Russia and an israeli fighter jet is downed after a raid targeting iranian assets in syria and flaming tension in the region. A cordial koreans a friendly get together on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics as south koreas leader is invited to pyongyang. Thousands march against racism in the italian city were african migrants were shot. And a bigger to push to change the philippines constitution critics say it could prolong the president s time in power. There are calls for calm after the downing of an israeli f. Sixteen fighter jet by Syrian Forces it crashed after coming under fire during a mission inside syria the wreckage in the pilots landed in israeli territory russias president Vladimir Putin has urged israels Prime Minister to avoid any steps that would lead to a new flare up in the region and the u. N. Has also called for a deescalation u. S. State Department Says it is deeply concerned but supports israels right to defend itself so the sol began when israel says it spotted an iranian drone flying in its airspace and intercepted it israel says the drone originated from syria so it responded with a major air raid in syrian territory with its air force targeting alleged iranian bases israeli jets then came under syrian air antiaircraft fire and thats when the f. Sixteen was hit. So israel had launched a second series of strikes attacking at least a dozen syrian and iranian bases inside syria israels air force says its the most significant attack against syria since the one thousand nine hundred two lebanon war emraan com reports from lustrous on. In the early hours of saturday morning syrias war escalated to a new level for the first time in thirty years israel lost a fighter jet to enemy fire as israel confirms Syrian Air Defense shot at one of its f. Sixteen fighter jets these really ply minister was blunt is roles iran and its most responsible for todays aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security but the crash followed the shooting down of a drone israeli army video shows what they say is the iranian drone flying towards the norden Golan Heights before it was downed in retaliation Israeli Air Force at targets in syria including the suspected Drone Command Center iranian targets and Syrian Air Defense syria launch surface to air missiles during the israeli raid and says it shot down the f. Sixteen which crashed in northern israel at the hands of. The syrian Political Leadership took a decision at the highest level to face the thought simply any Israeli Military aircraft over syrian in space today syria did what it promised by down again misread the plane and striking at other planes this is clear for syria it is a thought of decision to confront the Israeli Air Force and its careless behavior. Both pilots ejected and parachuted to these re side of the border one is critically injured the Israeli Army Spokesman said it was wrong it was behind the launch of the drawing but didnt say whether it was armed or not and the iranians have reacted theyve said that they are going to stand with syria against any felician us by israel the russians have also reacted saying that israel needs to respect syrian site to state sovereignty also why. Hearing is that the israelis want to send a strong message to the russians to get iran out of the region iran calling aljazeera western islam saying they has more on their reaction to what happened from the iranian capital tehran Irans Foreign Ministry said that the assertion that iran would fly a drone into israeli air space is a ridiculous lie but iranian leaders celebrated serious retaliatory response to israeli airstrikes speaking to all jazeera the parliamentary spokesman on National Security and Foreign Policy said that the downing of a fighter plane was just a taste of what is to come if israel continues its aggressive policies in. China this shooting down in confrontation has some important messages first to design this regime should know that the era of hit and run tactics is gone and regional powers including syria lebanon and hezbollah have enough capabilities to confront aggression and these capabilities belong to these countries the zionist regime should not associate these capabilities with iran or other countries theyre saying that an iranian drone shot down the warplane or an Iranian Military force did it this is a distortion to divert Public Opinion with so many Different Actors in the syrian conflict with often simultaneously converging and verging agendas there is always a worry that an incident like this could open another front in the fighting speaking at a News Conference president Hassan Rouhani said that israels policy of bombardment is a mistake and that while iran is prepared to defend itself and its allies in the region he said that the best way for neighbors to get along is to cooperate i canna has more on washingtons response to saturday mornings incident. Well despite irans denial that it was responsible for the drone incursion the state department appears to be convinced that iran is to blame for this round of combat that weve seen emerge over the course of this particular day a state Department Spokesperson has released a statement saying and i quote irans calculated escalation of threat and its ambition to project power places the entire region at risk from she says yemen to lebanon once again from state department we also heard that israel has a right to defend itself a similar statement coming out of the pentagon which also stated very clearly that u. S. Played no role whatsoever in israels combat operations at targets within syria so from the u. S. What you are Hearing Support for israel not surprising but at the same time there appears to be a degree of concern about the further ramifications of the conflict thats emerged in the course of the day the u. S. Made f. Sixteen s the western worlds most prolific Fighter Aircraft of the past forty years at a small light agile and relatively cheaper than other jets it used by at least twenty six countries there it flown by the Israeli Military has a specific technology which can be used to defeat antiaircraft missiles but it does not have stealth Cape Technology or capabilities like the latest fighter jet such as the