ba keno faso's army disperses thousands of protesters but insists it's not interested in holding on to power. ♪ ♪ hello. i am at al jazerra's head quarters in doha. also ahead a convicted war criminal facing the death penalty in bangladesh loses an appeal against his sentence. several taliban groups claim responsibility for a suicide bombing near a border crossing between pakistan and india. and we have a special report on the struggle to get an education in war-torn countries.

burkina faso's military has vowed to install a new unity government days after seizing power. the u.n. is threatening to impose sanctions as the army tightens its control of the land locked country. on sunday soldiers fired shots in to the air in the capital to disperse protesters demanding a return to civilian rule, dominick kane has the latest i'm crowd march on his state tv. they have come to hear an opposition member explain why she was be burkina faso's next leader. but she won't get inside the building. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this gunfire is directed over the heads of the protesters. fired by a goop of soldiers. in the confusion, state tv is taken off air for several hours.

the military action continues as armed jeeps patrol the streets. but burkina faso's new military leaders are at pains to insist their aims are peaceful and democratic. >> translator: we ask to be given some space to work towards put our country back on track in the interest all parties. power does not interest us. the transition body will be put there plays with all the components to be adopted by a broad consensus for a duration to be spes 2350eu67d the army took charge last week following days of unrest after president blaise come pair tried to prolong his 27 years in office. both the african union and the united nations have expressed deep concerns about the take over. while the opposition parties have said they fear this could be a coup. >> translator: the political

opposition in civil society organizeses insist the victory of the popular up risings belongings to the people. and therefore the transitional government legitimately falls to them and should under no circumstances be confiscated by the mil military. >> reporter: the arm forces insist they want a consensual transition government to merge. joining us now on the line from there is journalist, now, yesterday we saw protest on his the streets of burkina faso, there was gunfire, a lot of confusion over who is in charge. what is the situation there now? >> the situation is calm today. people are going to work. the student are goal to school. we are waiting for the discussion to continue today.

>> according to burkina faso's constitution the president of the senate should be taking over after the national president resigns. why hasn't that happened? why is it that the military has taken over? >> the contusion -- i think that the constitution will deep unstable. because the international -- just because they -- the international relations of burkina faso people said they want the civilians to come back to power and the military is working towards the army with new president are working to bring back the power to the civilians. >> all right, we are going to have it leave it there, thank you very much for getting us up-to-date on the situation. speaking to us from burkina

faso. an islamic party in bangladesh is calling for a country-wide strike to begin on wednesday. that's a day earlier than it had originally planned. a few howard ago one of its senior members lost an appeal against his death sentence. he is the assistant secretary general of the islamic political party. last year he was found guilty of genocide and torturing civilian says during the 1971 war of independence with pakistan. the party's leader and another senior member have also been sentence thed to deatsentenced r days. our producer has more. >> reporter: there is a speculation within the public and within the media as to why the government is in such a hurry to hand out this verdict now, last year it took time for in practice stores take. the critics are saying it's nothing more than a political strategy. the government trying to marginalize and undermine the

movement demanding for an inclusive general elect because they are not happy with the last general election which was not inclusive. they have not been in the street unlike last year. there has been very few protest protests. only calling general strike across the country which has not been effective. they understand that it might be a strategy not to win the street because the government security forces have been quite heavy handed, they do not want to be marginalized. we have to see how soon this verdict sentence will be carried out by the government. which could possibly create unrest. but that is something that we have to see down the road. a suicide bomb attack has killed 50 people close to pakistan's main border crossing with india. it happened near the city of los angelelosangeles as the crowd ws gathering to watch a mill fairy city. two groupings have claimed responsibility. >> reporter: rescue workers rush

to take the dead and wounded from the site of one of the deadliest attacks in pakistan in recent months. police say a suicide attack irrelevant struck near a big restaurant. souvenir shops and a paramilitary checkpoint, resulting in a high number of casualties. >> more than 40 -- >> translator: more than 40 are dead arc wrong them women and children, we are transporting the dead to the morgue and injured to different hospitals. >> reporter: this is the only crossing between the cities. a military flag lowering ceremony takes place there every evening and hundreds of people come to watch the symbolic ritual between border guards especially on week ends. the attack took place close to an area considered highly secure. security forces across the country were already on high alert ahead of a processions by

