A city of refugees stretching as far as the eye can see what is the future hold for these are they any closer to going hope im stephanie doctor in southeastern bangladesh will be looking at those questions coming up. Now Security Forces and became a fast they say around a dozen soldiers have been killed in an ambush the attack took place and soon province part of the volatile helen region and it comes just a day off to the countrys suffered one of its deadliest attacks and 2 days of National Mourning have been declared after a raid in that same region killed 35 civilians a warning some viewers may find the following images and that interest is report to stopping. Officials and say these are the bodies of some of the men who attacked the positions of civilians in the roles. The military says it killed at least 80 of the attackers. Its one of the worst attacks by armed groups since 2014. This attack on a restaurant and work a degree 2017 killed dozens of people. The government of booking a fossil has declared 2 days of National Mourning for victims of tuesdays attack well since. We have to think about solidarity and National Cohesion people women for the most part were getting water and got murdered in cold blood by the terrorists while they were retreating we must show compassion with the populations that is why all flags will fly at half mast for 2 days and all christmas celebrations are cancelled. Although there are thousands of International Forces in west africa sail region the violence has increased in the past form and there are fears of more attacks the same gun countries little major role in the glow of terror he clearly in hosted military bases bases facilities for example i have because its not going to be hosting an act of terror Training Camp so the. New global war on terror out and as a result i see even the backlash for the contribution. In november the Army Launched a new offensive against local and Foreign Armed groups operating in the country many believe the recent attack in more than brigade a fossil was a response to this new offensive bricking a fossil has seen many attacks in the past 5 years theyve killed more than 700 people with have a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has worsened bricklin as Security Problems with fighters are cleared it with alqaeda and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks. Kill a fossil is due to hold its president ial elections in 20 quid and president michael boring ones to restore peace before the vote but its not clear if his army is up to the task of a decrease aljazeera a project. Where david arthur as a counterterrorism expert had global rest kantor national and he says experienced foreign fighters and became a fast have both had local. Most of the african states in the sahara region for example had a lot of foreign fighters who traveled to iraq and syria the states within that region did not take note of all these foreign fighters now theyve come back through libya and they are exploiting the poor fighting within the region you know theyre taking advantage of the lack of coordination between countries you know irrespective of the fact that they have the g 5 so i think you know thats one of the issues there and the local population is not buying into the governments idea of its kind of narrative so that its also affecting the fight in the tactically what the jihad these groups are been doing is to is to make sure that they keep the most military on the offensive most of the attacks have been against Hard Military targets you know the french lost about 14 of the french servicemen in mali just recently so i think the crux within the military is significant factor but mind you you cant win the war just by using the military tactics alone within the region. Now tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the province as russian backed Government Forces close in on the last rebel held stronghold the renewed ground an air offensive has seen more than 40 villages recaptured by the Syrian Government many syrians are on the move north towards the takesh border for now syrian Government Forces are focused on capturing the town of marjah a new man that sits on the strategic and 5 highway monitor has more from attack on takis border with syria. Theres no letup in the mass exodus of civilians from serious loss to the rebel held strong. Tens of thousands of rushing to its the Turkish Border scrambling to escape the aerial onslaught from russian and Syrian Forces on. The airstrikes shelling and but obama talks on it lip appears designed to do just that push people out on them now cornered with nowhere else to go. You know. My god take revenge on all those who caused this what if we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for mercy god to punish them for displacing us with cous and all of those so humiliating us for gods sake with being buried alive. Long queues of cars and trucks loaded with peoples belongings i had to move to the Turkish Border corsi. Off a shell comes for the displaced fool forcing the new displaced to set up camp in the open here they bomb shops and tweaks to stay warm in the biting Winter Weather techies aid workers say theyre doing all they can to help at a bakery run by the charity. Its tough walk around the clock to bake bread for the ever increasing number of displaced citizens the shutdown of the conditions are we are providing them with up me was bread accommodation and heating materials but the families have so many means. Syrian Government Forces advancing towards the strategic city of misrata and as they push deeper into the northwest and the problems but out to no money is on the m 5. 