fifth generation u. S. Made f. Thirty five which was built to be almost undetectable by enemy radar when karl was a Deputy NationalIntelligence Officer for Transnet National threats to the cia i spoke to him earlier about the downing of the israeli jet and began by asking him whether it was just a matter of time before Something Like this happens again. And we are that report for you. We all have heard of murphy that the murphys law if something can go wrong it will and thats not a joke when you have at least twelve different major actors militaries involved in with overlapping alliances and resentments and objectives all of which conflict the slightest error and there will be many errors everyday by radar readers or pilots or men on the ground as soldiers on the ground or civilian leaders. Who will only have instance to respond to what appears to be a threat and sometimes even in good faith you will get things wrong the likelihood of an error like that and therefore a disaster is very high in probably the most dangerous place on the earth the ice is a hideous is a hideous phenomenon and its good that they are being and have largely been destroyed the larger strategic issue may be even worse because that could involve a major war with iran russia saudi arabia United States israel iraq syria turkey and on and on all of whom have overlapping interests in conflicting interests right there thats the real problem so what will it take is the Million Dollar question for this this what has happened now in particular not to spiral out of control is a distant matter of will is that a matter of choices it is i think the most important actors in this moment i would say our intel of even in tehran and tehran was saying very selfserving things with that we just heard of course because they are the ones who are changing have changed the strategic equation by placing the missiles there that is a qualitatively different circumstance for israel and in the region that extends irans influence in iran is as netanyahu said and im no defender particularly of netanyahu but as he said the. And has not changed his position of hostility to israel and so the response to avoid conflict is not to have a conflict but that takes tremendous forbearance and politically is quite difficult in particular i would think for netanyahu given his own pressures domestically from the right wing of his coalition who will not take kindly to gentle response to. An extension of its power craze later on has extended a rare invitation to the south korean president and to visit. Sister for talks in seoul this all happened on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics the past more from kong. In the president ial blue house in the capital seoul relations between the two koreas continued to thaw the meeting had two firsts jiang is the first member of the ruling family to cross into the south since the korean war the sister of the north Korean Leader came with the first ever invitation kim jong un is asking south korean president moon jay in to come to pyongyang at a convenient time soon little know its key president moon said early talks between north korea and the United States are essential to improve relations north korea to be more proactive to move forward to have a dialogue with the United States. Its unclear when that might happen the u. S. And north korea have rebuffed lose attempts so far if an interesting meeting transpires it will be the first time kim jong un has met with the south korean president since assuming power in twenty eleven the last time leaders from the north and south met was eleven years ago during a summit in. Jordan because of all the global attention i believe reunification will be brought forth the government is making efforts and i think people are rooting for it organizers of the olympics say theyve been moved by the diplomatic breakthrough it was quite on the story a moment. And something that as you know the i. O. C. Has been gently working for since probably two thousand and fourteen. And you know i think it shows it opens opens the door maybe just a little bit critics say they doubt that door will ultimately open much more for now there is hope that the Winter Olympics is the catalyst for a reboot in intercourse and relations natasha going to aim jazeera south korea. It may be all smiles and handshakes for now between the south and north korea but the fiery rhetoric on yang and washington that has not died down as Vice President mike pence started his visit to the Winter Olympics saying he only had a message of maximum pressure for. Or career were toward it saying it had no interest in meeting him either that plank chang as a small place contact was pretty much inevitable north Korean Leader kim jong un sister kim jong was seated close to pence at fridays Opening Ceremony but he refused to engage with her or any other north korean official just before he left the games hence tweeted saying the u. S. Would not allow the propaganda charade by north korea to go unchallenged and that the world cannot turn a blind eye to the oppression and threats of kempe jong uns regime or korea was quick to respond accusing the u. S. Vice president of shameful and snobbish behavior and Foster Carter is a korea analyst he says kim jong un is trying to drive a wedge between the United States and south korea i think that a great deal of it is about santa i must say kim jong un and north korea who we dont always associate with subtlety and of play the blind they both come in the last minute well mistaken lovo make themselves the center of attraction politically but that at these games and its left to the u. S. Vice president mike pence to look like the grumpy old man standing up for what is the international communitys position so kim jong uns game really is to drive a wedge between the u. S. And south korea and pendulous she keeps reiterating that there is no daylight but i think now that the invitations being made for the summit all kinds of questions arise should moon jame guy who should he go unconditionally should he insists that north korea should also talk to the u. S. All those kinds of questions will be vigorously debated i think between the allies and in the south korean media. Plenty more