now of people flee boko haram in nigeria. aid groups say a i man terrien crisis is looming. also ahead, rereport from burkina faso's capital where the military is promising power will be handed over to a civilian government. iraq pledges itsy support for peshmerge battling isil as fighting urges closer to erbil. plus after more than a decade of debate. new world trade center is open for business.

first to nigeria where a string after tacks across the country is raising fears over the government's ability to deal with security. on monday a suicide bomber killed at least 29 shia muslims marking the holy day. more than 100 others were injured. in central state, gunmen have blown up a prison thought to hold many suspected boko haram fighters. it's believed more than 140 inmates were freed. while there a violent boko haram take over has forced more than 10,000 people to flee to camps in the state capital. bocboko haram appears to be grog and taking over more territory. and aid officials are warning of a humanitarian crisis. now a report that people are simply living in fear. >> reporter: they come seeking safety. the residents of the town of

mobey arrive in the provincial capital less than a week after the town was overran by boko haram fighters. some on foot. some by car. hundreds have made the 150-kilometer journey. but hundreds are missing. lost in the invasion. >> no, because this thing is firing, firing all over the mountain. all over the place. we are just getting away. >> reporter: survivors say boko haram robbed the banks, burned down the main market. and murdered teachers and the at the local university. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: five military commanders are facing charges for abandoning mubi on we understand, dozens of soldiers fled their battalions some quote yoteed in local media say they were out numbered and outgunned

by boko haram. anxiety and fear, aid agencies are overwhelmed and despite assurances of protection from authorities, many people have left. and for those who are still here, many are thinking of leaving. no fewer than 10,000 people from villages like mubi are now living in refugees camps. many people here say there isn't enough food. and shelter is poor. aid agencies say they are doing the best that they can. >> i want to say that the camp is now full. we don't have place that will keep them. we don't have room. >> reporter: attacks and kidnapping by boko haram have been on the rise in recent weeks. despite hopes for a ceasefire. the nigerian military has been able to claim at least within town, but it is feared boko haram is gaining ground. and it is the people of nigeria

who are losing the most. well, adrian is a professor of government at american university and she says the nigerian government may not have the strene to this withstand more boko haram attacks in the northeast. >> you know, i think that there were at point in the past an opportunity to negotiate with boko haram. certainly in the immediate aftermath of the abduction of the girls. i and other analysts thought that maybe there was opportunity for negotiation. but it looks as if the nigerian government waited until boko haram was in a very strong military position to make attempt at negotiation. as for why the nig nigerian government announced the ceasefire without a the agreemet boko haram there are two theories. the government, the administration of good luck jonathan may have been trying to bolster their popular support in

the run up to elections in nigeria which are due in february. obviously it's a rather short sided strategy given the fact that violence has continued in the aftermath of this announcement. the second theory is that boko haram may be internally fractured and it may that be the nigerian government has been in negotiations with some factions of boko haram, but the fact remains regardless of government motivations there is not any immediate hope for association of violence in northeastern nigeria. to iraq now where fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant are inching closer to erbil the regional capital of the north. they have been battling kurdish soldiers at a village 50-kilometer as way. charles stratford has the details from erbil. >> reporter: peshmerga sources telling us here in erbil that after coalition air strikes on a village around 15-kilometers

from the regional capital here in erbil, it's the closest, there was heavy shelling by isil forces on peshmerga positions in that town. an indication of potentially a push there by isil to come closer to the regional capital here. it comes on the same day as an iraqi delegation from the defense ministry, including the defense minister himself. pledging a friday guide of 2,000 volunteers, 2,000 kurdish volunteers to come and help defend this frontline in the north of iraq. what is important here the defense ministry says the volunteers will come under the eyiraqi army. the per herringer still deciding whether to accept the oftener. in the winter months we hear there could be greater difficult any defending that frontline. the iraqi army also pledging heavy weapons, more weapons for kurdish forces here. kurdish forces saying that they have received weapons from some of the coalition forces, but,

