>> a palestinian toddler is burned to death after suspected israeli settlers set fire to his family home. the israeli army is calling it a terrorist attack. hello. welcome to al jazeera, live from doha. also to come on the program. several high ranking members of the afghan taliban are disputing the appointment of the group eels negroup'snew leader.

this image of a poor filipino boy that's gone viral on-line has led to a flood of donations. millions of others like him are desperate for help, too. a palestinian toddler has been burned to death in an arson attack on his family home. the attack happened near the northern city which is in the occupied west bank. palestinian security officials say four people believed to be jewish settlers set the house on fire. at least three other people were injured in the fire including the boy's parents and his four-year-old brother. the attack has been condemned by israel. we'll be getting the latest from

our correspondent later in the program. in the meantime, the israeli army spokesman issued the following statement. it said this attack against civilians ising to the short of a barbaric act of terrorism. an investigation is under way to find the terrorists and bring them to justice. it's heightened efforts in the field to locate those responsible. now some high ranking members of the afghan taliban are disputing the appointment of the group's new leader. the group confirmed omar's death on thursday. some taliban members are now accusing the leader of manipulating his selection. we can talk more to our correspondent in the pakistan capital of islamabad. an indication of how divided the

taliban is is a disappointment. >> reporter: well, you have the reports of the divisions. the reports we are getting from our taliban source is the fact that the majority or the bulk of the leadership that is working for the taliban are united behind the new leadership. the most important thing that is now the question mark, however, is not the fact that omar is now dead which has been confirmed by both sides, but the fact as to where and how he died. importantly, it appears that it was also omar's choice to appoint mansur because he was close to omar. he was in charge of the administrative matters. also, the senior military commanders are fighting. so it appears that despite reports, the taliban have united

behind this new leadership that is perhaps why they were keeping his death a secret even though the intelligence decided to blow the whistle and say that he had already died. >> okay. but this transition period seems to have called into question what was a rather precarious peace process that had begun on july 7. >> well, indeed. it may be seen as a temporary setback. one thing has to be understand, that pakistan's role from day one was to facilitate the talks. the fact that these people were sitting across a negotiating table was a big important development. there is also a need to restart those talks. the taliban realize the importance of that. the government also realizes the importance of that given the threat from is which has been trying to assert itself in afghanistan and try to make inroads. there is united.

this will be the transition stage and there may be another meeting somewhere at a secret location in afghanistan which, of course, will reinforce the fact that everybody is supporting the new taliban leader. >> okay for now. thank you. three executives of japan's power company will be tried for their roles in the fukushima nuclear disaster. the judicial panel says the executives, including the company's chairman at the time should face charges of professional negligence. earlier attempts to try them failed when the executives couldn't have foreseen a tsunami of a magnitude of 9 earthquake and a tsunami destroyed the

plant forcing more than 16,000 people to flee. it seems the world's worst nuclear disaster since cher know balance in 1986. malaysia investigators are on their way to france. an object was washed up on an island. the malaysian officials will join their french counterparts where the debris is due to arrive on saturday. it's certainly part of a boeing 777. >> this is the most credible lead that we have today of any part of the aircraft that we can locate or we can identify. so pray that our visit to our investigation will come to a fruitful outcome. it's important for the closure.

>> tanya paige has more from reunion where the debris washed up. >> reporter: this find could help solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. it disappeared without a trace last march. but if this piece is linked to that doomed flight, what will it tell us? not very much. this is a part of the wing. it isn't the black box, flight recorder and isn't a part of the plane's engine. it will help confirm to those scouring the bottom part of the indian ocean out there that they are looking in the right place because some of the original modeling showed that a part of the debris could have come this far by this time. and that will help dispel some of the quite wild conspiracy theories that swirled around the plane's disappearance that will lead to some closure for the families. let's go back to our top

story. a horrific attack on a house in the occupied west bank in which a toddler died and his family was injured. our correspondent is there now. what more do we know about this terrible attack? >> reporter: well, the house of the family is that one right behind me. we know, as you said, one of the baby, a one and a half-year-old boy died. their parents and a four-year-old brother have been taken by the israeli army to a hospital to be treated. what we are hearing is that a number of men, we don't know the exact number, some witnesses say they saw two masked men running away, it happened just before 2:00 in the morning. two homes were set alight. that's all we know. the men have managed to get away. it's extremely concerning incident. people extremely angry. what they are saying and these things haven't been confirmed,

