says about one hundred thousand civilians have been displaced stephanie decker joins us now live from anti-car so stephanie how much of a game changer is it now the rebels show they can shoot down russian planes. i don't know if it's going to change real policies on the ground but certainly a major symbolic victory for them because i think it's fair to say that russia is the country with all the power of these days inside syria calling the shots when russia entered this war sami just a few years ago returned the tide in favor of president bashar al assad very little territory then under government control and if you look at the map today that is certainly changed completely the government back in control of most areas of the country we do know russia at the moment is talking to the turks to try and retrieve the body of the pilot which remains inside problems so turkey being a mediator so to speak with the groups on the ground as always in syria sami it's complicated there are complicated web of it says to international actors the live offensive is believed to be linked also to turkey'

g a while parrot and know the terrain this could be a long and difficult fight stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border the yemeni government and secessionists have swapped prisoners in the southern city of aden the government's headquarters were overtaken by during three days of fighting in the city or than twenty people have been killed in the battle between the southern council session this and government forces meanwhile russia has dismissed u.s. and u.n. supplied evidence that iran supplied missiles to yemen's who think rebels russia says is inconclusive and that it would oppose any bit to slap sanctions on tehran russia's ambassador to the u.n. argued missiles used by the rebels may have been shipped to yemen before an arms embargo was imposed in twenty fifteen. german politicians are demanding to know why well known car makers funded research into secret tests on toxic it was all seems b.m.w. and volt been have been implicated in the scandal after a research group did tests on monkeys and humans dominic cain has more from berlin . these are troubling times for germany'

backed alliance confronting i saw stephanie decker reports. syrian state television and now says that forces loyal to president bashar al assad will be deployed to africa in. turkey launch an operation against the people's protection units or y p g who are in control of the province almost a month ago ankara calls the y.p. g a terrorist organization the united states considers the group its most effective ally in fighting eisel. this new move by damascus in africa could mean its allied militia directly confronts turkish troops turkey's foreign minister was defiant yes in the name of the regime is in train their claims p.y.t. and there are no problems however if i come in to defend the y.p. g.e. the nothing and nobody can stop us the supplies to efren as well as members and to the east of the euphrates river the developments when set behind the scenes negotiations the details of which are unclear if the kurds are going to accept the major conditions of the syrian regime will decide on that very heavy weapons. and shows will they be exiting the

says about one hundred thousand civilians have been displaced stephanie decker joins us live from tackett in southern turkey in the that syrian borders how much of a game changer is it stephanie that the rebels have demonstrated they can shoot down russian planes. well certainly a massive symbolic victory for them downing a russian jet i think we'll have to see what it means in terms of the politics and behind the scenes i think everyone will agree that it is something that moscow is not going to let paul's without consequence you mentioned there soon after missiles fired at the similar area in the province activists saying thirty five civilians were killed and also twenty three civilian sorry over thirty fighters at the same time russia is now negotiating with turkey to try to get the body of the pilot back so turkey having to be the middleman with rebel groups on the ground sami it is complicated it has international implications turkey the battle of it live and the battle of our freedom in a very complicated web that syria's war is let's take a look at how it all interweave. alone look

assad's forces after a third suspected korean attack in fifteen days on duma in eastern guta stephanie decker has more from antakya in southern turkey near the border with syria. eastern water is one of the so-called deescalation zones but it doesn't feel like it on the ground this is the last rebel held area close to the capital damascus the siege by government forces for years now allegations of another chlorine gas attack doctors say patients showed symptoms in lied with inhalation of the gas. this is renewed aggression by the regime using chlorine gas against a place where people live and duma this is the third chemical attack in fifteen days the u.s. has reacted concerned about the syrian government's chemical weapons program and capabilities its chemical weapons should have been destroyed after a decommissioning deal brokered by russia five years ago that followed what the obama administration said was a red line chemical attack in the same rebel controlled area which killed at least one thousand three hundred people. the trumpet ministration has taken a more active approach in reaction

