Afghanistan after an attack on the aid agencies workers. On the move with nowhere to go thousands of civilians unable to escape the fighting in Northern Syria. Also egypts president of the fact that a c. C. Confirms his bid for a second term and to his biggest rival is arrested. And a push to put a demo switch on hong kongs famously bright city lights. Over the top sports story for the first time there will be a korean player in the semifinals of a tennis grand slam and chong will meet Roger Federer in the last. Welcome to the news hour save the children has suspended operations in afghanistan in response to an attack on its workers the gunman stormed the aid agencies compound in the eastern city of jalalabad after a suicide bombing just outside two people have been killed including a policeman not save the. Goldman put out a new statement long ago saying that all of our Operations Programs probably across afghanistan have been temporarily suspended and offices closed adding that we remain committed to resuming our lifesaving work as quickly as possible soon as we can be assured it is safe to do so so the glass joins me now from the Afghan Capital kabul and this will be very disappointing news for the many thousands of people that really do rely on this aid agencies help. Thats right so well not many thousands hundreds of thousands one point four million children save the children serves here in afghanistan so closing its offices closing its operations devastating but they say the safety and security of their employees of their workers are is the main priority for them until they know they can move forward in a safe fashion until they know more about this attack and whether they were actually targeted or whether it was simply whether they are the actual target thats something that theyre looking into right now but it will get one point four million children and save the children helps here in afghanistan and for now they are their operations are suspended here it is lets come up to speed then certainly with the operation in terms of what is going on around the location where this attack happened. Well its been eight hours since the attackers blew up a car bomb at the offices of save the children in jalalabad thats in eastern afghanistan and that siege continues we know that two of the attackers have been killed by Afghan Special forces one of them blew up a suicide vest the other shot by Afghan Special forces but another attacker still inside the building the building had been set on fire the top floor had been set on fire two of the three floors had been cleared but one attacker at least still holed out there and the siege has gone on now for just going on eight hours a terrible day for save the children we dont know how many if any save the children staff are trapped inside that building hostages to to this attacker but its been a terrible terrible day here indeed and what we do know is that the taliban have confirmed that they have nothing to do with this the turks so if theyre not responsible who all the likely suspects are the Islamic State eisel has claimed responsibility for this attack they do have a stronghold in eastern afghanistan an option that has been that is where they had launched their operations here in afghanistan and so and they have launched attacks here in kabul and in other places as well so we believe that they are the culprits right now at the moment they claim the claims that this on their on their web sites we dont have any contact with anybody from the Islamic State here to confirm it here in kabul but it seems that they are the group that are responsible for this attack on save the children today before but believe it that we know that your situation force will come back to where the situation develops thank you jennifer. Well jennifer said aid workers provide crucial help to huge numbers of afghans but foreign organizations have increasingly found themselves to be a target of victoria gay can be reports. Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places for children to be born following decades of wool insecurity and poverty for twelve years save the children has worked with afghan communities to help kids survive but the attack on the aid Agencies Office in jalalabad suggests its becoming increasingly difficult for staff to help afghans without becoming victims of the conflict themselves its quite possible to save the children would leave afghanistan and the onus is on the Afghan Government to provide security for them. The government says while its calm prevent every attack its made improvements to keep aid workers say our government is trying to share security information with them often the government is involved to go and look at the environment to see where theyre living and they train the guards usually have in addition to that the government provides additional guards they just to stick so an aide worker security show that over the last fifty years their jobs have become much more dangerous in twenty sixteen there were one hundred fifty eight attacks on aid organizations around the world thats almost triple the number of attacks in two thousand and three south sudan is the most dangerous country for aid workers followed by afghanistan and syria. Doctors without borders withdrew from the northern afghan city of conducing twenty fifteen after the medical Charity Hospital was mistakenly destroyed by a u. S. Airstrike analysts say save the childrens history in pakistan makes it a particular target for armed groups in afghanistan in the past the cia infiltrated these organizations to fully collect d. N. A. To hunt for Osama Bin Laden and as a result there is a lot of. Mistrust towards agencies especially save the children afghanistan is