A political solution in syria under threat turkey warns the us against a plan to establish a kurdish led Border Security force in Northern Syria president is accusing washington of forming what he calls a tether on me and is vowing to crush it will explore where this leaves the various peace initiatives on syria also on the great tensions in the sky over the gulf qatar denies u. A. E. Claims that its fighter jets intercepted and iraqi civilian aircraft this amid a blockade against. The u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain which began in june last year and what would Martin Luther king say to donald trump as america celebrates the legacy of a civil rights icon a u. S. President is still having to defend himself against accusations that he is a racist after several days of controversy over his alleged remarks about haiti and african countries. Mohammed president wrexham. That allowed women to buy alcohol for the first time in sixty years and it sparked a strong reaction online we have all the latest details connected after using the hash tag aging is great. News great live on air and streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com thank you for joining us a u. S. Decision to create a new Border Security force with kurdish fighters has angered turkey and pitted syria and its allies against washington president want is accusing the United States of forming what he calls a terror aami on its southern border now this strip of land in syrias north near the border with turkey is at the heart of the dispute its controlled by a coalition of Syrian Kurdish on groups the y. P. G. And the Syrian Democratic forces which are backed by the us turkey considers these groups terrorists and an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party the p. K. K. Which has been waging a three decade long uprising against the government taking is now deployed troops along its border with syria iran afraid for what it says is an imminent military operation against the Kurdish Groups syrias government is angry too its accusing the us of violating its territory and has evolved to end any american presence in the country while russia summoned the American Ambassador and has warned against the u. S. Plan lets hear first from the turkish president who is not mincing his words against the u. S. His nato ally should. The United States has come fifth that they are all me along the border what we have to do is to strangle listeria army on our borders before it is born in a country that we call our ally in shes tom foreman to tierra or me along our border despite all our old jacksons warnings and well maintained voice do you think a terrorist organization formed along the Turkish Border has a target ive been to keep. Well lets get the reaction from the u. S. Can really help it is our correspondent in washington d. C. Kimberly extremely strong remarks there from the turkish president and understand the pentagon has just issued a statement. Right we checked with the department of defense just trying to get clarification because obviously passions high with the understanding of how this will be working and certainly the u. S. Has confirmed that it is establishing what it calls a strong Border Security force essentially how this will be comprised is right now there are roughly two hundred thirty recruits but that force expected to build up to some thirty thousand with fifteen thousand of those recruits oh ready working with the joint task force and defeating eisel so essentially what this will mean is a redefining of the role for about fifteen thousand that will be participating this will be not only kurdish fighters but also arab fighters as well and that this is essentially an effort to try and preserve games that this will be stationed the force along the s. D. F. Held areas portions of the Euphrates River valley as well as International Borders to the east and north to the s. D. F. Liberated territory so certainly this is very significant in terms of the role that will be played but certainly the fighters that are being recruited are ones that had been working alongside the u. S. In some capacity previously at least for about a good half of the eventually thirty thousand that will be recruited for this force and kimberleys not just the turks the russians are also very critical of the splash and the u. S. Strategy in syria heres what the Russian Foreign minister said about this just a few hours ago. But it will be pneumonia were going to go to american say i saw was not completely destroyed in syria but we can now see that the u. S. Are not interested in the territorial integrity of syria it announced a new initiative yesterday and they would like to support the Democratic Forces of syria and as the one of Border Security which would mean cutting off large territories around turkeys border so this is a difficult area where there is tension between kurds and arabs these territories would be controlled by armed oppositions and u. S. Forces it would be very difficult to split syria such an approach is taking place without a u. N. Resolution or negotiations in Geneva Russia iran and turkey expect clarifications from the u. S. And kimberly the russians have naldo summoned the American Ambassador in moscow hows this going down in the. Well i can tell you as ive reached out to some of my sources within the administration and certainly working in some of the establishment of this there is certainly a recognition of the sensitivities obviously its a complex region there is obviously the recognition that there are some that may perceive the us feel somewhat erroneous leave that there is in some way a preference being given to the kurdish fighters that this in some way could be perceived as defacto new borders for some sort of autonomy critics region down the road but this is not in any way what the strategy is according to those that ive reached out to instead what this is about preserving gains it basically comes down to that that there has been peace that has been achieved its very fragile and the only way to see that continue is for this force to be set up so the perspective from the United States and within the