ahead in the news hour including after forty years leading the irish nationals partition fane controversial figure gerry adams hands the reins to a new generation desperate to get out but now that israel its neighbors are tightening border controls at the first call that also the Winter Olympics are handed out far will have all the details in sport. Thousands of antifascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city of misrata were sick South Africans were shot and injured just over a week ago are testers warned against a revival of neo fascist sentiment during the campaign for next Months National election and reports. Shouting color is not a crime thousands rallied in italy against racism and fascism rallies took place in rome milan pullover mo and hear the tone of where a gunman targeted black men and women during a two hour shooting spree last week. We cannot accept that a person goes onto the streets to kill these are children people in the streets watching this man went to the streets to kill as many black people as possible i dont know what to call it other than a racist and fascist act. When the Police Arrested a twenty eight year old white italian man they say was the suspected gunman. A video posted on local media shows the suspect wearing in italian flag around his neck at the time of the arrest. And i think its extremely important to be here today because the situation in italy seems very complicated so i dont think that politicians take enough notice of the phenomenon of the resurgence of fascism and. Many are warning that anti immigrant. The rhetoric has become part of the National Dialogue they fear this sentiment will influence the upcoming National Elections on march fourth others warned that racism is nothing new. For me i have been faced with the problems of racism here since my Primary School days they were children who called me a negro it is far from bring a phenomenon that dates from yesterday or the day before with the shooting that took place there has always been racism here. The shooting in must follow the arrest of a nigerian man in connection with the murder of an eighteen year old italian woman. While many say politicians need to do something about the resurgence of the far right others believe its inaccurate to lump all far right parties and politicians with the same label i believe d. Far right and in general does entire idea of. A revival a need to be shouldnt be exaggerated the far right is definitely wrong. Days in any city but i believe especially abroad the reason a tendency to generalize and put a lot of parties into the same box which is not necessary the case. Far right candidates call the influx of refugees out of control immigration. But italys Prime Minister has told us people hatred and violence will not be able to divide them. On aljazeera. The city of kut says the latest in a growing number of places and germany refusing to house any more refugees the decision has been criticized by prograf ichi activists and applauded by far right groups but as paul brennan of ports people in qatar say much of that criticism is not warranted. With its bilingual german and sorbets street signs and so close to the polish border cutpurse has been a cultural melting pot for centuries so news that it would not accommodate any more syrian or iraqi refugees sparked angry demonstrations proving even some near nazi elements and may cut bus a flashpoint between rival groups. After the demonstrators have dispersed though the reality here in corpus is somewhat more nuanced and complex a town which finds itself the rocket reluctant focus of a much wider issue here in germany city hall insists the decision on new arrivals was forced by practical issues including a lack of kindergarten space but its put cut bus in the eye of a storm of protest. Refugees of all the nazis are coming to. Bite us both the situation is bad for a whole side so theyll have to be managed in case of a school its their acts of violence which we condemn and where we hope the police and justice or thorough will respond of the appropriate punishment those include two separate knife incidents involving syrian youths and another where german youths attacked a group of afghans the Police Presence in coppers has been visibly raised but the perception of fear has affected attitudes because it has any skin off and as i really have nothing against immigrants they are welcome in germany but i am scared of. My friends who are foreigners but what if i end up with a knife in my pocket some residents worry that the debate has become quite so polarized. After first in as i tried to understand that there are people who are there and i dont think it works to call them on our i do have a problem here with right wing extremists no doubt we dont get for that and that there is no factual discussion. Architect ass red flag from homs and arrived in coppers three years ago the tensions he says are being manipulated to me its like a bit like propaganda its like the use the story the way it fits them thats the sort of thing because as you can see its like total quiet i mean there is. No such. Concerns about integration resourcing and security are certainly not limited to this city but distinguishing reality from perception is the key all bran and aljazeera cops. An explosion on a boat off the coast of Spains Canary islands has ensured five tourists makers were rushed to a hospital after flames engulfed their speedboat their ten aris coast i k they were pulled from the water by a nearby yacht the spanish coast guard later but the fire out because its still not known but the Irish Republican Party and fein has elected a new leader to replace gerry adams who announced he was stepping down in November MaryLou Mcdonnell says shes committed to pushing for a United Ireland but isnt a report some double and she has more immediate challenge is. Taking over from a man she calls a political giant Mary Lou Mcdonald paid tribute to gerry adams who became should inform president when she was a teenager and he was instrumental in Northern Irelands Peace Process that led to the good friday agreement two decades ago he has defined politics on this side and for a generation or more and when others said it was impossible