>> the al shabaab armed group attacks a hotel in somalia killing at least 15 people. hello there i'm shiulie ghosh. welcome to al jazeera from doha. a russian airliner crashes in sinai. there was no distress call.

and the turkish election, after june polls. and new zealand wins back to back world cups. two explosions have gone off in a hotel in somalia's capital mogadishu. killing at least 15 people. one car bomb exploded outside the hotel, second inside the hotel when a suicide bomber detonated explosives. al shabaab has claimed responsibility. police personnel have regained control of the hotel. >> the somalis forces are on the ground. they are coming to the hotel to

see whether there are any pockets of resistance, we have scanned the first three floors and they are working, they are in croalz of th control of the . we do not have any numbers or any identity so far. there is a lot of -- there are a lot of rumors flying around. but for us, we should only give the information of any casualties, that are right now. >> it is a day of national mourning in russia for 224 people killed in saturday's plane crash. a shrine to the victims have been set up in the city of st. petersburg, where the airbus a-321 was traveling. investigation was taking place why the plane came down in the sinai peninsula. peter sharp joins us from st. petersburg. peter, a national day of

mourning for russia, flags flying at half mast. tell us what's going on now? >> arrival gate at st. petersburg, some young children coming in and laying flowers and candles there, and those scenes will be repeated all over st. petersburg. those outside the winter palace will be filled with tens of thousands of people for a candle lit vigil. it is conceivable that vladimir putin could attend this. he has been handing out or dealing with condolence calls all day. after that vigil the first of the bodies will start returning to st. petersburg. theam be flown in in aircraft during the night. so it is a pretty somber day

here. >> indeed. what are the investigations going on in the crash, what's the latest you're hearing on that? >> well, that's well underway. three aircraft have been taking out a huge team of air safety officials and the transport minister, and they are there at the scene of the crash as the bodies are starting to be removed. black boxes have been found, they are intact and the russians will want to take those back to st. petersburg with them. but as far as any calls for -- this was carried out by any affiliate of i.s.i.l. the transport minister says it is still too early to say. but the very careful forensic tests should make it very, very clear whether this was an act of terror or it was an aviation

accident, but there was certainly no warning. the pilot gave no warning of distress, so whatever happened, happened very quickly. >> peter, thank you for that. peter sharp at st. petersburg. >> lufthansa and other airlines say they will stop flying over that area. the russian teams will have as much time as they need to complete their investigation. now people in turkey are voting in a second general election in six months. the poll was called after the party of president recep tayyip erdogan failed to win enough seats to get a majority in the

previous vote in june. here is how they performed in the june 7th election. of the 550 seat, the ruling and justice party or the akq party, the chp got 131 seats. the nationalist party or the mhp, 79. the pro-kurdish people's democratic party or hdp got 18 seats or 13%. 42% would give it the 276 seats it needs to govern on its own. the hdp also has a number in mind, it has to secure at least 10% of the vote if it is going to get back into parliament at all. jamal el shael, tell us what the

mood is like or what the turnout is like. >> well, sheu shillie, because e elections sore crucial, the security level depend on the outcome of these elections, there is expected to be a high turnout and we have reporters across the country, shiulie.

>> security upper most on their minds. >> security is playing higher and higher in the recent weeks, particularly from the twin bomber attack in ankara which killed over 100 people. there's a breakdown in the turved state anturkish state ans well as several i.s.i.s. attacks and crack downs by the police arresting suspected i.s.i.s. militants inside turkey. but aside from that the turkish lira took a pretty big hit and instability in the fact that no party was willing to join another in forming coalition government. there's also obviously the other policies in terminate of

democratization, those who want to make it a presidential one to the current one, as well. all of these things are playing higher on the agenda. people in turkey have strong opinions about a variety of different things shiulie. >> jamal el shael in turkey there. al jazeera has gained rare access to the i.s.i.l. group, how they are recruiting children to work for them. >> reporter: the men giving weapons training ochildren have pledged allegiance to the islamic state of iraq and the levant. al jazeera has been given rare access to the front lines in eastern afghanistan where i.s.i.l. says it's gaining ground. and they seem to be preparing to

