Im soo terse and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up rallies in corsica as islanders call for more autonomy from france. Accusations of sanctions violations by north korea as a u. N. Report finds its and millions of dollars exporting bans materials and global trade routes laos invests billions of dollars in a high speed rail link connecting it to china and thailand. We begin in italy where thinks african migrants have been injured with one in a life threatening condition and want to appear to have been a racially motivated attack the group of five men and one woman was targeted in the drawing fi shooting in the central italian town of match a rotter case of arrested a man who was around to in an italian flag and doing a fascist salute is a form a male candidate for the far right Northern League party well lets get more on this joining us live from and kona is the journalist lorenzo didnt see from the Italian National t. V. Station right thanks very much for talking to us could you or give us any more detail about the incident on the man thats now in custody yes hello so this has been a day of terror literally for much of our small student thrown in the middle of. The car and not for mail a blackout for most stopped around twenty minutes to one today in front of the monument of the fallen not much for after the fall of the Second World War his name is look at our uni twenty year old man he gets out of the car dressed in black with italian flagship on his shoulders and the as you said to loot and they really arent info to the police who are in our house though he had. As. Put panic into the whole city we have to say we heard of many calls for from the population to the police around a few minutes past eleven in the morning because its exactly then when he started shooting in the air they really need the first shots with is a glick gun four were directed toward a foreigner man. Probably from Northern Africa sat in front of a supermarket then as i said the first cold start to arrive at the Police Station and the attic to the caribbean eerie and look at the rainy moves toward the center of the station of the city first in front of the stadium then toward another supermarket in arrives into a bakery in front in the town center which is full of people having their breakfast in the morning he sees a young guy black guy outside any shots issue thick and then in front of the of the station where he wants a woman and then he goes on and on and people are starting to panic the mayor sense on via whats up a message a vocal note saying to all the population please stay home dont get out of this on the street so it was literally terror for the for the population and. Then he ends it goes toward the. Next stop of his met ron and iraq is in front of the house where was town the body of the made up made of muscle peter was found a few days ago that murdered the girl who was murdered by a nigerian man who apparently now seems to be but these are not confirmed news a former. Girlfriend or the last girlfriend of this try any guy who was look at a new also a candidate of the mayor of put it on and you can indeed. And we cant yet really jaw that the link between these two incidents but obviously the backdrop to this is there are National Elections coming up in march is this this did this man this in custody did stand as a mayoral candidate for the far right. Is is this becoming an issue in this election in this campaign is anti migrants becoming an issue is it is it in time with this in the in the background well absolutely the well would you expectations are now for it to become a big issue indeed because you know the timing is something in a crown expected and you know. Even the neither leader of the an orderly which is called now leader without the northern part but still the same party and he says that you know this is something connected with the. Climate that has been created between amongst the population so. Its very premature to give any you know description of whats going to happen on a political terms but the timing is so close that it does it is you know it will become political. Later and a day runs and say thank you so much for giving as a detail us to this incident that happened just earlier on today. Hundreds of nationalist protesters in corsicas capital have taken to the streets calling for war autonomy just days before the french president is juicer arrive on the island corsicans who are fighting for independence from france twenty years ago before leader claude eric nach was a assassinated in one thousand nine hundred eight nationalists have now taken control of the islands Regional Assembly they say they were inspired by the recent Political Movement in spain for catalonia is independence well lets go live now to David Chaytor who is in the corsican capital of jackie o. David overseeing feelings running quite high if theyve taken to the streets what is it that calling for. Well essentially what the nationalists want to do now they have control of the courts going to the family is make a very clear message to president macron whos due to arrive here on the island next week and that message was that this is not just an Administrative Region of france corsica is a country corsica is a nation course is a people and one of their main demands of course is that they should have the official language of this island to be corsica and that is a very emotive issue and ive been looking at exactly what the feeling is here about the corsican language. In. Full independence may still be a distant dream but nationalism has found a renewed force on this island the hill yeah. Not so long ago just singing the corsican National Anthem was enough to get