>> we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> why did so many of these people choose to risk their lives? >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> people are dying because of this policy... >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but what is the administration doing behind the scenes? >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> afghanistan's rival president call candidates sign a power sharing agreement. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera, i'm darren jordan in doha. also coming up, more fighting in yemen's capital. helicopter and jets deployed in sanaa. >> one year on, kenya remembers the victims of the westgate

shopping mall siege. >> you look at the spoke resulting from air strikes and you spot shapes as well. and we meet the artist who is inspired bit the conflict in gaza. one person has been in an explosion in the egyptian capital. four others have been wounded. we'll bring you more news on that as we get it. there are reports of a huge explosion and smoke above a hospital in the yemeni capital sanaa. it comes amid fighting, and the government and houthi rebels reaching a peace deal on saturday. >> the u.n.-brokered deal promises peace. many are worried that it won't last, and the continued fighting

won't inspire confidence. the violence 24 hours after the united nations announced a breakthrough in the peace process. >> translation: after intense consultations with political parties, including the houthis, we reached on agreement based on the results of the national dialogue. we are making preparation are for the signing. this will form a national document pushing for the protest of the change. strengthening national participation and security. >> the houthis said the deal would be signed quickly. >> there's a good consensus and agreement on numerous points. there's exaggeration and many reports. protesters were targeted, and the state has not done anything. our people had to resort to self-defence. >> over the last few days, sanaa witnessed some of the worst fighting in years, with clashes

around the state television station and other government buildings. >> the routy offenses started from a strong hold in the north. they surged south, taking a string of cities, before reaching the capital. >> in sanaa, supporters joined mass demonstrations demanding an inclusive government and cuts to fuel prices. some say the real goal of the group is to cease power and rule yemen with the backing of iran. the recent fighting has been the biggest challenge yet. a peace deal may have been agreed to. will it hold. let's talk to peter salisbury, a journalist and political analyst in sanaa. let's talk about the explosion that we have been reporting on. what have you been hearing there about it? >> well, so far there's little information. what we are hearing is the hospital has been hit.

either by an rpg, rocket propelled grenade or a mortar. who fired it, where it came from, we don't know. in terms of the impact, the damage caused, it's hard to tell at this statement. it's a symbol of the mounting cost of this conflict. >> give us a sense of the fighting that's been raging on, despite the fact that both sides came to some kind of agreement on peace. >> as i have been saying for the last couple of days, until the two sides sit and sign a piece of paper with the agreement, there's no deal. this has been under the negotiation for the better part of a month, and the announcement was that the two sides have agreed and sat down to work the deal out. as i understand it, a number of people are here. there's some stalling. as far as the conflict.

i don't know if you heard the loud bang. mortar rounds. artillery is flying over the city in strategic decisions. gun fire can be heard all over the place. it's getting heated. >> in terms of a deal which hasn't been signed. talk us through what the houthis are demanding and what the government are preparing to concede. >> the houthis have been asking for three basic points that can be broken into a complex set of outcomes. they call it corrupt and inefficient and ask for a government of technocrats more representative of political life. they are getting seats in government, and more of a say in the way that other appointments have been made. they ask for fuel subsidies. the president cut fuel prices by

12.5%. they want another 12.5. they are asking for the outcomes of a series of peace talks netted over 2013 and 2014, that came to app end in january, to be implemented. the government, for their part. is asking for the houthis to pull their prices out and militias out of the north and north-east. >> thank you. >> now, afghanistan's two rival presidential candidates signed a power sharing agreement. under the deal, ashraf ghani will be president, and abdullah abdullah will become the chief executive. the announcement was welcomed by the outgoing president hamid karzai. >> translation: i would like to congratulate everyone on the honourable ent, and we pray that afghanistan, with the help of

allah will are peace and prosperity and development, and with their effort and governance, afghanistan witnesses and reaches the prosperity and security and safety which is a hope of years and years. >> voters in afghanistan first went to the polls in april. neither won an outright majority. they competed in a second round finishing in june. preliminary results showed abdullah abdullah trailing, and they both accused each other of electoral fraud and pulled out of a u.n.-backed audit. but on saturday they agreed on a deal. more from jennifer glasse, live in cab aum. >> the deal coming months after a political stalemate. do we know how it will work? >> we understand the deal has

been hard and long fought here. any kind of agreement is welcome. the unity government consists of the government. they'll show that ashraf ghani will win. that means abdullah abdullah can become chief executive himself or appoint a chief executive officer. now, this deal spells out - it's a 4-page agreement, and it pells out the different powers, responsibilities of the two men. the executive officer, and the president mr have responsibility for appointing the president. it's a true power sharing deal. no one winner in all of this. but after weeks and weeks of negotiation and months of

political stalemates between the two rive at candidates who have to run a government toot. >> you mentioned that they'd announce the retail election results. what format will it take. >> everyone is watching and waiting. we'll see if the numbers are released or whether there'll be a winner announced. that is what christian abbiati's camp wanted. already we are seeing in a modern age of social media. numbers are leaking out, showing that ashraf ghani got 55% of a vote. that is not official at all. we are seeing them from multiple sources coming from around afghanistan, and ashraf ghani is believed to have won the vote. abdullah abdullah didn't want the numbers made public. after the second round of elections, ashraf ghani was a million votes ahead, and the