syrians it is an urgent and desperate plea they want the war to end and they want to go home stephanie decker al-jazeera. tarvaris a take a look at the top stories here about jazeera nigerian government officials have apologized to parents of dozens of missing schoolgirls for saying their daughters have been rescued the girls are still missing after being taken from this school in the town of that tree in the obey state on monday by her armed fighters have believed to have abducted them the united nations envoy for syria has called on russia iran and turkey to urgently reinstate deescalation which are designed to stop violence the u.n. security council is set to vote on a draft resolution demanding a thirty day ceasefire in the rebel held on klav of eastern guta at least four hundred sixteen people have been killed in government airstrikes this week alone and now activists say forces loyal to president assad of a gun firing rockets to cause fires. the e.u. is doubling its funding for an african military alliance aimed at combating armed groups across the south held region leaders of five afri

syrians it is an urgent and desperate plea they want the war to end and they want to go home stephanie decker al-jazeera. you're watching all just their arms the whole drama these are all top stories the syrian military has dropped leaflets over eastern calling on residents to leave for their own safety and opposition fighters to hand themselves over more than four hundred people have died in the rebel held during five days of bombardment. meanwhile the united nations security council will vote on friday on a draft resolution demanding a thirty day truce in syria to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations it's facing opposition from russia which is accusing the media of a massive disinter mation campaign. and the us president donald trump has told america's largest gun lobby the national rifle association that the us needs to toughen up some rules on gun control he's also said the legal age to buy guns needs to be raised eighteen to twenty one last week seventeen people were killed in a shooting at a high school in florida the debate over gun control has intensified since seventeen peopl

weeks as government forces try to push out the rebels from their last stronghold al-jazeera stephanie decker has more from the turkey syria. a lot of luck. this is a russian fighter jet shot down by opposition forces. i mean remember the pilot manages to eject but he didn't survive. for these syrian fighters it's a huge symbolic victory. russian the syrian government have intensified their bombardment of province over the last two months government forces a slowly capturing territory in the south what is the last remaining syrian province under full rebel control. they're inching closer to the city of sirte archive which lies on a strategic road linking the northwest all the way to the capital damascus territory that is now almost fully under government control. and in syria's complex web of regional and international allegiances some say this offensive has been well planned and has further implications been there are some people who are in fact wondering if there is a tacit agreement between the russians and the turks whereas the russians would actually give the green light for the turks to

stephanie decker has more from antakya insolvent turkey. according to the local council in dumas this is the third chemical gas attack in the last month one of the thirteenth of january one of the twenty second and now the one on thursday it is calling on the international community and international organizations to do more and certainly is the last rebel held pocket control close to the capital damascus that was of course also the site of that two thousand and thirteen chemical attack that killed over a thousand people that made the united states talk about a red line but the red line that never was saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are trying to understand off between government forces and succession its fighters in yemen's port city of aden the u.a.e. bank secessionist took control of the southern city on tuesday after several days of fighting the assaulters opened up a new front in yemen's war and prevented much needed aid from reaching civilians. thousands of people are rallying in pakistan to demand the arrest an execution of

syrians it is an urgent and desperate plea they want the war to end and they want to go home stephanie decker al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera i'm so whole robin these are our top stories the syrian military has dropped leaflets over eastern calling on residents to leave for their own safety and opposition fighters to hand themselves over more than four hundred people have died in the rebel held enclave during five days of bombardment meanwhile there's still no agreement at the u.n. on ordering a cease fire to allow aid into the area it's facing opposition from russia with the u.s. accusing moscow of blocking any meaningful action. also u.s. president donald trump has told america's largest gun lobby the national rifle association that the u.s. needs to toughen up some rules on gun control he's also said that the legal age to buy guns needs to be raised from eighteen to twenty one last wednesday seventeen people were killed in a shooting at a florida high school. the sheriff's deputy who was on duty at marjorie stoneman douglas high school a power he waited outside the building for four

