e technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. isil abducts 90 people from christian villages in syria. hello this is al jazeera live from doha. i'm adrian finighan. also on the program, two separate bomb blasts in nigeria, at least 12 people are dead. the spy cables leaked documents show the cia tried to establish contact with hamas, despite an official ban. and fifa shows the red card to a summer world cup in qatar, recommending a move to the winter months.

♪ fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have kidnappeded at least 90 people from christian villages in the northeast of syria. the syrian observatory for human rights says the villages were attacked on -- monday morning. they are working to find the missing people but have so far had no luck. >> translator: until now we haven't been able to contact any of the hostages as i said 90 to 150 people were kidnapped and two are missing so we think they have been killed. >> more now from zana hoda. >> reporter: the islamic state of iraq and the levant managed to push into a number of christian villages in the northeast of syria, and they captured at least 90 people.

that is according to activists on the ground the syrian observatory for human rights telling us they are not even sure how many of the 90 people are women and children and the community is worrieded about their faith, because as of yet isil hasn't made any demands. now this is not the first time we have seen this group target a minority kidnap people from a certain sect. this has happened abbas the border in iraq. in mosul thousands of christians were forced to flee. and it happened in the northeast where isil targeted the minority yazidis community. so the syrian community are really worried, and asking for assistance. but it's not clear whether or not the u.s.-lead coalition will be able to help. carrying out air strikes would

be dangerous. houthi rebels say that yemen's president is wanted for justice after fleeing to the southern city of aden. he stepped down last month after the rebel group seized the presidential palace and placed him under house arrest. meanwhile a french woman and her driver have been kidnapped in yemen's capitol. there has been heavy fighting in the iraqi town. isil forces ceased large parts of the town on monday. the head of the anbar province shall council says they have also recaptured the police station. meanwhile isil have released a video online that appears to show them fighting iraqi troops.

there was heavy shelling in fallujah by the iraqi army. the army has been trying to drive isil forces out of fallujah for more than a year now. there have been two bomb blasts in northern nigeria. the first happened at a bus station, 12 were killed there, 35 others were wounded. further north another blast at a police station. there have now been three attacks in the last four days. let's go live now to the capitol of nigeria. ivan? >> reporter: adrian the details of what happened are still coming in. what we know speaking to eyewitnesss is that this was an apparent suicide attack. that's what we're hearing. the police are confirming an attack took place. it's been reported that as many

as 12 people may have been killed. i'm not quite sure whether you touched on that in the intro, but it's looking like 12, but we're still trying to a verify that. varying accounts of precisely how this happened. one account speaks of two men, two suicide attackers who penetrated this motor park a popular area where people go to get public transport. and other accounts saying possibly three suicide attackers. one eyewitness account talking about seeing suspicious individuals whatever that may mean scaling a wall and getting into this motor park. we're still trying to a verify the information that we're getting and make sure that it's accurate. >> the presidential election was moved to the end of this month -- next month rather the 28th of march, due to the security situation which was

supposed to have been being brought under control. what -- do the event of the last few days tell us about the situation? >> and to a large extent adrian to be fair to the military so to speak, there have been some improves over the last week. we have seen at least seven major towns, important towns, strategic towns in the northeast recaptured from boko haram, taken away from the violence -- that's what the authorities say -- that has been meeted out by the group. there were reports of a major atrocity in january, and there are reports that 2,000 were killed, but the police say it was much smaller than that. but they have been talking about this over the last week and what we're reporting now, obviously to an extent flies in

the face of that information we're getting from the authorities. the position they are taking is this is an ongoing battle. they are not saying they eliminated boko haram, or they are thwarting all attempts to attack, but the overall picture is they are being diminisheded. the president said in the next three or four weeks the group will be significantly diminished. when you talk to those directly affected, like those affected today, they say this is just more evidence if anybody needed more evidence that the security services here just don't have a grip on this group. they are not able to stop boko haram. they are not able to eliminate the group, and so there needs to be a change of government and as you were just saying we do have elections coming up at the end of march, presidential race a tough one and national elections, and the opposition

are promising that when they win this election that all of this will be over. of course we'll have to see about that. >> ivan many thanks. palestinian officials say that israeli forces have shot dead a teenager in this the occupied west bank. the 19 year old was shot in the chest in a refugee camp. israeli troops launched a predawn raid there. witnesses say the man was on the roof of his home when he was killed. al jazeera's investigative unit has been given leaked documents which show how the united states put pressure on the palestinian leadership over its bid for u.n. membership. it has also revealed that the cia tried to establish contact with hamas, despite an official ban. as part of our series the spy cables, clayton swisher has our exclusive report. ♪ >> reporter: the spy cables show

us just how the u.s. israel and the palestinian authority play political games with each other. >> the general conference has voted to admit palestine as member of unesco. >> reporter: unesco gave the state of palestine full membership in 2011 and its president has sought wider u.n. recognition ever since. but the cable demonstrates how the americans and the israelis fight that to the highest level. there was a secret phone call from the white house to the palestinian leader. and just as the u.s. was pressuring the palestinian authority, it now emerges they were seeking to establish contact with hamas, a group it considers a terrorist organization. a secret cable reveals a cia operative asked his south african counterpart to put them

