These are they any closer to going home im Stephanie Decker in southeastern bangladesh will be looking at those questions coming up. But we begin with mckenna faster and a country in mourning theres been a 2nd massacre just a day off to one of the west attacks in recent years Security Forces and became say around a dozen soldiers have been killed in an ambush in sume province near mollies border on wednesday more than 100 people were killed in a coordinated attack on an army base well 2 days of National Mourning were declared on the interest begins our coverage and a warning some viewers may find the following images disturbing. Officials and say these are the bodies of some of the men who attacked the positions of civilians in the roles. The military says it killed at least 80 of the attackers. Its one of the worst attacks by armed groups since 2014. This attack on a restaurant and work a degree 2017 killed dozens of people. The government of booking a fossil has declared 2 days of National Mourning for victims of tuesdays attack well since. We have to think about solidarity and National Cohesion people women for the most part were getting water and got murdered in cold blood by the terrorists while they were retreating we must show compassion with the populations that is why all flags will fly at half mast for 2 days and all christmas celebrations are cancelled. Over there are thousands of International Forces in west africa sail region the violence has increased in the past form and there are fears of more attacks the same gun countries have little major role in the global war on terror clearly in military bases bases facilities for example ive cos its not going to be hosting terror Training Camp so the. New global war on terror and absolutes are receiving the. Contribution in november the Army Launched a new offensive against local and Foreign Armed groups operating in the country. Many believe the recent attack in more than brooklyn a fossil was a response to this new offensive brooke you know fossil has seen many attacks in the past 5 years that killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened broken as Security Problems with fighters affiliated with alqaeda and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks. To kill a fossil is due to hold its president ial elections in 20 could and president ones to restore peace before the vote but his dont clear if his army is up to the task of public increase aljazeera a project. Well david also is a counterterrorism expert at Global Risk International and he says became a fast as government must address the root causes of the conflict. Unfortunately yes we are more likely to see a lot of instability not just in book universal but in the entire outlook tuck a good marriage in which encompasses marley and the jet but also i think we would also have the same kind of trend in the live chat richard where you have to poke around Islamic State of west african provence faction so i think you know the collapse of the physical Islamic State you know has led to a massive flow through porous borders of experienced jihad based who have now you know were found a safe haven and a much more fit hard ground for them to recruit and run what i call a sword to Islamic State within the region and theyve taken advantage you know as you know where weve seen. The porosity of the borders and the instability within the region you remember in 2012 the french launched operation back in which was you know to actually drive the as our what jihad the east from from a bamako but that has trickled down to booking a facile which also has a governance issue and porosity you know within the region so i think this is a great consent especially with the fact that you dont just have the g. 5 so hell you also have the motor National Joint task force you know within where and chad are members of that force of including nigeria and benny and then you have the french you know coming up with this operation tuku but which is going to be run by the European Union in 2020 this is going to be a disaster for the region to be honest i think one of the growing confidence and capabilities is the fact that most of the african states in the sahara region for example had a lot of foreign fighters who travel to iraq and syria the states within that region to not take note of all these foreign fighters now theyve come back through libya and the exploiting the poor fighting within the region you know theyre taking advantage of the lack of coordination. Between countries you know irrespective of the fact that we have the g 5 soho so i think you know thats one of the issues there and the local population is not buying into the governments idea of its kind of narrative so that its also africa in the fight is that of course you know tactically what they do how these groups are been doing is to is to make sure that they keep the most military on the offensive most of the attacks have been against Hard Military targets you know the french lost about 14 different servicemen in mali just recently so i think the crux within the military is significant factor but mind you you cant win the war just by using the military tactics alone within the region tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing into live as russian backed Government Forces close in on the last rebel held province the renewed ground an air offensive has now seen more than 40 villages recaptured by the Syrian Government many syrians are on the move north towards attack a sport a bad turkeys president has warned that his country cannot cope with another influx of refugees for now syrian Government Forces are focused on capturing the town of merit a new man which sits on the strategic m 5 highway and ahmed a has more from antakya on takis border with syria. This more letup in the mass exodus of