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doha. firing tear gas at protesters on the border of syria as tens of thousands of kurds flee from isil. one year later, kenyans remember the victims of the west gate mall siege. we begin in yemen where the situation continues to escalate between rebels and pro-government forces. in the past hour we have been getting reports of the rebels major making major advances inside the capitol sanaa. they have also managed to capture strategic sites around the city. now, the yemeni prime minister has resigned. let's go straight to al jazeera's mohammed v, i know that just in the last hour, you had to leave the bureau position because the fighting was getting

too close. it sounds incredibly volatile. what's happening? >> reporter: that's correct the. what's happening, now, it is something more. it's something quite major advanced by the hutis with their arms and heavy weapons. most of the places they occupy in the last few hours are without a major fight. there. some sporadic clashes but the houthis took over. they took the radio station, even the government, the government building so they were having a meeting. we don't know what happened to the government. we don't know what happened to that region and the president, itself. there is no news of anything, anything, any harm happening to

him. but it's a very, very fluid situation, very confusing. people are asking questions: what kind of changes and what kind of developments? is it a coup? is it the government cap it lathing to the houthis? we are asking about the agreement now, everything has changed. the capital sanaa at this time is a different city from this morning. >> absolutely. it seems incredible they are making these major advances on very significant buildings in the capitol. and they are not meeting any resistance. where are the security forces? where is the army? >> that's a big question. they are talking about people are sure that something has happened. somebody has actually, the army,

and not to actually resist. so, i mean the army has in a way left those major fights and some of them have been seen changing their clothes in the streets to avoid being arrested by the houth houthis. in some areas there was very n minimum fighting. in most areas there was no fighting at all. something has caused this and don't see the jets anymore. we have seen the second and third wave of the confrontation. we don't see them anymore. we don't see explosions anymore. so actually, what happened looks like a complete certain render by the government. >> okay. and the army to the houthis. >> one more question in to you about the prime minister because we are hearing he is also resigned. in very rapid sequence of events happening here do we know why he stepped down? >> reporter: yeah. conflicting reports about the

advance, talking about him being other reports talking about him actually the president's sharing of power between the prime minister and the president, himself. something personally between the two men or whether it is related to how the president is handling the situation with the houthis. it's unclear. it's very sure that now, he has resigned and it's also very likely that the resignation will mean that this today may not happen the way it was supposed to happen. people are asking: what kind of view between which parties? one of the parties has somehow melted away. they have only the president there. we don't have the government as

it was. the rules of the game have drastically changed from morning. >> mohammed, thanks so much. we will leave it there for the moment. major developments happening there in yemen. of course, we will keep across anything else and come back to you as we hear new news coming from the capitol, sanaa. afghanistan's election commission has declared ghani to be the winner of the presidential run-off. he the e will he lex body says it was flawed after. r i have a l candidates have found a power higher sharing deal. more from kabul. >> reporter: afghanistan's election commission says ghani will be the country's next president. in announcing these long awaitedly results from the run-off election in june, the election commission did not give out numbers. ghani will be ruling with his political rival abdullah abdullah.

he made a political deal, a new unity government. the two rivals now partners side-by-side, they sign the deal that gives afghanistan a unity government with a president sharing power with a newly created role of chief executives. it took weeks for the men to get to this point. >> may god bless you, always success and prosperity so you can be in the service of the afghan nation day and night and complete the jobs we couldn't fulfill so that we can continue with the happy and steady life in our country [applause.] >> the two men's parties will share the ministries and governors positions in the new administration. >> today is a mix of good news and bad news. the good news is that there is an end to a long time political crisis. the bad news is a huge setback to democracy in afghanistan. >> first time the unity government isn't the answer they were looking for. >> we are disappointed it was not our vote that decided these.

