a rare moment of unity the u.n. security council burys it's differents and endorses a peace plan for syria. -- differences. this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead on the program, burundi's president tells al jazeera he won't allow thousands of peacekeepers into the country. overwhelmingly backing extra terms for the president will be live with the provisional results from the rwandan referendum. an up roar in u.s. as schools are closed in one district over

accusations of islamic indoctrination. world powers at the u.n. have agreed on a road map for peace in syria. the security council unanimously backed a plan for talks between the syrian governments and the opposition along with a ceasefire. the question remains over just who will be taking part in those talks as well as the future of syr syria's president bashar al-assad. >> reporter: a unanimous vote by the u.n. secure council endorsing a clear and ambitious time line for political transition in syria with face-to-face talks and possibly a ceasefire in just a matter of weeks. this resolution was the result of very last minute negotiations. it's a demonstration of the difficulty of the task ahead that as ministers were arriving in new york, talks with still

underway. diplomats reporting to the russian foreign minister were fighting with their counterparts over many of the words and details of resolution. when it was finally passed, it was praised by the current president of the security council, the united states. >> after four and a half years of war, this is the first time we have been able to come together at the united nations in the security council to embrace a road forward. during that time one syrian in 20 has been killed or wounded. one in five is a refugee. one in two has been displaced. the average life expectancy in syria has dropped by 20 years. >> reporter: here in the corridors and offices of the united nations they now face a tough challenge convening peace talks between the syrian government and the syrian opposition next month in january. there are still many unresolved issues, who should be in that

opposition delegation and which groups should not be allowed to go to those peace talks or even take part in the future of syria because they are designated as terrorists groups. despite this the man charged with leading the peace efforts says it is now doable. >> do you remember the name mission impossible? well, mission impossible is becoming potentially possible thanks to what we saw today. >> reporter: but the hardest issue of all, the future of president bashar al-assad, is still in dispute. the russian foreign minister again stressing it was not for the international community to decide his fate. >> translation: as to bashar al-assad's fate, we talked about that. repeatedly just recently, president putin addressed the nation in his annual press conference and he elaborated saying that we cannot agree with any issue which gave a nation

from outside what its leadership should look like >> reporter: at one point as he spoke in russian secretary kerry wasn't ge getting the translation on his headset. this on the day the two men, as well as the rest of the security council, finally negotiated the exact language of the resolution, but will those carefully agreed words still mean to both men when put in the coming months russia's growing influence in syria appears to of been key in getting agreement on the security council. the former russian diplomat explains why russia supported the asme n resolution. >>-- u.n. resolution >> i don't consider that russia

support bashar al-assad as a personality or regime this way or that way. i think the main principle that should be governed is to be absolutely clearly make everything according to the united nation charter, international law and under goals of united nations security council. any elections or any changes in constitution should be done, it is clear, for all sides. these changes should be done under very thorough earrings of international community. this time it is really international community, not russian or chinese international community, but it is international community that support it by the security

council resolution. i think it is very serious step of ahead iraqi defense minister says at least nine iraqi soldiers have been accidentally killed in friendly fire by the u.s. led coalition. they were carrying out air strikes against i.s.i.l. near the city of falugia. the u.s. is investigating the instance. it is the first instance. iraq's army continues to battle i.s.i.l. fighters in and around the city of ramadi. government force been working to retake parts of the capital which was seized in may. 12 iraqi soldiers have been killed in an i.s.i.l. suicide car bombing there north of the city. in the i.s.i.l. stronghold, a woman and three children have been killed in shelling by iraqi government forces on residential neighbors. i.s.i.l. says its suicide bombers have also killed three iraqi soldiers north-east of the

city. breaking news to tell you about. we're getting reports that a huge explosion was heard in the center of the somali capital followed by gun fire. that's all the information that we have right now. the capital has been the scene of unrest before and we will, of course, bring you more information on that story as and when we get it. our preliminary results in rwanda show that voters have backed a referendum that would allow the president to stay in office longer. the constitutional change to lift term limits means the president could remain in power until 2034. michael webb is live for us. malcolm, 98.3% yes vote, which seems high. is that credible and will people believe it? >> reporter: people in rwanda probably will.

