you're watching al jazeera from doha. let's update you on the top stories. "charlie hebdo" french satirical magga zin released its first edition since the attacks last week. it was made with joy as well as pain. it's been distributed around the woirld published in more than a dozen languages. >> hong kong's leader warned that development as a democracy must follow the law or risk degenerating into democracy. hundreds of thousands of people in sri lanka's capital joint pope country. the pope canonized the catholic saint in a ceremony it's the first papal visit since the end of the civil war in 2009. >> i want to talk to you about piracy on the world seas continuing to fall. in 2014 attacks dropped by 44% compared to 2014. 245 incidents were recorded around the globe. most attacks record ships boarded, few involve a hi jagging. the rest are attempts or were they have been fired upon. the navy started to patrol and last year there was 11 and criminals were stopped in those incidents. they have almost doubled in south-east asia. the main target is armed gangs re

. >> you are watching al jazeera in doha. president hollande vows france will protect all religions as funerals are held for the charlie hebdo cartoonists killed in last week's attack. >> almost 100,000 people forced from homes as fierce floods his mozambique and ma law wee. a welcome for pope francis in the philippines. >> satellite images show the deadliest massacre in the history of boko haram on two towns in northern nigeria giving a look at a region which has become extremely dangerous and difficult to access. this was done before the armed group moved in, vegetation shaded in red. all around, you see streets and buildings. here's the same town on january 7. just look at that, an estimated 3,000 homes as well as schools and clinics destroyed. it's a similar seen three miles away. here it is on the second of january, another thriving down and this is how it looks five days later after attacks by boko haram. 20,000 people have fled the area. amnesty international has severed disturbing testimony from survivors of these lat

. -- in dell law -- in doha this week. 97% say we will see quantitative easing, so that will be fascinating. >> join us on twitter. time to wake up to what is going on. we will get ahead of the curve. i am manus cranny. tell us what you think, tell us what is on your mind. 93%, and what do the other 7% say? >> some said there would be qe3. huge expectations. now, coming up, is the misery over four eurostar? the lori fire that closed the service for most of saturday. that is next on "countdown." ♪ >> time for today's travel news and could the problems four eurostar be over? they plan to operate at full schedule after they were dealing with a lorry fire and a british infrastructure specialist could announce an initial public offering as early as today, validly the company at one billion pounds, and they have a diverse range of projects including a stadium in australia, highways in the united states, and windfarms in europe, and an italian company is pairing up its budget after the swiss national bank unexpectedly removed the cap on the frank, and they will meet with company managers today t

. ♪ >>> hello, and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sami zeidan live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, a state of emergency in mozambique as dozens are killed and tens of thousands displaced by flooding. the u.s. announces further measures to loosen trade and travel restrictions with cuba. >>> and we'll have the latest on who is in line for top honors at this year's oscars. ♪ >>> let's begin in nigeria, where president goodluck jonathan is visiting an army base in the north and survivors of attacks on two towns. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry described the attacks as a crime against humanity. our correspondent has more from the nigerian capitol. >> reporter: president goodluck jonathan landed in the area more than 30 minutes ago. he visited the military and then after he is expected to visit people affected by the violence at the refugee camp or camps for internally displaced persons. these of course include the recent arrives from the towns where hundreds were killed. one particular child saw parents and elders shot before his own eyes and then they were take

. >>> a warm welcome to the newshour i'm here in the headquarters in doha. our top stories - boko haram's largest attack ever - homes and >>> hundreds of thousands forced from their homes as floods his mozambique and malawi >>> pope francis in the philippines. >> i'm robin with the sports stories for you. history is made in the united states as two men complete what is known as the world's toughest climb, and did it with their bear hands. details coming up. >>> amnesty international released satellite images showing attacks by boko haram on two towns in northern nigeria. it gives us an insight in a region that is dangerous and difficult to access. this is january the 2nd before the group moved in. vegetation is shaded in red, and streets and clusters of buildings. here is the same town a few days later on 2 january - 3,000 homes and schools and clinics destroyed. now, look at this. it's a similar scene 3km away in boga. here is on the 2nd of the january. it's a thriving town. and then this is how it looks five days lafr after the boko haram a -- later, after

