28 people killed in an ambush on a bus in kenya. al shabab says it carried out the attack. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, eight civilians killed in an air strike in iraq. we'll have the latest from baghdad. talking goes on but what chance is there on an agreement over iran's nuclear program? plus. >>reporter: in bolivia, the

government is applying economics to the fight against illegal drugs. 28 passengers on a bus in kenya have been shot dead by al shabab fighters in what they say is a revenge attack for kenya's military involvement in somolia. >>reporter: witnesses said the victims were forced from the bus at gunpoint. they were ordered to read verses from the koran and then shot in the head at point blank range. nine women and 19 men were killed. amomongrel among relatives --

>>reporter: the attack happened near the kenyon border with somolia. the bus had been traveling towards nairobi when it was ambushed. it's believed there were about ten gunmen. police say they're now trying to track them down.

>> we continue to make inroads to make sure that we bring to justice those responsible. >>reporter: al shabab said it carried out the attack in revenge for attacks on mosques. >> they're the ones who closed the mosques. this is a war between muslims and nonbelievers. we're told to fight nonbelievers. they should withdraw their troops from somolia if they want peace. >>reporter: kenya has suffered a series of deadly attacks since it sent troops into somolia in 2011. the assault on the westgate

shopping mall in 2013 resulted in the death of 37 people. late on saturday, the bodies of those who died in the latest attack were flown by military aircraft to nairobi. at the airport gates, relatives waited to receive the dead and others waited for those they hoped had survived. fighters from boko haram -- there are reports up to 50 people have been killed, many of whom are believed to be farmers. the village has been attacked before and in august witnessed intense confrontations between boko haram and the nigerian military. litary.

joe biden has praised the turkish government for what he calls significant leadership in the fight against the islamic state in iraq. he made the comments in istanbul where he held talks with the president of turkey. his trip aims to ease strains over the syria crisis and persuade turkey to step up in the assault against isil. >> in iraq, the president told me of his impressions of developments taking place in iraq. i had an opportunity to spend several hours yesterday and again this morning with the prime minister who just returned from iraq and we're on the same page. we have the same view. and we're -- i was -- i told the president how impressed and pleased the new iraqi government was and the fact that he and his

government reached out a hand to the iraqi people and iraqi government and they're working in close coordination with the prime minister. >> we would like to continue to strengthen our cooperation with the u.s. we discussed developments in syria and iraq and also the threat posed by isil. and we held comprehensive discussions on the subject. we have seen isil emerge from month sully and then go to syria and growing stronger there and coming back to iraq. we've had detailed discussions until now and will continue to do so. >> despite almost four hours of talks between the u.s. vice president joe biden and the president of turkey, the u.s. seems to have made little head way in its attempts to persuade the turkish government to take a

more active role in the fight against isil. there is still no indication if the u.s. will be alloweded to use air bases in turkey to launch assaults on isil in iraq. that means u.s. aircraft will continue to have to fly long missions from the mediterranean and the gulf if the the u.s. continues to maintain that its priority is isil and this is where the divide remains between turkish and u.s. policy and today's visit by biden doesn't seem to have closed that gap.

at least eight civilians have been killed by an air strike in iraq. it was in the center of the country. these are the latest pictures of the aftermath of that strike. we have an update from baghdad. >> according to the hospital, eight casualties were brought in as a result of air strikes, four children, two adults, two of which were women and five people also injured. it has not been confirmed if these were coalition or iraqi army air strikes. a sunni rebel group has claimed that it was iraqi strikes.

all of this comes as an assault has taken place which began on thursday night and is still ongoing. now, the assaults are taking place in the north and the south where iraqi forces together with sunni tribal fighters are trying to push isil out. >> there are signs that a deadline for a deal on iran's nuclear program could be extended. talks are taking place in vienna. western powers want to limit at the ran's nuclear capabilities in return, they will lift sanctions. talks on a possible extension

could begin on sunday. we are now live in vienna. what progress has been made if any? >>reporter: hard to say. precious little information coming our way. but negotiators very clearly have spent the day in meetings behind closed doors. technical teams have continueded to be hard at work testing different sets of proposals and scenarios over others has things have been discussed. about an hour ago, they completed their fourth trilateral meetings of this group of talks. the german foreign minister has also come to vienna. the mood is not particularly up beat. this was john kerry speaking. >> we're working hard.