shia mourners during the month. already there is speculation that the attack was a reaction to the ongoing military operations in the tribal areas. at least two splinter groups of the taliban in pakistan took responsibility for this deadly attack. the newly formed group of ddp and. [ inaudible ] both said they carried out the bombing. as investigators gathered evidence. it's not clear which claim is to be believed. cal jazerra. kurdish peshmerga forces in syria say they are making progress against fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the lo levant otherwise known as isil. they have been battle to go capture kobane for more than a month now. can you dish forces have been resupplied with weapons and more u.s. air 1234r50eubgz in iraq 45 people have been killed in the past two days across baghdad in bomb a tacked, most of the

people killed were sheara mum muslims. there were car bombings in two cities. and a track packed with explosives was given in to a police checkpoint in the district. there has been renewed violence in the eastern libyan city of be benghazi. fighters loyal to the renegade generally have been battling rival armed groups near the hospital. the armed group known as the council of ben gaza controls large swaths of the city. we move to yemen now where there has been widespread con testimony nation ocondemnation a politician. family members say that he was targeted by gunmen on a motorcycle. let's cross now for omar who joins us live from the yemen capital. any indication as to who may

have been behind the murder? and where does this leave the peace deal? >> there is no indication yesterday. with regard to his involvements in the negotiations, he wasn't directly involved in the negotiations, he was a figure that tried to mediate between -- among the different blocks from behind. let me read you some of the reaction about that murder. the yemen president said they will pursue the perpetrators and hold them accountable. the president said the assassination coincides with

effort to end the current crisis in yemen and the aim of the murderers is to mix cards and create chaos and unrest. now, the houthis who are major political and military force also condemned what they called the assassination, however, they blame the authorities for failing to provide security. >> now, on a different matter, omar, we are also hearing there were air strikes late yesterday. can you tell us more about the these strikes. >> reporter: yes, according to sources the city saw u.s. drone attacks and it killed two tribes men. now i'll give you some context the city is the only place in yemen had had a -- or witnessed the highest number of drone attacks over the last few years because there are -- it's considered one of the main strong holds for al qaeda. but let me give you another bit of news. and according to sortses?

western yemen, houthi fighters controlled a an area, two days o that area witnessed the killing or the deaths of at least 20 yemen soldiers when al qaeda fighters stormed security buildings and attacked a number of checkpoints now the houthis in the early hours of monday dispatched 10s of fighters and set up checkpoints in the province in western yemen. >> omar, thank you very much for getting us up-to-date on the situation in yep en. omar speaking to us from the capital sanaa. still to come on al jazerra, we report from the least populous state on the u.s. on why campaigning is so fierce ahead of today's midterm elections. and drone trist are you franz tries to track down whoever is responsible for flying them over it's nuclear plant.

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welcome back. the top stories here on al jazerra. burkina faso's military has vowed to install a new unity government as it tightens its control over the landlocked country. the u.n. is threatening to impose sanctions if the army doesn't hand overpower to civilian rule. a court in bangladesh says a third senior member of the islamic party will face the death penalty. he had lodgers an appeal after

being found guilty of war crimes during the 1971 war of independence against pakistan. at least 55 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on pakistan's border with india. it happened as a crowd was gathering to watch a military ceremony. the conflicts in iraq and syria have disrupted the education of millions of children. millions of families have been displaced in the first part of our series on education in crisis-hit countries charles stratford reports from northern iraq 67 he shows me his school. the 16-year-old student stopped studying here two months ago. his school has become a place of refuge for families who have fled from the fighting in his country and neighboring syria. these people came here because there is little room for them to stay in the camps. there are more than 400 schools like this in the northern iraqi kurdish region. >> translator: i wish all of these people could go back to their homes.

