we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. the u.n. says it's suspending a prom that needs more than 1.7 million syrian refugees. hello there i'm felicity barr. you're watching the news hour. two state capitals are attacked in northeast nigeria. a palestinian woman is shot by police after trying to stab an israeli in the occupied west bank.

and not as ill as he seemed, prosecutors urged judges to order a recently freed serb nationalist to return to a u.n. war crimes court. hello, three and a half years of war have devastated the lives of millions of syrians and winter has them living in increasingly dire conditions. u.n. food supplies are getting worse. it's being forced to suspend its voucher program which needs 1.7 million refugees in jordan, lebanon, turkey and iraq. it hasn't received the money it needs to continue its work. every month the wsp helps to feed millions of people inside syria. at a cost of $35 million a week.

kim vanel has the report. >> this muddy field is home to more than athousand people, they have escaped war and left everything behind but the fight for survival isn't over. >> oh god we are 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 in which three children sleep. >> near the syrian border there is no running water, electricity or sewage. meals are usually provided once a day but that could soon end, with the u.n. saying it could no longer afford to feed refugees. in jordan, len non-iraq and turkey. now they say the money has run out and they will be suspending the program for december. the agency says it has no choice. >> definitely a catastrophe. we feel for the refugees.

we're trying our best but this is an unfortunate situation where we have to find ourselves in and unfortunately the refugees have to face. and the story is very simple by the way. it's the world food program is unable to deliver food othose people. if we cannot give them the vouchers they simply will not eat. there is no other solution for them. >> i've been in lebanon for one year, i survive only thanks to the u.n. food vouchers. i don't get anything else. >> the world food program says more than $64 million is needed to feed syrian refugees for december alone. warning the alternative is that families like this one could starve. kim vanel, al jazeera. boko haram is believed to be the

reason for attacks in northern nigeria. hospital sources say five people are dead with 43 more being treated for their wounds. government also attacked a university and police station in damaturu before dawn and fired at an air force jet. al jazeera's raya araga, filed this report. >> watched from hiding as boko haram slaughtered his father and elder brother. about a month ago when fighters often motor bikes seized his village, showing up at this camp for displaced people in yola two days ago. >> i saw everything. i was crying, crying on the mountain. there were times i did not have food or water for up to two days. >> whilst among the thousands of

people displaced by boko haram's violence are hundreds of nigeria's children. there have been few if any reunions so far. for years boko haram has attacked schoolchildren abducting them killing them pushing thousands out of school. and now as the group shifts its tactics acknowledge many children are no longer spared even in their homes. here at the largest camp for the displaced, there are 65 unaccompanied children sams young as 2. -- some as young as 2. they are assigned to foster mothers and provided food and some education but local relief agencies are pleading for more help. >> specific children food and then some i mean books and instructional materials. and then if possible, extracurricular items like balls and what have you that will engage the children.

>> community leaders believe camps hold only about 2% of the actual number of displaced people. the majority seek assistance elsewhere. 16 unaccompanied children are taking refuge here at this catholic shelter. abigail got distracted, not looking behind she got 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. >> reporter: most of the children have been dropped off here by total strangers, some are suffering from serious trauma. >> the area of challenge, we don't have professionals who we can invite to counsel a special child who has been traumatized. >> it has left them with no one and nothing.

>> there are reports that one person has been killed in the explosion in wajir town. al jazeera understands there are at least ten casualties as well. the club is frequently visited by government officials and travelers. more on that and when we get it. >> a palestinian woman is in critical condition after being shot by israeli security forces in the occupied west bank. after trying osolve a soldier. it is the latest in a string of are retaliatory attacks. >> israeli police report they shot a palestinian woman after she scratched an israeli settler with a knife. he did not need medical treatment. in her early 20s attempted to dab an israeli soldier before

injuring the soldier. >> we were told this one man was stabbed in the neck but it was very shallow and he left by himself went home and the -- we found or scene a 20-year-old female that got shot by -- i don't know by who, but she had a shooting wound and we and medical force from idf went to treat her. she was severely injured and the army ambulance vak evacuated hen very dangerous circumstances. >> they arrested her father and fiancee. >> they ransacked the cupboards and broke the computer, they even stepped over the koran after it fell on the ground.