beaten up by the French Police here now the islanders are demanding official status for their language all all. Expression of course you can roots was rapidly merge was the expression of political demands so the singing became hard for the political authorities to accept and not only the french but also some corsicans were supporters of greater fronts the confrontation then became violent extremely violence or the extent of. The brutal struggle for corsican independence lasted for four decades before weapons were finally surrendered three years ago the political fight to the ballot box is proving much more successful. A coalition of nationalists now commands forty one out of the sixty three seats in the Corsican Assembly one of their key demands is for the return an amnesty of what they call their Political Prisoners held in jails across france to keep a seal to some say give it up to hide the body what happened in the election last december was an earthquake it wasnt just the usual renewal of they are simply the corsican people revolted of a an absolute in my youre ready for corsica nationality thats the fact that there are thirty disempowers have to think about you but the nationalists have already served notice on president macron warning him that unless he starts listening to them then the hard and conflicting times lie ahead for paris and corsica corsica was the birthplace of napoleon the man macrorie is most often measured against in terms of his youth and grand visions the french president is due on the island next week will he choose a compromise will he defend the integrity of france and its language and i mean what does the french president need to say to win them around. So theres a very good question we really dont know dead trying to begin some sort of dialogue and its now very clear that the president will not be able to ignore the demands coming out of the Corsican Assembly they have an absolute majority they must be listened to and on the streets here during the demonstration it was very clear from the Younger Generation generation thats been leaving the island its been a large exodus that theyre going for the jobs and for the education in france and not returning to the island that something needs to be done these measures must be taken but its not easy for president back home because essentially on the constitution article two of the constitution in the fifth republic it says that the language of the republic is french how is it going to change that is going to take a lot of effort three fifths of majority in the National Assembly is going to be passed by the senate that is not an easy task and i dont think its one they want to take on so early and quickly in his first term but also the other question about Political Prisoners is he going to give them an amnesty is he going to get them back on the island there are many many emotions that are going to be raised by this issue but essentially that people here they want something from their victory in the ballot box something concrete they want some amendments to the constitution they want and need the autonomy to continue theyre not asking for independence that is still a distant dream most of the people realize their economy is in such a state they need the help of the french state but the french state must start making compromises but is president macro ready yet we still dont really know but i suspect he realizes hes going to have to make some. Of that from the beautiful french challenge of corsica. A confidential u. N. Report has found that north korea violated sanctions by earning around two hundred Million Dollars last year from exporting banned materials including coal and steel the report also found pyongyang sold weapons to the governments of syria. In c. S. Tire reports. Using whats been described as a combination of multiple evasion techniques brute and deceptive tactics north korea ship coal to ports in russia china south korea malaysia and vietnam so says the report to the Un Security Council sanctions committee that also says pyongyang urged nearly two hundred Million Dollars from the sale of banned exports last year its not actually surprised in the north korean gauges and sanctions busting china has allowed poor sanctions to sort of go on that tolerated port sanctions now for several decades the u. N. Says evidence of north Korean Military cooperation with syria and me and mark was also uncovered as well as providing Ballistic Missiles to the myanmar government investigators say north korea help syrian president Bashar Al Assad to develop chemical weapons between two thousand and twelve and last year its believed more than forty north korean shipments were sent to companies acting for the Research Center overseeing syrias Chemical Weapons Program its five years since the Syrian Government announced it would destroy its Chemical Weapons Program and stockpile following the deaths of more than two hundred eighty people in what experts believe was a sarin gas attack since that attack in ghouta Syrian Government forces have been accused of carrying repeated chemical weapons attacks Syrian Government leaders dismissed the allegations and it said visiting north korean experts were only involved in sports related activities or be on mars and bassett or to the u. N. Has said it has no weapons deals with north korea we know that North Koreans have connections with organized crime like the accuser for example in japan throughout asia and possibly in the middle east or the North Koreans again have been grooming these connections since at least the one nine hundred seventy s. Its us u. N. And e. U. Sanctions were imposed because of north Koreas Nuclear and Ballistic Missiles program