>> the father of a palestinian baby boy killed in an arson attack last week has now also died from his wounds. hello. this is al jazeera live from doha. coming up on the program, typhoon slams into taiwan leaving tens of thousands without water or electricity. a deadly day in afghanistan.

explosions kill more than 40 people and injury hundreds more in kabul. and haitians prepare to vote in long delayed elections. the father of a palestinian baby boy burnt to death in an arson attack last week has now also died from his injuries. he suffered second degree burns to 80% of his body when his house was firebombed in the west bank. jewish settlers have been blame for the attack. let's cross straight to outside the home of the family. another tragedy. >> reporter: that's right. more tragedy for the family. with the tragic passing of the

father. 32 years old. and this house was the house he shared with his wife and two sons. as you point out, the 18-month-old was burnt to death after a suspected israeli settler attack on this house. they firebombed this house, causing serious injuries and the death of that young boy at the time. now the father is dead, but there's deep concern about the mother and there's also concern about the sun as well. he's four years old, suffering serious wounds, serious burns. but the mother is perhaps the most concern here. when she was taken to hospital a week ago, she suffered some of the worst burns, far more so than her husband. the fact that he's died, there is a lot of concern that she may succumb to her injuries. >> following the attack netanyahu vowed to spare no

effort bringing the perpetrators to justice. what's the latest? >> reporter: it's hard to say. there is a gag order on this case that the israeli government has placed on it. but we have been speaking to people in this area, speaking to neighbors. we have been speaking to israeli officials as well. from what we can tell, from what we understand, is that there has been no meaningful arrests in connection with this case. this case attracted so much attention not only here in israel, but the palestinian territories, but around the world given the brutality of the attack that took place. but it also coincided with the killing of a 16-year-old jewish israeli girl who was attending a guy pride event. this attack to this house and that attack only a few hours apart. when the israeli president described it as an attack carried out by jewish

extremists, that's a language that's very rarely used here in israel. it sparked as soul-searching within israeli society. here we are a week since the attack, we have the death of the father of this family. but while israel does that soul searching, they have not apprehended any suspects or charged anybody with this terrible crime. >> thank you for that update. typhoon slammed into taiwan. there is major flooding. buildings have been damaged. others collapsed. the storms are expected to make landfall in the mainland china area later on saturday. nearly 2 million households have been without power and 80,000 households have no water.

people have been told to leave their homes. we have this update. >> this is the downtown, the strongest typhoon recorded in 2015. trees have been downed. there is a real risk of lines falling down. all night we have been hearing sirens blaring as emergency services get to work. but the authorities are well prepared. typhoons are a regular event. the thing is that that might be the situation in the city. in the country there is very mountainous terrain. and 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. there is still the tail end of the storm to pass across as the storm makes its progress across the strait on to china mainland. however, transport has been suspended. as much as can be done has been prepared. we will yet discover the full extent as the day goes on. the u.n. pledged $9 million in aid to step up the response to the devastating flooding in mianmar. 90 people have been killed so far. aid agencies estimate that $47 million is needed in order to cope with the emergency. the jury in the united states convicted a former russian commander over a taliban attack in 2009.

he was found guilty of planning and leading the attack which targeted u.s. and afghan forces. the charges include attempting to destroy a u.s. aircraft and use a weapons of mass destruction. he's the first to be tried in a u.s. federal court. afghanistan's capital kabul suffered its worst day of violence so far this year. three explosions within 24 hours killed more than 40 people and injured hundreds more. jennifer glass has the report. >> reporter: the taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack outside the police academy targeting police cadets and staff at the facility. 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 afghan government

antinarcotics police camp. it was a complex attack. first an explosion follow by small arms fire. >> translator: a powerful explosion struck the area. windows shattered. >> reporter: a huge truck bomb exploded shattering windows making buildings collapse. a number of afghanistans were killed, hundreds injured in what was one of the worst ever attacks on civilians. he was at home in bed when the truck exploded across the street. >> translator: most of the people were injured from flying glass. 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 blass 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 at

a delicate political time. peace talks were derailed after the taliban announced the death of its leader. they are divided who should succeed him. it sends the message that fighters can strike in the capital and inflict substantial casualties. isil has been accused of carrying out another massacre in northern iraq. more than 2,000 people were killed, although the government can't confirm when the deaths occurred. >> translator: the criminal gains of isil have carried out a crime. they carried out a horrible massacre against our people. whoever carried it out cannot be considered human. 2,070 citizens because they believed in the concept of a

united country. >> it comes a year after the start of air strikes. isil has gained more territory since the offensive began. critics question whether the u.s. strategy is working. as we report, the obama administration says it needs more time. >> reporter: as u.s. president barack obama addressed the nation, he described a narrow mission in iraq. >> today i authorize two missions in iraq, target would air strikes and a humanitarian effort to save thousands of iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain without food and water and facing almost certain death. >> reporter: initially air strikes had early success, rescuing them. six weeks later, the mission expanded.

