♪ taliban attack an army-run school in pakistan. 142 people are dead, most of them children. >> translator: there were six or seven attackers they were turning the classrooms and shooting students one by one. ♪ hello there, welcome to al jazeera, live from doha, i'm shiulie ghosh. also coming up, hundreds of billions of dollars are wiped off of the value of russia's economy, as the ruble moves to a new low.

how can someone like that be entirely at large in the community. >> australia's prime minister asks why the attacker wasn't an a police watch les. and jeb bush announces a bid to run for president in 2016. ♪ in pakistan, 142 people have been killed in an attack on a school by the pakistani taliban. the dead include 132 children. police have described how gunmen wearing suicide vests entered the classrooms and started shooting students where they sat. a siege lasting several hours, ended with the deaths of all of the attackers. nick ole johnston reports. >> reporter: it was an attack many in pakistan had feared

would eventually come, the blowback, as the taliban takes its revenge on the army for launching a military campaign against it. but no one thought the target would be a school, and that dozens of children would be killed in the shootout between soldiers and fighters. at least six armed men tomorrowed into the peshawar school while senior students were sitting for exams. >> translator: we ran to our classes. there were six or seven attackers and they were entering the classrooms and shooting students one by one. >> reporter: the public school is run by the military. the taliban says it carried out the attack in response to the attack against it in the north. >> translator: they burned our homes and we were forced to put their homes on fire. we have advised our comrades if

there is an underage child even if he is a pakistani army chief's son he should be given a way out. there's a primary section and another section that we hit. we know there are no underage children there. >> reporter: the offensive against the taliban started sick months ago. the military says it has killed more than 1800 fighters and destroyed camps and weapon stores. >> translator: the government and the army has begun the operation against militants and the results are good. and this operation will continue until we ban initial this terrorism from our country. >> reporter: this year the taliban has suffered as some splinter groups have broken awide -- away, but this is a reminder of what they can achieve. a deadly attack in the last place people expected.

>> your actually outside the hospital where many of the injured have been taken. what are the scenes there? >> reporter: well, a little while ago there was a very large crowd here, but it must be remembered that most of the families have taken the bodies from the hospital. at least 31 dead bodies were brought to the lady reading hospital, which has dealt with such emergencies in the past. there are still over 40 of the wounded which are being treated in this hospital. and we also heard news a little while ago that the principle of the school who was unaccounted for, was always found dead. we heard a large explosion a little while ago, but the security forces said it was some of the explosion ifs that was left on the come pound. the military has been giving

elaborate details of the situation, saying the attackers came with food and ammunition to last for several days and to inflict as much damage as possible, the military is now saying they rescued 960 people, and total strength of the school was 1,100. >> kamal how is the government going to respond to this? >> reporter: well, the government has declared three-day's mourning as far as the country is concerned, and called a meeting of all parties conference in peshawar. that will be held at the governor house sometime tomorrow where key decisions are likely to be taken. they launched the offensive in the middle of june, which lead to the [ inaudible ] of the taliban fighters who disbursed and went into other areas.

so it's not -- it's a difficult task for the military to deal with this kind of problem, because the taliban in pakistan are not occupying a certain territory, or this is not a conventional force, so the military obviously now saying that this particular attack is only likely to galvanize public opinion behind the military as well. >> kamal thank you for that. just to reiterate the figures 132 children dead, and 10 members of staff. there has been international condemnation of the attacks. we have been hearing from the united nations chief and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. >> this act of terror angers and shakes all people of conscience and we condemn it in the strongest terms possible. the perpetrators must be brought to justice. and we pledge our full support to the people of pakistan in

this difficult hour. we will help them in any way that we possibly can. >> i condemn this heinous act in the strongest possible terms. no cause can justify such brutality. no grievance can excuse such horror. it is an act of horror, and rank [ inaudible ] to attack defensive children while they learn. schools must be space and secure learning spaces. getting an education is every child's right. going to school should not have to be an act of bravery. pakistan's know vel peace winner, malala yousafzai has also spoken out against the attackers. she says:

russia's currency is in freefall and has reached record lows against the u.s. dollar. attempts by the central bank to prevent the collapse haven't done much. russia's prime minister has called an emergency meeting. rory challands reports from moscow. >> reporter: like a fox chewing off its snared leg observed one commentator, the interest rate make is a savage attempt to solve a savage problem. >> translator: investment will stop from most places. and the biggest companies for whom a special interest rate is set, but in general if this rate persists then the investment

rate will stop. >> reporter: the pain this is likely to inflict on russia's economy may well be in vain. before tuesday morning was even over it continued his tumble. there's not much that individual russians can do about this. so this website advocates a little calm, watch the ruble fall along with the oil price in real time. this cartoon shows a ship hitting a crimea-shaped iceberg before the ruble and barrel of oil sink below the waves. >> i dropped a ruble down there, goes this joke, let me down further, i can't see the bottom. but this is clearly no laughing matter. the mortgages these people have on their homes are in dollars, and this is a rare display of