administration is the kurdish fighters are really the only sizable force that is able to achieve this and that serious survival essentially rests on this so in no way is this being designed to im told as some sort of preference towards a Political Group or a particular group in essence what this is about trying to preserve very fragile gains that are tenuous at best can really hold kate in washington thank you very much for that kimberly now syria is of course an extremely complex battlefield with different doctors both internal and external and also ever moving battle lines once showing you this map again on al jazeera dot com of who controls what as you can see the government controlled areas in red have expanded considerably in the last few months and all the other areas in the you know the kurdish controlled areas as well now on the second page you can see where the fighting in syria is focused on right now three key areas dairies or. Live and i saw a stronghold all the details on the battles in syria on our website. Aljazeera dot com and to explore this a bit further now lets speak to hassani yari who is a professor of International Relations and Security Issues as Sultan Qaboos university his via skype on the news great thank you so much for your time sir i want to start off with the comments made by the turkish president hes clearly very angry at u. S. Support for the y. P. And this proposed border force and is issued an extremely strong warning but how far do you think hes going to go one of the options right now for turkey generally speaking he did go on these are very angry men and especially now that he believes that the americans have plans to establish some kind of autonomous thirty three in syria on the border of third that would be a nightmare for turkish government seeing that they are quite e. P. A. Jr not that important to turkish Kurdish Group in turkey therefore to prosecute a case. Mesereau nice that they can get ready but he did a harsh stand against the americans believe in god and now they dont need america as they used to in the past now that they have a new i dont russia and iran cross you currently is not in any court and for you to the two men came good relations good americans in thanks very precise country yeah and i have an interesting comment to end question here from one of our viewers a sour on facebook who says its confusing turkey and russia against kurdish ami formed by the u. S. I mean throughout the duration of the Syrian Civil War all the countries involved has said they would uphold the territorial integrity of syria and what we now see it seems is russia and turkey siding increasingly with that with each other and the u. S. On the other side when it comes to the syrian conflict what do you make of that. Indeed it is a very confused situation in the sense that to you how big powers involved in it is you know they have their own interests and their what is important for them is not this certainly pretty integrity of it to go to any degree of both syria game russia iran the us. They go on to benefit from the dividends of this war that now that shes almost defeated and consequently riyad to expect such a development. Since there are not any peach anymore and now theyre stuck that she used to be a strong but now they are going to go it could be far but. Shes what is the no leave the various peace initiatives on syria right now whether you see as donna talks sochi the geneva talks what what does this mean for the political process and the efforts to find a solution to the war. I think not those the initiatives really reach. A conclusion for the simple reason that the great powers are not you know agreement on one of them this it cant point to. A un hes isolated completely in this process. Big great powers again they are controlling the situation and the only way to get out of this this mess is there for americans and the russians to come to some sense of oh some angry men that you to keep in take a very few of us here on one hand but also to put it brave here on do. A grass mentor or youre on the go no our turkey in syria you know that war. This year could become a second afghanistan in this region a consequence ok that would put it more pressure on peace and security in the war mr hassani ari thank you very much for sharing your views with us thank you for your insight a sunny area was joining us say on the news great via skype and lots of comments already on the story from you our viewers one here from go on Facebook Says very horrifying news the u. S. Must abstain from using double standards and playing dirty politics in syria another comment here from john also on facebook who says russia and the u. S. Are the bin if beneficiaries on the war going on in syria through oil and also hundreds and millions of one hundred and pick millions of people are dying sorry about that a comment from john and of course we are looking forward to hearing more of your comments on this and other stories were covering on the great today all the different ways to get in touch with us on your screen right now dont forget to. Use great moving on to iraq not far from syria and to suicide bomb blast that killed thirty eight people during the monday morning rush hour in baghdad close to one hundred others have been. And more fatalities are feared this is the fourth attack in the iraqi capital in the past forty eight hours osama bin job it has the details. Of the. Bodies were scattered all over the streets in central baghdad two suicide bombers detonated their explosives during morning rush hour in tehran square dozens were killed and wounded. Chocolate bars sold in the busy marketplace were scattered in the debris and blood. Its become a deadly routine as people of the iraqi capital quickly try to resume their lives. Around square is a busy intersection in eastern baghdad between the city and bridge areas full of laborers on their way to work in the morning. I was here when the blast took place i heard two blasts many people got killed mainly workers the dead and wounded were taken to three nearby hospitals including. We have nine people two of them in the Operation Theatre and the other seven in the