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gunman kills 69 people. and in sport, the world's most watched football league is set for one of its closest ever competitions. get ready to begin their championship defense. >> there are serious questions over security in afghanista afgs capital. follows another explosion, where an attacker blew himself up near the kabul police academy. no exact figures as yet. jiferjenniferglasse has been moe events. >> reporter: 20 people were killed and 27 injured in that attack. there's another attack going on

as we speak, on the other side of kabul airport. that attack, a huge explosion, a very, very bright blast, just the last half hour or so an ongoing gun fire going on there. there was another attack about 24 hours ago in the middle of the night. back here, killing 15 and injuring at least 200 when a large truck bomb went off. >> jennifer in security, have things been stepped up about light of the recent attacks? >> security is always tight. there have been police on the streets, army on the streets of the city. peace talks with the taliban were expected last week. they were suspended after i.t. emerged that the taliban's leader, mullah omar was dead.

stepping up in the last 24 hours, here in kabul and around afghanistan. >> okay, jennifer glasse, for the time being, thched. thank you very much indeed. car bomb that killed and injured many, as jennifer glasse reported, let's bring you the report she filed earlier. >> the explosion could be heard all over the afghan capital. ali said he was at home asleep when the attack happened. >> there was glass emple. everywhere. everything was full of dust and smoke, they put me in a car and brought me here. it was a very bad explosion. >> it didn't differentiate between rich and poor. while the attack was a military

compound, the dead were mostly civilians. >> for quite some time. it way no stopping of people coming and coming and coming. we were afraid at a certain point, we could not manage anymore. >> reporter: the united nations recently said civilian casualties are at a record high with nearly 5,000 afghans killed or injured in the first half of the year. for afghan security forces, the losses are even further, 11,000 dead in the first part of 2015. a delicate pli political time. the taliban announced the death of its leader, mullah omar, talks are undecided who will succeed him. sloashraf ghani calls it the wot

news ever. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. russia endorsed the move as the the rest of the 15 member council. friday's resolution sets up a team of experts, tasked with identifying who was responsible and paves the way for possible sanctions. >> translator: syria has upheld its commitment and adherence to the chemical weapons convention as well as those under resolution 2118 of 2014. syria from the very start up to today has cooperateddal all points and has flexibly dealt with this issue, an extremely challenging situation even a provocative one. enemies of certain regional and international parties.

>> gabriel elizondo, how significant is this for the u.n? >> are very significant lauren, the first time it's going to look at the who, generally everyone agrees with the what, chemical weapons and now it's on to who was responsible, that's what the u.n. pushed resolution is trying get at. so in essence it's incredibly important incredibly significant. it was unanimous vote of 15 members of the council voted for it, everyone agrees, chemical weapons were used and there needs to be finger-pointing who was responsible, government organization or one of the actors in the current syrian conflict. it will go on and at this point, it is significant. and let's hear a little bit about what u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power had to say about it.

>> today's resolution has been adopted with the council's unanimous support. this sends a clear and powerful message to all those involved in chemical weapons attacks in syria. the joint investigative mechanism will identify you if you gas people. it bears repeating as well: we need to bring the same unity that we have shown today to urgently find a political solution to the syrian crisis. >> and gabriel what kind of consequences can we assume when they assign blame? >> sanctions number 1, that's what everyone is talking about, that would be the most obvious repercussions once the blame is placed. nowhere in the resolution are there immediate triggers that sanctions would be implemented. after blame is assigned then the u.n. security council would have to reconvene and take up the issues of punishment or sanctions separately down the line. and it's going to be probably

months before we know. because the next step is that this will go to u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon. he will have 20 days to offer his recommendations on how to set up this investigative panel. after that they will begin their work and then they'll have 90 days before they are required to submit their first findings or their progress report, if you will. so again, we're still months away of getting any sort of indication who's to blame the not perhaps even a year. >> gabriel elizondo, thank you very much indeed. fighting between rebel faction i.s.i.l. and the government is continuing, leaving increasingly unstable. not leaving a clear victor. homs province many of those captured were christians. pressure is forming against