for qatar airways, building up out of the doha our hub. they reach it -- recently launched ahab. iag pulled in all kinds of directions. trying to get a deal done with the irish management. >> they raised that made. actually have a quote for you. -- we have a quote for you. >> qatar airways is a long time supporting shareholder. >> qatar being on a buying spree. taking in lots of european committees. harrods. it is interesting to look at it in that context. maybe it could be a potential bidder for -- they have fingers and lots of highs and european companies. -- lots of highpies in european committees. >> from iag's perspective, aer lingus, that has brought approval. they might struggle a little bit. which of a few hurdles. in terms of getting ryanair's approval. whether they might have to give some grounds to the government. assure them of roots. it seems they are running up against opposition from pilot groups. >> 10% is bigger then capital group. franklin resources, with 7%. it is a big step. >> they used to be a day where having international investors was a difficult situatio

we are live from al jazeera headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes - dozens of people injured in a car bomb attack outside a police college >>> the united nations case the number of syrian refugees displaced by the war will hit 4 million >>> also this hour a new development in the crash area. a rescue team finds the tail section of the airasia >>> and a multi-million pay out in compensation for oil spilt in nigeria. >>> we begin in yemen where a car bomb has exploded in sanaa. it was close to a gathering of people near a police training college. at least six people have been killed. 40 others have been wounded. let's get the latest from omar al saleh. we have seen him bring up to speed with the latest. >> there's a number of people killed at this stage. the number of wounded has risen to at least 60 people some of them in serious condition. the death toll could rise. it was a big explosion. security forces tied the police academy, suggesting that a man driving a small bus parked the vehicle, and disappeared from the s

. ♪ >>> welcome to the al jazeera news hour i'm sami zeidan in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes. satellite images reveal scenes of devastation in northern nigeria. >>> a state of emergency in mozambique. >>> the u.s. announces further measures to loosen trade and travel restrictions with cuba. >>> and flying to the faithful. how pope francis gets a warm welcome in the latest leg of his tour. ♪ >>> now the united states and britain say they are working on a special initiative to help tackle the boko haram armed group in nigeria. the killing of hundreds of people last week was a crime against humanity. amnesty international has released images of what it says is the devastating images of those attacks. this was on the 2nd of january. all around you can see streets and clusters of buildings. here is the same time from january 7th. an estimated 3,000 homes schools, and clinics have been destroyed. it's a similar scene three kilometers away. another thriving town and this is how it looks five days later after the attacks by boko haram. at least 20,0

. >> coming up from doha, more on the video from al-qaeda's leader in yemen saying the group was behind the attack at charlie hebdo. >> tomorrow morning we look at the fallout from that video and france's efforts to track down any others involved in those killings. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> we leave you with a luge at images of the day snow and freezing temperatures hitting northern ireland. >> they used to be enjoying the wintery weather. while residents compare for a double whammy of snow and gale forced winds. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. >> monday. the most secretive nation on earth. >> we're heading to the border between north and south korea. >> a rare glimpse inside. >> kim jong un sometimes does strange things, but he is smart. >> as tensions escalate, what will be the fallout? >> we're still at a state of war with north korea. >> we have to be ready to fight tonight. >> "faultlines". al jazeera america's hard-hitting. >> today they will be arrested. >> ground-breaking. >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-w

raw sewage, comes from a plant outside doha. using specially created tape. >> you see millions and millions of microperforations. giving nature what it should do in our containment tanks. >> the process ends with clear water that runs into an adjacent farm giving life to new growth. on the larger scale more and more sewage treatment plants have been built in qatar. recycling water that can be used for irrigation. but there's a long way to go. these trucks are dumping raw sewage into holding lakes in the desert where it lies untreated potential water supply evaporating into hot desert air. the remarkable thing is, the nature takes its course and the area becomes clean enough for flock of flamingos to take their rest. tomlin licetherein lies the issue. they're talking about soil quality, improving soil quality to improve its water retention and here is new technology for desalination plants that will reduce their carbon footprint. and here's technology that quite literally takes water out of the air we breathe. in this case, 500 l

. ♪ hello, welcome to the news hour i'm live in doha and coming up in the next 60 minutes. [gunfire] more peshmerga fighters killed by i.s.i.l. as iraq prime minister criticizes what he calls a slow response by the international coalition. about four million on the streets, how the communities of france stood together after the attacks in paris. back to school children in peshawar resume lessons less than a month after the attack that killed more than 100 of their classmates. >>> and all the sports including a historic moment for the palestinian futbol team and the first in a tournament the latest on that later in the program. ♪ but first the speed of the response by the international community to the threat posed by i.s.i.l. is under scrutiny. iraqi prime minister al-abaddi says it's too slow and failed to provide enough military support to his ettroops and his comments echo opinions already eggs -- expressed by the kurdish community and i.s.i.l. killed members of the kurdish security forces in a surprise attack in northern iraq and the deadliest attack against the kurds