public anger on moscow's streets. the kremlin will be watching closely to see that this doesn't spread >> translator: they will take my flat. the fine is growing. it's unbearable how much it costs now. also i have to pay insurance on these mortgage, which is also in dollars, and the dollar grows so quickly, my mom and my daughter will end up on the streets soon. >> reporter: the currency boards have changed again. russians can't see the bottom, but they know they are not there yet. rory challands, al jazeera, moscow. australia's prime minister has described the siege in sydney that left three people dead as an appalling and ugly incident, questions are now being asked about how the man behind the attack was able to carry it out. >> reporter: for 16 hours it has been the scene of a siege, on tuesday morning it become the

backdrop of a memorial. torie johnson was the manager of the shop targeted. the other victim was katrina dawson, a barista and mother of three. >> i think it is just a very sad day for sydney. personally i'm the same age as cat tree dawson. i have got one child. i just find that very difficult. >> reporter: people started to lay flowers early on tuesday evening, and kept coming all day. as the floral tributes increased, though, so did the questions. could this siege that ended in such a brutal way have been prevented. man haron monis was well-known to authorities. he had been convicted of senninging hate mail to the soldiers who died in

afghanistan. there were serious outstanding charges against him too. he was out on bail over allegations he had been an accessory to his ex-wife's murder, and separately over alleged sexual assault. the prime minister described monis has disturbed. >> there was nothing consistent about this individual's life. except that he was consistently weird. now i don't think anyone, anyone would want to emulate that. >> reporter: part of martin place remained closed on tuesday, a crime scene, but a bigger part was an ever-growing memorial, floral tributes a had become a carpet of flowers. people started to play flowers here first thing on tuesday morning, and you can see how it has quickly become a carpet that covers the center of this square. this isn't just about those who died. the real sense among people here

that sydney changed over the course of this siege, the city's innocence would lost. still to come here on the program, we'll be looking at the australians showing solidarity with muslims who fear backlash after the siege. plus prying to revive a language that many considered dead. stay with us. ♪

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by the pakistani taliban. a siege lasting several hours ended with the deaths of all of the attackers. russia's currency continues to fall despite the central bank's foefrts to prevent its collapse. the ruble dropped to record low against the u.s. dollar. the prime minister has called an emergency government meeting. australian prime minister, tony abbott, has paid tribute to the victims of the siege at a cafe in central sydney. two hostages were killed along with the gunmen. there are concerns that there could be a backlash against the muslim xhoon -- community because the gunmen was a muslim. wayne haye reports. >> reporter: it's the end of the day in sidney's west, but this group of ethnic iraqis are on a mission. the friends are meeting to catch a train into the city to pay their respects to the victims of the drama. >> we want to show that we

standing with the community, that we also are gravely scarred by this event. >> reporter: it's something they felt compelled to do, particularly given the potential for an increase in religious tenning following the siege. they kept track of the latest on social media, in particular posts with the hashtag, i'll ride with you. a tag that has scene people across the religious and ethnic divides coming together online. it is being seen as a show of solidarity with muslims. the hashtag arose after a story circulated about a woman who was travelling on a train. she noticed a muslim passenger who was removing her head scarf, perhaps out of concern that she could be abused in the wake of the hostage crisis. she approached the woman and encouraged her to put the head

scarf back on and told her she would ride with her to keep her safe. this has been an increase in religious abuse on public transport. >> i feel quite squared, so this was a good idea to show that i represent the majority, not people who try to commit atrocities. >> reporter: leaders say the social media campaign is giving them hope that there won't be a backlash. >> sometimes i find in this country that people tend to unite more. they pack more strength and courage out of terrible incidents like this, and we start to understand each other a little bit more. >> reporter: the end destination was martin place, the scene of the siege, they joined the line, and prepared for a long wait to lay their flowers in memory of their fellow australians who were killed. the former governor of the u.s. state of florida, jeb bush has announced plans to explore

the possibility of running for presidency. he says he wants to form a new political operation allowing him to raise money for like-minded republicans. >> reporter: if jeb bush does decide to run his biggest challenge may be to get the republican base to reconcile with bush's outspoken position that illegal immigration in this country, in his words is an act of love for families that want to survive and not a felony. that is at odd with most of the republican base. he was a two-term governor of florida and had a lot of support from the hispanic demographic there. and the republicans have the prospect of picking up quite a

lot on the nationwide hispanic electorate. but, again, it's a question of how bush will basically reconcile his position with the rest of the republican main stream and that is a challenge for him. in yemen medical sources say four people have been killed including two children, and dozens more wounded after two car bomb blasts. but the houthis say the death toll is much higher. that after a disruptive session in the yemeni parliament caused the speaker to call off a vote. the majority in parliament are frequently at odds with the current president. they accuse him of backing u.n. sanctions against sul la and allied rebel leaders. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in london meeting with the palestinian heard's chief

negotiators. this comes a day before the palestinians say they will put forth a resolution calling for israeli troops to withdrawal from occupied land by november 2016. >> this isn't the time to detail private conversations or speculate on a u.n. security council resolution no matter what pronouncements are made publicly, many of us share a deep sense of urgency about this, given the constant threat of escalation, and the dangers of a downward spiral of violence. >> lawrence lee has the latest from london. >> reporter: a slightly difficult path for john kerry to tread in many ways. he is very much aware that several european countries have now said they are actively in favor of palestinian state hood.

