welcome to the news hour from doha. israel's prime minister urges the u.s. president to keep iran's sanctions in place. after the siege al jazeera goes inside kenya's westgate shopping center. counting down to a u.s. government shutdown. we're in washington where lawmakers have just hours to agree to a new budget. i'm in london with all the

very latest news from europe including cracks appear in silvio berlusconi's power base if it finds threats italy has to go to the polls again over his role in government. golden dawn or golden dusk? in greece activists face new threats to their political future. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has urged president obama not to let up on sanctions against iran. netanyahu is visiting the white house just three days after obama and new iranian president hassan rouhani spoke on the phone. that's the highest level of contact in decades. he assured netanyahu he will be level-headed during talks with iran. the head of iran's elite revolutionary guard questions the time between the phone call.

he told the state news agency that rouhani should have waited until washington demonstrated genuine intentions towards iran. he says given the fact that the islam my republic of iran demonstrated its goodwill, especially by the stances and the remarks made in the 68th session of the united nations, now it is america's turn to build trust with practical measures and prove its sincerity in practice. now, we have correspondents standing by. we have patty colhani in washington and peter sharp in jerusalem. let's go to penny in washington first. penny, the relationship between obama and netanyahu has been testy at best. that's the best description we can give them. what do you make of this recent meeting? >> reporter: well, the white house has definitely been trying to change that relationship, sending the president to israel in the first overseas trip of the second term.

it was pretty clear in the meeting it was more cordial, but they still have differences. prime minister benjamin netanyahu came here trying to get some sort of reassurance from president barack obama that the threat of force was still very much on the table, and he got that. the president did mention that. he said it before, that he hasn't really talked about that since relaunching the negotiations. he's been spending a lot more time talking about respect for the iranian people and the iranian leadership. so that was a bit of a change in tone, but what prime minister netanyahu didn't get is any sort of public deadline or time line to see how long these negotiations can continue. now, for his part the prime minister said he believes that sanctions should be strengthened if the nuclear program continues during the negotiations, and again, you didn't hear the president agree with that. so, obvious differences, but these two leaders have a much more cordial tone than we've seen before in the oval office when they have difficulties. >> we've talked about obama and netanyahu and the iranian president as well.

what about the american public? what do they take of what's happening now between iran, israel and the u.s.? >> reporter: the criticism has been very muted since president barack obama announced that he had reached out to president rouhani and had the phone call. there have been some in the opposition party that say the president shouldn't be doing that, but really the country is much more focused on the potential for a partial government shutdown. there is a recent poll, and 76% of americans say they want the u.s. to negotiate directly with iran over the nuclear program. the white house got the message. when it went to congress to try to get approval for a strike in syria, the american public overwhelmingly said it is war wary and doesn't want military engagements. it seems that the president has political cover with the american people to pursue this diplomatic path. >> thank you very much, penny, from washington. let's now go to peter sharp who joins us from jerusalem. peter, israel, of course, very concerned over a nuclear-powered iran.

would obama's comments have eased these concerns? >> reporter: i think they would. look, i think israel was really on the back foot when this charm offensive was launched by the iranians at the u.n. last week, and netanyahu was coming to washington to try and rub some of that shine off that charm offensive. the key to all that really was sanctions. he was desperately worried that sanctions could be in part anyway removed or tampered with when he basically believes this is the time when sanctions should be strengthened. he would have been gratified to hear obama say that no options are off the table, and that includes, he said, the threat of military force. now, for diplomacy to work, benjamin netanyahu believes that a twin-pronged approach is what is required to get the iranians

on the table, and that is continued sanctions and also a credible military threat. in those remarks from president obama at the white house, he got assurances on both those levels. >> no doubt very interesting times ahead for iran, israel and the u.s. thank you very much for speaking to us from jerusalem and also patty from washington, d.c. let's move on now, and the man leading the investigation into the attack on kenya's westgate mall says intelligence officers and witnesses will be questioned under oath. the government is facing intense scrutiny over its handling of the incident. al jazeera's andrew simmons has been inside the shopping center for the first time since the hostage crisis ended. >> reporter: walking into westgate mall, it was a surreal feeling, really. business people, shop keepers all trying to recover their goods, and obviously, the knowledge that so many have died

