al jazeera, south korea. >> to find out much morale al jazeera.com. brig changes may be happening at olemiss. students decide mr. to take down the state flag with the confederate symbol. this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. yank danes have overwhelmingly voted for change. choosing a new prime minister after nearly a decade. justin what power and landslide the sun of one of the countries most famous politician. handed a defeat to conservative leaders stephen harper. al jazeera is live for news toronto, and jon, how did this happen. >> hello. >> well, i think canada is seeing red today. they have woken up and the map is all different. we will get to that. but how he did it is to run an obamaesque campaign. cast your mind back to when president obama first ran, think about that, it was the same kind of campaign. obama ran on hope and change, trued doe ran on real change, now, they have a lot of young people with them in what became a movement. more than a political party. >> his kids are beautiful, i think canada fell in love with them. w

this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up: al jazeera uncovers evidence of genocide, allegedly coordinated by myanmar's government against rohingya muslims. a gun battle in southern turkey, two police officers and seven i.s.i.l. fighters are killed. and, processed meat is linked to cancer, and the world health organization says red meat is risky, too. >>> a strong earthquake with its epicenter in northern afghanistan has shane buildings froshaken buildingsfrom kabul te u.s. geological survey says the magnitude was 7.5, that's a powerful tremor, and the world only 20 quakes a year measure higher than 7. a tv station in afghanistan capital kabul was broadcasting the moment the earthquake hit. al jazeera april jennifer glasse was in kabul when the earthquake hit and sent us this update a short time ago. >> reporter: the dead and wounded here in afghanistan are in 11 of the country's 34 provinces really an indicator of how widespread this earthquake was felt. we felt it here in kabul. we are 260 kilometers away fro

this is al jazeera. the second day of campaigning in turkey's second general election in just six months. amount green and gold fever in sydney as the wallabes prepare to take on new zealand np rugby world cup final. >>> russia has warned of a proxy war breaking out in syria after announcement of u.s. sending special forces to fight i.s.i.l. announced while foreign ministers were in vienna for an international summit on the conflict. u.s. says its forces will are in a position to train and advise. >> translator: i believe that neither the u.s. nor russia want to go back to the so-called proxy war. >> the president has been determined to try to make certain that we were going to increase our efforts against daesh. because to everybody's obvious perception, more needs to be done. >> earlier my colleague elisabeth is puranam asked if this was mission creep. >> i suspect these u.s. special operations forces were already in syria. theist found its main desire is to overthrow i.s.i.l. in raqqa. they found that

this is al jazeera america. we begin tonight with the obama administration abandoning its effort to train moderate syrian rebels. pentagon officials admit the $500 million training program failed to produce real results against i.s.i.l. the program was widely criticized for only training a handful of combat ready rebels, american officials say the resources will now be used to equip and establish troops already fighting i.s.i.l. as russia continues its box bardment in the war torn country. killed 200 i.s.i.l. tighters in the latest air strike. mike viqueria reports. >> secretary of defense ash carter says the pentagon is pulling the plug. >> we will try the same basic objective which is the right one. >> to train syrian fighters in a third country, either jordan, turkey or saudi arabia and send them back into syria to fight i.s.i.l. the initial cost, $500 million. president obama revealed the plan last year. >> taking on i.s.i.l. terrorists inside syria. >> but taking on the goa i.s.i.t the goal of most syrians.

joanna gezra, al jazeera, must cat. must muscat. >> relocating their matches there for safety reasons. england were beaten 3-nil on their last visit. >> we understand the pressures of playing, under these conditions as well, a lot slower-paced games and you can lose games in cricket in a short span of time. you can do a good work over a long period as well to win games and the guys are prepared for that. >> i think we are more prepared this time than all what mistakes they did previously with they just came here. obviously they have been working on that. and a bit more prepared. so we need to also focus and we need to really improve our performance. we just can't take it easy like that. >> between the toronto blue jais and the texas rangers, the canadian franchise is back in the play for the first time in 20 years. the rangers still lead the best of five series 2-1. okay that is how sport is looking for now. i'll hand you back to barbara in london. >> andy thank you. developing story we're covering in this newshour, pal

