thailand's prime minister denied the attack. it was an act of terrorism. as the search for suspects continues. >> you're watching al jazeera. live from doha. coming up in the next half hour. israel suspends the detention of a palestinian man that suffers brain damage. fresh allegations of rape and abuse by the united nations peacekeeper has emerged. >> the u.s. fires continue to

burn in versal western states. thailand's prime minister is denying monday's bombing at a hindu shrine was a terrorist attack. people have been paying respects to the 22 people that died at the blast at the shrine. more than 100 others were injured. police issued an arrest warrant and a sketch of the suspect based on surveillance footage. >> the police vetted this. why do we have to talk about this. last night the united states had already said this is not a terrorist attack. no doubt about that. >> scott heidler has the latest for us in bangkok. >> the prime minister's office clarified on thursday what the prime minister meant to say on wins afternoon when he was recorded as saying that this was not a terrorist attack on the

shrine in bangkok. they say what he meant to say, what he was trying to get across was there was no definitive evidence pointing to terrorism in the early stages of the investigation. we spoke with administration officials on wednesday afternoon, and he said that there was physical evidence from that point, that points to it being made here in thailand. obviously this is early stages. there's a lot of material that feeds to be filtered through. the physical evidence from the blast. the evidence that might be in the bodies and body parts. from monday evening. that is ongoing. the prime minister's office is saying there's no proof that it was there, and they are investigating evidence as they move forward with this. also what we do know is they are searching for one key suspect. his face has been plastered across tv, newspapers and social media. they offered a 28,000 reward for

information that leads to his arrest. and are seeking out two other gentlemen identified. right now we are at the early stages of this investigation, something that could take weeks and monthless, but are not ruling out possibilities egypt's military says a car bomb exploited the outside a national security building. the military says six police men were injured. pt explosion was so strong it shattered glass in several blocks. >> israel's supreme court suspended the detention of a palestinian on a hunger strike while he received medical treatment. >> mohammed had not eaten while protesting being gaoled. his doctors say the hunger strike resulted in brain haemorrhage. we have this report. >> this mother thanks good after her son was ordered to be

released from a detention. he does not pose a security threat. >> the campaign by the lawyers family made him the face against prolonged israeli activity. other lawyers have seen the struggle. his health deteriorated because he's been on a hunger strike for 12 months. a coward order found he sustained brain damage. he lost consciousness and was placed on a respirator. >> according to a report his health condition was dangerous. we hope his health is good, and damage can be treated and he can be discovered soon. his lawyer says he is been detained without charge since november last year. under israeli administrative detention. palestinians can be held without charge. they passed a law allowing

force-feeding of prisoners being imprisoned without trial. in this case, israeli officials could not find a doctor willing to conducts tests to force-feed him. the tests are incompatible with human rights standard. >> on 30 july, the prison's act was amended to allow the judge to force-feed a hunger striking prisoner to prevent death if recommended by a doctor. it was to limit this means of enforcement until rights exist. numerous rights questioned whether force-feeding and medical ethics, safety and human rights. >> hundreds of palestinians remain under detention. israel says it's important to detain objectives.

they say on tuesday, it's the only option, held without charge by an occupying force. >> palestinian can says israel is acting outside of institutional law. they should have charged him. tried him. and give evidence that he hid something against the law, against the occupation law, and gaol him. they cannot arrest people. there's a rule of law in the world, there's the international agreements and the geneva convention. israel has not done anything to work within the community. israel have done this for a long time. >> it's not the first time. israel is acting with criminal

intent against the palestinians, trying to bring them into submission by humiliating one or two or three of each village in toward to keep the palestinians under occupation. israel has not respected human rights. as long as you are not jewish. you have no lights. you are treated like a subhuman. the head of the emergency relief coordinator says it's incomprehensible. they made the comments in the conflict. gabriel has more from the united nations. recently, back from yemen, where everybody was visited. giving a sense of how bad the american situation is. they painted a dark picture of a

humanitarian situation, and gave examples that he visited a hospital where the lights were flickering. there were people having to sleep on the floors of hospitals. using cardboard. several have shortages of critical medical supplies. >> getting aid in the country was difficult. and pointed to air strikes. it was an example of what the u.n. is trying to overcome. getting aid into the country. there's shortage of everything in yimen, and innocent civilians are suffering the most. >> i have returned from yemen, where the scale of human suffering is almost incomprehensible. i was shocked by what i saw. the civilian population is bearing the brunt of the conflict. four out of five yemenis require humanitarian assistance, and 1.5 people are internally displaced.