again, asking for more. so as i say, heavy fighting, very close to the regional capital. and this offer by the iraqi government pledging more support for the kurdish regional government here in defending against isil attacks. any jim armed group has sworn allegiance to isil. this is according to a statement from the group. and it's reported by reuters news agency. it is active in the sinai peninsula where it has launched attacks against egyptian security forces, 30 egyptian soldiers were killed in sinai last month. in lebanon the leader of hezbollah is set to address his supporters. his speech coincides with commemoration to his mark the occasion of. [ inaudible ] let's go to stefanie dekker live now in beirut for us. as we mentioned before, shiites are marking it in lebanon, given the sectarian mention that

country, no doubt security has been stepped up. >> reporter: that's right. more significant is that the security measures are the most extreme that they have ever been. you can actually see the processional just step out of shot and get ali our cameraman to show you this is an extreme time for the shias they are commemorating the death of the grandson of the profit mohamed and this is something that we have been seeing here today the extreme security measures taken by hezbollah because of the sensitive times here in lebanon and, of course, this has to do with the still over of the war in syria hezbollah is fighting with bashar assad. it's caused extreme tensions here, many people will tell you including the army they believe there are sleeper cells here. this is why it's so tense, there are positions all over the roofs here. we are not allowed to show you any of the security, hezbollah has been, extremely strict that.

we will hear from the secretary general of wes hezbollah here. he made a surprise visit last night. it could happen but we don't know because of the extreme. there is a real scrum to my right which we can't show you trying to get there to the area of the stage where he could 19ly appear. it goes to show you the commitment and the pull that the secretary general had he did come out last night and had a strong message about syria and internal politics here. >> thank you very much, stefanie. , stefanie dekker speaking us to from lebanon in beirut. the after an union is giving leaders in burkina faso to hand over the rule or face sanctions the army took control friday after protests forced long time president blaise to resign.

>> reporter: people are waiting to filed out who will be their next ruler. and here in a sweltering meeting room in the capital, these journalists are waiting for opposition politician says to announce their next move. on saturday, an army colonel said he's in charge. but the opposition says it expects a swift hand over to civilian rule. >> we are very happy to. [ inaudible ] is agreeing to some discussion. yesterday afternoon he had a meeting in his headquarters. [ inaudible ] i am saying that it was a very normal discussion and he showed some openness. >> reporter: last week 10s of thousands protested against the president's attempt to his extends heextend his term in of. he left the country rich. his 27 year rule end ahead bankruptly the headquarters of his party are are now in ruins, protesters broke in here and set it on fire, all that remains now

is ash and rubble and a few documents. this was one of the offices in here, there is the remains of a photocopier, the party now are completely out of the picture. it's the political opposition and the army that are trying to work out the way forward. he has promised a quick hands over of power. >> translator: we are in contact with all political actors who rebuild he can executive power which is actually vacant. the executive will soon be led by a transitional team. >> reporter: meanwhile, this is what is left of parliament. the president tried to get politician heres to remove presidential limits. protesters broke are broke in and burned in. opposition leader showed me where he once sat. like many here he's anxious about military rule.

>> translator: this is a democratic fight for a peaceful shift of power. the shift should be too civilians, unfortunately, we are facing a different situation with the military in charge. we just need the military to take care of our safety and property. >> reporter: blazblaise ruled he with a mixture of democracy. but the graffiti suggests killings is what is remembers. people hope what comes next is better. much more to come here on al jazerra. including u.s. backed rebel million dollars syria lose ground and webs to the al qaeda leaked al-nusra front. early findings have been released in to what caused the virgin galactic space craft to crash on friday. we'll have all the details.

welcome back. top stories here other al jazerra. a string of attacks in nigeria is raising fears over the government action ability to deal with the security. boko haram is attacking villages in the northeast and thousands of people are leaving their homes and officials are warning of a human tear i didn't kno hi. battling kurdish soldiers in villages. the african union is giving military lead nurse burkina faso two weeks to hands overpower to civilian rule or face sanctions. the army has promise today give control to a transitional government and appoint a new

head of state. it took control on friday when protests forced the president to resign. well, there has been fierce fighting in the yemen-y town with several loud explosions heard. at least 20 houthi rebels died in attacks by al qaeda-linked fighters. let's go now to omar who joins us live from the yemen-y capital. how much of a blow is the loss of these fighters? >> reporter: well, it shows that this group has power, as you mentioned. however, in certain areas of yemen, they seem to be at some times losing that power, particularly in row dan. the rudy control r.a. daa over the last two weeks, while al qaeda and their allies from the