allegations of electoral fraud stalemated the country for months, since the elections in june. we'll wait and see what the election commission comes out with. it's almost certain that ashraf ghani is afghanistan's next president. >> thank you. >> about 60,000 kurdish refugees from syria crossed into turkey in a day. they are trying to escape an advance by fighters from i.s.i.l., islamic state of iraq and levant. they have been massing on the border as fighters ceased villages. >> al jazeera demands the release of its couragists. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in the first interview, egyptian president has had this to say about the continued

imprisonment. >> translation: i have said this before, that if i have been responsible at the time, it would not have gone this far. i would have deported them. now it's in the case of the judiciary system. flooding has devastated the punjab region, it is the bread basket of the country, but now crops are under water and food prices will rise. >> reporter: it's a terrible year to own a cotton factory. first the rain, heavy and out of season. it knocked the plants around and damaged the quality of the cotton. then the floods hit. washing away a third of the crop, taking with it 40" of the profit. >> because of the damage we are getting less raw material. the flood is costing a fortune. the factory is barely running

12 hours a day. from the air you see the extent of the damage. farms, factories, when the government diverted water from rural areas to pret the cities. >> around 7,000 square kilometres of agricultural land is under water. everything from fruit and vegetables. food prices are going up. the worry is there won't be enough basic supplies left to feed people. >> the farmer, a lawyer and politician, says the cost of some food items has doubled, even tripled. >> from the farms to the market, the food stuffs are not coming. the crops are destroyed. in there have a demand and supply. in the short run, three to six months, there'll be a 20-25% inflation in the food basket. >> for tenant farmers, it's a

catastrophe. they have nothing, no crops, home and are living on irrigation dykes waiting for the water to recede. >> their landlord says it's the worst flood he has ever seen. >> reporter: poor labourers are in crisis. the families are in crisis. we made need a compensation package from the government. we can rebuild the houses and infrastructure. if the government doesn't help, we'll live hand to mouth. >> all across the provinces, the flood turned farms into leaksment for many, there's nothing they can do, except see if there's anything worth catching manila is cleaning up after 200,000 is forced on their homes. roads have been turned into

rivers. at least five people were killed as the equivalent of half a month's rain fell in six hours. the weather hit 700,000 across the northern central philippines, and is heading towards taiwan. >> still to come on the programme. pope francis chooses a tiny nation which was once atheist, for his first european visit outside italy. >> i'm andrew thomas in fiji, a country celebrating the release of 45 of its soldiers in syria. why does fiji contribute so many soldiers to peacekeeping missions around the world?

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welcome back. a reminder of the top stories. one person has been killed in an explosion in the egyptian capital. the blast near the foreign ministry in cairo wounded four others. >> afghanistan's two rival presidential candidates signed a power sharing agreement meaning months of political stalemate. ashraf ghani will be the president. abdullah abdullah will pick the chief executive christopher gibson. >> military jets have been deployed in sanaa, the fighting continues despite a peace deal being reached on saturday. >> 67 people decide in a nairobi siege in a shopping mall. questions remain about what happened. the incidents raised concerns about the security situation in

kenya. let's go live to katherine soy in nairobi. this was a terrible event. how are people coming to turns with it a year on? >> let me again start by saying that what is going on today is - there's a difference, private function, ceremony. they have been organised. vigils until wednesday, and people are remembering those who died. those who survived. people are remembering the brave men that went into the westgate mall with nothing but firearms, and just the will to save the thousands there. some of those men that went in in the early stages died while trying to rescue thousands. this is what people - kenyans are remembering, and the resilience that was there, and

basically how the country was united in a way that has not been seen in a long time. putting aside the political affiliation, there was no race, no tribe. people got together to, in the face of this terrible tragedy, and, yes, i have been speaking to some survivors, and those directly affected in that attack, and are still trying to come to terms with what happened. >> reporter: it was as dramatic as lethal. by the end of a 4-day siege at the westgate mall there was death, injuries, destruction. the mall stood, but inside it was in ruins. >> a year later, rachel is finally about to get a new prosthetic foot. this is what a hand grenade did to the right leg. >> we are recovering day by day, and it has not been an easy journey since i lost my husband

in 2012. that was on november 9th. at the roof tom, a cooking show was going on. most of those that died were women and children. it was an open space and there was nowhere to hide. they lost their mother. and son. they were at the cooking show. he's trying to understand why they had to die. >> i don't think so. i believe - i feel in my mind - they came to die. were they killed, not killed. no one nose. >> the police say that men were killed. government information about the siege has always been contradictory. and scanty at best. survivors, and those that lost their loved ones here at the westgate mall are struggling to