00 highway assads forces are determined to cut in order to reopen that route linking the couplet of damascus with the city of aleppo syrias largest just like the rest of it live provinces but out to no man had been a refuge for city in families who fled other areas damascus had to captured during the 8 and a half year civil war its now almost deserted and the normal saying we have come in i fled from assad regime 2 years ago after the destruction of our homes since then i have been forced to flee with my family 3 more times and here we are again the new fighting comes despite an agreement in august by the leaders of Turkey Russia and iran to commit to this collision efforts in the area the techies president of egypt tabor do on how to put that to say dont cut or come or tunnel a new group to give fuel on its own a spokesman for the president now say is their boss russia for us ceasefire to avoid the must suck off civilians in toms and villages with tekken by syrian Government Forces but losses deploy involved in the operation in keen to help its cover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels its not clear if the Turkish Police will be heard mohamed on the wall just zita on taka anatta hashimi is the director of a sentimental studies at the university of denver and he says russia is calling the shots in the syrian conflict. Turkey rightly argues that they have roughly 4000000 Syrian Refugees that theyve hosted already they cant take it anymore and the turkish governments position seems to be this needs to be a global collective problem in other words europe and the west needs to step up and provide some humanitarian relief but in the meantime while these back and forth accusations are taking place you know were witnessing literally a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the early months of winter and its a its and its another moral outrage that that were being subjected to russia really is in the drivers seat because russia for the last roughly 3 to 4 years is heavily invested militarily in this part of syria while turkey is not so russia basically is calling the shots while all that turkey can do is call for more cease fires more diplomacy while russia sets the terms of whats happening in syria by virtue of its military offensive they effectively are you know in charge of this is unfolding crisis. Now turkey is president has made an unannounced trip to china zia to discuss ways of bringing stability to neighboring libya and korea has offered military support to the internationally recognized government in its fight against war at Khalifa Haftar but other white head has more from tripoli. Turkeys president over dylan lended in tunis to discuss trouble is brewing in next door in libya and encourage it to neas his new president to help secure a ceasefire. The internationally recognized government in tripoli has yet to request that turkish troops intervene in the conflict. We are not guests without an invitation and if it comes we shall look into it we are in constant communication with them however we should raise an issue the forces president libya more than 5000. 00 troops from sudan what are they doing there we should ask why are these forces present in libya a request was made to turkey and thats why turkey answered the call based on the agreement related to our Economic Zone we have signed agreements to rely on and our moves are based on legality and lawful forms however the other foreign troops have no legality to be present on libyan soil in addition have to are is not a legitimate representative of the libyan People Forces loyal to the world lord khalifa hefted are bringing the fighting closer to the capital if turkey sends its troops and with russia backing to have to his forces the next few weeks could prove crucial for libya they are now the 2 key dynamics that will determine whether in mediation takes place it was have to believe that International Apathy towards what is doing in libya backing from france paralyze the e. U. The u. A. E. Giving him the weapons giving him not just he believes that the walk is telling him were willing to accept a military victory provided you can clean up tripoli quickly and this is what it is attacking tripoli but if you find this battle which is already taking. Its becoming protracted and now turkey is sending troops and now theres all this possibility reunion it may want you know the International Community comes in and says look after you had 8 months to really tranquil say look i turned a blind eye to it i called you an ally in terrorism you couldnt take tripoli were very sorry about this but its now time now to go to mediation its about how long the d. N. A. Can ask beyond turkey and russia the conflict has a groom number of International Backers playing a rule both in fighting and if its towards mediation turkeys recent military cooperation with libya is you and that the government has been criticized by some greed you know learned to the National Polls but president. Turkey deals with libyas legitimate government while the other countries back in her 3rd are dealing with illegitimate institutions would have. To put in 16 people are now confirmed dead after a typhoon tore through the central philippines typhoon pan phone made landfall in the Eastern Province of salah on tuesday with gusts of up to 150 Kilometers Per Hour more than 4000. 