bashar al-assad. assad has lost control of over 84% of the country. saturday marks one year since the start of the u.s. led coalition air strikes against the opposition in iraq. critics of the campaign say it hasn't done enough to stop i.s.i.l. operating in the region. u.s. military has defended its decision to recruit and train parties in syria. some trainees have deserted their post after coming under fire from i.s.i.l. al jazeera's imeral jazeera's kt explains. >> after an attack last week north of aleppo five of the u.s. backed recruits have been detailed by al qaeda's affiliate the el nusra affiliates. a sixth recruit has reportedly been killed. the white house is under scrutiny for the apparent fairly

your of the mission. >> we have been pretty forthright, particularly the department of defense has been forthright about the challenges the operation has faced. but it has not significant encumbered the other aspects of our strategy. >> the syrian fighters known as division 30 accused the pentagon of misrepresenting its mission. the u.s. group said it signed up to battle i.s.i.l, not el nusra, pentagon denies it distorted its battle plan. >> we acknowledge that there's challenges but the idea that we were caught totally flat-footed by the idea that we were senting people into a very dynamic and rapidly changing war zone is not accurate. >> still, the united states spent money and months training the fighters supplying them with sophisticated night vision

equipment. but success the pentagon argues is not contingent on one battle. even if the first for eight into combat for the u.s. backed group is a failure. kimberly halkett, al jazeera, washington. this week's boat disaster killed about 200 people. claudio lavango reports. >> five crew members of a fishing vessels believed to be carrying over 600 migrants, officials managed to save more than 500 from drowning and pulled about six from the sea. but smig ler smugglers locked 2o the hold after most of the migrants rushed to the deck to look at the boat that came to

their rescue. smugglers who are from libya and algeria will face charges of human trafficking and multiple plan slaughter. because of good weather conditions there is a chance someone could still be alive after 48 hours since the accident even though it is quite unlikely and they say they are realistic about the chances of finding someone alive at this point. in the meantime the more than 300 migrants that are taken here to the important of palermo have been distributed to other parts of the country. relatives are still receiving psychological assistance. >> if i,000 people arrived in greece in july alone many to lesbos kos and kios, situation is totally shameful and has

urged other eu nations to share the burden. many have been trying to escape the conflict in syria. the eu is pressing for utter action in calais. an estimated 3,000 migrants have set up camp close to the port of calais. from jeef geneva, tell us a lite bit about the situation in greece and why you're so concerned about it. >> we had 124,000 people arriving on the greek island. over the last months, 50,000 people arrived, majority are syrians, rest from afghanistan and iraq, this is an emergency situation and in your documentary you covered the regions of europe, we are not surprised those people are coming back they are exprit. they are not economic migrants. they are refugees. most of them have not spent a

long time on turkey. turkey is hosting 1.8 million refugees, some will continue to come and desperately need assistance and solidarity. >> you have been critical of the european government, he said that it's beyond what their state of infrastructure can handle. do you think that's fair on his part or the greek government could be doing more. >> it is correct, this is a european challenge. the european countries need to help greece like the european commission is doing but greece is also part of europe. greece has to lead and coordinate the response. if it was a civil emergency, if it was a natural disaster, people would be properly accommodated that's what we need to do. greece in this time of austerity needs support. >> what kinds of support, things they should be doing? >> well provide basic reception condition like in other

countries in europe. so that means to you need to accommodate people, you need to provide them water, medical assistance, you need have a proper screening of the people arriving, identification, registration, finger printing, identification of most vulnerable persons. you also need reception capacity. greece has no reception capacity, only 1100 places on the total of greece. this is not sufficient to cope with the situation. >> are you suggesting that they should be using perhaps the army in these situations, deploying these kinds of resources? >> they have plenty of military bar action in the country, there is some land that is not used, it should be able to the greek, should be able to identify sites that they would manage or where they are would is coordinate the

action need to assist greece. >> thank you very much for talking to al jazeera, appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> coming up on this newshour from london. the trump card. how one candidate dominated the debate among hopefuls from the u.s. presidential nomination. the summer camp in norway reopens four years after a gunman kills 69 people. and the sport better known as murder ball gets ready for a bigger stop in canada. now, as temperatures soar across iraq, public discontent is also close to boiling point. iraqis protesting against government tension, growing unrest last been growing. many have been chanting and

