there in nairobi, where the summit on south sudan is taking place. we are looking at the latest pictures out of the lebanese capital, beirut where there's a big explosion in downtown beirut. you can see the smoke rising over the center of the city, near where many hotels are located and close to government offices. our correspondent in beirut says that there are reports that this is due to a suicide car bomb and at least four people have been killed in the initial report. it is not clear what the target was. we have got the correspondent on the phone for us from beirut. what more can you tell us. has any more details emerged. people are speculating what was the target. they want to clear the area and want to make sure, and i think it's a car bomb. this area is in downtown beirut. it's very upscale. they are very big and wise. many people are going to the opposite area of downtown beirut. the security forces have been on high alert. checking cars, anything suspicious. they suspect [ inaudible ] it shows a level of tension and alert that the security f

the wounded are now back in nairobi, kenya, getting medical treatment. but now, the question is what happens next? a lot of work going on right now to determine how to get those americans out of there. >> because there are, as you pointed out, dozens of americans still there, and the violence is escalating, and just looking at what happened there, with the service members, obviously that just shows how dangerous a situation is there. >> yeah, barbara starr -- >> go ahead. >> well, i was just going -- i'm sorry, i was going to say that's absolutely right. this is some of the most dangerous work the military does to go into the middle of hot combat zones to get american citizens out, and they say they are going back, and they're going to try to do what they can to get the americans out of there. >> all right. barbara starr, thank you so much. we want to turn it now to ken, a reporter for our affiliate ntv in nairobi, kenya. ken, you've been briefed on the situation in south sudan, is that right? >> reporter: yes, yes, we have some information, but basicall

he came to nairobi from the countryside ten years ago looking for work. life in the city is hard but he phoned the job. many veterans enough to send money back home. but getting the money to his parents pose problems the trouble to look cool but you use to be difficult to send money back to mom while i try i then had to give it to a post ride there and he was reliable. with all my mother had to travel too lazy to pick it up. it had done all i know we've gotten to play the kitchen at the photo no it's much easier. josiah just goes to an amp is a kiosk registers because it's money. unloaded onto itself any since the credit to his mother to text message. is two hundred km away and a few seconds later his mother receives. i'm very happy. my son has just sent me twelve hundred shillings. but two heroes a lot of money. there isn't a bank anywhere near him without a regular income people are unable to open accounts anyway. but there are in case agents all over even here every couple of meters. now the sms credit can be exchanged for cash not many and yet the sum

don't expect magic solutions to come out of nairobi. both sides involved in the conflict had specific conditions, to speak, for the dialogue to take place. on the one hand the former vice president riek machar is demanding political prisoners that have been rounded up, 11 senior south sudan officials that have been rounded up be released. on the other hand the government of south sudan is demanding that riek machar renounce his rebellion first. unless we see signs of goodwill or compromise from both sides, it is one more step in several meetings that we are expecting to take place to reach a political solution. >> thank you. it >> in kenya marriage practices are being challenged. tradition dictates december as the month when boys and girls are circumsised. after the proceedings girls are often immediately married off. >> schools are closed and these girls should be at home with families for the christmas holidays. if they go home, they risk being married off by their parents. rose and elizabeth, 16, escaped marriage in 2008 and 2009. we

i've gone going around public hospitals in nairobi and the situation is dire. we went to two hospitals. one is the largest maternity hospital. the gates were closed. they were planning people back. i went into the wards. there was virtually nobody else. it's a hospital that pays particularly for hiv and tv patients. they were turning people away. people are really worried about the consequences if this issue is not resolved as quickly as possible. >> doesn't seem to be much to celebrate on the 50th anniversary of independence. >> that report from nairobi. >>> let's go to peter greste who joins us from the stadium. good to have you on the show. give us an idea of what the mood is like at the stadium. well, i think as you can hear, it's a party here. it's not quite as you forric as you may have expected. katherine probably put a figure on issues that are underlying the celebrations. this is a party. a celebration of half a century of independence. people who recognised that the country came a long way. they is a stable democracy even though there are problems abo