general surgery and fractures departments theyll leave after treatment and were going to work when the bombs exploded despite his wounds he ran for medical help hes like many iraqis who dont have faith in their leaders to provide safety. We dont need anyone from this government we need the government to stop the political elite have to stop their disputes for their personal interests and ministerial posts as the people of iraq will be the only victim. What can i say to the government nothing and just nothing we have urged the government more than once to take care of us we are poor and so many poor today have lost their lives there was another attack in northeastern baghdad three people were killed including a member of the Iraqi Ministry of defense. Attacks have risen in the last forty eight hours eight people were killed in a suicide bombing on sunday in the area north of baghdad it shows that the minister of interior does not have a Real Intelligence network that its supposed to be the data that will be on the table of the possible persons who are supposed to be working hard to make back that secure last month iraqi Prime Minister head that they declared victory against isis saying the war against the group was over but the victory is yet to be translated into an end to attacks the u. N. Says last month alone at least sixty nine civilians were killed in violence and conflict highlighting the fragility of iraqs peace as well detention feeds after the declared defeat device of some of the job there. In libya gunmen have attacked the only functioning airport in the capital Tripoli Security forces safe scientist owned mitiga air base and the fighting spilled on to the runway suspending flights the International Airport was closed back in two thousand and fourteen after its terminal was damaged the airbase was under the control of the special do terence force which is affiliated with the un backed government of National Accord violence has polarized libya with dozens of militias each fighting for control following the twenty seven uprising that deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi two years ago the un brokered government of National Accord the g. N. A. T. Was set up in tripoli to break a two year stalemate between rival administrations one based in tripoli in the west and the other in the eastern city of to broke both governments disbanded but the rivalry continued most of the g. N. A. S. Fighters came from misrata in the west they pushed eisel from the coastal city of sirte while in libyas second city benghazi renegade general handy for have to are is battling. A group is linked to al qaeda and is deemed a terrorist organization by the un and the United States al jazeera. Has this update from tripoli on the airport attack today. The special Deterrence Force that is the force that is affiliated to the u n bag the government of National Accord has announced that it has managed to recapture the areas that it would attacked by the groups now this armed group that attacked. They say that there is a prison inside controlled by the special Deterrence Force and the special Deterrence Force has been facing accusations of doing extra judicial practices inside the prison we understand that this prison holds thousands of suspects including isolate fillets former rebels activists and criminal suspects especially terence force if the force that has been policing the capital tripoli since two thousand and fourteen and we understand that airport inside them. Is has been the only airport functioning in tripoli since july two thousand and fourteen when airport to tripoli International Airport was damaged. By rival groups that were fighting for control of tripoli International Airport now a National Accord government has published on its Facebook Page that has denounced it that attack on. A base and said that it has been terrifying civilians and passengers in and around their. Libby as weve said is has been in a constant state of insecurity conflict since the fall of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi back in twenty eleven and you know if you get a chance watch is a very good documentary. World which looks at the situation in libya Shifting Sands its a two part series which offers a rare glimpse into the fighting against i saw in libya and its very interesting insights into the insecurity and the conflict in libya thats on aljazeera dot com just click on the documentary and then aljazeera world to other world news now in Qatar Foreign Ministry has strongly denied u. A. E. In bahrains allegations that its fighter jets have quote intercepted two m. Iraqi civilian aircraft reports on iraqi state media claim that flies from dubai struck by qatari fighter jets qatar has strongly denied these allegations the u. S. Military which has a base here in qatar also says it hasnt received any reports of interception of any civilian aircraft in the gulf skies and these reports come just days after filed a complaint with the United Nations reporting is second violation of a space by a u. A. E. Military jet lets speak to alex susan aviation analyst and he is live from london alex its quite unusual to have one side saying one thing and the other the complete opposite what first of all do you think may have taken place here. Hi well as you said this comes just days after qatar were filing their own second violation of their space incident directly to the United Nations which is what wed expect to happen if there was a violation they provided the u. N. With the coordinates with the location and the timings and they said this is what happened when a u. A. E. Military jet flew need to die has cornish at around thirty three thousand feet and then continued on to bahrain so this was all recorded now this morning in kind of reaction the u. A. E. Have as you said claim that they have suffered their own airspace violation themselves where this morning they claim Airline Passenger jet was intercepted by qatars military now no airline registered in the u. A. E. So far has come forward to say that this indeed was the case the United Nations havent been alerted as you said the army base belonging to the u. S. Were not knowingly