jerry and Martin Mcguinness along with john hume and others bravely walked the path to peace macdonald and out of his have been involved in talks on reconvening Northern Islands devolved government which broke down a year ago shin fein which said power with the union is due you once movement on issues such as Irish Language rights. I mean really facing us. The war is not over there is no matter your anger anything we dont have to agree on the past three years no single historical narrative. We will see how he and really it is never again when he says i think we can agree to disagree like mcdonald the partys new deputy leader Michel Oneill represents a Younger Generation of activists hoping to get shin fein into government on both sides of the border. This conference represents not just a handover of power but a move towards a more modern noised policy fane it comes at a time when there are real challenges for its both in Northern Ireland and here in the Irish Republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people are part of a point of poor wages and also going to provide how do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the partys also been hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says shes listening to complaints here in the south shes also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but in frames long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remains some way off the aljazeera. President reagan a territory wants to change the constitution and switch to a new form of government he says its a way to decentralize power to the regions and help alleviate poverty critics there warn its just a trick to keep government officials and jobs to mail alan duncan has more. Former philippines president for didnt marcus ruled with an iron fist for decades his martial rule was seen by many filipinos as oppressive in one thousand nine hundred eighty six the people power revolution removed him from office ushering in a new era of democracy the one nine hundred eighty seven philippine constitution was drafted with an emphasis on bringing about social justice past president s have tried to change that constitution in the hope of prolonging their stay in power president reagan the data is making another attempt this time to change to a federal form of government he wants to the centralized power for what he describes as an imperialistic mandela and improve life for those living in rural areas no person should be deprived of life liberty or editors who helped draft the present constitution says it is not the form of government that is problematic but the quality of those people in government more than eighty percent of those elected officials come from political dynasties a federal form of government could help the remain in power charter change for me. Its a trojan horse because behind the effort to change the constitution or believe our transitory provisions were in fact there will be no elections or there can be a continued stay in office but most of those in congress see the election of the delta is proof that people want a decisive leader that can bring about radical change how do you this happen in the reform. There is no assurance in any form of government because we are in a democracy this is a Democratic Society so how can we. The people who do in a New Territory as Political Party p. D. P. Lab and has already drafted a proposed constitution but critics say the charter it is proposing is dictatorial in nature giving the president legislative powers and even allowing him to rule indefinitely a local survey shows the majority of filipinos have little or no knowledge of the constitution many are also unaware of the plans to amend the constitution this is what critics say is dangerous those who lead the transitional ensured that the one thousand nine hundred eighty seven philippine constitution they drafted would serve as event guard restoring checks and balances within institutions so that power will never rest with one man alone jamil in dog an aljazeera manila. Brazil in colombia are tightening border controls as concern mounts over the growing number of people escaping the crisis and its way last androids of thousands have already fled the country because there are Food Shortages theres rampant inflation and Political Uncertainty and reports. Officially more than half a million venezuelans crossed into colombia in the last six months of last year but no one knows the truth because only that tens of thousands of Venice Whalen is now trying to scrape a living across south america and not just numbers in neighboring brazil and colombia. Game here there are many mechanics Doctors College graduates and look at us were cleaning windows selling chargers and air conditioners sewing soda then as well as future is over but hey you have to move forward i feel really sad really sad because we have to migrate to look for what we used to have in our country because before in venezuela we had what colombia has abundant and a growing economy there are scaping in the economic crisis is lead to severe food and medicine shortages the International Monetary fund predicts inflation this year will reach thirteen thousand percent the president s of venice wailin because mcdougall blames the u. S. Flag International Conspiracy for his countrys troubles the colombian president Juan Manuel Santos says Nicolas Maduro has mismanaged the economy and the columbian can no longer live with those consequences or you saw me decide on our starting today only venezuelans who have passports or have in their hands the migration card will enter colombia. Hes awarded three thousand more soldiers and police to patrol the border with colombia and brazil said the influx of migrants is straining their social services to breaking point if they my law regarding immigration what the government wants and what the country wants is to achieve all. Orderly secure in legal migration that means foreigners are legal in our country in that way we can plan for the future. But with the situation in business way there would be predicted to get worse the migrants who keep coming even now now face a more formidable challenge to cross the border. Than it is here to. Play more head on