jazeera. >>> al jazeera's mohamed is in vienna following the talks and is live now and what do we know about the meetings that have already taken place today? >> mariam there is a four-way meeting between the u.s. and saudis and the russians and the turks and this is a meeting we have been expecting for several hours and it is finally happening now and we are told that a short while after that eu foreign policy chief will emerge and give a brief statement to the press and what has been interesting in the lead that is happening now is that both u.s. secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergei fedorov respectively went on a few hundred meters down the road to the bristol and met separate for two separate bilateral meetings and goes how to show how a strategic important process they are for the talks and at one points we expected that the iranians would show up in vein that tomorrow and the first time they have been invited to join talks on the future of syria and they are here a day early by some people's estimation and two high level delegations have already met wi

al jazeera, beirut. >> you're watching al jazeera. plenty more in this hour of news from london, including. >> i'm catherine soi in western kenya. i'll be telling you about this invasive weed and why malaria researchers here are so worried about it. >> plus, why the one strong relationship between china and northamptio north korea is becoming strained. >>> and why sepp blatter hopes to be behind his fifa desk sooner than anyone expected. the united nations security council has approved the second phase of operations off the coast of libya. they're permitted to seize and destroy boats used by human traffickers. >> the u.n. security council voted to endorse the european union naval operation off the coast of libya. thousands have died making the journal. now they'll intercept and later destroy the boats. the u.k. which drew up the resolution said that it will save lives. >> any smuggler stopped will be arrested, and their boats will be seized. we must not allow people smugglers to profit from other's despair. >> however, they said that

you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program, syria's president applauds russia's air strikes in the war hoff torn country saying the intervention is violation to middle east civility. >>> deaths along the french riviera as two months of rain falls in two hour. >>> the herbal remedies harder to pick in south africa. >>> thank you for joining us. in the northern afghan city of kunduz, it has reported fallen back into taliban control. government forced backed by u.s. war planes have been fighting against the taliban there since monday. paul has the report. >> reporter: police in kunduz have distributed bread and rice to residents. many have lived without food, water or electricity for days. >> translator: planes are bombing us from above. towns are shelling from the ground. we don't know what to do. >> reporter: afghan soldiers and the taliban have been fighting for control of the city for more than a week. afghan troops drive past bodies left on the ground as they patrol the city with damaged and boa

on al jazeera america. >> the historic city of antakya is just a few kilomentres from the border crossing with syria - where domenico and pierre were released. many of the secret deals to free western hostages are made here. >> american journalist peter theo curtis was based in antakya, when in october 2012, he was kidnapped. >> all of a sudden i didn't hear from him. and i didn't want to sound like a worried mother, but i was a worried mother. then i got an email from him that with a subject heading of hey, and then there was no message. and then i really panicked. >> a few weeks later fellow american journalist jim foley was taken at gunpoint just a short distance away. >> we wondered that jim didn't call us on thanksgiving. and sure enough that next morning we received a call jim had in fact been kidnapped. so, that's when we knew. >> the fate of these two men reveals the contradiction at the heart of american hostage policy. the public declarations of "no negotiation" and "no ransom" - do not tell the w

>> top stories for you on al jazeera. foreign ministers in vienna have agreed for the united nations to start a new diplomatic process aimed at finding a different solution in syria. the u.s. has announced that it will send up to 50 special services personnel, training and advising opposition fighters in syria. >>> 2007 kille27 killed and ove0 injured in a night club fire in bucharest. >>> northeast nations relations have been icy thanks oterritorial disputes, harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> every week they gather outside the japanese embassy in seoul. supporters of south korea's so-called comfort women, last survivors, have been an issue of heart of strained relations between seoul and tokyo, as shinzo abe operators to meet south korea's president for talks. >> for 25 years we have been shouting for japan to compensate. if he last answers he can come to south korea otherwise he cannot. >> while abe made his statement, he upset seoul, without reiterating them for a personal standpoint. for all this symbolism of japa

is al jazeera sad. rosalind jordan, al jazeera. >> let's take a closer look at the russian targets in syria. moscow says it carried out strikes against eight isil targets. most isil strong holds are in eastern syria. but it appears that isil's de facto capital was not hit. the syrian opposition says warms remember dropped in hommes and others, and the raids focused on command posts not held by isil. well, a syrian opposition leader says the strikes have killed at least 36 civilians. >> translator: we urged before that the russians are intervening in syria not to fight isil, they are intervene to go prolong the life of bashar al-assad and support the continuous killing on a daily basis of the syrian civilians. >>> the united nations has raised the palestinian flag for the first time. but that symbolic moment has been overshadowed by palestinian president mahmoud abbas' declaration that he's no longer bound by the oslo accords, he's accused israel of breaching the agreement signed in 1993 which were meant

patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. >>> the u.n.'s refugees agency says that more than 5,000 refugees were arriving in serbia from macedonia every day. and that there is no sign that flow of people will ease. the u.n. says that 13,000 have entered serbia in the last 48 hours alone. and it's predicting another surge in the coming days. more than 170,000 people have passed through serbia on their way towards europe this summer. and refugees are continuing to arrive in italy, more than 700 people mainly from syria and eritrea were rescued off the coast of libya on monday the aid group doctors without borders pick he had them up in two separate operations, they have been taken to the italian island of sicily. germany's chancellor angela merkel says her country can't handle the refugees crisis alone. she is heading to brussels for a european union sum out thursday. where she will appeal for help from other states. merkel is under pressure her coalition partner to his limit the number of asylum seekers entering germany. jonah hull reports

al jazeera. >> you're watching al jazeera. still to come. the weekly refugee influx to reach greece since the start of the year. >>> an $18 million deal updates senegal's mode of transport. more after the break. >> al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up 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. weeknights, on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of our top stories here on al jazeera. mexico is bracing for a potentially catastrophic conditions as one of the strongest hurricanes on record heads towards its coast line. >>> after days of unrest, for the first time in six weeks restrictions of who can enter the al-aqsa mosque compounds has been lifted. >> 22 people have been killed after a suicide-bomb attack. mourners were attack as they reached the end of the route. >> 530 kilometers happened in a city which is an historic old city named after mid 19th century east even company

this is al jazeera. following nor clashes at the west bank. president obama apologizes for an air strike that destroys a hospital in kunduz afghanistan. russia has fired cruise missiles at syria. more than 1200 kilometers away were involved in the strikes. moscow says it's targeting cite but some have hit western backed rebels. u.s. says the advantage a fundamental mistake. and u.s. well not cooperate with russia. peter sharp reports. >> from the caspian sea, 1200 kilometers from the fighting, russia opened a second front. the caliber missiles, bearing the nato code name sizzler were launched without warning from russia's caspian sea flotilla. with a range of 2500 kilometers the missiles were within reach, russia said it received permission from iran and iraq to overfly its territory, avoiding southeastern turkey. sergei shoygu briefed of the campaign. >> 26 cruise missiles on 11 targets. all targets were destroyed and no civilians were harmed. >>> why russia would target missiles 12 loo miles away, when it's carrying out daily strikes on i.s.

imoku molu, al jazeera. >> doug olivant is al jazeera's national security advisor and a senior fellow at the security council. the administration had said no boots on the ground in syria now special forces are going in. what's your take? >> well, i'm sympathetic to what they're doing here. they're trying to change the situation on the ground. and we saw today the white house try to explain well, boots on the ground really aren't boots on the ground. and this isn't the kind of boots on the ground we were talking about. but clearly at the end of the day, what we have is somewhat less than 50 american soldiers, our best trained american soldiers. it sounds like they're going to be part of delta force or something akin to it, who will be on the groundworking with these groups just north of raqqa trying to put as the white house said some pressure on raqqa. >> so do you think it's russia's presence that has brought about this change in the administration's statistician to put at least a small force of american soldiers on the ground? >> well, it could be. it could be that the russian ves v

nidhi dutt, al jazeera, new delhi. >>> still ahead on al jazeera the e.u. awards its top human rights prize to a saudi blogger whose writings about free speech have landed him in jail. >>> exploring migration through art. 40 zimbabwean artis artists feae their work. >>> we'll tell you about the golfer who has sunk his second hole in one in two months. robin standing by with the details. >> tough that the country gave up on me. >> look at the trauma... every day is torture. >> this is our home. >> nobody should have to live like this. >> we made a promise to these heroes... this is one promise americans need to keep. ♪ ♪ >>> held going, reminders of the top stories here on al jazeera. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and iranian foreign minister have met in have you ina ahead of international talks to end the civil war in syria. china abandoning its controversial one-child policy after more than three decades. republican paul ryan is elected the new speaker of u.s. house of representatives. >>> syria's war may be one of the causes of the current re

. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane doeston. coming up, barack obama to announce that u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan. >>> government forces launch a major offensive in syria. it will be a huge blow to opposition fighters if they win. >>> europe's refugee crisis back on the agenda in brussel. the e.u. has a plan. >>> i'll have all of the day's sport including suspended uefa chief finds out if he still has the support of his own organization, and the governing body meets to decide his future. ♪ is due to announce that american military presence in afghanistan will be extended. it is a dramatic shift in strategy. he originally aimed to withdraw most of the forces by the end of next year, but military leaders have been pushing for more support especially after taliban captured kunduz city. since then they continue to fight in several areas in afghanistan. the u.s. is expected to keep 5,500 troops in the country when obama leaves office in 2017. jennifer glasse is in kabul, and patty culhane in is washington. let's first go

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ from al jazeera's headquarters in doha this is the news hour, here is what is coming up, in the next 60 minutes, at least two palestinians are dead and two israelis critically injured following more violence in jerusalem and the occupied west bank, funerals from saturday's bomb attack and government says i.s.i.l. is the prime suspect. kurdish fighters in syria joined forces with a mix of other rebel groups and a coalition they say will form the nucleus of a new army. and controversy in south korea, schools change the way they teach history. ♪ hello, israeli forces have shot dead at least two palestinians in another day of violence in occupied east jerusalem and the west bank, a palestinian woman was shot after she reportedly attacked israeli forces with a knife and has been taken to hospital and is in critical condition. this comes a few hours after a palestinian teenager was shot and killed near lion's gate in the old city and forces say he tried to stab an officer and two palestini palestinians were shot in a settlement outside jerusalem and two

al jazeera. o,r above ground. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> in at a time valley, we have this update. >> reporter: according to the provincial disaster management authority, the worst hit is the province and werz told that they have suffered the maximum number of casualty did, almost 187. the death toll mounting, over 250, and there are reports that at least 800 houses have been damaged or destroyed here, alone. >> number is over 1,100 across a vast region because this powerful earthquake not just shook islamabad but as far as new delhi and the proof incial capitol but the worst hit according to the provincial authorities is here in swath and malakan, just an adjoining district. ♪ >>> a world health organization agency says that processed meat such as ham and sausage can lead to comeon and or cancers and red meat is probably cars inogenic as well. wayne hay has the details from thailand seeing a rise in the number of people eating processed meat. >> for some people, the perception of meat may

"talk to al jazeera". saturday, 6:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. the stop stories on al jazeera. the hamas leader in gaza wants protesters, palestinian shot dead early saturday morning by the israeli army at a checkpoint in east jerusalem. kill six palestinians on friday. >>> syrian rebels to fight i.s.i.l, $500 million was set aside to equip fighters but only a handful made it to the battlefield. >>> north korea is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding political party. will take place in the capital of pyongyang. >>> the u.n. security council has given its support to a european union plan to target suspected people-smugglers off the libyan coast, if the latest attempt to stop the flow of refugees across the mediterranean sea. our diplomatic editor james bays has the report. >> voting to endorse a european union naval operation off the coast of libya. thousands of people have died making the joish joarn. nomaking the orion. making the journey. the u.n. which drew up the resolution says it will stop lives. >> any smugglers will be stopped

you're watching al jazeera. still to come we'll bring you the latest from the war in yemen where even children are targets for snipers' bullets. we'll tell but the cheap set ups that are keeping zimbabweans in business. >> welcome become. foreign ministers announce the u.n. should start a new diplomatic process aimed at finding a political transition to end syria's war. meanwhile inside syria itself, the violence is continuing. 140 people have been killed by missile attacks carried without by the syrian government. 30 refugees including 11 children have drowned after two boats sunk off the coast of greece. >> now the last british detainee to be held at guantanamo bay has been freed. he has been held there for 13 years and in the last eight years he was released twice. he flew back on friday. emma hayward reports. >> after more than 5,000 days inside guantanamo bay, he was finally back on british soil. flown to a civilian air port on the edge of london, a moment his family, friends and supporters had been hoping