civilians from serious loss to the bull hellstrom. Tens of thousands are rushing to its the Turkish Border scrambling to escape the aerial onslaught from brushwood and Syrian Forces on. The asterix shelling and but obama talks on it lip appears designed to do just thought push people out and then ill quote it with nowhere else to go. You know all of salt. May god take revenge on all those who caused this what have we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for mercy be god to punish them for displacing us because in all of those humiliating us for gods sake we had being poor and alive. Long queues of cars and trucks loaded with peoples belongings i had that most of the techies Border Crossing bubble how with off a shell comes for the displaced off food forcing the new displaced to set up camp in the open here they bomb shops and tweaks to stay warm in the biting Winter Weather techies aid workers say theyre doing all they can to help. I to bake yvonne by the charity i have judge its tough walk around the clock to bake bread for the ever increasing number of displaced citizens to share some of the winter conditions our diet we are providing down with me was bread accommodation and heating materials but the families have so many means. Syrian Government Forces advancing towards the strategic city of moderates and as they push deeper into the west and the problems but often no money is on the m 5. 00 highway assads forces are determined to cut chaitin over 3 open that route linking the couplet of damascus with the city of aleppo syrias largest just like the rest of it live provinces but out to none none have been out of food for city infamies who fled to other areas damascus had a captured during that 8 and a half year civil war its now almost visited and i know mostly we have gotten i fled from a sorry 2 years ago after the destruction of our homes since then i have been forced to flee with my family 3 more times and here we are again the new fighting comes despite an agreement in august by the leaders of Turkey Russia and iran to commit to discoloration efforts in the area the techies president of egypt tabor do on how to put that to say dont cut or come or tumble a new group fiji for all on its own a spokesman for the tuckers president now say is their boss russia for us ceasefire to avoid the must suck off civilians in toms and villages with tekken by syrian Government Forces but tosses deploy involved in the operation in keen to help its cover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels its not clear if the turkish plea will be heard mohammad on the wall jazeera untuck. Well not has set me as the directive a center for middle east studies at the university of denver and he says russia is the most dominant in the ferry in conflict turkey rightly argues that they have roughly 4000000 Syrian Refugees that theyve hosted already they cant take it anymore and the turkish governments position seems to be this needs to be a global collective problem in other words europe and the west needs to step up and provide some humanitarian relief but in the meantime while these back and forth accusations are taking place you know were witnessing literally a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the early months of winter and its and its another moral outrage that that were being subjected to russia really is in the drivers seat because russia for the last roughly 3 to 4 years is heavily invested militarily in this part of syria while turkey is not so russia basically is calling the shots while all that turkey can do is call for more cease fires more diplomacy while russia sets the terms of whats happening in syria by virtue of its military offensive they effectively are you know in charge of this is unfolding crisis. Now 16 people have been confirmed dead after a powerful storm tore through the central philippines typhoon panfilo made landfall in the Eastern Province of samarra on tuesday with gusts of up to 150 Kilometers Per Hour and since weakened and crossed into the South China Sea obama below is an island says travis unlikely to remain stuck there for several days we are outside the main port the off manila where traditionally over the Holiday Season thousands of passengers wait to board their respective passenger ferries going back to their provinces in different islands in the philippines now christmas is a very important occasion for this predominantly catholic country and as you can see families are waiting here theyve got their packages here but theyve had to spend their Christmas Eve here because this is here this type of phone or locally known as a personal or made landfall in the Central Region of the philippines Christmas Eve one and that has grounded all pipes of travel in the country and so here they are this is where they spent their Christmas Eve theyve only had food thats been given to them by the Philippine Coast guard and you have children here who have basically nowhere to sleep and they have nowhere to bathe and theyre saying this is has been a very difficult christmas for them i dont look at me at midnight im very sad and ive been crying for days i told my child that i cant do anything they did not let us board the ferry because theres a typhoon and we understand that we still have our clothes my wife wants us to be together but to be here and theres nothing that we can do now the situation here isnt unique across the country in different ports thousands more are stranded and it is likely that they will remain stranded. Until the typhoon leaves the philippines now passengers here tell us that they have not been assured that they can leave immediately assoon as the typhoon leaves the philippines theyve also been told that it is likely that it will be one more week before they can actually get on their fareast go back to their provinces so it is likely that they will be spending new years here as well. Well your i also spoke to Richard Gordon who is the chairman of the Philippine Red Cross and he says this christmas storm shows the typhoon season in the philippines is becoming longer. About 25000. 