>> i.s.i.l. is accused of firing a rocket from syria which hit a turkish school. >> this is school reception, imagine the chaos and panic when the first blast happened. ♪ >> hello there i'm barbara serra, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up in the next 30 minutes, the u.n.'s new refugee chief demands a fairer formula for sharing the burden of the crisis in syria. warnings, an el nino weather system could leave 14 million hungry in southern africa. and a ban on donal trump.

the british parliament debate on the u.s. candidate. thank you for joining us. a rocket fired from syria has hit a school, killing a female cleaner. turkish military sources says their radar showed that they were fired by the islamic state of iraq and the levant, from inside syria. the mayor of killes says all schools in the town have been evacuated. al jazeera's andrew simmons sends us an update. >> this is the school reception, imagine the chaos and panic when the first blast happened. the emergency services were on the scene very quickly. they desperately tried to save the life of the staff member

right here but she died. there was also a female student she was critically injured and taken to hospital where she's in serious condition. there was another injury also also taken to hospital and it's unclear of their condition at the moment but not believed to be life threatening. look at the blast damage and look at the crater right here. this rocket came something 17 to 20 kilometers. it came from i.s.i.l. positions, according to turkish security forces and there were two others also fired and they landed nearby in a field on soft ground. but this is a very ugly development in the whole crisis here. many people saying that frightened for their children, frightened what might be attacked next. it isn't confirmed that this is an i.s.i.l. attack but every suggestion according to turkish officials points in that direction. look at the damage here. every single window smashed. and when you look at the

position of the i.s.i.l. potential attackers, this could be a response to the latest pressure from the turkish military who have been responding to the i.s.i.l. attack in istanbul last week, with the prime minister claiming that up to 250 i.s.i.l. operatives were killed in a matter of 48 hours. so is this an escalation which could mean more attacks here? it's unclear at this stage. >> meanwhile the syrian observatory for human rights say i.s.i.l. fighters have captured new areas near the eastern syrian city of deir ez zor. including an army base and an armed depot on the city of ayash, an appalling massacre in the city over the weekend. well, diplomatic talks to try and put an end to the war in syria are due to take place next week but now the french foreign

minister laurent fabeau is unable to confirm. do we understand, james bays, whether the talks are actually going to ham? >> well he is expected to be leading the tawsm talks and med. staffan de mistura says he confirmed that he hasn't issued the formal invitations. there are two main reasons. one is that there's disagreement in the international community who should be in the syrian delegation, it was up to saudi arabia to come up with a delegation for the talks while russia believes that the delegation that saudi arabia has

come up with does not have enough secular members, does not have representation from the kurds. that's one problem. even if you put that one problem aside, those that are in the opposition delegation currently drawn by saudi arabia, they aren't even sure they want to go to the talks in geneva. their worries are this, they believe two years ago there are talks that took place in geneva, they believe that the syrian government stall didn't really engage properly in those talks and when the talks ended they went back home to syria and thousands more people died. so they want a guarantee from their supporters, their allies as they see them countries like the u.s., the u.k. and france, that this isn't going to happen again. and if the talks fail again there's a plan b. >> and so james i mean following on from that, is there a plan b? is the u.n. trying to organize these new talks so they don't break down again? >> well, certainly, mr. de de

mistura saying he didn't want the mistakes of the takes two years ago. he didn't tell the security council how he planned to remedy this, but source he i've talked to at the u.n, there's an idea that these talks will start as proximity talks, they won't be face to face in the vaim room for mansame room inmany days. there was a suggestion two years ago they were brought together too soon. i am told by mr. de mistura that there will be 11 people in each delegation. as told the delegations anyone who takes part as part of the negotiating team can't be part of what they're trying to work towards which is a transitional government. so that's another rule that he's put in place. but for now barbara, these are rules for talks which currently look a little in doubt. >> they do indeed. james bays, thank you.

the u.n.'s high commissioner for refugees says the international community must find a fairer way of sharing the burden of the syrian crisis. speaking at a refugee camp in jordan where most syrians have sought emergency shelter, flee poffelipogran grande speaks. >> the crisis cannot concern only the countries faibin neighg syria. has to be shared in an orderly way. >> the chief of the unhcr. >> this refugee camp, is the tip

of a growing refugee crisis. as the fighting intensifies in syria there are more trying the get in. at least 17,000 again are massed at the border, many of them hungry and cold according to aid agencies. the u.n. is helping jordan address their security concerns so more of those people can be allowed inside. these started out as tents, now pretty much everyone lives in a trailer. it's still hot in the summer and cold in the winter and not always electricity but more than that, people don't want to live in camps. so more than half a million syrian refugees in jordan are trying to survive in the outskirts of cities, living in unheated apartments, crammed into houses, it is the same situation jordanians are living as well, creating a lot of resentment. the commissioner says he would like to see european countries