thousands of kilometers away it is the military option that remains the priority for all sides stephanie decker or jazeera . when i bring up to speed with other developments in syria local media saying that the latest are an artillery strikes in eastern good to have killed five people including a child and further north and as strike has hit a vehicle carrying a family trying to escape the fighting in aleppo southeastern countryside it's believed seven people including children were killed also medical sources in syria's hama province say a hospital built inside a cave has been destroyed syrian rebels say repeated bombings penetrated through twenty meters of rock protecting the hospital and enclave and hama is still under rebel control but government forces are fighting to retake it along with a larger chunk of rebel territory to the north no casualties reported. dozens of pakistani refugees are fit to have drowned off the coast of libya they were among more than ninety people on a boat which capsized off the city of. pakistan's foreign ministry says it knows about eleven deaths international o

says some one hundred thousand civilians have been displaced by the violence stephanie decker reports from the turkey syria border. oh. this is a russian fighter jet shot down by opposition forces. i mean remember the pilot manages to eject but he didn't survive. there are. these syrian fighters it's a huge symbolic victory. russian the syrian government have intensified their bombardment it province over the last two months government forces a slowly capturing territory in the south what is the last remaining syrian province under full rebel control. they're inching closer to the city of socketed which lies on a strategic road linking the northwest all the way to the capital damascus territory that is now almost fully under government control. and in syria's complex web of regional and international allegiances some say this offensive has been well planned and has further implications been there are some people who are in fact wondering if there is a tacit agreement between the russians and the turks whereas the russians would actually give the green light for the turks to act in aga

stephanie decker or jazeera on the turkey syria border. well in all the developments in the country syrian government has denied allegations that it used chemical weapons against civilians and rebel held eastern ghouta the u.s. made the accusations after a suspects attack on thursday but syria thora tease of responded by calling them lies without evidence the volunteer rescue group the white helmet says three people were killed in the attack with many more inches. so joining me now in the studio is going to yield is he is a visiting fellow european council on foreign relations an advisor to the british foreign affairs select committee and he's actually just returned from northern syria so you were in the region only very recently can you tell us where abouts in northern syria you were visiting i visited mostly the arab majority areas on the syrian the more under the control of through in the market forces the kurdish that group i went to iraq hard to remember in the northwest and the as well as other cities mainly go to cities like commerc

african region that's where the turkish military has been fighting kurdish forces al-jazeera stephanie decker reports. syrian state television and now says that forces loyal to president bashar al assad will be deployed to a free in. turkey launch an operation against the people's protection units or y p g who are in control of the province almost a month ago ankara calls the y.p. g a terrorist organization the united states considers the group its most effective ally in fighting eisel. this new move by damascus in africa could mean its allied militia directly confronts turkish troops turkey's foreign minister was defiant you know. if the regime is interesting the it claims. he whitey and there are no problems however if i come in to defend the y.p. the nothing and nobody can stop us this applies to efren as well as ma'am and to the east of the euphrates river the developments hence said behind the scenes negotiations the details of which are unclear if the kurds are going to accept the major conditions of the syrian regime we'll decide on that very heavy weapons. dance artillery rocket launc

weeks as government forces try to push out the rebels from their last stronghold al jazeera stephanie decker reports from the turkey syria border. this is a russian fighter jet shot down by opposition forces. i mean remember the pilot manages to eject but he didn't survive. for these syrian fighters it's a huge symbolic victory. russian the syrian government have intensified their bombardment in a province over the last two months government forces a slowly capturing territory in the south what is the last remaining syrian province under full rebel control. they're inching closer to the city of sirte archive which lies on a strategic road linking the northwest all the way to the capital damascus territory that is now almost fully under government control. and in syria's complex web of regional and international allegiances some say this offensive has been well planned and has further implications been there are some people who are in fact wondering if there is a tacit agreement between the russians and the turks whereas the russians would actually give the green light for the turks to act in

as displacing thousands of people let's go live out of antakya in southern turkey zero zero stephanie decker is the stuff i want to talk to you about these this attack on the hospital and the chemical the suspected chemical attack but first let's start with the situation on the border between turkey and syria and turkey's continuing offensive against p.g. faces. well it's been relatively quiet so to speak agent if we can call it that yes there's been some fighting on the ground yesterday the f.s.a. that's the free syrian army announced they're backed of course by the turkish forces and also they've taken another village just along sort of the northern africa border with with turkey called so having said that in the two weeks of this offensive is now ongoing it does seem to be relatively slow progress of course a lot of airpower involved airstrikes artillery rocket fire we've seen it all outgoing and some incoming as well but they're making some headway along sort of the border areas because turkey has that northern and western border with a freenet from what we understand thousands of people