there sunk in gradually as i walked around the corner to art cafe, a brasserie where people has been sipping cappuccino. as i progressed through the floors of the building to the very roof, from the roof i could see what was a dramatic sight. it looked as if a bomb had landed on the car park area and crashed through into the megasupermarket, a large store. the chairman of the par lamentary committee looking into failures of intelligence and also allegations that the whole thing was mishandled have this to say. >> the members that we have are certainly very focused, very eager to get to the truth and very, you know, enthusiastic that the truth does come out. the report will be very clear in recommendations and in also the

events that took place. >> reporter: it will take a month before we get an interim report from that committee, but kenyans want answers sooner than that. they want to know are the attackers still at-large? did they escape through a tunnel? the government isn't consistent about what it's saying. also, the numbers of missing is something of a mystery. the kenyan red cross say 39 people are still reported missing, yet, the government is insisting that no more hostages will be found in the rubble. there seems to be a disconnect between the government and agencies like the red cross. >> earlier al jazeera spoke to abdul hadji, the man dubbed at the westgate mall hero. he is seen here risking his life by saving families while under fire. he told us how he felt after meeting the people he helped for the first time since the incident. >> when we met, it was very emotional, very, very emotional. for me also i think it was

important that i met some of the survivors, because it kind of brings closure. we were able to sit down for a long time and piece together the different information we had about the whole incident. i think by meeting with them it actually -- a lot of things make sense. >> reporter: the only reason you had a firearm is because you are the son of a former defense minister of kenya, but you're a civilian. you went there to try to rescue your brother, and in so doing you ended up saving a large number of people. you only had 14 rounds in your pistol. how on earth did you manage it? >> my priority was not to be engage the terrorist but to find a way to get into the mall and try and rescue people. like i said before, we were giving cover to the red cross people. so the only time i had to exchange fire with the terrorists is when we got to the ground floor, and they opened fire at us and they shot one of my colleagues and we returned

fire. at this time i became very conscience of how many rounds i had. i had only 14 rounds and nothing more. i kept counting every shot that was taken. i think i managed to keep up a count of how many shots i was taking. turkey's prime minister has announced radical reforms, proposing changes to laws banning politics, society and culture. it means that pro-kurdish parties could have more influence in parliament and a ban on religious things in buildings will be lifted. >> translator: we will declare a set of procedures today. these won't be the last but will be followed by other procedures to increase freedom and democracy in turkey, and we need to boost and support the steps in order to turkey to be a modern and developed country. >> some kurdish leaders say they're not fully satisfied with the changes. they say they fall short of what the government promised. ahead of the peace and democracy party said that the package does

not meet our expectations. it doesn't have the ability to solve problems or to ease the democratic deadlock. the chairman of the department of eu relations of istanbul says the package of reforms is a step in the right direction. >> turkish liberals like the european union and other turkey watchers, of course, welcome the new package. it's better than nothing, but i mean, when it comes to satisfying the criteria and the needs of the country independent of what the eu or human rights watches are expecting from turkey, of course, it is -- it's largely insufficient unfortunately. it has two major openings, though. one on the electoral system. as you know, the turkish electoral system is very unjust. the prime minister announced

that he's ready to discuss other formulas which would apply then in 2015, parliament elections, and not before. the second one is about the education in the mother tongue. so he proposed private education institutions for the mother tongue and mainly for the kurdi kurdish. of course, the people have started to debate the issue. it's not easy, but we can consider it as a very small step in the right direction. >> coming up in "the news hour" find out about the wildcat mining as the miners go on strike. plus, the u.s. is on the brink of a major shutdown.

the foreign minister told the united nations that damascus is fully committed to cooperating on chemical weapons, but in return he wants the u.n. to support the government's fight against the rebels. from new york james spaeth reports. >> reporter: defiant as ever, the deputy prime minister said the war in his country was not a civil war but a war against al qaeda, those he labeled terrorists were the ones that used chemical weapons, and he made this extraordinary new allegation. >> translator: terrorists who used poisonous gases in my country have received chemical agents from regional and western countries that are well-known to all of us. >> reporter: by the end of the speech, just one diplomats was in the u.s. seats, and he represents a regime that has not held a single free election