intercepting any jets nearby and this mornings flights for example with emirates between dubai and bahrain were routing they landed on time there exactly the same flight time as yesterday in the day before so its certainly a confusing and conflicting situation if this had happened because again one side denies its happened and you know we were still in a very confused situation here where would this sort of have happened is it in territorial space territorial space is it an International Space and also what happens in an instance where when a flight is intercepted what actually happens then. War interception typically and if its kind of the first of its kind would involve that the aircraft is basically told to exit airspace in the gulf crisis as was mentioned in the package earlier the saudi led blockade means that saudi air space u. A. E. In bahrain airspace is closed to qatari jets for overflight so these jets cannot fly through however its not the case if these jets want to fly over or through qatar ok providing they are civilian so this is why it is perfectly normal for an eta had to fly to overfly qatar but for military its not the case so as we said qatar has lodge a complaint with the u. N. Saying that u. A. E. Fighter jets violated it says based on at least two occasions in the past few weeks what does the u. N. Do in this case is it is it an authority that would rule would they issue a new ruling on such an incident well its the gulf crisis has exposed anything it has exposed kind of the lack of enforcement when it comes to violations of airspace we openly have three states in the gulf who are keeping their airspace closed despite being signed members of treaties that say that they must not discriminate against the nationality of an aircraft and so it has become a gray area the body involved for this and that should be told is the United Nations for aviation and i k o and this is where qatars complaint has been followed the u. A. E. So far we havent had any announcement to say that they have indeed followed any kind of complaint as to what they claim happened this morning. Alex very good to hear your thoughts on this thank you so much for speaking to us onyx for cherice is an aviation is especially as he was joining us from london there and as alex mentioned there kataria. Their flight path disrupted since the blockade against qatar began back in june and this. Shows you just how Qatar Airways is not to reroute its flights to avoid. Saudi space which has extended the duration of many of its flights into europe for instance and as always all the latest on this crisis on our web site aljazeera dot com meanwhile Qatar Human Rights Committee says the detention of a member of the royal family by the iraqis is illegal and violates human rights law. Funny is the latest in the line of public figures to accuse abu dhabi of holding them against their will Foreign Ministry says its monitoring the developments very closely to monitor child has more. So little. Funny is the latest in what appears to be a growing list of high profile figures to say theyve been abducted some by the United Arab Emirates and others by its ally saudi arabia some of the most in the room im currently in abu dhabi i was hosted by Sheikh Mohammad bin site im now confined to my residence im not allowed to leave i fear anything may happen to me hours later iraqi officials tweeted that banally was not being held captive and was a free man prior to the gulf crisis which began when saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates button and egypt imposed a land air and sea blockade on qatar seven months ago abdullah bin ali was an unknown member of the qatari royal family since then as riyadh and continued in their push to overthrow the governments in doha the answer Qatar Alliance has tried to portray him as a potential replacement to the amir of qatar shipped i mean been hammered funny they wanted to create an opposition to form within the royal family but for the Qatari Society hes an unknown person he doesnt have the credentials he doesnt have the charisma even his in own the Nuclear Family did not approve the theyre all he was trying to play never mind the or your family or the Qatari Society in december former egyptian Prime Minister ahmed shafik who was in selfimposed exile in the u. A. E. Posted a video message saying he was being detained against his will was deported forty eight hours later flown to cairo and in a morality plane where he was immediately detained upon his arrival days later he withdrew from the race to be the next president of egypt in november lebanons Prime Minister was summoned to saudi arabia for a meeting with crown Prince Mohammed bin sandman and although saga has not said he was healthy captive many believe that he was including the German Foreign minister who tweeted that how do you do you should be allowed to leave at once just. Both saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates are notorious for jailing political dissidents dozens of princes a millionaire businessmen remain in a hotel turned prison in the capital riyadh but Holding Foreign dignitaries and politicians is seen by analysts as a frightening new development the concern that the snap like one one action or one behavior now is becoming almost a pattern of for some of these blockading countries this is very strange actually very unacceptable even legally is and its unacceptable human rights was its an excerpt of what detaining people against their will whether they are high a profile of medium for fall or for fight both the saudis and their moralities how for years been accused of meddling in the internal affairs of countries such as egypt lebanon and qatar qatar true has been accused of the same but the alleged use of abduction as a Foreign Policy tool is something that has many people extremely worried. Now palestinian teenager i had to many will remain in israeli detention until when say to me was arrest said a month ago after video of her see she was seen in the videos slapping an israeli soldier she faces a prison sentence for assault stone throwing and incitement a Court Hearing was hearing her bail plea earlier today