>> ...better help these victims only on al jazeera america >> paz paz paz paz armed government storm a town in kenya. more than 30 are dead. dozens more are wounded. we have the latest. here with the world news from al jazeera. sunni rebels say they have executed hundreds of soldiers. could the u.s. work with iran to end the killing. end of the line, ukraine could lose its gas supply as the deadline for paying russia's bill comms and goes.

i'm andrew thomas in the florence teen valley of tasmania as the australian government requests that the world heritage status be removed from these pristine for efforestforests. somalia's armed group al-shabab is being blamed for an attack on a town in kenya that left at least 34 dead. gunmen stormed pekatoni not from from the tourist area of lamu. witnesses say fire was opened on hotels, a bank and government offices and set fire to buildings. these are the latest pictures from the area. our correspondent has the latest from nairobi. >> reporter: gunmen stormed the pekatoni township in the late hours of sunday evening, and engage the in a gun battle

lasting several hours, until the early hours of this morning. several gunmen were involved, firing at the town. many people in the town, we understand, fled into neighbouring forests. the red cross is talking about more than 20 people being killed in the attacks. they expect the numbers to go higher. they say they are unable to assess the full damage given that many people fled into the neighbouring forest. the military were trying to figure out the scale of the operations overnight. >> now, the u.s. and iran are considering cooperating over the deteriorating security situation in iraq. that would mark a major improvement in relation to the two nations. inside iraq government forces and sunni led forces are fighting for the north-western

si of talafa. rebel forces are believed to control 90% of the city. 50,000 have fled and it's west of mosul, which has been tape, and tikrit -- taken, and tikrit. sunni rebels posted pictures which appear to show fighters massacring soldiers north of tich it. it's been confirmed that the pictures are authentition. there are -- authentics. there are doubts that they killed 17,000 soldiers. nouri al-maliki spoke before explosions killed 15 in baghdad. >> reporter: a defiant prime minister and a prom ills to foil what he described as a terrorist conspiracy against his nation. >> there are thousands like you. all raise up, vol door, and

we -- volunteer, and we could have space for these, and we will advance to all space to crash our enemies. earlier iraqi military helicopters in action. it's part of a campaign that the government says is reversing the tide against the advance of sunni rebels. the cockpit video shows multiple air strikes against fighters from islamic state of iraq and levant. in the province north of baghdad, and on the outskirts of iraq's biggest city mosul. the government says hundred of rebels have been killed, clearing towns and villages in the operation. >> brothers, what we need to stress here is that the security situation in baghdad is under control. the security forces are carrying out pre-emptive attacks in addition to attacking hyde outside. >> but despite the military

action, i.s.i.l. and other rebel groups vowel mosul and saddam hussein's home town of tikrit, and are pushing for more territories. people are fleeing towards the safety of kurdish region. >> we've had 110,000 displaced people and 100 families arrived in erbal from mosul. the number is set to increase. 5%. displaced families returned to the areas controlled by peshmerga forces. >> in baghdad a suf bomber struck. many were killed and injured. the capital is secured against advance. there is a sense of fear. >> iraq is heading towards a civil war and the sectarian tension to building. the united nations and arab league expressed concerns and called on iraq's leaders to find a political solution. that could be too late

let's go back to the top story - the attack on the town in kenya. our correspondent is in nairobi. the death toll has been rising since the attack was report. do you have more details on what happened in pecka tony? >> the attack started sunday even around 8 o'clock, and the gunmen drove into the town in two mini vans. it gives you an idea of the extent of their numbers, really, several gunmen were involved in that attack. but the extent of the damage did not transpire until the early hours of this morning, when it was clear that several buildings in the town were attacked. government buildings, banks, coffee shops, lodging houses and a petrol station, and that many people had fled into a nearby