since it took power 46 years ago speak about the way forward in syria. >> reporter: ballot boxes for free and fair elections remain the only solution to decide on the options of the syrian people in determining their own future. >> reporter: after friday's unanimous vote in the security council, there's hope now of another unified effort by the international community. for months senior u.n. officials have called for better access to syria for humanitarian agencies. diplomats are now working on a strongly worded statement to be issued by the president of the security council. a presidential statement on humanitarian access would be important because it would show the joint position of all 15 members of the security council. it would carry their moral authority, but it is not legally binding in international law. aid workers say it takes months to get visas to enter the country and the right paperwork for their much-needed supplies. getting to opposition-controlled areas is particularly difficult. a statement from the security

council might provide pressure that would lead to better access. james spaeth, al jazeera, at the united nations. it's being confirmed more than 2 million people have left syria to escape the civil war. the announcement came at the united nations in geneva. >> for a country like lebanon, the presence of 760,000 refugees is equivalent to over 11 million in the united kingdom, 15 million in germany, or 58 million in the united states. i visited a village where 3,000 lebanese were sheltering 5,000 syrian refugees and between 20% and 25% of the people today living in lebanon are, in fact, syrians. >> there's been a series of bomb blasts in baghdad. at least 60 people have been killed and many more wounded. mainly shia parts of the city were targeted. caroline malone has more. >> reporter: this is one of the deadliest attacks of the day.

a bomb went off in a parked car in sadr city, baghdad. >> translator: the explosion happened here. many people were killed. many cars were burned. many workers and poor people died because of this. >> reporter: while people scrambled for help in sadr, at least four blasts hit other neighborhoods. in parking lots and at outdoor markets. crowded places that have resulted in a large number of civilians injured and killed. security has been tightened across iraq recently as repeated violence claims more and more lives. even in the northern kurdish region, a more peaceful part of the country was hit on sunday. a coordinated suicide and car bomb went off, the first major attack there since 2007. >> there's a need for a new political approach to win over especially those people in the area they feel are marginalized, mainly the arab sunnis, and the

government has not done enough in this field. also now what's happening in kurdistan reflects the increasing role by some of the iraqi kurdish leaders in syria, especially in the kurdish syrian area. and this between iraq and syria has become so much interlinked that what happens happens in syria will affect iraq. >> reporter: the u.n. refugee agency is also increasingly concerned about people running away from violence in iraq. 5,000 people have been displaced within the country this year, joining more than 1 million others from many previous years in violence. caroline malone, al jazeera. it's been more than 20 years in the planning, but bosnia will hold a census. but in that troubled region things are more complicated than they would appear. let's get more from julie mcdonald in the european news

center. >> thank you, the census is the first since a bitter war split the former yugoslavia, and it will start early on tuesday morning. the aim is to give a snapshot of the social ethnic and economic makeup of the country. there are fears it could stir up again tension in a country which is still deeply divided. it's been more than two decades since bosnia split from yugoslavia and die se descended into war. 2 million people were displaced, and today ethnic tensions remain between boz kneeian muslim, crow i can't tells and serbs. they share power as part of a complex post-war peace deal. we have this report from sar yaif yo. they're enshrined at separate power-sharing entities in the agreement that ended

bosnia's war. now the first post-war census threatening to aggravate old tensions. >> translator: the boz kneeians say during the war hundreds of thousands of them were killed here or displaced, but a predict a problem for them because this census shows the numbers of dead or missing is less. that would mean they misled the international community for the past 20 years. >> reporter: any change in the population's statistics on a national basis could affect a quota system that gives each group a fixed share of power and associated privilege across boez nia's system of government. >> translator: the census now has a political dimension. that's because various national political parties are trying to influence people to declare themselves in a particular national manner. the reason for doing this is to gain a stronger national base to promote their own policies. >> reporter: beyond the purely demographic benefits of a seven ses, it appears one aim of the

count in bosnia is to further entrench a system of ethnic and religious power-sharing that largely benefits an elite and tends to make overall progress cumbersome and slow. in that sense it's more like an election than a demographic study, and public campaigns reflect that. here, for instance, the message is broadcast on television as it is in the mosques combloering muslim to declare themselves as bosniacs in the group. >> we created something to help them tell their national identity. the islamic community is engaged in helping people to use a traditional name in this census. >> reporter: there are other groups, of course, and an unknown number who reject the three-way system altogether. they're simply called the others. after five years of war, bosnia