you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up... >> a telephone conversation between yemen's president has been floating against the government with houthi rebels. the leader of the catholic church the democratic republic of congo tells the president stop killing your people. >> and the leader of germany's anti-islam protest movement quits after photos chose him posing as hitler. >> at least 13 people have been killed when a bus was hit by a shell in the eastern ukranian city. it happened in a part of city under the control of pro-russian separatists. and there has been fighting for control of the city's air force. it's a crucial point. this is the approximate under separatist control. according to the united nations, 700 people when the fighting began. i'm joined on the phone by charles stratford. the ukranian government and the separatists recognised the attack. [ technical difficulties ]. we saw renewed heavy fighting. 13 people at least were attacked. military deny that they were responsible. [ technical diffic

you rocked the summits in doha and warsaw. at the time come each year, your country, the philippines devastated by these typhoons. what happened in lima, peru? was the speculation accurate that the philippines removed you , not to be the chief negotiator, because you had become so vocal and had been addressing the most powerful countries, the countries that admitted more carbon -- committed more carbon, more fossil fuel emissions, like the united states? >> that was the speculation at that time. today, it remains unclear for me why that happened, why i was not in lima. but perhaps it is right that i may be overly vocal about the issues of climate justice and how he must hold accountable those who are hugely responsible for this man-made problem. >> will you be in paris for the summit there? will you be representing your country? >> that remains to be seen amy. i remain as commissioner for climate change. i think i will be in paris regardless of what capacity that would be, because i believe paris is such an important moment in

. ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazerra i am nick clark this doha. also coming up on the program. neat telephone conversation suggests yemen's former president has been plotting against the government with houthi rebels. >>> ithe leader of the catholic church says stop killing your people. and he quits after photos show him posing as hitler. ♪ ♪ >>> well, at least 13 people have been killed by a mortar strike on a trolley bus in donetsk. the city in eastern ukraine say pro-russian separatist strong hold. the strike comes after hours after calls for a ceasefire. charles what, more do you know? >> reporter: well, nick, we have spoken to a russian journalist on the ground in donetsk and a spokesperson for the rebels there, they tell us that at least nine people were killed in this attack. and at least nine others injured. we have no confirmation as to there were any women or children victims of this attack. apparently a trolley bus stop which is south in the section south of donetsk, in a southern area of donetsk quite away from where we have seen the escalation in fighting aroun

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra i am in doha. also coming up, france prepares for the funeral of one of the charlie hebdo cartoon assists killed in last week's attack. an american man has been arrested in the u.s. for allegedly plot to go attack the capital building. two climbers in california make history by scaling a peek hire than the world's tallest building without any climbing tools. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin in iraq where fighters belonging to the islamic state of iraq and the levants have launched a series of attacks, 16 peshmerga fighters were killed, several others injured during an attack on the mosul dam. also fighting in as eastern province and sinjar west of mosul renewed fighting there between isil and peshmerga forces. it comes as the top u.s. official leading the fighting says more time and training is needed to retake mosul. >> we expect that we'll see the effectiveness of this force improve over time. and ultimately that they'll be able to take back the population centers and the municipalities. it's important that

you've now got this new airport in doha are as well. you have two major hubs now. how does that fit together? >> we will have to see if they get it in the first place. i was watching a hearing yesterday from the irish government hearing on this. the shares were tanking. the things that were said in that hearing made you think that maybe the government is not going to favor a deal. having said that, this will put aig -- iag in a strong tradition. they have the third runway out of dublin. then they would have this partner in the middle east. willy has always been of the sort of, if you can't beat them, join them cap. while left anza and air france have said negative things about the middle east carriers, willy has said, they are there to stay, they are strong, they are well-positioned and develop a relationship rather than fighting it. >> thank you very much indeed kari lundgren. we are going to take a break. ♪ >> welcome back. you are watching "the pulse." still with us, rbc's head of fixed income -- head of economics, let me get that right. let's take a look at t

. ♪ >>> hello this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead, the u.n. special envoy to libya, says ending the fighting will be a long and difficult process. and harsh winter weather hits syrian refugees. at least six children have died in the low temperatures. >>> pope

hello and welcome to the news hour i'm martine denise in doha. coming up in the next few minutes, an abandoned ship is towed to the italian port. and we speak to victims of turkey's land mines. new year, new pay, which countries are raising their mix wage. now an italian navy commander has told al jazeera he's worried more ships carrying migrants will appear. rescued from a cattle ship set adrift by its crew. the third migrants ship off of the coast of italy in the last two weeks. >> they have spent many days at sea. coming off the azadeef a ship designed to carry cattle not people. so many european politicians now lack. >> translator: we need to create humanitarian corridors to allow these people to arrive in europe in a way other than by greedy speculators. >> after it transpired, the traffickers simply abandoned the ship at sea. it was the second in several days after another vessel had to be rescued close to the coast before it too became wrecked. the commander told al jazeera he believed the crew had deliberately disabled the ship before aba