a latest u. N. Sanctions announced in december were estimated to reduce petrol imports by up to ninety percent however investigators say so. Several unnamed Multinational OilCompanies Continue to help supply Petroleum Products to the north and accuse the number of countries including china russia and malaysia of failing to stop the illegal exports whatever the case the United States continues to lead the push for more economic sanctions following the norths six nuclear bomb tests last year and more than twenty Ballistic Missile launches raising u. S. Fears that the mainland could soon be within reach indias aljazeera. Still to come on the Program Child deaths the u. S. Struggles to manage the worst flu outbreak in a decade and how the Trump Administration has dealt argentinas Biofuels Industry with a huge step back. Hello there has been quite cool for some of us in the southeast in parts of china recently that cool weather though is beginning to lose its grip so fish and high then three degrees will be our maximum temperature on sunday but as we head into monday will get a bit higher to around five degrees will also get a little bit warmer for us in hong kong this time at fourteen hanoi theyre hovering at around seventeen out towards the west and theres plenty of dry fine weather at the moment over many parts of india its a cross sri lanka weve more in the way of cloud and thats giving us some fairly heavy rains has caused a few problems here looks like well see more wet weather as we head through the day on monday monday well also see more cloud over many other places as well look at all this gray weather across and many parts of india is not a great deal of wet weather around of this there just a little bit of snow around the foothills of the himalayas out towards the west and here in doha its rather windy and it feels quite cold in the wind now fortunately the wind will ease as we head through the next few days so that will allow the temperatures to get a little bit higher so from about twenty two on sunday to about twenty three on monday but twenty three is certainly feeling warm on monday thanks to less wind this area of cloud over a man is moving its way away so no problems for the south coast of oman for monday muscat for twenty three. We have here as if data we know the products of from buying everything that youre doing thats really where the power of the all powerful internet is both a tool for democracy and the threat believe that any of your companies have a den of fide the full scope of russian active measures on your platform in the echo Chamber World of fake news in cyberspace the rules of the game left changed there are no precedents people in power investigates this information and democracy at this time. Welcome back to remind all of the top stories here on aljazeera six african migrants have been injured one in a life threatening condition in what appears to have been a racially motivated attack in italy a group of five men and one woman were targeted in the drawing funny shooting in the essential italian town of much prata. Under the nationalists protesters in corsicas capital have taken to the streets calling for more autonomy just days before the french president is due to arrive on the island and a confidential u. N. Report is accused north korea of supplying weapons to syria i am on the dossier are also details how pyongyang violated u. N. Sanctions to a nearly two hundred Million Dollars in twenty seventeen. President on chum peace claiming complete vindication in the russia investigation after the release of a memo claiming the f. B. I. The Justice Department used unsubstantiated evidence to spy on a trump eight but democrats say the memo is aimed at directing the investigation into russian collusion in the twenty sixteen election tamaqua man has more from washington d. C. Democrats in congress say that now that the republican memo has been released its time for their version of events to be released for the president to allow its declassification and so that the public can see just how selective arbitrary the republican version of events was but ultimately their question here is how this will affect the moeller investigation the president was asked point blank whether in fact he will now ask for the firing of the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who the republicans accuse of having authorized this continuation of this surveillance under a court order and the president said cryptically you figure that one out subsequently white house officials said no the president is not looking for any changes at the highest levels of the Justice Department but nevertheless that cloud still hangs over the Justice Department with the president s continuing tweets against both the f. B. I. And his own officials in the Justice Department. The cattery defense minister says saudi arabia in the United Arab Emirates had intention is to invade his conscience last june and the beginning of the gulf diplomatic crisis khalid bin mohammed to tell the Washington Post that cattles gulf davis have in his words tried everything to destabilize the country saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain cut ties with cattle on impose a blockade after accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar house strongly denying the allegations. A un human rights body is calling for the Immediate Release of an al jazeera journalist from jail in egypt saying his imprisonment violates international law. Was jailed almost fourteen months ago what prosecutors said was broadcasting false news to spread chaos. In the accusations as saying house repeatedly complained of mistreatment while in prison. Fighters in syria say theyve