has enjoyed nearly two decades of peace, what it doesn't have much of is national unity. the vatican has announced it will hold a three-day conference aimed at reforming the church's government. the event will bring together eight cardinals chosen from across the world by pope francis to look at reforming the bureaucracy in the vatican. one vatican watcher said not everybody wanted to see change. >> reporter: the -- the >> translator: the majority wanted a strong pope, who would change many things and form the vatican curia and relaunch the catholic church. he's very willing to do so. the catholic people like him very much. that said, inside and outside the vatican, there are those that resist this reform as in every institution, those who prefer to keep things the way they are. >> i'll be back later in the program with more from europe. back to doha for the moment. thank you very much. in a matter of hours large sections of the u.s. government

could be shut down. the republican-controlled house is refusing to agree on a budget unless barack obama's landmark health reforms are delayed, but the democrat-controlled senate is likely to reject any delay. if there's no agreement, 800,000 government workers will be sent home without pay. the services at risk include the smithsonian museums and all 368 sites in the national park service system, which could be closed. now, pension and war veterans are likely to see benefits delayed. disability claims could also be hit, and there's likely to be a halt to visa and passport applications. u.s. president barack obama says he hopes a government shutdown can be averted. >> i am not at all resigned, and i'll have a chance to, obviously, speak more to this -- i'm going to have a cabinet meeting this afternoon, and i may have further thoughts for the press as the day goes on.

but the bottom line is that the senate has passed a bill that keeps government hope, doesn't have a loss of extraneous issues to it that allows us to negotiate a longer-term budget and address a range of other issu issues. >> jacob johnson is a former congressional campaign manager from atlanta. thank you very much for making it on the show. now, we're down to the wire. what needs to happen or what can happen to break the stalemate? >> well, what it would require is for the senate to either agree to what the house has just handed up to the upper chamber or more likely we're going to end up having a government shutdown. there's little or no chance there can be a negotiate at this point because the opposing party, the republicans have made it clear they'd rather shut down the government than alowell the government health care plan to go forward. >> you're not as optimistic as

president obama. it's not known how long this partial shutdown will go for it. paint for us what would be the worst-case scenario. >> the worst-case scenario is this goes past three or four weeks. the last major shutdown in the late '90s was about 28 days. we had two of them. this could go longer, because once the government shuts down and once 800,000 people are out of work and once students and veterans and everyone else is effected, it's likely the president will say we'll hash it out now. we're going to do the debt ceiling and government loans and set all of this down, because i'm not going to spend the next three years of my presidency having budget fights every three or four months. i think this is going to be a long shutdown. >> you have to wonder, though, what is the real motive of this stalemate. it does seem to be a real reflection of the bipartisanship that has plagued the obama administration since president obama got into office in 2008. how do you see this possible shutdown affecting either party

or either side? >> well, it has a bigger impact on the republican party, because what's happening here is unfortunately this is not gridlock. this is not that the two parties can't get along. this is a civil war within the republican party. you have some republicans in the lower house who say that president obama's not legitimate and it's their job to stop any part of his agenda. you have other members of the republican party that say, this is a fight we can have during midterm elections in 2014. while they fight etch ear, the rest of america suffers. unfortunately, the biggest consequence is hit the entire country, but the political consequences will hit the republicans. >> jason, just very briefly, could you detail for us what is it that the republicans are on posed to when it comes to the health care program? >> they're opposed to the fact that it was president obama's idea. i mean, that's pretty what it is. mitt romney ran yesterday under the idea that this health care

plan would destroy the u.s. economy, and there's some questions as to how it will impact the economy. but the republicans insist it's a disaster and has to be stopped. democrats and many analysts have said the impact isn't clear. we have to see what it looks like when it gets implemented. >> jason, thank you very much for speaking to us. jason johnson, the former congressional campaign manager in atlanta. and still ahead, two canadians held in egypt without charge say they are being abused and intimidated. plus, civilians under threat, students and commuters are being targeted by nigerian rebels. and a sport bust for man cheen any has a new job in turkey. we'll have all the details later. s2úq@eñsy$x

welcome back. here's a recap of the top stories. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu asked president barack obama not to let up on sanctions against iran. netanyahu is visiting the white house three days after obama and the iranian president hassan