00 people were evacuated and thousands of holidaymakers remain stranded after flights were grounded and Ferry Service has halted about to be low as in manila and says travelers are likely to remain stuck for several days. Were outside the main port the off manila where traditionally over the Holiday Season thousands of passengers wait to board their respective passenger ferries going back to their provinces in different islands in the philippines now christmas is a very important occasion for this predominantly catholic country and as you can see families are waiting here theyve got their packages here. But theyve had to spend their Christmas Eve here because this is here with this type of phone or local you know enough personal or maybe a landfall in the Central Region of the philippines on Christmas Eve and that has grounded all types of travel in the country and so here they are this is where they spent their Christmas Eve theyve only had food thats been given to them by the Philippine Coast guard and you have children here who have basically nowhere to sleep and they have nowhere to bathe and theyre saying this is has been a very difficult christmas for them i know that me at midnight im very sad and ive been crying for days i told my child that i cant do anything they did not let us board the ferry because theres a typhoon and we understand that was the last i would go my wife wants us to be together but to be here and theres nothing that we can do now the situation here isnt unique across the country in different ports thousands more are stranded and it is likely that they will remain stranded until the typhoon leaves the philippines the passengers here tell us that they have not been assured that they can leave immediately assoon as the typhoon leaves the philippines theyve also been told that it is likely that it will be one more week before they can actually get on their fareast go back to their provinces so it is likely that they. We will be spending new years here as well. Often to head on out of there whats taking fears of a renewed conflict between israel and hezbollah. Festivities in flames and in the port city of al price terrible call the horrific wildfire that reduced their homes to ashes on christmas. Welcome back were here crossover california over the next few days the flood threat is on the rise we do have a system that is coming out of the pacific and with it were going to be seeing plenty of moisture in the low levels and its going to be snow into the Higher Elevations and for los angeles you could be seen quite a bit of rain over the next few days and the temperatures down to about 12 degrees there but by the time we dont go to go from the thursday and into friday we are going to see some better temperatures but still very heavy rain also some very heavy snow across much of the southwest out here towards eastoe its going to be new york with some clouds in the forecast jumping up to about ninetys there washington 10 in atlanta a chilly day for you at about 16 degrees well here across the caribbean finally the rain the very heavy rain we have seen over the last few days is finally moving out we are seeing plenty of sun across much of the area particularly out here towards the west not a lot of clouds for half an hour with the temperature finally coming back up to about 26. 00 degrees and also down here across much of Rio De Janeiro expect to see more rain that has been going on for the last few days the frontal boundary causing the rain is really stationary across much of that area down towards one of the rain is out of the picture for you we do expect to see a term to there of 26 degrees and by the time we get towards friday some clouds in the forecast with a temperature of 28. 00. Children born into a city of trash discovered the beauty of music. Of blues to places 7. With a chance to pay for the. Turn then reality into a dream. Land philharmonic and witness documentary. Hello again im just. A reminder of our top stories this hour. Has suffered a 2nd deadly attack in its more than soon province just a day after 35 civilians were killed there Security Forces say around a dozen soldiers were killed while on patrol. Thousands of syrians continue to free the last rebel held stronghold of it as a government offensive that intensifies they have taken control of dozens of towns in the last week. And 16 people have now been confirmed dead after a typhoon tore through the central philippines. And made landfall in the Eastern Province of samarra on tuesday with gusts of up to 150 Kilometers Per Hour. Joining us by phone in manila is Richard Gordon who is the chairman of the Philippine Red Cross richard whats the situation like there on the ground at the moment whats the level of damage that were seeing to her as an infrastructure. Morally just been a miserable christmas about 25000 people obviously the christians great to be are even sure its turned into a kind of sense the roots of the roots are not going to divide us a lot of houses have been decimated the coast of in particular you have the growth of moving about maybe 2000 plus over and bloodying in the even the finite particularly environmentally very low income and also in the border so you have a lot of the was affected by the power. Saudi air so theyll done that will power have been around and what the democrats and there are about maybe of 0. 28 and theres the threat is there a look at the vanguard all but done to extend 4 the pressure because this comes out and then theyre going to divest theres about a couple of weeks in which would you saying that a lot of people are still cut off are there enough resources to reach in to help the people who need it right now. With pretty High Pressure because so. Weeks in mindanao the been growing on the people of the river in the provinces and then going out even harder for those have. Been assisted by accident you have also decided going to true and now this one. Of the Christmas Holidays has a lot of the pressure of finance a lot of accidents and certainly a resort. Being depleted but nonetheless its been able to hold on because we have a couple of appeals