they could have made a deal six months ago. >> the political stalemate has hurt the economy and inflamed a delicate security situation. one of the new president's first tasks will be signing a security agreement to allow u.s. and nato forces to remain in afghanistan until next year to train and support afghan troops. >> the new government will face a number of challenges. afghanistan is steill heavily dependent on international aid. corruption is widespread. the political processes left many afghans suspicion of politicians. they want a government which will unite them and help with the economy being back on its feet. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. more now on the u.s. reaction to this afghanistan power-sharing deal. live from washington. tom, what specifically have we been hering from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry because he brokered this deal. he must be breathing a huge sigh of relief. >> reporter: according to the state department, he placed 30

calls in the rung-off, the presidential run-off in afghanistan in june to try to get the two parties to come to some kind of consensus. first of all, on an audit of the election and then finally, on an agreement on who would become the president. in statement, he said americans know very well the road to democracy is con tentious and challenging but leads to the best place. it doesn't happen overnight. we have had our own con tentious elections and witnessed their aftermath. i have lived some of them. he elections are not the end. they must be the beginning where afghanistan and its people move forward on a reform agenda and make improvements in the electoral process. according to the text of the agreement between ghani and abdullah, there are a lot of questions about exactly how the reform would happen. in fact, how they would actually make constitutional the position of what they are calling the ceo, the executive prime minister position, a position that doesn't exist in the current afghanistan

constitution, but apparently was the only way for the two parties to come to some kind of an agreement on a succession to out going president karzi. >> of course, it paves the way for the signing of that all-important bilateral security agreement with the u.s. tell us more about that. >> well, again, kerry had threatened back earlier in the week when it appeared that another agreement had broken down or an agreement to come out with an announcement had broken down. kerry said that america would not be able to support afghanistan and that, of course, is basically the afghanistan government is totally dependent on foreign supplies, foreign aid aside from the military institutions, which, of course, they could only pay for about 15 or 20% of the budget for the army and the police. the rest comes from outside sources. the 60% of the national budget of an gaffe stan for

reconstruction comes from the united states primarily as well as other nato allies and so that prospect of actually failing the government in the financial sense was also very crucial. the other point in this agreement about some kind of an expedited procedure to deal with the corruption issue, the americans special inspector general for afghanistan just a few days ago pointed out that there is no comprehensive anti-corruption strategy and, there is no accounting for a lot of the american reconstruction aid as far as the united states government is concerned. they will ask for a lot more account ability in that area as well. well.

just under 10,000 in the country, they will not be, although training and advising is their primary function action they will not be exempt from being able to conduct what are

being called counter terrorism operations. and according to the amnesty international, about 1300 civilians have died in the last few years, alone, at the hands of the allied forces and the afghan forces, not just -- although the taliban have inflicted most of the casualties. so, i think that the government of the -- the co-government of ghani and abdullah will also be trying to make the american or the allied response much more answerable to the afghan government authorities in that respect, in the respect of minimizing civilian casualties. thanks, tom, for joining us from washington, d.c. the united nations says 70,000 syrian kurds have crossed into turkey in just one day. they have been forced to flee because of the advance of the

islamic state of iraq in the lavant. the joel has the latest. >> reporter: walking for miles with only the few possessions they could carry, thousands left their homes since turkey opened its borders on thursday. they were fleeing the islamic state in iraq. they struggled to make the journey safety. we. >> we left our homes because we were close to the fighting. the situation isn't safe there. we fear for our safety. so we came here. >> isil has seized dozens of villages close to the border with turkey and has been pushing into the predominantly kurdish town in the far north of aleppo prove incident. they said they are stepping up efforts to help turkey cope. with people escaping the fighting. the tensions rose and

authorities temporarily closed the border. the crowd had gathered to show their support for kurdish rebels battling against is ill fightsers some remained at the checkpoint waiting to see what was happeningil fightsers some remained at the checkpoint waiting to see what was happeni happening. some it chose to join thousands displaced. only a few were lucky enough to find recommend eugenia with relatives in nearby towns. they remain anxious about their future. >> even though we managed to escape, we can't stay here forever. >> the did you everedstan workers party renewed its call to arms to help product the border region. it stated, supporting this heroic resistance is not just a debt of honor for the kurds but for all of the middle east people. just giving support is not enough. isil must to rdrown in the bloo spills: until recently, the turkish government and the