downed shot down a russian jet over presents the pilot is reported to have been captured after parachuting from the plane Russian Forces have been trying carrying out air strikes on rebel held areas with at least seven People Killed in aleppo on friday jets also targeted the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta near the capital damascus Government Forces have besieged the area for finally. Stephanie dhaka has more from the turkey syria border. That turkey has been focusing on pushing the why p. G. Away from its border areas with thirteen theres been heavy outgoing artillery not just now as you can hear but really throughout the two week period that this offensive is now carrying on its nor any easy flight the f. S. A. Those the Free Syrian Army fighters theyve been pushing along these borders as well along with turkish soldiers theyve taken some areas but there are still certainly pockets of y. P. G. Along these border areas and just briefly also particular what it comes to the civilians inside these areas we understand that from those villagers most of them have fled further inside to syria to seek safety but very very difficult for them because no aid can get in to our freedom as you can hear along these villages along the border it is a very Ongoing Campaign and at least two people have been killed and nineteen others injured in attacks on turkish towns near the border with syria. Turkey says the rockets were fired from a kurdish enclave inside syria where there has been two weeks of intense feeling saying its ok launch an offensive to clear the region of Syrian Kurdish forces known as the woman which it claims is a terrorist group the Free Syrian Army says it will investigate allegations its fighters mitchel a to the corpse of a female member of the white p. G. Pictures paying tribute to burying kabbani are being circulated on social media doctors in the us some are trying to manage the worst flu outbreak in a decade fifty three children have done it this winter and flu related hospital admissions arsenal time high christensen reports. Hospital Emergency Rooms across the country are inundated with sneezing coughing sniffling patients in Atlanta GeorgiaGrady Memorial Hospital opened a temporary mobile emergency room and closed in plastic tents to handle a twenty five percent increase in visits in the month of january the flu this year has been dangerous for volume in the Emergency Department has reached such a critical number and not only us but our increasing colleagues we really need to bring in an additional resource the very old and the very young or the group that tend to be in the most danger from catching the flu is a cesspool of flu a cesspool of funky flu at the e. R. Right now in florida one tired nurse posted this now viral video after working a twelve hour shift as watch this im going to teach elementary trick its. Her advice is simple cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough wash your hands and avoid bringing Healthy People to the emergency room the u. S. Centers for Disease Control says the hospitalization rate for flu is at an all time high this year with forty nine of the fifty us states reporting widespread flu Activity Still the scale of this outbreak is dwarfed by one which occurred one hundred years ago this month one of the deadliest in history in one nine hundred eighteen spanish influenza spread around the globe in the aftermath of world war one over a period of two years it killed tens of millions of people globally including six hundred seventy five thousand in the United States alone this flu strain may not be as deadly but the National Institute of health is still advising americans to get a vaccine even though a canadian study found it was less than twenty percent effective we should point out that even though the vaccine is less than optimal its efficacy that the small to moderate amounts of protection you get against influenza by getting vaccinated is always better than no protection at all by not getting vaccinated thats very clear with as many as ten more weeks left to this flu season u. S. Health care workers are looking for all the help they can get kristen salumi aljazeera. Ocean chain is once booming Biofuels Industry suffering after its main market the u. S. Imposed a tariff on impose the movies tolerance of a policy to show u. S. Produces dont lose out to foreign imports so hes about to post now from us aria. Six years ago this factory was producing sixteen thousand tonnes of bio diesel fuel now its down to about six thousand and. The Interest Rate wont grow theres no investment it worries us that the United States will stop importing or bio diesel interest it was credit to export not only to fulfill internal needs. Some say factories located in the province of santa fe argentina first victims of Donald TrumpsAmerica First approach to Foreign Trade the us announced a seventy two percent tariff on imports of its biodiesel american officials accuse argentina of unfairly subsidizing the countrys Biodiesel Industry at the expense of u. S. Producers. The decision is arbitrary unjustified and illegal they discarded all the arguments presented by argentina argentina has an export tax on the story of being in a different one for bio diesel it is not a subsidy this is one of mr trumps protectionist policy goals. Almost ninety percent of argentinas biodiesel is directed to the United States cutting that flow has impacted almost thirty companies here ample jobs at risk argentina is one of the worlds top soybean producers and bio diesel here is also produced with this crop it is a crucial source of income for argentina because it provides the u. S. Dollars but the economy desperately