Attack on a shia district of the Afghan Capital. Global humanitarian law fails to protect children in times of war. Also hundreds of prisoners i was exchanged in ukraine with one of the biggest swaps agreed and. Im joining the days news including stripped of victory one of sailings most famous racist faces control the city as wild oats eleven has denied line on as a city to hobart because of protests i have all the details coming up for you. Welcome to the news afghanistans president ashraf ghani has ordered an investigation into an attack that left forty people dead in the capital kabul a compound housing a Cultural Center and a news agency was targeted in a shia district in the west of the city. The should going to announce the latest. Explosions followed by a rush to assist the injured and count the victims. Its become a familiar ritual especially in kabul where the Afghan Capital has seen its share of bombings this year this time the target was a shiite muslim Cultural Center and the neighboring Afghan Voice News Agency that of those you up with after i saw many dead in the area i was looking for my cousin but i couldnt find his body im not sure what happened but the number of dead is increasing. The interior Ministry Says suicide attackers set off an explosion outside the center then stormed it and set off more explosives in the basement it was midday on thursday and a group had gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the one nine hundred seventy nine soviet invasion of afghanistan the middle of a cover just when the explosion went off we scapes from the room where we were working and went to the rooftop we sold a small in flames coming up from the basement no one has claimed responsibility the taliban immediately issued a statement denying involvement. An analyst tells his era given that this attack was in a shiite neighborhood this appears to be the work of eisele. He says the armed group has been targeting the Shiite Community this year as well as Media Outlets the isis you know what is on in order to make him our media has not been providing them enough amount of coverage that they have been seeking julian activities should they have been targeting the Media Outlets in capital kabul as well as in the region in order to make sure they get why is he seized. In may a truck bomb killed more than one hundred fifty people in kabul in what has been described as one of the worst attacks in recent memory afghans are trapped by violence from an eisel. The taliban and what critics say is the inability of Security Forces to protect them. Anger has led to protests and calls for resignations in the government analysts say what i say lacks the numbers it makes up for in tactics. An orchestrated by the sophistication of the operation and amount of exactness impreciseness in the operations that do usually target with little the strength or little amount of import it creates a lot of their jobs of achieving good strategic objectives the people at the Cultural Center were looking back and remembering a dark time or black day as its called in afghanistan when the soviets invaded for the families of the victims thursdays attack has become another black day natasha game. Children in conflict zones across the globe have come under attack a shocking scale a shift thats according to a report by unicef it says children have become a front line targets used as human shields and forced into conflict and hawks to possible. This school in mosul stands empty this street makes for dangerous playground as snipers threaten overhead this is what childhood looks like for these families over the course of this year children in conflict zones like here in iraq have been singled out and attacks unicef says those involved in conflict a blatantly disregarding International Humanitarian law is designed to protect the most Vulnerable Children is normal now that you can target a hospital a group of doctors in syria told me recently when i was in northern turkey how the armed groups wouldnt even come near the hospital because the hospital was more of a target than the armed groups so hospitals and schools are being deliberately attacked children are being brutalized and it feels like all the rules in war as you say that used to at least protect civilians and children in particular in these terrible wars have all disappeared finally some light relief for people in rebel held eastern go to in damascus after four years of being trapped in middle of the fighting a few patients with Urgent Medical needs have been allowed to leave. Unicef warns millions of children are also become in direct casualties of conflict from being displaced as well as being made homeless this refugee camp in bangladesh is home now for him to refugees from my ma of which four hundred thousand children children who stood by while our soldiers are right on their mothers or shot their father even brutalizes children aselton it saying to those children that they are deliberately doing this. In Eastern Ukraine many children live by the frontline they share the scars of living in one of the most modern contaminated place. The situation is worse in yemen where aid agencies are struggling to help. Five thousand children have been killed or injured and many more severely malnourished or risk of death a similar situation is unfolding in the democratic republic of congo where violence has driven hundreds of thousands of kids from their homes unicef is appealing to all parties involved in conflicts around the world to stand together and protect the rights of children. As their place where the reports findings can be seen in particularly dramatic form which has about a million Syrian Refugees and as a result of father joins me now from a camp and lebanons eastern back. To