it's also proof to me and export it has provided inspiration for young developers may need to nairobi a line up. there they were found new uses for text messaging on simple cell phone switch my campaigns that are meant to benefit ordinary people. here they have free internet access to exchange ideas we can even order a coffee in the cafe this is where i kyle was born i'm a life in kenya assignment is improved for money to come on. he's a teacher but he also does some dairy farming the north korean university fees for both of his sons. he admits he doesn't know much about cattle and nicole has helped alot. for instance when it comes to having them insemination. his torso is all boy when he is. disney live as does the minister and failed. these somehow. ian thank you for using icon thanks to messages like that he now is to help the chance to register dollars comes with good service. since then he's been getting regular messages whenever they need to be vaccinated or see of it candy can send questions for which he received prompt answers. he says he's known successful car. well almost th

saw four nairobi, we shooters involved in nairobi with rudimentary weapons, ak-47s , go and kill at least 67 people, maybe more. the full count is not really in. you have to cover the waterfront, so to speak. >> how you do it and why have you been successful? is it because you have very good intelligence, i.e. you contact so many groups and your surveillance, for whatever reason, and the capacity now because of going across institutions and different police bodies and institutions, you know more than you knew before? or is it because someone informs on somebody? [laughter] >> we have a lot more information about them we did in the past. we are working closely with the federal government. was our information is coming through the federal resources. our information is coming to the federal resources. everyone is working together more cooperatively in the past. it is not always perfect, but we are much closer. you can't declare victory here. something could happen today or tomorrow. -- tomorrow that wasn't or isn't on our radar. someone 2010 found a parking spot in times square with a bomb i

we saw in nairobi, we saw four shooters involved in nairobi with rudimentary weapons, ak- 47s, go and kill at least 67 people, maybe more. the full count is not really in. you have to cover the waterfront, so to speak. >> how you do it and why have you been successful? is it because you have very good intelligence, i.e. you contact so many groups and your surveillance, for whatever reason, and the capacity now because of going across institutions and different police bodies and institutions, you know more than you knew before? or is it because someone informs on somebody? [laughter] >> we have a lot more information about them we did in the past. we are working closely with the federal government. most of our information is coming to the federal resources. everyone is working together more cooperatively in the past. it is not always perfect, but we are much closer. you can't declare victory here. something could happen today or tomorrow that wasn't or isn't on our radar. someone 2010 found a parking spot in times square with a bomb in his car. no one knew anything about him. >> what a

he was not in nairobi for the stalks and his exact location is not known. but it is said he must follow the south sudanese government's lead for a halt in the violence. >> we welcome a commitment for the government of the republic of south sudan for a cessation for the other -- parties of chatah to make similar commitments. hostilities -- if they do not seize within four days, the summit will consider taking further measures. >> the regional body did not spell out what those former -- further measures could be, but the disdain ofne seizing power by force. this was bad news for bashar. the overthrow see of the democratically elected government of south sudan. as more and more people are displaced, south sudan waits to see if they will agree to the cessation of hostilities. he told the bbc it would not be possible to stop fighting unless a proper monitoring system was set out, and a cease-fire would be negotiated. the government admits that fighting continues. >> the northern part is safe, of unity state. because of the presence of the areas, thethose killing

searching for survivors after a major train derailment in kenya's capital of nairobi. a massive credit card breach, more fallout and how it will affect your holiday shopping. >>> former russian oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky vows to help others in russia. thanked angela merkel for helping are secure his police. he was jailed for over a decade in prison. he is reuniting with his family. seemed to be a fairly wide reaching press conference. he covered a lot of ground, a lot of topics. what would you say some of the highlights were? >> well, what an amazing 36 hours mikhail khodorkovsky has had since arriving in by berlin. the press conference was quite chaotic at times. they didn't expect quite so many to show up. he thanked those who helped secure his freedom, one of those people were the german chancellor angela merkel. he was taken by surprise then found himself coming here to berlin. he said he wanted to fight for the freedom of those other political prisoners and he was also asked about going back to russia. and this is what he had to say: >> translator: mr. peskov

aljazeera is covering the summit in nairobi kenya right now. who is there and what are they trying to accomplish? >> del, we have here a meeting for the intergovernmental authority, an eight member east trick condition block. the primary message that these african leaders are trying to get out is that essentially what's going on in south sudan is a political crisis, a political conflict, not ethnic. this was made very clear by the kenyan president during his visit to juba on thursday, something that they ar they are reiterating here today. a foreign minister was sent. we're not seeing the other party to the conflict, a former vice president, who's being accused by the south sudanese government of masterminding this rebellion. we are not seeing him who are. what we are seeing is a chance to jump start a possible dialogue to put an end to hostilities on the ground. don't expect miracles coming out of nairobi just yet. >> if the key parties aren't there, is this more, i dough dressing for the united nations and those concerned in africa or is ther

