the new middle east on al jazeera america >> kenya's death squads - police talk exclusively to al jazeera about killing so-called radical muslims without trial. hello from me david foster. you are watching al jazeera. also coming up in the next 30 minutes - syria reportedly calls for u.n. sanctions against israel for carrying out air strikes near damascus the u.s. sends six detainees from guantanamo bay to uruguay. and typhoon hagupit weakens to a storm but causes problems for the philippines still as the

winds and rains blow towards manila. starting with an al jazeera exclusive - kenya's police squads admitted for the first time to carrying out extrajudicial killings, speaking to the investigative unit of al jazeera, the officers discussed the involvement in the kenyan assassination programme, targetting suspected muslim radicals. >> reporter: this is the body of maclebury, one of 21 suspected radical muslims allegedly shot down by police since 2012. he predicted death when i met him last year. >> i'm the one terrorized. my life is the one in danger al jazeera's investigative unit spoke to the police hit men involved in the extrajudicial

killings. we verified that they were members of the counterterrorism units, and we agreed to conceal the identities. >>: >> reporter: britain and america provided millions of dollars of counterterrorism training and equipment to kenya's police, and the officers claimed western security agencies know about the killings because they provide some of the intelligence in the reports like these, obtained from al jazeera. do you think the british know that you guys are eliminating terrorists?

>> they do. once they give us the information, they know what we will do tomorrow. >> reporter: the head of the international bar association says the interviews private prima facie evidence that interviews from the western governments are complicit. >> if they are individuals found to be not just training, but directing, supervising, targetting individuals that in turp would be targeted in a killing - then there is a criminal responsibility >> reporter: the british foreign office says it was aware of the allegations over extrajudicial killings in kenya, but rejected involvement, while the kenyan police denied running an elimination programme let's talk to our investigative correspondent,

simon, joining us from london. i know this is part of a programme, and we saw part of the programme there. other than the unnamed police we saw there, what other evidence do you think you have that backs up the allegation? >> alongside verifying these people were who they claimed they were, we took a lot of evidence they produced to witnesses to some of the event that they were talking about to victim's families and corroborated their version of event to what was seep at the time. we took a lot of evidence to human rights groups in kenya, and those with special killings in the unconsider, and discussed with them some of the evidence that we were given, and matched some of the intenses in the investigations, over a very long period of time in kenya. it was not a surprise to those organizations or to the special killings in kenya, that the police were behind the killings. >> i'm wondering where it can go

from here. a question that occurred is guys are upnamed, but one wonders whether the authorities knew they were talking to us. is this a leak that is sanctioned in any way by the kenyan authorities. ? >> it's a delicate balance in kenya. there's a suspicion that this was done to - in kenya. it plays well to certain sections of the population. whether it's sanctioned, i don't know. the officers spoke upped the strictst -- under the strictest confidence and anonymity because they were wondering about the reprisals of talking out. the kenyan counterterrorism police - though come out saying they kill suspected terrorists and they play well to the audience. we don't believe it was sanctioned. >> we'll leave it there for now. we'll talk to you later in the day. simon boazman and you can watch

the report "jaal jazeera investigates inside kenya's death squads. 2000 g.m.t. on al jazeera. syria reportedly called on the united nations to impose sanctions against israel, accusing israel of carrying out several air strikes on government held areas in damascus province. activists say israeli jets bombed a depot near the damn as cas international airport, used by the -- damascus international airport used by the military. it was close to the lebanese border. the military condemned the assault, calling it an attack on the country. qatar is saying that this will not continue mediation efforts to rescue kidnapped lebanese soldiers. more than 30 lebanese policeman and soldiers were abducted close

to the border. four have been executed, seven have been released. jane ferguson monitoring the story from the lebanese capital beirut. the fact that qatar says it will have nothing more to do with this highlights the mass iconfusion within lebanon regarding ept over the -- massive confusion within lebanon regarding event over the border. >> it is an indicator of how the lebanese authorities are reacting to a situation surrounding the hostage scenario, and along the border with syria much the qatari mediator, or the person sent out by qatar to mediate with the group holding the police officers and soldiers - they have already said that the group holding al nusra is one of the groups. i.s.i.s. is also holding them. they said that he is no longer welcome to come across and do any more mediation. they said that on friday, after one of the leaders of al nusra front's wife and children, were

