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dana with al jazeera, beirut. >>> scottish prosecutors say they identified two libyans as suspects in the bombing and believe the two people were involved in bringing down the pan am plane in 88 that killed 270 people and scottish prosecutors and attorney general want to work with the authorities to investigate people in turkey and the only person convicted of the attack was one who died in 2012. ukraine won a seat on the security council giving it a platform to spar diplomatically with permanent member russia and four countries were also elected to the council. all five countries were unopposed in the bids for the nonpermanent seat. in addition to possible problems between ukraine and russia there can also be clashes between japan and its rival china also a permanent member as well as with russia and japan had territorial disputes and they will join for two years terms starting on the first of january. a medical emergency is looming for snake bite victims in some african counties. the last batch of an effective venom antidote expires next year and doctors are not sure how they will b
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is abandoning them, what is correspondent dana was telling us a short while ago and we have the u.s. having to make a choice of whether to continue with their air strikes in syria and iraq against i.s.i.l. and with confrontation with the russians in syria or accept the idea that assad is not going anywhere any time soon, which do you think is the better choice for the americans right now? >> well, at this point i think there is really a third choice and that is to accept the presence of russians and russian activities and work very closely with the russians to ensure that even though we may have somewhat divergent goals that at least we de-conflict to have the russians and americans bumping into each other over the skies of syria. the ultimate outcome that both russia and the united states seek which is the defeat and destruction of i.s.i.l. can be done jointly and can be done together but there will have to be some diplomate, work between the russias and the americans and the entire coalition to ensure that that can be done either with the presence or the eventual stepping down or o
is abandoning them, what is correspondent dana was telling us a short while ago and we have the u.s. having to make a choice of whether to continue with their air strikes in syria and iraq against i.s.i.l. and with confrontation with the russians in syria or accept the idea that assad is not going anywhere any time soon, which do you think is the better choice for the americans right now? >> well, at this point i think there is really a third choice and that is to accept the presence of...
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dana lewis takes a look at why some say the country is a positive model for an armed public. [ gunfire ] >> 40 minutes outside of zurich, guns are zipped in sports bags or slung over shoulders and carried off like bats to batting practice. steven is here three days a week, squeezing the trigger on targets. in switzerland, they say, gun play is a national addiction, only america, yemen and serbia have more guns per capita. >> you have to shoot. you have to really concentrate and to look, and you have to breathe right. >> over the years, swiss officials have lost track of how many guns are in private hands here. but it's estimated that there are 2 to 3 million guns in the population of 8 million people with relatively low levels of street games that makes switzerland the model of gun happy countries without the hair-trigger culture that many say exists in america. like most men here at 20, steven did his mandatory army service. he was issued an sg-550 assault rifle, which they gives away to service members when they are finished. at the foot of his bed, in a flimsy antique wardrobe, it's
dana lewis takes a look at why some say the country is a positive model for an armed public. [ gunfire ] >> 40 minutes outside of zurich, guns are zipped in sports bags or slung over shoulders and carried off like bats to batting practice. steven is here three days a week, squeezing the trigger on targets. in switzerland, they say, gun play is a national addiction, only america, yemen and serbia have more guns per capita. >> you have to shoot. you have to really concentrate and to...
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killed the leader of the khorasan group, saying the leader was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. we are live from washington, d.c. tell us what the u.s. is saying about this air strike and about al nasr. >> this is a man that's been on the u.s. radar for sometime, said to be the most senior member of the khorasan group, secretive off shoot of al-qaeda, someone the u.s. says has been maintaining and operating safe routes for fighters to leave pakistan and come to syria. it is important that he was killed in a coalition air strike on thursday in northwestern syria in the town of dana. this is someone whose death has been reported falsely before. the u.s. are largely depending on social media pictures, which have appeared on the internet which appear to show a bombed shelled out car and bodies around it and confirmation from sources on the ground. u.s. secretary ash carter said this deals a blow to the khorasan group's intentions against the u.s. and say if it is a warning they want to target someone, they will reach them. two operatives were killed in that coalition bombed an al n
killed the leader of the khorasan group, saying the leader was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. we are live from washington, d.c. tell us what the u.s. is saying about this air strike and about al nasr. >> this is a man that's been on the u.s. radar for sometime, said to be the most senior member of the khorasan group, secretive off shoot of al-qaeda, someone the u.s. says has been maintaining and operating safe routes for fighters to leave pakistan and come to syria. it is...