an hours before that incident in which she was seen slapping an israeli soldier. Hammad was seriously injured when an israeli soldier fied a rubber coated steel bullets at his face says such get the latest from Harry Fawcett and was in western force so arey this decision to keep her until wednesday in detention explain it to us. Well you know were just hearing from the military court at the off military prison just inside the occupied west bank and the decision has been made to keep her in detention for another two days while the judge in the case does considers his ruling and then there will be a decision on wednesday whether to keep her in bail sorry keep her on remand in custody for the duration of her trial or to release her on bail obviously her lawyer is arguing that she is no threat she is no flight threat she is well known especially now after the emergence of this video also arguing that the video itself is the only reason that she was arrested and charged that she could have been arrested on the day itself december the fifteenth when this incident took place but it was only after the viral nature of this video took place and israeli put the israeli public especially reacted with such fury to what they saw as the humiliation of the soldiers that this arrest and subsequent military court action has taken place a little team is arguing for her release she and they will find out on wednesday whether she will be allowed out on bail or kept in custody harry thank you very much for that update terry foster live for us in Western Isles that meant a very interesting opinion piece on our website a by david novel says i it to me is the palestinian role as a proxy believes its possible for a Single Person to engage in an act of resistance against oppression and change the world and he says sixteen year old i tell me the palestinian girl such an individual its a very interesting piece read it on aljazeera dot com. You know with the news great on aljazeera if youre watching us on facebook coming up next a story of people from what president calls chicle countries responding to him with their Success Stories to stay with us on the respect. Hello there the weather is quite mobile all across the middle east at the moment were going to fair amount of cloud drifting its way across us one of them is now working its way across towards our marty the next ones working its way across the caspian sea were also seeing more clouds make its way into the western parts of turkey thats the one thats going to give us most of the precipitation as we head through tuesday expect a fair amount of rain and some snow here but elsewhere looking largely dry eventually though as we head through into wednesday well see more cloud begin to gather towards the southern part of our map so for force in baghdad and through kuwait we will see gray a weather and a top temperature just of nineteen a q a city and that cooler weather is on its way down the gulf towards us here in doha as well so twenty four degrees will be our maximum on tuesday and during the day it will get quite windy that wind will bring in some slightly fresher air so the temperatures will drop over the next few days twenty two or maximum on wednesday and probably jury in the night will be dropping down to around twelve or thirteen as well so it will feel quite cool for us to further towards the south you can see this whirling massive cloud here this well actually drifting its way towards the west is moving very very slowly but it is intensifying as it does so this is our Tropical Cyclone looks like its going to get very very close to marriages and larry union as we head through the next couple of days. Aljazeera explores prominent figures of the Twentieth Century and how and why buildings influence the course of history the souls that leave did not get enough credit for it in a book that wants to be a big historical figure but he was mandela the biggest called in the world the prisoner and the president who came together to end up apartheid in south Africa Nelson mandela and f. W. De klerk face to face at this time on all just. And monday put it well on the. U. S. And British Companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped Natural Resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dry riverbeds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered for even those who managed to escape their countries havent truly been able to escape over your. Headlines on aljazeera and the stories trending on our website aljazeera dot com at number one there. Hopes for Martin Luther king jr that resonate today on what would have been his birthday and here is one call from Martin Luther king injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere one of the most famous quotes from Martin Luther king jr whose life and legacy is being celebrated today in the u. S. On his birthday the Nobel Laureate dedicated his life for social justice for all americans events marking m. L. Case but they come at a time when the u. S. Seems bitterly divided under Donald Trumps presidency the president has been fighting off as youve heard before that hes a racist since he allegedly used vulgar language on friday to describe haiti and several african countries as listen to how he responded to reporters questions about that question in West Palm Beach yesterday taken to. The open joining us now on the news grid is dennis paca whos the director of the American Civil Liberties union Racial Justice program his via skype from new york thank you so much for speaking to Us Donald Trump says hes not a racist king a niece of Martin Luther king jr has said its unfair to call the president racist that hes done excellent work in highlighting the important accomplishments of her uncle would you agree with her. No i really cant agree with that these most recent comments on top of things that hes been saying and doing since becoming president and even long before really undercut the message that Martin Luther king had i think i think that if Martin Luther king were alive today he would be shocked that fifty years after his death that that in the twenty First Century so many of the issues he was concerned