. ♪ >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha this is the news hour. i'm jane dutton. coming up in the next 60 minutes. 13 civilians are killed a shell hits a bus. >>> yemen's u.n. envoy meets with leaders in the capitol sana'a to try to solve the crisis. >>> and the european central bank announces a $70 billion spending spree to help boost the euro zone economy. ♪ >>> first to ukraine where the prime minister is accusing pro-russian separatists of killing 13 civilians after a shell hit a bus in the city of donetsk. separatists are blaming kiev. it is one of the deadly attacks in months. >> reporter: life stopped dead again in donetsk. this time a bus hit by a shell or mortar. some passengers died in their seats others were thrown into the road. windows and lives shattered. >> translator: they called me and told me my wife was killed. i haven't seen what happened. >> reporter: his wife's body was then dumped into a van. these dead now bring the total killed in the conflict to over 4,800. ukraine's prime minister ironically marking unity day in kiev had this to say. >

. >>> hello, i'm darren jordan you are watching al jazeera live from doha. and jordan says it will release a woman who has been on death row, if isil releases a pilot. >>> and greece's new cabinet holds its first meeting. ♪

raw sewage, coming from a workers camp outside doha. utilizing a particularly developed tape. >> millions and millions of microperforations, essentially this is giving what happens in nature a perfect environment to do in our concrete tanks or our containers. >> the process ends with clear water that runs into an adjacent farm giving life to new growth. on the larger scale more and more sewage treatment plants are being built in qatar. recycle water that can be used for irrigation. but there's a long way to go. these trucks are dumping raw sewage into holding lakes in the desert where it lies untreated a potential water supply evaporating into the hot desert air. the remarkable thing is nature takes its course and the waste water becomes clean enough for a flock of flameos to take up residence. nick clark, al jazeera qatar. >> still ahead on the program find out who finished first. in sports. sports. >> hello again. indonesia has recovered two more bodies from the wreckage of the crashed airasia plane. its investigators are saying an at

in doha. france ramps up efforts in response to last week's happenings in exairms we will paris we'll speak to the counterterrorism chief. in ukraine former president on interpol on embezzlement charges. >>> the return of a gas guzzler we'll hear from the kerry of from the ceo of ford. >> well? we we begin the newshourwith supporters of the islamic state of iraq and the levant have appeared to hacked into the twitter page of theist central command. this is what the twitter page looks like right now. apparently, the hackers posted the names of united states generals and their addresses according to the news agency. we will get more on this story as we have it and we'll be speaking to our correspondent at the u.s. state department in washington, d.c. a little later on. turkey has released new video apparently showing france's most wanted woman arriving add arriving at istanbul hayet boumddiene, the partner of amedy coulibaly. officials said they didn't stop her because there was no notice from a

i'm mary ann lamaze in doha. in the headlines. egypt said the plane should thought have been in the air before it crashed. what tafnl investigates are italian investigators are looking at the ship. the railroad that nearly went extinct a few years ago really does find life begins at 40. >> indonesia's transport minister is threatening to ground airasia planes following its crash. was not allowed to fly on that route on that day. over the past 24 hours recovery crews have found four pieces of wreckage in the java sea only 30 bodies have been recovered so far. 162 people were aboard the airasia flight when it took off. step vaessen has more. >> the minister of transportation made some very bold statement. he has actually suspended the route from surabaya to singapore because they had no license to fly on that particular day. they had no license to fly on sunday they can only fly during the weekdays. and it has also been confirmed by china airways in singapore that they have actually been flying every sunday. the minister has been ta

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. >>> a warm welcome to the newshour i'm here in the headquarters in doha. our top stories - boko haram's largest attack ever - homes and >>> hundreds of thousands forced from their homes as floods his mozambique and malawi >>> pope francis in the philippines. >> i'm robin with the sports