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dana considers four f 18 fighter bombers and 11 other countries will pick up the slack. politically, symbolically it's a blow to the united states. cannes doe is a reliable partner. the two tonned ris manned. the nor at is one of the few places where american troops come under foreign command. in a phone call with president obama, the newly elected canadian prime minister made it clear that he would make good on his pledge to end the combat mission. >> we talked about canada's engagement as a strong member of the coalition against i.s.i.l., and we committed to engage in a responsible way, that understands how important canada has, as a role to play in the fight against i.s.i.l. he understands the commitments i made around ending combat mission. >> reporter: canada's contributions to the campaign not just the only loss. the prime minister designate justin trudeau promised to pull canada out of the f-35 programme. the joint strike fighter, the most expensive war plane programme. they cost $100 million and more. a copy - the new prime minister says he wants to take that mon
dana considers four f 18 fighter bombers and 11 other countries will pick up the slack. politically, symbolically it's a blow to the united states. cannes doe is a reliable partner. the two tonned ris manned. the nor at is one of the few places where american troops come under foreign command. in a phone call with president obama, the newly elected canadian prime minister made it clear that he would make good on his pledge to end the combat mission. >> we talked about canada's engagement...
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dana with al jazeera, beirut. >>> ukraine has won a seat on the u.n. security council giving it a new platform to spar diplomatically with permanent member russia and egypt, japan and sinagal and uraguay elected to the country and four were non-opposed to the permanent seat and with possible problems between ukraine and russia there is clashes between japan and rival china also a permanent member as well as russia as japan has territorial disputes with both countries and the five will join for two year terms starting on the first of january. u.n. nuclear watchdog said iran has given what it needs to determine if the country's past activities are linked to nuclear weapon and part of the deal struck this july calls the sanctions relief for restrict n restrictions on nuclear activities. earlier the parliament and high counsel approved the nuclear accord despite opposition by some members, meanwhile i ran t.v. has what appears to be an under ground missile base and broadcaster said it was given access to the site by the powerful revolutionary guard and did
dana with al jazeera, beirut. >>> ukraine has won a seat on the u.n. security council giving it a new platform to spar diplomatically with permanent member russia and egypt, japan and sinagal and uraguay elected to the country and four were non-opposed to the permanent seat and with possible problems between ukraine and russia there is clashes between japan and rival china also a permanent member as well as russia as japan has territorial disputes with both countries and the five will...
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aleppo and wants to secure a corridor between strongholds along the coast and the capitol damascus and dana has more. >> reporter: the battle in northern homs countryside has begun. rebel held towns are coming under fire. this is a coordinated assault between the syrian army on the ground and the russian airforce. it is the second offensive of its kind since the military intervention of russia. its airforce is providing support to its allies on the ground as they try to advance into opposition territory. but civilians are caught in the midd middle. >> translator: this is a civilian area. i.s.i.l. is not here, you russian dogs, the whole world should see this. >> reporter: activists are reporting fighters as well as civilians are being killed and injured. tens of thousands of people live there. many of them displaced from fighting elsewhere in the country and this corner of syria has been surrounded by the army for years. the only roads out lead to government-controlled territory. >> translator: people are afraid, people have started to leave the areas that are being hit but they can't leave
aleppo and wants to secure a corridor between strongholds along the coast and the capitol damascus and dana has more. >> reporter: the battle in northern homs countryside has begun. rebel held towns are coming under fire. this is a coordinated assault between the syrian army on the ground and the russian airforce. it is the second offensive of its kind since the military intervention of russia. its airforce is providing support to its allies on the ground as they try to advance into...
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. >> let's speak to dana who is watching the situation from lib non-and it's the third day of air strikes in syria and what have you been able to learn as far as the situation on the ground? >> well, yes, like you mentioned day three since russia began its aerial campaign and what we understand from the human rights is war planes struck targets in the town in the eastern countryside of homs, it's also an i.s.i.l. stronghold and also a town held by i.s.i.l. what we have been seeing over the past few days is russian war planes are targeting areas where i.s.i.l. doesn't have a presence so if this is confirmed it's the first time russian air strikes are targeting i.s.i.l. controlled territories and the last few days they hit countryside of homs and idlib and in those areas there are a number of rebel groups operating and now russia really acknowledging that its campaign is not just focused on i.s.i.l. but it considers other groups in syria terrorist organizations and this is causing a lot of anger among opposition ranks and what we understand is bases belonging to two groups that received u.s
. >> let's speak to dana who is watching the situation from lib non-and it's the third day of air strikes in syria and what have you been able to learn as far as the situation on the ground? >> well, yes, like you mentioned day three since russia began its aerial campaign and what we understand from the human rights is war planes struck targets in the town in the eastern countryside of homs, it's also an i.s.i.l. stronghold and also a town held by i.s.i.l. what we have been seeing...