00 people on that week the christmas break to be identical extern did in the week prior sentiments are. Going to divide us a lot of houses have been damage to the coast of africa in particular you have the votes of various moving about maybe 2000 plus homes and then flooding in the i mean the finite but given the indictment of people emailing copies and also in the border d so you have a lot of the was affected by not will power. Saudi air so built on level power and then now and i want to in effect and there are about maybe a funny Evacuation Centers with many of them will have the bans on all but not going to extend 4 the pressure because this comes after another type one that the best guess about a couple of weeks going to be is that to get more of what they have said to me out there how young thats not going to you know this area. Is supposed to be on its closing. But then plunge in really has to be changes. In the member at the time where the big bang belongs even in january now its on the back of the whole year after the event months in a year to get the brakes eyeful so it can be what i always prepared and were doing that they did preemptively that day john and secondly we have i represent hard times mine many of the event they missed and then dividing lines in the towns so. We have our hands full. Tell ahead on aljazeera taking 6 chinnis is how to secure a ceasefire in libya days after it off and military support to the un recognized government in tripoli. And christmas says recognized a muslim majority see don in a fast time and he adds. Welcome back to International Weather forecast with a big story here across the middle east is the big storm coming into the Eastern Mediterranean very very heavy rain and flooding to turkey syria as well as down towards lebanon as well so unfortunately the news is not very good over the next few days heavy rain will continue here on thursday winds will still be a major problem also as we go towards friday finally as we go towards friday the rain starts and here along the coast but we will be seeing some very heavy snow in the Higher Elevations down towards quite city though it is going to be a nice day with a temperature of 23 also nice across much of the gulf here temperature doha though with plenty of sun in the forecast is going to be 24. 00 but watch what happens down across much of the arabian sea we do have a developing system possibly thats going to bring some clouds for parts of oman but over here towards somalia we could be seeing some rain developing by the time we end the weekend and then across the parts of Southern Africa things are not looking too bad most of the clouds are pushing away but down here towards a self for cape town we do expect to see a frontal boundary pushing in here on thursday thats going to bring some rain for cape town with a temperature of about 1000. 00 degrees and that rain by the time we get to friday is going to be affecting parts of durban as well as johannesburg where the temps there of 29 degrees for you. Whether you feel the weight. Of the jail or if you join us on. The start from day one whether. This is a dialogue everyone has a voice. But i want to give people the reason for joining the conversation. Again. A reminder of our top stories this hour. Has suffered a 2nd deadly attack and its more than. Just a day after 35 civilians were killed there Security Forces say a dozen soldiers were killed while on patrol. Thousands of syrians continue to feed the last rebel held stronghold of as a government offensive there intensifies they have taken control of dozens of towns in the last week. And 16 people are now confirmed dead after a typhoon tore through the central philippines typhoon pan phone made landfall in the Eastern Province of choose day with gusts of up to 150 Kilometers Per Hour. Turkeys president has made an unannounced trip to tunis here to discuss ways of bringing stability to neighboring libya ankara has offered military support to the internationally recognized government in its fight against warlord Khalifa Haftar whatever wahid has moved from tripoli. Turkeys president received tell you over to the landed in tunis to discuss trouble is brewing in next door in libya and encourage you to meet his new president faces are you to help secure a ceasefire. The internationally recognized government in tripoli has yet to request that turkish troops intervene in the conflict. We are not guests without an invitation and if it comes we shall look into it we are in constant communication with them however we should raise an issue the forces president libya more than 5000. 00 troops from sudan what are they doing there we should ask why are these forces present in libya a request was made to turkey and thats why turkey answered the call based on the agreement related to our Economic Zone we have signed agreements to rely on and our moves are based on legality and lawful forms however the other foreign troops have no legality to be present on libyan soil in addition have tar is not a legitimate representative of the libyan People Forces loyal to the world khalifa hefted are bringing the fighting closer to the capital if turkey sends its a troops and with russia backing to have to his forces the next few weeks could prove crucial for libya they are now the 2 key dynamics that will determine whether a mediation takes place because have to believe that International Apathy towards what is doing in libya backing from france paralyze the e. U. The u. A. E. Giving him the weapons you are giving him not just 6 he believes that