tribal leaders there they retreated to the northern part and started launching hit and run attacks on the houthis. what we saw late monday and early tuesday is the heaviest fighting in the last 10 days or so. the death toll has changed slightly at least 21 hall utah is killed because of the fighting. add to it another four houthis were found debt ted at the school. so that's a total of 25. to further complicate things after the clashes ended, the describes men as well as al qaeda fighters retreated. u.s. drone attacks hit a number of areas, there are reports of casualties, we don't know the details though. >> omar, thank you for that update. omar speaking to us from the capital sanaa. to syria now, where in fighting is escalating between rival armed groups. fighters from the al qaeda linked al-nusra front say they have ceased u.s. made weapons from another rebel group.

it had been an important strong hold for the syrian revolutionary front. but it's fallen now to the al-nusra front. dominick kane reports. >> reporter: at news rah fighters show off weapons recovered from the syrian revolutionary front were the weapons appear to be u.s. made. the srf is one of the rebel groups the white house wants to use to defeat the islamic i can state of iraq and the levant group. bow this evidence, american-made weapons may have ended up in the wrong hands. last week's fighting led to many deaths. both sides have said the other is to blame. with this in fighting between rebels, on monday the government signed a declaration with what it called civil forces in joint opposition to isil. >> translator: these forces may have their own ideological political differences but they all agree need to put syria's

best interest before their own, rising above partisan lines that threaten syria from beyond its borders 67 as these pictures from damascus show, the reality is the ground is very different. no rebels want to join forces with assad to bad isil. not even those that it want to kill. in this fat i think filmed rebel forces claim to have recaptured what they say san important checkpoint from is sad's forces. with it in their hands, they say they can threaten the government reinforcement line to homs province. for its part, the syrian government says it has reclaimed a road to the city in the north east of the country. state tv broadcast these pictures on monday. demonstrating that any prospect of national reconciliation is remote. dominick kane, al jazerra.

gunmen have killed at least five people and injured nine others outside a shia muslim prayer hall in sawed sa*ud i can't rape i can't. the saudi state news exactly says three gunmen opened fire in the village in the eastern region. they were carrying automatic machine guns that's according to police. 13 people are still unaccounted for after a boat sanction off the coast of turkey on monday. at least 24 my grand from afghanistan and syria died when the overcrowded boat capsized. six others were pulled alive from the freezing waters of the black sea. ukraine's president petro pouporoshenko has called an urgt meet of course his security chiefs after sunday's disputed lex in rebel-held areas in the northeast. he says the vote say as far as violating the september ceasefire agreement. pro-russia separatists disagree. saying that they have been given a mandate from the people proving their legitimacy. the u.s. has slammed the vote as

illegal. >> the united states deplores and does not recognized yesterday's so-called separatist lexes in eastern ukraine nor do we recognize any of the leaders chose then this illegal vote. we also welcome statements from the european union, united nations, france, germany and others rejecting these illegal and illegitimate actions. early find sr-gz been released in to what caused the virgin galactic space crash to crash on friday. one of the pilots was killed, the company's founder richard branson says commercial space travel is still a risk. >> reporter: contemporary to some initial reports, investigators say there was no explosion before the virgin black at this spaceship crashed. >> among other things they found the fuel tanks, the oxidizer tanks and the engine and all were intact, showed no signs of burn through, no signs of being breached 67 the national transportation safety board, which is leading the investigation, says a reentry

system was prematurely deployed shortly before the craft broke up. what is called the feathering system helping the craft land by increasing drag. it have di deployed too early. >> the unlock 11 was not to be moved in for unlock until the acceleration to 1.4 and it occurred around 1.0. cock have i had video shows the pilot unlocking early. but it shouldn't have deployed the system. investigators stress this was a statement of fact and not of cause and that months and months of up choir i will follow. virgin galactic's owner says if the feathering system deployment was found to be the cause. he said it would be fixed and added that he would not be did he perked. >> it's a grants program which has had a horrible setback but i don't think anybody watching this program would want us to abandon it at this stage. >> reporter: the craft's copilot died. investigators are waiting to speak to the pilot who is recovering in hospital. al jazerra.