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paris right now and russian air strikes led to anger and frustration among syrian opposition groups as dana reports. >> day three of russia's aerial campaign in syria, russian defense ministry announcing yet more strikes saying they targeted i.s.i.l. and 12 different locations, mentioning aleppo, hama, idlib provinces and observatory for human rights is mentioning russia air strikes in strongholds of rica and the eastern countryside of homs and no confirmation from the military if they were responsible for the strikes and if they were it would mark the first time that russian planes target territories where i.s.i.l. really does have a presence, russia's campaign really there have been a lot of questions raised by members of the syrian opposition since they believe the target is not i.s.i.l. but opposition groups because over the past few days what we have been seeing is targets in hama and homs and idlib and russia officials are not shying away from the fact they believe i.s.i.l. is the only terrorist organizations and in their words there are other terrorist groups on the ground which are
paris right now and russian air strikes led to anger and frustration among syrian opposition groups as dana reports. >> day three of russia's aerial campaign in syria, russian defense ministry announcing yet more strikes saying they targeted i.s.i.l. and 12 different locations, mentioning aleppo, hama, idlib provinces and observatory for human rights is mentioning russia air strikes in strongholds of rica and the eastern countryside of homs and no confirmation from the military if they...
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the pentagon says he was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. he helped channel money to al-qaeda and arranged routes for new recruits to travel from pakistan to syria through turkey. >>> more to come here on al jazeera, including the biggest nuclear dismantlement in history. the nuclear agreement between iran and world powers comes in to effect. and the changing times in canada as the country's indigenous population is told to embrace a national election. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> the german chancellor angela merkel is in turkey to push a plan offering aid to the country for stemming the flow of refugees.
the pentagon says he was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. he helped channel money to al-qaeda and arranged routes for new recruits to travel from pakistan to syria through turkey. >>> more to come here on al jazeera, including the biggest nuclear dismantlement in history. the nuclear agreement between iran and world powers comes in to effect. and the changing times in canada as the country's indigenous population is told to embrace a national election. the only way to get...
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the defense democratic said the leader was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. al nasr is believed organized routes for backers and played a significant role in the group's finances. >> the situation is tense in israel and the occupied palestinian territories where stoppings continue. 43 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed. israel's cabinet has met to discuss the unrest. five palestinians were killed on saturday alone. a jewish settler shot dead a teen in hebron for allegedly trying to stab him. israel police say he was killed before he could do harm. an israeli police woman shot dead an individual. he allegedly tried to stop her after asking directions. israeli forces shot dead a 16-year-old for allegedly attempting to stab a soldier. under the same circumstances, a 23-year-old was shot dead at checkpoints in are a malwill. mike hanna joins us now from west jerusalem. another israeli cabinet meeting to discuss the unrest. it seems clear that all the measures that they've been taking, such as increasing security and now this new measure of searching
the defense democratic said the leader was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. al nasr is believed organized routes for backers and played a significant role in the group's finances. >> the situation is tense in israel and the occupied palestinian territories where stoppings continue. 43 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed. israel's cabinet has met to discuss the unrest. five palestinians were killed on saturday alone. a jewish settler shot dead a teen in hebron for...
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the pentagon says he was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. he helped channel money to al-qaeda and arrange routes for new recruits to travel through turkey to syria. >> in the past few minutes, we have been getting breaking news. we have been hearing reports that there are at least five people who have been injured in a shooting attack in the southernisitsi city of ber sheba. that's since israel's cabinet has been addressing security measures to deal with more than two weeks of violence. >> reporter: a regular sunday meeting of the israeli cabinet against extraordinary political cries. the prime minister once again denies the accusation that his government is attempting to change the arrangements regarding access to what he calls the temple mount, the al oxa mosque compound. >> only israel, israel alone is the guarantor on the holy site of the temple mount. the reason the status quo has been violated is not because we changed it. the orders of prayer, the visiting rights have not changed for the last 15 years. >> palestinians are adamant isra
the pentagon says he was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. he helped channel money to al-qaeda and arrange routes for new recruits to travel through turkey to syria. >> in the past few minutes, we have been getting breaking news. we have been hearing reports that there are at least five people who have been injured in a shooting attack in the southernisitsi city of ber sheba. that's since israel's cabinet has been addressing security measures to deal with more than two weeks...