we hope we're making careful progress. but we still have some serious gaps which we're working to close. >>reporter: cautious, cagey even. what insight we have into where these talks are at come from an reuters report saying that the chances of a deal by monday are very small. there is no significant progress on sticking points around iran's program and the lifting of sanctions and that discussions on a possible extension of the iran talks may begin on sunday.

could that mean that they will talk for a couple more days if they believe a deal is in sight or perhaps adjourn all together and come back at a future date. we simply don't know. >> thank you so much. >> there's much more to come on the program including how ukraine's pro government volunteers are raising money for the war efforts in the east. forts in the east.

there are signs that a deadline for a deal on iran's nuclear program could be extended in vienna. an at least eight civilians have been killed by an air strike in iraq in the center of the country in anbar province. the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 900 people have been killed by u.s. strikes in syria. syrians living along the israeli

occupied border are increasingly being caught up in the civil war. in september rebel fighters advanced but civilians say they're still coming under bombardment. >>reporter: the fight is fierce. thousands have fled the area which borders the cease fireli . but now villages inside the demilitaryize zones -- u.n. peace keepers retreated to the israeli side in september. those living or taking refuge inside the zone hoped they would be safe. >> this is the result. i am a civilian. i lost my eye and my hand if the i'm being treated here in the hospital but i need to go abroad because doctors may be able to

do something better for my case. we don't have the medicines here. >>reporter: the crossing is a gateway from the west into damascus which lies 60 kilometers to the north. an alliance of rebel fighters control most of the area but the regime isn't giving up. refugees are forced into the countryside where nothing is easy. >> we need to buy everything. we need to buy water, bread, clothing, and everything. we need to buy it, but we don't have money. >>reporter: many here don't take sides and are angry both at the regime for the bombardment and the opposition for failing to keep its word. neither able to help those caught in the middle where the struggle for survival continues. in bah rain, parliamentary

elections have been going on without the party boycotting the vote. >> unless we agree on a system that represents the people and make officials accountable and serve the people and protect their rights, we cannot participate. in bah rain, a sunni muslim monar monarch monarchky -- monarchy.

more than 2607 candidates are competing for 40 seats in the election. however, the real power lies within unelected political leadership. the al halifa royal family. the king announced an inquiry into human rights abuses in 2011 that found detain knees who had been tortured. >> the door is open to them. it was an invitation for

dialogue. but they refused to participate. they refused because in their mind, bah rain should be delivered to iran. >>reporter: whether people are voting or protesting, bah rain is a long way from national unity. it's a deeply divided country and the memories of the unrest and repression during its arab spring are still fresh, so few people are expecting this election will bring the sunni and shiite communities any closer together. in egypt, at least seven fighters have been killed and another 67 arrested after they attacked security forces in north sinai. the clashes happened thursday and friday. they destroyed more than 100 vehicles without license plates as well as hideouts used by the fighters. al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists who have now been

detained in egypt for 349 days. they're appealing against their convictions and jail sentences. it has been a year since massive street protests began in ukraine which eventually toppled the country's former president. many of those who backed the pro european movement are still deeply involved in activism. >>reporter: saturday here is just another day in the office. it professional runs a facebook page in his spare time raising money for the war in ukraine's east. he joined the pro european protest movement last november and his family has not had a day off since.