aljazeera including indias Prime Minister wraps up a historic visit to the palestinian territories thats a huge street party where people can forget their economic and political was at least for a little bit more in brazil where the countrys carneval isnt full swing and sport harry kane is the to france for tottenham again an English Premier League are will have all the details in sport. From brisk news and fuel. To the warm tranquil waters of southeast asia. Hello there were seeing a fair amount of cloud across the middle east at the moment most of its working its way in from the mediterranean just toppling its way eastwards still giving us a great deal of very active weather at the moment its a more active system that weve got a bit further east that given a fair amount of snow and that ones gradually going to edge of way towards the east as we head through the next few days behind it though that other system will be pulling itself together so well see some heavier rain making its way towards lebanon there all monday and then more making its way across parts of iraq and into iran plenty of cloud dangling further south though and some of that its making its way into saudi arabia here in doha though no major problems for us in our weather were looking at a top temperature of around to twenty seven degrees so pretty pretty warm for riyadh will be up to thirty two that will despite the cloud is likely to be lingering around as we head through monday as well seoul of oh should be in the sunshine or temperatures hovering at around twenty eight or twenty nine advocate tom weve had some excitement recently weve had a bit of rain certainly welcome rain here no more rain on the horizon it looks like twenty eight degrees will be our maximum on sunday and then the temperatures will gradually rise over the next few days elsewhere though there is some more active weather that stretches way down across towards madagascar some heavy showers here there with sponsored by qatar everybodys. On counting the cost wild swings for Global Stock Markets look at whats going on and why it matters how women in twenty eighteen are still fighting for equal rights in the workplace but u. S. Shell is defying expectations but will it make life more difficult for opec counting the cost at this time on i just see them coming. Its like the wild west they can do anything and the really hard for them to get the old powerful internet is both a tool for democracy and a threat somebody who controls comes out as middle aged and controlling the underside of voices and they distort the debate in the echo Chamber World of fake and use in cyberspace the rules of the game have changed there are no precedents people and out investigate dissin from a democracy part two at this time on aljazeera. Watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now russia and the us say they are concerned after israel launched a second series of their strikes in syria after one of its f. Sixteen fighter jets was shot down by president also its forces the strikes targeted a Syrian Government and iranian assets in syria israel says it was its most significant attack against syria since one thousand nine hundred two or three as kim jong un has asked south koreas president to join him in pyongyang for talks and hosted kim sr in seoul on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics and thousands of demonstrators are brawling against racism in the italian city of misrata a week after six africans were shot by a right wing sympathizer protesters and warned of a revival of the fastest sentiment on the campaign for next Months National election. A Turkish Military helicopter has been shot down in Northern Syria during an operation against kurdish fighters this video set to show the helicopter moments before a sit near a frame killing two soldiers on board kurdish led syrians a moronic forces say its fighters shot down the aircraft. Turkey though says its still not clear a total of eleven turkish soldiers were killed in fighting on saturday making it the deadliest day for the countrys forces since they began that campaign n. F. Rain last month. Near the turkish syrian border. The downing of this tarkus manufactured attack helicopter the skill to sucker soldiers is a Significant Development in this three week long military operation that brings the number of turkish soldiers killed by the y p g Kurdish Militia group to over twenty years far as the turks are concerned theyve killed at least one hundred fifty kurdish fighters now some advances have been made on the ground in the past twenty four forty eight hours as the Free Syrian Army which is fighting alongside Turkish Military in order to advance towards the y. P. Cipro just from hold of are free and have managed to capture some villages on the road towards there as far as the turkish army is concerned and the listening to president are jumping around they will respond they say to those who were behind that attack whats important to note here is that although the. Kurdish sources in the y. P. G claim that the Turkish Military has killed civilians in its operation ankara denies that they say the reason why this operation isnt going as fast as they wanted to is precisely because they have been trying to advise any deaths of innocent civilians that have been reports that the y. P. G. And the p y d thats the political wing of that car just militia have actually bustin kurds from other towns and cities to use them as human shields the kurdish officials there would say actually this is just the natural response of the kurdish population in order to protect their town against what they see as a foreign aggression. Three weeks now into operation on a ranch that does seem as i say to be a steady advance made by the tarps and the Free Syrian Army towards our fiend but this downing of a helicopter will be sure to incur the wrath of the targets in the tree also in syria the u. N. Says two hundred thirty civilians have been killed by syrian in russia. In your strikes and just the past week in commissioner for human rights described it as some of the worst violence during the almost seven year long conflict. Saying says the strikes may also constitute war crimes it confirmed his office had