camp two consecutive days and spoke to one of two people last night by phone when i arrived back in nairobi who are in that camp and they're expressing frustration, some of them saying they're not being fed at all and others also complaining about the fact they have no shelter against the backdrop where the sun is shining 12 hours a day. the u.n. says it is beginning to address those needs and says it is distributing food through one meal of porridge a day to the people camped there and. and the u.n. said it is nutritious but not normally eaten by south sudan he's and some people are refusing the food. there's a chronic problem in lack of sanitation and that problem is acknowledged by the .n. and trying to put up bathrooms at the moment but there is a strong smell in the camp and also urine running through the camp. obviously there's a big danger of disease spreading and breaking out. called on erdogan to resign. he's the third minister to resign today after the interior and economy ministers resigned earlier. the sons of all three ministers were among the two dozen people charged as part o

we have more now from nairobi. >> a massive attack in nairobi, the first attack since gunmen stormed a mall, killing more than 60 people in september. several were killed in the bus attack. more were injured when a bomb exploded inside the vehicle. it was on its way to the city center, saturday evening. witnesses say there was chaos, people running scared in every direction, and shops shutting its doors as fast as they could. >> the security is not good. police will come to the rescue. after everything has gone >> saturday's explosion was the fourth attack in kenya. among the incidents, a rare attack on tourists in the coastal city of mooum bassa, a popular destination. a grenade was thrown at tourists but it didn't explode. officials blamed the attacks on al-shabab who were thought behind the mall tragedy. there's now pressure on the somali community. shortly after the explosion angry youth chanted, some chanting, "get the somalis out." the police surrounded them, keeping the situation from escalating. >> there has been several attacks since soldiers were send in in 2011. this man b

al jazeera, nairobi. >> somalia has a new prime minister. an economist that has worked in several organizations, he face as giant task of pushing out al quaida linked fighter whose are frying to topple the central government. the united nations has closed the offices in yemen's capitol, over fears of a possible car bomb attack. american and turkish schools have also been closed. al quaida has claimed responsibility. of emergency supplies into parts of syria, it will now be at least another two days before they can move the supplies believed for tens of thousands of people. al jazeera has more in neighboring turkey. a blanket of snow over the mangled city, the streets seem desserted but the war doesn't stop. a few venture out in search of what remains of basic supplies. not all the homes look like this, but moving around is a perilous process as one activist told us. >> the urgent needs our cooking gas, and electricity, people can't even go out or go into these areas because government snipers will shoot them. >> and jet, where there is snow,

. >> a train has derailed and crashed into makeshift homes in the kenyan capital of nairobi. it came off the tracks in the slum area, home to a quarter of a million. scores of people are possibly trapped in the message. we will go live to the scene of the crash. one wonders what kind of rescue operation, given the difficult circumstances and the nature of the area, that they are able to mount. >> it does appear to be a difficult operation that we are witnessing here first hand. what is going on is essentially workers trying to clear the railway tracks, the commanding police officer at the scene tells me they have brought in a crane, but it needs to be driven on the tracks they are trying to clear to lift the two wagons that had flipped over. we understand the trains - there was 22 wagons in the train, carrying wheat, headed to uganda, and the police officer tells me that it appears that the cargo was a heavy cargo and that's why it had two engines, one at the front, one at the back. it appears to have been quite heavy for the train, for the engines to operate. and that appear

nairobi police are looking for survivors after a freight train derailed into a neighbourhood. seven people have been hurt. we've been sent this report from nairobi. >> crushed by trains, shacks in a slum reduced to wreckage. it took rescue teams an hour to get to the scene in kibera. by then people have started helping those trapped. >> when i reached there i heard a noise, "can you help us?" i called people, we went there and we tried to dig down. we took two children - one five years, and another six years. >> hundreds of people gathered around the accident site. police struggled to cordon off the area. >> the transport minister visited the scene after the accident. he pleaded with people not to set up their home close to the track. the proximity has been complicating rescue efforts. for hours workers struggled to slip over the shanties. train company officials say the train was travelling at a low speed due to congestion in the air, causing the wagons it give way under the heavy weight. this was a colonial line receiving next to no maintenance. >> the trains come from town.