the plan, pilots would fly the missions. u.s. soldiers would train iraqis and moderate syrians to do the fighting on the ground. a year in, the plan working. critics say it just isn't. >> if you look at the data, you have to say no. in terms of numbers of fighters that isis has on their side, it has surge by the thousands. in terms of territory, they have held on to an enormous amount of territory. >> reporter: this is the territory this controlled before the u.s. took to the skies. this is what they have now. iraqi troops refuse to fight to hold ramadi and in syria, a year after it began, only 54 fighters have been trained. almost immediately after joining the fight, five were captured, one killed, many more deserted. the white house says the

training program is having some problems but defends the strategy pointing to some success. >> the coalition has taken out thousands of positions, bombs, vehicles and training camps. isil has lost 30% of the territory. overall, isil has lost more than 17,000 square kilometers of territory in northern syria. that's over the course of the last year. >> reporter: the pentagon says they have spent $41 million on training, a traction of the cost of the overall campaign. more than $3 billion, 6,000 air strikes. just in the first year of the fight, the president says it would take a generation to win. they insist they will succeed, the strategy will work, it's just a matter of time. still ahead on the program, thousands rally in iraq as soaring temperatures push

people's frustrations to a boiling point. we'll tell you about efforts to combat hygiene in cambodia to stop children from dieing of diseases.

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typhoon soudelor has left a trail of destruction. it's headed for mainland china. security has been stepped up across kabul a day after three explosions left more than 40 people dead. the afghan taliban claimed responsibility for one of the attacks. discontent is on the rise in iraq as people swelter through a heat wave. we report from baghdad where security has been step up to try and control the crowds. >> reporter: 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 mps who aren't considering our needs. their fate will be like the fate of the previous dictators. >> reporter: thousands demonstrated, demanding the simplest of services. >> we want electricity, clean water, better job opportunities. today's protest is about parliament. >> reporter: they took to the streets to prove to their 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 that is against the iraqi parliament. the activists, most youth, saying they are apolitical, blaming iraq's parliament for corruption that they say is inhibiting their ability to get a future. they want a government to work for them, to give them their basic human rights. the only flags allowed

demonstrating a unity that's been absent. since the days of saddam until now, nothing has changed. the only thing that changed is that 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 some tangible improvements to the iraqi people. >> reporter: a rally cry for a generation that suffered mightily over the past decade. now, during a record heat wave, they find themselves without electricity and air conditions many hours a day. they are beyond a breaking point. while they may be lacking power, they promise to keep taking on the powerful. too yemen where the alliance of fighters balloting houthi

rebels say they have captured more territory in the south. after securing the port city of aden. the popular resistance forces which are backed by the saudi led coalition and the government in exile say they hope to enter in the coming days. people in senar are stocking up on food and fuel. it's believed the aid ships will be sent to aden. turkey has frozen assets of the former president. he was ousted from power three years ago after nationwide protest and is now back in the houthi rebels in their fight against the government. four hostages that were being held in a hotel have been freed. they stormed the hotel ending a

siege that began on friday. at least three people have been reported killed. the hotel is used by pilots who work with the u.n. peacekeeping mission in mali. sunday mark as year since a white police officer in the u.s. city in ferguson shot and killed michael brown, an unarmed black teen imager. it sparked weeks of protest and a national debate about race and police brutality. we look at what has changed, if anything, since then. >> reporter: a tribute to one of their own. young people came out to mark the anniversary of michael brown's death. this benefit was organized by his father. backstage there was time to reflect on the incident that ended the 18-year-old's life and changed this community.