rouhani spoke on the phone. that's the highest level contact in decades. the man leading the investigation into the attack on kenya's westgate mall says that intelligence operatives and witnesses will be questioned under oath. the government is facing intense scrutiny over the handling of the four-day siege. turkey's prime minister unveiled sweeping reforms. he's reaching out to the country's many minorities and trying to re-energize the peace process with kurdish separatist movement, the pkk. it's seen as an attempt to strengthen turkey's bid to join the european union. a newly elected australia prime minister tony abbott made the first foreign trip to indonesia. he discussed the problem with the asylum seekers with the president. the meeting comes days after 28 people died after a boat sank oft the coast of indonesia. we have more. >> reporter: a controversial

visit of australia's new prime minister, tony abbott, just daying after more than 30 asylum seekers drown on their way to australia. many in indonesia firmly criticize his policy to tow boats carrying asylum seekers back, possibly entering indonesia's territorial waters. >> the government of australia takes a very dim view, a very dim view indeed of anyone seeking to use our country as a platform for grandstanding against indonesia. we will do everything that we possibly can to discourage this and to prevent this. >> translator: those coming from the middle east and many other countries are burdening indonesia either socially or economically. when some of them travel to australia, it also burdens indonesia. the solution is cooperation, effective, precise, and good cooperation. >> reporter: only 28 of the

asigh yum seekers mostly from lebanon and iraq in the boat accident. he lost his whole family trying to escape violence from the conflict of syria in his hometown. he says they unsuccessfully asked the australian navy for help. >> translator: what happened to me? i lost my whole family at sea. i don't know anything about them. they all died because australia didn't help us. >> reporter: tony abbott's controversy policies have so far not deterred any asylum seekers from taking the risky boat ride to australia. thousands are waiting here in indonesia, among them many who say it's too dangerous for them to go back home. while indonesia has promised to tackle the problem of people smugglers in the country, australia needs to reassure jakarta it will respect their sovereignty. a difficult start between two countries that faye an influx of desperate asylum seekers willing

to risk their lives at sea, like these survivors that are so traumatized they only want one thing, go back home as soon as possible. two canadians apparently being held in egypt without charge have had their detention extended for a further 45 days. john fw greyson and tarek louba has been detained for six weeks. they say they were on their way to gaza for humanitarian work but got stuck in egypt during violent demonstrations. they've been subjected to abuse and intimidation while in prison and have been on hunger strike for 15 days. earlier john greyson's sister told al jazeera about how difficult it is to speak to the detained men. >> there's no telephone contact with inmates in the prison, so we've had no direct contact with john or tarek during this entire time.

they've been able to speak to our lawyers and also to canadian consulate staff. against, you know, it's really a bit of a guessing game as to what exactly the prosecutors are investigating at this point. i know the egyptian foreign minister made a statement to a news agency yesterday stating that john and tarek was under investigation for a few different things, including surveillance or attending an illegal demonstration, but, you know, it's obvious to us from the statement that we released that john and tarek got to our lawyers that what they witnessed, i think, has more to do with the fact that they're under detention. they witnessed over 50 people die on the streets of cairo on august 16th, and i think that has more to do with the fact they're being detained. the money markets have reacted with concern to the political crisis gripping italy. let's get more now from julie mcdonald in london. >> thank you. i think jittery could be the word to describe the word of economists looking at italy's

short-term future. a little earlier the markets opened for the first time following the resignation of five government ministers from silvio berlusconi's party. that led the prime minister to call for a vote of confidence. now it looks like cracks are developing inside berlusconi's party. he arrived a little earlier for a meeting with members of his party, some of whom have threatened to leave his party unless he backs down. you'll remember, of course, he's been threatened with being thrown out of parliament over his criminal convictions. sonya has more now from rome. >> reporter: while politicians have been digesting the recent events, the prime minister is now preparing to go to parliament on wednesday to try and gain a vote of confidence in his government. therefore, a lot of political maneuvering, a lot of planning to work out which are the best possible options to try and save the government to stop it from being dissolved. to talk about some of those solutions here i'm joined by an

economist with luis university. what are the solutions that the government should be looking at? >> on wednesday there's a confidence vote, and what he's trying to do is reach 24 votes they need in order to have support. the real problem with this plan is these 24 votes are going to come from different political areas. as far as the front for the far left to the green movement to the pdl, some of the members of the berlusconi's party, it's possible they're going to give the confidence vote. this is going to be okay for the short term. the government will be operational again. the problem is in the immediate term is not clear when it's going to be able to have support with those. >> reporter: thank you very much indeed. of course, much of that political maneuvering will be conducted over the next couple of days. of course, not least for members of berlusconi's party, the pdl. their next move now is to work