>> this war has really -- thanks to the war, a lot of people have woken up in ukraine and have felt enabled to take up arms to defend their country and become soldiers. >>reporter: that is the kind of patriotism driving the donations which pay for this equipment, warm clothes, sleeping bags, telescopic site -- sights. this commander who lost an eye to a sniper this summer said the public donations are vital. >>reporter: since the first day, the volunteer movement has given us a massive, powerful aid. i can't say it helps 100%, only 50% and the equipment is old. >>reporter: through social media

he's raised tens of thousands of u.s. dollars. it's now going where it's urgently needed, to the front. the funds are still flowing at the spiritual center of ukraine's revolution. here the sentiments of andre's family are shared by many ukrainens. they believe much has been won, a new president, new parliament, and a new patriotism. but so many lives have been lost and they expect for sacrifices to come. russia is accusing the west of trying to topple its government by imposing sanctions over the crisis in ukraine. the measures are intended to damage russia's economy and cause public protests. >> as for the concept behind the use of coercive measures, the west is making sure it does not want to change the policy of the

russian federation which is an illusion. they want to change the regime. no one denies this in spain, thousands of antiabortion protesters have marched in madrid. they're angry the government has scrapped plans to tighten abortion legislation. in september they droppeded the proposal saying there was no consensus to change. bolivia is one of the world's largest producers of cocoa, the plant used to make cocaine. >>reporter: she has farmed this idealic plot of land since she inherited it more than three decades ago.

she's proud of her diverse crops, but it is this one concentrated on 1,600 square meters of her land that is her favorite. this is cocoa, the leaf used for medicinal and spiritual purposes for centuries. it is also used to make the drug cocaine. the u.s. drug agency had enforced an aggressive and sometimes violent campaign of full full eradication of the plant. until the president kicked the d.e.a. out of the country in 2008. >> they wanted to get rid of everything and the growers were opposed to it because cocoa is

their livelihood. there was much violence and many deaths until we found this way out. >>reporter: morales put the control of the crops in the hands of the unions. they're supposed to self-police allowing individual growers to farm one plot per year and they also encourage farmers to plant other types of crops. but they prefer cocoa because it can be harvested harvested four times a year. bolivia's former drug czar says much of the cocoa currently being produced in the region is, in enact, being used for elicit purposes. >> that cocoa is not for human consumption but it's not very good. it has a very bad taste and it is not commercial. people don't want it. don't buy it. that cocoa is not going for

traditional markets. >>reporter: but the government is convinced its approach is the most effective way of the control the use of cocoa. farmers would prefer to be allowed to grow more of it but say they prefer the self-policing to the more aggressive means of control from the past. new york's auction houses are hammering record prices. here's more on what's driving the market. >> thank you so much. >>reporter: and with that, one lucky billionaire took home this pointing. a world record sale for a female artist. it's just the latest of dozens of art works that have sold for staggering sums in new york auction houses this month where the ultra rich throw around half

a million dollars as if it were small change. among the other huge sales this month were the red brown black and orange from 1953 which was sold for $45 million. over at christies, this painting went for $69.6 million. and andy worhal's famous el i haves sold just shy of $82 million. november saw bids come in from 38 different countries. >> i've heard from collectors that given the high prices, it's almost not so painful to take one expensive thing off the wall as a hedge against invasion. >>reporter: with financial markets uncertain, sellers are choosing to cash in some of their wealth. given that headline grabbing

prices have little to do with the wider art work, such buying may even harm it. >> the going pitch galleries and middlemen listen to the most is wealth and if that's the message, it doesn't take a genius to imagine that art today is going to reflect precisely those kinds of values so today the exclusion of others. >>reporter: others are critical of the lack of transparency in the market. nearly half the total price of lots were guaranteed during one week of sales. that means the auction house promises the seller a certain undisclosed amount no matter what happens with the bidding. >> they are being bullish on the fact that they can make money on these deals or auction houses can't get people to consign their best works to auction without promising something. >>reporter: auction houses are profiting from the process along with sellers.

>> $340,000. >>reporter: by relying on those desperate for a painting and a diversified portfolio. . today, rwanda is thriving. as the president credited with stoping the slaughter and putting the country back together, paul kagame is also accused of brutally suppressing dissent. so is kagame a savior or a dictator? we sent journalist sorious samura to find out. >> for centuries the tribes of this country lived together without tribal atrocities, and nothg