kurdish minority fought a bloody war. this show of solidarity could be seen as how isil is shifting allegence in this region. the turkish president said he has proposed a buffer zone between the syrian border. >> to establish a buffer zone in the syrian side of our borders with syria was an issue that i raised in the nato summit. in our bilateral talks with mr. obama, i discussed this issue with him and gave him details. i raised it again with some of the member countries of the coalition as well. >> meanwhile, in iraq, shia fighters have beaten back isil south of baghdad. imran khan reports. . >> this is what the shia militia group wants you to see: that it's confident, capable and above all, in charge. they say they have beaten back

isil fighters from the area south of baghdad. what's more, they say they did it without u.s. air strikes and that the u.s. isn't needed. >> the last statement was clear, in the case of intervention by u.s. or foreign forces, salam will withdraw where airstrikes hit. >> they are loyal to assadar. this isn't a battle along sectarian lines. >> the first thing that islamic state does is evict families from their homes. we believe in the whole of iraq. we are not sectarian. we don't care whether sunni or shia. our message is of peace. there is no peace in the presence of terrorists. >> the shia militia and the iraqi army hold the upper hand. in the south, they outnumber isil and are fighting a less intention war. on saturday, thousands of supporters held a really in baghdad rejecting any form ofphon intervention. >> one of the main shia leaders has said that iraq's territorial

sovereignty must be respected. for many, that's a veiled criticism of the u.s.'s airstrikes here in country. however, many other shia groups certainly in private if not in public have said that they welcome the u.s. and the international coalition against isil. . >> these pictures are a small example of how iraq's war is now playing out. a strong south, predominantly shia holding its own with the real warfare in the west and the north. that's where many will disagree with sadar and say international intervention and airstrikes will win the war against isl. as long as that international plan includes isil target did in syria, imran khan, al jazeera, baghdad. egyptian state television is saying at least two people have been killed in an explosion in cairo. at last action the foreign minister is said to have wounded six others, all of whom are soldiers. he script's execute forces have been targeted by a number of

attacks since president mohamed morsi was deposed last year. egyptians say reporting a crash of a military surveillance aircraft near the city of yayoum. unable report from inside egypt because our journalists have been jailed. three have been detained for 267 days, accused of aiding the outlawed muslim borrowerhood. access is demanding their immediate release. in his first interview with foreign media since taking office, egyptian president al sisi have this to say about their ongoing imprisonment. >> translator: i have said this before. >> if i had been responsible at the time, it would not have gone this far. i would have deported them, but now, the case is in the hands of the judiciary system. >> still ahead here on this news hour, we meet the designer whose art is inspired by the conflict

in gaza. getting paid under the table means no taxes. we will tell you why many mexican businesses now want to go legitimate. . >> in sport, mers aidees hamilton storms to victory at the singapore granted pre. details later. survivors and those who lost family members are still coming to terms with a traumatic experience. let's go live to catherine soi standing by for us inini nirobi. how is this anniversary being

marked? >>. >> there are soefrments marking this ceremony. private ceremonies across the city a memorial plaque that had the 67 names of those who died. there is going to be night vigils that are going to go on until wednesday, basically to remember those who died to, to remember those who survived as well and, also, to remember the brave people who just went in to this mall to rescue thousands of people who were trapped, people who risked their lives. some of them died and i mean a year on, there are still so many questions, like you said, in that introduction. there are people who are still asking why is it that it took four days to rein in four men. why did the military have to blow up parts of this building? the government has been silent on exactly what happened at this

mall a year ago. it was. >> it was as dramatic as it was lethal. by the end of the four-day siege of the west gait mall, there was death, injuries, destruction. the mall still stood but inside, it was in ruins. a year later, finally, a new prospect. this is what a hand grenade did to her right leg. >> i am recovering day by day. it has not been an easy journey since i lost my husband 2012. that was on november 9th after fourteen days of marriage. >> the mall's rooftop, a cooking show was going on when the attackers arrived. most of those who died were women and children. it was an open space and there was nowhere to hide. ambi lost his mother and son.