daniel schweimler, al jazeera, buenos aires. >> joining us from buenos aires, welcome to al jazeera. what is the biggest issue on the minds of the voters as they go to the polls this weekend? >> well, sheila that's a good question. first of all what anyone would like to know is whether we're going to be calling a new president on sunday night or monday, or if we're going to have to wait until november 22nd to see who's the next president of the country. right now, the polls don't seem to agree, even though daniel sioli seems to be the clear front runner. we don't know if mauricio magry will get close to him or whether sioli will be the winner on sunday. >> sioli appears to be the heir apparent to the kirchners. with the economy in such bad shape why is he doing so well? >> well a lot of people here, they are very, very loyal to the are parones party. and what's surprising even though this is obviously cristina's heir apparent, more fest appealing to the lower class not as parones as the middle classes, seems to distance himself from her party. just yesterday he said woe raise the eco

rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. >> sports is next. a local football team in africa is trying to restore to a community. >> scientists fighting malaria in easting africa face new he my, a weed invading the countryside is growing across uganda, tanzania, somalia, ethiopia and kenya. it is attracting mosquitoes. we report from western kenya. >> scientists of the international center in nairobi watch the movements of the mosquito which transmits malaria and study the weed and try to term how much gains it has made in the fight against malaria. mosquitoes are attracted to the nectar which keep it alive. the research started in 2007 is still in its early days, but the lead researcher says the preliminary findings are worrying. >> it tells us that when the mosquito is carrying the parasite, it can survive a lot longer. the question is that if the mosquito is not infected with the parasite, what does it mean in terms of the impact on the survival of the mosquito. that we don't know. >> this weed originally from north and south america was int

. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston in new york with a look at today's top stories.israelis and palestinians continue exchanging deadly attacks as the latest round of violence extends into the ten 10th day. jason rezaian has a sentence. >>> republicans try too secure a candidate to replace outgoing speaker of the house, john boehner pchejohnboehner. we begin with washington, expressing deep concern about the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians. late saturday secretary of state john kerry reached out to both israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestine palestinian president mahmoud abbas trying to restore calm. this was the scene just a few hours ago outside the coastal city of hidera, a palestinian soldiers rammed into a israeli soldier. several people injured by a palestinian woman who detonated a bomb inside her car. >> there was an explosion that took place inside the vehicle. the female terrorist was injured seriously. >> two civilians were killed including a pregnan

"talk to al jazeera". saturday, 6:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> tension in jerusalem as a second palestinian man is shot dead bipolice for stabbing israeli citizens. i'm fauziah ibrahim. you're watching al jazeera, live from doha. >>> president barack obama offers his sympathy, after a suspected american airtr

the top stories here on al jazeera. rescuers in afghanistan and pakistan are rush to go deliver relief aid to earth quake victims. more than 300 people died after a 7.5 magnitude quake hit south asia on monday. the epicenter was in the hindu mountains northeast afghanistan. >>> china has warned the u.s. to act cautionly in the disputed without third south china sea after i u.s. warship sailed close to two man-made islands that china claimed at its territory. the u.s. says it's acting in accordance with maritime law. >>> two turkish policemen have been killed with two suspected isil officers. it happened during a raid. >>> the european union is working to implement new measure to his tackle the refugees crisis in the western balkans. croatian authorities say an estimated 260,000 people have passioned through since hungary closed its borders in mid september. slovenia continues to face 10s of thousands of new arrivals. but as robin reports from the board he should volunteer aid workers say they are being prevented from of

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello, i'm mary ann and this is the news hour live from london and coming up, in the next 60 minutes top diplomates in vein that at talks aimed at ending the civil war in syria. china abolishes its controversial one child policy in a direct response to an aging population. we speak to the afghan refugees who made their desperate journey to europe only faced to being forcibly sent home. and let there be life, purple flowers that suddenly bloomed in one of the world's driest places. >>> i'm robin adams in doha with the kansas roles with home field to go for the world series. details coming up. ♪ top diplomates are now in vein that to begin talks that could kick start a process that may one day end the war in syria. the official dialog begins on friday amed cautious optimism several sideline meetings have already been held and john kerry met with iran minister and include russians from russia, turkey, france and saudi arabia. syria's government in opposition are not involved. all the ministers meeting in vein thawill need to overcome competing age

malcolm webb, al jazeera, uganda. >>> much more real news from al jazeera. >> this week on talk to al jazeera - the president of liberia ellen johnson sirleaf. >> my life story of fighting and getting up and being beaten and rising again and fighting for the things i believe in. >> the first woman elected to lead an african country has spent almost a decade rebuilding post-conflict liberia. >> people were tired of war. war was seen as something that had been initiated and carried

