Nation divided protesters in honduras clashed with police as the president is sworn in for a second term after a disputed election. Systems that he and. A saudi billionaire prince to change in riyadh for more than two months on allegations of corruption is set free plus. Im lauren free on the river of rocks if the land border between turkey and greece but its all for the new frontline and the European Unions attempts to keep refugees out. The taliban says it was behind a bomb attack in afghanistans capital that killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred fifty others the explosives were hidden in an ambulance that allowed the bomber to get through security in kabuls green zone the citys most heavily protected area jennifer glass reports. Another day of carnage on the streets of kabul this time the bomb was in an ambulance the driver pretended to be taking someone to a nearby hospital but instead he detonated his device on a crowded street the taliban said it was targeting policemen having lunch but as so often happens here afghan civilians going about their daily lives are among the victims including people lined up outside the interior ministrys Human Resources department. I was in my office we heard the explosion we didnt know what was going on so many people were injured i myself counted at least forty. Did you mean everyone was on the ground and i couldnt tell who was dead or who was wounded the street was already heavily guarded with a number of checkpoints protecting government offices embassies a hospital and a school the area is usually bustling with people urgency services evacuated offices shops and agencies perceptor blocks can hear the security vehicles going by. Taking away the wounded and the dead there have been casualties here this is a very busy part of town in addition to the High Peace Council the Anticorruption Commission is also down there just down the streets at the u. N. Mine agency and this is normally a very very busy part of kabul its the Second Attack in the capital in a week taliban fighters battled Security Forces for more than fifteen hours at the citys Intercontinental Hotel in a cvs that killed twenty five people last saturday security has been stepped up around the city but it wasnt enough. The police on the army of afghanistan is a really young its just seventeen or eighteen years old and they need more training they need more practice they need more experience but the taliban on the other hand they are very devoted to fight those cobbles Emergency Hospital was flooded with patients its a scene thats been repeated many times the president says the uptick in attacks is because of increased military pressure on armed groups and political pressure on pakistan that may be the case but its the people here who continue to suffer the most jennifer glass al jazeera kabul Richard Weiss is director of the center for political and military analysis at the Hudson Institute he says the Afghan Taliban cannot be defeated without cooperation from neighboring pakistan. I magine that this may lead to more pressure on pakistan and perhaps russia china and other countries that are close to pakistan to tighten up supplies and support for the taliban theres no clear easy answer to know what you would do next prevent these kind of attacks the government of pakistan for the past decade and a half has worked closely with the u. S. And other countries to try and crack down on terrorism that could affect pakistan and largely its at various times in afghanistan but there appear to be groups within pakistan strictly the Security Forces that see it and bandage and having the taliban there is instrumental in india or as a hedge against the what we mentioned before a u. S. Withdrawal there are others who want to use terrorism against india more directly and therefore but but the effect of that is to encourage other terrorist groups so the problem is they cant we cant just deal with the afghan question and isolation we have to deal with it in the south asia question and now more broadly now that russia and china are more involved. The u. K. Based syrian observatory for human rights says there have been multiple violations of a cease fire in the rebel held area of eastern goods it just less than a day after it went into effect the group says Syrian Government has strikes killed three people and wounded many others on saturday on friday syrias opposition confirmed it had received an offer from russia for a cease fire deal fighting not appears to have subsided seventy daycares more from. Turkeys border with syria. Often when things are decided at the negotiating table thousands of kilometers away its not exactly what transpires on the ground this is significant because it is the last rebel stronghold in the vicinity of the capital damascus but what is most concerning is the situation there for the civilians the u. N. Estimates around four hundred thousand people are trapped inside the area of eastern there is a severe lack of food and medicine and the u. N. Also says that the issue of malnutrition is one of the worst in the syrian conflict so aid access into eastern for those people will be key and will be something that then could really change and improve the situation for people on the ground and we know within this conflict aid has always been a very difficult thing to negotiate cross lines all sides need to agree so that will be also one of the huge challenges ahead at least fourteen soldiers have been killed at an army camp in mali seventeen others were wounded when the base near timbuktu was targeted the military says it killed seventeen of about thirty attackers and it has reclaimed control of the base its the worst