in touch. the south african writes that the cia seems desperate to make inroads into hamas in gaza. he recommends they help. by doing so south africa will stand the chance of benefiting from the interaction in that we would establish requirements of the cia. so in in other words they would know what they were up to. the south african spy chief gets a direct phone call. he is shocked at the breach of protocol and orders his staff to verify the number. later a meeting. he wants south africa to vote down the goldstone report, a u.n. fact finding mission after the 2009 gaza war. prominent jurist lead it and crucially the report said israeli has committed numerous war crimes. he says the palestinian leader privately supports the israeli

position and also wants south africa to vote it down. he felt voting in favor of the report would play into the hands of rivals hamas, and weaken his position. in this way, the cables reveal how the u.s. israel and palestinian authority are privately forming clandestine alliances they would never admit to in public. >> we'll bring you more top secret spy cables at 1800 hours gmt. you can read more at our exclusive website, aljazeera.com/spycables, and tell us what you think on twitter, use the hashtag spycables. european clubs want compensation if fifa holds the 2022 world cup in qatar in november and december. the head of the european clubs association has said that moving the tournament to the winter would cause great damage to

domestic football. on tuesday, fifa recommended the date change after a visit to doha, as andy richardson reports. >> reporter: almost from the moment qatar was awarded the 2022 world cup, the questions as to when exactly it would be played began. temperatures can exceed 40 degrees celsius during the usual tournament window of june and july. and while qatar said it would have the required cooling technology in place to make a summer world cup possible fifa did classify qatar's bid as high risk because of the weather. now after a six-month consultation process involving vested interests from all over the football world, a final proposal has been made for the 2022 world cup should be played in november and december. >> they would be not one solution which would be supported by all. but there is one solution which is coming out from this

discussion which is november, december, 2022. >> reporter: this is a proposal that is almost certain to be ratified. that is an outcome that has angered representatives of european leagues who were here in doha and who's tournaments face the most disruption. they say this was an argument they never had any chance of winning. >> reporter: the english premier league just one of many national competitions that will be taking an unexpected and as far as its bosses are concerned an unwanted break. >> i think it's a disruption anybody that runs a league anywhere in the world will be sensing the disruption and the chaos. >> reporter: qatar's organizers say they were and are ready to host the world cup at anytime of the year, but are happy a final decision is close. >> we're on board whatever the executive committee decides we're committed to.

and we will deliver an amazing world cup. >> reporter: the exact date and duration of the world cup should be signed off at that fifa meeting in march, and while discussions will continue the main talking point now appears closed. andy richardson al jazeera, doha. still to come here on al jazeera, euro zone finance ministers approve greece's reform plan but how will it be received at home? plus australian's government slams a report into the treatment of children in its detention centers. ♪

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hello again, the top stories here on al jazeera. fighterings from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have kidnapped at least 90 people from christian villages in the northeast of syria. the villagers were attacked on monday morning. there have been two blasts in northern nigeria. the first at a crowded bus station. police say that 12 people have been killed 35 others are wounded there. and further north, another blast in the a bus station. officials of football's governing body have recommended that the 2022 world cup in qatar be played in november and december to avoid the extreme summer heat. now a u.s. secretary of

state john kerry has accused russia of lying when it denies having troops in ukraine. he was specifically asked about the areas of eastern ukraine where pro-russian separatists are fighting ukrainian troops. talks aimed at stopping the violence in eastern ukraine are taking place in paris. foreign ministers from ukraine russia france and germany, are discussing the shaky ceasefire deal signed 12 days ago. >> reporter: the french foreign minister confirmed what was becoming, i think increasingly obvious that will are fundamental parts of this ceasefire which was signed on the 12th of february, and implementmented three days later. fundamental parts are just not being respected in eastern ukraine. first of all the level of fighting may have dropped in some areas, but around the central part of eastern ukraine, around the down of debaltseve

the fighting there has been extremely heavy. this is a town that the rebels never ever said was part of any ceasefire, and there have been vicious fighting -- has been vicious fighting around there. also there has been no movement on the heavy artillery, both sides were told to move these hef -- heavy artillery away from the areas, but so far that hasn't happened. in terms of the agreement on this though, all four parties in the talks, including russia agreed that the osce the monitoring force there, just has to be reinforced. its mandate has allowed it to continue. and they are trying to put more people, money, and resources

into that organize to try to enable it to make a difference. lithuania's president says his country will bring back con con -- conscription because of growing fears of russia. if approved conscription will be renewed for five years. euro zone finance ministers have proposed greece's economic reforms. greece has handed over a proposeded list of changes to the european countries to which it owes money. it is hoping to get a four-month extension to its bailout. john psaropoulos has more now from athens. >> reporter: the euro group have given the nod to this list but they do specify that it has got