the world is telling him were willing to accept a military victory provided you can clean up tripoli quickly and this is why how it is attacking tripoli but if you find that this war with this battle which is already taking 8 months is becoming protracted and now tekkie sending troops and now theres all this hostage mediterranean it may well be that the International Media comes in and says look after you had 8 months to really trouble say look i turned a blind eye to it i called you an ally in terrorism you couldnt take tripoli were very sorry about this but its not time now to go to mediation its about how long the d. N. A. Can last beyond turkey and russia the conflict has a growing number of International Backers playing a rule both in fighting and efforts towards mediation his recent military cooperation with libya view and that the government has been criticized by some. Regional and International Powers but president at the hands has 30 deals with libyas legitimate government wide other countries backing husker are dealing with illegitimate institutions move up there were hate as you see it on tripoli. Now iraqs alone just a parliamentary block has nominated assad dunny to be the next Prime Minister down he has been governor of the oil rich province of 2017 the shia candidates appointment has been rejected by iraqi protesters who are calling for an independent candidates some wonderful tain as in baghdad and she explains why its taken so long to nominate a candidate well he has now officially been nominated by the iranian backed been our coalition which was the cleared the largest bloc in parliament weve seen many names floated throughout the past 3 weeks but this was the 1st time that representatives of the coalition actually met with president saleh to officially hand over the nomination now much of the delay that weve seen throughout the past weeks has been because it was not exactly clear who is the largest bloc in Parliament President barham salih had sent requests for clarification to the iraqi speaker of parliament who dont confirm that it is indeed been there now in terms of the options Going Forward for the president he cannot challenge the speaker of the parliament on which brought hes supposed to be nominating but what he can do is actually reject the candidate that has put forward on the grounds that this may not be a candidate that is acceptable to the street and this may not be acceptable to the other Political Parties because lets remember that the Prime Minister has to be a consensus candidate is accepted by all of the parties and as of now were still waiting to hear their reaction especially from your own which is the bloc that is led by shiite cleric. Now christmas and has been recognized as an official holiday for the 1st time since 2011 public celebrations have been stopped by ousted president omalley the share of the session of christian majority south sudan that sudans Transitional Government now says it wants to promote religious equality to morgan has more from the capital cost to. The sounds of the choir singing christmas this. Has a different feel for william. As sudanese from a christian minority he says the muslim majority countries declaring the day an official holiday is a Welcome Change from the way things have been for the past 18 years. And ill tell you that. In the past we felt like we were part of the people of this country we christians were treated as the lowest caste lower than all other religions but this year the government gave us recognition by making christmas an official holiday nationwide as students previous government stopped recognizing christmas after predominantly Christian South sudan gained independence in 2011 christians make up about 5 percent of the 41000000 population and many have reported persecution in the past in september a Transitional Government was sworn in after months of political turmoil it has since appointed the 1st christian from the coptic minority to a position of power its also called on minorities of other religions including jews who have left the country to come back home many christians now say they feel part of the society for the 1st time signs of christmas can be seen beyond the perimeter of churches here and 100 and some markets like this one here so dense Transitional Government has pledged to be inclusive when its came to power in august and this month the United States removed from its list of countries where religious freedoms are a threat a list its been on for 20 years now many cities here and abroad want to see just how far the government would go to keep its promises. The government has also granted School Holidays on sundays for christians some have criticized the recent wave of changes but the government insists its determined to create religious equality. But that. We have to stand in equal distance from all religions to be able to create a more religiously tolerant country its about being so the knees not the religion that you follow christian leaders here say the changes will help bring unity. In the way of living and to get a good thing or. Dividing people among themselves as was done by Political Parties by political entities and the government unfortunately i hope they change it up and. Actually its a change. Continue to change the way of doing things our mentality and our way of dealing with one another. These are shippers now feel better able to worship how they want but this freedom is new theyll be hoping it lasts people morgan aljazeera hearts and. Now its 2019 coming to a close out as there is looking ahead to the stories shorter make headlines and 2020 in the 1st of our series we examine the plight of hundreds of thousands of reading or refugees living in camps in bangladesh Stephanie Decker reports from cox has been in southeast and bangladesh. The forest is slowly