al jazeera, in the occupied west bank. >>> the u.s. economy took center stage as republican presidential candidates met for their third debate at times the exchange grew ill tempered as alan fisher reports from boulder, colorado. >> reporter: it was a night when frustrations boiled to the surface. >> folks, we have to wake up. we cannot elect somebody that doesn't know how to do the job. you have to pick somebody who has experience, somebody that has the know how, the discipline. >> reporter: this is a tight battle where campaigns haven't gone as planned and some saw the way ahead by attacking others. >> marco, when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term. and you should be showing up to work. i moon, literally the senate, what is it like a french workweek you get like three days where you have to show up? >> someone has convinced you that attack me will help you. here is the bottom line my campaign will be about the future of america. it's not going to be a attack anyone else on the stage i will continue to have tremendous ad

paul tradergian, al jazeera. >> time for a break. when we come back, rebels believe they will be the next target of the russian air strikes. >>> plus a dash of samba flair. more on that, coming up. >> they don't fear anything. >> they're consuming economically important species >> we're offering something on our menu that no-one else is offering. >> welcome back, a recap of the top stories here. a loud explosion has been heard in the afghan capital kabul. suicide bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops in the city. >>> turkey is observing the first day of mourning for the victims of two suicide bombings in ankara. 95 people killed and almost 215 injured. >>> a pregnant woman and her four-year-old daughter have been killed in an israeli raid on gaza city. >>> let's get more on our top story. rami kuri, american university of beirut. he joins us from denver, colorado. there seems to be no effort to deescalate this rising violence across the region. what's behind what many people see currently as this much more aggressive, much more

thank god, we survived. >> still ahead on al jazeera. the preparation for the 2020 olympics in japan, run into problems plus. >> for a few weeks each year people flock here to risk it all, for ride of their life. i'm gabriel elizondo, that story coming up. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. up. >> welcome back. the top stories here in al jazeera. israeli police have restricted the area of old jerusalem. hours earl yerm similar atta

this is the news hour on al jazeera. a powerful earthquake shakes afghanistan and pakistan at least 190 people are dead. also evidence of genocide coordinated by the myanmar government against the rohingya people, an al jazeera exclusive. >>> a gun battle in southern turkey. suo officers and several

al jazeera, washington. leah watkins says congress needs to introduce better gun laws. >> we have the best congress money can buy and they are more beholden to the nra which representatives gun manufacturers here in america. don't forget, their only moarvetiomotivation is to sell . they don't care who they sell to. until the american congress represents the people, not the gun manufacturers which are soaked in guns, near 34,000 a year die in gun violence and over 80,000 are injured. this is a yearly, daily occurrence in the united states. unless people actually start to make this an issue and they vote, the members of congress out who refuse to take action, you know we're not going to see change but states like new york are making positive change. we have the third lowest gun death in the nation. we haven't had mass shootings at schools for many, many years and that's because strong smart gun laws work and i think congress needs to get the same message. >>> russian air strikes in syria have dominated talks o

al jazeera live flu london coming up. u.s. secretary of state in jordan and enacted new measures to a couple of the situation at the al asqa mom. the vice president of the maldives is arrested on accusations of planning to

. >>> hello from a al jazeera's as headquarters in doha. after one of its soldiers is killed in a raid to free hostages. plus. >> i'm tanya page reporting from ivory coast. president oassa is assured of a second term. >> devoted to what we eat. arhello, beginning in vienna, where authorities are gathering to discuss the conflict in syria. findings out more about russia's bombing campaign in the country. let's cross now to barnaby phillips who is in vienna for us. barnaby, what can we expect from the talks? >> reporter: as you were suggesting, i think there are an awful lot of questions of the russian he, from the other three. united states, saudi arabia and turkey which have been amongst the most vehement critics of bashar al-assad, russia on the other side, now perhaps his most crucial ally. all four countries militarily engaged to different extents in different ways to syria itself. to that extent it is very important, i think yes, the anti-assad trees owe, want more clarity as to what russia's intlengserussia'sintentions are. what is its