so that's the type of thing that we learned in mumbai and nairobi, we know that command and control and coordination is absolutely the key, they had the army responding and they had the police responding, first the police and then the army, there were coordination problems so we take it back, we fry to translate it into understandable language for police officers for our patrol force. >> i watched 60 minutes last night and general keith alexander both nsa and cyber warfare talked about snowden and talked about some of the issues facing them in terms of the kind of surveillances, we are talking about balance between security and whether he was listening in he raised a point about perhaps they had not done an effective job of communicating what they do. that seems to have been something that you have suggested. >> i think that's -- i think they probably could have done a better job of getting out some of the things that we do in terms of protecting the city from terrorist attack and also the whole issue of stop, question and sometimes frisk, but i must say this, it is not easy to get good

six people have been taken to a nairobi hospital. the train coming off the tracks in a city slum, home to a carter million people. rawya rageh is there on the scene. what are you seeing now? >> what we are seeing is a slow rescue operational essentially slipping over the railway tracks and what the rescue workers are trying to do is fix the tracks in order to be able to bring in a crane to help spip over the data that has derailed. the police officer in charge - this is a team of cargo teams. he said it is very heavy cargo that they had two engines, one at the back pushing. what witnesses are telling them is the extent of the way it worked and crushing to the point where the trin was and slipped off the tracks. it took over an hour for the workers to get to the scene and didn't know how difficult it was to access the area. this is a slum. you could see how close they are. you could see how that is complimenting. they may be able to ascertain what happened after they pulled over two wagons. >> it's a developing situation with 30 peopl

events in beirut but let's move on to other news around the world. 8 east african countries are in nairobi for the political crisis and reporters across the region covering the story for you and we start in juba for you. and if i can get you to first start by telling us what the situation is there now. >> well, people say that things seem to be getting back to normal here in the capitol and it's a lot busier today and shops are open and government offices are functioning and one woman said after days of fighting and living in hell she thinks things will be okay and that is the general statement for people in the capitol and there is a bit of trouble and the fighting is not going away and people are hiding in u.n. bases and dead bodies all over the street and they are confident they will recapture them from the rebels and give them a matter of days and say the fighting will end very soon from the government side and people are hoping at least in terms of violence stopping it won't last too long. >> thanks for that. we are talking about the situation in south sudan and the moment and we go t

mad and therefore no need for pc usage in the script the lady of east africa's leaders in nairobi determined that the facilities to deal sees within four days time the summit will consider taking fed the unspecified majors. perhaps a clear indication of just how we'll see who is delusional leaders of being the situation in south sudan. the move has been hailed in some quarters full probably force holding that the escalation of violence and containing an unfolding humanitarian crisis see especially if it takes to tread the line. you see the scale isn't. if somebody shoots the computer these. to be disastrous. to be disastrous not only for you god. firefox was sent to the sudanese to be disastrous for all of my blog and cheese if it hadn't been as committed as i was watching all of that showing initial success is following the release of the age of eleven politically this idea detained by the tortillas in juba the time and money they need to be too depressed and solve the cat and the former vice president rick musharraf may just see a return to peace in africa is the youngest nation. cctv of t

african leaders kept me in nairobi in a bid to stem the violence that still the one thousand people in south sudan. and turkey's prime minister under pressure and dismissed a senior prosecutor speaks out saying he's been prevented from doing his job investigating government corruption allegations. as the headline star prospect of things for joining us. first the ongoing story coming out of the eleven on a deadly car bomb has hit the capital of beirut this friday. at least five people have been killed and dozens injured in an apparent assassination killing of the tiger has been reported as former minister mohammad the shots on his convoy was hit in the neighborhood in the city center. it was a prominent economist also served as an advisor to former prime minister saad al hariri husband cats and plants has an update now from the scene of the blast. it's great to know from the cinema class to kellyville to see over my shoulders and rescue vehicles were caught in the explosions took place just under two hours ago. at this location is right to the hawks of the favorites in downtown beirut a