to be deepened and broadened. in other words it has to be made more specific. how these goals are going to be achieved. and then of course the final approval to this list of things will be given at the end of april, and greece does nths graduate from this governing agenda until the end of june. the way the euro group phrased it is the institutions consider this list of measures to be sufficiently comprehensive to be a valid starting point. so from the european point of view we're still trying to conclude the current program as it were which is what this government was trying to avoid. here, however, the government has seen it differently. they said yes, we compromised on that but added a whole lot of flexibility and measures we wanted into this review. people want smaller government less expensive go social security that is solvent, a tax collection authority that is

transparent and effective, but also fair, all of these sings he has promised to do. but we have heard these things before. under the first austerity government the second austerity government, we heard them under the third austerity government ruled by the conservatives. this is the fourth time around. at least eight people have been killed in a shooting in the czech republic. an armed man burst into a restaurant. police say the 60-year-old gunman is among the dead. the fair trade movement has been hailed for lifting huge numbers of farmers out of poverty. but new e.u. rules to protect european farmers could put the livelihoods of many producers in the developing world at risk as lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: if you could take the idea of triumph over

diversity and put it in a bottle then this would be it olive oil produced by farmers in the west bank. the organization which has made this trade possible is promoting the oil with the farmers who grew the trees. for all of them fair trade has acted as a badge of honor, opening huge markets as well as being a mark of palestinian nationhood. >> translator: the products is being exported to 24 countries around the world is a sign that we exist as a land. >> it has doubled at least the market for -- for palestinian product, and at least it has made it also -- while we were operating in an area where it was basically preaching to the converted who wanted to support palestinian farmers, now it has gone out to people who now buy it based on its excellent quality. >> reporter: yet as much as fair

trade has been proven to work it now appears that millions of farmers who produce sugar cane are at huge risk by the policies of the european union. the long-term downturn in the euro zone has lead europe to lift trade quotas to protect european farmers. fair trade says it is a complete double standard. >> it smacks of contempt for the value of farming, the value and importance of farming to communities, but also from a livelihood point of view. this will make people poorer around the world. >> reporter: supporters of the developing world say it proves how flimsy the west's commitment is to lifting the poor out of poverty. >> we need to put farmers, producers, and the communities who eat food back in control of their food systems. >> reporter: the whole point of the fair trade model is to put power back in the hands of

people who grow food for western consumers. european politicians like that idea when their countries can afford it but in hard financial times, it seems those ideals may not apply, and in the end many farmers are left powerless. the man who oversees the work of britain's intelligence services has been forced to step down. he was secretly filmed offering his political services for cash to a fake chinese company. he's one of prime minister david cameron's most senior lawmakers. he says he will step down as head of the security committee and will live politics. . in the u.s. at least 30 people have been injured in a train crash north of los angeles. the train collided with a truck which burst into flaming. emergency services are still at the scene. these are the live pictures we're looking at right now of that accident there in southern

california. there were some interesting aerial shots we were looking at here just a few moments ago, which we'll try to show you a little later here on al jazeera. now ice storm has left many without power in the u.s. state of texas, drivers are being told to stay off of the roads after freezing rains coated them in ice. more than 1500 flights have been canceled. winter storm waurnings have also spread to other u.s. states including new mexico colorado utah, and arizona. the head of the u.n. climate signs panel has resigned after accusations of sexual harassment were brought against him. he headed the intergovernmental panel on climate change when it was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2007. indonesia's president says the execution of 11 drug

traffickers on death row will not be delayed. he spoke after a indonesian judge rejected an appeal by two australians who were among those convicted. he also warned foreign nations not to interfere with the capital punishment laws. australia's human rights commission has published a scathing report on immigrant children being held in detention centers. tony abbott rejected the findings, l calling it a political stitchup. >> reporter: he now lives in sydney and is studying to be an accountant, but before he was given a visa australia's government held him for a year in many prison-like detention centers. he was just 14 years old, and alone when he came to australia by boat. he coped in detention, he says but saw other children who didn't. >> i saw kids who hung themselves.

i saw kids who are -- who were cutting their hands. it's not something that i could forget. we are damaging those kids. we are -- we are -- we are damaging mentally and we are damaging physically. >> reporter: his experience is similar to many detailed in a human rights report on immigrant children detained by australia's government. >> our findings are deeply shocking. we found that all the medical evidence confirms that detention causes and come pounds mental health disorders amongst children. >> reporter: more than a third of children detained require psychiatric support. there are allegations of sexual abuse against children. in camera on tuesday, officials confirmed a 16-year-old girl in detention through herself off of a building last week. this is a shocking report. only australia it says

automatically locks up immigrant children. serious damage is being done to those it does. the shocking too has been the government's reaction to the report. this it says is a travesty. more children were in detention under the previous government than the current one. the report the prime minister says should acknowledge the government's success in stopping boats full of refugees from coming to australia in the first place. >> this inquiry is a political stitchup! [ overlapping speakers ] >> i totally reject any suggestion that this report is a politicized exercise. the facts speak for themselves and this report speaks for itself. >> reporter: australia's policy towards refugees is deeply political. elections have been one and lost on the issue. children, though are among those who feel its consequences. andrew thomas al jazeera, sydney.

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