growing back even starting to outgrow the huts it now shares these hills with this tree used to be the only reminder of the thick canopy cut down to make way for the hundreds of thousands of ringer who fled what you see here was a forest preserve 3 years ago its taken a multinational effort by different agencies together with the Bangladeshi Government to host almost 900000 people on this challenging terrain but what happens now this is the 3rd year of the rowing go crisis the 1st year was all about saving lives and the 2nd year was about stabilizing the situation in the camp that you see and i would say about the 3rd year really has to be about preserving peoples hold and their dignity for the year for the future and when we look at the hills of myanmar just over there thats where people want to go thats what they tell us they want to repatriate the multiple attempts to start a voluntary Repatriation Program thats failed no one here trusts the me and my government will ensure their safety it hasnt allowed any observers to visit the red areas and bangladesh has made it clear it cant host them forever. For the refugees there is a lot of time to think. It is the father of 3 of the children. That i was attacking living here now for almost 2 and a half years somehow we are managing and for that were really grateful to all those who are helping us but we are deeply concerned about our childrens future and their education although we are getting by but if we end up staying here longer than it is very likely our freedom and movement will be more restricted. There are already restrictions here during the contour of the camps nor access the main roads after dark and recently the military has started to build a fence around the camps perimeter the local bangladeshi population is also becoming frustrated with the refugees the situation is not sustainable in the long term but there seems to be Little International pressure on me and more to change it its almost 2 and a half years on and still no one has been held to account for what happened to the rangar these camps are the thoughts of some of the worlds Capital Cities but were everyone has a story of tragedy and trauma it seems the world the simply accepted that this is just the way it is this fall slansky of refugees hidden away in far south eastern bangladesh is simply a new reality its a reality no one here wants to accept with their lives on hold Everyone Wants to go home. Mean mars mountains can be seen from all across these camps but as things stand for now it may as well be a world away Stephanie Decker 0 in the running a refugee camps of southeastern bangladesh. Well right now the last a Solar Eclipse of the decade is taking place youre watching a live view from the sri lankan capital colombo its currently visible across southern asia after it passed through parts of the middle east the phenomenon occurs when the marines orbit passes over the sun and casts a shadow on the earth schools are shot in many parts of oman as a precautionary measure to avoid students watching the some experts say direct exposure to the sun without ultraviolet can cause harm to eyesight. Hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines became a faster has suffered a 2nd deadly attack in its Northern Province just a day after 35 civilians were killed there Security Forces say around a dozen soldiers will say killed on patrol the violence is said since the government launched an offensive in november as ahmed addressed explains from the bridges we believe the recent attack e. Mu the brick it across was a response to this new offensive burkina faso has seen many attacks in the past 5 years that killed more than 700 people with cover 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened as Security Problems with charges are kenya to the right and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks thousands of syrians continue to flee the last rebel held stronghold of it lead a major offensive there is intensifying Government Forces have taken control of dozens of towns in the last week and are now pushing towards murat numan which lies on a strategic highway. You know the lets hold the model may god take revenge on those who caused this what if we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god to see god to punish them for displacing us with coups and all of this to humiliating us gods sake wed be glad to live. 16 people now confirmed dead after a powerful storm tore through the central philippines typhoon pan phone made landfall on tuesday its since weakened and has crossed into the South China Sea iraqs largest parliamentary block has nominated me to be the next Prime Minister danny has been governor of the oil rich province of basra since 2017 the shia candidates appointment has been rejected by iraqi protesters who are calling for an independent candidate well those are the headlines do join me for more news here on aljazeera after the stream a University Degree to be a doctor or a teacher but without any study. To gates the pakistani army. Greet the police around the world on aljazeera. Welcome to the stream which you decide not to have children to save the planet that is the tough choice many people are considering as the Global Climate worsens my family ok how are your Family Planning decisions influenced by the impact of Climate Change are they tell us through twitter and you tube. Financial health and religious considerations often like the halt of ones decision on raising a family but amid increasing Severe Weather events many people all deciding not to have children. To Climate Change supporters of groups such as the birth strike conceivable future are limiting the number of children they have in the absence of immediate and effective Global Action to tackle the Climate Emergency the un warns we only have until 2030