assad's forces after a third suspected chlorine attack in fifteen days on duma in eastern guta stephanie decker has movement taqiyya now in southern turkey near the border with syria. or eastern water is one of the so-called deescalation zones but it doesn't feel like it on the ground this is the last rebel held area close to the capital damascus the siege by government forces for years now allegations of another chlorine gas attack doctors say patients showed symptoms in lloyd with inhalation of the gas. this is renewed aggression by the regime using chlorine gas against a place where people live and do months this is the third chemical attack in fifteen days. the u.s. has reacted concerned about the syrian government's chemical weapons program and capabilities its chemical weapons should have been destroyed after decommissioning deal brokered by russia five years ago that followed what the obama administration said was a red line chemical attack in the same rebel controlled area which killed at least one thousand three hundred people the trumpet ministration has taken a more active approach i

thousands of kilometers away it is the military option that remains the priority for all sides stephanie decker of jazeera. and local media says the latest air and artillery strikes any single have killed funny people including a child further north an airstrike has hit a vehicle carrying a family trying to escape the fighting in aleppo as southeastern countryside is believed seven people were killed some of them children but equal sources in syria's hammer province say a hospital built inside a cave has been destroyed syrian rebels say repeated bombings penetrated through twenty meters of rock protecting the hospital and enclave in hama is still under rebel control but government forces are fighting to retake it along with a larger chunk of rebel territory to the north no casualties were reported at least one thousand migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya when a boat capsized off the city of zora pakistan's foreign ministry says it's confirmed the deaths of eleven of its citizens the international organization for migration says three people survived when a durrell is head

thousands of kilometers away it is the military option that remains the priority for all sides stephanie decker al-jazeera . the local media say the latest air an artillery strikes and he's in go to have killed five people including a child further north an airstrike has hit a vehicle carrying a family trying to escape the fighting in aleppo southeastern countryside it's believed seven people have been killed some of them children and medical sources in syria's hama province say a hospital built inside a cave has been destroyed rebels say repeated bombings have penetrated through twenty meters of rock protecting the hospital and on klavan hama is still under rebel control but government forces are fighting to retake it no casualties have been reported. dozens of pakistanis are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya they were among more than ninety people in a boat which capsized off the city of the water pakistan's foreign ministry says it's confirmed the deaths of eleven of its citizens only three people are known to have survived they've been trying to cross the mediterranean to reach

at least sixty civilians and dozens of fighters on both sides as well as displaced thousands stephanie decker has the latest from antakya in southern turkey near the border with syria. according to the local council in dumas this is the third chemical gas attack in the last month one of the thirteenth of january one of the twenty second and now the one on thursday it is calling on the international community and international organizations to do more and certainly eastern is the last rebel held pocket control close of the capital damascus that was of course also the site of that two thousand and thirteen chemical attack that killed over a thousand people that made the united states talk about a red line but the red line that never was we saw the chemical weapons then under russian brokered deal leave syria but certainly now again the u.s. raising concern that shiria still has an active chemical weapons program at the same time you have an uptick an increase in the attack on medical facilities across it live also in hammel on thursday a hospital that's built underground around eighteen meters

syrians it is an urgent and desperate plea they want the war to end and they want to go home stephanie decker al-jazeera. the campaign is underway to turn a vast area of antarctic water into the largest protected area on earth but i'll say it's rich in biodiversity and currently untouched by human activity like luck as on board the greenpeace ship sailing to the sixty fourth parallel in antarctica . so we're on board the arctic sunrise heading further and further south we've come through the antarctic sound which by sexy and talk the principle we're now on the web will see but not yet at the core that was that was a perspective that's out of the sixty four parallel but to get there we've got to get through all these lies there's a lot of it around and we're finding these clear passages trying to we're always through the eyes in a way that is happening is through the scope and the captain. right up there in the crows this you just. saw and he's looking for the leads these passages through the eyes which will guide us on the dance or part of as you can see it's just incredibly spectacular we've