forest. yes, this was a big attack, blamed on al-shabab. if it is al-shabab, this is just the latest in a string of attacks by that group from somalia? >> so far there has been no claim from the group. kenyan officials pointed the blame at al-shabab, because we have seen self attacks by the group in the past few months and years. of course, they have been angered by the ongoing presence of kenyan troops and involvement in the ongoing situation in somalia. it's important to note though that this attack targeted locals. this was a - these lodging houses were not houses - were not hotels where you normally or typically see foreigners or westerners, this was a local commercial hub. in that sense this attack would be different the the larger context is that there is an

ongoing terror threat. over the past few weeks we have seen travel alerts by the united states, by the u.k., the united states reviewing the level of staff by the embassy in nairobi. the consulate being shut down in mombassa. and warnings coming in nairobi. part of the ongoing threat. >> thank you for updating us on that situation. now, the pakistani army says 120 fighters have been killed in airstrikes in north western pakistan, part of a military offensive that began on sunday, targetting taliban strongholds in north waziristan. on monday government jets pounded targets, killing at least 12. the operation was seen as a response to an attack on pakistan's busiest airport in karachi. now to kamal hyder.

this is part of a big military offensive to flush fighters out of the area. the taliban issued a warning, saying that they are going to retaliate. >> indeed. the taliban are saying that they are now in a state of war, and that very soon they'll be launching reprisal attacks across pakistan. however, the military is still on with its operation, which is likely to last weeks, if not months. according to reports, a large number of people are stuck in north waziristan. they are going to be issued with designated areas for an orderly withdrawal from them, so they can be evacuated. idp cams have been set up to receive these people. the military, we are told, are using thousands of troops, and have called on the escape roots out of north waziristan, and have

made a request to the afghan security forces to secure the border to no one is able to escape. they asked the afghan government to go after sanctuaries of the taliban. across the country there is a red alert, and obviously, as you mentioned yourself. now the threat from taliban. thank you for that. kamal hyder in islamabad there. kiev has run out of time to pay its gas bill of nearly $2 billion to russia. the deadline was an hour ago. now ukraine faces having its gas supply cut off. the discounted rate was asked in april. it was given extra time to settle the bill after making a payment of $786 million. 15% of gas used in europe comes from russia via ukraine. the russian gazprom says they

owe $1.95 bullion. the price of gas in ukraine is $485.5 per thousand cubic metres, the highest in europe. kiev said it was will to make full payment if they cut the price to $386. the offer was rejected. rory challands is life. that offer came and gone. no sign of a break through. >> no, we are in unknown territory. russia has been haggling with ukraine for weeks about the price of gas. russia has been pushing the deadline backwards and backwards and backwards, giving ukraine a bit more time to meet the russian offer somewhere in the middle. so ukraine, as you say, was asking some of the region of

$320 million - $320 per cubic metre and russia $385 per cubic metres. that was refused by the ukrainians. russia was not willing to bum. it was willing to push the deadline further back. now it seems russia is saying enough is enough. it sngsly is push -- essentially is pushing this now to a situation where it might turn the gas off. and it is said to the ukrainians that they will only receive gas that they have already paid for. you get the feeling that russia and gas prom dent quite know whether -- gazprom don't quite know whether to do it. there'll be a press conference in three hours where the energy minister and gazprom's executive will speak. hopefully they will have made up their minds by them. if the gas is turned off, it could have a big impact on europe, as we saw the last time there was a dispute over the gas

bill. europe seems strangely optimistic, that it will come up with a deal at some point. >> well, i think europe is strangely optimistic because everyone wants to come to an agreement her. no one wants a shut off. the ukrainians don't want a shut off. the europeans don't want a shut off, and the russians don't want to lose a massive marketplace for their gas. the economy is built on exporting energy. if they lose customers, you lose money. russia wants to come to an arrangement. there are other factor making this situation a little less significant or serious than cut offs in the past. one of them is that it's summer time. there's less demand for gas at the moment. giving the parties a bit more time to come to an agreement. also, since previous cut offs,