incident involving mali Security Forces in more than a year. And it just has more from a boucher in nigeria. Seventeen million soldiers injured in the attack are receiving treatment in hospitals so say at least two of the attackers have been killed and i me conall however told our jazeera that at least seventeen of the attackers have been killed there were also according to other sources they were also able to cart that way six vehicles arms and i mean nations and then set fire to the rest they cannot move now this attack is one of five or six attacks that happened in the last one week in northern mali although the rest have not been officially confirmed by the money in authorities however were seeing increased cooperation and a new coalition between that made up of the two and more of the two and the al qaida and the Islamic State and other Fringe Groups operating in northern mali that resulted in an increase in the number of attacks on both civilian and military targets in mali two or three days ago were seeing how a civilian bus carrying passengers run over a mine that killed at least twenty thirty people in that incident now it looks like the muddy and Security Forces unable to control the situation and it looks like things are on the military front it could probably lead to a molly asking for forty assistance to help deal with the rising number of attacks in the north of the country probably we may see a situation like the ones weve seen five six seven years ago when the french led an International Coalition to cheese out al qaida and other affiliated groups in northern mali before things like in down a little bit in that area. In honduras the inauguration of president one handers has been marred by protests demonstrators say they were irregularities in vote counting that sohan is when a second term in november beating opposition leaders salvador town hall and has more from the capital. Inside the National Stadium or to rangers president one or learn there were none this was sworn in for his second term. Outside things were different. It sums up a nation divided by elections in which there were serious irregularities we are demanding our votes be respected we voted and defeated the narco dictator even with all his resources we defeated him you can see the protesters trying to advance on the National Stadium but theres a big line of military police arent letting them get anywhere near and its turned into a little bit of a pitched battle with tear gas and stones. Numbers were way down from the tens of thousands marched to months ago a sense of futility more than thirty deaths has dampened the spirits of many in his speech the president gave the barest of mentions to the crisis agreeing to look at the letter to reform in the future its dumb or new thought but is what we are prepared to listen to any off without areas because that is the dialogue that will take is to bring conciliation and the healing of the hungry and family. He preferred to talk about his plans to resolve poverty and a lack of jobs both grew worse during his first term in other areas he has seen progress he has come to agreements with the International Monetary fund. He has good terms with the world bank in good terms with the intermarriage going believe element back that has been very help hes also had success in lowering the sky high murder. Although the security crackdown has also led to alleged human rights abuses and reinforced his reputation as a north or a terry leader on the side of an elite ruling class now his biggest challenge is to prove to hold durance that he can govern for. John holdren. To goose ago. One of the worlds richest men has been freed in saudi arabia after being held for two months on allegations of corruption prince. Is the latest high profile detainees to be released and hooks to reports. Just hours before billionaire saudi prince and waleed bin talib was released from the Ritz Carlton Hotel in riyadh he conducted an interview with the Reuters News Agency from the suite where hed been confined been tell is one of saudi arabias most prominent business men and one of the worlds richest men but hes been held for more than two months accused of corruption in the interview he described the entire situation as a misunderstanding there no charges ok just some discussions between the government you know i mean but the rest assured that this is this is a clean operation that we have and we just in discussion with the government on the various measures and i cant divulge right now because we are going there to discuss with them the mark perry and his likeness was just one of the many objects known as the prince gave a tour of where hed been detained been tellers arrest in the van that was part of what the government called an Anti Corruption campaign ordered by crown Prince Mohammed bin. The government says one hundred twenty four billion dollars is expected to be seized for more than two hundred individuals a group that is said to include the owner of the n. B. C. Television network as well as several other senior princes observers say the crackdown has allowed been summoned to do far more than simply consolidate power i think there are two things here its about money because the saudi. Government is facing Financial Difficulties because of the collapse of the oil prices over the past few years. When mr man is having very ambitious economic plan actually three from the kingdom so he needs the cash money in order to carry on with this project but this is not the only issue the other issue in my opinion here is that hes trying to create a popular base of support for him because all these people are in fact corrupt. Intaglio his farm hold stakes in Companies