Hello im down in jordan this is. Also coming up its in his Prime Minister condemns a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants. Changes in the effort kenyas Education System but teachers say the new plan just doesnt add up. And a vindication for trump the u. S. President says a republican member proves his campaign didnt collude with a brush. A russian fighter jet has been shot down of a serious North Western province Russias Defense Ministry says the pilot managed to inject but was killed in a ground fight near the town of santa cab where russia has retaliated it says its killed thirty fighters in the area and dozens of air strikes well theres been heavy fighting for weeks now the u. N. Says around one hundred thousand civilians have been displaced but theres confusion over who exactly shut down the plane both the turks and the russians are blaming a moderate group backed by the United States saturday was also the deadliest day for turkish troops since the assault on a friend began last month eight turkish soldiers died in fighting some of them after that time came under fire from Kurdish ForcesStephanie Deca has more turkey syria border. A lot of luck. This is a russian fighter jet shot down by opposition forces. I mean remember the pilot manages to eject but he didnt survive. For these syrian fighters its a huge symbolic victory. Russian the Syrian Government have intensified their bombardment of province over the last two months Government Forces a slowly capturing territory in the south what is the last remaining syrian province under full rebel control. Theyre inching closer to the city of soccer which lies on a strategic road linking the northwest all the way to the capital damascus territory that is now almost fully under government control. And in syrias complex web of regional and international allegiances some say this offensive has been well planned and has further implications been there are some people who are in fact wondering if there is a tacit agreement between the russians and the turks whereas the russians would actually give the green light for the turks to act in against the kurds in exchange for darshans and allies actually to capture parts of this of this. The government of meaning of the old between the mosques and thereby. That offensive against the kurdish controlled district of africa is now into its third week turkeys backing fighters from the Free Syrian Army against the Kurdish People protection units. Turkey considers the y. P. G a terrorist Organization Even though its the United States is most effective in fighting i still turkey has been intensely to areas there is a base just right behind us and this is in line with what politicians here are saying the first phase of this operation the post the y. P. Away from its borders. All along that border a steady stream of military Movement Vehicles and unison and buses packed with syrian f. S. A. Fighters this is a very visible operation but its also a difficult one the wipe e. G. Know the terrain well and they have been preparing for this its the latest frontline in a war that year after year simply changes its form and never seems to end Stephanie Decker which is zero on the turkey syria border well lets take a closer look at the two groups who could be involved in the downing of the plane. C. S. Is an alliance of rebel groups its claimed responsibility for the attack its dominated by al qaida is former affiliate in syria which used to be called al nusra front then theres josh on nasr which aljazeera sources understand is being blamed by turkey and russia its named translates as the army of victory and its linked to the Free Syrian Army the groups been backed by the u. S. Well part of is a Russian Defense analyst who told our to zero the downing of the plain old boosts the confidence of the rebels we shouldnt forget that the quite an apparently a number some russian jets were destroyed by mortar fire in the last month in just a month ago thats mainly in base by the rebels so the rebels are hitting back at the russians and there are casualties with the russians of course these are not very serious casualties that would cause that much resentment inside in the Russian Society but still the rebels are fighting back that will raise their morale and lower maybe the morale of the russian pilots a bit which maybe you will be given instructions to be more careful not to go in to go to fly over five kilometers east to be out of range of a small shoulder launched missiles. The Syrian Government has dismissed the u. S. Accusations its use chlorine in an attack on rebel held eastern as lies without evidence the volunteer rescue group called the white helmet says three people were killed in thursdays attack on the enclave and many more were injured if thats true it would be the third time in a month that crowing has been used by the Syrian Government the u. S. Has accused president Bashar Al Assads forces of producing and using new kinds of weapons to deliver deadly chemicals italys Prime Minister has condemned a racially motivated drive by shooting saying hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide the nation six african immigrants have been injured in the central italian town of much outa Police Arrested a man who draped himself with an italian flag and had been making a fascist salute. This was a drive by shooting that Italian Police said was racially motivated firing from this vehicle the lone gunman is said to have targeted foreigners on the streets in a shooting spree that lasted over two hours. It took place in the central italian city of much errata the mayor said six people were wounded all of them black one with life threatening injuries a twenty eight year old italian name does look at try any was arrested by military police