tonight, and we go live... >> u.n. security council wants to finds out who's behind chemical attacks in syria's war. hello. i'm in doha with the world news from al jazeera. also ahead another loss for the palestinian family whose home was firebombed in the west bank. we'll have a live report. power cuts drive thousands of iraqis to demand basic necessity necessities. more people are killed as a

typhoon makes landfall in taiwan. the u.n. security council voted unanimously to set up an investigation into who was responsible for chemical weapons attacks in syria. the west is repeatedly blamed the atrocity on the government. the inquiry could pave the way to sanctions against those responsible. we report from the united nations in new york. >> reporter: there is agreement on the what. now the u.n. security council wants to know the who. >> will thoses in favor of the draft resolution please raise their hand. >> reporter: a vote to set up a panel of experts to finally point the finger of blame for the chemical weapons and chlorine attacks in syria. it's the first time blame could be assigned to the perpetrators.

>> this sends a clear and powerful message to all those involved in chemical weapons attacks in syria. we will identify you if you gas people. it bears repeating we need to bring the same unity we have shown today to urgently find a political solution to the syrian crisis. >> reporter: the origination opcw concluded that chlorine has repeatedly been used as a weapon in syria but they never had the mandate to assign blame. russia's supporting the resolution was a rare sign of agreement with the u.s. but it continues to view with scepticism that the president was responsible. >> translator: the question of who used chlorine is still unanswered. because we don't have a mandate to identify those participating

in such acts. we became witnesses of statements which were meant to be propaganda. >> reporter: horrific scenes of human suffering in the aftermath of the attack on the outskirts of damascus and spurred international action to end syria's chemical weapons program. once those responsibles are named, what's next? the u.n. security council would need to take that issue up again separately at a later date. blame might be assigned, but it won't happen immediately. the secretary general has 20 days to issue a recommendation on how the panel should be set up. after that, they will have 90 days before they need to issue their initial reported on findings. everyone hopes that will be one step closer to bringing justice to the victims.

the assistant secretary for political affairs under george w. bush. he says little hope of anyone being brought to justice on the chemical attacks. >> it's a step, a small step. i don't think we should be rejoicing that this mechanism has been set up. it's a long path between setting up a mechanism and bringing those responsible to justice. for a number of reasons. look, it's evident that these are chlorine canisters have been weaponnized for the use to go against civilians and rebels inside syria. they were delivered by syrian helicopters. one should think it would be easy for the committee to interrogate and depose every helicopter pilot in syria and hopefully one would actually, in fact admit to being a participant in these atrocities.

however, i think that's very unlikely to happen in any suggestion that we are going to find a smoking gun between the use of these weapons and what i think most people hope is that it falls at the feet of assad. i think the chances of that happening are nonexistent. afghanistan's capital kabul, has suffered its worst day of attacks so far this year. three explosions within 24 hours killed more than 40 people, injured hundreds more. the latest attack happened near a nato military base where five afghan security officers were killed. jennifer glass reports. >> reporter: the taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack outside kabul's police academy targeting police cadets and staff. the bomber was wearing a police uniform and trying to get into the academy. across town there was another attack near kabul's airport, not far from a u.s. special forces

base and an afghan government antinarcotics police camp. first an explosion followed by small arms fire. >> translator: an explosion struck the area. i don't know what's going to happen now. >> reporter: in the early hours of friday morning a huge truck bomb exploded shattering windows, making buildings collapse. a number of afghans were killed, hundreds injured in what the president said is one of the worst ever attacks on civilians. this man was at home when the truck exploded. >> translator: most of the people were injured with flying glass. there was glass everywhere. everything was full of dust and smoke. they put me in a car and brought me here. it was a very bad explosion. >> reporter: he said the blast in the middle of the night didn't differentiate between rich and poor. the dead and injured were mainly

civilians. there's been renewed violence across afghanistan at a delicate political time. taliban peace talks were derailed last week. the commanders are now divided over who should succeed him and whether peace talks can resume. fighters can strike in the capital and inflict substantial casualties. a u.s. federal jury convicted a former russian military commander of planning and leading a taliban attack in afghanistan on american and afghan forces. he was found guilty on 15 counts including attempting to destroy a u.s. aircraft. american officials say he fought during the soviet war in afghanistan and stayed back to join a network a group linked to the afghan taliban. the father of a palestinian baby who burned to death last

week has died. he suffered second degree burns to 80% of his body when his house was firebombed in the west bank. we are live from west jerusalem. what more do we know about this? >> reporter: the tragedy to the family has become that much more tragic with the passing of the 32-year-old father of alid, the 18-month-old baby who was burnt to death after his home was firebombed in the early hours of last friday morning in a suspected israeli settler attack. now, his mother and brother a four-year-old, also remain in hospital. they both remain in serious condition. the mother's condition for several days now was thought to be much worse than the father's. the fact that he succumbed to