i feel terribly sorry for their families. but i miss school. i want to complete my studies so i can go to university. >> reporter: desks have been piled up in the central courtyard to make space in the classrooms where families can sleep. internally displaced children who climb on them aren't receiving an education either. >> translator: cutting their education salt lake cutting them from life the situation is very difficult. it is terrible from my children cannot go to school. this is part of our suffering. >> reporter: there are around 50 families staying in this school and they came here around three months ago. now, the cruel irony is, is that the only children getting any form of education in this port of northern iraq are actually staying in the campylobacters thes. this is a camp. this is one of five camps with

school. children between 6 and 5 a teen years old study here. >> it's traumatic for the kids in the ire grades they need to finish exams and for them they miss two or three months of school. the school year is governing it's finished. >> reporter: the local government says it's struggle to go build more camps so school can begin. >> if we finish the six camps we will have 20,000 units. which is very good and we can evacuate the schools. >> reporter: with no sign of the war in iraq or syria ending soon, millions of children across both stud countries have had their studies stopped altogether. they have little chance for having a decent education. one of bahrain's most prominent activists have been released on bail. he was detain the last month after being accused of criticizing the government on social media. he had just savored two-year sentence on separate charges of

organizing protests in 2011. his trial has been adjourned until january. there has been anti-government protests in the democratic republic of congo. demonstrators are angry about an attack thought to have been carried out bay the rebel group. the government says it's defeated the group, but 95 civilian have his been killed in similar attacks in the past month. now a report. >> reporter: there is ainge third eastern part of the democratic republic of congo. these are the flags of the president's ruling party. crowds gathered after an overnight machete attack in the city. civilians and policemen were among the dead. the protesters say the government has failed to stop the violence in this region. >> we don't want this in this country. we want it to stop right now. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: security forces fired shots to disperse the

crowd. dozens have been killed in recent weeks. people here blame rebels called the allied democratic forces or actual df for the attacks. the group that has been around since the 1990s and includes disdefends from dr c. ugandan fighters and hutus from rue juan damn the attacks have displaced 10s of thousands of people. the u.n. has spent thousands of peace -- sent thousands of peace keeping soldiers to help fight the rebels and they have come under scathing criticism for failing to protect citizens. militias continue to kill people in the east and force them from their homes. but their distrust of the army and government have man blaming them for the violence. >> translator: we are unhappy with the government because it has failed to protect us so we have to defend ourselves. >> reporter: many fear that the president want to stay in office

indefinitely by amending the contusion before the he 201 2016 elections the opposition accuses him of trying to modify the contusion and even paving way for a referendum on a new one. more than 6 million people have been killed in recent years because of conflict. and also has a result of disease and malnutrition. thousands of still being held hostage to work in illegal mines. and many in democratic republic of congo say they are fed up of sigh rently witnessing what they call one massacre after the other. al jazerra. ♪ ♪ republicans are hoping to take control of the u.s. congress in tuesday's midterm elections. billions of dollars are being spent in a crucial campaign. as this report from wyoming shows one candidate has turned his back on corporate donations. >> reporter: a long jog through the high plains of wyoming is

nothing for 75-year-old charlie hardy. these days the former priest is running an unhill battle to get elected to the senate. a democrat in a republican state. hardy and a handful of volunteers traverse the mountains by bus trying to unseat a three-term incumbent who spent 50 times more money on his campaign. >> my parents taught me that priests, politicians should be someone who listens to people and who accompanies them in their struggles. what you have in washington today, and this includes the senator from here, people who listen to money. >> vote charlie hardy for the united center senate. >> reporter: they have been campaigning the old fashioned way. listening and talking to voters. >> the senator's main contributors are pharmaceutical companies. >> reporter: his opponent has voted against expanding leg care. but to many here, hardy is an unknown commodity.

>> can he win or why is he doing this? or where is it coming from? >> a very nice man that has a very tough race. >> reporter: you would never guess it from outside. but this is the headquarters for the campaign of the republican incumbent senator mike enzy. neither the senator or his staff would speak too us on camera about his campaign donations $3.7 million has come primarily from the healthcare industry, and the energy sector. natural gas, petroleum and coal. some don't see a conflict that industry bank rolling candidates. >> it doesn't matter whether you are republican or democrat, no elected official going to take a stance against the dominant industry of the state. >> mike loveses wao*e loveses w. >> reporter: but big money has changed the way candidates campaign and politicians relines on contributions may be less likely to challenge their party's line in washington. >> it's harder and harder to carve out independent paths when

