>> the united nations schoolhousing palestinian civilians has come under fire. ♪ >> hello and welcome i'm stephen cole, you are watching al jazeera live from dodoha. the iraqi parliament selects the country's next president. and flowers are laid at the airport as more victims from flight mh17 arrive in the

netherlands. ♪ rz if >> but first at least sa people have died, dozens more have been injured in a blast at a un-run school being used as a shelter by hundreds of internally displaced gazans. it's the fourth attack on a un installation in as many day. >> look, i'm sorry to say all i can confirm right now, and we are desperately trying to get the facts out there, is there have been multiple deaths, multiple injuries, we gave the israeli army formally the precise gps coordinates of this exact location of our shelter in northern gaza. as the fighting drew in

throughout the day, we were trying to coordination and organize with the israeli army a window so that civilians, the women, children, men, not involved in the fighting, the elderly, the sick, could leave. and that window was simply never granted and in the end there have been quite clearly tragic and appalling consequences. we spent the day communicating that first of all, the exact gps coordinates of the school and what they were. and of course in our negotiations, discussions, call them what you will be the israeli army, we made it clear that there were civilians who had to be evacuated from that area. of course we were very concerned about the situation there. that's why we were trying to get women, children, civilians out. as i say, it never happened and

the consequences were utterly tragic. the parties simply have to respect the sanctity of civilian life, and they must respect the viability of un premises and property, and they particularly have to respect international humanitarian law obligations to protect humanitarian workers because clearly, civilians, in the most tragic and appalling way have come in harm's way, and, you know, one fears because so many -- we have now got 140,000 people plus -- i mean that's approaching just under 10% of the population of gaza, are in schools exactly like this one, where this terrible incident has occurred. >> james bayes is in west jerusalem, he joins me now. what is the israeli reaction to

the attack on this school, james? >> well, the israeli military say they are still investigating, but a number of other comments from them too, one from the israeli army spokesman on twitter, actually directly talking to christopher who you heard there, saying why did the un not use the humanitarian pause that was in place. you heard chris say there wasn't a pause. they tried to negotiate a pause, but there wasn't one. another line coming from the israeli military, they say they detected the signature of rockets being fired biial -- b palestinians in the area. so a suggestion that perhaps this was done by palestinian rockets. i'm told by the un that they will have personnel in the area at some stage who should be able to look at the debris and try to determine whether it was israeli shells or israeli missiles, or

much less sophisticated palestinian rockets. they will be able to tell, i think, from the debris. >> not the first time that civilian facilities for want of a better word, have been attacked? >> no, stephen, and i -- actually when i heard about this attack on the school, i just finished an interview with benjamin netenyahu's senior advisor dory gold, and i had been asking him about the death of so many civilians, and what exactly was israeli's policy. this is what he had to say. >> israel as define admission. that mission first and foremost is making sure that rockets are no longer fired at our cities, because we pay a price too. and no country, no country can accept rock set fire into its civilian population. >> if right now, john kerry phoned up and said we want a

ceasefire, and hamas received a ceasefire, would israel agree to an immediate ceasefire? >> israeli has accepted three separate ceasefire proposals last week. hamas refused. >> but on the other hand you say you will accept a ceasefire, but you are sticking to your guns. >> if it is critical that hamas's missile arsenal be redestroyed or removed that can happen militarily or diplomatically. we must make sure those missiles are removed. >> dory gold, advise for to the israeli prime minister. in the last hour or so there was a cabinet meeting here, and the israeli prime minister at the start of that cabinet meeting said we are continuing operation

protection edge at full strength in the air and on the ground, and on the ground the emphasis is on dealing with the tunnels. so it sounds like the israelis for now are extending their military operation. >> indeed. james bayes reporting from west jerusalem, thank you, james. >> the ukrainian prime minister has announced his resignation. let's cross to peter sharpe and get more on his resignation in kiev. peter why has he decided to call it a day? has he said? >> i think it's all down to frustration, really. he has written a letter of resignation about a week ago, deeply unhappy about the failure of the coalition and parliament in general to pass a vital amendment to the budget that would have provided another $1 billion to the very

hard-pressed ukrainian army that are fighting the pro-russian separatists here in the east of the country, and his frustration was so clear when he said how am i going to pay salaries tomorrow? how am i going to find fuel for our armored personnel carriers, and how can i compensate the families of the fallen? so he felt he had no opslun but to go ahead and resign. the coalition has 30 days to find itself anew, as it were. if that doesn't have, then there will be almost certainly a -- another election, possibly in -- in -- in october. but it just couldn't come at a worse time for this government. it's fighting this increasingly bitter conflict in the east, and it's got an economy that is basically heading towards recession, so these are going to be very difficult days and weeks for this fledgling government in