his wounds, there is a lot of concerns about her as well. >> this is a story that's garnered a lot of international attention because of the shear hainousness of the crime. what do we know about the current investigation into the search for who was behind this arson attack? >> reporter: that's right. this case has attracted so much attention internationally. not only because much the brutality of what happened to the family. the attack on the family also followed the stabbing of six people at a guy pride event here in jerusalem in which a 16-year-old israeli girl later died of her stab wounds. and that was carried out by an ultraorthodox jewish man. here we have two cases of what

the israeli president and prime minister had described as jewish extremism resulting in the deaths of people. jewish extremism is not something they don't say very often. the president's denunciation of these attacks has led to death threats against him because there are several elements within israeli society which are very sensitive to the idea that jews can be considered extremists. whatever the case, with respect to the family, and now the killing, we don't know an awful lot. there is a gag order on this case. we don't know if anybody has been arrested in connection with the killings. however, we do understand that at this stage nobody has been taken into custody and charged with anything in relation to this case. and that really just lends to the concern here in israel and in the wider palestinian

territories as what's described as impunity of settlers. according to a group over 90% of criminal cases or cases of any kind brought forward to israeli security forces, complaints, if you will, from palestinians about settlers attacks, over 90% never result in charges. so at this stage not a lot is being heard and many people don't feel like they will ever have any kind of justice in this case. to yemen where the alliance of fighters battling houthi rebels say they have recaptured more territory in the south. the resistance forces which are backed by the saudi led coalition say they hope to enter in the coming days. people are stocking up on food and fuel after records that aid

bound for the capital was diverted. it's believed to be on its way to aden. a typhoon has hit taiwan. it's made landfall on the east coast early on saturday bringing strong winds and heavy rain. 2 million people are without election tricity. villages from remote areas as heavy rains batter the region. we have this update from taipei. >> reporter: this is the heart of downtown taipei city. the strongest typhoon to be recorded in 2015 passes by. trees have been downed, lines across the street of this busy street. there is a risk of lines falling down. all night we have been hearing sirens blaring as emergency services go out.

the thing is that that might be the situation in the city. in the country there is mountainous terrain. there is a strong likelihood of landslides and flash floods there. so the full extent of the damage still isn't known particularly as we see 300 millimetres of precipitation fall across 95% of the island over the last seven hours alone. and still the tail end of the storm to pass across as the storm makes its way on to china mainland. however, transport has been suspended and as much as can be done has been prepared. we will yet discover the full extent as the day goes on. >> we are going to take a quick break. when we come back, as night closes in, a conflict comes to life. we'll report from a turkish town at the center of a battle between the government and

kurdish fighters. plus all aboard, how mexicans have turned abandoned train carriages into affordable homes.

>> again a reminder of the stop stories. the u.n. security council agreed to establish an inquiry into who was behind chemical attacks in syria. the west is repeatedly blamed the atrocities on assad.

the father of a palestinian baby that died from an arson attack has died. he suffered burns to 80% of his body. jewish settlers have been blamed. 2 million people in taiwan are without power after typhoon soudelor made landfall. as temperatures soar across iraq public discontent is close to boiling point. they aretesting against government corruption and power shortages. we report from baghdad where security has been stepped up. >> in baghdad the tempers were as fierce as the temperatures. and on this scorchingly hot day some boiled over. >> translator: this is a revolution. this is the last warning. next time we'll walk right into parliament. this is a warning to all officials and all mps who

aren't considering our needs. their fate will be the same as the previous dictators. >> reporter: thousands demonstrated demanding the simplest of services. >> translator: today's protest is about parliament. >> reporter: they took to the streets to prove to the leaders that this movement is real and vowed to keep coming out so long as their needs aren't addressed. one of the strongest sentiments we are hearing is one against the iraqi parliament. the activists most youth are apolitical blaming iraq's parliament for rampant corruption that is inhibiting their ability to get a future. they are saying they want a government to work for them, to give them their very basic human rights. the only flags allowed demonstrating a unity has long been absent in iraq's

government. >> translator: since the days of saddam until now nothing has changed. the only thing that changed during saddam's time, we only had one saddam. now we have thousands of saddams. i'm about to graduate. i'm confident i won't get a job. so many basic needs aren't available to us. we hope these demonstrations will bring improvements to the iraqi people. >> reporter: a rallying cry for a generation that suffered over the past decade. now, during a record heat wave, they find themselves without lek triry city and air conditioning for many hours a day. they are beyond the breaking point. while they may be lacking power they promise to keep taking on the powerful. there have been protests in south turkey after three people

died. demonstrators threw petro bombs at police who responded with tear gas. earlier, three kurds died. hostilities have increased since the cease fire. bernard smith has more from the center of the latest violence. >> reporter: evening is usually the busiest time of the day. as the scorching summer sun sets the streets would fill with shoppers, the cafes come alive with gossip. but this kurdish town close to turkey's border with iraq, is in the middle of a new outbreak of fighting between turkish security forces and the pkk. the mayor from the pro kurdish democratic party fears a return to the early 1990s when the military launched a crackdown on