we're in nairobi, what is likely to happen now that a court has issued this order? >> reporter: let me start this by telling you this is keny thas celebratings is celebrating its indians. it's where the founding president was inaggravated, where he made to many promises, so many hopes here, and the medical workers are saying there is no celebrating. if they continue with the strike and defy the court order, then they have no avenue for recourse. the government can fire them, and they cannot go to court to appeal against that. now what they can do now is make an appeal. the court order has been issued because the cabinet secretary for health filed a petition before the court, saying this strike is illegal, and the appeal is going to be heard on the 16th. that's why they're being told they should not go on. they have not heard any word from union officials. they're all weighing their options but it's going to be very difficult for them to continue with the strike. >> we're hearing that there will be independent day celebration. tell us how this strike has impacted the

in nairobi, kenya, the regional forces, and eight other countries are meeting in .airobi, kenya they want the resumption of negotiations. this is without preconditions. >> thank you. developments, we will bring them to you as they happen. the french troops have stepped up patrols in the central african republic after clashes killed at least a dozen civilians and five peacekeepers. thatedical sources same this is in the latest wave of violence. earlier, we heard from our correspondent. >> today was much more quiet than yesterday when it was heightened tensions. there was some sporadic gunfire. this we saw hundreds of civilians fleeing the district. we saw some houses that had been burnt, we saw a pickup truck that had been burned. in one district, we saw three muslim men that were nearly lynched by a muslim crowd but they were protected by some soldiers. this masquerade is very close to the presidential compound. this has raised eyebrows. i spoke to the information minister. gone missing in recent days. an investigation has been opened. thailand's government has rejected calls to post

the heads of state have engaged in activity with both parties, and a summit will take place in nairobi tomorrow. they have just departed, and i'm waiting to get the outcome of the meeting. the mission fully supports these intents and ongoing efforts of sudan's neighbors to seek a resolution to the continuing crisis. i've been in president of the political leaders of south sudan and leaders on this very critical process to bring an end to the fighting and the violence that is unfolding as we speak. my second message is that the mission is here to stay and protect. we're maintaining an increasing footprint and presence across the country. we community those that are not critical from any locations. we are increasing our capacity elsewhere. we're improving an increased and rapid redeployment of a mission afterward to the most volatile areas, in particular where they have sought refuge in our camps. we have over 50,000 refugees in our various compounds. and their presence is an eloquent testimony for the acute need for operations in south sudan. therefore, we are not abandoning south sudan

al jazeera, nairobi. >> at least 150 people have been killed which ai by airstrikes ie syrian city of aleppo. it is syria's largest city and has been a major front in that country's civil war. more than 100,000 people there dying since the conflict began in 2011. >>> we now know that most of syria's chemical weapons will be destroyed at sea on board u.s. ships. this according to an international watchdog group watching the destruction of the weapons. but this could be delayed. >> the target was to remove syria's most toxic chemicals out of the country by december 31st, but it seems that there is going to be at least a month delay. the reason is the volatile security situation on the ground in addition to the weather. what is going on here is an attempt to rid syria of chemical weapons in the middle of a raging civil war, and it's a very difficult situation on the ground. the security situation is is the major highways security is changing hands, and the weather. the snowstorm has hit the region that added more hurdles to the original implemented plan. officials say they're going to be

one navy seal remains behind in hospital in nairobi. he was very seriously hurt. he is expected to make it but his injuries were so serious the military flew a special surgical team into nairobi to provide a medical team and they have a military plane equipped on standby, to bring him out if needed. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to everybody. >>> and again, this is a very dangerous time to be a american in that part of the world. rob mckee is a private security manager for the firm, warrior security. rob, your security firm has about 3300 guards throughout the country, what is your situation now and what do you make of reports about movement by u.s. marines? >> yeah, as you said, we're unique in that we have security in all ten states. i think it is an interesting development. we heard what happened in bore the other day with the osprey being shot at. so clearly the united states is taking a very active role in what seems to be a blossoming conflict here. >> the authorities say this is short of a full-blown civil war, how much would an american intervention h

we have this report from nairobi. >> crushed by the derailed train, shacks in a large slum reduced to wreckage. people say it took an hour for rescue teams to arrive. people had already started. >> when i reached there i heard a noise, "can you hep us?", i called people, we went there. we tried to dig down. we took two children, one at the age of five years and the other six. >> hundreds of people gathered around the accident site. police struggled to cordon off the area and push people back. >> the transport minister visited the scene and said the government had been pleading with residents not to set up homes close to the railway track. rescue workers have been telling us the proximity of the homes complicated rescue efforts. a crane proved challenging, with the railway tracks mangled as a result of the crash. the train was travels at a low speed due to congestion, and it may have caused the wagons to give way under the heavy weight of the cargo it was carrying. this was a colonial line. the trains dangle precariously. if you stand here, you actually think they are going to fall on

