of financial aide. the news continues next live from london. keep up on aljazeera.com. >> one of istanbul's top tourist attractions where soldiers were killed in southeast turkey. >> hi there, i'm felicity barr. this is what we have coming up. young children are killed every day in the war in yemen. archaeologists who spent half his life carrying for syr syria's ancient city of pa

palmyra. and the desperate journeys to the greek islands. >> hello, the country is moving swiftly towards early elections. after losing it's majority in the june elections, president erdogan could give the mandates for a new government to another party, but he hinted he won't do that. >> unfortunately, turkey has not founded a new government yet. in this regard we're going to need to ask the will of the people to find the solution. i'm conducting this process within the frame of the constitution, and i'll continue to do so. >> well, this political crisis has taken place along continuing violence across the country. the police arrested two men who threw a bomb into the policemen

during istanbul's best tourist attractions. and in the southeast of the country, eight soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack. al jazeera's bernard smith has more details. >> the eight soldiers killed in southern turkey were in a vehicle that rolled over, drove over a roadside bomb that the security services say was detonated remotely, and they're blaming fighters from the pkk, there were other soldiers in that vehicle who were wounded. this afternoon in istanbul some shots were fired outside of the palace. a major tourist attraction. one police officer was slightly wounded in that attack. nobody yet claiming responsibility for it. all of that coming as turkey h heads to a second election in the next six months. the party failed to find a coalition partner, now president erdogan is set to call those new

elections. likely sometime in the end of october or the end of november. and until then, an election government will be formed, a sort of caretaker government. that will be made up of all the parties represented in parliament at the moment. and until the first time the akp will have to do what it has been trying to avoid doing, and that is to share power. menstrual position also have to be given to pro workers who are in parliament for the first time. chp will get menstrual positions. we're likely to have quite a fractious government in turkey. those parties are all ideologically opposed on many policies. and there is unlikely many things they'll agree upon at a time when turkey might need a stable government.

>> to yemen now, the country described by the u.n.'s children's agency as one of the most terrifying places to be a child. unicef children are dying every day. those who survive live in constant fear of being killed. since the war escalated in march, 398 children have died and 605 have been injured. children also being forced to fight in this war with unicef confirming that 377 have been recruited as child soldiers. and children are going hungry. with 1.8 million expected to suffer malnutrition. the world food program said that a fifth of yemen's population is severely food insecure, and depending on urgent help to survive. >> these streets are now a battleground. for the children of yemen, war

means being forced to grow up quickly. >> my sisters and i get so frightened when we hear the bullets. we're afraid we'll die. >> when i hear warplanes i can't sleep. i'm afraid the war will expand and i'll lose friends to this war. >> the grim statistics support their fears. on average three children are killed in fighting every day. five more wounded. many maimed for life. >> these deaths are unnecessary. in vast majority of people in yemen have nothing to do with this. they won't have nothing to do with this. they want to go about, live their lives, they want to educate their children and see their children grow up. they don't want this. they are suffering unnecessarily. >> it's not just about direct attacks. even before the conflict access to food and water in this impoverished country was

difficult. their situation is far more dire now. children who don't have enough to eat are turning up in hospitals. 2million are expected to suffer from malnutrition this year. the u.n. world world program estimate one in five yemenis is severely food insecure. >> between the lack of available food. the lack of access by humanitarians by the vulnerable population. the lack of access by those who can't buy food. lack of ability to move around the country to mill grains when it comes in, and the lack of water a perfect storm brewing inside yemen right now. >> every life in yemen has been disrupted. markets with limited food, hospitals strained to the limit. schools unable to stay open. the concern is that children

will continue to bear the brunt of this war long after the fighting is over. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> last-minute donations amounting to $17 million have helped to stop the closure of the united nations' schools to palestinian refugees across the middle east. u.n. workers have faced several sit-ins in a refugee camp, protesting the plans to delay the start of the academic year. the u.n. said it did not have enough money to keep cools open in jordan, syria, lebanon, the occupied west bank, and gaza, but last minute donations will mean that schools will start on time. ththe defense team wants an immediate release on the grounds that his health has

deteriorated. israel alleges that he's affiliated with islamic jihad. at least ten kurdish fighters have been killed in an attack in syria. a bomb attacked the headquarters. they have had some of the most successful fighting isil, which has seen contro--which has seized control in large parts of iraq. a man, 82-year-old, was abducted in may when the isil fighters captured the 2,000-year-old world heritage site. >> for half a century assad was a guard of the ancient ruins. it's here that the 82-year-old academic is believed to have been beheaded by the islamic state in iraq and the levant. before the syrian conflict, the