the only way to get any kind of name recognition is through media and media buys mean spending money. >> reporter: hardy has funded most of his campaign on his credit cards. he may seep years but if the polls are an indication, he face a long road ahead to the election. al jazerra, kasper, wyoming. the european union says it will mott recognize elections held by pro-russia separatist million dollars eastern ukraine, the e.u. is describing the polls as obstacles to peace, russia says it respects the will of the people and will recognize the result. separatists hope the election will bring some legitimacy to the self declared republics in eastern ukraine, exit polls indicate that the leader of the people's republic has won his region. the u.n. says 91 journalists

around. world remember killed last year. human rights and press freedom organizations are near qatar to discuss the threats they face just for doing their jobs, natasha reports. >> reporter: they have gun targets in the battle in syria. unintended victims in the recent war in gaza and in an began tan reminders that covering an election could be dangerous. these are a handful of journalists have been killed so far this year doing their job. >> journal i wants are the beacon of democracy, the voice of those can is not speak in their country and they deserve a special protection. >> reporter: according to a u.n. report, almost 600 journalist have his been killed in the line of duty from thousand 622013. most were men and local journalists. the arab region is considered the most dangerous.

in egypt, the government has clamped down on the media. the committee to protect journal assists says 10 journalists have been killed since the ref lines began. three of our own have been wrongly accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood and impressed since last december. >> there is not an appreciation for the job that journal assists do, that they are holding public officials accountable, holding the government accountable. the government doesn't necessarily want to be held accountable. >> reporter: keeping journalists safe, especially in repressive countries was the focus of this two-day conference at the doha center for media freedom. >> we need to have governments willingly live up to their international commitment especially if they are going to be hailedded as democratic governments, we can't sweep this culture of inning punitive under the rug. >> reporter: once a journalist is killed families seldom get justice. according to a u.n. report only 6% of the cases were resolved.

that tasresolved. the united nations expert panel on climate science says it has conclusive evidence that humans are altering earth's claim at it's been compiled from three studies. it also says fossil fuels should be faced out almost entirely by 2100. french authorities say they are baffled by mysterious drone flights over its nuclear power plants, they don't know where the drones are coming from or who is controlling them more than a month after they started. >> reporter: it's illegal to fly a drone within five-kilometers of a nuclear plant. all over fans drones have been spotted hovering over power spacstations like this 1100-kilometers east of paris. no one has claimed respond for the flights. often at night. a leading nuclear safety expert, who has advised the french

government told al jazerra there was genuine cause for a large. >> there is absolutely no doubt that one can easily paint a scenario that would be a complete catastrophe. balls these small engines are big enough to carry small quantities of explosive materials. >> reporter: well, this is a piece of equipment that you could buy in a high street shop for $700. but it's baffled the authorities here in france, and critics say that it's an example of state security not being able to keep pace with potential new threats. the flights have been going on for a month. drones have been spotted on more than 15 occasions at widespread locations. france has 58 reactors, the world's most nuclear dependent country. the government is playing down the risk, saying the plants can

withstand earthquakes and maybe crashes. >> translator: for the moment, we do not know who is behind this. we don't take this matter lightly. but we are not over dramatizing it either. today there is no risk to the power stations. >> reporter: the environmental lobby group green peace whic whh has staged protests in france at nuclear power plants has denied involvement in the drone flights. their timing suggests a coordinator effort involving more than one person, whoever it is, if they are caught they face a 93,000-dollar fine. tim friend, al jazerra, in france. well, we'll have another look at the day's headlines in a moment, but first, take a look at this. >> listen to that roar. >> dare daveal nik wallenda has complete aid high-wire walk complete chicago's skyscrapers. as you can see he didn't have a safety net beneath him or even a

harness, he first walked between two city blockses uphill why suspended more than 50 stories above the chicago river. and then he put on a bryant fold for the second part of the walk. more on the website at aljazerra.com. funding terrorism, where does the money come from, who can america trust. i introduce you with the man charged with taking down terrorist organizations without firing a shot election day is two days away. i break down the money pouring into the campaign, where it's spent, and who is behind the incredible amount of cash. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money".