a major military operation by the pakistan army that began in june has displaced more than 800,000 people. many of them have sought refuge in the town but after four months and with no end in sight to the fighting, people are growing increasingly desperate. as part of our special series on education, c, we look at how the conflict is affecting the children. >> reporter: when the pakistani military launched a major offensive in the mid. join, most of the schools in that area were closed. the children were on their summer holidays. and after the offensive by the military, over 800,000 people from north what year stan were forced to flee to the safety of other towns, the bulk of the population, of course, came to the town here and it was a priority to reenroll all of these children back in to the school so they don't miss out on

their studies. according to the education officer, up to 55% of the students have now reenrolled there is other statistic says for where they may have ban. the other important thing is to put in more resources so they can be supplied with books and uniforms and insure that they are able to continue with their education which is going to be vital for north waziristan and for the future of these children. al jazerra is continue to go demand the immediate release of eights journalists who have no one but detained in egypt for 311 days. peter greste, mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed are faultsly accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood they are appealing against their prison sentences, ba mar mohamed was

given an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. malaysian opposition leader ibrahim has arrived in court for the sixth day of his appeals hearing against a sodomy conviction. the prosecution is delivering its final summary in the case. well, in march, he was sentence today five years in prison on stars, of having sex with a male aiaide in 2008. homosexual acts are a crime in muslim-majority malaysia. punishable by up to 20 years in jail. critics and human rights activists say the case is politically motivated. the u.n.'s refugees agency have launched a campaign to end statelessness in the next decade. it estimates that 10 million people around the world do not have citizenship in any country. a third of them are children. now, they are excludeed from

society and have no legal rights, no passport and, no vote, access to education, employment and healthcare is also limited. ethnic discrimination is one of the main reasons. the ro rohingya, and bed withinl have large numbers of stateless people. the u.n. wants to change that by pressuring states to join and respect the 1954 convention on statelessness. matthews smith is the founder of fortified rights a monitoring group focusing on human rights. he says more effort must be made to protect rohingya muslims facing abusive restrictions in southeast asia. >> the muslim population from myanmar has faced systematic persecution from many years from the myanmar authorities. right now what we are seeing are row hundred gentleman fleeing myanmar in record high numbers ending up in thailand and other countries in the region, and in these countries they face a

biases in some cases similar to the abuses they are fleeing. so there is a lack of protection for this stateless refugees population. particularly malaysia, where right now u.n. agencies simply are not registering stateless rorohingya refugees in the couny and this has a cass tied effect of abuse that this population is enduring. if there were one thing that u.n. agencies were to start doing in southeast asia it would be to start registering stateless rohingya refugees. right now in malaysia, fax, within of the only ways that a rohingya refugees can get a card is if they are detained by the authorities after spending seven to nine months in lock up in malaysia. if those the only way a refugees can get recognized i think the system is bring. any efforts to fix that system right now would be hugely

beneficial. more than 13 years after the 9/11 attack in new york city, a new world trade tower has opened for business. the building sits just north of the memorial erect today honor those who died: >> reporter: open for business. the tallest and most expensive office building in the western them spheres welcomes its occupants, conde last taking over 24 floors, becoming the anchor tenant of 1 world trade center. it stretches up 104 stories above the new york city skyline. the top three floors devote today an interactive observation deck. a sleek new commercial space on some of the most coveted real estate on the face of the earth. also a gleaming reminder of the day that forever changed new york and the world. it comes after more than a decade of debate and legal battles over reconstruction of the site. and the 9/11 memorial that sits in the shadows.

new yorkers we spoke to had some are mixed feelings. >> oh, yeah, it will always be in the back of their minds, but you can't let that affect your life. you have to live your life and carry, a you know. >> reporter: would you consider taking a job in the tower there? >> no. >> reporter: can you tell me why? >> i don't know. maybe fear. i can't work in any of those buildings. i don't mind working around it, but not in it. >> reporter: security will be tight as the workday begins and nba what is sensual a i modern day fortress for least the first 20 stories. solid poured concrete throughout six times stronger than sidewalk and metal rebar more than dibble the size of normal buildings, john terrett, al jazerra, new york. in an unprecedented move the north korean embassy in london has opened its doors to the public, it is showcasing paintings from four artists from the art studio in pyongyang. the north korean ambassador says

the event will help contribute to better understanding between them and britain. exhibition is open until friday. quick reminder that you can always keep up-to-date with all the news on our website, that's at aljazerra.com.