needs dollars that help keep the trade balance in check since taking Office President has been trying to open up argentinas economy in the not that argentina is trying to open its economy in bio diesel is one of the products that exports the most by losing its main means we will have to look elsewhere argentina cannot afford to lose markets if it wants to get its economy back on track environmentalist have long questioned the cost of. Tinas reliance on that so you have the entire areas of the countrys forests have been destroyed to grow what is known here as green gold experts say biodiesel is different in. The United States and europe request a sustainability test so that the story of being used for bio diesel can be checked argentina has been certified and credited for this. Argentina says it will file a complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization in the meantime factories here will have to find new overseas markets either there to save the industry and precious jobs or. Argentina laos is investing investing billions of dollars in i have a speed rail line being built by a Chinese Company it will run from you know in Southern China to the laotian capital. In the side of our ports on global trade routes wayne hale reports from the bank in laos. These normally quiet previously untouched hills of northern laos and they are filled with the sights and sounds of heavy construction around the turn of the one problem rapid progress is being made on a chinese built high speed train line it will cut through here and cross the mekong river on its way from Southern China to the lao capital vienna. The communist government of law says it wants the landlocked country to become a land linking beijing sees this project as a key part of its delta road infrastructure plan linking china with the rest of asia europe and beyond when this line is completed it will run for more than four hundred kilometers more than sixty percent of which will consist of bridges and tunnels that makes it a very expensive project one that some say laos cant afford experts worry it will add to the governments already heavy debt loads the cost of the project is six billion dollars with most of the money coming from chinese grants and loans this is significant because. It is only. For been beyond. Fifty percent of g. D. P. And this project would be in five years time so that. We can experiment. Of Public Investment just for this process. One of the stops will be just outside the one providing which is a unesco listed town for its unique lao and french architecture there is concern the new project will attract too many tourists putting a strain on the towns facilities and infrastructure. That many people and Small Businesses here survive off the Tourism Industry so the prospect of more visitors spending money is welcomed. About three years ago there were more tourists but now there arent as many so we are earning less money so were looking forward to the true. In happening but i. Some studies have found that china will receive most of the economic benefits from the large projects its involved in around the region laos is one of asias poorest countries so when the railway is finished by late two thousand and twenty one it will be hoping its begin vestment will start paying off straight away wayne hay al jazeera long laos. Youre watching aljazeera heres a quick reminder of the top stories six african migrants have been injured with one in a life threatening condition in what appears to have been a racially motivated attack in italy the group of five men and one woman were targeted in the drive by shooting in the essential italian town of what mr rotter place arrested a man who was wrapped in a tally in a flag and during a nazi salute is a form a mayoral candidate for the far right Northern League fasc funders of the nationalist protesters in corsicas capital and jackie o. Have taken to the streets calling for more autonomy corsicans were fighting for independence from france twenty years ago before leader cloud eirik now was assassinated in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight nationalists have now taken control of the islands Regional Assembly. Well essentially what the nationalists want to do now they have control of the courtroom is make a very clear message to president marc wrong whos due to arrive here on the island next week and that message was that this is not just an Administrative Region of france corsica is a country corsica is a nation of course is a people. A confidential u. N. Report says accuse north korea of supplying weapons to syria mammal the dust sand also details how pyongyang and nearly two hundred Million Dollars last year by exporting ballons materials around the world in violation of u. N. Sanctions it indicates that north korea exported coal to china malaysia russia and vietnam President Donald Trump is claiming complete vindication in the russia investigation after the release of a memo claiming the f. B. I. And the Justice Department east of unsubstantiated evidence to spy on chung paint but democrats say the memo is aimed at de raining the investigation into russian collusion in the twenty sixteen election rebel fighters in syria say theyve shut down a russian jet over italy province the pilots to have been captured and is badly engines Russian Forces have been carrying out asterix on rebel held areas within the seven People Killed in aleppo on friday youre up to date with the headlines people and power is coming next stay with us. Recent elections most notably that you dont trump is u. S. President of heart like too dangerous to democracy his party there is using social media on the internet to spread malicious propaganda