draped in an italian flag he reportedly wore during the shootings tourney had no previous criminal record and his motive for the shootings is unclear he did stand as a far right candidate for the Northern League in recent local elections but received no votes in the count the italian Prime Minister was quick to condemn the shootings i mean ticket i mean only known for so nobody else will know what you whats rimmel behavior cannot have ideological motivation criminals are criminals. Well start to set up but to call it meant to serve it over to your state will be particularly severe against whoever thinks of nourishing the spiral of violence lets stop this lets stop this right now. Tensions in mature outer had risen this week following the discovery of pamela musto pietros body she had run away from a Drug Rehabilitation Center on monday and police said shed met a nigerian drug dealer the next day he was arrested by police more than six hundred thousand mainly african migrants have reached italy by boat over the past four years and the center right block says the vast majority have no right to asylum in this promised mass expulsions if it takes power peter sharp Al Jazeera Arab refugees in germany have been protesting against hate crimes in the eastern city of course it follows two recent knife attacks by Syrian Refugees they say the incident is being used by far right groups to stoke tension in the area far right supporters of also hold a demonstration to protest against what they say is rising crime and migrants at least eleven soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in northern pakistan the soldiers were playing volleyball in kabul thats a town in the swat valley thirteen others were injured has more from islamabad. What are the reports coming out of brigid that you made also just about ten kilometers from home the main center of swat valley region in the alerted to the attack area said to have been a suicide bomber who penetrated into a ground inside a military camp where the soldiers were playing what they bought and then dead theyre naked and we are told that its eleven soldiers including a captain with kate is thirteen other than wounded now it should be remembered that back in two thousand and eight in the summer the Pakistani Military had driven out the swazi dollar bond from this area they get the deadliest attack since then on the military and they need more help was the level where theyre leading this what you thought a barn is now the overall commander of the city get another one progress on there have also taken responsibility for today the tide. A new School Curriculum has to be rolled out in kenya for the first time in thirty two years but some parents say the new teaching methods are too ambitious and spencer of critics say the government also needs to focus on building more schools employing more teachers and buying more books catherine so reports from nairobi. Theres a new way of teaching in this Public School classroom. Class to children on the outskirts of the capital are part of a Pilot Program for the new curriculum to be rolled out next year it will cost says more in life Skills Technology nattering talent and less on final exams many parents and teachers say its a Welcome Change from the old one called eight for four but also ambitious and expensive for its not to feel the government a need to consult even the donors because as you have seen. The. Ninetys and just the same with it for for starters its a horse of a good system because we had walked ships students who had to be trained on home science on things that they can do with their own hands but then a defeat of the because of lack of funds primary and secondary education in Public Schools is free but they are crowded and theres not enough teachers or books so many parents who cannot find space in government schools or afford expensive private ones bring their children to even more crowded cheap Community Schools like this one in one of nairobi slums our salary scale or zero it is. Because these are complimentary schools whatever we get to be our school fees is not enough to cut off for the teachers and maybe i would say we begin by telling them that we only issue i talking here. That talk can is just about a hundred and fifty dollars a month at the highest the teachers here are more fortunate than in their the schools which pay much less for more work this is one of the moment when you need to hold it. I write more i think in the face of thank you to to santa was really run down and out of here today and cannot move right or even throw a. Spanner if it is the express and this director of a Child Education rights group shows us findings of Research Done last middle School Pupils in dozens of government schools nationwide were tested on literacy and comprehension most well below average you get it in a class where you have maybe fifty children twenty of them. There are many not so you keep getting the twenty every day youre moving one remotely and theyre the i guess thats going to. Their left way behind them you know and there was a problem i was. Back at work when your primary students prepare for their final exam at the end of this year their teachers tell us theyre all trying their best with a little they have katherine saw aljazeera nairobi kenya. For a short break here aljazeera when we come back thousands rally on the French Island of corsica point of greater political autonomy plus. On paul race in copenhagen where the danes are going to bring home only the second Winter Olympics medal twenty years after winning their first. By the sky nine affiliation. Or off the coast of the italian riviera. Hello again theres plenty of cloud pushing its way across the middle east at the moment if we take a look at the satellite picture we can see it here