we are on patrol with u.s. peacekeepers in mali, considered to be one of the most dangerous missions in the world. it is a cover up by bangladesh. and why these artworks made the chinese ambassador explode with rage. and i ll be here with the sport, including the denver broncos crowned super bowl champions, beating the carolina panthers for the first time in 17 years. starting inside syria, refugee camps are being built to house thousands of people that led the fighting around aleppo. government and opposition forces are locked in a battle for control. 30,000 people are enduring terrible cold at the turkish border with the prime minister saying they ll be allowed to cross when necessary. talks in ankara, the turkish capital. he and the german chancellor committed to a diplomatic effort to stop the onslaught on aleppo. angela merkel critical of russia saying the government was not just appalled, but horrified by suffering caused by the air strikes in syria. we learnt wit
jerm strugglgermany struggle toe issue. taking action. the u.s. and south korea plan talks on antimissile systems in response to north korea s rocket launch. signs of hope. more survivors including an eight-year-old have been pulled from the rubble three days after an earthquake hit taiwan. good evening, i m antonio mora, this is al jazeera america s international news hour. tonight we begin with new allegations of atrocities in syria. the new u.n. report says the syrian government subjects its citizens to unmitigated acts of violence. assad s force he are moving forward with their fight against aleppo. germany and turkey to vow to end the fighting in syrian. german chancellor angela merkel said the issue in syria left her appalled and horrified. kristin saloomey reports. systematically in syrian detention facilities amounting to war crimes. the mass scale of deaths of detainees suggest the government of syrian is a crime against humanity because these deaths have bro
diplomatic disagreement about whether a pause in syria s war. just pope travels to mexico. will he trump them again. live at the debate ahead of the south carolina primary one of the u.s. supreme courts most conservative members, justice scalia has died. he was 79 years old. it has the potential to shift the balance and power in the court should obama manage to appoint a more liberal justice. we just heard from the president a few moments ago. what did he have to say? that s right. after his death we instantly heard from republicans who said they did not believe president obama should name a successor to the supreme court, that that was a decision that should be made by the next president. well, obama came out and made it clear that he does not intend to follow their advice. he said i intend to fulfil my constitutional duty and the senate has plenty of time to approve that decision. the average time to previous supreme court justice is something like 70 days. president ob
more than 100,000 homes from damaged. thousands of businesses were destroyed nearly three-quarters of gazaens are unemployed. they rely on humanitarian help to get by. i m a student and today my visa ends. i used to have a residency in turkey but it ended all of this was of the rafa crossing closing. what can i do. it was sealed after the egyptian military took control in 2013. gaza has been under an economic blockade by egypt and israel since 2007. that s when hamas took control of the strip from fattah. they both consider hamas a terrorist organization and caught between the political wrangling are tens of thousands just trying to get by. i ve been trying to go since last year. for eight months. i almost lost my job because i haven t been able to go back. they will have to renew their permits and passports and wait for their chance to escape this open air prison. al jazeera. however in the occupied west bank dozens of people have been demonstrating in ramallah in su
presidential hopefuls clash in south carolina. why more and more women and children are being killed in afghanistan. the pope is in mexico with tough words for political and religious leaders first, one of the u.s. supreme court s justices has died. his death was the potential to shift the balance of power in the court. the appointment of his successor will now sit firmly at the center of the ongoing election campaign. republican nominees fought hard in a debate a little earlier. we will have on that for a moment, but first our correspondent on the life and legacy of mr scalia. reporter: as the flag dropped to half staff, the death of the justice sets off what could be a battle between the white house and the u.s. congress. he was larger than life president on the bench. a brilliant legal mind with an energetic style, wit. reporter: he often tilted the scales of justice. he was confirmed by a vote of 98 to 0 after promising not to transform the court i am not going
has died. now the dilemma over who will replace him. tempers fray as republican u.s. presidential hopefuls clash in south carolina. why more and more women and children are being killed in afghanistan turkey has shelled parts of northern syria for a second day. these are the latest pictures of the damage just outside the town of meneg. that s where kurdish fighters have taken a former military air base. ankara wants kurdish fighters from the y.p.g. to withdraw from this area. the u.s. has urged turkey to stop its military strikes to on the y.p.g. around the town of azaz. we go live to our correspondent. that is in southern turkey. the y.p.g., the syrian kurds have moved in and taken territory which is upsetting the turkish authorities. reporter: yes, for the second day turkish army shelling positions of the y.p.g. and their allies in the northern countryside of aleppo. a number of fighters were killed and injured in the latest bombardment. turkey really making it very cle
hello. we begin in northern syria. that s where turkey has shelled kurdish fighters. ankara wants fighters from the y.p.g. group to withdraw from areas. the allies refuse to give up their gains. our correspondent has more from the turkey-syria border. reporter: the battle for the northern corridor. opposition groups are holding out. the government s ground forces are just a few kilometers away and the kurdish armed group the y.p.g. is approaching from the east. turkey stepped in. for a second day it shelled positions of the y.p.g. and allies causing casualties. it is an attempt to force it to retreat from territories close to the border. translation: the y.p.g. will immediately withdraw from azaz and the surrounding area and will not go close to it again. it will not attempt to shut that corridor ever again. it will not have delusions of using the base to attack the opposition. reporter: over recent days the y.p.g. and its allies captured ground from syrian armed groupe
leader. we begin in northern syria where turkey shelled kurdish fighters. ankara wants y.p.g. to withdraw from near its border. the u.s. and kurdish allies refusing to give up their gains. the syrian government offensive in the northern country side of aleppo enters its third week. pressure continues on the opposition forces on the ground. heavy russian airstrikes throughout the day targeting the last remaining stronghold of rebel force forces, the pressure continues, the syrian government trying to achieve two objectives in aleppo, one is to encircle the rebel controlled east of the city. they are close to that. they are just a few kilometers away from laying siege to the neighborhoods inside that city and trying to reach the border towards turkey, so heavy airstrikes, the opposition facing pressure not just from the skies. it is facing many enemies on the ground. you have the syrian government, as well as their allies, fighters from the lebanese movement hezbollah as we
the standoff between turkey and kurdish fighters in northern syria is intensifying, as the turkish army continues to shell positions occupied by kurdish fighters for the second day running. turkey wants syrian kurdish y.p.g. fighters to withdraw from areas they ve captured in northern aleppo. y.p.g. who have the support of the u.s. are refusing to give up gains and say they will push back. the security have you not krill is being asked to intervene. we have a report from the turkey-syria border. the battle for syria s northern corridor, opposition groups are still holding out being targeted by russian jets. the government s ground forces are a few kilometers away and r.p.g., kurdish armed forces approaching from the east. turkey stepped in, and for a second day shelled positions of the y.p.g. and allies. it s not just a message to a group turkey calls a terrorist organization, it s an attempt to force it to retreat from recently captured territories close to the border. t
as people in central african republic both elect a new leader. we begin in northern syria. ankara wants fighters from the y.p.g. armed group to withdraw from near syria s border with turkey. the u.s. backed y.p.g. and kurdish allies refuse to give up their gains. the pressure continues, the syrian government trying to achieve two objectives in aleppo, one is to encircle the rebel-controlled east of the city. they are just a few kilometers away from lying siege to the neighborhoods inside that city and trying to reach the border towards turkey. heavy airstrikes, the opposition facing pressure not just from the skies. it is facing many enemies on the ground. you have the syrian government, as well as their allies, fighters from the lebanese movement hezbollah as well as from iran and iraq. you have the syrian government, as well as their allies, fighters from the lebanese movement hezbollah as well as from iran and iraq and now the y.p.g., the kurdish armed group and its allies