more than 1,000 children have been killed or injured, and the number of young people recruited, used as fighters is increasing. >> o'brien told the security council there's a money problem as well. he said the yun u.n.'s only received 282 million of 1.6 billion they say they need to fund the humanitarian relief effort in yemen, that's about 18%. and reminded the security council that there is no military solution to the conflict in yemen, and that this is a conflict that can only be solved through a dialogue of words meanwhile, the world food program says a fifth of yemen's population needs help to survive. we have the report once a playground, the streets are now a battle ground. for the children of yemen, war means being forced to grow up

quickly. >> my sisters and i are frightened when we hear the bullets. >> i'm frightened when i hear war planes, i can't asleep. i'm afraid the law will expand. >> the grim statistics support their fears. on everything three children are killed in the fight every day, five are wounded. many for life. >> these deaths are unyeses rip. and in the vast majority of people in yemen have nothing to do with this, they want to the have nothing to do with this, they want to educate children, see them glow up. they don't want this. they are suffering unyeses sirly. >> it's not just about directed tags. or boarder conflict. access to food and water in in impoverished country was difficult. the situation is more dire now. >> children who don't get enough

to eat are turned away from hospitals. 2 million suffer from malnutrition. the u.n.'s world food program estimates one in five yemenis is severely food insecure. >> between the lack of availability of food, the lack of access by humanitarians to the vulnerable population, lack of access by those that can't buy food, the lack of fuel available for people to move around countries, for us to milk it when it comes in, and lack of clean water. a perfect storm. that is brewing inside yemen now. >> every facet of life in yemen has been disrupted. markets with limited food. hospitals trained to the limit. schools enable it it stay open. the concern is that children will bear the brunt of the war, long after the fighting is over

of suicide bomb has killed two kurdish fighters in syria. armed groups say it carried out the attack on u.n. headquarters near the border with turkey. these pictures reveal the extent of the damage. the town is controlled by kurdish force and the syrian government a tunisian policeman has been shot dead at the police resort of suez. the same area where people were killed when gunmen opened fire. two approached police on a motorcycle before riding off. a search is under way still ahead on al jazeera - i.s.i.l. fighters killed an archeologist in the chain comment syrian city of palmyra.

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where there were terrorists attack. they are paying respects to the 22 that died. police are searching for suspects. >> egypt's interior ministry says a car bomb exploded outside a building in cairo. six were injured in a blast heard across the city israel's supreme court prevented the detention of a palestinian while he receives treatment. he had not eaten for 65 days, to protest his 9 month detention new rape allegations by u.n. peacekeepers in the central african republic emerged. three women, including a minor say they were assaulted, where peacekeepers from the congo are stationed. kristen saloomey has more from the united nations. >> three new allegations of wrongdoing for a peacekeeping mission that has been plagued by allegations of misconduct.

the latest involves three women, one a minor, who say that they were raped in the town, 360km outside of the capital of bangui. we have very few details about their situation, but we know that it was reported to the mission on the same day that secretary-general ban ki-moon announced that he was firing the head of the peacekeeping mission in the central african republic, because there had been so many problems and reports of misconduct. ban ki-moon cited an incident of a 12-year-old being raped and two civilians that were shocked. peacekeepers and unarmed civilians, that after months of accumulating complaints against peacekeepers. we don't have a lot of details about the latest case. here is what the spokesperson for the secretary-general had to say. >> these new alleges concern a report that three young females

were raped by three members of a nusra contingent. it was a human right position on 12 august by the families of the three women. the unhad not said where the peacekeepers came from. under u.n. rules, those countries are given 10 days no initiate investigation. after that, if no action is taken, the u.n. itself will step in. >> to the u.n. now where firefighters have decide battling wild firts in washington state. four others were injured. nearly 100 fires were burning. wildfires caused around 3 million hectares of land, the size of belgium. 30,000 firefighters and two soldiers have been deployed. we have the latest from washington state. >> it's a tough time around here. people in town, including firefighters at this fire station, learning about the

firefighting deaths and injury, an hour north of here, in the twist and winthrop areas, we don't know if winds play a factor. but it's been gusty, winds picking up. there's a red flag until friday and they are concerned about the winds. they have evacuated the towns of twist. meantime here in washington, about 1,000 peel are people remain out of their homes, evacuated. not allowed to go back. firefighters are worried about the conditions. 400-500 homes here there has been demonstrations in st. louis about the death of a black man shot in killed by police, two protesters have been arrested. the suspect was shot as the officers prepared to carry out a

search warrant. it comes 10 days after protestors were around the country marked a one year anniversary of the killing of black teenager michael brown. >> mexican president pledged to do a better job of protecting reporters and human rights activists. his first public comments on issues since the killing of a photojournalists. he and four women found dead. the murder sparking protests in the city. >> translation: the case of multiple homicides. without adults, they have to expand efforts. and arrest those responsible. attack, murder against journalists. >> the murdered photo journalist sought shelter, saying he was threatened in the eastern states. he reports on the growing