chance. >> top stories for on al jazeerl jazeera. new diplomatic process aimed at finding aa new solution to syria's war. another day of violence. the u.s. has announced it will send up to 50 special forces to help with the war in syria against i.s.i.l. >>> 27 people killed and more than 150 injured at a fire in a night club in romania. fire broke out around 11:00 p.m. local time. >>> the last british resident held at guantanamo bay has been flown back to the u.k. shakir amin. >> after 5,000 days in guantanamo bay, shakir amir, was flown to the edge of london. a moment family friends and supporters have been hope for for many years. in a statement he says the reason i have been strong: he goes on to say: securing his release has taken yeast. politicians, celebrities and human rights -- taken years. the british government has pressed the u.s. to free him too. >> shakir will have a mix of euphoria because he was never sure this was going to happen. and at the same time as the sort of crashing back down to earth where he's got to figure

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour and i'm julie in doha and coming up, on the program. >> the nobel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisia national dialog quartet. >> the tunisia group wins the prize for paving the way for democracy in the country. a top iranian general advising government forces has been killed near aleppo. another stabbing as tension heightens across israel and territories and u.n. proposes a unity government to end the problems in india but the parliament still needs to approve it. ♪ tunisia's national dialog quartet has been awarded the nobel peace prize with the contribution of building democracy after the revolution in 2011. >> the quartet was formed in summer of 2013 when the democratzation process was in danger of collapsing as a result of political assassinations and widespread social unrest, it established an alternative, peaceful, political process at a time when the country was on the brink of civil war. >> let's tell you a bit more about the quartet, it comprises four important groups, the

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha. this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. tensions flair across the occupied west bank as the u.n. chief calls for an end to the violence between israelis and palestinians. >>> rights groups say russia air strikes in syria have killed dozens of civilians in lattlatt. >>> plus we meet the 64-year-old man meeting his father for the very fifth time. >>> i'm wayne haye reporting from the philippines where the former typhoon continues to dump huge amounts of rain on the island of luzon. ♪ >>> we begin this news hour with developments in israel and the palestinian territories where it's been another day of tenning. in the past few hours there have been demonstrations in the occupied west bank. rallies too in gaza. this demonstration was held by women linked to the armed group islamic jihad in support of a palestinian uprising. a palestinian man was shot dead after a small demonstration near hebron. he had stabbed an israeli soldier there. and the israeli military says anoth

this is al jazeera america. we begin with a major escalation and show of force by russia in war torn syria. the kremlin said it had launched cruise missiles from locations in the caspian sea. the russian naval strikes come as syrian naval forces launched an offense under the cover of russian air strikes. defense secretary ash carter said u.s. led coalition forces will not cooperate with russia and the pentagon confirmed u.s. jets recently had to change their routes to avoid russian fighter planes over syria and that air operations in general have had to be adjusted because of the russians flying these missions. al jazeera's peter sharp reports from moscow. >> reporter: from the caspian sea 1200 kilometers from the fighting russia opened a second front in the syrian war, unleashing a salvo of cruise missiles at i.s.i.l. position he. the caliber missiles bearing the nato code name sizzler were launched without warning at from the caspian sea flotilla. broadcast on russian state television, moscow said it obtained

start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> we're back talking about the u.s. government so-called no-buy lists, we're referring to the list of specially designated nationals, sdns kept by the office of foreign assets control, ofac for short, the organization, suspects on the list can have their assets seized and their ability to have assets curbed. the danger of the ofac list is that it can effectively deny someone's constitutional rights on the name of the war on terror. adam smith was a senior advisor to the director of ofac from 2010 to 2015, he's now with the law firm of gibson dunn and crutcher. he insists ofac is a critical part of the fight against terror and keeping americans safe. adam thank you for joining us. i've got the list in front of me with over 6,000 names. the good news is this list is public, then can go on the government website and see this list. >> that's right. >> there are many parts of the process leading up to a name being added to this list that are absolutely

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you're watching al jazeera live from london. the u.s. and russia agree to rules and restrictions to prevent accidents between their warplanes over syria. >> the visit to the united kingdom marks a milestone of this unprecedented year of cooperation and friendship.

