanctions have not reversed that. have they had an impacts on the russian economy? >> the answer is yes. they have not done enough >>> lincoln mitchell. thank you for your insights >>> this morning, that u.n.-backed plan to form a unity government in libya is in jeopardy. the pact would unite the self-declared parliament in tripoli and the internationally recognised one in tobruk. the president of tripoli's government says he has not authorized his representatives to mover forward. the u.n. human rights commission is holding a special session. 87 in burundi have been killed. it has been in turmoil since the president announced in april he would be seeking a third term. >>> today is a year since the u.s. and cuba announced plans to restore relations. negotiations are working to restore commercial airline flights into havana. the lack of flights is not stopping cubans coming to the u.s. as our correspondent reports the

russia and qatar. >> ifill: rescuers in southern china have spent a second day digging through a mudslide, searching missing people. buildings crumbled as a pile of excavated dirt and construction waste, 330 feet high, collapsed sunday at an industrial park in shenzhen. it buried or damaged 33 buildings, including factories, offices and dormitories. at least 16 people were injured, but no deaths have been confirmed yet. >> woodruff: spain braced today for weeks of political limbo, after no party won outright in sunday's election. the ruling conservatives celebrated winning the most votes, but failed to keep their majority in parliament. and, left-wing parties are refusing to join in a coalition. spain has been roiled by a backlash over austerity, and by unemployment that tops 20%. the country's stock market dropped 3% today on the election outcome. >> ifill: back in this country, gay and bisexual men will be able to donate blood for the first time in nearly 30 years. the food and drug administration ended the ban today, saying it's not needed to prevent the transmission of the aids virus. the new po

russia's defense ministry says it has proof that turkey's president has profited personally from the sale of oil by isil, turkey dismisses it as a slur. >>> severe flooding sweeps through southernndia. >>> and counting sharks, we're in florida where scientists are leading a global project to save the ocean's most successful predator. ♪ >>> hello there thank you for joining us. the british prime minister has set out his case for expanded military action against what he calls the medieval monsters of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. politicians are debating whether to authorize strikes against isil in syria and will vote later on wednesday. david cameron said mp's face a choice between keeping britain safe by taking on isil in its syrian strong hold, or sitting back and waiting for an attack on british soil. the opposition leader is against the action, which he describes as an ill-thought-out rush to war. but he is allowing his mp's to vote in favor of strikes if they want to. and that does make it likely that david cameron will get his way, meaning bombs missions could expand from syria and iraq within days. >> facing a threat from isil in iraq, this house voted 524-43

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program, a wanted man russia issues an international arrest warrant for former oil tycoon and critic of the kremlin. hauled from the rubble more than 60 hours after land slide in southern china, rescuers find a survivor. an e.u. court upholds the block's tough new laws on tobacco products. reports that a gas attack in syria has killed at least five civilians south-west of the capital damascus. medical sources think that gas, one of the world's most lethal chemical weapons, was used in the city. more than 30 people are reported to have suffered acute health problems. >> reporter: this is not the first time there have been reports of gas used as a weapon in syria. opposition sources say these people were exposed to gas when government helicopters fired missiles in the residential area. that rebel held neighborhood on the outskirts of damascus has been a battleground for some time now. it is also under siege by government forces. >> translation: these rockets were carrying the gas and as a result five people were killed, including a 12-year-old boy. more than 30 injured. mostly civilians. the gas was used in the western neighborhood of the city. the victims showed certain

russia denies. >>> taliban militants have wage a deadly attack on an air base in the southern afghan city in candhar -- kandahar. it started tuesday night and spilled into wednesday. afghan official say 37 people were killed and dozens more injured. the heavily fortified compound is used by afghan, u.s., and nato forces. there's also a civilian section of the airport. >> translator: i showed up for my shift but fighting has been going on since last night and security personnel aren't letting anyone inside. >> the taliban said in a statement that their fighters killed 150 soldiers. attacks by the taliban have intensified since the majority of u.s. led impartial combat -- international combat troops left the country last year. the assault is the latest indication of a taliban resurgence last month. in september they briefly seized control of the northern city of kunduz. >>> police in thailand say they are investigating the u.s. ambassador in connection with insulting the royal family. glyn davies expressed concern over convictions of citizens for speaking out against their king. >> we're also conce