Like twitter citi group an apple is estimated to be worth seventeen. Billion dollars his release could potentially reassure investors but analysts believe the timing of his interview with reuters as the World Economic forum met in davos was no coincidence having someone like prince to allow for example speak out publicly as he did yesterday shows that you know the saudis are trying to use him as somewhat the poster child of liberalism theyre trying to appeal to investors overseas saying we realize that what we did and the way we did it with that courage last year we saw completely undermined big Business Confidence and Investor Confidence in saudi arabia in town has told reuters he expects to remain in full control of his Global Investment firm without being required to give up his assets to the government. As there are lots more still ahead paris braces for a flood emergency but there could be some good news on the horizon plus. Its not only the Financial Markets that are booming iraq but pride of the biggest market in traditional chinese medicine thats going through the roof. Hello there were seeing some rather wet weather across north america at the moment with two main weather systems really the first one is in the southeast thats already giving us some heavy rain there weve got another one sweeping down towards the southeast and this whole region sort of sees that heavy rain begin to merge and then gradually itll edge eastwards over the next few days so on sunday then it looks pretty wet along that eastern coast new york ten degrees lots of rain here plenty of rain in miami as well at twenty six and then as we head into monday that system gradually tries to pull away but still just giving us a fair amount of rain there in the southeastern parts of florida behind it turning cold chicago minus two is a maximum winnipeg morning is fifty and towards the northwest weve got another weather system in here so yet more rain and yet more snow for the southwestern parts of canada even further towards the south and weve been seeing some heavy rain here over the past few weeks but it is breaking up a little bit now just a handful of showers there for some of us in hispaniola and across into jamaica some heavy rain for us across parts of mexico looks like the temp and its a low will be rather what as we will across the northern parts of honduras thats working pretty soggy particularly on monday for the south weve also got some heavy rain here pushing its way northward across argentina but is are we should be dry twenty eight on monday. On counting the cost the problem with every year is the rich and famous discussed making the world a better place both for who moved to afford to open up the african continent plus the link between seafood forced labor time down to the cost at this time on aljazeera. Of a you watching aljazeera mine of our top stories the taliban says it was behind a bomb attack in afghanistans capital that killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred fifty others the explosives were hidden in an ambulance allowing the bomber to get through security in kabuls most heavily protected area. The u. K. Based syrian observatory for human rights is accusing the Syrian Government of breaking a cease fire on a rebel held area of east and go to the group says air strikes have killed three people less than twenty four hours after the truce came into effect. But i wonder and it has been sworn in as president of honduras for a second term but the ceremony has been overshadowed by fighting between Security Forces and opposition protesters they refuse to accept the results of novembers disputed election. Thousands of people from albania as opposition parties have taken part in antigovernment protests in the capital tirana they want Prime Minister to resign and they accuse his administration of having links to corruption and organized crime. Has more. From the Early Morning hours people from many. Gathering here in the center of capital tehran under government protest accusing the government of links to the organized crime and calling for his resignation the opposition has been preparing for todays protests for a month blaming the government also for the lack of Economic Development which according to them is the main the reason why so many old binions are leaving the country on the other hand will be a new Prime Minister has told for decided not to respond to opposition legations political analysts here in tehran us the reason or evidence that the Prime Minister is involved in organized crime however they argue that the libyans have many reasons to protest the protest is also considered a test of support for the main opposition democrats who suffered a landslide lost in the last two years parliamentary elections tensions in the political scene could make old been years road to European Union more difficult when you was granted the u. Candidates status in two thousand and fourteen and hopes to launch negotiations this year however during the todays protests no incidents reported and Police Security was tight near the main government offices were the rally took place the czech republics populist president has been reelected for a second term salmans campaign was based on an anti immigration platform inerrantly defeated is probably european rival horse pro russian incumbent has strong support among rural voters his opponent was largely backed by wealthier people in towns and cities. Now spains top court has ruled that catalonia is formally their colors push him or must attend parliament if he wants to get permission to form a new government the judges said tuesday session of the Catalan Parliament will be suspended if israel acted