stay as the recruitment is aimed at the very young. i.s.i.l. fighters seem comfortable in the village life, where there's the constant fear of drone strikes but their enemy is the afghan taliban. >> fighting a holy war under the caliph's leadership. >> defending territory not just from the afghan military but also from i.s.i.l. gunmen. >> we don't agree with those brothers who want i.s.i.l. here in afghanistan. because the taliban are already here. and if there's no need, why would you join them? >> reporter: al jazeera was given access to two of the groups' bases. the numbers don't seem large but they say there are more in fighting. >> a large number of foreign

fighters that have come from saudi arabia and europe, they are not here to show you their faces. >> these children say they have been trained by foreigners and don't mind to give up their lives. >> notorious for his ruthlessness say suicide attackers don't scare him. civilians who only see war for decades are afraid of more violence. i.s.i.l. entered the conflict traditionally between the afghan government and the taliban. i.s.i.l. is finding sanctuaries to grow stronger. osama ben javad, al jazeera. >> you can watch i.s.i.l. and the taliban on al jazeera, which airs 2000 gmt.

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a suicide bomber detonated explosives. it is a day of national mourning in russia for the 224 killed in yesterday's plane crash. a shrine is set up in st. petersburg, where the airbus a-320 was traveling to. turkey second general election in six months. president recep tayyip erdogan fails to form a coalition in june. leaders from south korea, japan and china have been meeting in seoul. the talks were the first since 2012. relations have been strained due to issues dating tobacco world war ii. north korea'north korea's newars are said to dominate.

good to have you with us graham. so those talks of just finished. what do you think we can expect to be announced from that? is it mostly about improving trade ties? >> i think it will be about the improvement of trade ties but as you mentioned it will be about security, going forward in the region, how to engage north korea, to work with them, to have them comply with what the international community expects in terms of their behavior on the nuclear weapons program. it will also be about the other things that have been put on hold since 2012 when the last trilateral summit was frozen. this includes disaster relief. east asia is plagued with certain disaster prone challenges and these things have to be ironed out and i think all these issues have been tabled today and at least a form of them have been discussed in order to set a positive tone

going forward. >> there will also for the first time be a one on one meeting between the leaders of south korea and japan. that coming after a long diplomatic freeze. how significant is that? >> it will be very significant, the sit down between park geun-hye and shinzo abe. it will be historic because president park has refused to meet prime minister shinzo abe since she took office three years ago. it will set an important tone between the two countries. there is a lot to be ironed out. i think historic baggage still exists between them. i'm not sure if most of the hot button issues will be ironed out tomorrow but the most important thing for them really is to meet eye to eye. the optics is very important

because it tells the international community, the region how important the trilateral relationship between the three countries are, to serve to be a key driver of the asia pacific going forward. >> do these leaders have pressure at home to make progress here? >> they do very much. the constituents, the reporters if you like, in these countries, and constituents in china all expect the governments, their respective dwofts to do the right thing. the right thing in the eyes of these constituents come in conflict with these different countries. they have all different perspectives everyone feels they're right, no one feels in a wrong position. there is a lot to be discussed, a lot to be compromised, i think there's a lot to do on the road ahead but the leaders have pressure to set the right tone

at least of the form of the relations between the three countries. >> graham, thank you very much, speaking to us live from singapore. >> preparations are underway in myanmar for the country's first properly questeproperlyproper c5 years, the opposition leader aung san suu kyi is not involved. >> usdp just a few hundred people turned up. many of the party's candidates