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and it carried out more air strikes in the past 24 hours and the offensive is in the sixth day and dana has the latest from beirut. >> saying they targeted nine i.s.i.l. positions over the last 24 hours and some are in the hols countryside and has a presence in homs but eastern part of the province, not in the north and, in fact, bc and surrounding towns really have been targeted since day one of the russian aerial campaign. we are now understanding from syrian military forces that the government is planning a ground offensive in this area and this military source was quoted saying the russian air strikes will help weaken defenses of the opponents to rely on this and strategic for the government and important to protect the territories in the west of the country and now opposition supporters are accusing the russians for using i.s.i.l. really as a blanket term to target all armed opponents of the syrian governments but have to make clear and remember that the russians themselves said i.s.i.l. is not just on the list and consider other groups in syria terrorists and one is al-qaeda linke
and it carried out more air strikes in the past 24 hours and the offensive is in the sixth day and dana has the latest from beirut. >> saying they targeted nine i.s.i.l. positions over the last 24 hours and some are in the hols countryside and has a presence in homs but eastern part of the province, not in the north and, in fact, bc and surrounding towns really have been targeted since day one of the russian aerial campaign. we are now understanding from syrian military forces that the...
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. >> dana live in beirut. france has launched a second wave of air strikes targeting i.s.i.l. in syria and the defense minister says more strikes will follow. he has criticized russia air campaign saying 80-90% of the strikes are not targeting i.s.i.l. meanwhile russia is denying reports by u.s. officials that four of its missiles, five at syria may have crashed in iran and they were launched from the caspien sea and intended for syrian rebel targets, 1600 kilometers away, moscow insists all 26 missiles hit their targets. the iranian government has so far not commented. the u.s. state department says it's deeply concerned by the report. >> if it's true that a couple of cruise missiles landed in iran, again, i'm not going to get into greater detail on the call but i think you know if something like that happened, again i can't can't confirm it, but i think it points to have proper procedures in place. >>> israeli police say four arabs have been stabbed in the southern city of demona, attacker, israeli has been arrested. there has been a wave of violce across israel and occupied
. >> dana live in beirut. france has launched a second wave of air strikes targeting i.s.i.l. in syria and the defense minister says more strikes will follow. he has criticized russia air campaign saying 80-90% of the strikes are not targeting i.s.i.l. meanwhile russia is denying reports by u.s. officials that four of its missiles, five at syria may have crashed in iran and they were launched from the caspien sea and intended for syrian rebel targets, 1600 kilometers away, moscow insists...
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al-nusra and sham and abandoned plans saying it would provide weapons to groups who have been vetted and dana is in beirut and what more do we know about the alliance with the democratic forces of syria? >> well, undoubtedly this is an important and significant development. who is in this new alliance? first you have the syrian kurds, the ypg and like you mentioned they are the coalition partners on the ground, they are accepted by the united states, they work with the united states. they are joining forces with a number of arab groups as well as other forces from other minorities like the syrian christians. now, in the past and previous operations they have cooperated on the ground but now it has become official, they are calling themselves a democratic forces of syria, now what is their role? their role will be to fight i.s.i.l., their role will be to fight for what they are calling a democratic secular syria where all groups can live together. i managed to speak to a high-ranking official in what is known as the democratic aton mouse area in the northeast of the country, this is a kurdish
al-nusra and sham and abandoned plans saying it would provide weapons to groups who have been vetted and dana is in beirut and what more do we know about the alliance with the democratic forces of syria? >> well, undoubtedly this is an important and significant development. who is in this new alliance? first you have the syrian kurds, the ypg and like you mentioned they are the coalition partners on the ground, they are accepted by the united states, they work with the united states. they...