dependent on the aid provided by organizations such as save the children if gunmen were to drive them out the Afghan Government cant support the seychelles Services Programs on which millions of afghans depend victoria gayton be algis there are now five thousand people are trying to escape the war zone in Northern Syria where Turkish Forces are pushing on with their offensive against kurdish y p g fighters turkeys president says more than two hundred sixty of those fighters have been killed in the past five days a kurdish commander says thats an exaggeration though didnt give an alternative number turkey regards the y. P. G. As terrorists and its offensive in Northern Syria is aimed at forcing the white p. G. Out of the kurdish controlled city of dreams and create a buffer zone along the Syrian Border that many civilians are trying to get out of a free and through areas to the south that are controlled by the Syrian Government theyre hoping to reach an enclave inside aleppo city held by kurdish for Kurdish Forces but human rights activists say the regime and its allies are blocking their escape reza diapered one insists that the world must get behind his countrys afraid operation members stand by shoulder hopefully starting from a leash we will continue by thwarting this game along our borders and we will completely wipe out this trouble from our region. Most of the deccan is following events force on the turkey syria border i mean were getting a better idea of how many people are becoming displaced according to the u. N. And that situation isnt going to get any better while the conflict continues and as we heard the turkish president is quite upbeat about the operation yes weve been hearing pretty much every day from president to one as he addresses crowds across the country and the message is pretty similar that turkey has the absolute right to do this it is for their own National Security to safeguard its borders from what it calls of course a terrorist organization the y. P. Ji and that member would be next as youve just heard there which is further east but focusing on this operation for now so the shelling goes on and weve covered this from day one and its been pretty relentless along this border and that is why i think were hearing these numbers from the United Nations around five thousand people having fled these border areas these mountainous areas towards further into the district of the province of affray in the problem is so they cant get out they cant get out to turkey they cant really get out of the province because of two things one the u. N. Says that the zero that they the authorities in are free in that is that p y d slash y p g a lot of acronyms. Ive cut all the roads off and the second the few people that have been able to leave into government held areas have been set back at checkpoints so its very very difficult indeed and just briefly no aid agencies are in there at the moment being able to provide for them so if you look at the weather its freezing it is wet a very very difficult situation the problem certainly is exacerbated you know with all sides having closed off the borders and checkpoints its really just a matter of time before the accusations of human shields rears its head. Yes well i mean turkey is said from day one that this is what the white p. G. Was doing and weve been speaking to sources in africa in and from a city in who say that a lot of people dont want to leave actually that theyre steadfast and theyre very much against this operation they stand behind the y. P. G. But some people will tell you that the y. P. G. Doesnt want people to leave is refusing them to leave because they say they fear turkey will flatten the city if there are no civilians left again so its very do you need to read between the lines when it comes to syria it is very much a propaganda war from every side you need to take everything with a pinch of salt the figures the death tolls what happens what is the facts on the ground because its very difficult for journalists to operate inside but certainly it is an extremely difficult situation for the civilians this is a region that was rajni peaceful throughout this war what youre seeing now with eisel having been pushed out largely from syria is those power play of the International Actors and you know there is the u. S. Is best allies its a very complicated situation you know have Turkey Bombing them so we have to see how it plays out its day five as you mention and yes certainly the most concern there for the civilians and it will keep up with you for the moments like stuff now the bodies of another two Syrian Refugees who first to death while crossing into lebanon have been retrieved along with along the mountainous border now they were found last week on a well known people smuggling route so called atolls a small from a county in the bekaa valley. We are at one of the camps where people used to live and love the people here are survivors they were on that mountain trail it is and to our journey from levanon to syria now the question is why did these people to go back to syria to be asked back to your example where you live in your cold attack one child was killed and she didnt have the money to medically to provide immediate treatment eleven months if you look back at your work can tell you went to her child and then she had to make her way back here because her family here the two Young Children lost their mother. Her sister in law and her father in law we stood in front of her now smugglers like you mentioned they make you sad like these people they charge them a hundred dollars why did you have to face with this because the lebanese authorities have the order to close the border its been that way for for three