southern aleppo. elsewhere a russian air strike on a popular market is believed to have killed at least 23 people. >>> the u.s. and russiahey are reaching some common ground on syria. john kerry said the two sides view the future of syria in the same way. the comments came ahead of a meeting in new york own friday. the main sticking point has been the future role of president bashar al-assad. >>> just a few hour's time the u.s. federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade. a move that many fear could have wide-spread impacts on global markets. interest rates have hovered around 0 to a quarter of a percent. low interest rating make borrowing money more attractive and can help stimulate growth. but with signs of the economy recovering, the federal reserve chair has given strong indications a rake -- rate-hike could happen. it raises fears that a hike could trigger market disrup shun. just when china's economy is slowing. we have this report from rob mcbride from hong kong about the potential effects there. >> reporter: in the city of notoriously high property prices, an interest rake h

30 minutes, a wanted man, russia issues an international arrest warrant for the former oil tycoon and critic of the kremlin. >>> more than 60 hours after a landslide in southern china, a survivor is pulled from the rubble. >>> zimbabwe's government takes white farmers off their land but neither beneficiaries of that policy are feeling the squeeze. >>> we start this half hour of world news with those reports that a gas attack in syria killed five civilians southwest of damascus. medical sources think that sarin gas, one of the world's most lethal chemical weapons was used in the attack. more than 30 people are reported to have suffered acute health problems. we have the story. >> this is not the first time there have been reports of goose used as a weapon in syria. opposition sources say these people were exposed to gas when government helicopters fired missiles in the residential area. that rebel held neighborhood on the outskirts of damascus has been a battleground for sometime now. it's also under siege by government forces. >> these rockets were carrying sarin gas and as a result, five people were killed, including a 12-year-old boy and more than 30 injure

russia to push back. nadim baba, al jazeera, brussels. >>> hundreds of thousands of people are stranded by some of the worst flooding on record in southern. monsoon rains have lashed coastal areas, especially the capitol. our correspondent reports now from new delhi. >> reporter: heavy rain has poured on people in this state for weeks. now many in southern india are trapped instead illy rising flood waters. coastal areas are hardest hit. response teams have been sent to try to rescue thousands of people. >> [ inaudible ] last week it is so much [ inaudible ] everything else is down in the water. >> reporter: conditions deteriorated on tuesday with heavy downpours making water-logged areas even worse. people are using social media to describe how they are being badly hit. some major roads resemble rivers. flooding has damaged other infrastructure, including rail lines. the city's main airport is closed. computers trying to reach the south have been left stranded across india. >> translator: all flights have been canceled. the airlines are issuing tickets for flights tomorrow or the day after, but haven't said anything about accommodating

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russia of possible war crimes during three months of air strikes in syria. >>> pulled from the rubble. more than 60 hours after the landslide in southernhina, rescuers have found a survivor. >>> stopped from going to the u.s., we're in costa rica where thousands of cubans are stuck. they are victims of a border dispute. ♪ >>> we begin the news hour with reports that a gas attack in syria has killed at least five civilians. medical sources think that sarin gas was used in the attack on the city. more than 30 people are reported to have suffered acute health problems. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: this is not the first time there have been reports of gas used as a weapon in syria. opposition sources say these people were exposed to gas when government helicopters fired missiles in a residential area. that rebel-held area on the outskirts of damascus has been a battleground for sometime now. >> translator: these rockets were carrying sarin gas and as a result five people were killed, including a 12-year-old boy, and more than 30 injured. mostly civilians. the sarin gas was used in the western neighborhood of the city. the victims showed