about are still very much a part of American Society and that we still have the problems of racism and an zina phobia and wealth inequality but things that he really really emphasized in his life are as bigger problems in some ways as they were during his life time is hard you know to look at monmouth kings legacy when people are asking today if the american president is racist but to tell us a bit more about perhaps the positive effects of that legacy today that they do exist in america. Well clearly they system we just had an africanamerican president which was i think would have been unthinkable fifty years ago and i think that thats a sign of progress and there are more elected officials throughout the country who are people of color we are seeing some progress in in terms of people of color high holding high positions in business and things like that but some of the fundamental issues are still there its the work that we do want it daily basis and it was were who were doing it even before trump was elected but its been its been intensified since his election do you think toms presidency has made things worse for africanamericans in the u. S. I think in some ways it certainly has i think it has given. It has it has empowered people to say things that i think would have been shocking two years ago its hard to imagine the president of the United States looking at a group of white supremacist marking marching in charlottesville and say that there were good people among there were good neo nazis or or a white acid premises you know that is unthinkable and i think that you you read on a daily basis how how there are things now that people feel that they are empowered to say things openly that maybe they felt for a long time but you know felt before that they could say well youre seeing more people you know i just read something a friend of mine talked about its speaking to a doctor from from new york city who said well those countries are shitholes you know we dont want those people coming here and i think that that would have been something that someone would have been reluctant to said before and this presidency has has has cleared the way for people to do and say things that they wouldnt have. It earlier terms thank you so much for speaking to us david parker David Parkers from the a. C. L. U. The American Civil Liberties union joining us there from new york as i bring in our social media producer right how is Martin Luther king day being mocks online where people are talking about online funny but theres a little bit of a twist this time around many is this have been asking one of the key questions around the legacy of Martin Luther king and that question is if you were still alive what would he say about whats happening in the United States. A you from the american Arab Antidiscrimination Committee said that Martin Luther king would be opposing all of toms policies and in return trump would ridicule. Now the use of posted this picture and said that if you were still alive today he would be preaching about ending senseless wars he would be kneeling with n. F. L. Play is standing with Standing Rock the poor and immigrants so we are still what you think the Martin Luther king with say to President Trump and received a range of answers here lets go through a couple of them for you this you told us that hes not sure if hed even ball the speaking directly to the forty fifth president but would focus his efforts on resisting and sherry says that if m. L. K. Jr were still alive today i dont think trump would have ever happened so i think youd be saying who and in fact much of the conversation today has been involving trump in some way the shans stokes says that if you tweet about m. L. K. As inspiration but support trump who inspires the k. K. K. And defense nazis you are a hypocrite and Martin LutherKings Daughter this is a king also had a message today as well she says that beyond sharing m. L. K. Quotes i pray that our Global Community from educators to politicians to artists so Law Enforcement will truly hear his voice follow his teachings and demonstrate his love for humanity rightly thank you very much for that time now for a look at the days other news on the news grid lets go to suter london new centers. Thank you for like students on a tour of Indonesia Stock Exchange and how the remarkable escape from serious injury when a walkway suddenly collapsed at least seventy five people were taken to hospital in jakarta the police say none of the injuries are life threatening building managers are being questioned about why the floor caved in step bassam reports from jakarta. The collapse happened just before lunch break a group of students from south america on a study to work on the mezzanine level bridge which connects different parts of the building. Most of the injured were students luckily to ground level below it was nearly empty as bodies and debris rained down about their local would be out that the roof of the first floor collapsed onto the ground floor but there might be a few people who were injured like the receptionist and people who hung out in the store books was really saying no one suffered severe injuries i think the injured suffered a breach and a minor injuries on their feet and hands and they have been taken to the hospital hundreds of employees in the thirty one story tower were immediately evacuated the sudden collapse of the bridge here at the financial heart in jakarta has caused widespread panic the building houses offices of dozens of International Companies and Police Escort and off the Building Management is under a lot of pressure to explain the cost of the Collapse Police confirmed it was not an attack as some had feared a car bomb explosion in two thousand killed fifteen people following this incident at the Stock Exchange financial trading was postponed for a while but continued in the afternoon step fasten aljazeera check after. A video has been released which is said to show some of the girls kidnapped from the nigerian town of chip work nearly four years ago in the video one of the girls says they are from chibok and they are never coming back some of them are Holding Babies