this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up: al jazeera uncovers evidence of genocide, allegedly coordinated by myanmar's government against rohingya muslims. a gun battle in southern turkey, two police officers and

step vaessen, al jazeera, south su math rah. sumatra. >> artisans have made their living making hand made copper goods. but now the industry's dying out. imtiaz tyab has the story. >> for 40 years, madek has hammered sheets of copper into intricate pieces of art. it was taught to him by his father, who learned from his father. he's afraid he's the last one. >> translator: my sons are not going to follow my footsteps. unfortunately, they believe this profession is going to be ex extinct. there is just a handful of us artisans due to the poor security and economic conditions of the country as well as the lack of foreign tourists. >> reporter: baghdad's safafir market has been around for generations, it was the place for traders across the middle east looking for highly prized copper handicrafts. that only changed with the u.s. golf war in the 1990s. now only around 15 shops remain with just five still crafting new pieces. the artisans of the safafir copper market say it's not just successfullivsuccessive changese growing popularit

jazeera. ♪ from al jazeera's headquarters in doha this is the news hour and i'm sammy and coming up, in the next 60 minutes, hamas calls for rally in gaza after ten shuns grow over the mosque compound. the afghan army still fighting for control on the outskirts of kunduz seven days after the taliban first took the city. we report on the business of people smuggling in turkey as

you are watching al jazeera live from london also in the next 30 minutes. four palestinians killed and isra israelis wounded from the occupied area. >> we are getting tear gassed. >> al jazeera correspond event tear gassed by israeli forces during a live report. celebrations and a show of force as north korea's leader says it is ready to defend itself against the u.s. the ruling party sell braces its 70th anniversary. the brazilian hararri international street carnival. >>> two suicide bombers are thought to be behind two deadly explosions targeting a peace rally in ankara at least 86 people died. more than 180 were hurt when the bombs went off near the city's train station. turkey's government is treating it, it says, as a terror attack and has announced three days of official mourning. pro-kurdib known as the hdp said the blasts specifically targeted its members who were taking part in that peace rally. jamal alshayal reports. >> calls for peace drowned by explosions. this was the moment a bomb targeted a peace rally in ankara. death and chaos ensued. thi

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you are watching al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm jonathan betz. we are taking a live look at roseburg, oregon where we're expecting the sheriff to speak in a few minutes about yesterday's shooting at umpqua college. at least ten people died, seven others were hurt. the gunmen was killed in exchange of gunfire with police. we have the latest from allen schauffler in roseburg, oregon. >> reporter: roseburg is not a big place, this is a town of just a little more than 21,000 people. so it's a case where if you didn't know someone who was on campus yesterday, you probably know someone who knew someone who was on campus or had a relative on campus. this is touching a lot of people in this town. morning classes were interrupted by gunfire, the first 911 call came in shortly after 10:30. >> somebody is outside one of the doors, shooting through the door. >> reporter: reports of a shooter at umpqua community college in roseburg, oregon. >> i could tell what it was, once i heard the sound and saw the people running, i knew exactly what happened. my parents

2000 hours gmt and on line at al jazeera/investigators. doctors in england are threatening to strike and unhappy with the national service contracts which say will make them work longer hours for less pay and emma reports from london. >> the new national health service starts, have you chosen your family doctor. >> ambitious plan to bring free healthcare to all and decades has been the pride of britain and now nearly 70 years on the national health service is in crisis. under pressure and struggling to pay its bills, thousands of junior doctors are threatening to walk out in an row over pay and conditions and tom is a young doctor who loves his job and always expected to work long hours but worries a new contract which the uk government wants to introduce could push people too far. >> we all went into this because we care enormous about patients and we want to help people. and we all knew there were long hours and a very stressful job and were ready for that. >> reporter: effecting doctors working in england and offered some concessions an

home for original documentaries al jazeera america presents only on al jazeera america >>> the big news today, the current house majority leader kevin mccarthy took his name out of the running for speaker. that news just broke. it became as a big surprise for house republicans. they gathered to vote on the next speaker. john boehner postponed the caucus election. chaf fats of utah and webster of florida are also running for the position. let's go live to washington where michael is standing by. he's been talking to some members of the republican caucus who were in that meeting. this has been a month of surprises for republicans. first, house speaker john boehner moved up his expected departure saying that he was only going to resign from the speakership but he was going to leave the house. that was a huge shock. now this. >> reporr: and randle, these are the kind of shocks that the conservatives in the republican caucus are happy about. happy to have boehner resign and mccarthy step down. the problem they have now is going forward. they won't get a candidate from the anecdotal evidence