detained by the lebanese authorities, it was clear last week that this was deteriorating. over the weekend the lebanese government had emergency talks and closed meetings to discuss how to salvage the talks. sunni religious leaders offered and put forward a proposal that they go to try to negotiate. it's not clear yet how the government in lebanon will respond. >> insecurity for years in syria, insecurity in iraq. when you see insecurity in lebanon, and many told me when i've been where you are, that it spreads ripples right the way across the region, that is another thing. we discussed this quotation from an eminent arab journalist. the army is paralysed, politicians are feeding on a state anything but a state. the cross-border soldiers are getting further and further into lebanese territory. >> it's worrying for the

lebanese. only last week an attack into the area, near the small village on the border with syria. it is an increasingly difficult situation, one that the military is able to deal with. when you consider the pressure that puts on the government, lebanon hasn't had a president since may. the government is a fragile coalition. one supporting hezbollah, who are fighting in syria on behalf of bashar al-assad, and the other led by sunni politicians, who oppose the government in syria. essentially what you have is a government, a coalition in which there are both sides - both reflections of the sides in the war in syria. that is an indicators of how fragile politics is here in lebanon. events like this, attacks across the border, inside lebanese

soil, and hostage crisis with the young soldiers puts more pressure on the fragile coalition. >> thank you very much, jane ferguson. humanitarian organizations are calling for countries to take in more than 180,000 syrian refugees. more than 30 organizations launched an appeal asking for economic help and aid packages for those that take in the refugees, saying that it ensures that countries keep their borders open for syrians trying to escape the law. more than 3.2 million syrians fled to turkey, lebanon, jordan and iraq, straining resources in those countries, and the infrastructure. >> now, iran has been assisting iraq, both politically and militarily in its fight against i.s.i.l. the foreign ministers of both countries met in tehran. the prime minister said that the two nations must work together to fight what he called the ugly

face of i.s.i.l. >> translation: this is a strategic threat to both countries, the threat is the presence of i.s.i.l. on iraqi territory, and this makes it necessary to promote the importance of our relationship as much as possible, as well as to have maximum coordination in order to face i.s.i.l. six former detainees from the guantanamo bay detention center are starting new lives in uruguay. four syrians, a tunisian and a palestinian were never charged. from the uruguay capital, daniel schweimler reports. >> reporter: uruguay is so far from the six men's homes, which for now they cannot return to. it's also a long way from guantanamo, and that, for them, is what counts. they are being treated at two hospitals before their resettlement programme begins. >> he's hopeful now that he's out and free, with proper

medical care that, he can get better and rebuild his life. uruguay is providing the men with housing and will help them find work. they are relieved to be free, with a burning desire to be reunited with their families. their futures are uncertain, but the uruguayan authorities are doing all they can to help the men rebuild their lives a long way from home. the invitation was personal to the president. himself a former prisoners, outspoken on human rights, especially guantanamo. >> that's not a prison, it's a kidnapping den. a prison needs a law, a prosecutor. the decision of a judge, whatever that may be, a minimum reference to the law. that place has none of that. >> the guantanamo bay detention camp opened in 2002 to detain so-called terror suspects in the wake of the it september 11th attacks.