changing the regulations, to legally allow in some of these asylum seekers. whether it's to reooufnt reoouf families. still a drop in the bucket. the main message really is that after five years refugees are increasingly vulnerable and the countries hosting them are increasingly vulnerable as well. javier, al jazeerajane arraf, a. drowd maddrought made worsel nino weather pattern, the

worst-affected country is malawi? 16% of the population are expected to go hungry. in madagascar 1.9 million are at risk, in dismaw zimbabwe, 1.9 mn are at risk. the drought affecting last year's april harvest on the back of that we now have continued drought produced by the el nino weather phenomenon which basically means reduced rainfall for this season and that unfortunately coincides exactly with the plantin planting seasos region. so we expect that the numbers could increase substantially, later this year, and indeed into next year. >> a palestinian teenager has

been shot by israeli forces after allegedly stabbing a pregnant israeli woman. police say the man entered the tecoa settlement in the occupied west bank south of jerusalem and stabbed an israeli woman. she wasn't seriously wounded and her unborn baby was unharmed. >> air strikes by saudi coalition in yemen, are a unit in sanaa was hit. the coalition has been carrying out nearly daily strikes since march against houthi rebels who have seized control of large parts of yemen. meanwhile, the attacks in yemen are beginning to look like a systematic campaign. now an official loyal to president abd rabbu mansour hadi, in a separate incident a

judge was shot dead. al jazeera abul mont reports. >> a suicide bomber exploded his car outside the home of the regional security chief in the city's jabal el hail neighborhood, despite a strictly enforced curfew that has just been extended fof the last month. a spokesman says the rebels have infiltrated the security services. meanwhile, saudi air strikes continue to pound houthi positions. >> we start the targeting security institutions will undermine security, cause instability and shake the domestic front. the more violence the air strikes and the killings get the tighter the domestic front will be. >> reporter: according to the united nations, the fighting on

the ground in yemen along with the air strikes has killed at least 6,000 people since july. around half of those are said to be civilians. a prominent local journalist will also killed in a saudi led air strike on sunday. a reporter for several western and international news outlets died. imran khan, al jazeera. still to come, friday's attack which killed 28 people, in burkina faso. plus, laying off people that are paid but don't actually work. work. that can ever happen to you can also be your savior.

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>> now a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. a rocket fired from syria has hilt a school over the border in turkey, killing a female cleaner and three others. the turkish government says i.s.i.l. is responsible. the u.n. high commissioner for refugees is urging the international community of finding a fairer way of sharing the burden of the syrian crisis. the u.n.'s world food program has warned that 14 million people are facing hunger in southern africa because of drought made worse by an el nino weather pattern. debating whether donald trump should be band from the u.k, this is a debate taking place now, more than half a million people signed a petition

calling for the ban, that means it must go before parliament, only the home secretary can ban an individual from coming into the country. it was trump's call to ban muslims from the u.s. that called for the petition. nadim baba reports. >> love him or loath him donald trump can't stay out of the headlines. but some people in brid britt by he should be banned from the country. because of this. >> donald trump is calling for a complete banning of muslims from entering the united states, no. our officials can figure out what the hell is going on. >> more than half omillion people have signed an ornl petitiosigned an onlinepetitione petition says donald trump is no different than others who have bard from britain on the grounds

of hate speech. >> it's banned 80-odd people for hate speech in the past. in trump's case they really should do it. there have been cases in the united states where his hate speech has led to actual violence. >> reporter: suzanne kelly's long campaigned against trump's efforts to develop luxury golf courses here in england. he last spent lots of money in this site against the wishes of many residents. >> mr. tumple ha trump has had s since 2008, there is no golf course and development, there's only a golf course and clubhouse. an ambassador for scotland and honorary degree taken away but his recent comments on a u.s. show raised eyebrows in the capital which prides itself on its diversity. >> we have places in london and other places that are so

radicalize they'd police are afraid for their own lives. we have to be very smart and very vigilant. >> that claim's been reiterate cooulridiculesby both the polica government. not everyone believes he should be banned from entering the country. >> i don't think we can essentially ban him at the moment but i really don't like what he stands for at all. >> you have no right to talk about banning him, donald trump from coming to england. reason being america and england has always had a good relationship. now if you start that then you're going to break off that wonderful relationship that they had before. >> reporter: the u.k. government's described trump's remarks related to muslims as divisive, hateful and wrong but not enough to declare him personpersona non-grata. >> let's go to allen fisher in

washington. allen, if we believe that all publicity is good publicity, how is donald trump reacting to all this debate happening in the u.k? >> he has made no reference to it at all. he's he's made a big speech and hasn't even mentioned it. he's not going to say something about people wanting to ban him there doing something. his business interest and his campaign have said they can't quite understand why the british parliament would take up time taking up what america tides to do in the middle of a presidential campaign. as far as they're aware britain followed free speech and donald trump was doing exactly that, highlighting concerns of people who may want to vote for him come the iowa caucus just over two weeks away and in the presidential campaign in general. his business interest said, if you want to go ahead and ban

donald trump that means you're also banning the billion dollars or so that he was going to bring to inward investment particularly to those golf courses in scotland. but you can rest assured that in some video house somewhere probably in iowa everything that is being said that is derogatory and mean and nasty about donald trump is being recorded and will at some point be used in an attack ad either by his republican opponents or, should he secure the nomination, by the democrats, when it comes to time for the general election. >> should he secure the nomination, how is he actually doing? what's the latest on the contest for republican nomination? >> if you look at the latest national polls donald trump is ahead by some considerable figure, but you've got to set national polls aside, it's going to be state who will decide who is their nominee. iowa is the first nominating quest.