at this occasion to mark the anniversary, he is still trying to understand why they had to die. he has duties about the fate of those who murdered them. >> i don't think so. i believe -- i don't think these guys. they came to die. whether killed or, not killed. no one knows. >> the police say the gunmen were killed but government information about the siege has always been contradictory and scanty at best. >> survivors and those who lost their loved ones here at the westgate mall are struggling to find closure. a year on and they still know -- there is no official account of exactly what happened, what people know is what they have been able to peace together from footage captured by surveillance cameras while in the mall and conspiracy theories. >> different security bodies were coordinated and there appeared to be a fallout between the police and military.

analysts say in this era of terrorism, security forces cannot afford to slip up. >> the issue of the tourism is the new phenomenon, a threat of the south africa continent. so, i think they can -- they must have a program where they are going to uplift or rebuild. >> the truth about what's really happened inside the mall in those four days may never be known, but for now, survivors, some of w4078 waited for hours to get help in what was a death trap and those who lost people they loved just want to remember and honor the dead and hope that their names will never be forgotten. >> contact written, we have seen more attacks since that westgate shopping mall siege. also, threats of yet more in the future. are you seeing tight security in the capitol today?

week and neck week, there is a higher terror alert that has been in place for most of the year. there have been several attacks since the westgate attack. there was a series of attacks just the other day if you remember in june, a series of attacks in the coastal area where close to 100 people died and again, police were blamed for not being able to prevent those attacks and responding late when they did happen. there have been other attacks across the country, attacks in nairobi, mumbasa, in the kenya as well and the police are always being blamed.

i did speak to the intelligence has been going outs to prevent these attacks but he also acknowledged that, yes, there is an endemic problem that should be sorted out, laura. >> okay, kathryn. thanks for joining us there on this anniversary. sierra leone's 72 hour nationwide shutdown has entered the final day. criticism of confining the 6 million residents is mounting. five countries in all have been infected with the outbreak since december. the sierra leone is the only one what that am tried to lockdown the survivors. the world health organization says there are around 5300 ebola cases throughout west africa. nearly half of those you wouldn't have in death.

as sierra leone's lockdown draws to a close, questions remain the drastic measure has been called a public blitzty stunt by at least one rights group. >> of all of the people who have caught e bogey bowl a so far during this outbreak, more than half have died. medical staff take no chances. even in hot and humid conditions, if you will protection suits are worn, chlorine is sprayed to disinfect their masks. >> these isolation units are really important because at the moment, there are a lot of cases or suspected cases in the community who if they aren't isolated could potentially infeblth those around them, their family. >> the medics are working in a new isolation unit around anna hour from freetown. it has space for four patients and is at full capacity. >> went inside the place. the place and the patients, they

saw patients and we tried to console them. >> patients who test positive are transferred to freetown's only treatment center before it opened two days ago, the closest facility was five hours away. >> it is important to have a center like this because as you know, we only have some treatment centers in the country, and we need to move all the way from freetown to those areas. >> one rights group has called the shutdown in sierra leona publicity stunt. >> the health workers going door to door to identify new patients say it's been a success. >> people are cooperating and they have been working with people. people come and listen to us and say they promise they are going to put that back the outbreak

has killed more than 2,600 people in west africa. even when it is contained, the u.n. says the effect on countries like sierra leone will be felt for years to come. victoria gattenby, arizona. >> still to come, we have sanctions and counter sanctions. the russian government fights back with its own set of restrictions. i am kristen saloomey. the epi centers of what organizers are calling the largest march against climate change ever. something to scream about, ana will bring us all of the details in sports. vé