>> they are still nerdy. >> go behind the 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. i'm jane dutton. this is al jazeera live from doha. also in the program three former executives from japan's tepco power company well be tried for their roles in the fukushima nuclear disaster. they go to france to join the investigation into a piece of debris that could belong to

the missing flight mh-370. the winning bid for the 2022 winter olympics is due to be announced this hour. we'll be live. a palestinian toddler has been burned to death in an arson attack by a suspected israeli settlers on his family home. the attack happened in the village of duma near the northern city of neblus. it lies in the occupied west bank. palestinian security officials say two people believed to be jewish settlers set the house on fire. at least three others were injured in the fire including the boy's parents and the 4-year-old brother. the attack has been condemned by israel. stef any stephanie decker is at the scene. what happened?

>> reporter: well we're in the bedroom of the family home. i'll go joe to pan around and just show you the scene. this is where the family would have been fast asleep around 3:00 4:00 in the morning, and what we're being told actually -- joe is just panning to pictures of the 18-month-old baby burned to death. what witnesses are telling us is an incendiary device was thrown through their window and landed on the bed. there would have been little time to get out. that's why the family couldn't get to the baby on time. one witness described what he said were two masked man standing behind this window and watching. he said he couldn't tell if they were settlers or not. their faces were covered. we're told that this area where this house is has a very open plan, so it's easy to get in and out. extreme frustration, anger and sadness here at the news of what happened. we spoke to an ambulance driver who arrived here who actually

pulled the body ofally out. he described advertise a block of charcoal and the witness described the father screaming when he heard this happen. ambulance and fire services took around 40 minutes to get here. it's the people of the village that took the family members, the parents and 4-year-old brother, to the hospital. they've been evacuated to an israeli hospital for treatment, but we're told that the parents are in critical condition. >> stephanie, it makes you wonder who could do something like that. obviously, it's speculation at this stage. what are the neighbors saying? that's not the only house that was attacked. >> that's right. there's a neighbor's house completely burned down. joe will focus on some of the details of this bedroom. it's completely singed. that family was not home at the time and the father of the song who owns that house said lucky they were in nablus because the children were off or they could

have reached a tragic end as well. settlers very often carry out these attacks. it's just the results this time have been different. they have no protection. the settlers are armed. they could be extremely violent. often the israeli security forces will protect thim and the palestinians don't have that kind of protection. so they're vulnerable to these kind of things. we spoke to one palestinian official here. he said there was a culture of impunity. even though there's strong language out of israel here people don't believe that. also this government has a policy of expanding settlements through the last peace talks, they were expanding, a huge push. this is the tension you see here. the settlers can turn extremely violent and are armed and the people have no defense against that. this is a result of the attack. i have to say it's not confirmed that these remember settlers but the people have no doubt

that they were. >> okay. stephanie decker thank you very much for that. the israeli defense minister has been condemning the attack. he tweeted that we have no intention of letting terrorists continue such evil. we'll also forcefully operate against those that cultivate and fund these jewish terrorists. these heinous acts stand in contradiction to the core values of the state of israel. he joins me on the phone from tel aviv now. good to have him with us. what do you know happened? >> it's a heinous act of terrorist carried about against civilians in the middle of the night. this activity on the early hours in the morning in order to use a combined effort of the intelligence community, the

police force, and the military on the ground to locate the perpetrators of this act. it is absolutely unacceptable, and we are operating to hunt them down. the reality is such -- we are concerned that this will cause a deterioration in the early hours of the morning. >> what do you expect? this is ahead of friday prayers. often we can see problems erupt then. >> what we've seen in the last few hours is increased calls on behalf of hamas and other organizations to take revenge, so, of course, there are concerns on the ground. we're talking precautions to limit the violence so that it doesn't deteriorate. it's our job, our mission continues to be one, to prevent terrorist against everybody, and two, promote and protect people.