nearly three hundred schoolgirls were abducted from their school by the armed group in april twenty fourth scene about sixty escaped soon afterwards and around one hundred are still believed to be in captivity the British Government is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the collapse of a Major Construction of karelian has several government contracts to provide housing for the armed forces money schools and prisons and handle major Infrastructure Projects such as the h s two high speed rail link karelian was forced into liquidation after the government and lenders refused to bail out its huge debts of one point two billion dollars an inquiry is also being launched into the governments outsourcing in light of the collapse. It could be the end of the road for the Worlds Largest airplane with airbus warning it may be forced to abandon production of the a three eighty super jumbo unless it gets more orders their sales director says it needs another long term deal with the planes Main CustomerEmirates Airlines in order to keep production financially viable but there was that a three eighty aircraft was launched a decade ago but has struggled to generate demand with just two hundred twenty two so far built in ten years pope francis has departed for a south american tour to promote peace and unity but he is expected to be met with protests over abuse allegations against the Catholic Church the pontiff the first stop will be chile where at least five churches have recently been vandalized a security plan for his visit is being reevaluated because of the attacks. And were getting details on the death of a twenty four year old palestinian man in the occupied west bank he was killed and confrontations with israeli Security Forces by the separation wall in gyrus east of qalqilya he was shot in the head. From a from a newsgroup now about to fall in doha sue thank you very much for that now you might find it surprising but women in sri lanka is still not allowed to buy alcohol and need special permits to work in bars or him ahmed our social media producer is back with us for more on this story which is created huge controversy in sri lanka and a huge backlash as well folly but lets break it down for you so sure this president has overruled a move granting women the same rights as men to legally buy alcohol for the first time in sixty years now the change to the lord nine hundred seventy nine was initially pushed through by the finance minister who spokesman said that it was aimed at restoring gender neutrality but the proposed change was overturned by the president s policy as santa as part of his anti alcohol and drugs policy now as well leading Buddhist Monks also argued that it grist destroying family culture by getting more women addicted to alcohol now this picture has been getting a lot of attention the president as you can see here slashing a bottle of booze with a sword as his finance minister watches on and i want to play it was just a few months ago that the president spoke at a rally encouraging women to be more involved in politics he has now come under fire for his mixed messages and as we said to folly earlier that has been a strong backlash online among critics who argue that hes not taking gender equality seriously so it says that this is not just about our cake sexist laws but the cake sex a system in which this law is just more of a tool for control and our own points out that this could be a diversion tactic to regain the moral ground after receiving a demoralizing message from the Supreme Court judges they recently cut his six year president ial term just five we also heard from some straight on consent in their thoughts on this latest move. The stranger the president and put his coach believes that the women of this country able to decide for themselves and sadly this decision was made a day or two after a fourteen Year Old Girl was brutally raped in sri lanka and the president has not released a statement yet and she passed away last night because because it is. People. Policy contradiction on the one who is promoting and put a system which is supposed to put impossible women one has to ask the fundamental question as to why there is any interest in two thousand and eight t. V. Before dont we men laws that they want to like men its featured this implying that women are unfit to make decisions for themselves some strong opinions there so if you are currently in sri lanka wed love to get your thoughts as well get in touch with us using the hash tag a. J. News Group Message me directly at Raina Mohammed Ali i want to pick this up now with a car whos a womens rights activist she joins us via skype from colombo ensure lanka thank you so much for being with us so that the president in the past has encourage women to play a more active role in society to get involved in politics so its quite surprising that he would withdraw this reform dont you think. I dont think you get drawn into court with him and i think hes just expecting us once again to conform to patriarchal notion of what we do what we hope we should behave and how we should make it to sharons so its extremely contradictory because on one hand we have gotten on if you to be elected to the government representatives thats the twenty five percent or top but on the other hand the conflict personal decisions for us though its extremely bizarre you know for for a lot of us when we were having the discussion this morning you know i had cereal meeting we didnt realize and a lot of people i guess dont see tauranga as a country that discriminates against women where women are perhaps seen as being an equal to men why do you think that perception is wrong. I mean i think there isnt a black and white notion of where that should include some countries are better than others i think weve had immense successes if you look at all. Of the vegetation of great men and i can mean theres a lot of argument and if you look at many things done we need to bring just it exceedingly patriarchal i dont think that were not i think we still struggle with. On able to implement outside of traditional rigid gender roles. And so how do you see then this evolving are we