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strikes on friday >>> the pentagon says he was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. he helped channel money to syria. >> u.s. and afghan officials are still investigating an american air strike on a hospital run by doctors without borders which killed 22 patients and staff. the charity says it wants an independent investigation. something the sast resisting. jennifer glass has more from kabul. >>reporter: the attack came in the middle of the night on october 3rd and reduced the hospital to ruins. about 180 staff and patients were inside the hospital when a u.s. gun ship launched an assault that lasted for over an hour. >> the level of destruction is terrible. all parts of the hospital have been -- all the main parts of the hospital have been attacked and destroyed. the part we're in now caught fire. >> some patients were burned to death in their beds. staff and relatives of patients had to hide in the basement through the night. then work to treat the wounded. the u.s. military issued con fliblthing statements about the attack. first it said it was to protect u.s. fo
strikes on friday >>> the pentagon says he was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. he helped channel money to syria. >> u.s. and afghan officials are still investigating an american air strike on a hospital run by doctors without borders which killed 22 patients and staff. the charity says it wants an independent investigation. something the sast resisting. jennifer glass has more from kabul. >>reporter: the attack came in the middle of the night on october 3rd...
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coalition but now has a kurdish and arab face, dana for al jazeera in beirut. >>> farmers in iraq say the industry is on the verge of collapse and blame conflict and government neglect and rise of i.s.i.l. for destroying the agricultural sector and we report from the province in iraq's south. >> reporter: able to do in his fields is loosen the soil so that the ground doesn't harden. this stretch of land should be planted with barley but he has not been able to grow any crops this season because of a severe shortage of government subsidized seeds and fertilizer and if it doesn't improve he may have no choice but to give up farmer. >> translator: we need so much help. i don't even know where to start. we don't have fertilizers. we don't have enough water to grow the crops and cattle on the verge of death and find ourselves having to sell one cow in order to feed the others, we just can't handle all the expenses on our own. >> reporter: after months of anticorruption protests prime minister abadi announced sweeping reforms and billions of dollars to invest in industries including agricul
coalition but now has a kurdish and arab face, dana for al jazeera in beirut. >>> farmers in iraq say the industry is on the verge of collapse and blame conflict and government neglect and rise of i.s.i.l. for destroying the agricultural sector and we report from the province in iraq's south. >> reporter: able to do in his fields is loosen the soil so that the ground doesn't harden. this stretch of land should be planted with barley but he has not been able to grow any crops this...
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. >> dana is live in beirut. five nato military personnel have been killed in a helicopter crash in the afghan capitol kabul and two were british and five others injured when the aircraft went down at nato's headquarters and says the craft was an accident. a court in iran has convicted u.s. reporter jason rezaian in an espionage case but it's unclear whether he has been sentenced and the washington post chief has been held more than 400 days on allegations of spying and always disputed the, the washington post that is, that rezaian is a spy. >> how jason's case will be handled is political authorities, not judicial ones and we heard from president rohani saying they will move it to conclusion if the united states will do something in return so i really think that the court process that has been going on for months and months and months in some ways is just the first act, that the final decision needs to be made by iran's highest authorities. >> al jazeera's kimberly has more now on the details of rezaian's case a
. >> dana is live in beirut. five nato military personnel have been killed in a helicopter crash in the afghan capitol kabul and two were british and five others injured when the aircraft went down at nato's headquarters and says the craft was an accident. a court in iran has convicted u.s. reporter jason rezaian in an espionage case but it's unclear whether he has been sentenced and the washington post chief has been held more than 400 days on allegations of spying and always disputed...
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moscow said it carried out 25 air strikes in just the past 24 hours, the offensive is in its sixth day, dana is following developments from the lebanese capitol and what is being hammered by the russians now? >> well, sammy, like you mentioned that campaign is continuing, it is now day six and russian officials even said the intensity of the bombing campaign, it will only increase. now, in their latest statements that talk about targeting i.s.i.l. in nine different positions, three of those positions are in the town of homs in the northern countryside of homs and not the first time it has been hit and, in fact, since they won russian air strikes have really concentrated in that area. what we also understand from syrian military sources who have been quoted as of recent days that a ground operation is being prepared to recapture the northern countryside of homs and they even mention these air strikes are helping in this campaign because they will weaken the defenses of their opponent's on the ground, there is no i.s.i.l. presence in the northern countryside of homs, i.s.i.l. is in the east rn
moscow said it carried out 25 air strikes in just the past 24 hours, the offensive is in its sixth day, dana is following developments from the lebanese capitol and what is being hammered by the russians now? >> well, sammy, like you mentioned that campaign is continuing, it is now day six and russian officials even said the intensity of the bombing campaign, it will only increase. now, in their latest statements that talk about targeting i.s.i.l. in nine different positions, three of...