2009, you mentioned that there have been more - there has been more technology put in place in europe and the ukraine, reserved so that there is more backed up that can be used if there's a crisis and ukraine put in place reverse flow technology which means that if the gas is cut off from russia, it wan buy the gas -- can buy the gas piped through back off the europeans. everyone wants to come to an arrangement here, so hopefully the situation will resolve itself before winter, that's the big crunch, before winter comes, when the temperature starts dropping and people need gas more we'll see what happens in the press conference, slated to start soon. coming up on the programme - the columbian president gets another term in office, voters

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this is awkward. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. welcome back. the top stories here an al jazeera. somali armed group al-shabab blamed for an attack on the kenyan coastal town. it left 34 people dead. witnesses say the attackers opened fire on a hotel, bank and government office, and set fire

to buildings. i cannery forces and sunni rebels are fighting for control of the north-western city of the talafa, west of mosul, which rebels have taken along with tikrit. ukraine has run out of the time to pay its gas bill of nearly $2 billion. the deadline was over an hour ago. kiev faces having the gas supply cut off. >> columbian president juan manuel santos vowed to bring peace to columbia after being re-elected in a close vote. juan manuel santos staked his reputation on securing a deal with f.a.r.c. rebels. the victory means ongoing talks will continue. peace the winner. that is what re-elected president juan manuel santos told columbians. >> this is the end of more than 50 years of violence in our country, and the beginning of a new columbia with more liberty,

social justice and columbia at peace. santos has four more years in office. voters say he will have to deliver on his promise to end the war. i voted for peace because i expect the war to finish one day. if santos betrays us he will have to pay a price. we need peace. we have been hostages to the war. peace talks divided columbians. millions backed the rival oscar ivan zuluaga, whose party will continue to be a strong force in opposition. >> this is the first day to start organising our party. it's a new alternative, a new choice for columbia. >> despite the victory juan manuel santos will face congress, the leading senator is former president alvaro uribe who labelled juan manuel santos

a traitor. alvaro uribe attacked juan manuel santos saying that he abandoned his hardline military policy against the rebels and will fight back. >> the peace negotiations will be an issue against which it will act on every opportunity available to it, and if and when the agreement is signed, it's subjected to a referendum against which obviously it will work, to assure that the company and population votes against it. almost half of the country voted for the opponent. and shared concerns. >> i would like there to be peace. peace with justice, not peace with impunity. >> after such a tightly cop tested race, santos will breathe a sigh of relief that he remains president. and his greatest chance will be to convince the greatest chance

is peace. >> the trial of al jazeera journalists is to resume on monday. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been held for 170 days. they face charges of supporting the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands their release. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: almost 6 months behind bars, waiting for others to decide their fate. journalists peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are on trial. falsely accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the egyptian prosecution is asking for the maximum gaol terms. seven years for peter greste, and 15 years for mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. they are not alone. al jazeera arabic journalist abdullah al-shami is also in prison. but without charge. he has been on a hunger strike for five months and his health is declining.

the families are getting increasingly frustrated. >> the prosecution did conclude its case with what, i think in all fairness were pretty wild and sweeping allegations against the whole of the group. >> other journalists found themselves being called enemies of the state. activists too. a court sentence fatah to 15 years gaol last week. he was a key figure in the 2011 uprising that toppled hosni mubarak. general abdul fatah al-sisi is now the president. he is promising to fix egypt's many problems. journalists want him to promote freedom of the press. so far they have a state which does the opposite. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has urged both israelis and palestinians to show restraint as a search for three missing teenagers continues.