>> junction serves several illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and is a popular hitchhiking spot for settlers. two weeks ago, in june in the same area three settlers were kidnapped and found dead two weeks later. hostilities between palestinians and israelis in the occupied west bank is not new. however led to revenge attacks here. however israel has boosted security, and expanded its crack downs over palestinians, it has not been able to stop these attacks. plnches, ramallah. >> raya, tell us about the investigation into these two attacks. >> yes, well, there has been no claim of responsibility for

either the explosion in madugery or the raid in yowae state targeting the capital. all the finger pointing were in the direction of boko haram once again. in the past couple of hours the government of yobae state, describing the attacks, describing it as lainous and barbaric. -- heinous and barbaric. that is the major concern whether the fighters who raided the town in the early hours of the morning would have been able to overrun security agencies and take it over which would have been a major blow because this is a state capital, it is not some small village or town on the fringes like those villages that boko haram has been seizing over the past few months. and we understand that a security operation is still

ongoing to try otrack down any recommend nanlts, an ---remnants still hiding in the town . >> what are happening to the fighters are they simply fleeing. >> we have been speaking to residents there and they were essentially huddled in their homes. some were telling us they were hiding under beds and tables because the sound of that gun fire was ringing across the city as the military battled the boko haram fighters in multiple places across the town. we're told that in the past couple of hours people started venturing out to the streets. a lot of people absolutely terrified in damaturo. this explosion doesn't come as you think the same market was targeted a week ago and in july. sing madagury the stronghold of

boko haram has been used but people in the northeast have been absolutely suffering they have been battered by attacks throughout the year as boko haram steps up the brazen nature of their attacks. 1.5 million people have been displaced felicity by this violence and it truly is leaving an contact over these children. >> thank you raya. i want to give you more information about the attack we were telling you about, an attack that seems to have happened in a night club in wajir town. from the capital nairobi, thank you for being with us. first of all tell us what you know about the attack ton night club. >> well, about tonight, 7:00 to

8:00 p.m, for about there are guns around explosion had in an mp from wajir, telling me that just some reports that one of the clubs you know where people from it has been attacked by armed criminals, where we don't fully know the picture now. >> abdalla adira, we are having some problems with the telephone line. thank you sthank you very much . we will try to keep you updated on that story, as and when we get more information. let's take to you egypt now,

mass hearing for 494 people arrest evidence during a military breakdown there has collapsed but could see death sentences handed down to the defendants. there are reports, they and their family members were not able to enter the course in tara prison. witness he say, what was said to be an attempt to intimidate the defense lawyers. and al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists detained in egypt for 338 days. baher mohamed, peter greste who is 49 today and mohamed fahmy.

greste and mohamed were sentenced to seven years, fahmy knowledge be sentenced to an additional three years for a spent bullet he found. (f) suspended as heroines.

>> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> hello, welcome back. a reminder of the top stories. the u.n. has had to suspend a

food voucher program for 1.7 million ratificatio refugees bet hasn't received the $64 million it needs. a blast went off in nigeria in madugery. >> a palestinian woman is in critical condition after being shot by israeli police, because she injured an israeli settler with a knife. the international criminal court has upheld the conviction of a congolese war criminal. using child soldiers during a conflict in the democratic republic of congo, during 2002 and 2003. he has been on trial for eight years. this marks the end of the first case for the international criminal court. and u.n. prosecutors have called for the return of a hard line serb nationalist they freed last month.

60-year-old has cancer and was released temporarily on grounds of ill health. since his return to serbia he has thrown himself back into politics rallying into knowledge support. with me now in the stewed dwroa can rodney dixon, a barrister in international law and has acted for both the prosecution and defense, for the former yugoslavia. thank you very much for coming into the studio. were you surprised he was released in the first place? >> the judges had a very difficult decision to make. they had to balance the humanitarian issues of him being very ill against whether they thought he would comply with these bail conditions. and i think in the circumstances given the gravity of his illness, they tended towards the humanitarian side.

and did so on the basis they believed he would comply. the problem now is that he has not complied with these conditions, it would seem on the basis of the reports we're getting and they're going to have to relook at the case again. >> we see the pictures of hymn essentially rallying his supporters speaking to them doing all the things he was not supposed to have done. the court has to rule whether he should be essentially forced to return. what happens then if the court says actually we want you back, what happens after that? >> if they make an order revoking the previous order they will then transmit that to the government of serbia to arrest mr. checho, he can come on his own, he has stated he doesn't wish to do that. if there is an order for his arrest it will then be up to the serbian authorities to find him and arrest him and hand him back to the itttyty in the hague.