likely to see the president change his mind on this decision. Im not sure if well see the president to change its mind on his decision but i think its its great to see the public step up and speak up men and women alike have completely condemned this ban who who have spoken out especially activists those with platforms in both the not only on line but off limits whether to call it out this blatant ridiculousness of the fact that raising money twenty thousand debating and especially when considering that much smaller if it issues are taking place like that the gang of fourteen youre going on three last night and its its so removed and so hippie seem so petty in comparison to these massive challenges that you dont just walk through it but still concerned about personal choices that weve been make thank you so much for sharing your views so thats very good to hear fast on this shariah and. Womens rights activist joining us there from sri lankas capital colombo. Still ahead here on the news. In the United States going to meld. The most dramatic oh final days by the Minnesota Vikings speedo will be here with the details very shortly in sports. That was my advice i didnt get to be with you again hash tag vikings was that soft lobel trained a bit earlier today and that was in response to a crazy last gasp play in the n. F. L. And the Minnesota Vikings have never actually won a super bowl but they are now just one win away from playing for the n. F. L. s biggest prize in front of the own fans i. Was. I was. On the final play of the game stefan diggs was the hero with a sixty one yard touchdown as the vikings beat the new Orleans Saints twenty nine twenty four they will play the Philadelphia Eagles in the n. F. C. Championship game and the winner will go to the super bowl which is being played at the vikings home stadium this year. How did sports fans in the United States react just take a look at this hash tag vikings off to the play one hundred and forty six thousand tweets the most as you might have guessed coming from the city of minneapolis which is the capital of the state of minnesota of the Minnesota Vikings twitter account has one point one three million followers and they reacted simply in capitals what. Just happened and theyve been connecting with their fans using a bat hash tag bring it home referring to the super bowl taking place at home ground and also asking fans to share their videos using the hashtag minneapolis miracle has some of the biggest reactions. Were were. It were. In. Then more from of these guys have never actually won the super bowl now something youll see a lot of on social media in the next two weeks is the Australian Open the use first grand slam start on monday and so a series of high profile exits on day one in melbourne but rafa nadal was not one of them his joanna getter of ska. With no walmart tournament before the first slam of the season Rafael Nadals performance in melbourne was a good one it takes the need three which hampered the end of his two thousand and seventeen campaign was nowhere to be seen the dow answering fitness doubts as he said every bull from vick to the love who goes with confidence and determination even if deep down the world number one was apprehensive before his six one six one six one victory sixty had vowed to be cos you can cause you are not to our advantage because you have respect for you are born and because you have respect for the game and he because you dont see that yourself. And blame all good a man who does have plenty of selfconfidence is australian nick carey else who came in to this tournament off the back of a win in brisbane in typical curious fashion he collected a code violation for swearing at the crowd but other than match the number seventeen seed had a little trouble raising hospitals with a jedi order to silva in just eighty seven minutes and three seconds. In the womens tournament second seed only bush yaquis continues to search for her first grand slams tony she comfortably got past her main is we pay the bills in this case. But the same can be said of fitzy Venus Williams who was stunned by swiss star belinda bench six three seven five was with her sister serena sitting this tournament and talk to having a baby this is last month the first time in twenty one years that the Australian Open has been without a williams in the second round. And that was just the start of a rough day for american women in melbourne ten seed kokoda band away tumbled out and so to us open champion Sloane StephensWhose Campaign ended at the hands of jenks way of china. In all Nine American women exited on monday the day to begin for the countries. Joining us roster just. Apart from those big results tennis fans had a few things to say about bright pink and black colored kits on the splay by players during the opening round as you can see there this journalist in melbourne wasnt the only one pointing out a likeness to a suit in the suite one tennis fan adding i get that nike pays these guys a lot to wear their gear to drive sales but they must look at all this rick in the searing pink and say really is there nothing in blue season and then be murrays mom she seems to agree pointing out that britains car lehmann was rocking the licorice all sort of foot but what that the player himself think i dont think really suits me. I think if youre a bit. You have a better tan and. You can get in touch with me on twitter peter underscore stammered i have more sport for you in the eight hundred g. M. T. Hour but for now im going to hand you back to forty meter thank you so much for that and that will do it for todays news good remember would love to hear from you at all times you can keep in touch with us on social media the hash tag a. J. News great and also the other ways to get in touch with us our whatsapp number past one thousand four fighter one triple one for life and on twitter i handle at age eight inches from me fully back to one whole team here in doha thank you for watching well see you again here tomorrow at fifteen hundred g. M. T. Its. You are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u. S. 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