latest frontline in a war that year after year simply changes its form and never seems to end stephanie decker or jazeera on the turkey syria border still ahead on al-jazeera allegations egypt is fighting armed groups with the help of israel. a rocky ride for senegal's only passenger triumph we explore the ambitious plan to link east and west africa. hello there we've seen a lot of wintery weather over parts of japan recently and there's plenty more snow still to come the satellite picture is stirring all the cloud that we've got over us at the moment to real areas of snowy weather first one over hokkaido and the second one a bit further towards the south but we're going to see plenty more snow out of these two systems as we head through the next few days some of that snow is likely to be very heavy and could well cause us a little bit of problem we have disruption towards the west here it looks like it should be fine and dry and the temperatures in beijing getting a little bit higher than they have done this time getting to three degrees now towards the southeastern parts of china the tempera

out of the area stephanie decker has more from the border.what you saw on saturday was five turkish soldiers killed when the y.p. g. attacked blew up a tank also one soldier killed in a cross border attack here in turkey and one other now from our sources that we've been speaking to from the y.p. g. friday night saying that the y.p. g. has announced that they've launched a guerrilla warfare are now of course a conventional army as the turkish army or the f.s.a. i'm not trained in that kind of unconventional warfare the attorney general of the maldives says the supreme court is planning to impeach the president the country has seen unrest since judges ordered the release angry trial of opposition leaders last week judges also reinstated twelve members of parliament who were expelled for siding with the opposition if they return the ruling party will lose its majority. italy's prime minister is condemning a shooting by a far right supporter saying hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide the nation six african immigrants who were injur

foreign powers who have long backed different sides trying to solidify their spheres of influence stephanie decker al-jazeera turkey's president has discussed the african operation in two separate phone calls with the leaders of iran and russia tired bored on war and lattimer put in over the actions of the syrian government which is russia or some avenge of it has more now from istanbul. the first batch of kurdish fighters has reached the city of our friend that's according to s.d.s. which is a u.s. backed force and these kurdish fighters have travelled from the city of aleppo this is a city which is under the control of the syrian government forces so syrian fighters have been saying that this group proves their point that kurdish fighters off the right people's protection units have been allied with the syrian government all along there is expectations that more convenience of pro-government militias not regular syrian government forces will enter the city of against this operation that is being launched by the turkish forces called all of branch on the diplomatic front we've been hearing from p

syrians it is an urgent and desperate plea they want the war to end and they want to go home stephanie decker al jazeera well across the water inside protests it's accused turkey obstructing its offshore gas exploration in the east mediterranean turkish cypriots want a revenue sharing agreement to be finalized before any drilling off the divided island can start as anecdotal reports. greek cypriots say it's their sovereign right to explore for natural gas in the eastern mediterranean but in this divided island sovereignty and borders have long been disputed turkey's decision to hold military exercises off the coast of cyprus prevented drilling from proceeding the rig couldn't reach its intended site. using means the not being called for me with international law is trying to hijack you know where you know the. area over the eastern mediterranean. turkey sees it differently it says its interests and the rights of turkish cypriots are being violated and corrupt says turkish cypriots should have a say in the decision making process and an equal share of the revenue it's a sentiment shared by the

stephanie decker on the turkey syria border. also earlier i spoke to guinea yelled there's a visiting fellow at your pain council on foreign relations he told us about the political and military challenges brought about by turkey's offensive and northern syria the russian diplomatic efforts some within the limits of that in such meeting recently but i say think europe has been more and more more and more irrelevant to the conflict despite be bearing the brunt of the effects of the conflict but france on the present micron is poised to you know with that they can play a more important role in breaking. brokering some deal between why p.g. turkey russia because the france is the only country that can speak to all the countries in the process as well as they have a military base on the ground in northern syria and preapproved present micron is defining his presidency in terms of also foreign policy he has been given ambitions so in that sense i see france potentially playing an important role in maybe on the diplomatic front to bri