. >>> now to nairobi. >> reporter: up until now we had only heard one side of the story, that being the version given to us by the president who accused his former deputy of masterminding this aledged attempted coup. now, the spokesman of the president tells us he does not want to comment at all on these allegations that the vice president had attempted to stage a coup. i tried to ask him about the whereabouts of the former vice president. and he said he is fine, very fine. there are concerns because we understand that at least fy political leaders have been arrested, and the government is seeking the arrest of the vice president, something that could inflame tensions further between the two sides. you talk to observers and they tell you that this has been a long time coming. rivalalry had been long-standing between the two men. there is an evident personality clash between the two. and the ethnic or tribal twist to it. the fact that both men come from highly competing tribes. but it's not a very clear-cut tribal tension as well, because there are members -- powerful members from the pr

i was on assignment in nairobi during the attack and saw the devastation firsthand. al shabaab has claimed responsibility for this attack, too. where have these terrorist been recruiting from? closer to home than you might expect. >> this is the best place to be, honestly. >> i came from the states. >> i support jihad anywhere you can. >> reporter: this al shabaab recruiting video targets somali american community in minnesota where these young men are frcom. the al qaeda affiliated group targets america. one was this boy. he was featured in this video. >> he was an american kid. avenues very good student. he had never had any record of any problems. >> his uncle says he grew more isolated before disappearing in 2008 when his family reported him missing. in 2009 his life ended like those of many who are radicalized, killed in somalia. >> tell me about the moment of finding out that news. >> it was very intensive moment. my sister handled that very well. i mean, you could see the pain in her face. but what she told me is finally she got some sort of closure. >> explai

celebrations started early in nairobi as part of the golden jubilee. fireworks beforehand lit up the night sky as people celebrated, but this morning it rained and the celebrations were a bit muted. thousands gathered to witness the union flag come down on december 12th, 1963, as kenya became independent. a photo journalist experienced the birth of an independent kenya. here is the story of his words. >> i came from india in 1947. second generation. i became a photo journalist accidentally. on the day of independence, although we had gone through everything, we went - the atmosphere was electric. i had to pinch myself. they switched off the sport lights when the flag came down. then as the kenya flag started to come out, and the crowd, they did things that had gone wrong immediately after independence, tribal had to make a difference, started coming up. letting the poor people benefitting. i was extremely positive with the new constitution. absolutely blatant what is happening at this moment now. complete disregard of the human rights, freedom of speec

remains in nairobi. they flew a u.s. military surgical team out to nairobi to provide him with more medical care. especially equipped for serious injured cases on standby in nairobi to bring him back to landstuhl when they are able to move him. >> barbara starr, thank you. >>> some of the president obama's strongest supporters are blasting some of his picks. some invoking the name of martin luther king jr. joe johns has more on this. so, i mean, joe, this is pretty rare to have democrats mad at a democratic president. why are they so the angry? >> reporter: that's for sure, brianna form this is a very unusual twist with the back and forth off federal judicial nominees. caught in the middle of a spat between the allies and critics, and a couple civil rights leaders who have been strong supporters are not pressuring the administration to change direction. angry and disappointed s. the message from black leaders to the president. >> mr. president. the lives of the people of this state are hanging in the balance. it is insul

one navy seal remains behind in hospital in nairobi. he was very seriously hurt. he is expected to make it but his injuries were so serious the military flew a special surgical team into nairobi to provide a ed me kale -- medical care and they have a military plane equipped on stand by to bring him out if needed. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to everybody. >>> and again, this is a very dangerous time to be a american in that part of the world. rob mckee is a private security manager for the firm, warrior security. they have a major presence this south sudan. rob, your security firm has about 3500 guards throughout the country. what is the situation now and what do you make of reports about movement of u.s. marines. >> yeah, as you said, we're unique in that we have security in all ten states. i think it is an interesting development. we heard what happened in bore the other day with the osprey being shot at. so clearly the united states is taking a very active role in what seems to be a blossoming conflict here. >> a spokesman for the south sudanese military