received reports of the possible use of toxic agents earlier this month and the rebel held town a stark have earned a modi has wrapped up the First Official visit by an indian Prime Minister to the palestinian territories palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas told mody that he needs to delhi support and future talks with israel abbas government is seeking new allies after u. S. President donald trump calls an up or by recognizing true islam as israels capital of smith reports. This first visit to the occupied west bank for an indian Prime Minister was also very short just three hours it ended with a Media Briefing no questions allowed went ahead remotely off with the traditional indian support for the palestinians. I assured president abbas that india is committed to the Palestinian National interest india hopes that palestine will become an independent and sovereign state in the future the building of the state comes through peaceful means and through dialogue and understanding. But there was no mention of East Jerusalem as the capital of a palestinian state something previous indian leaders always referred to from the palestinian president came the hope that india might help in mediating future talks with the israelis. We exchanged views about the current element of the Peace Process that resulted from the continuity of the occupation and from the blocking of the political horizon following trumps decision on jerusalem and the refugees. There was no comment from modi on that. How different the relationship was when Yasser Arafat was alive modi paid his respects at the former palestinian leaders moores a limb in one thousand nine hundred eight india became the first non arab country to recognize the state of palestine india suffered under colonialism and fellow palestinians were in the same boat thirty years on in nearby forty one percent of israels arms exports israels Prime Minister was in india for a weeklong visit in january making new trade deals on the monarch and with in light of israel indian relations palestinians wanted to reintroduce balance to the relationship and bring back india as an important ally but modi invaded talking directly about with india was ready to take up such a role after his visit modi flew back to jordan and on to the gulf mode it was in israel last july but he didnt out on a visit to ramallah which is what most leaders usually do india wants to dealing gets relations with the israelis and the palestinians which is why there was a separate visit here now the palestinians hope this means they can still rely on indian support even though strong relations with israel are now a new delhis priority. Aljazeera ramallah votes are being counted in sri lanka after its most peaceful election in decades is the first vote since electoral laws change that allowed a Record Number of women to campaign for a seat in local government and now fernandes has more from colombia choosing members of three hundred forty local government institutions observers say voter turnout is higher than expected some districts reporting eighty five percent. Voters had a clear idea of what they wanted from their local representatives corruption is a big problem so somebody who is less corrupt somebody who is educated time and of course somebody with a return can do something for the community another voter said changes to the electoral system has made things easier compared to. Previous system do so much more simple system for the water its a new mixed results system which candidate wins the most votes and which party has the most support the changes also included a quarter of twenty five percent for women this election monks a number of firsts the first time so many women have contested the first time votes are being counted in Polling Centers like the one behind me and the fust time election violence has been so low observers say there is a marked change in the conduct of campaigns and the election the main election organize the credits hard work mean pigmies real if you care good the people not to break the law through the Law Enforcement of the law really. Come back to per year. Despite being a local election which is usually about issues in local neighborhoods the campaign took on the flavor of a National Election prison mighty policy to say in a Prime Minister on no become a singer and the man they united to defeat by in the rajapaksa well heavily involved in the campaign traveling around the country to support their respective candidates the stakes for each of them are high and the results of this grassroots race will point towards the political board in the run up to the general election in two years and have an end as aljazeera colombo. Protesters in the philippines are urging president very good territory to stop chinas military expansion in the South China Sea they marched to the chinese consulate in the middle of Philippine Media published photos last week showing china has continued to build installations on the disputed Spratly IslandsIndonesias Navy has seized more than a ton of crystal meth and arrested for suspected drug smugglers they seize substances the sea substances rather were paraded around after being found on a boat in indonesian waters near singapore on wednesday theyd been hidden under sacks of rice or taiwanese men have been arrested mexicos in the grip of a war on drug gangs acapulco was once a sought after holiday destination now it has the highest murder rate in the world despite the best efforts of police in a group set seems as if the social fabric is coming and John Heilemann reports. The shadow of death has lain across the years the full maturity is one of the highest murder rates in the world behind the military Patrols Police sirens and daily crime scenes live in towns people struggling with fear and grief. Last year franciscos wife was caught in the midst of a gang shoot and kill now hes raising their food children alone we hit his identity speaking out here is dangerous. This. Is the. For. A decade or more than one hundred twenty thousand victims into the drug war theres still no federal program dedicated to psychological support for the families left behind. In acapulco and n. G. O. S Doctors Without Borders is filling