focus all the plight of the displaced syrians not just in lebanon but across the region and it doesnt really get any better does it. No it doesnt get any better we are in one of the many really informal settlements across the valley the east of lebanon syria is just a few kilometers from where we are but these people if i just get out of the way these children some of these children were actually born here some of them have never been to syria so people really have been here for years one of many tent cities and once its winter life becomes even more difficult for these people according to a recent u. N. Survey more than half of the refugees in lebanon live below the poverty line which means that they live with two point eight dollars a day per person and according to this report the refugees are more vulnerable than ever theyre falling into deeper into poverty many of them depend on aid to survive may. So these people here. According to what is interesting though is. For the First Time Since two thousand and fourteen the number of. Million. Nine hundred ninety seven. Nations now according to the. Fifty thousand. Trees over the years. They dont have any. Number of how many were turned in where. A few thousand have returned. Weve seen some of the internally displaced and. Leaving the safe areas to go and get. Through the red cross. Generally its believed the syrian war is winding down. And whether they should return home. People are worried people are. Some people returning. Because the Syrian Government taking more territory some of the people here are wanted by the simply because they were involved in some sort of opposition activity in the early days of their revolution some of these people were in the army and they decided to defect because they. Other people are. Because if they do go back. In the army so for some people returning its not an option since the government has been. Really. For the time being people are worried that they. Wont be able to return others want to return but. Especially people. We have to remember. Even if we are ready and willing to live under. A very just for the people here. Hearing that in the. Troops to leave the area. But it is. Absolutely adamant about. Well yes the. President is removed from power that there can be. A long. Along with his regime. And. For them russia is a party to the conflict and so they are wondering why russia trying to push for example. At the end of. Only going to create what theyre calling a phony constitution to leave power and to leave. The country. In the country so many in the opposition will no longer be. Power if. We no longer have. There is a significant. Portion of the population in syria who have little faith in the. War maybe winding down and. Definitely. It is not over and syria is not on the road to peace or for the moment leave it there zain thank you. Aide workers of evacuated a second group of critically ill patients as we mentioned from eastern guta a rebel held area near syrias capital damascus four people were taken from their wednesday but at least one person is refusing to leave fearing arrest by the Assad Government last month the u. N. Called for five hundred people in need of Urgent Medical care to be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases have been given approval and this is part of a deal with the government its also led to the rebels releasing twenty six people the u. N. Says sixty eight yemenis civilians were killed in just one day from two saudi led airstrikes the Saudi Led Coalition has intensified its campaign against positions following the death of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh earlier this month the first strike on tuesday hit a crowded market in theirs province getting fifty four civilians including children the second killed fourteen people from the same family in the Red Sea Province of the data russias president has called wednesdays explosion at a supermarket in St Petersburg a terrorist attack at least ten people were injured when a homemade device packed with shards of metal went off police say it was hidden inside a locker where shoppers store their belongings no one has admitted responsibility for the attack ukrainian troops have been welcomed home after the government and pro russian rebels completed a swap of hundreds of prisoners some two hundred thirty people were sent to rebel held areas in return for seventy four prisoners whod been held by pro russian rebels the deal was mediated by the Orthodox Church in moscow fighting ukraine together more than three years ago after separatists who are backed by moscow took over parts of the east. Welcome are not what are your marks we will put out all their greatest efforts the maximum to point out a deal ones relatives or loved ones as soon as possible this is very important now some of the ukrainian prisoners have been speaking about their release. Or should. I feel joyful at the fact that we are finally home that i will be able to hug my relatives and close ones i will hug my little son i really want to st nicholas to bring his father home for the new year leaders and i cant believe that at the same time i can and cant believe that we were still there in the morning and now were at home i want to say thank you to all relatives and everyone who participated in our release and i want to say that our guys are still there and they have to be rescued one state in mexico has classified the murders of more than one thousand women this year as acts of famine side thats the international or international tensional pardon me killing of girls and women simply because theyre females mexico ranks among the most dangerous countries in the world for women of all repellent he is in the state of puebla looking into how communities