violence. >> reporter: every day israel, and other areas and journalists wonder how much of what they see can they report. teams have been killed. freedom of expression is a simulation. it exists only when it doesn't affect the interests of the powerful businessmen, politicians and organised crime. by law, they are allowed to say what they want. if they do, they could end up dead. >> those who challenge the government or gang are punished. like journalists, the town mayor is wanted by police on suspicion of his murder. his son will not give up. he's taken over the local newspaper that he used to run. >> i realise they didn't want to kill a person, they wanted to

kill and hide what was happening. we are trying to tell them. you can't kill him. we won't shut up. >> not just in their cruise, but many areas of mexico. they don't like what they are told. >> for many, the only option is to flee. they saw mexico city as a safe haven. the sense of security was shattered when a photojournalist here in the capital was torture, and killed with four other people. cartoonist knew yest pin ota. and like him comes to the city. i'm leaving the country because i don't think anyone in mexico is safe. the death is a threat to the journalists. journalists say 20 million for a

government programme is inefficient and distrust worthy. the vast majority have got us sold. which is why israel is joined with others, despite the danger to demand freedom of speech and justice. mexico has become flying drones over the pacific coast. nesting grounds. it's peak nesting season, and drones are washing over. authorities say they are aimed at increased coverage of the area, and are trying to stop poaching of eggs from endangered turtles. the sale of turtle meat has been bound in mexico for more than 20 years. >> african union peacekeepers are cooperating on major offenses against the armed group. the aim is to cut off groups to

kenya. in the meantime local forces are taking on al-shabab, near the port city of kiss myo. we send this report these are the men somali wants to use to take territory back from al-shabab. they are the latest for the somalian army. they are trained in the port city of kismayo. capital of the state, one of the last strongholds. >> we cannot allow shabbier to use this as -- al-shabab to use the area as a hide out. >> until the army recruits finish the training, it's the fighters who have trouble defending the government control. we set out with them to their front loins.

moving a small group of al-shabab fighters, known to conduct surprise attacks almost anywhere. suddenly we are under attack. >> there has been al-shabab here, known for attack. >> and with the forces of the space... >> with attackers pushed back, and connected for. we move forward to the front line. beyond here is the territory. they can't afford to attack. they know their enemies could hit. a few hundred meters away from forces. there's the base. >> translation: we have a close

working relationship with the peacekeepers. we exchange intelligence and information, and they support us by treating the sick and wounded. >> until recently, it's been an important base, with the village turned into a battlefield. those goodnight it are terrified. this woman says her roadside cafeteria was burnt down, she was accused of selling food to government soldiers. this is a war. it's an age group. >> south sudan's president salva kiir reastured the u.s. -- reasewered the u.s. that he intended signing a peace deal. the u.s. arrived for the u.n. council to impose an armed

embargo. it wants those sanctions to come in effect in september if they fail to agree do ta truce, and south sudan has been in civil war since 2013, when fighting broke out between supporters, and forces loyal to their rival. >> the largest annual arts festival in the world taking place. performers from 39 countries merged on the scottish capital, with more than 3,000 shows scheduled. we have the action. >> this is engulfed with performers using every nook and cranny to show case their talent. there are no artistic limits. the festival is open to anyone with a story to tell. that makes it a unique environment. >> thank you for holding. how can i help you. >> reporter: mark already made it big as a comedian on tv.

he keeps coming back. >> how are you? >> it attracts everyone, huge name comics, new people waiting to be discovered. >> he played to empty seats, but can sell hundreds of tickets a night. >> i was discovered here. i won an award in '96. i met tv and radio producers, and i got good at what i do. you have to push yourself to by successful. here in edinburgh the competition is brutal. with 3,000 shows attracting the same audience, it's about how many flyers they can get out or how many post erts they can put up around the city. amy is making her stand-up debut. >> my catch phrase is not lived.

it was inappropriate. they come away pocket. >> it's a good edinburgh. everyone makes money, apart from the artist. >> money is not the main objective. artists are here to hone their craft and find an agent. >> people that perform now will end. they'll end up on the tverings, will end up in films. >> reporter: the next big thing could be found in a laundrette. the search will be on a bus. some of the spaces transforming. with costs, soaring artists say they may break the bank, but not their spirit japan has launched an unmanned spacecraft with

supplies to the international space station. 3, 2, 1. engines igniting. >> it lifted off from the space center on wednesday. carrying food, water and other equipment for astronauts. >> >> [ ♪ ] >> you know people were dropping like flies. all of those lying closer to the plant. >> we are not seeing one thing off. >> we are paying with our lives. >> lots of men, lots of money, trafficking. >> you cannot promote a technology producing the most toxic substance on earth, and also protect the public.