ancient buildings and amphitheater drew tourists from around the world. assad maintained the heritage site and gaining international recognition. >> he would live there and die there if need be, and he did pay the ultimate price. >> in better days a assad showed foreign dignitaries around the site. but then the war came to palmyra. fighting between syrian rebels and government forces peppered the ancient buildings with bullet holes. and then after capturing the site from government forces isil arrived. assad stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the museum's valuable contents but was taken hostage and reportedly interrogated. isil has destroyed hundreds of heritage sites across syria and

iraq. sledgehammer and power drills with been used to ruin priceless artifacts. some fragments of human history has been successfully shulinged out of the--smuggled out of the conflict zone, but it's believed that isil may have sold some artifacts on the black market to help finance their campaign. the human cost is clear. this shows 25 men in a packed amphitheater before their apparent execution. and now the beheading of assad, a renowned archeologist who devoted his life to palmyra, an airport city of the crossroads of civilizations now at the mercy of isil. neave barker, al jazeera. >> allegations of rape by peace keepers in the central african republic have emerged.

gabriel elizondo is in new york, tell us more about these latest allegations, gabe. >> well, the peacekeeping mission in the central african republic thrown into more turmoil with this unexpected announcement by an u.n. spokesperson within the last hour. details of these alleged rapes are not fully known yet, but what we do know is allegations apparently came to light last week when the relatives of three young women came forward to u.n. officials to say that they're--that three young girls were apparently allegedly raped by peace keepers in the central african republic, at least one of the three girls apparently is a minor under 18 years old. this apparently took place in a town 350 kilometers outside of

bangui. again, the details are still coming to light as the investigation moves forward. let's listen to what an u.n. spokesperson had to say just a few minutes ago. >> on the central african republic, the u.n. mission there said this morning that a new series of disturbing allegations much misconduct has recently come to light. the events allegedly took place in recent weeks. these new allegations concern a report that three young females were raped by three members of the military contingent. the allegations were reported to the mission's human rights commission on the 12th of august by the families of the three women. after receiving the report the mission informed u.n. headquarters here in new york, which notified the office of internal oversight services and the troop contributing country in question. and the department of field support has requested to meet with the member state

immediately. per procedure, the contributing country has been asked to indicate within ten days if it intends to investigate the allegation itself. should they decline to investigate or fail to respond the united nations would rapidly conduct it's own investigation. >> now, just last week secretary general ban ki-moon fired the head of the mission in the central african republic after other allegations of misconduct by peace keepers there came to light. allegations of rape of a 12-year-old girl and killing of two innocent civilians, allegedly, at the hands of u.n. peace keepers in the central african republic. that was an unprecedented move last week to fire the head of the mission there in central african republic, and this is part of what appears to be a seaming problem. since april there have been 61 allegations of misconduct by peace keepers in the central

african republic, including 13 cases of sexual abuse. this has been taken very seriously, and it's really throwing the peacekeeping operations there into some degree into crisis, and certainly these latest allegations that were very much unexpected and just announced by the u.n. certainly are going to throw the situation there even into more uncertainty in this peacekeeping mission there in that country. >> and we'll continue to follow closely. thank you. >> still to come on al jazeera, the thai police identify the main suspect in bangkok's bombing, and says he was not acting alone. plus the flick of evidence that suggests russian authorities hiding the truth scale of an oil spill in siberia.

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our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >> turkey's president said that the country is moving towards early election. unicef has described yemen as one of the most terrifying places in the world to be a child. east eight are killed or--at least eight are killed or injured every day. tharcheologist kh a, led

assad was beheadedly isil. he was abducted in may. thgreece receiving bailout, bu funds should be released in time for greece to make its payments by thursday. syrian refugees have left the greek island of kos. they will be taken to the mine land and will continue their journey north. thousands are left behind, and still more are arriving. >> an early morning rescue by the greek coast guard. another precarious vessel in distress. many others do make it across. this is a family of syrian family syrian refugees, who

final iow finally arrive to the island of kos. >> did you pay somebody to give you this boat? >> yes, $1,000. >> per person? >> 500 for children. >> the shoreline is littered with the remnants of overnight arrivals. it is a fairly short but sometimes a perilous crossing. a child was confirmed to have drowned when the dinghy overturned. >> a boat like this represents the business class. it's fast, it's reliable. it's relatively safe, and it's estimated that those on board