gradually toppling its way through parts of iraq but the main area of cloud is here held back over parts of turkey and here its going to be roll the gray on sunday the wet weather there was really held out towards the northwest so for the south there is a better chance of a draw a day just rather a gray one that cloud and topples a bit further southward still as we head through monday but again not a great deal of wet weather that cloud for the east fine for many of us just a bit grey again for el monte and cool on maximum temperature just minus five here in doha its quite windy at the moment so that when does that leave feeling quite fresh that wind should ease though as we head through the next few days so as we head through sunday and into monday although the temperatures stay more or less the same i think it will feel a good deal warmer as well have lost that wind further south it looks like the cloud is moving away from the south coast of oman so here they should be plenty of bright weather down towards the southern parts of africa a lot of wet weather with us at the moment its gradually being trying to retreat its way northward over the last day or so but still more or less hovering where it is as we head into monday stretching all the way across towards madagascar for the south and forcing cape town looks like it will be dry. There with sponsored by qatar race. What makes this movie this period were living through so unique this is really an attack on itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion is that what free speech is supposed to be about the context its hugely important we have a right to publish if you have a duty to be offensive or provocative whatever it is people do setting the stage for a serious debate. Up front at this time on aljazeera. Time for a quick recap of the top stories here this hour russian fighter jets been shot down by rebels of a serious northwest and it problems Russias Defense Ministry says the pilot managed to eject but was later killed in the town of silicate. Italys Prime Minister has condemned a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants warning hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide people Police Arrested a man whod been making a fascist salute up to six people was shot and mustered out there. And at least eleven soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in north northern pakistan the soldiers were playing volleyball in the town in the swat valley thirteen others were injured. Now the u. S. President says a republican classified memo released by congress clears him and the probe into links between russia and his president ial campaign he says this memo totally vindicates trump in probe the russian witch hunt goes on and on there was no collusion and there was no obstruction the word now used because after one year of looking and dusty and finding nothing is dead this is an american disgrace and agalloch has been following developments from washington d. C. Well there are a couple of key questions here as to what will happen or what may happen next and chief among those is a concern that President Trump will use this memo as a pretext to fire Robert Mueller the special counsel whos in charge of the Russian Investigation democrats say if he does that it will cause a constitutional crisis we know of course that he wanted to do that back in the summer but held off on that decision because some senior members of staff threatened to resign themselves the other question is now hanging over the future of the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein he is involved in the Russian InvestigationPresident Trump has been talking about him in very negative terms and its not sure what will happen to him but the attorney general has been backing him up and of course the f. B. I. Have been backing up their own people saying play hard and tackle hard because they are being permanently attacked by the president it really is an unprecedented situation you have a sitting u. S. President attacking his own Intelligence Community talking about this Russian Investigation as a witch hunt and saying this memo really clears his name it does not this is far from over were not sure what will happen next but the entire nation if not the entire world is watching very closely indeed the Palestine Liberation Organization has moved to cut ties with israel p. L. O. Leaders met in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday they have ordered the Palestinian Government to draft a plan to cut off Political Economic and security contacts theres been growing tension since december when u. S. President donald trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of any future state. Israeli forces have killed a palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied west bank Israeli Police say they were searching for a man in janine who they say killed a rabbi in a drive by shooting in january Israeli Security forces shot dead another palestinian man and injured seven others during raids last month which they also linked to the shooting the military has raided homes and bulldozed Farm Properties in the area twice in the past twenty four hours a un human rights body is calling for the Immediate Release of an al jazeera journalist from jail in egypt saying is imprisonment violates International Law was saying it was jailed almost fourteen months ago for allegedly broadcasting false news to spread tales both he and aljazeera deny the accusations saying has repeatedly complained of mistreatment while in prison elizabeth which is with the committee to protect journalists she says many countries are using vaguely worded laws to imprison journalists when it comes to imprisonment were seeing those numbers rise over the last few years in two thousand