southern cities. syrian rebels say that the assault was sported by the bombing campaign so far in the south. it's part of the government's first major offensive since russia joined the fight at the end of september. meanwhile, syrian observatory for human rights said that moscow strikes have killed more than 230 people so far. 792 of the dead, that's more than a third, were civilians. 180 were children. russia has denied its air campaign in support of assad's government is hitting civilians. hashem ahelbarra has been following the story and sends us this report in turkey. >> it all started with intense airstrikes by russian fighter jets paving the way for government troops to advance against opposition strongholds. the rebels say despite the losses they're regrouping, and they're planning towards a counter offensive to push the government troops out of the area. the area is crucial for the government and the rebels because it's on a strategic route that connected sanaa and damascus. it would provide. >> the al-qaeda al nusra front and other factions, some were trained by the americans. we don't know if they'll pull out further south, or if they're trying

it will include a visit to the poor southern region also the open air mass at the mexico board area cross the texas. >>> getting word of a devastating fire in russia. dozens killed when flames tore through the psychiatric hospital. the horrifying scene and what cause >>> a special delivery for a troop that went above -- a state beyond. most weekends only last a couple of days. some last a lifetime. hampton. we go together. always get the lowest price, only when you book direct at hampton.com >>> welcome back. officials in russia say wiring problem may have caused a fire at a psychiatric hospital. 23 patients were killed and at the facility 300 miles south of moscow yesterday. 23 did get out safely. >> hard news to hear man >> wiring problem is what they're thinking. >> indeed. >>> we'll shift gears and get a look at the full forecast. people are loving the weather department these days. >> i know. >> 60s of on and on and on. >> it was weird walking out yesterday. i had lunch at landmark and went to watch the carolina game. any way -- >> momentary lapse when we asked earlier. we said did you do santa con. >> it was so great walking to the places i

southern helmand district called for help. the afghan defense minister says downity have been pinned for days by the militants. a human rights group is accusing russiaf civilians. saysty international russia is using cluster bombs and unguided weapons in densely populated areas in syria. the governor of washington state 's depending prisoner releases until a computer glitch that freed inmates early is fixed more than 3000 prisoners have been released in error since 2002. most of the errors were small, but a few inmates got out nearly two years early. military officials say a streak of light seen in the u.s. last night was debris from a russian rocket. it produced a fireball while burning up in the atmosphere. it amazed skywatchers in arizona, nevada, and california are in -- and california. i am vonnie quinn. check note do a data even two screens today. we are going to get equity markets. the 10-year yield does nothing. george bory is nodding off steel's6.47 and james 1071 announced. guy: look at that, 36.36. that is what the export story has done. the ftse is up today. it is the metals and the mining stocks that are pushing attire as well. -- that

southern iraq, and you touch on a very important point. the reason it worked well in the north and not in the south iscome in the northcom in the kurdish region, russiain the north, in the kurdish region, u.n. forces on the ground. the kurdish peshmerga. i made several visits to northern iraq in 2002, and saw it firsthand. they controlled the ground. we controlled the air and kept the iraqis out. the southern shia didn't have that advantage. so saddam is a good wind about his killing seven iraqis by other means rather than using his helicopters. used ground elements. and that's important because if you are looking at no-fly zones in than six there's going to have to be a ground component. that should not be us. again, u.s. boots on the ground, or every islamic state recruiters ultimate wet dream. we just, we cannot do that. and the south maybe the jordanians could. in the north it gets really complicated because of the turkish kurdish tensions. but for no-fly zones to succeed, kurdish experience in the '90s bears that out. there's got to be control of the ground as well as control of the air. otherwise you're going to see what you saw and southern ir

30 minutes, a wanted man, russia issues an international arrest warrant for the former oil tycoon and critic of the kremlin. >>> more than 60 hours after a landslide in southernhina, a survivor is pulled from the rubble. >>> zimbabwe's government takes white farmers off