that gap their team of Community Workers and psychologists go to Churches Community centers basketball courts anywhere people gather to train them to support each other and then saying the violence gets to such a level that the social fabric is destroyed people dont trust their neighbors and little by Little Things deteriorate so we see. Those suffering particularly painful experiences like francisco to meet one on one with psychologists on their list with. Doctors without borders are also training teaches to recognize children traumatized by violence or sexual abuse the aim is to convince the government that programs like this a needed on a National Scale makes crispe huge amounts of money a man power into combat in organized crime in comparison very little has been dedicated to treating traumatized victims and according to psychologists that shows a real lack of foresight because those affected by violence if not attended to a much more likely to repeat the cycle. Thats the Worst Nightmare of parents like francisco trying to protect the next generation. Not in them. When. Experts say it could take decades for the wounds of a society growing use to violence take you the worries that without intervention that process and struggle to even begin john homan how does it or i could cope oxfams chief executive has apologized after allegations of Sexual Misconduct emerged against nine of the agency Staff Members in haiti three of them resigned four employees were sacked u. K. Based group has had a presence in haiti ever since that massive earthquake in two thousand and ten the British Government has criticised oxfam for a lack of transparency into investigating the allegations. What im apologizing for is that nine oxfam staff behaved in a way that was totally unacceptable in country to our values and that then led much more responsible stuff to make decisions which are now seen as being by some margin or inappropriate our job is to promote the positive value says staff dont even go there but also to be absolutely intolerant of anybody who does what weve committed in the last few months is to increase the work that we do on that behavior on that culture and to do all that we possibly can to drive out any exploitation or tolerance of it thats what were committed to alongside making this amazing difference to literally tens of millions of people around the world every year the worlds biggest semester aka street party is in full swing and brazil people are using the carneval to let off steam after a difficult year a struggling economy spiralling corruption investigations and deepening political divisions are all taking a toll or let america alyse anyone reports from the northeastern city ever see fair. And Early Morning bugle call summons revelers on to the streets of the seething. Its called the rooster of the dawn the highlight of carnival in northeastern brazil the capital where least a Million People parade past the giant bird thank you very wanting to go were for carnival all year but something spectacular thats in all of our hearts here in bernabeu where we hear and dance the rhythm of our region. Above all the city in a jungle where brass band music is accompanied by an acrobatic dance in a massive street Party Resilience can forget their economic and political wolves. Here howie its culture roots joy for people whove been suffering so much lately. Carnival lasts for five days a period of unbridled revelry ending just before lent which on the christian calendar ranks a forty day period of fasting and prayer carnival has certainly a ball since it first began here in the eighteenth hundreds back then there was. A lot bigger and it was. Proud to work the way to prepare the way for the rest of iraq mentioned and to the ups of the upper class. After the emancipation of slavery and until this day its become a massive outdoor affair and. Its a convo made up of so many Diverse People that just want to have fun. And look in real were lovers some of the schools spend millions of dollars often from questionable sources here its all grass roots every neighborhood in household comes out to parade. No one is too young or too old to celebrate brazils most traditional carnival. You see in you and i just see that they see fit brazil. Colorful costumes and musicians filled the streets of the bolivian city. As the annual carnival there began the four day festival at the start of the christian season of lent between a droll celebration as one of south americas most famous that attracts nearly four hundred thousand people every year. Still ahead on aljazeera. Only wellings of a quantum. World was a disappointing result for the unified korea. In the historic close match but this was about far more than the result. Of what makes this moment this era were living through so you need. Well this is really an attack on school itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion of what free speech is supposed to be about the context its hugely important. To publish it. To be offensive or provoke thats all about it as people did setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Where every. Find out whats happening at they went to olympics and. Thanks very much north and south korea played together in a united team for the first time at the Olympic Games and while their womens hockey team were thrashed by switzerland it was seen as being about a lot more than sport we wellings reports from kyung chang. Author of the political and historic march on the ice a unified korea from our at least via womens ice hockey a remarkable event watched by south korean president. Alongside kim jong sr of north Korean Leader kim jong il. Some South Koreans particularly Younger Generations were critical of this sudden union between north and south preceded by the nations providing together at fridays Opening Ceremony said it would harm the host nations medal hopes but all those including those lucky enough to have tickets welcome the step towards peace however temporary it proves. It was a good idea to form the united team im very much looking forward to this guy and the feeling that our nation becomes one and you know. I think the united team is beneficial as a part of improving the relations between the