and seventeen was a historical high in terms of the president s that weve documented worldwide so it so in that sense were seeing. It its an extremely precarious time to be a journalist particularly if youre a local journalist and. You were covering you know your local communities your you are. From the countries where we see repressive tactics. In terms of violence were still seeing journalists attacked routinely and were seeing still seeing high numbers of journalists killed you know last year we did record a small drop in in numbers of journalists killed and journalist murdered this is a Welcome Development but this is also a drop following years of historical highs in that area as well. Thousands of nationalist protesters marched on the French Island of corsica demanding more autonomy from paris saturdays protest comes three days before french president emmanuel macro is due to visit corsica has seen violence separatist campaigns in the past but recently nationalists have joined mainstream politics to push their case to the changes more. Nationalists were out in force on the streets of the capital a show of defiance against the description of that island as just at the ministry of region of france and message corsica is a country a nation and the people. Are very important day for the people of corsica because france doesnt want to listen france has not answered our demands and doesnt want to dialogue. The island is one of the poorest regions in france one in five live below the poverty line and the younger generations are leaving to find jobs and education they cannot afford independence but they want significant changes in. The. Nationalism has found a a new voice on the either the live. Or will so long ago just singing the course commercial anthem was enough to get youve beaten up by the French Police here now the islanders are demanding official status for their language. Of course you can roots was rapidly expression of political demands so the singing became hard for the political authorities to accept and not only the french but also some corsicans were supporters of greater france the confrontation then became violent extremely violent very extreme and. The brutal struggle for corsican independence lasted for four decades before weapons were finally surrendered three years ago the political fight to the ballot box is proving much more successful. A coalition of nationalists now commands forty one out of the sixty three seats in the Corsican Assembly one of their key demands is for the return an amnesty of what they call their Political Prisoners held in jails across france it was here this some say. What happened in the election last december was an earthquake it wasnt just the usual renewal of the absolutely the corsican people voted by an absolute in my york city four corsica nationality thats the fact that there are third parties have to think about as you talk about a Long Campaign of violence failed to achieve anything for the separatists but now they have a nationalist majority in the congress and they believe that they can obtain victory from the ballot box many of the young people here feel that their victory could still be stolen from them and theyre determined to open a real dialogue with paris. Corsica was the birthplace of napoleon the man the french president is most often measured against in terms of his use than grand visions will macro and choose compromise or will he defend integrity of france and its language. Maybe change or aljazeera the argentinas ones booming Biofuels Industry is suffering off its main market the u. S. Imposed a seventy two percent tariff on imports the move is part of the trumpet ministrations America First policy to ensure u. S. Producers dont lose out to raise a boat has been speaking to people in result in argentina theyve been hit hard by the u. S. Tariffs. Six years ago this factory was producing sixteen thousand tonnes of bio diesel fuel a month now its down to about six thousand and. The Interest Rate will grow theres no investment it worries us that the United States will stop importing or bio diesel interest was critic to export not only to fulfill internal needs. Some say factories located in the province of santa fe argentina as first victims of Donald TrumpsAmerica First approach to Foreign Trade the us announced a seventy two percent tariff on imports of its biodiesel american officials accuse argentina of unfairly subsidizing the countrys Biodiesel Industry at the expense of u. S. Producers is an issue that yes the decision is arbitrary unjustified and illegal they discarded all the arguments presented by argentina argentina has an export tax on the story of being in a different one for bio diesel it is not a subsidy this is one of mr trumps protectionist policies. Almost ninety percent of argentinas biodiesel is directed to the United States cutting that flow has impacted almost thirty companies here and pull jobs at risk argentina is one of the worlds top story being. Producers and bio diesel here is also produced with this crop it is a crucial source of income for argentina because it provides the u. S. Dollars but be economy desperately needs dollars that help keep the trade balance in check since taking Office President has been trying to open up argentinas economy in the us that argentina is trying to open its economy in bio diesel is one of the products that exports the most by losing its main means we will have to look elsewhere argentina cannot afford to lose markets if it wants to get its economy back on track environmentalist have long questioned the cost of argentinas reliance on the. Entire areas of the countrys forest have been destroyed to grow what is known here as green gold experts say biodiesel is different in. The United States and europe request a