the australian army arrested 40 people on monday, including the parliamentary speaker. the teenagers were allegedly abducted whilst hitchhiking in the west bank. the disappearance is blamed on hamas. the sri lankan justice minister said three muslims have been killed in fighting with buddhists. it began after a fight with a right wing buddhist group. shops were burned, mosques attacked. a curfew has been imposed. mus lames are 10 -- muslims are 10% of the population. pakistan's court is set to rule on living a travel ban phone pervez musharraf. he's facing five charms, including treason. pervez musharraf rejects the allegations saying they are politically motivated. >> a court in china sent three to death in an attack in

tiananmen square. four were killed and many injured when a car ploughed into the crowd. the uyghur group has been accused of waging a violent campaign. five men have been given gaol sentences. 20 years after the u.s. hosted the world cup football's increasingly popular in a country more known for baseball than football. the league has expanded. the team u.s. a is set to gays ghana in the -- to face garden yes and we -- to face ghana. we go miami. >> reporter: who else but a football fan would go through this much effort for the world cup. this man is a new support e and

determined to make up for lost time. >> i live for it now. this is a whole month of a lot of ups, and sometimes some downs. it's all good in between. bring on world cup. we are ready. >> all right. go england. >> it's been 20 years since the u.s. hosted the world cup. the sport needs more people. support is uneven at best, but the presence of superstars like beckham and his plans for major league soccer helped to change demographics. >> i'm looking forward to the colours, the people representing the places they are from, for one unifying event. that makes me happy. >> it brings together everyone throughout the world. everyone is cheering for the country and it unites them. everyone is excited about them. it's not just one country.

>> despite the obvious passion for the world cup, football doesn't get the audiences that basketball and baseball does. it has come a long way, but most sporting pun dits tell you the beautiful game is nowhere near challenging the sporting quo. former player turned commentators ray hudson has been involved in football in the u.s. he has seen the sport mature, but it may be years before football hit the big time. it's something that is not going be done with a sweep of marketing or a world cup. even in victory i would suspect that that wouldn't shift the needle to being a soccer nation, a football nation. many here refer to football as the sleeping giant. it has grown in popularity among some, but remains on the frin

nls, if jillian kain is on indication of what might happen, football could have a chance in the u.s. martin kaymer wins the u.s. open by eight shots at pinehurst in north carolina. he became the 7th player in 114 years to finish at the u.s. open. the 1-under 69, ensuring a second major win after claiming the pga championship in 2010. australia is calling on the world heritage committee to scrap a ruling protecting a large area of the tasmania wilderness. normally governments campaign to have areas listed. it's all about the money as andrew thomas reports from tasmania. >> reporter: they reach for the sky, growing traght up -- straight up. some are as much as 80 metres tall, and 4-600 years old. now the trees of tamarack ottawa race weekend's florence teen

valley are protected. they can't be logged. >> last year the world heritage committee added the tall wet forests to the world heritage li listing. >> reporter: that was on the advice of the last australian government. as a result jobs are at risk. this guitar made of wood from tasmanian native trees sells for $5,000. a cabinet like this for $30,000. >> being able to say this is an item made of birds eye human pine with blackwood in it, and you can only get that in tasmania. that is the cornerstone of our industry. late last year australia's government changed to one that thinks that environmental standards are holding back the economy. it's oosking u.n.e.s.c.o. to reverse the decision. that outraged some environmentalists. they thought they had won the

latest battle in tasmania's forest wards, dating back decades and included some protesters living in frees. >> this has been protected and is an international embarrassment and australia is prepared to go down the line and undo the listing. >> some people in specialised industries said the original protest was flawed. so-called independent experts had links to environmental groups and no attention was paid to the cultural value of what they do. >> this forest can't go anywhere else. there's the quality of what is listed. world heritage forests pristine. this is - areas like this fall in the listed zone, and they have been logged before. it's unprecedented for a country to ask for the delisting of

world heritage sites. they'll have to decide whether the original decision was made on bad advice, and whether they were to resist logging of these giant trees. and you can keep up to date with all the news on the website. aljazeera.com. next. ♪ >> hello. i am rim arrested gizberg. one ye after edward snowden exposed spying, can the internet be reset. egypt and one of the best known bloggers is a convicted criminal looking at 15 years in jail. there.