>> in order to keep this is that why the israeli military and government has been so outspoken? it's not often we see you expressing such disgust. >> there's no question in this case. we saw at least two masked people according to our investigation in the middle of the night come to two houses spray graffiti in hebrew on the walls of two houses then broke in windows and hurled two fire bombs in with this tragic result and outcome. an 18-month-old baby killed and four others wounded. so it's obviously cause for a decisive actioned on the ground. it's a clear statement on behalf of the military of how we assess the situation. >> do you have any idea who it could possibly be? i know you say it's two masked men. who could it be and what will happen when you catch them?

>> again, the investigation has to completed before we can say who it is. we don't have any specific suspects but the direction is that it is a israelis that carried out this attack. our job currently and what we've done with palestinian authorities, palestinian security forces we called for the evacuation of the wounded to a hospital in israel with the military helicopters, and currently what we are focused on is looking towards the next few hours of the day to try and control and maintain and contain any potential deterioration and an increase in violence. >> thank you for telling us what's going on. thank you. three former executives of japan's tepco power company will be tried for their roles in the fukushima nuclear disaster.

a citizens panel ruled the executives including the chairman at the time should face charges of professional negligence. earlier prosecutors had decided there wasn't enough evidence. a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the fukushima plant contaminating water, food and air. we have this update from tokyo. >> reporter: this legal battle goes back to 2013 when thousands of fukushima residents tried to bring a class criminal action against 30 tepco executives and government officials. prosecutors in that ins sedan decided there was insufficient evidence to bring a prosecution. they set up a panel of individuals to adjudicate. they recommended that a prosecution should be brought against three tepco executives. in january they said it was unrebel to expect those executives to have foreseen the kind of scale and tsunami that hit the feek sheem that power

plant. what happened was the water flooded and the basement of the building blocked the pumping of coolant and cut off electrical supply as well. that civilian panel did have the power to reconvene, reassess the case and override the decision of the prosecutors, and that's what has happened. so the court will appoint eight prosecutors outside of the tokyo prosecutor's office on adjudicate on this case and bring this case against these three tepco executives including the chairman at the time of the disaster. they will face charges of professional negligence leading to death or injury. malaysia's civil aviation chief spoke to france to join an investigation into debris that could belong to the missing flight mh-370. the object washed up on the french island of reunion east of madagascar. malaysian officials will join the french counterparts where the debris is due to arrive on saturday. malaysia said it's almost

certainly part of a boeing 777. >> this is the most credibility evidence that we have to date of any part of the aircraft that we can locate or we can identify. so we pray that our visit to our investigation will come to a fruitful outcome. it's very important for the closure. in nigeria suicide bombers killed five people scombrured many more at a busy market in the northeast. it is i latest in the a string of suicide bombings that have killed hundreds in recent weeks. boko haram has targeted the northeast over the past six years killing over 20,000 people. coming up on al jazeera, this image of a filippino boy that went viral online has led to a flood of donations, but millions others like him are desperate for help, too.

hello, again. the top stories on al jazeera. a palestinian toddler has been burned to death in an arson attack by suspected israeli settlers on his family home in the occupied west bank. the boy's parents and his 4-year-old brother were critically injured. israel has condemned it calling it an act of terrorism. three former executives of japan's tepco power company will be tried for their roles in the fukushima nuclear disaster.

a citizens panel ruled they should face charges of professional negligence. a massive earthquake and snauk in 2011 destroyed the fukushima plant contaminating water, food and air. malaysia's civil aviation chief has flown to france to join investigations into a piece of debris that could belong to the missing flight mh-370. a piece of what looks like a wing flap washed up on reunion island east of madagascar earlier this week. turkey and the us have agreed to fight isil in a stretch of territory in northwest syria, but there's 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 syrian border town controlled by isil. this is along the last stretch of territory isil holds along