gathering in tahrir square. angry over a wide range of issues including a lack of basic services like water and electricity. al jazeera answer mohammed jamjun is in baghdad. >> it is extraordinary, by our estimation at least a couple thousand protesters this day. not just what makes them come out in a scorching reply hot day, you'll notice these are just iraqi flags that are being waved here today. there are no political party flags that are out here today. now we have another group coming by. it is a jubilant atmosphere. there are a lot of youth activists here that are saying they have come out to tell the government that corruption must be stopped. everybody we've spoken with has said that the government needs to be sent a message that people here need to feel they have a future. that they need to feel that the

government is working to give them the most basic human services, clean water, power, they want leskt so they can have air -- they want to have electricity so they can have air conditioning in this record heat wave. they don't want this to become anything political, they are just asking for their basic human rights. >> five people have been killed in clashes in eastern turkey. three people died in a four hour gun fight between turkish police and fighters, elsewhere soldiers killed two in van and aka province. renews newed fighting between the pkk and turkish military force he. >> reporter: evening is usually the busiest time of the day. the streets would fill with shoppers, the cafe comes alive with gossip. but this turkish town is in the middle of a new outbreak between

fighting of turkish security forces and the kurdish political party, pkk. when the turkish military launched a break down on pkk here. >> people would be out until midnight drinking tea. people are anxious what's happening, they dare not go out. there accountan isn't a sole go. >> once gone toains as pkk fighters. turkish security forces are burning pkk locations around iraq. it's what the turkish government says is a broad offensive against all threats to its

security having included i.s.i.l. and the pkk. dotted across these mountains you can see smoke rising, that's where there has been fighting between the turkish military and pkk. a spokesman for reej reeght recp erdogan. knock on any door and you will ill find someone connected to the pkk. a group listed as a terrorist organization, in the u.s., europe and the pkk. a second in the mountains. >> it's better not to fight. look in the pkk sometimes say it's better to may politics. they want to find a solution with the pen not by using guns pfn but if you keep killing i also have to show my

festivities. >> 16 members of the turkish security forces. here a road side bomb killed three soldiers. the increase in violence is raising fears of a return to a conflict that claimed 40,000 lives over 30 years. bernard smith, al jazeera, chernak, southeastern turkey. >> woman isabel peem last been held is since february and was met by french president francois hollande. it is understood oman helped to secure her release. the worst attack, 77 people dead at the hands of one man, ennis brevick. in a place where so many lives were lost. in norway, jonah hull reports.

ufer survived the attack four years ago. >> i was convinced i was going to die so i just sat by the water and was waiting for him to come back to shoot again or die just because of blood loss. >> reporter: now she and a record number of labor party youth are back as the camp reopens. it is an overcast day, not unlike the day when anders bravik fired. killing spree claimed 69 young lives. earlier a car bomb outside the government buildings in oslo killed eight people, all designed to tear apart norway's democracy. >> the feeling i had before hasn't changed. it's still normal summer camp.

>> you want to be a politician with the labor party being why >> it's important to have something to vote for. >> four years along, utea has come alive again. to debate the issues of the day, perhaps to even have the occasional row mantis twist, if the sidelines one decades. but norway is not a country looking back. >> and these are that. >> freiite otoff speaks to me. >> some attacks change a country like 9/11.

but this has been absolutely meaningless, it hasn't really changed anything in norway. >> on utea, they are once again celebrating norway's multicultural is heritage. the new youth leader here possibly a future leader of the country, young nor weefnl norwen syria. >> strongest tie feun noon in three years. saving america's bees, keeping insect pops busing. and the e-in the final draw of the world's stop football exet.

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episodes online now at aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> 150,000 people injured every year. 33,000 are killed. >> to see my child laying on the table. >> what was that total bill from start to now? >> almost like 10 million dollars. >> enough people have decided that the gun lobby has too much power for too long. the nra is not invincible. >> a reminder of our top storie. latest blast in kabul hit north of kabul airport near the

counternarcotics ministry. the u.n. security council is set to establish an inquiry regarding chemical weapons against assad regime. more than 200 people tried omake the crossing of the mediterranean sea, thought to have drowned this week. a small sign that the political solution to the conflict in syria cock on the horizon. strong indication of political will to bring the conflict to an end. i speak more about this with rami kuri, a senior official at the american university at beirut. why was that meeting so significant in your view? >> well, there's certainly something going on that's very serious because you've got all the key external players involved now.