they threw a device into the homes as the families were sleeping. the father managed to take out his wife and four-year-old boy. but because it was so dark, he couldn't find the baby in time who was burned alive. it's a difficult situation for the people here to provaries who are incredibly angry. >> and there is graffiti been scrolled on the house. >> reporter: that's right. there was graffiti scrolled saying revenge, long live the messiah. people are thinking this is a settler attack. we have had strong condemnation from the israeli army. also we are hearing from, for example, the head of the pro settler jewish home party saying on twitter that this is not a hate crime, this is not a price tag, this is murder. so very strong language coming from the israeli side. usually we don't hear words like terrorism, terrorist act, but they are concerned about

possible retaliation. this settler attacks are not unusual. it happens here a lot. but the fact that a young baby has been burned to death is something that is insightful. things recently, it ebbs and flows. anything can spark it. we have had extra forces from the israeli army confirm to us brought here to the occupied west bank to try to manage the security situation, increase the security ahead of prayers there in the old city. very clear that the israelis are concerned about possible reaction to the tragic events that happened here. >> the palestinian authorities accuse the israeli government of creating the conditions in which such attacks can happen. >> reporter: absolutely. there's been a statement from the palestinian authority saying they hold israel fully responsible for what happened here. we need to broaden this out to the bigger picture. this is something the

palestinian government says that they are not a partner for genuine peace. this government will tell you it hasn't been genuine in trying to bring them back. if you look at the power of the settler movement, the israeli high court ruled two buildings to be demolished. there was a huge backlash. netanyahu is caught in between that pressure. so it's an incredibly difficult situation. palestinians will tell you this will never be reversed. very difficult to see it change and these settler attacks have been going on again and again. there is never any justice. strong language is all good and well. when it comes to holding people accountable and serving justice, they say that never happens. >> okay for now. thank you.

now, turkey and the u.s. agreed to fight isil in a stretch of territory to the northwest of syria. but there is no agreement on which syrian opposition groups will fill the vacuum once the area is cleared. there are syrians from the area who believe they should be partners in the campaign. >> reporter: this turkish military position overlooks a border town controlled by isil. it's along the last stretch of territory isil holds along turkey's border with syria. but the presence extends south to the countryside. turkey reached and agreement with the u.s. to defeat isil in northwest syria. there is still no agreement on which syrian opposition groups they will support in the joint fight. the syrian kurdish fighting force, the ypg, which is backed by the coalition, is positioned a few kilometers behind that bridge. it says it is ready to advance,

but turkey does not consider them as partners. the u.s., however, backs the ypg with air strikes. this allowed the group to control more than half of syria's border with turkey. turkey is concerned the kurds plan to carve out their own state in the area. that's why it made clear the decision to allow u.s. jets to take off from its territory does not involve helping what it calls a terrorist organization. >> translator: this has been brought to the attention of the united states. within this context, giving air support to the ypg is not one of the agreements with the u.s. >> reporter: it's not clear who will replace isil. for turkey, this man could be the answer he heads the assembly who is fighting and cooperates with the free syrian army. they are cooperating with turkey

to recapture the villages and return home. >> translator: we are not just fighting isil, but the ypg as well. the ythe region should be under. >> reporter: there is a powerful opposition battling isil and the syrian government. but it includes the al qaeda link front, the coalition won't work with them. there is a turkey u.s. agreement to train and equip a moderate rebel force, but months later, fewer than 60 men are in the program because of strict vetting requirements by washington. while there is a deal to take on isil, there is still uncertainty surrounding the operation. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is on a five nation tour friday. the trip is a bid to strengthen

economic and security ties and to ease concerns about the iran nuclear deal. in qatar, kerry will meet represents from gulf countries to discuss concerns. more to come, including the land swap between india and bangladesh that could bring relief to thousands who are stateless. plus, nigeria struggles to stop the illegal import of frozen chicken that's not fit to eat.

>> hello again. these are the top stories at al jazeera. a palestinian toddler has been burned to death in his family home. the boy's parents and his four-year-old brother were critically injured. israel condemned it calling it an act of terrorism. some high ranking members of the taliban are disputing the appointment of the group's new leader. he was chosen to replace omar whose death has been confirmed. but the majority of the group is said to be backing the new leader. malaysia's civil aviation chief has flown to france to investigate a piece of debris that could be long to the missing boeing 777. now to one of the world's

most complex border disputes. more than 50,000 stateless people will have a state. the two countries are exchanging 162 enclaves. they were sealed off by a mistake when british india was partitions for almost 70 years. residents lived inside one country, despite being citizens of the other country, a few kilometers away. it's not just an interesting topography, it meant they couldn't use local schools, clinics or water and election tricity. this land deal means is 1 enclaves will be transferred to bangladesh control while 51 will become india's responsibility. people will be able to choose to live in either india or bangladesh and will get the option of being granted citize