out exactly what their options will be. >> sonya reporting there. in greece a law has been drawn up to crackdown on the far right golden dawn party. it bars the killing of an antifacist musician a member of golden dawn is under arrest for that. also held is the party's leader and four other mps on charges on forming a criminal organization. the deputy prime minister of greece says the government wants to cut any funding to the party. >> translator: democracy cannot fund its rivals. therefore, when you have a criminal organization, which is operating inside a political party, there must be sanctions regarding funding. until there's a court decision during the criminal investigation phase, there will be mechanisms for the suspension of funding while we wait for the decisions of the trial. the rise of golden dawn left some greek residents feeling uncomfortable.

barnabe phillips explains from athens. >> reporter: the streets of central athens became multi-racial quickly in recent years. golden dawn's rise was to some extent a response to this influx from abroad. the crackdown on the far right party might make immigrants feel safer on these mean streets. this was a community center for tanz. >> tan. >> kneeians. one years thugs broke in and smashed it up. they're convinced golden dawn did this. one year on the tanz kneeians have a new center in they hope a safer neighborhood and welcome the crackdown on golden dawn. >> before this rest, all of us, especially africans, we didn't feel secure. every one of us felt not happy and everyone was afraid. but now after this arrest we're hoping that maybe the situation is going to be much better. >> reporter: after years of

tolerating golden dawn, the greek state has suddenly decided to try and crush it. where does that leave the close to half a million greeks who voted for the far right party in the last general election? a publisher is one of them, so would he vote for golden dawn again if there was another election tomorrow? >> i would think of it very seriously, because no matter what they say about golden dawn, the thing is, the fact is that the reasons for which i voted for golden dawn are still there. i strongly believe that most of the people who voted for golden dawn, the reason is that they wanted to protest that they are disappointed from the rest of the parties. >> reporter: he's from afghanistan. he was beaten up on the streets four years ago by a right-wing gang. he suffered depression since, and he wouldn't show his face on camera. do you feel afraid in athens

still today? >> of course there are days i'm afraid, even during the day. nobody does know what's going to happen in the future. >> reporter: many of the immigrants in athens dream of moving on to richer countries, germany, britain, sweden. and given greece's economic problems, that won't change. whatever happens to golden dawn. al jazeera, athens. that's it from me for the moment. back to you in doha. julie, thanks very much. nigerian is stepping up security at schools. dozens of students are in hospital following an attack on their college. the army says the students were shot as they slept by boko haram fighters. >> reporter: 50 students of the college of agriculture were murdered in their sleep when gunmen in two pickup vans and motorcycles attacked their dormitories. more than a dozen students are in hospital. it is the latest in the recent

escalation of violence in the northeast of nigeria. families are left with the grim task of identifying their relatives. the military has blamed boko haram fighters for the attack. security operatives say the inability of them to carry out bomb attacks is responsible for the recent targeting of what they called soft spots. over the last month these attacks are mainly students and commuters led to more than 200 deaths. the nigerian president said the new attacks required a new approach. >> we need to look at different ways of handling what we're trying. the crisis came down, but we're looking at things between those terrorist places where you don't expect them to come. >> reporter: almost all those killed in sunday's attack by boko haram, chsz it wants to establish islamic laws in the

north, the attack shows that the strategy adapted by the security forces allows vigilantes to arrest boko haram members has ngerred the group. they think it's a mistake to allow vigilantes to take them on. >> you need to go on the offensive to tack the problem, because one thing is that boko haram is not a terrorist organization. it's an international terrorism organization with affiliations. >> two weeks ago gunmen killed more than 200 civilians. authorities say there will boost security for schools, but that is little comfort to relatives of the dead and wounded. the death toll from sunday's bomb blast that ripped through a market in the pakistani city of

pasharwa went to 42. it was the third deadly blast to hit the city in a week. we have the report. >> reporter: protests on the streets of pashawar as people gather to voice their anger at the government's failure to stop the violence, which has erupted across the city. on sunday more than 40 people were killed in the car and bomb attack at this market. this man says he has no energy to take part in the protests. instead, he sifts through the fragments of what was his computer repair shop. not only did he lose his business and livelihood in the bombing, his brother-in-law was also killed in the attack. >> translator: we've lost everything. we've literally gone back to zero. government has shown it can do nothing. i'll start my business again to honor my brother's name. >> reporter: the devastation caused by sunday's bombing is clear. so, too, is the resolve of people here to rebuild their