chlorine gas attack on thursday the attack in duma would be the third in a month if confirmed stephanie decker has more from montauk here in southern turkey . according to the local council in dumas this is the third chemical gas attack in the last month one of the thirteenth of january one of the twenty second and now the one on thursday it is calling on the international community and international organizations to do more and certainly is the last rebel held pocket control close to the capital damascus that was of course also the site of that two thousand and thirteen chemical attack that killed over a thousand people that made the united states talk about a red line but the red line that never was. in pakistan tens of thousands of protesters are rallying for a second day demanding the arrest an execution of a police officer accused of an extrajudicial killing. was shot dead during a police operation in karachi on wednesday his family denies he was a criminal opposition supporters demanding the release of political prisoners in the maltese of four with police they followed the president's d

syrians it is an urgent and desperate plea they want the war to end and they want to go home stephanie decker al-jazeera. tarvaris a take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera have been scenes of disappointment in northeastern nigeria after the government retracted a statement which claimed that dozens of abducted schoolgirls have been rescued suspected back around five took the girls from the school in your bay on monday the u.n. security council is due to vote on a draft resolution which would demand a thirty day ceasefire in syria's eastern guta at least four hundred people have been killed in government airstrikes on the rebel held on klav since sunday is not yet clear whether russia will support the resolution the european union is doubling its funding for an african body aimed at combating armed groups across a hell the e.u. foreign policy chief federica mockery made the announcement as she arrived in brussels for the fund raising summit. when i did a premiere i invest in just year after year peon union with the first to believe in and invest in this union with the fifty million

latest frontline in a war that year after year simply changes its form and never seems to end stephanie decker which is zero on the turkey syria border well let's take a closer look at the two groups who could be involved in the downing of the plane. c.s. is an alliance of rebel groups it's claimed responsibility for the attack it's dominated by al qaida is former affiliate in syria which used to be called al nusra front then there's josh on nasr which al-jazeera sources understand is being blamed by turkey and russia it's named translates as the army of victory and it's linked to the free syrian army the group's been backed by the u.s. well part of is a russian defense analyst who told our to zero the downing of the plain old boosts the confidence of the rebels we shouldn't forget that the quite an apparently a number some russian jets were destroyed by mortar fire in the last month in just a month ago that's mainly in base by the rebels so the rebels are hitting back at the russians and there are casualties with the russians of course these are not very serious casualties that would cause th

thousands of kilometers away it is the military option that remains the priority for all sides stephanie decker. a geo political crisis is building over who controls the world's longest river the mile on monday egypt sudan and ethiopia's president's message to try to resolve a dispute over building a dam in ethiopia that show of unity there has been contradicted as pictures emerge of sudanese troops there sala near the border with their trail this report. was. sudanese troops massed on the border with eritrea and they're responding to reports that eritrean any gyptian soldiers are on the other side. sudan believes it. egypt sent troops to earth try a month ago a move sparked by a land dispute over what's called the whole like triangle and woman relations between sudan and turkey not like we are now confirming that we are ready here in this place and that our forces are ready to do what is asked of them at any time the border closed last month sudan's ambassador in cairo was recalled and now this sudanese troops seem to the border. but the tensions between egypt and sudan didn't start here. into

to show free syrian army fighters standing over her body in a village near the turkish border stephanie decker joins us now from gold bar in turkey that's near the border with syria so they've been relentless air raids on an area which is or areas which is supposed to be part of that deescalation zone where do we stand with that. you're talking about it in the province yes absolutely what you're seeing happening in it live over the last two months or so sami is intensive airstrikes and troop movement syrian government forces making advances in the southern area if you look at the map what the rebels control the group there are in charge of. the backbone of that group is the group formerly known as the mr front which is why russia will tell you it's doing what it's doing together with the syrian government they've taken a lot of territory sadly it is shrinking and this is an area that is supposed to be part of the so-called deescalation zone let's just move on to eastern part of the deescalation zone that's close to damascus that so a chlorine gas attack yesterday the sat the third sorry in abo