koreas and lets me. Win or lose a meaningful event im so glad to see this game. The korean team took to the ice in white jerseys with a unified flag two hundred twenty nine north korean cheerleaders across the border urging on the korean to providing for the symbolism of the current unity but how to early chances to score but it was switzerland half way through the first period the swiss are going to hire six in the world over sharing their calls with a quick second im avalanche of goals followed the final score was switzerland unified korea mill a disappointing scoreline for the crowd but an important event this unified korea and so you will need to pick itself up for marches against sweden and your panel coming up on their chances of winning a medal in this a vote or extremely unlikely but south korea does have stronger sports and this was about far more than sporting success lee wellings. Of the quandong hockey center. It wasnt all bad news on the ice for south korea on the first day of competition a limb and won gold in the fifteen hundred meter short track speed skating for the host nations first gold medal of the games speed skating is event where south korea traditionally performs the best at the Winter Olympics the very first gold of the games was won by swedens charlotte collar she won the womens skiffle on a Cross Country event riskier switch techniques at the Halfway Point any fifteen kilometer race. And there were big celebrations at the netherlands home base after they completed a clean sweep of the womens three thousand meter speed skating event. Defending four time olympic Gold Medalist i read this the netherlands won eight speed skating gold medals in sochi. Now over the coming days will be seeing events that may be unfamiliar to many of us so were going to try and explain a few of the sights on show in south korea first stop here is peter stem it to tell you about some of the fastest men and women on ice. Warning sports are exactly as they sound at the Winter Olympics think sliding down the ice at high speed with close finishes and inherent danger to the athletes all of that make them thrilling to watch is perhaps the best known of these think Cool Runnings and its been part of the Winter Olympics since the first events in nineteen twenty four teams of two or four men or women compete the four man crew consists of a pilot up front to pushes in the middle and a break man at the back of the carbon fiber slid so this is how it works the team start by running and pushing the sled before jumping in and hurtling down the ice theyre going to have to travel one point five kilometers at high speed the sled can reach up to two hundred one Kilometers Per Hour and the first us team its the women now if you thought that a slip provide a little protection then marvel at the lose here it comes one or two man teams travel on a flat slid along the same track as the bob say but they go it lying on their backs just imagine verse at one hundred forty Kilometers Per Hour and then we have skeleton as you can see here it looks a lot like luge but these competitors are going to run and throw themselves down head first on the slate theres no form or steering all braking on a verse and with speeds of one hundred twenty Kilometers Per Hour its probably the most dangerous sport at these winter games tottenham that they would have to ferret in the English Premier League after a y. L. Win over our star and then north london Darby Harry Kane scored the only goal in the game at wembley it was the england striker is twenty at this season. And Legal LeadersManchester City thrashed leicester on saturday were game sterling open the scoring for the hosts before jamie vardy equalise sergio where then scored four on answered goals in the second half leading. To a five one victory that win puts man city sixteen points clear at the top of the table second place man united will have a chance to cup that lead when they face newcastle on sunday talk them have crawled into three Third Champions League place while arsenal are down in six six points behind liverpool who are fourth and around madrid have picked up a much needed win in spain slowly go Cristiana Rinaldo scoring a hat trick in a five to defeat of ralph socio dad it lifts them to third in the standings but still sixteen points behind leaders barcelona england have stayed joint top of the rugby six nations standings the defending champions beat wales twelve six in a test match at twickenham on saturday and also hold that joint top position after a fifty six nineteen thrashing of at least scotland hosts france on sunday and thats all your sport for now more later in the stricken parun has celebrated valentines day earlier by hosting a mass wedding of a different kind. Of. Decked in a wedding gowns unveils a few dozen barking couples tied the knot and obviously an open air ceremony this is part of an Awareness Campaign aimed at reminding pet owners to be responsible. All right thats all for the news hour im Richelle Carey thank you very much for your time keep it here peter jobbies up on the other side of the break. It was appalling which modern day venezuela was a stop list. For over a century this lucrative resorts has divided the people less than cursed with the Worlds Largest reserves. Charting the impact of industrialization and the legacies of its prominent leaders we shed light on the troubles afflicting venezuela today the big picture the battle for venezuela at this time on al jazeera. And monday put on. 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 driving this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. From Satellite Technology to three d. Printing and recycled waste to solar powered classrooms africa is transforming young innovators op propelling change Building Communities creating employment and solving problems theyre challenging systems and shaping new what its about creative thinkers shaping the continents future innovate africa at this time. Airborne vehicles harvesting every pic you take every click you make click to everything all the waves. Its time to watch the what can we blame that on the deep sea this is the first civilian. And we are creators. Are. 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