will have paid $2,000 a head to make the journey. >> this is the sort of budget ai airline equivalent. >> using such a vessel these pakistanis were lucky to survi survive. >> we are coming to this site. outhere are three of us. >> so the boat was drifting, and then the coast guard rescued you. >> they rescued them. >> the coast guard returns to port not for the first time this morning, heavily ladened once again, and it won't be the last. jonah hull, al jazeera, on the island of kos. >> the police in thailand say

that they believe the suspect in the bangkok bombing was a foreigner and did not act alone. from bangkok scott haidler reports. >> this is the man that thai police are hunting for in connection with the shrine attack. they issued an arrest warrant for him saying he appears to be a foreigner. they're offering an reward for information leading to his arrest. he's a constant figure on social media, but police say they don't believe he acted alone. two our expects have been identified on closed circuit tv footage at the bomb site. >> at the moment, some of these pieces are comin of the bomb are coming from our own country. >> they would help to pinpoint where the bomb was made.

at this stage of the investigation they're not rolling anything out. especially when it comes to the motivation behind the attacks. these bombings come just as tourism is rebounding here in thailand. and the arrival numbers of the all important chinese market doubled in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year. these were direct attacks on this nation's economy that is so strongly connected to tourism. 10,000 additional security forces have been deployed in bangkok. this has reassured some of the tourists. >> at first i was shocked to hear about the blast after assessing the situation i think bangkok might be safer after the bomb. >> as friends and relatives look at the list of the dead and injured from the bombing, thailand admits they will have to work harder to prevent more attacks. >> protesters have gathered in the chinese city of tianjin

after the explosion forced them out of their homes. ththose whose housing was at the site of the blast are asking for compensation. a ferry capsized and killed over 300 people. officials home that the recovery will allow for nine missing bodies to be found. we have more from seoul. >> for the family members of the victims of the disaster, many who maintain this protest here in central seoul, it's been a very long time to wait for this recovery operation. at last to get under way. there had been a good deal of debate within the south korean government whether to raise it at all, he debate of practicalities and the cost effectiveness. that was resolved in april of

this year with the presidential decision that they would raise the ferry. it will cost in excess of $17 million u.s. dollars, and it will be incredibly difficult and initaly kate. first there will be the survey period, then divers will go down to put netting across the openings in to prevent any missing nine people who may still be on board that ship to prevent their remains from floating out. then they'll try to inflate portions of the ship to get a bit more buoyancy, and then it will be carried on a rig to support the entire vessel as they take it closer to shore before raising it on to a floating dock. and then to the shore. it's going to be incredibly difficult as well as costly operation. the people we spoke to, one mother of a 17-year-old boy who died in the disaster. she said that they'll maintain this vigil until the very end to make sure that the ship is raised, and as much as can be is found out about the

circumstances surrounding the south korea's biggest disaster. >> sentencing any estonian policeman in prison for 15 years for spying. he was arrested last september. the police say he was caught in russian territory with a gun, cash and hidden recording device. buhe will serve his sentence in a russian hard labor camp. >> his abduction and illegal detention in russia concludes it is against international law. he was not allowed to be present at the hearings and he was deprived of adequate legal advice. >> russia is accused of covering up the scale of an oil spill in

siberia in june. they're asking just how much oil leaked. but the oil companies that accused them of exaggeration. >> as any detective will tell you, the work is far from glamorous. an environmental activist for greenpeace, still she's on the hunt for evidence, and she's finding it. the cover up has not been particularly thorough. >> the company brings fresh sands of soil and discover the oil spill under the fresh soil. >> on june 23rd, oil burst into the flooded river in western siberia, and a slick spread out across the flood plain. >> the company announced that they spilled 450-kilos of oil.

but you see oil all over, the traces of the oil, even on that ban bank of that part of the river. we see 450 kill lo 450 kilos cannot pollute such a big area. >> animals were coated in crude. a month and a half later they're still tallying up the damage. >> we lost everything that was here. we were promised they were going to replace the soil, but what about the food? there is a winter to get through. >> we just don't know how bad this spill is compared to other russian spills because the data just isn't published, not the amount of oil that leaked, nor the amount of land that it has polluted. the only data we have is the number of pipeline ruptures.

12,000 in 2013. that's an average of 32 every day. russia's environmental watchdog has moved to investigate this leak and several executives of state oil giants have lost their jobs. but the root of the problem is russia's. >> all oil companies have to deal with it because oil--

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