>> according to the human rights group reprieve, the u.s. acknowledged holding 779 people at the camp to date. most were never charged. six years after president obama pledged to close the facility, there are still 136 inmates, 67 of whom are cleared for release. >> the u.s. authorities say they can't send them home, because of security concerns. or their home countries are unwilling to take them back. >> when you talk to a prisoner in guantanamo about the future, they raise an eyebrow saying "i have to future", but i'm happy to say i'm here to talk to him about that. when i see him and sit down, we'll talk about what he wants to do. >> when president obama signed the order to close the camp, many believed it would take months if not years, but the pros has proved arduous. more to be released, detainees, before the year is out. it's the others, ones facing

charges, or deemed too dangerous to be set free that stand in the way of closure of the guantanamo bay prison thousands of people in the philippines capital manila were moved on monday ahead of the arrival of typhoon hagupit. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm making its way across the philippines, with winds of more than 100 k/hr. the philippines national disaster agency says three at least have been killed. andrew thomas is in batangas port. >> reporter: this line of backed up trucks stretches for 3km from the entrance to the port of batt anni anninga, because the port, the main hub, it's been shut for four days in anticipation of the storm. it will not re-open until the storm clears the area. each of the trucks has a driver.

i met elmar a little earlier. you are sleeping in the truck, you've been here for four days. what has it been like? >> it's boring. it's frustrating. >> reporter: i can imagine. good luck when the main storm passes over later on monday. thank you, elmar. anticipating the storm is what the authorities say has saved lives so far, and they want that to continue as it comes further west and it hits batangas to the south of manila and the capital. public offices is schools have been told not to open if opening causes danger to their employees at all there has been protests in california and philadelphia against police killings of unarmed black men. these are pictures out of oakland california, just over the water from san francisco, a short while ago. there have been reports of looting there and police firing tear gas.

the demonstrators are angry over the deaths of michael brown in missouri, and eric garner in new york. in both cases grand jury's decided not to charge the white police officers involved, leading to days of protests in major cities. still ahead on this programme on al jazeera - the trial has been delayed. egypt pose bones the spy trial of -- postpones of spy mohamed mursi and breaking the taboos in senegal, women in business. it's gas industry >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin >> this is because of a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptian one... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the

egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live.

good to have your company. these are the top stories. g kenya's police squads admitted for the first time to carrying out extrajudicial killings. it was an assassination programme targetting suspected muslim rationals. syria reportedly called on the united nations to impose sanctions on israel. they accused israel of carrying out air strikes in damascus province. israeli jets bombed a weapons depot near the international airport used by the military six guantanamo bay detainees are starting new lives in uruguay. four syrians, a palestinian and a tunisian. the men were held for four years

without being charged a court in egypt postponed the charge of president mohamed mursi, until december 14th, on charges of spying. his defense team argues he should be set free because he's been held in an illegal detention facility. >> reporter: the deposed president mohamed mursi is accused of spying and faces several other charges lined up against him. on sunday his defense team called on the court to throw out the case against him. his lawyers based their argument on leaked audio recording saying that mohamed mursi has been detained illegally. >> translation: the leaks are crucial. if the court proves the detention place was fabricated it will have a direct impact on the entire case, and that will benefit all suspects, including president mursi. faking the detention place means the annulment of the prison arrest and everything based upon

it. >> reporter: on thursday a tv channel aired what it said were leaked audio recordings of president abdul fatah al-sisi and his top military aides. in them the aides can be heard talking about forging evidence and interfering in judicial proceedings against mohamed mursi. the stationed the recordings revealed a number of generals discussing ways to deceive the court regarding the deposed president's whereabouts. mohamed mursi was detained by the army in july 2013. he was held at the secret military location, making the generals nervous. in a recording, a man said to be the military advisor tells egypt's navy commander what needs to be done to avoid weakening the case against mohamed mursi. >> translation: we have to be ready for the worse case scenario otherwise the spying case will fall apart. it will be undermined. the place mohamed mursi was

detained from july 3rd, until he was sent to toura prison, will be approach illegal. this will undermine all the cases against him egypt's general prosecutor has accused the muslim brotherhood of fabricating the news and staging the recordings, and ordered an investigation into the lakes. the court is yet to decide on the authenticity of the recordings. mohamed mursi spoke for the first time about his detention, telling the court that he was detained for a few days in a republican guard compound in cairo after the coup. he was taken by force in a helicopter to a navy camp in alexandria where he stayed until november 4th last year. court proceedings put egypt's judiciary under a spotlight. it was accused by many, including the broad of being controlled. the judiciary is fierce and