turkey's border with syria. the group's presence extends south to aleppo province. turkey reached an agreement with the u.s. to defeat isil in northwest syria. there's still no agreement on which syrian opposition groups they will support in the joint fight. the syrian kurdish fighting force, the ypg, backed by the coalition is positioned just a few kilometers behind that bridge. it says it's 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 that the kurds plan to carve out their own place in the area and that's why it made clear the decision to allow u.s. jets to take off from his 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 elements of our agreements with the u.s. >> reporter: it's not clear who will then replace isil in northwest tursyria. this man heads the turkmen assembly fighting forces in aleppo and cooperating with the free syrian army. they're cooperating with turkey to recapture their villages and return home. >> translator: we are not just fighting isil but the ypg as well. the ypg changed the demography and we believe they will do the same in azaz and here. the region should be under fsc forces who are mainly turkmen who are from the area. >> reporter: there is a powerful alliance in aleppo battles isil and the syrian government but it included the al qaeda-linked front.

the coalition won't work with them. there is a turkey/u.s. agreement to train a force. months later fewer than 60 men are in the program because of strict vetting requirements by washington. while there's a deal to take on isil there's still uncertainty surrounding the operation. india says four of its nationals have been detailed in the libyan city of cert controlled by fighters linked to isil. it's not clear who is holding the group. the teachers were detained at 50 kilometers inside the city. a woman was kirred in sri lanka after gunmen opened fire during an election rally. it happened after the finance minister left. unidentified gunmen traveled in two vehicles and escaped after the shooting. parliament polls are due next month. the host city for the 2022 winter olympics is about to be

named in the malaysian capital. the chinese capital of ba jinx and kazakhstan are the contenders. if successful beijing will be the first city to host both summer and winter games. >> the games of the 29th olympiad in 2008 are awarded to the city of beijing. >> reporter: it's a scene that china hopes will repeat itself. when beijing won the bid to host the 2008 summer olympics. a milestone in modern china spending $40 billion getting ready for the summer games. like many of her fellow chinese, she was proud back then but her house were demolished up to the massive construction leading up to the games. her protest led to years of disability after beating after being detained after the games.

she says they have a responsibility not to award the games to beijing. >> translator: i don't think china has a right to host another olympics. we've raised the concern to the international olympic committee, but they always turn a blind eye to our suffering. >> reporter: last month a small group of tibetans protested outside of the ioc in switzerland where chien china present the details. it's not all about the human rights record. there's concern where the downhill skiing events would be held in beijing. it's in an area that doesn't get much snow. there's a heavy reliance on main mad notice that requires lots of water putting stress to an area that needs water than it has. the 2022 winter games won't be as big as the summer olympics but the government plans to spend $4 billion and create 200,000 jobs. according to beijing's bid, some of the venues built for the 2008 games can again be used in 2022

like the bird's nest. it would again host the opening and closing ceremonies and the water cube would be transforms from a swimming venue to that for the ice sport of curling. beijing isn't known for its winter sports but chinese government leaders say hosting the games will be good for the olympic movement and inspire more than 300 million chinese. >> translator: of course i support the bidding for the winter olympics. it's our country's pride. i watched every sports event during the 2008 olympics and if beijing holds the winter olympics i will watch every event again. >> reporter: human rights groups say if the ioc grants beijing the winter games they would be ignoring history. the olympic organization says it's reforming after previous corruption controversies and will make the host city sign a contract pledging to uphold human rights and not to discriminate. if beijing does land the games, the ioc is betting that china

will honor its end the deal. the bid has been controversial given kazakhstan's human rights records, but the organizers are focuses on other factor. >> reporter: kazakhstan may have a small global profile, but that will all change if it wins the vote to host the 2022 winter olympics. but they fear they have a disadvantage against beijing as olympic officials are banned from visiting bidding cities. >> translator: the members of the ioc should come and look at our city because everyone that visits us falls in love with our city. i think maybe when they decide they won't feel the energy. >> reporter: with 40% of the population under the age of 24 they've tried to portray itself as a young, vibrant city. unlike beijing, there's plenty of natural snow which prompted their bid slogan keeping it real. they plan to compact games with