pkk havens here and in iraq. >> translator: week would be out until midnight, drinking tea having fun. now the shops started closing early. people are anxious about what's happening. they dare not go out. >> reporter: on some nights they battle the pkk affiliated youth groups. these are young men and women who might have gone to the mountains as pkk fighters. forces are burning positions in forests in south eastern turkey as well as in iraq. it's part of what the turkish government says is a broad offensive against all threats to its security. that includes isil and the pkk. dotted across these mountains you can see areas where smoke is rising. that's where there's been fighting between the turkish military and the pkk. a spokesman for turkish

president says that these renewed assaults are in self defense. he says that despite promises made, the pkk has failed to disarm. the orders that knock on any door and you will find someone connected to the pkk. a group listed as a terrorist organization in the u.s. and europe as well as turkey. hamaji has one son in jail and a second in the mountains. >> translator: it's better not to fight. even the pkk sometimes say it's better to make politics. they were to find a solution with a pen not by using guns. you keep killing, i have to show my fists. >> reporter: attacks blamed on the pkk killed 16 members of the turkish security forces. here a roadside bomb killed three soldiers. it's raising fears of a return to a conflict that claimed 40,000 lives over 30 years.

at least five people have been killed and three others kidnapped during an attack on a hotel in central mall mali. it's used by pilots who work on u.s. peacekeeping missions. the death toll from flooding has risen to 88. the u.n. pledged $9 million to boost the relief effort. we report from one of the worst affected areas. >> reporter: this is where he returned home after the floodwaters receded. buries is what used to be his house. in a village outside the town in the western state. >> translator: i was poor, but now i have nothing left, even my house is no more. >> reporter: some 40 other homes

have been damaged. >> translator: at first the water kept coming slowly slowly. then all of a sudden it was very high. >> reporter: there are no fatalities here. because monks sent boats to ferry people to safety. floods are common during the monsoon season. but the villages say the recent one is the worst they have experienced. similar themes of destruction. people say 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 farm land, much of that patty fields. there are concerns there may be a shortage of rice, a staple food. this family is farmers. they are trying to vallage stock

from their last harvest. >> translator: we don't have enough food, our fields are destroyed and now i'm in debt. >> reporter: the government has been distributing relief packs food and clean drinking water. but in the village aid hasn't arrived. access by road was only reopened the day before. the people here say they need help and they need it soon. florence lee. in come cambodia poor hygiene kills mostly children. >> reporter: at a marketing event r it has arrived. a bright and cheery plastic sink

designed to get children washing their hands. it's been old rather than given away. >> kids love this. it looks very bright. >> reporter: the idea is putting a value on something mean it is will be valued and used at the same time leading to a self-sustaining business. >> they are not like charity receiver. they are a customer. they are consumer. we value them. and that's why they value this. >> reporter: just over $15 each, it's a hefty price tag in a village here. but it works. the organization behind it designed it suggestions from families in vietnam where 10,000 have been sold in a year. child deaths from preventable causes such as diarrhea still pose a major challenge. despite extensive hand washing awareness campaigns.

the problem is getting families to a doctor practice and water sheds believes giving away bowls and buckets doesn't work. in the main house it's one of the most expensive things they own after the mobile phone and tv. it takes pride. >> translator: i used to have to tell the children to wash their hands. now they do it themselves. >> reporter: the hope is the neighbors will want one as well. a jury in the colorado movie massacre case rejected the death penalty for james holmes. jurors agreed he will serve life in prison without parole instead. holmes opened fire during a film and killed 12 people and wounded 70 others in 2012. the u.s. coast guard released images of a homemade submarine used to smuggle cocaine. it seized the vessel off the

coast of mexico last month. mexico's capital is one of the most populated cities. but a poor city found an unusual solution. >> reporter: a usual mexican school day in a very unusual classroom. this is the country's only railway wagon school. >> it's great because when you are in here, you feel like you are traveling to other countries. >> reporter: the school has converted the abandoned rail cars. elizabeth gives us a tour of her train car. >> here's my kitchen and living room which is small but comfortable. this is the bathroom and shower. and as you can see, we have internet. phone line and cable tv.

>> reporter: elizabeth's husband work for state rail company and the family lived and traveled in wagons. when the company wound down, they moved into these abandoned ones. they raised a family here. now elizabeth's son teaches in the school. >> translator: all of the families have known each other for years so we are very united. if someone has a problem, we solve it together. >> reporter: the community's biggest problem has been the mexican authorities to move them on. they always resisted. metropolitan can't afford a house. mortgages come at high interest rates. so if you are not well enough off to buy a house outright, and that includes mexicans living in the wagon here, your chances of owning a property are slim. the community continues to expand with a new generation growing up in these unusual

living spaces. it may not be perfect but it's home. keep up to date with all the news on our website www.aljazeera.com. america's economy is cruising, 215,000 new jobs added in july and the unemployment rate steady at 5.3%. this is lowest level since the 2008 recession. but even president obama's administration admits there is still slack in the labor market. after all those layoffs. later in the story, i'll speak with christopher lew. meanwhile, the republican party debate, the first of many for a presidential election that is still 17 months away, we didn't hear much from the gop