find closure. a year on, there's no official account of what has happened. what people know is what they've been able to peace together by footage from the mall and conspiracy theories. >> different agencies involved in the investigation seemed uncoordinated. and there appeared to be a spill out. in the day and age of terrorism, they can't afford to split up. >> terrorism is a new threat to the african continent. i think they must have a problem why they are going to uplift or build security. >> the truth about what happened inside the mall in those four days may never be known, but for now survivors, some of whom wait hours to get help. in what was a death trap, and those that lost people they

loved, want to remember and honour the dead, and hope that their names will never be forgotten. >> the countries is on a high terror alert. the inspector-general. police, saturday, warned people to be extra vigilant especially this week, and through to next week. it's been on through the year, and there has been several attacks happening afterwards. if you remember in june, it was one of the biggest attacks in the coastal area, close to 100 people were killed. al-shabab claims that attack, and police were blame the for failing to prevent the attack, and responding late. i spoke to a spokesperson from the police who acknowledged endemic problems, but this has been worked on and they are

trying to coordinate not just among government institutions, but to coordinate with the public, because it's known that the group is in the country. what is more worrying is the groups are using kenyans to carry out the attacks. >> kathryn sawyer in nairobi. the ukranian government and pro-russian rebels finalised terms of a ceasefire deal. it comes as ukranian forces and pro-russian separatists exchange nearly 40 prisoners north of donetsk. international observers monitored the swap. the truce is dew to come into effect on sunday. ukraine's foreign minister klim spoke to al jazeera about the importance of maintaining the ceasefire. >> we have to get back law and order for the people of donetsk and luhansk. they are absolutely fed up on

the developments of killing people, taking hostages. it's not just about amnesty, it's about freedom from criminal responsibility. only those who have not committed capital crimes. >> it's a final day of a lockdown against ebola in sierra leone. thousands have gone door to door to educate residents and identifying patients. those positive are taken to an isolation center. doctors are struggling to treat patients because of a lack of medical supplies. investigators of an alacknowledge eerie plain are no -- algerry plain are no

closer to finding a cause. half of the dead were killed. >> air france pilots voted to extend their strike for another week, opposed to a push to develop a substitute that they believe will undermine their jobs. 45 u.n. peacekeepers were released after being kidnapped and held in syria the troops, from fiji, were captured on the syrian side of the golan height by the al qaeda-affileated al nusra. we talk about why that nation provide the u.n. with more soldiers per capita than any other country. >> reporter: this woman was talking on skype with her husband when he stood up. >> he said something happened. i need you to be strong. that was it. >> he and 44 other peacekeepers were kidnapped from their base in syria by members of the al

nusra front. they were held for two weeks before she got another call. all 45 peacekeepers had been released. her husband had lost weight, but he was free. >> i shouted and cried and then the tears came out. neighbours came into my house. he thought something bad happened. when i told him the good news, my shout was lower than theirs. >> a thanksgiving service in suva included many soldiers that returned from many missions. at any one time fiji has between 10-20% of its soldiers working as peace keepers. for fiji, a tiny country. the quantity of peacekeepers is part of the foreign policy. >> in two areas, iraq and syria, we went because no one else wanted to go.

others were pulling out. it was a gap na needed to be filled. for us to have a voice, we continued to participate on peacekeeping operations. >> reporter: for individual soldiers there are incentives too. these in fiji are helping to build a school. all have taken part in u.n. missions in the past, and will again. the main motivation is financial. with allowances from the united nations on top of their salaries, fijian soldiers can make more abroad than training or working at home. >> if you stay in fiji, as a normal salary. if you go for a mission, it's like a mission. >> the -- forifyie, the rewards are immense. the government is paid $1,000 per person, and equipment is

paid for. now, a palestinian artist based in ramallah is making art political. bushrah turns scenes of destruction into images. she hopes to bring attention to the plight of her people. here is her story. >> my name is bushrah. i'm a 25-year-old graphics designer. as a palestinian, a human and an arab, i cannot be an observer to the destruction of a country and the mass killing of people. especially if it's my homeland. it requires me to resist. it is not only done by military means. before working on the pieces, i felt helpless, i couldn't do anything. but when i started i felt that there was something speaking to me. i felt hope, empowered.

anyone that says that the sky sees shapes - you look at the smoke resulting from air stripes. >> this is not about me, this is a story of those killed. each takes time. i contemplate a lot. i always think of something new and tell a different story. i think about it for a day. it takes me a while to exam pictures. what i liked most is tyres ascending. it was the first. it affected me a lot. the screens on tv is another favourite. a mother and child. the smoke and pictures were 100% identical. my message is to show the world what is happening, and hope they convey it correctly. >> pope francis arrived to albania. it's his first trip as head of the roman catholic church.

it's a muslim majority country amid rising violence and the targetting of christians in the middle east. we can show you live detectives from tehran, the capital of albania, where the pope is celebrating mass in mother teresa square in torrana. the pope taking mass in mother ter acea square. we'll leave you with those pictures. a disease that used to kill peoples in the bunches is now threatening to kill in the tens of thousands. not just about the tragedy, but tumbling economies and the chance of weak states. ebola, is the inside story.