kiev. >> peter sharp reporting from kiev. thanks, peter. the united nations says the situation is so desperate in iraq that refugees are fleeing to syria. kristin joins me now live from the un in new york. kristin, tell us more about this -- this resolution and the report. >> well, the united nations is required to report to the security council every month on the humanitarian situation in syria, and we found out today from their latest report that the overall numbers of people in syria requiring help hasn't changed too much. it's still nearly 11 million people requiring some form of need and 4.7 million of those people are in hard-to-reach areas, but it's getting harder to get to those hard-to-reach

areas, unless people are getting any assistance, or the assistance that they need. about a quarter of the people in those hard-to-reach areas got aid this month as they did the month before. so clearly we're seeing a picture of the area in turmoil here. there is now an influx of refugees from iraq traveling into northeastern syria. they traveled across the border into this area as a result of ongoing violence in the so kalas lammic state. and another thousand went back into iraq. so we're seeing this region in increasing tour -- turmoil. >> kristin thank you for joining us. thousands of iraqis are protesting at the forced displacement of christians. condemning the islamic state

group for threatening christians in musol. those who resisted said they would be executed. the largelier is moanal -- ceremonial role has to be given to a kurd. here is for from erbil. he was an ethnic kurd. he is a kurdish politician involved in the kurdish movement since [ inaudible ]. now they have 15 days to nominate a prime minister, and this is a challenge, because all

iraqis could not agree on who to nominate for the prime minister's post. the outgoing prime minister maliki is keen to secure a third term, although his opponents are calling on him to step down to allow the formation of an ininclusive government. ba bank ky moon called for them to meet the needs of all iraqis. >> more to come in this hour. they are facing a police crackdown, but mexico's black market workers say it's the only way they can make a living. and meeting skenya's entrepreneurs. how any -- the government is

trying to create new jobs. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array...

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comcast business. built for business. ♪ our top stories on al jazeera, a un school has come under fire. israel says it is investigating where they carried out the attack or not. at least 15 people have been killed. ukrainian prime minister has announced his resignation. he made the announcement in parliament after two parties said they would withdraw from the governing coalition. iraq's parliament has elected a kurdish politician. it is a crucial step in forming a new government after elections

for prime minister in april. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is now in egypt. it's the latest round of shuttle diplomacy in the gaza conflict. he spent a day in israel in the west bank, while there he met israeli and palestinian leaders as well as the un secretary general. the violence is causing protests between the left and the right. israeli activists are increasingly being dubbed as traitors, and say it is becoming dangerous to speak out. kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: this is an israeli student activist who is no stranger to anti-war protests. but she said in recent weeks the abuse coming from her fellow israelis has taken a sinister turn. >> we were told we are the cause of the arab [ inaudible ] but also people saying they hope a

rocket hits our house. they hope that we -- that there's a holocaust against us specifically. >> reporter: she was at this protest in tel-aviv last week, when things turned ugly. you a traitor, you are a killer, this man shouts. directed another the israel left-ring protesters calling for a end to the violence. left-wing protesters say right-wing activists appear more organized now, and that they seem to have an increasing sense of legitimacy among israelis. pictures like these adds to the israeli support for the campaign in gaza. tunnels are destroyed and soldiers walk through the rubble. many israelis feel those against military action don't understand the threat. >> translator: i [ inaudible ] israelis if they want they can

go to gaza. here in this country it is not possible to live in police. there are missiles. they are kidnapping our soldiers. they dig tunnels. >> reporter: she says she'll continue to protest even if her neighbors don't understand. >> i think this is very confusing for most israelis, and it's easier to categorize as traitors. >> reporter: being labeled an outsider, she says is a small price to pay in the face of so much suffering. and there has been more shelling in the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk. these are the latest picturesover the shelling as the army surrounds separatists in the city. the government claims the rebels are shutting the city to discredit the central authorities. tens of thousands of civilians have been abandoning their homes and taking trains west. railroads have laid down

extra -- trains to cope with the demand. some are handing out free tickets to those desperate to leave the fighting. there is an emergency center for refugees in the central station of the capitol of kiev. dutch and australian foreign ministers have travelled to ukraine. they want answers on what brought mh17 down. there is a memorial to the victims, as our australian counterpart arrived shortly afterwards, pausing in front of the floral tribute. the remains of 74 more victims from the plane have arrived in the netherlands. they arrived at the airport to military honors. the coffins will be transported to a mill stair barracks, where the contents will be identified. the first 40 arrived in ukraine

on wednesday. david shaiter reports >> reporter: the mountain of flowers laid in tribute to the victims are in front of terminal 3 where the journey began, is growing ever higher. the flight will no longer be known as mh 17 on the departure boards. it carries too much emotional weight. the passengers queueing to board the airline. two more flights carrying the bodies of the victims will arrive at the military section of the airport on thursday with their tragic cargo. among the relatives watching the first flight come in was a man from newcastle who lost his 28-year-old son, liam. >> you look at the news, and it