years now since two thousand and fifteen they do not allow the refugees to enter the country anymore lieberman says we cant we cant provide assistance for these people we are facing a loss of you know obstacles and we need money to help these people so the the people here are asking and the lebanese authorities please alter the border do not let us make dangerous journeys going back into coming back to lebanon were ready to pay one hundred dollars fee but then you tell them to if you are able to go back to syria why dont you go back you stay here and they have to tell you where we going to go our houses are destroyed these people are american we have to remember everything is a city that has been destroyed at least thirty one people have been killed up to two car bombs went off in the libyan city of benghazi the first exploded as wash has left a mosque of the Evening Press on tuesday. The second bomb detonated injuring and killing about see cruise. And five people have been arrested in libya accused of torturing sudanese refugees the army freed the men who were being held captive by Human Trafficking goings who subjected them to shocking abuse theyre now in hospital and are expected to be sent back to sudan egypts president sisi has officially filed papers to run in president ial elections in march earlier another challenger to sisi counseled his Election Campaign after being arrested somebody who was detained by soldiers on choose day days after announcing that he was a candidate for the president ial election in march egypts Elections Committee says the former army chief of staff was removed from the ballot because its illegal for military commanders to run for Political Office and several other president ial hopefuls have dropped out of the egyptian election race over the past few weeks mohammed and was sadat the nephew of former leader and was set up with through his last week he says its to protect his Campaign Workers from intimidation or arrest the former Prime Minister. Tweeted his withdrawal from the race two weeks ago that was after he was deported from the United Arab Emirates where he was living in exile lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo human rights work early is also six still securing enough signatures to challenge sisi but hes facing a charge of offending public decency and then there is army colonel edward console he was sentenced by a military court last month to six years in prison after announcing his plans to run for the presidency well earlier we heard from middle east analyst sunny handy who told us what he thinks and ends with draw means for the election. I think what this demonstrates is that the army is losing its ability to keep its ranks in order amateur member is also part of the army and served as Prime Minister and he was he disobeyed the army and announced his intention to run for presidency and likewise of course dont forget that semi and then was also very brazen in his approach to the president s president ial candidacy he appointed his shame going into the former top auditor who was ousted by c. C. After claiming that more than seventy five billion dollars was being lost in corruption and then in his speech and mounting his president ial candidacy accuse the army of mismanagement of egypt it was very brazen this is why i dont necessarily think that its a surprise remember this is a country where president s dont leave by elections they either die in power like demand of the nice or the either killed like anwar sadat or the ousted by a Mass Movement like Hosni Mubarak the problem is for egypt for season right now is he struggling to find a puppets candide it hes struggling to find somebody that when he wins ninety five ninety six percent of the votes everybody can say oh thats ok thats a legitimate amateur if it is not a puppet candidate semi and then is not a puppet counted it they can call the command weight in the social sphere these other liberal candidates what they command puppets so you need somebody like one of these media personalities or one of these businessmen who are proces who will put themselves out for a candidacy and then lose by a sweeping margin c. C. Is struggling to find that candid it and thats why theres a need to imprison all of these people. Lots more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including well hear whats topping the agenda at the World Economic forum in davos. Plus water water everywhere well have the latest from paris on the situation with the river saying. And then sports Le Bron James hits a scoring milestone in the n. B. A. And hes the youngest person to do it joe its. Well brazil is back in business says its president michel tamer hes among seventy heads of state on the World Economic forum in switzerland speaking on the second day of discussions in davos time urged investors to start spending in brazil again after its worst recession on record and the headline speaker on wednesday is german chancellor Angela Merkel hes expected to lay out a very different Global Vision to u. S. President donald trump whos due to speak later on friday when our diplomatic editor james bases in davos and joins me now james through the day the italian and the greek Prime Ministers have spoken about migration the arab Foreign Ministers have taken to the podium and in as we say the next few minutes were expecting the german chancellor to be talking lots for her to touch on regarding her domestic economy back on the up again. Yes absolutely thats probably the most important speech today the speech coming from chancellor merkel which will be listening to hear in particularly at this very tense time in germany is she still tries to form that Coalition Government in her country but of course we ha