>> more than a half million--more than 1.5 million told by the u.n. we've run out of money to buy you food. >> half million--not half million, but also coming up in this half hour on al jazeera, the orphans of the boko haram conflict in nigeria. we have more to tell you in the north of the country. >> iraq said it's army has paid salaries to 50,000 soldiers who aren't either there or don't exist at all.

>> i'm andrew thomas in sydney, one of 12 projects short listed for an international pride of architecture. but what turns good buildings into what is being recognized as a world-class design? >> the food is running out for syria's refugees. the world food program said that it cannot forward to feed the 1.7 million of them any more. they need $64 million to help those who have fled syria and those who are camped in neighboring countries. >> reporter: this muddy field is home to more than a thousand people. they've escaped war and left everything behind. but the fight for survival isn't over. >> oh, god, we're freezing to death. i don't have any blankets. a neighbor gave me a piece of

foam for my baby to sleep on, and another one on which three children sleep. >> near the syrian border there is no running water, electricity or sewage. meals are provided once a day but that could end soonen soon, too, with the u.n. announcing it could no longer afford to feet the u.n. refugees. they've been providing food to refugees in lebanon, iraq, jordan, and turkey. they say the money has run out, and they'll be suspending the program for december. they say they have no choice. >> we feed the refugees. we're trying our best, but this is an unfortunate situation that we find ourselves in, and something that our refugees have to face. the story is simple. the world food program is unable to deliver food to those people. if we cannot give them the

vouchers, they simply cannot eat. >> i have been in lebanon for one year. i survive only thanks to the u.n. food vouchers. i don't get anything else. >> reporter: the world food program said that $64 million is needed to feed syrian refugees for december alone warning the alternative is that families like this one could starve. al jazeera. >> so part of the story outside of syria, the numbers of displaced people inside the country keeps on growing. we have reports on how aid agencies are being forced to make tough choices about who gets that help. >> the camps are getting bigger. the number of syrians displaced by the syrian war is only increasing. about 150,000 people now live in rebel-controlled areas along the turkish border. in one camp alone 30,000 people are struggling to survive, and for many here this is their

fourth winter away from their homes. yet again they appeal for help. it's getting colder, and the rain causes flooding. the new arrivals don't even have a decent place to stay. >> we need a proper tent. you can see for yourself how we're living. no one sees us suffering. >> there are a few charity organizations that help these people. but it's not enough. the united nations has long been concerned about its ability to make people's urgent needs for the winter. the organization said it does not have enough money to deal with the growing number of internally displaced people, even those who have enough to eat face difficulties. >> it's also bad in the kitchen. children need to walk two kilometers carrying the pails, either in the heat or the freezing cold. we want a solution to this. >> there is some hope. charity organizations have managed to build 500 single-room

concrete houses. but it solves the problem only temporarily. people want to go back to their towns and villages. >> it's much better now. it's cleaner, at least. there are no insects but we were hoping the world would help end the war, not just build us rooms. >> the size of the crisis is huge and is only growing worse because of the ongoing fighting, and with rising numbers of displaced people the u.n. may have to set priorities for who gets help. it believes up to hundreds of thousands won't get help at all. al jazeera. >> nigeria is reeling after major attacks in two state capitols. a suicide-bomber detonates explosives while trying to enter a crowded market. and in maiduguri there were

attacks. >> the attacks took place in two separate cities, two separate states that are under the state of emergency due to the activity of boko haram in the area. the first attack took place and it's indicative of how boko haram wants to send the message that they're able to carry out various types of attacks in a large territory be it trying to seize territory, occupy towns and villages or carry out large-scale bombings in crowded market areas and targeting soft targets, so to speak. of course, the government has been saying that boko haram has been sustaining losses in sustaining territory, and perhaps that's why they're lashing out with daily attacks over the past two weeks. and in the end it's the people in the northeast who bear the