citizenship. we are joined live from new delhi. so one of the world's greatest anomalies that's about to be resolved today, we think. >> reporter: yes. today at 12:00, midnight. the border enclaves which are bangladesh, 111 of them and 51 enclaves on the indian side is going to be swapped between the two countries. the last state of swapping will take place on november 30 of this year. >> why has it taken this amount of time? we are talking about more than 70 years. >> reporter: yes. in fact, actually, the problem which one can say is because of the reason was not ratified by

the parliament for the past 67 years. it's only after the government which is in power in 2011, the protocol of implementing the agreement was agreed upon. the problem is that india could not rectify the land boundary agreement that was signed in 1974. the boundary has to be demarkated. so they ratify on the basis once the boundary takes place, then it's easier to ratify the '74 agreement. so now the question of implement comes. this historic agreement is now

swapping of the enclaves between the two countries is very strategic from humanitarian point of view. enough people were involved in this enclave exchange. similarly is the case of the citizens in india. they have their own country to be called as their own without being, getting into the problem of crossing the enclave to the indian side. those kind of problems are resolved. it is a historic moment because it settles the boundary since 1947, i would say. so that is number one. number two is the huma humanitan

aspect. >> thank you for talking us through this complex but interesting problem that looks as though it could be soon resolved. thank you. the philippine president endorsed his interior secretary as his successor. presiden.rohass shelfed his ambo give way to aquino. the election is due in may. a homeless filipino boy has been flooded with donations from around the world after a picture went viral on the internet. but he is not unique. we report on the plight of many young children stuck in poverty in the philippines. >> reporter: it was an image of a poor young boy determined to

fight for his education. under the light, daniel was photographed doing his homework on the pavement. the picture quickly went viral. amassing thousands of shares on social media donations of cash poured in for daniel from all over the world. his mother says his future is now secured. but the story the daniel living in poverty is a story repeated millions of times over in this country. despite the philippines recent economic gains, the number of children living in poverty continues to increase. more than 14 million children live in poverty according to government data. that number represents more than 40% of all filipino children and many of them live in slums like this one. with no access to decent shelter, education or medical care. she has five children. like many others here, they live in a makeshift tent close to

manila's port area. they rummage through garbage. she makes $2 a day and can only afford to send one child to school. >> translator: it is hard to see my children in this situation. i left the province thinking life would be better. now look at this. my children don't deserve this life. >> reporter: poverty forces children to quit school. the country's vulnerabilitity to natural disasters and failure to share the benefits of chick growth areconomicgrowth are exp. a law to provide safe sex education and family planning hasn't been implemented. even when the reforms are brought in, their impact won't be felt for decades.

>> the aquino administration is unprecedented in the sense that this is the first time in philippine history that we have invested so much money in social services. it's over 30% of the budget goes into social services. and so, really, the money that's going to conditional cash transfers is really very large. >> reporter: she wonders if families like hers are too poor to be heard, they are living on the fringes of society. the parliament has waited to bring back the death penalty six months after it was abolished. they are aimed at increasing attacks by boc boko haram.

the nigerian government launched a new effort to stop the illegal importation of frozen chicken. imports were banned but local producers say it's been poorly enforced and imported chicken is having a negative effect on public health. >> reporter: it's 3:00 a.m. and with a team from nigeria customs on one of the roads. they are on the lookout for frozen chicken smugglers. it's losing nigeria nearly $3 billion a year in lost income. after four hours of waiting, the smugglers appear. they spot customs officials and flee into the bush. abandoning the chicken and their

vehicles. imported frozen chicken has been banned since 2003 to stimulate local production. the law is not being enforced. and imported frozen chicken is unfit for human consumption. local producers are the worst affected. at his farm, he produces 250,000 chicken a years. if the illegal importation was stopped, he says he would produce 750,000. >> they bring in unwholesome, real bad chickens, that they can sell at lower prices than i can. and the public at times do not recognize the difference. >> reporter: a locally produced chicken is $8 per bird. a smuggled chickennings, $2. they have destroyed a thousand boxes of frozen chicken. it's a fraction of the chicken being smuggled in and they are

struggling to destroy it all. part of the problem is there is not enough locally produced chickens to meet demand. >> we take them to the court. anybody under this condition, put them on the front page of papers. >> reporter: one solution to ending the illegal trade is to improve power supply to increase production and improve the roads to get chickens to his customers. until then it's the smugglers will continue trying to import the goods into nig nigeria. www.aljazeera.com you can keep up to date with all the day's developing story. we are concentrate on the situation after two houses were burned. you can see a picture of the

graffiti left on one of the houses that was set on fire which led to a family ending up in hospital minus a toddler who was burned to death. we are looking at the state of the taliban, the afghan taliban following reports of there being a dispute over the newly appointed leader.