. >> hello welcome to the news hour i'm jane dutton in doha. top stories on al jazeera. the united states charges two men for trying to overthrow the president of gambia on december the 30th. bangladesh's prime minister, violence erupts in the capital dhakap. dhaka. anti-government rallies in germany. >> opening day win details later in the program. >> the u.s. justice department has charged two u.s. citizens with conspiring to carry out a coup against gambia's president. let me remind you what happened on december the 30th. a group of soldiers attacked the presidential palace in the capital and four people were killed. president yah yah jameamay returned to the capital and announced the attack was based on disdenlts from thedissidentsin the u.s. rob reynolds, tell us about this. >> two dissidents came back from gambia and were arrested by u.s. authorities. their names are papa foul and cherno njae. a texas businessman. he according to alleged co-conspirators was to have assumed the presidency of gambia if the plot had succeeded. he also financed the operation and purcha

. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour i'm nick clark in doha and these are the top stories. ♪ a low-key celebration of armed forces day in iraq as the military struggles to survive and fend off i.s.i.l., lower house of parliament votes to allow terror suspects to be tried in special military courts. immigration and identity in the spotlight in germany as protesters organize mass rallies. and driving development at the daka rally, one car lays down the challenge to make the race cleaner and greener. ♪ so then we begin in iraq where the army marked the 94th anniversary but instead of the usual big military parade the celebrations are reduced to a wreath laying ceremony and battling i.s.i.l. that seized large parts of the country and we are in irbil in northern iraq and given the problems iraqi military has had it's no surprise this event has been marked in such a low-key way. >> indeed, nick these are very tough times for iraq army and have had months of turbulence and many with the iraqi army and absent from the ceremony today were the pump and color which this day was celebrated the 9

qatar airways was the first to fly the luxurious aircraft from capital city of doha bound for frankfurt, germ may. we have compare air.com. rick, this is cool thing. how often do we get a brand spanking new airline, right? >> not very often. in the last 10 years we basically had airbus a 308 which is that -- a 380 which is the huge monster jumbo jet and dreamliner from boeing and this new airliner coming out, a350. gerri: it is basis on less weight and cost less to fly. >> great fuel savings. fuel costs are down. it is even doubly better for airlines because that is usually one of the huge costs as far as flying is the fuel costs. these new planes are coming all the time. not new models. i saw a bunch of new planes coming in on american airlines. replacing old fleets. gerri: about darn time rick. come on, you've seen this stuff, these planes don't look like they can get off the ground sometimes, right? >> the airbus a380 it is like a small city. like one of those 10,000 person cruise ships. gerri: what are the chances we might have some problems like we had with dreamliner? that is one

. >> coming up from doha, more on raised and arrests taking place across europe, dozens in custody. >> we'll follow what's happening there throughout the day. we'll have the latest tomorrow morning here on aljazeera america. >> that is it for us in new york. >> we leave you with a look at our images of the day from western ukraine where villagers dressed in costumes to celebrate the orthodox new year. >> the holiday involves dressing in elaborate costumes and going house to house singing traditional folk songs. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. there's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, could striking workers in greece delay your retirement? i'm here to make the connections to your money real. belgium prosecutors say they stopped a major plot to kill police officers. ♪ >>> hello, i'm jane dunton live in doha also ahead on the program, 12 people are arrested in france over last week's attacks, as john kerry pace tribute to the victims in paris. >>> rwandan rebels are accused of using their families as human shields. >>> and

coming up in 2 minutes live from doha more on the latest recovery effort in the ascertain for missing airasia 8501. have a great day. december 21st, 1988 was the right man convicted? >> so many people, at such a high level, had the stake in al-megrahi's guilt >> the most definitive look at this shocking crime >> the major difficulty for the prosecution that there was no evidence >> al jazeera america presents lockerbie part three: what really happened? >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> taking oarch yemen.-- over yemen. houthi rebels are now estimated to comprise 70% of the army. have dividing the country into six states. palestinians accuse israel of trying the starve are their people. >>> cooler weather in australia not expected to last.

. >> coming up from doha, more on a deadly suicide attack on a mosque in iraq. at least 23 are dead. >> tomorrow morning marijuana in colorado, a closer look at the winners and losers and why the black market sentence going anywhere. >> that's it from us. >> we leave you with these images of the day, two climbers attempting to make history with nothing but their bare hands in yosemite national park. >> thanks for joining us. s. >> we've created groundhog day here... >> hi-tech led farming... >> we always get perfect plants everyday... >> feeding the world... >> this opens up whole new possibilities... >> tech know's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home... >> tech know where technology meets humanity only on al jazeera america ♪ >>> dozens of soldiers are killed in iraq as the country's army marks its 94th anniversary. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera. also coming up in this half hour. pakistan's lower house of parliament v