the iowa talks are held two weeks from tomorrow. then marco rubio, ben carson, jeb bush way down. but donald trump has the lead, depending on what happens in iowa. that's going to be the key contest. we continue with the campaigning, we continue with the mud slinging. but this is now the business end of what has seemed to be a very, very long campaign. with one more debate and then of course the all-important iowa caucuses. >> allen fisher with the latest from washington, d.c, allen, thank you. beenin's president has accompanied burkina faso's leader to the scene aft tack which led 29 people dead. a nine-year-old was among those killed in a hotel and cafe on burkina faso's exam on friday. visiting the siege of at least

50 people also wounded. al qaeda in the islamic maghreb said it was responsible. our correspondent mohammad adow is in ouagadougo. >> we are at the scene of the attack on friday, the splendid hotel where abandoned vehicles are lying outside the hotel. the hotel is said to be largely destroyed and investigators from france, the united states and burkina faso are still combing the debris looking for any leads they can find, at moment alia the president of burkina faso, marked kristin cam poor, where the attack firsin compaore, thew solidarity, the more underlying serious reason for their visit is the realization that al qaeda

in the islamic maghreb is now flexing its muscles carrying outs attacks not only in mali but the need to jointly counter al qaeda in the islamic maghreb in burkina faso. the militants are heavily challenged. >> a very small band of the world's wealthiest people own as much as does half the world's population. that's according to a report by the aid group oxfam. it says that 62% of the superrimsuperrich own as much af the people do. microsoft founder bill gates had a the same wealth as the world's 41 economies put together. oxfam also estimated that $7.6 trillion of that wealth was in offshore tax havens, depriving

governments of their tax revenue. the culture of wealth inequality needs to be reversed. >> we need to make sure that work pays. so we need to see better salaries, better wages and more secure employments for many people. we also need to make sure that everyone gets the opportunity to participate fairly in society, and to do that they need decent education and health care. so public services are really critical. but in addition, we need to make hurry that people are paying their taxes, and paying the taxes that they are due to pay. and that the loopholes that exist, that allow individuals and companies to avoid paying their taxes, are closed for good. >> let's go to germany now where police have made their first arrest on sexual assault charges over a series of attacks during new year's celebrations in cologne. prosecutors say a 26-year-old

algerian man was arrested in a home over the weekend. he's accused of groping a woman and stealing her mobile phone. hundreds of women have come forward saying they were sexually assaulted on new year's eve. >> five soldiers have been killed on atraining exercise in the french alps, near the resort of alfrejis. the avalanche struck on monday. rescue operations are still ongoing. this follows an avalanche on friday where three people died. a man has been arrested in morocco over the attacks in paris which killed 130 people in november. moroccan authorities say the belgian is directly connectto the people who carried out the shooting and bombs attack. the man fought with el nusra

front before scwhroing i.s.i.l. justice will bjoining i.s.i. nisman was found dead in his apartment in buenos aires, hours before he was to told coming that cristina kirchner conspired to cover up iran's eamgd involvement iiran's allegedinvo. former president cristina kirchner, teresa vo has the story. >> reporter: a protest by people who say they have lost their jobs. maria says she has been working at the plata municipality for six years now her contract has onot been renewed. the government is playing off

state employees and they accuse us of being activists. my contract has not been renewed. >> reporter: mauricio macri came to power, announcing that former president cristina kirchner has left the country financially in the red. that's why authorities said they will look into the status of thousands of employees, who they fear do not hold a position at all but just collect salaries. over 5500 people are having their contracts reviewed. many have already been fired and they will continue protesting until they get their jobs back. all around argentina there are thousands in a similar situation. at the nestoor kirchner cultural

center, 600 contracts had have not been rue viewed. he works in stenography. >> they accuse us of not working, i work here for 12 hours every day. >> macri faces strong opposition, that comes from supporters ever former president cristina kirchner. the government complains that the previous government turned over jobs in a way of generating jobs that the private sector did not. >> we are reviewing all contracts because we found very strange things. for example in the last three years we've seen an increase of 50% of state employees. if anyone's being paid and is not working it's disrespectful to the workers, it is public money. >> protests like this one will probably continue in argentina

as the new government tries to bring about the promised change that got mauricio macri elected. teresa vo, al jazeera, buenos aires. >> more on the website, aljazeera.com. in india, a woman's fate can take a cruel twist when her husband dies. >> they would beat me, both my daughter in law and my son would beat me.