without being in the chamber hes been living in exile in brussels since october he is wanted on charges of sedition rebellion for spearheading catalonia is secession movement. African leaders are in fear of his capital for the annual summit of the African Union dealing with corruption and finding solutions to conflict will be among the main issues on the agenda mohamed atta reports from at this hour of they come together from all over the continent in the city that give to the concept of African Unity the issue of independent financing for the African Union and white out of formal the organization. And tackling corruption in africa will also dominate discussions here but its tough to be skeptical lou with time city and mr. Regrowth is. This what good reading. Hours until. The African Union will name prison Muhammadu Buhari of nigeria as its first of on to corruption champion for the year two thousand and eighteen its an endorsement seen as article permission for present biharis efforts in the fight against graft in. All eyes will likely be on this month rwandan president paul kagame it will not only tickle boss chairman of the a huge General Assembly but is also expected to use this year of the home to push through the agenda he developed far more independent. Money has always been a Sticking Point at the u. It now wants to hobbits activities bungled by its members the self financing scheme requires Member States to levy a single point two percent tax on illegitimate imports to finance the union but so far just twenty one of the fifty five Member States have implemented it. Having a predictable financing for our security financing programs and also Development Programs is a prerequisite which means that we need to create a mindset kind of spirit that the African Union can shoulder its all on Development Programs twenty eighteen promises to be even more eventful for the African Union eighteen of its Member States have elections fourteen of them are in conflict imagine for one or have a history of four five. The a use chronically understaffed and underfunded department for Political Office cannot effectively monitor all these contests its Officials Say they will concentrate just on bills requiring more scrutiny still there are problems but africa now is taking its own problems by its own by its own Solutions African solutions. There will be multiple absentees from the summit this year zimbabwes Robert Mugabe among gloss hall said wardle some tools veterans of the struggles of previous both of whom have stepped down after almost four decades in. Their departure some say is proof of a continent headed in the right direction mohammed all just. Prisons are preparing for water levels in the center of a to rise further and peak at the weekend but theres some good news the mayor says flooding wont reach the levels experience in twenty sixteen when two people died riverside walkways are flooded after weeks of rain for some cases restaurants have been submerged ground water seeped into cellars and forced the closure of a basement at the Louvre Museum terrace crazes have stopped operating until the water subsides. In my example the flood is less significant in terms of the volume of rising water compared to that june twenty sixth because currently we are at five point seven one meters and we should pick between five point eighty and six meters maximum in the water levels in twenty sixteen great six point ten meters so a little less considerable but nevertheless very impacting particularly for Economic Activity is linked to the river. People living near an erupting volcano in the central philippines are facing a new threat to tens of thousands who fled their homes because of the possibility of a major eruption have been moved again because of rising floodwaters mount mayon the volcano has been spewing lava and ash for two weeks for major eruption remains at the second highest level some scientists in the ways of long disputed the therapeutic value of traditional chinese medicine but it seems the ancient craft is gaining popularity at home and abroad its even been hailed as government as the gym of chinese science rob mcbride reports from the countrys biggest Traditional Medicine market in the city was aware business has never been better. Its early and the trading hole is packed. Wholesale buyers pick over the samples of the plants animal parts of minerals that are the basis for traditional chinese medicine. Orders placed here set prices across china i saw it youve been a trader for twenty years has only seen those prices go up ya gotta be alive and i have seen tremendous changes over time this ingredient used to sell at sixteen dollars behalf now its thirty times that at four hundred seventy five dollars can it on the side hand or treated as a pseudo science by many for its followers and that includes most older chinese it guarantees good health and increasing popularity abroad is not lost on chinas leaders looking for soft power cultural exports to support chinas growing International Status traditional chinese medicine has been given the best type of tonic with support from president xi jinping whos describe it as the gem of traditional chinese science and the communist party has been pushing for tinys medicine to be given equal status with western medicine but while many doctors agree that traditional medical principles and beliefs have a value they warn against using ancient remedies that could do more harm than good when we send that if youre taking the medicines used by the ancient chinese they may contain things that are harmful to your health thats different from traditional medical theories. Back in the trading halls in bojo such concerns are