russia, united states, iran, saudi arabians, the syrian official went to oman, and oman has been a key pivot conciliator in the region. there is different coming around and iran is providing a four point plan to the united. united nations. this was unleashed or unlocked by the iran nuclear agreement which mass let iran reenter regional diplomacy in a way it could not be done before, since the u.s. and others refused to do anything about it but now that's changed. >> top syrian official to oman, why would oman play a role at this point and what's the history of this type of deal

making or negotiating? >> the sultan of oman has historical had a semi-indiana foreign policy among the six countries that make up the gulf cooperation council, very heavily dominated by saudi arabia. the country that let the americans and iranians start their secret meetings of now two and a half, three years ago, which allowed the negotiations to take place which succeeded recently. so the omanis have's insisted to try to use diplomas to resolve serious disputes rather than war in yemen now. for the foreign minister to go to oman at this time clearly is a signal that there is seriously diplomacy at least being discussed. whether or not they can reach an

agreement or not remains to be seefn. because the fundamental sticking point about a political transition in syria and peaceful end to the war, a fundamental sticking point is the fate of bashar al-assad. whether he can be part of a transitional government or whether he can run for reelection or eased out. there is month sign that the iranians or russians are prepared to just push him aside but they want to find a more honorable way to make that transition happen. and then the there are many other factors inside juniors. but the process of discussions about these probabilities or possibilities is now underway and that's really very important. >> how much does he actually control? one thing we were reporting earlier is the suggestion that he's actually lost control of part of the country and isn't as powerful as he was. how much of the country is he

actually in charge of? >> president assad you mean. >> yes, yes. >> he's in charge of probably about a sixth or a fifth of the country or something like that. the key district from arnold damascus going northwest towards the mediterranean coast, the heart land of the alloite minority of which he is a member. that's an important part of the country in terms of cities and production population. but it's only a small part of the country. bashar al-assad is not president of syria now. bashar al-assad is the rural of a fiefdom that includes that stretch of land that i just mentioned. and there's four other power centers or even authorities in syria. now you have the islamic state, you have the kurdish region, you

have the opposition groups that are islamists like jabad el nusra and others, and national irs and other nonsyrians. to bring them together for solutions is going to be a challenge. the islamic state will not be part of the peace agreement if it happens but ultimately all the others need to agree on a transition in dwrrs for a country that can rule in a very decentralized way and also to coordinate with others to work with the islamic state and to defeat it. >> rami kuri, thank you very much for joining us. developing from mali, comes after at least eight peoples were killed at the biblos hotel

according to the mali soldier. three civilians and one gunman. an armed group affiliated to al qaeda is expected to be behind the attacks in savari. france is starting a new air and sea search for missing debris from mh370. more planes helicopter is and patrol boats will be deployed around reunion island. it comes after the discovery of a wing flap that was discovered last week. the plane was on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing with 280 on board when it went missing last march. renouncing the government's announcement of debris from the flight, which is casts doubt

that the investigation lacks cohesion. >> it is a choice of words that we use but it's important that this choice of package, we are satisfied it belongs to mh370. >> chinese relatives have marched to the malasian embassy in beijing. they wanted to know why malaysia has confirmed it when french investigators have not. adrian brown is in beijing. >> reporter: the day began woo protest outside the building outside the beijing international airport where they were due to be given a briefing. families demanded the media be allowed in to watch briefings, the officials set no and the

families decided to take their protests elsewhere. the reason for that is, these demonstrations are not directed against the government here in china, they are aimed squarely at malasian airlines and also, the malasian government. what is fueling their anger at the moment is this: it is the mixed messages emerging from the inquiry. on friday, malaysia's minister said the wing part found on reunion island was conclusive evidence it came from mh370. but french investigators said they were not so sure of that, the information was much more reserved. that is proof once more of an intent by the airline of a cover up. they have accused the airline of really lying from day one and

simply do not believe a word they have been told from malasian airline. they have a breakdown of trust and are not suspect of belief what happened to mh370. a secularist bangladeshi blawl bloggebangladeshiblogser i blogger has been killed, the fourth blogger to be killed in the country since the start of the year. two people have died and one person missing as bad weather affects taiwan hours after a strong typhoon is expected to hit the island, winds of up to 220 kilometers per hour. flights have been cancelled and schools have bef closed as people batten down the hatches. al jazeera's veronica pe pedrosa