>> i believe ferguson started a fire throughout the whole country. people are going to come out and respond. >> reporter: around ferguson, reminders are everywhere. it was right here that mike brown was shot after being confronted by police for shoplifting. his body lay in the street for hours. now it's a makeshift memorial. a federal investigation cleared the officer involved, darren wilson, if any criminal wrongdoing. but it also found a disturbing pattern of police here where minorities were targeted unfairly for minor violations in order to raise revenues for the city through fines. that was treatment that fueled the violent response to brown's death. protesters squared off against police who were criticized for their heavy-handed response. sympathy marchs spread around the country, as did stories of

other unarmed black men. the slogan black people's lives matter. >> my son had a purpose. it has given a real voice to let people know that we are dealing with some social injustice. >> reporter: ferguson has a new police chief and city manager. there is a new judge. and the law that limits how much revenues municipalities can collect from fines. >> what i hope people recognize is that the still of ferguson from day one has tried to engage, has tried to listen. >> reporter: resident its believe there is a lot more work to be done. still, one year later, the call for change that started in ferguson, has grown too loud to

ignore. a man convicted of a mass shooting in to 12 has been spared the death penalty. >> i will never get to say i love you and have him hug me again. >> families gathered after the veteraverdict. he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. haitians will be voting. it's been tough to get people excited about it. >> reporter: political campaigning haitian style, a neighborhood rally is a good

excuse to break out the drums and have a party. citizens of this caribbean nation will vote sunday for members of parliament and local officials. and not all potential voters are quite as enthusiastic as these ones. each morning she sets up her pots and pans beside a busy street, offering plates of rice with vegetables on top. >> translator: avoteed in the last election. the price of rice went up. >> reporter: her views are typical of many where unemployment is at 40%, the average income is just $840 per year, and most people live in severe poverty. >> i'm doing everything to leave this country. i can't stand to live here.

>> reporter: elections were supposed to happen four years ago. but political wrangling led to repeated cancellations. these modest buildings are the temporary home of haiti's parliament. the original was destroyed in the earthquake of january 2010. this is the chamber of deputies. as you can see, it's hardly a bizzing hive of political activity. the elections have been delayed so often and for so long, that none of the lawmakers who sit here are still in office. so there hasn't been a single legislative session since january. since then the president has been ruling by decree. much to the outrage of his political opponents. at the council offices, executive director showed us a map of voting stations spread out across the country. security at the polls is a major

concern in several regions. >> translator: historically these places have a history of election day violence. >> reporter: back on the street, she has a customer at last. >> if the election happens, it happens. if not, it doesn't concern me very much to be honest. >> reporter: for many haitians, a plate of rice means a lot more than a slate of politicians. search teams in the mediterranean say chances of finding more survives are slim. italian police arrested five people in connection with the incident. it's feared that more than 200 people drowned. >> reporter: on friday italian police said they arrested five crew members of a fishing vessel believed to be caring more than

600 migrants. rescuers managed to save more than 300 from drowning and pulled at least 25 bodies from the sea. according to survivors, the crew members were believed to be the smugglers, looked more than than 200 in the boat's hull. the crew members were from libya will face charges of human trafficking. the search for more survivors continues. here the authorities say that because of good weather conditions, there is a chance that someone could still be alive after 48 hours since the accident even though it is quite unlikely. they say that they are realistic about the chances of finding someone alive at this point. the more than 300 migrants taken

here on thursday are being distributed to reception centers in northern italy. while the relatives and friends that were traveling with those that drowned are still receiving psychological assistance. in cambodia poor hygiene kills thousands every year. this colorful sink makes it fun for kids to learn about the importance of washing their hands. >> reporter: at a marketing event, the labobo has arrived. a bright and cheery plastic sink designed to get children to wash their hand. it's being sold. >> it looks bright. >> the idea is putting a value on something mean it is will be value and used. at the same time leading to a self-sustaining business. >> they are not like charity receiver, you know. they are a customer.

they are consumer. we value them. and that's why they will value our product. >> reporter: at just over $15 each, it's a hefty price tag in a village here, but it works. the organization behind labobo designed it suggestions from families in vietnam where 10,000 have been sold in a year. now it's cambodia's turn to get them. a country with one of the highest mortality rates for children under five in the region. child deaths from preventable causes such as diary in a pose a major challenge despite extensive hand washing awareness campaigns. it's getting families to adopt it. in this house, the labobo is one of the most expensive things they own after mobile phone and tv. >> translator: i used to have to

tell the children to watch their hand. now they do it by themselves before meals. >> reporter: the hope is her neighbors will want one as well. don't forget there is more on our website, the address is www.aljazeera.com. keep up with all our top stories. >> today on "talk to al jazeera" jazeera," norman lear , political activist and war veteran. >> who knows, god could be a woman, a president who would help us look in the mirror and see ourselves honestly. >> he is the man behind the iconic is i sit-coms of the 1970s