free. al jazeera continues to demand the release of three journalists who have been held in prison in egypt for 345 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on charges. helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. nigerian police say the government freed more than 200 prisoners in niger state on saturday. they say they recaptured about 10 of the inmate. it's the third such incident in two months. carl levin from the american university if washington says there's a number of reasons why the military is failing to keep nigeria safe. >> what we have seen over the last several years is a hollowing out of the military, if you will. the budgets have gone up, the capacity and the will to provide security have gone down. so this is an alarming state of affairs, even without boko haram. i think that for a long time,

for several years after the democratic transition in 1999, i think part of the civilian political strategy has been to keep the military happy. since nigeria for many years hasn't had serious external security threat, then that deal seemed to have some sort of appeal. but now that nigeria does face a serious security threat, and one that has some external dimensions, the military doesn't seem to be up to task india's prime minister narendra modi addressed a rally in the indian-administered part of the kashmir. security is tight because a few days ago an indian army camp was attacked near the border, leaving 21 dead, and was one of self attacks on indian targets in the last week another rape case brought people on to the streets of the indian capital of delhi, demonstrators demanding that more steps be taken after a

woman was reportedly assaulted by a cab driver. a suspect has been arrested. this is the latest in an increasing number. of assaults gaining national and international attention. >> officials in greece are expected to ask european finance minister for an extension as part of a $300 billion of bailouts. on sunday the greek parliament passed next year's budget outside parliament here, protesters say what they thing about austerity measures in the budget. it has yet to be approved by the troika of the european union. the central bank, the international monetary fund which put together the deal to bail out greece. we have more from athens. >> reporter: the budget in athens passed along party lines with 155 votes in the 300-seat legislature. it means the government will

take the government and defend it at the euro group meeting where creditors, the european central bank, the international monetary fund and the european commission will ask it to make good on its claim that there is no possibility of a so-called fiscal gap. that means a budget shortfall of 2.5 billion that greece's creditors thinks exists in next year's income. the government has defended the budget here on the basis that it is offering a little bit of tax relief at the present time to beleaguered taxpayers, which is all that can be afforded. it's a small reduction of 30% in a solidarity tax, a sur charge on income tax, a small reduction in the tax of heating oil as we go into the winter. the far left opposition, the radical left had demanded more social spending and more relief not only for the poor, but

spending for health care and education which was cut during the crisis, during years of austerity. if the opposition's measures had been included in the budget. it would have made government expenditure rise to the tune of $21 billion. almost, in other words, by requiring a 50% increase in income and revenue from taxes that the government says would have undone much of the work of austerity over the last several years. two women opened what is thought to be senegal's first car garage run entirely on female power. the women believe that fighting stereotypes is good for business. we have this report from dakar. >> reporter: these two sisters are business partners. together they opened what they

described as the first car repair shop in senegal opened by women. they specialise in luxury vehicles. there are not many new one, but there are older models in need of repair. >> translation: there are lots of car garages in dakar, but few are reliable. we saw an opportunity in the market. we are certified mechanics, and there are not many in down. >> the sisters have a growing number of regular customers. >> translation: it's irrelevant that they are women. i want the job to be done properly and quickly. >> all of the cars here are brought in from europe or north america. finding parts are difficult. when it comes to fixing cars, the sisters can't replace what is broken, they have to mend the broken parts. that takes a lot of skills. they attended this technical school. students are trained specifically to deal with engine problems found in west africa.

>> translation: girls do better than boys on the course. there are not enough of them taking up the training. here in senegal women are expect to bear children. few are encouraged to work, let alone start their own business. the sister's father, the imam of a mosque believes times are changing. >> translation: i'm proud of them. of course young girls should pursue training and work. >> reporter: the sisters admit running a garage is not easy, they support each other, and it helps that their father does too. pope francis used the internet to light a christmas tree installation in italy from the comfort of his vatican home. he used a computer and a wireless internet connection to connect to a grid. an installation dubbed the

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