are ex-military and the party is viewed as loyal to the junta after ruling for 50 years. >> the military has been actively involved in building a inflation. i too am a former cano, we can offer a better future for country. >> well financed political party able to reach out to the rule of population. it's been accused of vote buying by offering free medical checkups and soft votes t. it didn't have to face the main opposition party the national league for democracy. the nld, led by former prime

minister aung san suu kyi is tipped to win. matching the usdp in strength, it previously took the vote but wasn't allowed to take power. whoever wins, the military will remain a powerful force. the generals will have a say in how myanmar moves forward. florence looi, al jazeera. >> israeli soldiers have fired live ammunition to protesters in hebron. thousands of people turned out on the streets of hebron for the funerals on saturday. israel handed over their bodies on friday only after

intervention from mahmoud abbas and international groups. it's been 20 years since the assassination of itzaak rabak r. former u.s. president bill clinton who worked closely with rabin and palestinian leader yassir arafat spoke at the rally to honor him. >> he never stopped seeing his possibilities in life as his own. the third thing that i learned from him, most important, for you tonight in this complex and challenging moment is, he

refused to give up his dream of peace in the face of violence. >> cyclone chipala is expected to make landfall, south in the arabian sea in record. >> severe weather has led to the death of six people in the u.s. state of texas. almost 7 centimeters of rain fell in one hour in the city of houston. >> the u.s. search team has tbhoound ifound what it believee wreckage of el faro, which disappeared on october the 1st while en route from jacksonville, florida to puerto rico. all 33 crew members on board

disappeared with the ship. guinea's constitutional court has declared alpha conde the winner. given more than 57% of the vote in the october 11th poll. it gave him a second five-year term in office, due to be sworn in in december. environmentalists want to convince people that human waste can be a fuel. >> teaching women about neighborhood in coal. known from human waste. something new here, northwest of kenya's capital nairobi. >> people normally ask me is it

really safe? they are very conservative and their first reaction is shock. but i explain to them that this is been tested and proven to be safe. >> nivasha is known which its flower fans and also for no proper waste disposal system. so most of its waste is dumped in the lake. >> the community latrines are mr. terrible shape, it's unsafer at night to use them. >> sanitation has been giving people toilet boxes like this one and collecting their waste about twice a week for $5 a month. >> meant to kill everything

that's harmful. it is a process that takes at least a day to make sure the waste is correctly sized and fits. in a fairly simple process, making these brickettes are mostly sold to industry but also reaching out to people at home. >> there are a lot who don't have the gas stoves, they have the three stone fire and they found that tower charcoal is perfect for working with the existing mechanics. >> many people here use charco charcoal. a good things for a country that search out of 10 kennans lack a toilet. those who work towards

plannizing these bricketteses, convincing people that even huge waste can be good. fest. >> first team to successfully defeated the world cup. andy gallagher has the story. >> together for the first time. in weather more familiar with the sowrnt hem southern hemisph. >> can't wait. >> old legends and young legends, beaten by the old group from australia. >> the early question came from new zealand.

giving the legendary dan carter the chance to win the cup but, the old blacks were doing nearly all the action. a deserved 16-3 half time lead. just as devastating, scintillating try. this australia team would not dream of giving up particularly not in a world cup final and find out how they coo serge over disws fittingly it was carter who made the them save, by the time bodon barrett broke free to score, his team was used.

>> is best to have played for the all blacks but with special players all and him. >> it's not just so being the hero any time you get pnl. >> reporter: new zealanders live and breathe ruk by. now they have a team that can be called by many, the who has ended up still the champions. lee wrilings many al jazeera. >> four gym flases have achieved gold. eight competitors apart four of them were judged to have identically scores.

instead of a money makers, all their national an thems were played during what was obviously a stented ceremony. you can keep up to date with all the day's news and sports, the address aljazeera.com. now tens of thousand of rohingya, are housed in primitive camps under government armed guard, while others have tried to flee oversees to malaysia. but as jason motlagh reports, the refugees are being exploited and abused by people traffickers, while aid agencies and governments are failing to protect them.