largely dismissed ancient remedies they say can exist happily alongside modern medicine still the two are complementary you can go to a hospital to get modern treatment but Traditional Medicine works well in prevention this has become a belief for people. With that belief comes increasing spending power to ensure the market for those potions keeps on booming up mcbride aljazeera bojo city china. Thousands of people here had been monitored by east Germany Secret Police may never find out what the government knew about them historians have been restoring files that was shredded after the berlin wall came down but theyre abandoning the multimillion dollar project because the scanning hardware theyve been using isnt sophisticated enough to reports its being called the worlds biggest jigsaw puzzle six hundred million bits of paper are now having to be put back together again by hand there is still fifteen thousand bags of them to go through an urgent search is now going on to find sophisticated new software to try and cope with the task without a cutting edge computer scanner it will take many decades to finish victims of the secret police might now go to their graves without ever really knowing these missing pages of their own lives and. Looking into your own starting file is something very personal i felt myself it allowed me to regain some control of my past of the relics of communist rule beyond the iron curtain in berlin could give those include what it was really like to live through those dark peers these archives contain some of the names of the collaborators and files that have been successfully pieced together men like could not schmoke code named jack who spied on fellow Border Guards all informants had to make a handwritten vow of loyalty i pledge to support the ministry for state to curate in in in the service of its great tasks regarding the protection for to vacation of germany with all my power this is a stars expenses receipt showing payment of seven thousand five hundred and garion foreigns to an informant here a photograph of an undercover surveillance operation and this a letter of commendation for a senior spy code name shefa stationed abroad is reward three hundred german marks and a bronze medal. The stasis hole unshown hausen prison in east berlin is now a memorial its been estimated that nearly one in six of the population of the german democratic republic collaborated with the secret Police Thousands of lives were torn apart by stars e. And nothing can put them back together again but nearly thirty years after the fall of the berlin wall the victims might find some painful comfort in finally finding out the name of the person whose betrayal put them behind bars thomas is now a tour guide in the prison where he spent more than two years in the cells for trying to escape to the west. For many there were situations where people were surprised learning that maybe even their best friend was an informer that happened the other for some people want to know about this but others dont. Have to they stole two years from my life for this will have consequences until the very end of it some lives and of a David Chaytor aljazeera eastern belin. Result is there and these are the top stories the taliban says it was behind a bomb attack in afghanistans capital that killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred fifty others the explosives were hidden in an ambulance allowing the bomber to get through security in couples most heavily protected area. The u. K. Based syrian observatory for human rights is accusing the Syrian Government of breaking a cease fire in the rebel held area of eastern go to the group says air strikes have killed three people less than twenty four hours after the trees came into effect. And as has been sworn in as president of honduras for a second term but the ceremony has been overshadowed by fighting between Security Forces and opposition protesters they refused to accept the results of novembers disputed election. John heilemann has more. Many home durance might not like it but after a turbulent period following the november elections president won and this is now beginning his second term now what is he going to do in the next four years well hear dressed in his inauguration address he talked about on employment and finding more jobs for people he talked about cutting poverty those are three things that he really failed to resolve in the first four years in charge at least fourteen soldiers have been killed an army camp in mali seventeen others were wounded when the base in a timber two was targeted the military says it killed seventeen of around thirty attackers and it has reclaimed control of the base its the worst incident involving mali Security Forces in more than a year. One of the worlds richest men has been freed in saudi arabia prince waleed bin talal has been held for two months on corruption allegations hes been released after agreeing to a financial settlement the czech republics populist president. Has been reelected for a second Term Campaign was based on an anti immigration platform he narrowly defeated these pro european rival jerry draft horse the pro russian incumbent has been has strong support among rural voters thousands of people from albania as opposition parties have taken part in antigovernment protests in the capital tehran and they want the Prime Minister eddie rama to resign the queues is administrator of having links to corruption and organized crime. Those are the headlines lets look at counting the cost now. News has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera. Hello im sam is a band this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week a problem