are addressing gender violence. Is a single mother in pueblo mexico who says she lives in fear less than a month ago her younger sister was brutally murdered the victim of a Sexual Assault the body was found on the side of the road and. Because of the way my sisters body was found at first sight it was deemed and as the newspapers reported she had been strangled. Like many places in mexico facing a crisis of gender based violence that keeps personal safety in the back of every womans mind. To help create awareness the government has enlisted the help over one hundred seventy tortilla shops across the state and wrap up warm tortillas and pamphlets with information about femicide and a number to call if violence against women is suspected somewhere this is a good thing and it benefits us all to help women and be informed that last month a prosecutor invade a cruise was murdered outside her work some believe she was targeted because of her efforts to protect women and young girls still experts believe that impunity is the biggest obstacle against dampening the crisis the problem however is also deeply ingrained in the culture is mostly its male privilege violence is a male privilege men kill each other on a daily basis and men are also killing women because of their gender because they believe women are worth less or they believe that their lives belong to them in. Protest denouncing violence against women are becoming more common in mexico which has among the highest rates of femicide on earth the common slogan among demonstrations is not one more activist in mexico have launched initiatives aimed at reducing levels of violence against women projects that include everything from gender workshops for cab drivers to interactive database maps like this one that tracked and catalog cases of femicide all over the country. Sister was killed on november eleventh it was the ninetieth case of femicide. This year since then theres been five other women murdered. Women shouldnt have to end up as a number or as some case file women have to face we dont deserve to be killed or to be hurt or to be threatened or raped not one more not one more woman killed in play or in mexico or in the world my mental. Mexico well plenty more ahead on the al jazeera news hour including Israels Parliament takes away the ability of the police to recommend charges against suspects. If people have the leisure to do whatever they want to do very will be less frustrated by the hassles they have of work and preparing for a world where robots take over and do most of the work. Also in sport Manchester City cardstock winning in the English Premier League joe well have those details in sport later. A teenage palestinian girl recently film slapping Israeli Soldiers in her village is set to appear in an Israeli Military court had to be who was detained on december nineteenth in a raid on her home her force it has more from outside the off or military court. Well this is a case that has gripped both palestinian and Israeli Society since it came to light earlier this month the case of i had to meet me and her sister challenging Israeli Soldiers near there near their village of nablus sally had slapping one of those soldiers in the face and that video going viral it is of course being celebrated by many palestinian to see it as an act of resistance it has been criticized by many israelis who have also been pondering and debating the actions of the soldiers involved but for head and her sister nor and their mother nariman all three now remain in israeli custody this is the second time theyve come to Israeli Military court to see whether that custody will be extended or not israeli politicians have been weighing in the Education Minister saying that she should be in prison for the rest of her days in israeli commentator saying that retaliation should be carried out against such people in the dark of night without anybody watching so theres been a great deal of public debate about this case and also about others there have been one hundred seventy palestinian minors taken into custody since these protests against the donald trump declaration about jerusalem erupted the day after that on december the seventh. Well Israeli Parliament turns approved a law limiting Police Powers which critics say is intended to shield Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu from investigations it prevents police from recommending to prosecutors whether or not to charge of suspects wants an investigation is complete and yahoo and his supporters say the law would prevent the public smearing of those being investigated before the attorney general decides how to proceed with the case but the opposition says it seeks to dampen anger against the Prime Minister who is under investigation into cases and that criticism led to changes in the draft say that the new law will not apply to ongoing investigations including the ones against Netanyahu Akiva Eldar is a senior Political Columnist at model t. He says the law is part of a campaign against the pillars of israels democracy. The law the new bill will not apply to the Prime Minister or people who are now under investigation because in israel you cannot pass a law that applies retroactively it will be relevant only to people especially politicians and public figures that will be under investigation in the future but you have to see this in the broader context and the timing first of all it comes after an attempt to pass the socalled french law that does not allow the police and the attorney general to investigate and to indict a sitting Prime Minister and this has failed now this new bill is also kind of the last draft is a compromise because they wanted to go all the way that it will apply to the sitting Prime Minister and