brunt of these attacks who suffer the most. the government said more than 1.5 million people have been displaced by those attacks. we've just visited some of those displaced people, and we've seen the extent of their suffering, the extent of their plights. particularly among young children who either lost their parents in the killing sprees, or who have been separated from their parents as they've been trying to feed the ongoing attacks. >> evan watched bow owe had a ram slaughter his father and older brother and capture his mother and sisters. it was three months ago when fighters seized his village. he struck out alone in the village veering towards cameroon before showing up at this camp two days ago. >> i saw everything. i was crying, crying on the mountains. there were times did i not have food or water up to two days. >> lost among the thousands of people displaced by boko haram's

violence are hundreds of unacupped children. their parents are either killed in the melees or separated from the children as they fled. there have been few if any reunions so far. for years boko haram have attacked school children, abducting them, killing them, pushing thousands out of school. now it includes seizing territory and many children are not even spared even in their homes. >> there are 65 unaccompanied children. some as young as two. others are scattered in other camps. they're assigned to foster mothers and provided food and some education. the local agencies are pleading for more help. >> specific children items, food, books, instruction materials, and if possible, items like bowls and whatever that would help the children.

>> reporter: community leaders believe the camps hold only 2% of the actual number of displaced people. the majority seek assistance elsewhere. 16 unaccompanied children are taking refuge here at this catholic cathedral. abigail, not looking behind, she was separated from her mother and four siblings. >> they don't know where i am. i don't know where they are. that's all i think of. >> most of the children have been dropped off here by total strangers. some are suffering from serious trauma. >> the challenge, we don't have professionals who can help those who have been traumatized. >> these are the orphans between the boko haram and nigerian government. it has left them with no one and nothing. al jazeera, northeastern

nigeria. >> for the second time in less than a month the iraqi prime minister has fired dozens of army officers. this is after the government discovered there are 50,000 so-called ghost soldiers in the army. these are ghosts or absent names on the payroll. let's take a look at the forces. 800,000 soldiers in the iraqi army. more than half a million of those are reservists leaving 300,000 soldiers on active duty. of the total 50,000 are so-called ghost soldiers, and their absent cost the iraqi army $380 million every year. that is an average of $7,600 per ghost soldier. all right, we're off to turkey now. the turkish president erdogan hosting the russian president

vladimir putin. there has been a preamble of some citing trade deals. now we get to hear from the two leaders who disagree but have their energy sources tied up together. >> we have had great pleasure to have him in our country, and i would like to specifically express this. mr. putin's visit is a sign of closeness, and the high level corporation comes in positive steps as part of this meeting that president putin visits us, and we find these meetings most important. we've completed the fifth of these corporation meetings, and

since last meeting we've had discussed what steps have been taken, and under what headings we need further steps to be taken forward. as a result we have assessed between russia and ourselves, obviously we don't think this is enough. we should quickly improve on this, and rise these figures and we have political determination towards that. our cooperation on this matter were discussed in detail together in this meetings, and in the same way in relation to investments between our countries have been discussed, and we have discussed how we can

come to a better level on this. as you know the 50% of turkeys energy need is covered by russia. as a result we can feel the difference on that matter from $32 million to--out of $32 billion, $25 billion is from russia to our country. on the remain something from our country to russia in terms of trade. so there is a huge gap as "n" difference as you can see. we discussed what can be done to make it more equal, and we wanted to fortify our

corporatio cooperation and mutual trade. the tourism from russia to our country is important, and the number of people coming from russia to turkey is the highest among other countries. we can see that this is going to--the figures are going to rise, the number of visitors from russia. also, nuclear power station was another subject discussed with myself and my colleag colleague. this has been on the table since three years in efforts towards three years, and they will come to a different level of these

discussions. $20billion is the cost of this investment and in relation to this we'll join the efforts and work towards that. the russian federation sensitivities about the investment on this matter has been acknowledged, and they're dealing with these. and the community activities and cultural centers when both countries are of important matters. and another matter is that youth in russia are being trained, 200 of our youth are being trained in respect to nuclear projects,

they will come back to turkey and deal with the project. it is an important training, and more and more engineers and technicians will be trained by this team of 200. and between the two countries people--we are hoping to increase interaction communication. this is another important and joint decoration that has been accepted on that respect. and some consular matters have been dealt with and in the further... we are determined to maintain politicalcally the assignment to maintain to be active on these matters. another matter is the relation