has the story. >> the prices of vegetables particularly green ones is raised precipitously. >> everyone has watched the government's work. >> people are rushing to buy food. prices have gone up. i don't want to buy too much. >> forecast forecasters say that this isth could be ththisthis ct storm to hit the mainland in two years. the risk on the earn coast where it's expected to make land fall is of landslides and flash floods and nobody knows if and

where that will happen. >> myanmar's president is urging people in low lying areas to seek shelter as swollen rivers continue to rise, heavy monsoon rains have washed away, at least 74 people have died as a result of the floods. al jazeera, florence looi reports. >> reporter: this is what greegreeted latin when he returd home. >> i was poor but now i have nothing left, even my house is no more. >> some 40 other homes in this village have also been damaged. >> at first the water kept coming slowly slowly then all of a sudden it was very high.

>> but there are no fatalities here because monks from a nearby monastery sent boats to ferry people to safety. floods are common during the monsoon system but villagers say the recent one is the worst they have experienced. people think it will take them months before they are able to clear the debris left behind by the floods. the army has been deployed to help in some areas. but their equipment is basic. the floods have affected more than a million acres of farmland, much of it is rice, the staple food in myanmar. small warehouse was submerged and they're trying osalvage stock from their last harvest. >> translator: we don't have enough food. my fields have been destroyed and now i'm in debt.

>> local groups, international ngos and the government have been distributing food parchti parchtion, clothe being and more critically clean water. access by road was only reopened the day before. the people here say they need help and they need it soon. florence looi, al jazeera, myanmar. an update on are our top story. the taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb on a police academy. the suicide boarm detonated his vest among recruits outside. two other blast the also hit the capital in the last 24 hours. leading republican candidates vying for the u.s. presidential election have health their first

debate. donald trump held out the threat of running an independent campaign if he fails to be nominated. tom ackerman reports from cleveland. >> the crowds of 5,000 expected sparks as the candidates took the stage. donald trump did not disappoint. the only one who admitted he may run an independent campaign. >> when donald trump refused to agree to play with the party,. >> trump went on to repeat his charges that mexico deliberately sent its criminals across the border as unauthorized immigrants. >> border patrol, people that i deal with that i talk to they say this is what's happening because our leaders are stupid. >> trump's combative tone drew a

rebuke from form he governor jeb bush. >> we are not going to go forward by doing what barack obama and hillary clinton do every day. >> when new jersey governor chris christie clashed with rand paul over the senator's fight against surveillance of the phone records. water boarding interrogations of detainees. >> what we do in order to get the information we need is our business. and i wouldn't necessarily be broadcasting to everybody what we're going to do. >> reporter: between now and the next debate in september at least one of the weakest performing candidates here will have dropped out and by then we'll have a much better sense of whether donald trump was a flash in the pan or a man to peat for the nomination.

tom ackerman, al jazeera, cleveland. >> dozens have been buried in ukraine. most of the men died in the battle last august after ukrainian forces found themselves encircled by russian back soldiers. hundreds of soldiers are believed to have been killed in the encounter. extra band food smuggled into russia has been bulldozed buried or incinerated. thanks oa year long embargo on imported foods. germany is the middle of a heat wave. temperatures topping 40° sells use. berlin has also record he its highest temperature since 1959. but meteorologists say a storm will soon snap the heat.

a pesticide certain blamed on the lowering of bees. >> works on his farm in western germany. the summer months are an important time for him. soon he will have to sow rape seed in these fields. if he could, he would prefer to use powerful pesticides containing what are called neo9- neonicotineoid. meaning erich must do without them. >> this is the best option, you only put the pesticide where you really need it. we sow the rape seeds the end of

august, beginning of september, it then sprouts and from the beginning is protectagainst pests. german farmers talk about using the pesticides in the perfect way to protect the plant and deal with the possesses but some scientific studies suggest the effect ton bees is devastating. >> the bees forget where they come from or where they have to go. they're social insects who have to ensure they are able to return to their population, to the highest to be accurate. they unlearn that in some circumstances. in the first instance we see changes in behavior, when there is small doses and if yo if it o much they die. >> the pharma company has

labeled these chemicals to be safe for bees. but declining populations could be caused by a number of factors, namely the being mite. >> however these kind of effects were never found under realistic conditions to affect whole bee colonies in the field. >> some scientists suggest the honey bee's pollinating effect is word billions every year, which explains that a long term decline in the bee population could have a devastating effect. dominic cain, al jazeera.

still ahead, world cup in china.