i'm joined by our reporter in nairobi. what are you hearing about the fighting. >> we understand that there has been fresh sound of gunfire in the early hours of the morning, despite the situation being assured of being under control. tension and fighting could renew. the anti-government forces had taken control of a military barracks, and forces loyal to the government may have been trying to push them out and have control of the barracks. the fire was outside military bases. now, the capital juba is deserted. only military decoys have been spotted as thousands of civilians take shelter. >> just to give us context, what are we seeing. is it the spillover from president sal va kiir dismissing his cabinet and his ex-deputies coming back to haunt him? what is going onva kiir dismissing his cabinet and his ex-deputies coming back to haunt him? what is going on? >> a contentious aspect is how little clarity there has been over what went down. the president accuses his arch rival the former vice president whom he dismissed in t

also on the program - east african leaders meet in nairobi for urgent talks on the crisis in south sudan. >> dozens and thousands more homeless after days of floods and mudslides in brazil. >> and a rescue mission led by a snow dragon, a chinese ice

>> the shopping center siege in nairobi in september showed yet again that am thur are churs can deliver amateurs can deliver images but it's up to professionals to know when to incorporate it and where to draw the line. when bombs explode at the boston marathon back in april, newsrooms were caught up in a stampede of citizen content and journalistic quality was trampled underfoot. >> reports of the boston bombings were actually quite alarming but i think what's interesting about that is mainstream media also made a number of mistakes in these steps and were ahead of themselves in their reporting and so it's not just the citizen journalist that made mistakes. >> for many media organizations the shifting landscape between their output and their audience is unfamiliar ground. bringing order to this uncharted territory is a user generated content, middle men, working with citizen reporters to get them the best deal for their photos and videos. >> where demotics first made a splash was in 2009 in the back of the elections in iran where news organizations were restricted, proirts were unable

now the heads of state meeting in nairobi have given the go here up to four days to begin talks. they welcome the government's commitment to talks, however, they are asking the former vice president to also commitment himself to talks. and they are talking about people who are allied to the former vice president, saying they should be released so they could enter the talks that would end this crisis. >>> a long disput between the u.s. and japan over the island of okinawa has now been settled. the president saying he is willing to let the base will transferred to a remote area of the island. the pentagon says it is an important part of a plan to bolster america's presence in that coup try. >>> and what is being called a situation of anarchy in venezuela. the future. aljazeera's jane ferguson takes us to a school in kandahar city that was long considered a success and is now facing closure. >> it's a place offering more than these girls know, a quality education in real tangible skills, a path away from positivity and early marriage and towards university and a career. since 2002,

east african leaders meeting in nairobi give the two sides up to 31st december come together and hold face to face talks. so far the government committed's to talks with their opponent, but former vice president riek machar said that he is not going to talk about a ceasefire until there is proper mechanisms for monitoring the cease fire that has been put in place. >> thousands are fleeing the violence in the central african republic. 3,000 people boarded flights to chad over the past five days. there has been a surge in fighting despite the presence of u.n. and african troops. >> in syria 20 people have reportedly been killed in a government air strike. the syrian observatory for human rights says bombs were dropped on a market, near a hospital, in the city of aleppo. al jazeera can't verify the pictures, but two children are said to be among the victims. >> meanwhile the united nations says it's unlikely to meet the dead line to remove ken jobs by the end of the month, blaming the dangerous community situation. president bashar al-assad sent a message to pope francis saying he'll def

. >> the south sudanese president, seen here in pictures from thursday, did not traveled to nairobi to take hardened talks. kenya and ethiopia are backing the president, saying they would not accept any attempt to overthrow him and his democratically elected government. one of the band members of russian punk group pussy riot says she would like president vladimir putin out of power. >> they had been jailed for singing an anti-putin song in the moscow main cathedral. they were released under an amnesty by putin. >> 20 months of imprisonment appear to have done little to tame the two pussy riot band members, who say they have much to catch up on, including spending time with their children. at their first joint press conference since being released earlier this week, they said they regarded the release as a cynical act of propaganda. considering they were due for release in a few months anyway, she would have preferred others to go free instead. due to want their human rights organization to provide a voice for prisoners. >> our final goal is solidarity, a developed civil society, and t