sustainability test so that the soya being used for bio diesel can be checked argentina has been certified and credited for this argentina says it will file a complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization in the meantime factories here will have to find new overseas markets either there to save the industry and precious jobs. Argentina a judge in brazil has ordered the return of former president Lula Da Silva us passport it was confiscated last week just before he was about to board a flight to ethiopia for un conference there were fears he would seek asylum abroad it was taken after a court upheld his conviction for corruption and im increased his jail time to twelve years hes likely to be barred from running in october election but his party insists he will be its candidate. There are six days to go until the Winter Olympics in pyongyang china and undoubtedly youll see scandinavian countries before well but one country hasnt achieved a limpid glory and thats denmark undercut by the relatively flat landscape they have just one winter medal to their name reports from copenhagen. Denmark in the Winter Olympics curling is the undisputed champion among sports poles apart from the skiing and ice hockey coaches of its scandinavian neighbors here in copenhagen medal hopes are made of stone after killings olympic debut twenty years ago gave denmark that only place on the podium we had one medal and it was in. And it was. Very proud of that no one has been able to do medal in any way this boy every family so thats why its very special. Its special as more than just a memory in the era before nine hundred ninety eight danish curl is how to play and skating rinks that medal may have been a hard act to follow but it did what in danish terms was a Winter Sports revolution the creation of this club after nine hundred ninety eight men the first time at least some danish winter olympians to train for the games in their home country curling remains the exception denmarks top medal prospect elena regress trains most of the year at speed skating rinks in holland to norway the best danish crosscountry skier Martin Muller lives in greenland im a great alpine hope christopher followed up far away in norway. Trina christie won silver with the curling team twenty years ago and is still one of the only danes to outdo their scandinavian neighbors in the winter games when we were higher. Than sweden was for twenty four hours and that was very special. Its a great feeling but of course we hope every time there is a Winter Olympics there will be more about denmark has slipped down the rankings since the heady days of ninety eight but when a single medal means so much every olympics is a brush with destiny. All reese aljazeera copenhagen all that is of course on our website on your screen there dress aljazeera dot com. Recap of the headlines here not just here a russian fighter jet has been shot down by rebels of a syrias Northwest ProvinceRussias Defense Ministry says the pilot managed to object but was later killed near the town of. Moscow has retaliated it says its killed thirty fighters in the area and dozens of air strikes turkey says eight of its soldiers have been killed on saturday in the offensive against kurdish fighters in Northern Syria a free man region says some of them died when their tank came under fire losses makes it the deadliest day for turkish troops since the Olive Branch Operation began more than two weeks ago italys Prime Minister has condemned a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants warning hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide people Police Arrested a man who making a fascist salute to six people shot and. Arab refugees in germany have been protesting against hate crimes in the eastern city of kut it follows two recent life attacks by syrian teenagers refugees say the incident is being used by far right groups to stoke tension in the area far right supporters of also held a demonstration to protest against what they say is rising crime by migrants at least eleven soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in northern pakistan the soldiers are playing volleyball in about a town in the swat valley thirteen others were injured the Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility the u. S. President says a declassified memo released by congress on friday totally vindicates him in the probe into links between russia and his twenty sixteen campaign the memo was written by republicans on the House Intelligence Committee says the f. B. I. And the Justice Department have been abusing their powers by using unsubstantiated evidence to spy on a trump aide but the f. B. I. Says it contains material emissions a fact the Palestine Liberation Organization has moved to cut ties with israel pillar leaders met in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday a vote of the Palestinian Government to draft a plan to cut off Political Economic and security contacts theres been growing tension since december when the u. S. President donald trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinians want East Jerusalem to be capital of a future state those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after upfront and thanks for watching but for now. Facing reality growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the socalled secret city getting to the heart of the matter is activist in jail just because she expressed herself here their story. To aljazeera at this time its one of the most violent places on earth but just how democratic is the democratic republic of congo given its president was supposed to have left office back in twenty six team the countrys controversial minister of communications and will also debate the future of germanys angela merkel