it is very unusual here to find anyone openly questioning official government on anything. the voter turn out was exactly the same figure, 98.3%. rwandan opposition and critics will be questioning the results. they say it is not a conducive environment for free and fair elections or referendum as it was in this case because it is a climate of intimidation and fear and that people can't freely express their will, but the commissioner in a press conference was asked about this and denied it. he said it was a free and fair election and it was a free expression of the people's will because they want the president in power what's next? >> reporter: the president himself hasn't said yet openly

if he wants to run again in 2017 for another term, and what he indicated was he wanted to wait for this referendum so he could engage the political-- gauge the political will. in the coming days or weeks or month we can expect him to announce that he will run again in 2017. what we don't expect to see here is the kind of protests or unrest or violence that have followed pushes top extent term limits in neighbouring burundi or in the democratic republic of con congo. in those countries there has been unrest in response to drives to extend the presidential term limits. here the police and the security forces have things tightly under control. even if anyone wanted to protest, they wouldn't try. they say in the long run it is a disaster having a firm control, such a firm grope on power. they say in the long run that

could mean the country returns to the unrest and violence that it saw in the 1990s. the government says it is continuing on track for stability development and peace and they say none of that is going to be a problem thank you for that. the president of burundi has told al jazeera that he doesn't want african union troops sent to keep the peace. the ua says burundi is on the brink of civil war and 5,000 peacekeepers are to be sent without the country's consent. a report from bujumbura. >> reporter: the burundian government has reacted angrily for the proposal of sending 5,000 peace keepers to the country. they are to prepare the ground

for peace talks about the president. a spokesman for the president told al jazeera that they did ninety want foreign forces in burundi. he said burundi soldiers were already serving in african union peace keeping missions across the continent, and that if the african union felt that burundi needed help in terms of forces, it should return their troops and not bring in any foreign forces. the violence in burundi started in april after the president announced that he will seek a third term in office. the violence has affected all aspects of life in this country. >> reporter: burundi is at a critical juncture. the fallout from the political crisis is damaging the economy in one of the poorest countries in the world. unemployment is on the rise and so are the prices of basic goods. traders in the capital bujumbura

say business is bad. >> translation: there is no business to talk about. we rarely get customers. the prices of goods have gone up and most people cannot afford them any more. >> reporter: supermarkets where wealthy people and foreign workers once shopped are empty. at least 220,000 people have fled burundi since the conflict began in april. this man is one of the if you foreign businessman brave enough to stay on in bujumbura. he runs this mobile phone shop in the city center. >> translation: these are tough times for everyone. we hardly make any sales, but i would say i'm doing much better than most traders. we are hopeful of better times ahead. >> reporter: for the first time since the end of the civil war a decade ago, the international monetary funds say the country's

economy is to shrink by 7.2% this year. government leaders are seeking to maintain the impression, they are continuing to function, despite the crisis. the mayor of bujumbura says all is not well. >> translation: it is difficult for hungry people to listen to the words of their leaders. we are meeting resistance from the people when we ask them to pay taxes or even take part in community development matters. >> reporter: more than half the population suffers from malnutrition. rising food prices are adding to the pressure on them. diplomatic efforts are being made by the international community to stop burundi from sliding back into civil war. for most burundiians the end of fighting may not equal the end of their economic crisis. with the position to send troops, they are saying the violence in burundi has to be

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peace of syria. there is no mention of bashar al-assad. disagreement remains over his future. preliminary results in rwanda show that voters have backed the referendum to allow the president to stay in office longer. the constitutional change to lift term limits means the president could remain in power until 2034. the president of burundi has told al jazeera he doesn't want african union troops sent to keep the peace. the au says burundi is on the brink of civil war and is proposing to send 5,000 without the country's consent. two convicted war lords have been sent back to the congo to serve prison sentences. one was found guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers in 2002 and 2003.

he will spend 14 years behind bars. the other was convicted of war crimes last year and he will be locked up for 12 years. millions of people in iraq have limited access to health care, but receding revenues have left the government struggling for resources. people are also stretching the system almost to breaking point. a report from erbil in northern iraq. >> reporter: this woman was forced out of her home when i.s.i.l. took over. she lives in a camp amongst thousands of other iraqis. last year she was diagnosed with cancer and had to have multiple surgeries and therapies, but now she says she has stopped her treatment because she can't afford it any more. >> translation: since last year i had cancer and a charity helped me to go to the hospital and with surgery.

they helped to take out the cancerous lumps an all other treatments, but after that i had to do all the tests and treatments business my, and-- by myself and i have no money for that. it costs at least $100 and i stopped all of that. >> reporter: her story is not unique. the u.n. estimates more than three million iraqis across the country have limited or no access to health care. charities and aid agencies are doing what they can but it's not enough. there are 74 hospitals under the occur dished regional government. the government admits that it is struggling under pressure from over crowding and lack of money. it also says that it has to accommodate an additional two million people who have either been displaced from their homes inside iraq or refugees from syria. those who can afford it use private clinics and hospitals, but the majority of people here have no means to pay for private health care. there are 20 hospitals supposed

to be built here since last year. baghdad is blamed for not doing enough. >> they have to provide more than they provide until now because most of them, they belong to other part of the division and the people have to send the share of this government. >> translation: we are calling all of the international organizations and also the countries and other countries to help us. >> reporter: until that appeal is heard and help arrives, she will continue to be left with a stark choice. she can either feed other horn or continue her treatment. -- feed her children more information to add now to the story we were telling you

earlier about the explosion in somali capital. a car bomb apparently was the cause of the explosion and it has killed three people. that is according to police there. we had earlier reported that this was followed by gun fire. no further information on that as at the moment but we will bring you more on that story as we get it. senior leaders of india's main opposition party have been granted bail in a corruption case. congress president sonia ghandi and her son are accused of illegally acquiring real estate worth $300 million dollars. the family has produced three prime ministers. the race is on to replace obama when he leaves the white house.