lives in a city that is no stranger to this kind of violence. there have been two other major bomb attacks in peshawar. the first was at a church claiming more than 80 lives, and the other targeted a bus with civil servants killing 19. it's unclear if the three attacks are linked, but the fact the city has been the site of such violence in recent days comes as little surprise to some security analysts. >> it's the main center where the government is ruling. the militants want to target it to create an impact. the second thing is it's surrounded by tribal leaders from three sides, and the militants have easy access to carry out their activities in five minutes, and even they're not caught up. that is another good reason why the city of peshawar is always on the hit list.

>> reporter: the series of attacks has called into question prime minister's peace talks with the taliban. they have criticized the criticism for being too vague. the recent wave of bombings puts into question whether the armed groups have any interest in dialogue at all. millions of people in india live in dangerous buildings. many are built illegally. 61 people died on saturday when one of those buildings collapsed. the government's put forward new measures to stop illegal construction, but not everyone will benefit. we have the report from india. >> reporter: at a loss, what could we do? those are the words they say. they lived with their three children in this cramped one-bedroom apartment they bought 12 years ago. the 500 residents of this block have been served with an eviction notice. the building, according to the authorities, is illegally constructed and now may be unsafe.

>> translator: if we don't have a home, where will we go, and what about the children's education? everything is connected. we eat hand-to-mouth, and without a roof over our heads, where will we go? >> reporter: they can't sell everything they have to own a home of their own, even all of the jewelry. they're not the only ones. 80% of the residents in district live in illegally constructed buildings. many have been given notices to be destroyed, but that's an impossible task according to some. this is the most populous district with a population in excess of 11 million. pro-government officials are standing strong against evictions or demolitions despite the potential for the adults for the party and new building regulators. >> i can't afford any political level or humanitarian level to let them live alone, to fight their own battle. i have a responsibility towards them, and i will not allow any

bill or any agency to bring down their house, irrespective of what they have to say. >> reporter: in april a multi-story collapsed that killed 70 people. this is all that's left of the building and those illegally around it that were knocked down after the incident. the government's proposals to have an independent regulator is welcomed by those in the industry with people's participation. >> but more than that, there has to be stringent norms. there has to be stringent implementation. there has been to be stringent aspects that if the orders are given, it has to be followed. that's not happening. >> reporter: in 2010 5 million buildings were estimated to be illegally constructed and only 11,000 were demolished. the problem is where to house and look after people like this family. they have no more money. if they have to be evicted, they

don't know where they will go and who will finance the rehabilitation. still to come on this kwz news hour," after months of silence, alex rodriguez gets to tell his side of the story at his appeal against a lengthy ban from baseball begins. s2úq@eñsy$x

welcome back. now, we've got some breaking news that's just come in. the associated press is robe reporting that the senate in the u.s. has rejected the house

republican conditions on temporary spending bill. this, of course, means that a shutdown, a partial government shutdown in the u.s. is looming. this, of course, does mean that 800,000 government workers will be sent home without pay. there are also many other people who will be affected. we will, of course, bring you more details on the story as the night goes on. meanwhile, zimbabwe is home to some of the africa's largest elephant herds but poaching is on the rise and more brutal methods are being used to kill the animals. we have the report from the largest game park. >> reporter: government officials say this is the worst incident of poaching ever in zimbabwe. these elephants were poisoned by poachers using cyanide. police have found cyanide stashed in nearby villages. ten poachers have so far been arrested. >> it's gone on for so long, but

we can't allow it to go on further. we won't allow it. we have also seen in the past few days the jailing of some of the criminals. anybody involved in this industry, in this poaching will go to our justice system in terms of sending them to prison. >> reporter: more than 90 dead elephants have been found. officials believe their tusks have been sold to dealers in asia where ivory is in high demand. park officials say some of the cyanide was put into the water, but it's impossible to know where the contaminated started. managing the crisis is difficult. this is a huge game park, more than 4,000 square kilomotor meters. you can't just put up a sign that says, please, don't drink the water. government officials are struggling to deal with poaching because of targeted sanctions imposed on zimbabwe by western countries more than ten years