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he today we are told, finally is being transferred from nairobi, kenya, where he's undergone several surgeries for his injuries. and is going by military air medical evacuation plane back to the military hospital at landstuhl, germany, which, of course, has treated thousands of wounded from the wars in afghanistan and iraq over the years. his other three buddies were already transferred there a couple of days ago, but this one navy s.e.a.l. has had a very rough time of it. >> so do you read that as pretty good, barbara? because when he stayed in nairobi and the others went to germany you got a sense of how touch and go things were. do we take this as a really good sign he's able to be transported? >> we are told his surgical team, a combination of expert kenyan doctors including avascular surgeon trained here in the united states and united states medical military advisors have been able to ensure that he is able to be transferred, that he can endure that long flight. but brianna, as you and i have chatted make no mistake, what happened on saturday is quite serious. three u.s. milita

she was not married but had two daughters in nairobi and she shared the house with her sister and her family in the sun my a gin grandchildren. she was prominent and was rich with the car and driver and a guard and of made. later she returned and gloria introduced us. she put out her hand and she did not speak no word of english. sitting in her living room cover the first time since coming through is that i felt at home. every so often we looked at the end smile. one is a man but who are they? >> sheikh first pointed to herself then to the ground. gloria said they were killed in a the genocide. her two grandchildren who she was wheezy has said jiggling i'm prodded close to her face as she concedes that she had been animated smile. this is you? she shouted something in french and she said the you are very pretty. thank you yes i looked pretty with my a hair and makeup by a ran my hand across my face of course, she doesn't recognize me. she pointed to my mother and father i wanted to say how do you say my mother died in french? i appointed to the pitcher then to the ground and she knew

he was not invited to the nairobi meeting. in the meantime, the united nations estimated more than 120,000 people have been displaced in south sudan since ethnic fighting broke out nearly two weeks ago. two more african union peacekeepers have been killed in the central african republic. the soldiers from the republic of congo were shot dead overnight. six peacekeepers from chad were killed a day earlier. the violence in the central african republic has been building since a coup last march. the head of thailand's army urged restraint today by both sides in the country's political crisis. and, he issued a warning. the commander spoke a day after police and protesters battled in the streets in bangkok. two people were killed and more than 140 others were injured. the army commander deplored the violence, and he left open the possibility of a military coup. >> ( translated ): the door is neither open nor closed. anything can happen, it all depends on the situation. the people should support the army because we're trying to do th

more than 380 government officials and private citizens have been taken from the region to nairobi. another 300 from partner nations have been evacuated. we know president obama is continuing to be updated by government officials on the situation. he is vacationing with his family, but continues to stay abreast of the situation. the white house is issuing a statement on saturday, in fact, saying that there is great concern about the vol tilty in the region, saying that any effort to seize power will result in an end to long-standing support from the u.s. and international community. secretary of state john kerry appointed a special envoy to the region, donald booth. he said it's the u.s. position that sudan, and south sudan, not slide back into violence. it's the u.s. belief that it will be detrimental to both sides and the u.s. continues to encourage both sides to resolve their differences through political means. >> monday marks a deadline for the affordable care act, it's the last day for millions of americans to sign up for health insurance through the federal government. our co

i was in a neighborhood of nairobi which is that it was sizable somali community. whats not to care what the motive for the attack was this the fourth such lawsuits tuesday truck was the last two days celebrations have been held across canada the country's the fiftieth anniversary of independence the jihadist leader in money says that today's suicide attack on the un forces in the country was in retaliation for african country supports a fraud says manage the operation in money one attack in the northern city of two doll claimed the lives of two cynically soldiers serving in un peacekeeping force. mar the country is due to hold its second round of the seven elections seen as the final total to a return to democracy. the tips interim president oddly months or announce today that a referendum will be held next month on the country's amended constitution which he says will pave the way it was the creation of a mold and democratic states. the phase can take place on the fourteenth and fifteenth of january. i casted on and d'souza s this report offering a glimmer of hop