whoever win says next year's election will have wealthy backers. obama raised and spent more than half a billion dollars to win the presidency three years ago. it is expected his successor has to raise even more. a report from new york >> reporter: they're running to be president of the united states but also in a race for the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to pay for it. the start and finish line of the money race is wall street. big banks and their employees, the largest contributors to campaigns. in just a six-month period here is what bankers have contributed so far. 636,000 to democratic party front runner hillary clinton, 606,000 to republican jeb bush. by law in the u.s. the most an individual can contribute to one candidate is $2700. here on wall street wealthy banker types often get around this by collecting individual

campaign contributions from their equally wealthy associates and co worksers and then bundle all those contributions together to deliver for their candidate of choice. >> they're hoping to support somebody who would be amenable to their interests or somebody who would have an open door or an open ear to what they have to say, policies they might support. >> reporter: others are getting in the act. marco rubio was in new york who has received from bankers $150,000 in contributions. money from an industry responsible for the economic meltdown of 2007 is not something the candidates go out of their way to publicise. that was evident at a fund raiser in a new york hotel where some streamed in after having

paid a thousand dollars to have breakfast with bush. the event was off limits to the press. it did attract the attention of a small bus buh vocal group-- but voc group of protesters. >> the system is being drowned out by money. >> reporter: socialist bernie sanders wants to break up the big banks. donald trump doesn't need their money. it's likely the only thing the pair have in common. they are the exception not the resume. in american presidential politics are awash in money from the wealthiest an arabic writing lesson at one u.s. school has sparked parental uproar and threats of violence. classes were cancelled because of complaints that thousands of students may be indoctrinated.

>> reporter: the hauls of the school here were empty to friday. more than 10,000 students were told to start their winter breaks early. officials say they received tens of thousands of emails over an arabic caligraphy environment. students were asked to copy what is known as the shahada. some parents say the assignment was trying to indoctrinate students with islam. others say the threats and school closures are symptoms of wider anti muslim sentiment being fuelled by political campaigns. >> when we are being fed fear day in and day out, we act as human beings, we act out of that fear and we act irrationally. that's just a symptom of a much

bigger problem because we're getting ready to choose our next president. this is a very important policy decision that we are making in a democratic society and when we literally our judgment is impaired by this fear rhetoric, we are not going to be making a rational decision. >> reporter: during the tuesday night republican debate candidates referred to islamic terrorism more than a dozen times, mentioning i.s.i.l. 70 times and terrorism 90 times. apparently more thans are more likely to die from obesity than an act of ground. >> the reality on the ground, right now in america we have 30% of republican primary voters saying that they want to bomb agoraba which is a fictitious country where two people fell in love and rode on a magic carpet. we're dealing with a situation

where people are so fearful that they are responding in this way. >> reporter: that fear is what has attributed to the closure of the second largest school district on the day of the republican debate. the students returned to class on wednesday after investigators said the bomb and gun threats received via email were a hoax the arrest of a union leader in south korea has sparked protests. the president is being criticised forward a crack down on union members and critics of the government. it wants to liberalize the jobs market making it easier for employers to sack workers. in cuba basketball players are honing their skills anywhere they can. on the streets.

a report from our correspondent. >> reporter: it began with a group of friends on the street corner. it has grown into a vibrant well organized league, independent of the fluence of the cuban state. >> translation: our level is very, very good. which is why the authorities have been questioning our existence. we're now as good as them. that caused us some problems, but our ideas to one day join with the organized basketball with them incorporating some of our ideas. >> reporter: the street league has received support from full corporation peace. an organization promoting solidarity on the basic ball court. >> translation: we are americans and they're cubans but on the court we can be friends >> reporter: the league help keep youngsters out of problems and this is how they express themselves, by bifurcati ball,

when i play basketball, i'm in tune with myself and how my body works. it forces me to tend my mind. >> reporter: they use creativity to establish courts where there is adequate space. and to adapt the rules to a tougher more aggressive game. this is street basketball, raw basketball played for the players and the neighborhood, free of constraints imposed by the states. the state is beginning to notice the sprit scene. this again with young players from the national basketball school. >> translation: this league is very well organized. this is street basketball. while ours is state run and organized. my kids study basketball and use technique. >> reporter: they're all learning from one another with the passion and power of cuba street basketball scene,

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