is far away. it is not really anything to do with you. and all of a sudden it becomes part of you. every family that was there yesterday, had something to do with somebody. so everybody was hurting in probably exactly the same way. so as i say, i hope it never ever happens even to my enemy. >> reporter: two more plains landed carrying another 74 victims. they too were give full military honors. all of the relatives have to hold on to are the pictures of their loved ones. intimate memories of lives cut so cruelly short. they are all receiving special counseling to help them through this ordeal. >> it's grief. it's mourning. it's frustration too. it's a very complex set of

emotion relatives are experiencing in this period. >> reporter: beneath the dutch flag more flowers and tributes, including a hand-written note which ends with these words, this will never be forgotten, our hearts thoughts and prayers to you, your family and loved ones. the algeria flight carrying 116 people has crashed in northern mali. the crew was asked to detour to avoid poor visibility. half of the passengers were french, the rest a mix of nationality, the crew are thought to be spanish. it's unlikely the bad weather was the cause of a crash of a plane that was trying to make an emergency landing on wednesday

in taiwan. nine people have been killed in a bombing in northern afghanistan. the attack which happen at a market was aimed at a police car, but the police escaped unharmed. no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing yet. in the western f afghan city, two finish aid workers have been shot dead. the women were working with the international assistance mission. a motorbike opened fire on their taxi. in sierra leon, the world health organization is warning the ebola outbreak could spread. the district hospital has turned two of its wards into a ebola treatment center. eight nurses at the hospital have been infected.

the hospital said it lacks the proper equipment to deal with the outbreak. >> so this is an emergency, and we are already in trouble. we are already fighting something that is -- is very, very large. it is go to get a lot larger if we do not get more results. >> and the doctor leading the fight is now being treated for the deadly virus. he has been described as a national hero. more than 630 people have died of ebola in three west african states since the outbreak began in guinea in february. more than half of africans between 18 and 35 don't have any job. in kenya, 70% of the young working class are unemployed. that's almost 10 million people, but as katherine soy reports, the government is trying to change those figures. >> reporter: michael and his business partner motor cycle

riders, sell reflective jackets but with a difference. the lights are connected wirelessly to the motorcycle, and warns other drivers of the direction the rider intends to go or when he breaks. in a country where motorcycle accidents are alarmingly high, he says he has a revolutionary innovation. >> we have to find problems -- our own problems here. >> reporter: the entrepreneurs are hoping to qualify for a low-interest government loan that targets young people. it is one of several plans designed to help deal with the soaring unemployment. >> we are looking to focus on -- on a [ inaudible ] that is entrepreneur as opposed to what we have always had where we are training people, expecting them to get white color jobs. >> reporter: young people at

this exhibition are displaying their ideas, hoping for a government loan. few will succeed, and that raises concern about what could happen to the millions of those who remain jobless. >> if we do not invest in the young, then you are producing a population or a constituency of people who have got nothing to lose, and because they have got nothing to lose, then anybody can, you know, make use of these types of consistency, [ inaudible ] extremist groups. >> reporter: in an industrial zone in nairobi, people wait all day for any kind of job. most have college diplomas. a few people here will get casual jobs for a day, a week, maybe even a month. most will go home disappointed. this woman has been coming here since the beginning of the year.

>> i have to keep trying my luck. i have a family, she says. this is a story shared by millions of young people quickly running out of hope. a crackdown on the subway vendors is underway in mexico city. many mexicans who sell sweets and chocolates and various wares on the subway are now being arrested. and this puts their livelihoods in jeopardy. >> reporter: for years this person has been going underground to earn a living. but a new police crackdown means she has to watch her back while selling candies on the subway in mexico city. complaints from riders has pushed the local government to arrest anyone found selling down here. it worries her. she standings to lose the $30 she makes daily to support her four children and aging money.

she only studied until the age of 15, but wants something better for her kids. >> translator: i started working in the metro as because as a single mother, i couldn't take a full-time job working 8 hours a day. >> reporter: she is one of 30 million mexicans living off of the informal economy, estimated to account for nearly 60% of workers. taco standings like these are all over mexico city, but the government is trying hard to lure people who make their living this way into more formal jobs. training programs like this one, where people learn to become bakers are being offered by the city government to help them become professionals. students like this earn $150 per month while attending the work shops. for 20 years she sold gum to metro passengers. and now she is learning to become a hairdresser. >> translator: now that i have committed myself not to going

back to the metro, i'm going to put a small salon in my house clients can come there. >> reporter: but for many this is a way of life. there are perks many don't want to give up. >> translator: the informal economy gives people the flexibility to combine their work with lots of other factors. entire families often work together. no company is going to offer them those conditions, but we want to give them viable alternatives because they won't be allowed to return to the metro. >> but convincing people won't be easy. she still hasn't signed up for a training program and doesn't plan to. >> translator: the programs they are giving are ridiculous. we can't live off of the money they pay us to attend. i don't see a future in what

they are teaching. >> reporter: for now she is sticking to what she knows, taking her chances underground. time to look at our website, that's the home page. at the moment you can see on your screen, aljazeera.com is the site to click on to. ♪