to be taken in the energy until recently. for this reason there have been obstacles on this process, and tonight's meetings showed that we are in solidarity to overcome whether legal or other obstacles on these matters. this preliminary agreement will enable the parties to work on these issues, and this preliminary agreement will be transformed into an absolute agreement, and steps will be taken towards that. as a result turkey's needs will be covered in that respect, and the greed border on hoping to establish a distribution center,

distribution station, and depending on the demands that center will cover that demands. so we'll have a preliminary agreement on that matter as well. i would like to express that, too. and another matter discussed was the regional problems. we had the chance to discuss the regional problems, especially in respect to the terrorist organizations like daesh and pkk. from that discussion we have discussed syrian problem and iraq problem and discussed the issues between ourselves and in regional and national matters. this is one of the main headings of our meeting. and another important heading subject we discussed was cr crimean matters and crimean

tatars. we have discussed this in detail, they're willing to grant the rights to the crimean people that has not been granted or achieved until now. the aim is to make sure that the whole crimean people will be benefiting from these rights and the language is crimean language is one of the rights to be included in this. if there is any problems we are able to discuss with you and deal with the issues that might rise after this point, and we are pleased that they have this

approach, and we came to this mutual agreement, and hopefully on mutual grounds this corporation will continue. of course, the crisis international crisis in the ukraine should be resolved on the basis of international laws so that the peace will be sustai sustainable,, and the minsk treaty should be abided by everyone involved. i can easily express that we are in common terms, and we are in agreement on these issues. and contact and corporation on this matter will continue from this point on wards, and we will take steps together towards resolving the crisis. there is no doubt that the

relationship between russia and turkey on the basis of mutual trust will benefit the whole region in terms of peace of the region, and i would like to end my talk with this understanding, and i hope that this cooperation council meeting will be bringing many positive results. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, i would like to confirm that our negotiations were exceptionally and constructive atmosphere.

we had discussions with mr. president, but we have a high level meeting. the council meeting we discussed a broad range of issues of russian-turkey cooperation, long-term documents were assigned. turkey is one of the leading trade partners in trade with russia. and in second place after germ germany. the circumstantial evidence grows as well. we agreed that our countries

will work on a joint trade. and also in the sphere of the corporation we talked about taking it to a strategic level. russia remains the biggest supplier of energy resources. >> we aim to grow to meet turkish demands, and soon will increased supplies 3 billion cubic meters.

we're grateful to our turkish friends. and they gave us permission to build the pipelines. considering other decisions, we have not received decisions from

bulgaria. now we have to start the stage of the pipes but we cannot continue without bulgarian permission, and start construction in the sea, and come to bulgarian shores and stop there. it doesn't make any sense. so we have to review our partaking in this project. but at the same time at the same time growing demand of turkey we are ready to increase a blue stream, and to build and ready to build another pipeline to satisfy growing demands of other

customers in europe. we consider the discount of 6% for the blue --we discussed the building of power stations.

it will be training staff developing infrastructure. right now as i speak more than 200 specialists are trained in russia, and in the future it is possible to train. we're looking forward to, and we're encouraged to the work of certain finance institutions in

turkey as well as russia. we'll be working together in technology sphere, and the turkey with infrastructure and transport ventures. turkey is very successful in the construction industry in russia. three billion turkish companies are taking part turkish

construction. we have cooperation on both sides. >> we are the best of friends. there is no friction between us. it seems to be the tone between vladimir putin and reaccept today yip erdogan. that's what we're hearing in public. only one small difference between the countries, what's a happening over the border in syria, and also in iraq, erdogan saying that we have discussed matters there.

these are never going to be short affairs, the message seemed to be, look, one is possibly the world's biggest producer of gas. another country of 75 million people, they need each other. >> well, exactly, david. what we've seen come out from that meet something that despite these serious olympic differences in the approach to syria, vladimir putin is the biggest backer of the regime of bashar al-assad. president erdogan wants assad gone. they have clearly disagreed strongly on that, but these two countries do need each other. turkey needs more russian gas, and it wants to get a better price for it. and russia needs more friends from europe as they impose those sanctions that put pressure on russia. russia wants to buy, for