>> how embarrassing is that to the itty? they release limb and get criticized to do and so now they have got to get him back. it doesn't reflect brilliantly on the court does it? >> it's a difficult situation because there have been delays due to a judge having to step down and a new judge having to come into the place of the trial chamber. that has meant he has been in custody for a long time and now a situation where they've tried to do the right thing on humanitarian grounds but he has sought to make inflammatory statements attack the authority of the court in public and is saying that he doesn't wish to return. so it is time for them to review the situation and make it clear new order and ensure that that is implemented by the serbian authorities. >> and just remind us how important these case are. >> well, he is accused of very serious crimes. crimes against humanity in

bosnia and croatia. the victims have been waiting or the their day to find out what the court will decide and it's so important that they move as swiftly as possible now without further delay to deliver this their judgment. >> really good to get your thoughts. thank you for joining us. the u.s. president barack obama has requested $250 million for policing following arrest in ferguson, missouri, a special task force will be set up on 21st century policing. those situations were pursued during a meeting between obama his cabinet and law enforcement officials. after a grand jury's decision november to indict a white police officer for fatal shooting of the black teenager michael brown. let's get more from al al jazeera's kimberly haj halkett n

washington, d.c. >> he's what's inside that package. the big led line is $75 million for 55,000 cameras that will be worn by police over three years. this will be something that will allow for police departments all across the united states to see that some of those disputed incidents that have been occurring in recent years in the united states will now perhaps have some sort of resolution through photographic evidence. it won't just be for example a situation such as the shooting of michael brown. but also, instances where we've seen in other parts of the united states where there have been highly mil highly milt hi .

that will allow for reforms to take place, a pilot program being set up in philadelphia, being headed by a well respected police chief who worked here in washington, d.c. is now in philadelphia, that will be a program that will allow for a look at how policing can be improved. how reforms can take place. and also for increased training. one other announcement that has been made and we should point out that this is all carefully orchestrated, there are a number of significant meetings taking place at the white house where these enormous are coming out. one of the highly anticipated things is a review ordered by president obama in august in response to some of the unrest that took place following the shooting of michael brown and the concern about the response being highly militarized. that equipment that louse to go

from the pentagon to these local forces, the findings that come out from that has found that while there is need for some of the equipment to be used properly the president stopping short of seeing that program, in other words program is going to continue. he stopped short of stopping that program that allows the equipment to be transferred. >> thank you for an update. kimberly halkett, thank you. sharp differences in the cries east in syria and ukraine. vladimir putin was welcomed to recep tayyip erdogan's new palt as. russia and turny are major trading partners, from $33 billion to $100 billion by 2020. russia provides the bulk of turkey's gas and is set to build turkey's first nuclear power

plant. >> translator: in consideration of our increasing cooperation in oil and gas spheres, we will discount gas prices by 6% and will also discuss further reductions in prices. also we discussed the project of building our nuclear power station. i'd like to emphasize we're not just building an electric power station in turkey. it will construct an entire industry training staff and developing infrastructures. >> the ukrainian military has accused russian special forces of taking part in special attacks on airports, in eastern ukraine. despite a ceasefire deal in september. kiev also accuses russia of smuggling ammunition into the area to step up the assault. kremlin denies involvement in the conflict killing 4,000 people since april. the west african all met a

major target in dealing with the ebola disease. guinea library liberia and sierra leone are safely burying those have died from ebola. number of burial teams in the three countries have more than doubled to over 200 in the last two months. the young leader of hong kong's protest force have gone on hunger strike as they try to surround the hong kong government headquarters. demonstrators want the people to be able to choose their own candidates without any interference from beijing. rob mcbride reports. >> as morning rush hour approached the police moved in scattering protesters and demolishing their tents. hundreds of officers in riot gear forced the demonstrators off the road, outside the main government buildings.

the morning action followed a night of the most violent clashes seen on the streets of hong kong during the two-month-long struggle. pitched battles around the main government headquarters in the admiralty district which is home to the demonstrators main occupation site. student leaders had called for a big turnout but what they said would be a new tactic, telling protesters to come prepared with goggles and masks. then they revealed they would try to paralyze the government by laying siege to all the entrances of the government headquarters. police were just as determined to break the blockade, using batten charges and pepper spray. demonstrated numbers seem to have surged out of the frustration of not winning any concessions after two months of this campaign and out of anger

at losing the occupation site of the kowloon site in hong kong, the demonstrations on hong kong island they are determined will not go same way. ron mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. >> phone footage show sisters fighting the men off using a belt with other passengers just standing by. it was reportedly filmed by a pregnant woman who's also harassed, viral on social media in india and the three men were arrested. >> one of the boys started touching my sister and made kissing gestures. i told him to go away or i would teach him a lesson. then he called up and said we have to beat up two girls and then the other boy got on the bus. >> some villagers wanted us to change our statement. they said if they got any more they would commit suicide.

>> i respect their bravery and courage but the people sitting on the bus cannot come forward to help these girls. it cannot be turned to us. >> you can find more news on our website, address is aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. fighting a wildfire. >> this is a show about science, by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. marita davison is a biologist specializing in evolution. tonight, fracking.