so having said that, at the same time he had to jump back to acknowledging the israeli situation as well, which is dead against the proposal of a hard deadline of two years from now, by which time there would be the announcement of a palestinian state, a final resolution in east jerusalem. just as he has to say he understands the palestinian exasperation, he has to give a nod to the israeli position which is we will never negotiate with hard deadlines. so he said we have to carefully calibrate things to get people moving forward together. all very well, but road maps seem not to have worked for many many years and the palestinians would say if road maps don't work, carefully calibrated steps don't work either, then what are you going to propose instead? and the answer is, there

actually isn't anything very much. what happens next? the palestinians will need to get at least nine countries out of 15 voting for them. what they are desperate to avoid is the americans vetoing their proposal. a votto is likely, and where that leaves anything in terms of forward movement is anyone's guest. israelis have shot dead a palestinian in a refugee camp. israeli forces raided the camp in the occupied west bank and con frontations broke down between the army and youth there. in syria, at least 100 government solders, and 80 opposition fighters have been killed in fighting. it happened during a two-day battle for two key military bases. the rebel groups, which include

al-qaeda's syria wing, and al-nusra front say they now control those bases. tribal sources in egypt have told alyaz, the army has raided 23 homes in northern sinai. the egyptian officials have visited the region for the first time since operations began in the area. al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have now been imprisoned in egypt for 353 days. peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. spanish and moroccan police have arrested seven suspected members of a network which they say was trying to recruit women for islamic state of iraq and

the levant. the two suspected heads were based in morocco. four women including one minor were arrested in the spanish enclaves. and another arrest was made in the city of barcelona. >> reporter: in total seven people were detained both here in morocco and across the border in spain. according to a statement issued by the minister of interior, the two cell leaders were arrested in the town of nadic, and more people were arrested in three other towns. most people detained were females. according to the statement their role was to recruit women that would go to join isil in syria, and/or iraq, their role would be either to marry fighters or indeed to carry out suicide attacks on the front line there. now this is not the first time that such cells are dismantles,

especially in two of the towns. and that has to do a lot with their special status. there are spanish enclaves, some people refer to those areas as europe land border with africa. the people who live there have spanish pass ports. it's very easy for them to cross strait of gibraltar, go into turkey and then into syria. the majority of the fighters are thought to be from those two towns. now it was the language of roman emperors and philosophers and laid the foundations of modern european languages, literature, and thinking, but latin also came close to extinction. now attempts are being made to bring it back to life.

>> reporter: these are arguably the world's finest latin lovers. in this academy, latin is taught and spoken 24/7. students came here from 15 different countries. the ancient language is their [ inaudible ]. >> translator: at school i fell in love with latin and greek literature. i came here because it's the only place where you can immerse yourself in latin. >> translator: latin is not only the language of classics, it is the foundation of all art from science to architecture, to medicine, so i will be able to use it in everything i will choose to do next. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] means that many consider latin a dead language, but as these students

prove, the ancient language is experiencing a revival. of all of the inspiring [ inaudible ] the most famous promoter of latin must be pope francis. the vatican is the only state in the world where latin is the official language. but the popularity goes well beyond its walls. the pope's twitter account in latin has more than 300,000 followers, a monthly online magazine with latin puzzles and a comic strip has 3,000 skrieshs. and a pink floyd cover band has translated dark side of the moon in latin. ♪ >> reporter: but the director says that in those cases the real value of latin gets lost in

translation. >> translator: for centuries latin was used to write and talk about important and pressing issues about humanity, using it as a hobby doesn't revive the language. it kills it. >> reporter: students at the school prefer to sing sonnets by [ inaudible ] to pink floyd. but to all of them latin is music to their ears. now football's governing body has rejected an appeal by the prosecutor who investigated allegations of world cup corruption. michael garcia wrote a report on alleged wrongdoing during the bidding process for the world cups in qatar and russia, but he was unhappy at the statement released by fifa which cleared the two countries of wrongdoing. fifa says the statement isn't legally binding so it can't be

appealed. and former striker has announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. he was part of the france teams that won the 1988 world cup and the 2000 championships. he also played for monaco, juventus and barcelona. ♪ self-declared mislick cleric to take 17 on the motivations behind such acts of aggression. plus, financially fragile small town hospitals are shutting down and having a big impact. how crowd sources apps and twit kerr be more effective than the flu shot in protecting you s