>> u.s. television host jon stewart has presented his last episode on the daily show. >> i've got good news, this is it! >> after 16 years in the chair. his fans cheered, as he left the new york studio for the last time on thursday night. south african comedian trefer tr noah to take over.

no time for jokes here. andy. >> four year deal with chelsea, the portuguese coach agreeing to extend his contract a day before the season kicks off. game set to be broadcast in more than 200 territories this will be the most-watched season in the league's history. >> the real football starts tomorrow. no one of the big leagues in europe started yet. no spain, no italy. no germany, no portugal, so i think everybody's waiting. >> chelsea late kickoff on saturday. manchester united nations versus totten lam. within a game of being relegated out of the football league. after winning the championship

last season they are getting ready fortheir first ever championship league. >> ready for the game, fantastic days for club but now we've been working very hard towards the preseason. been very intense work, we feel the team is ready. we have to prove we're good enough. >> final playoff round of the european championships league. bruge is the first time getting into the competition for in a decade. route into the group stages. let's have a look of the draw in full. coming up 18th and 19th, chelsea is there, italian team face on the bund bundusleagu pr.

>> widespread doping in athletics, they've also encouraged athletes to tell them if they think their priives was breached by the application of results. here's their statement. did leaked to the media and analyzed to suggest or implied doping with respect to any athletes whose data contained within the database is at the very least irresponsible and positionsly liablous. >> gland's contradicters close in in the fourth test against australia. 90 runs, with 30 remains. 5 for 75 at nottingham's finish. 241 for 7, a win would give

england an unassailable 3-1 series lead. >> one of world cup's biggest players drew the name. >> china. >> 2019 edition, the tournament will see the event expanded from 24 countries up to 32. >> i was this game really inspire a lot of other people. i noh how the field have a chance to play on a top level basketball in the home country before in 2008. and i'm sure that got a sense of feeling where we continue to encourage more young athletes to participate. >> new zealand many and and aust

at it, equal the mark as the world's most cache capped playe. >> certainly proud i can still wear and play enough to be on the team. the way i always see it is, it's not just a matter of racking up the numbers, it's what you do each sometime you get on the field. >> now the sport known as murder ball is starting a new life in toronto. wheelchair rugby is known for its aggressive play and now, for the first time, teams will be fighting for medals at the parapan am games. >> ten years ago i was able bodied, young athletic guy, went informed in the boards playing hockey and became paralyzed from the chest down. >> a damaged spinal column led

dave to become a paraplegic. >> murder ball was invented, back in the '70s it was a bunch of quadriplegics who were sitting on the bench for basketball all the time competing with parapleejics with >> as gleefully as they bash their wheelchair is together, murder ballers aren't loud body contact. they score when they cross the opposite goal line. each player has different levels of limb function. less movement just impede and ram their opponents. >> personally i've been playing the sport for four years never had any serious injuries.

been banged up here here and there. you might get your hands pinched but nothing series, for me, knock on wood. >> it's also about inspiration. players spend a lot of time meeting children some of them young paraplegics, telling them they can still be part of something physical competitive and very special. >> yesterday we went to a children's center with all disabled kids. they were more disabled. we just threw the ball away in circles and have fun that way. >> home town crowd at the parapan a.m. games they will be. canada's confident. >> i think we're the hardest team to prepare for. we have so much depth and so

many strong players that you can't focus on one thing and you know you are going to get hit when you have the ball. >> one thing's garted, it will be a lively tournament. >> and the final has been sold out for weeks and weeks. i'll be back when england are in the throes of winning back. >> thanks andy. a developing news story we've been following. police academy suicide bomber detonated his pack in front of recruits. don't forget in the meantime you can always check out the latest on our website, aljazeera.com. that's it from me lauren taylor, for the newshour barbara serra

will be here with more.

>> a series of bomb attacks kills at least 40 people in the afghan capital, kabul. the taliban has claimed responsibility for a major blast at a police academy. hello there i'm barbara serra. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program. the united nations announces an investigation into chemical weapons attacks in syria. sanctions could follow if bashar al-assad'basharbasharal-assad'bl