all events taking place in a 30 kiloheater radius. 70% are the venues are ready and they will increase when they host the games. $1.7 billion come froms rich reserves of oil and gas. ioc members fear falling energy prices could hut the budget. the human rights record is also a concern. >> we're very concerned about the suppression. freedom of peaceful assembly freedom of organization freedom from torture and freedom from this. >> reporter: in the 1950s it was the winter spot venue. they haven't been very successful in the winter olympics. these teenagers plan to reverse kazakhstan's olympic fortunes in 2022. >> translator: yes, i can win the olympic games and bring back

to my country the first and hopefully not the last gold medal. >> translator: certainly it would be good. it will be prestigious. it means everything would come to kazakhstan. it would be good for us. everyone would be proud of kazakhstan. >> reporter: they now just hope that the ioc members take the leap and vote for them on friday. the homeless 9-year-old philippinefilippino boy has been flooded with donations around the world after a photo of him went viral on the internet but daniel cabrera is not unique. we report on the plight on the many young children sfuk in poverty in the philippines. >> reporter: it was an image of poor, young boy determined to fight for his education. under a dim light of a mcdonald's car port daniel cabrera was photographed doing his homework on the pavement. the picture kwiekly went

environment, amassing thousands of shares on social media. donations of cash have poured in for daniel from all over the world. his mother says his future is now secured, but the story of 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 representing more than 40% of all filippino 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 daily just to earn a living. she only makes $2 a day and can only afford to send one child to school.

>> it's ard to see my children in this kind of situation. i left the province thinking food would be better in manila. look at this. my children don't deserve this life but i feel so helpful. >> reporter: poverty forces millions of filippino children to quit school. the vulnerability to natural disasters and the failure to share the benefits of economic growth are also expected to worsen their situation in the coming years. the country's population growth is also a problem. it improves safe sec education and family planning has been passed but hasn't been implemented. the leaders of catholic church are deeply opposed to. even when the reforms are brought in, the impact won't be fell for decades. >> the aquino administration is quite unprecedented in the sense that this is the first time in

philippine history that we have investigated so much money in social services. it's over 30 ers p -- 30% of the budget that goes into social services. so really the money that's going to conditional cash trials first is really very large. >> reporter: they wonder if families like hers are a forgotten community, too poor to be heard, she says. they're just living on the fringes of society. al jazeera, manila. the rio olympics is over a year away but they're concerned that the main venue is a health hazard. we have the report. >> reporter: with the famous sugarloaf mountain in the background this is the postcard image re's organizers want for the olympics 2016 sailing competition. on closer inspection the bay is anything but picture-perfect. rubbish and floating debris is strewn across the water. the strefrj stench of raw

sewage is over pouring. >> we have almost 15 million people flushing the toilet every single day with no treatment. it's serious. >> reporter: treatment plants exist to clean the water pouring in from 15 surrounding municipalities but two aren't works and the rest run at half capacity due to a lack of political coordinations between districts. when the city made its olympic pitch, it pledged to clean up the bay by at least 80%. it now admits it will miss that mark by at least 50%. officials argue the fecal contamination in the bay meets international standards and is safe for competition. >> i don't see a problem with it. it's nothing too bad that you're going to run away and not come back to it. i think no matter what it's going to be okay. >> we have been on the water on

average maybe 800 times, and so far nobody got dedie reearrhea or any infection or ill from the bay. >> reporter: still, eco-boats have been dispatched to get trash floating on the water surface, but the state admits the effort is mostly cosmetic. >> reporter: >> translator: we need a policy that does more than just cleaning. >> translator: we need to use the olympic games for change. if it doesn't happen now they will forget the bay again. >> with the games still a year away, that may already be the case. if the bay isn't cleaned up there are discussions underway to move races from the bay to the open sea. there's a lot of news and updates on our website. you can go there anytime of the day.

the address is aljazeera.com. we're leading obviously with the story of the palestinian toddler burned alive in their home. the fingers pointing at israeli settlers but that hasn't been confirmed yet. the israeli government really condemning this. lots more to come. headlines in the next couple of minutes.