ago. they say that's why there's no money to protect these animals. animal rights groups fear more will die. >> the downstream effect of all the other animals that are probably going to die and perish because of this by being poisoned is alarming. i'd like to think parks are doing their very best, yes, but they are constrained because of the financial position at the moment. >> reporter: zimbabwe is home to some of the africa's largest elephant herds. there's no way of knowing when or where poachers using cyanide will strike next. it's time for sports now, and here's joan. >> new marathon world record holder wilson kipsang of kenya says he hopes the success can lift spirits in his homeland. he smashed the previous record by 15 seconds at sunday's berlin marathon. al jazeera's nick spicer has more from the german capital. >> reporter: the berlin marathon

course is considered one of the world's fastest with eight world records set here in 15 years. the city is mostly flat, and sunday's weather was perfect. lots of sun, but the air was cool. perfect conditions then for wilson kipsang of kenya to set a new world record of two hours, three minutes and 23 seconds. he won $54,000 for coming in first and took home another 68,000 for breaking the world record. but he said he was also grateful for how his win would make his countrymen back home in kenya feel after the devastating attack to nairobi's westgate mall. >> people were really injured and afraid of what the country is going through. yesterday when i broke the world record, they were so happy and celebrating. >> reporter: the second and third place finishers were also from kenya. kipsang said he set out to break

the world record on sunday, and he was planning to break that record, his own now, again. nick spicer, al jazeera, berlin. alex rodriguez gets to tell his side of the story as his appeal hearing begins in new york. the yankees player is fighting to overturn a 211-game ban for doping. he was suspended on august 5th but allowed to continue playing until his appeal reached a conclusion. he's expected to argue to have the ban overturned on the grounds it is excessive. the hearing is set to last until friday. unless a settlement is reached, a decision is not expected until later this year. well, major league baseball's regular season came to an end on sunday, but after a total of 162 games, we still don't have the complete playoff line-up. the tampa bay rays will face the texas rangers in a juan-game tiebreaker for a spot. tampa ended the regular season with a 7-6 win over the blue jays. if they beat the rangers on monday, they play the cleveland

indians on the wildcard game on wednesday. the rangers have something to say about that, of course. they go into monday's game off the back of this win over the los angeles angels. soto was the star of the show smashing two home runs as texas ran out 6-2 winners. messi will miss barcelona's next two matches including the game with celtic on tuesday. he picked up an injury on sunday. messi scored early on before being forced off after 28 minutes. scans showed an injury on his right side. he also missed saturday's home game. the injury is expected to keep the player out for two to three weeks. messi and barcelona could face into the hands of celtic looking to get their european campaign back on track. they hope it will help with the last season's shot over

barcelona. >> it's good news for us, because for me he's the best player in the world. however, it's a tinge of sadness because it's great to see the great players play here in glasgow. obviously, we welcome barcelona here with open arms, and we hope it's another good occasion. >> chelsea plays bucharest on tuesday, but there's more focus on the chelsea manager in the lead-up to the game. he found himself irritated by questions by journalists over team choice on monday, and this is what happened. >> he's not selected because i didn't like the match he played against sweden, and i didn't like the way he was. you have this tendency you only ask about the guys not selected. see you tomorrow. thank you. >> okay. well, arsenal will be looking to make it two wins from two as they face another team in napoli

in group f. the gunners lead the english premier league are up against a team managed by a familiar face, raphael benitez. they fired the former man city boss as the new coach. he replaced the coach sacked last week after three seasons in charge. manchini has signed a three-year contract. they will play on wednesday in the champions league. world tennis number two victoria azarenka has been knocked out. she was shut down in three sets. it's only the second time that the german has beaten a top two player. she will face a former china open winner in the next round. that's all the sports for now. >> thank you very much. just a mee -- reminder we'll have more for you on the u.s. house republican bill in the

next hour. stay with us on al jazeera.

this is a look at today's top stories. a congressional tug-of-war over the budget could shut down the government at midnight. a short time ago the senate rejected the house plan to delay the saturday of the affordable care act for a year. syria took its turn at the u.n. general assembly. he claimed there is no civil war. only a war against terrorism. the second peys -- phase of the bp trial is under way in new orleans. the company is trying to avoid as much as $18 billion in fines after a rig explosion in 2010 killed 11 people. the focus in this phase of the trial will be bp's response t